Ren and Ryota were facing Umren and Wasp.
Umren, with her dragon head attached to her fist, extended it to attack. Just when it was about to hit, it was cut instantly.
It was Ryota, using his plasma magic to slice the shadow dragon head.
But it regenerated again. Ryota cut it once more. This kept happening repeatedly.
Ryota thought, "This thing can regenerate endlessly. How am I supposed to stop it?"
One of the dragon heads managed to slip through and was about to strike, but Ren quickly created a shield using Atomic Control, stopping it.
Ren shouted, "Give your all! Don't lose focus! It could be fatal!"
Ren launched Aerowaves at Wasp, but she dodged them all with her swift, dance-like movements. She threw her spear at insane speed toward Ren.
Ren created a barrier, but it broke. The spear almost pierced his head, but he concentrated hard and formed a strong shield right in front of his face, stopping it just in time.
The spear returned to Wasp's hand.
Both Umren and Wasp were extremely strong.
Ren said, "I'll create a shield for you when needed. But I can't focus on both attack and defense fully. You must fight the spear girl, and I'll handle the dark magic user. Let's show them what we are made of!"
They both charged at their opponents.
Ren, dodging Umren's attacks with Atomic Control, increased his speed by accelerating his atoms.
He reached Umren, but two more dragon heads appeared. He barely dodged them.
Now, Umren had four shadow dragon heads.
Umren said, "You won't defeat me so easily."
Meanwhile, Ryota, using his plasma fang, rushed at Wasp.
They engaged in close combat, clashing spear and plasma fang.
But Wasp's rapid attacks overwhelmed Ryota.
With no experience in using plasma fang, Ryota was being pushed back.
Wasp was about to stab Ryota in the chest — but Ren created a shield in Ryota's hand at the last second.
Ryota smiled and thanked Ren, then counterattacked, but Wasp dodged.
Wasp said coldly, "A simple shield like that won't save you."
She threw her spear again. Ryota tried to block it with plasma fang but couldn't fully stop it.
The spear returned once more.
Ryota thought, "If I can't stop this, how can I protect Ren? I have to get stronger!"
With a strong will, Ryota's plasma fang grew even more powerful.
Wasp threw her spear again with full force, but this time Ryota stood firm, his magic surging.
Wasp retrieved her weapon and charged in for close combat.
They clashed again.
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Scene shifted: Ren vs Umren.
Ren fired Aerowaves from a distance, but they didn't work.
Umren's dragon heads charged at him, making it harder to dodge.
Ren, with insane speed, rushed at Umren. Two more dragon heads appeared — but now Ren had activated his Foresight ability properly.
Before, Foresight only triggered automatically during danger.
Now, he could see 5 seconds into the future by choice.
This growth was truly magnificent.
With Foresight and insane speed, Ren dodged every attack perfectly.
He closed the distance and used Aerowaves with full concentration.
Ren said softly, "I'm truly sorry for this,"
and blasted Umren's head away.
Umren died instantly.
When Ren looked toward Ryota, he saw that Ryota had managed to slice Wasp in half.
His plasma fang was shining brightly, while Wasp's spear tip was cut clean off.
Ryota stood there, looking at Wasp's dead body.
Ren walked over and said,
"We'll kill all the other soldiers too... to save the villagers. Hayato will handle the rest alone."