In the forest, Baraka fought a group of assassins wielding swords made of lightning. He clashed with them head-on, using his rock hammer to defend himself as he bashed their faces across countless trees. Hardening his fists with layers of stone, he slammed them through the forest, destroying trees and creating huge craters with every blow. The assassins rushed at him at top speed with their swords of lightning and other weapons like lightning cannons. Lightning attacks shot at Baraka relentlessly, causing powerfull and gigantic explosions of lightning all over the forest, but Baraka dodged with all the skills he had and was also able to punch through the attacks of lightning. He punched through bolts of lightning as he ran and dodge, the result of this fight caused multiple explosion of lightning that was laying waste to the forest around them. Baraka thought to himself as he was dodging powerful lightning bolts while bashing and fighting against the assassins who were his opponents "Damn it, they're too many of them. I won't be able go hold on for long.".
One assassin appeared above him, ready to stab down with an incredible amount of yellow lightning
Luckily, Baraka was able to see the incoming attack. He leapt away in a burst of speed and slammed his hammer into the ground.
Spikes erupted from the earth rapidly, impaling the assassin instantly while destroying the forest area around them. Some of the assassins were able to dodge the incoming spikes as they ran towards Baraka at lightning fast speeds, while some were soothing through the spikes with their lightning cannons. Not just that, but some of the others assassins were cutting down the spikes as they moved at dangerous speeds.
As the assassins continued launching themselves at him with their sabres and weapons, they were launching slashes of lightning at him that were incinerating everything around the forest. Baraka dodged relentlessly and was able to block some of the slahses with the help of his rock hammer, but as the fight weng on, Baraka grew irritated. He clicked his tounge and muttered with annoyance "For fuck's sake...", he yelled "GIVE ME A BREAK!". He charged forward and began dodging and smashing through the slashes and the bolts of lightning shot at him, he was also smashing through the lightning solider's assassins around with his rock hammer. Baraka wasn't just depending on brute force, but with dangerous skills as well. The forest around him broke apart on his rampage.
His annoyance grew. Hardening his entire arm with stone, he punched the ground—
giant pillars erupted upward, slamming through multiple assassins at once "Huh?!", "What the hell?!", "Is this guy some kind of beast or something?!", the lightning assassins wondered to themselves in shock and terror on seeing giant pillars burst from the ground as they got smashed and injured.
Baraka then swung his rock hammer with such force that it generated a powerful gust of wind, clearing a wide section of the forest and injuring many of the remaining assassins.
Meanwhile, Alex was running through the hallways of the ancient ruins with Shikigami rushing after him, each one trying to tear him open with every swing they threw. Alex flash-stepped continuously, creating a Blade of Death and tearing through monsters one after another at dangerous speeds and skills. Each strike was powerful enough to make the ruins tremble. Alex had a smirk on his face as he dodged, weaved swung around his blade of death that was tearing everything in his path "Mahn, this is fun!", he exclaimed.
As he sprinted from floor to floor while tearing apart everything that was in his way, Alex muttered in frustration,
"When is this going to end? I've been running through these hallways killing Shikigami for an hour now…"
Alex charged up more power into his blade of death and started blasting through several walls in a flash of light and power.
After breaking through countless walls, he landed inside a massive hall filled with ancient writing etched across the stone walls. Confused, he looked around "Where the hell is this place?", he asked himself.
Before he knew it, Alex noticed a guy his age sitting on a throne.
The guy wore a white jacket with the collar standing straight, and he had long, spiky yellow hair. He smirked.
"Wow. I wasn't expecting to see anyone here yet. With the line of Shikigami in that hallway, there's no way anyone should've made it here."
Alex gave a confident smile.
"Well, I've been killing them for an hour now. There were over a thousand of those things. But since I'm here early, I guess that means I'm stronger than you expected. Right?".
The guy nodded.
"Hm, cool. The name is Kuro. It's a pleasure to meet you."
Alex smirked.
"My name is Alex Starion. Pleasure to meet you too."
Kuro smiled wider.
"I like your attitude. I wonder how long you'll last."
He snapped his fingers.
Suddenly, hundreds of swords made of lightning materialized around him.
"I am the son of the Lightning Country's leader—Fujimiya Kuro. I have dedicated myself to winning this fight. Please… make this interesting for me."
Alex watched the countless lightning swords hover in the air and narrowed his eyes with a grin.
"Two can play that game. I'd create multiple Blades of Death too, but I'm low on energy… I'll just flash-step and dodge while using energy fists to block and counter.", Alex thought to himself.
Kuro tilted his head.
"What's wrong? Getting cold feet?"
Alex responded calmly,
"No, there's no problem. I'm just thinking of how to deal with you."
"In that case," Kuro said with excitement, "let the fight begin!"
The lightning swords shot toward Alex at incredible speeds.
Alex summoned a Blade of Death, smiling.
"All right… let's do this."
Meanwhile, Sōn was flying with overwhelming firepower, moving faster than a rocket as he dodged the rapid-fire lightning rods being shot at him with all the level of skill and ability he had. He quickly realized the girl launching the attacks was standing on a rooftop, firing massive lightning needles that caused destructive explosions throughout the city. He narrowed his eyes "Keeping distance, huh. Makes sense.".
As he flew at insane speeds, Sōn countered by shooting fireballs at the incoming needles.
Each collision created countless large explosions, tearing through the city around them.
He propelled himself upward with intense flame output and blasted a huge wave of fire at the rooftop "BURN!", he yelled with a grin.
but then he realised something. The Lightning solider he was fighting had already moved "What the...? Where did he go?", she asked herself.
The girl appeared above him "GOTCHA.", she said and fired a lightning needle that struck him hard, blasting Sōn across multiple buildings which exploded on impact.
Sōn crash-landed on a bridge, causing it to collapse beneath him.
Lightning needles rained down toward him, Sōn got up with bruises and some burn marks on his hands. He clicked his tounge with annoyance and coated his hands with flames "Fuck!", as he saw the lightning needles falling towards him, Sōn started punching them with insane fire power and speed before unleashing a powerful burst of flames that consumed the lightning needles. Sōn had a confident smirk on his face, but it later turned into shock "HUH?!", he exhaled.
The girl appeared behind him.
"You're too slow.", she said coldly.
Sōn turned back in slow motion "Oh shi-", he couldn't even finish his sentence before he was sent flying with a lightning-charged kick. The lady struck him so hard that the electric shock collapsed surrounding buildings in seconds. Sōn flipped through the air, the lady he was fighting flew after him and kicked him a few more times in the air, sending Sōn flying like a ragdoll before crashing into more structures.
Buried in rubble, he stared up weakly.
"Why the hell is she so strong? She's not even giving me time to process anything… We seem about even, but there's just one problem—"
A massive barrage of lightning needles flew toward him, exploding violently and destroying even more of the city.
As the smoke cleared, Sōn saw the girl walking toward him. He growled in irritation.
"Can't you cut me some slack, you bitch?!"
Flames burst violently from his body.
The girl stopped.
"My name is Lisa. Sorry I didn't introduce myself earlier. But it doesn't matter—since I'm about to finish you off."
Sōn gave a furious, wild and mocking smile.
"Those are rude words coming from you! I usually don't get pissed unnecessarily—especially at women. But you've crossed it.", he growled as flames erupted from his mouth.
His flames grew so intense that nearby buildings began to burn down. Surrounded by fire, he wore a devilish, unhinged smirk.
"It looks like I'm about to lose my freaking mind.This girl is....pissing me off."
END OF CHAPTER.