BOOM—!!!!!!
A wave of purple-black fighting spirit erupted from within him—more condensed, more evil than even Krauser's, saturated with pure domination and destructive desire!
This wasn't mere pressure!
This was a domain where all things bowed to his will!
Absolute Domain 42%!!!
The entire top floor of Geese Tower groaned under the assault! Bulletproof glass capable of withstanding artillery fire shattered like fragile ice!
Terry and Andy felt as though they'd been plunged into a viscous, poisonous swamp!
Their bodies grew impossibly heavy!
Breathing became agonizing!
The qi within them seemed to freeze and corrode under this evil domain!
"This... this is impossible?!"
Terry was horrified to discover that his newly achieved 35% Absolute Domain was laughably fragile before this opponent's abyssal power!
"Now then... do you still think you're qualified to avenge your worthless father?"
Geese walked toward them, step by deliberate step.
Each footfall seemed to land directly on their hearts, suffocating them with pain!
"Die, Geese!"
Andy could no longer endure this crushing humiliation. With a roar, he launched his attack!
"Chou Reppa Dan!"
A cyan energy sphere—a perfect fusion of Kyokugenryu technique and Shiranui ninjutsu—screamed through the air toward Geese's face!
But faced with a strike powerful enough to reduce a tank to scrap, Geese didn't even blink.
He simply raised his right hand.
"Reppuken."
A casual palm thrust.
No earth-shaking explosion. No apocalyptic display.
Just a single, seemingly ordinary purple-black energy blade.
Yet that small blade, defying all laws of physics, intercepted and bisected Andy's Chou Reppa Dan in an instant!
Then, momentum undiminished, it slashed across Andy's chest!
"Guh—!"
Andy didn't even have time to scream. His body flew backward as if struck by a speeding truck, blood spraying from his mouth. He slammed into the wall and lost consciousness immediately.
One move!
Another instant kill!
"Andy!"
Terry's eyes nearly split from rage. A bestial roar tore from his throat!
"Power Geyser!"
He burned every last drop of power within him without reservation!
A golden energy pillar erupted from the earth, carrying all his fury and hatred toward Geese!
Yet facing this ultimate technique that had felled Krauser, Geese's expression remained... that of a cat toying with a mouse.
"Impressive power... A pity it's still worthless before me."
His figure flickered through the golden light like a phantom, strolling leisurely through energy that could annihilate anything—as if it were nothing but a gentle spring breeze.
"Ja'ei Ken!"
He appeared behind Terry in an instant!
A palm wreathed in purple-black qi pressed against Terry's back like Death's scythe—silent, inevitable!
"Guh—!"
Terry's body spasmed!
The golden pillar collapsed instantly!
He looked down with difficulty at the hand protruding from his abdomen, radiating that ominous aura, his eyes filled with disbelief and despair. (Note: Absolute Domain masters have enhanced vitality—an abdominal wound won't be fatal.)
"It's over, Jeff's relic."
Geese's voice echoed like a demon's whisper.
He slowly withdrew his hand.
And Terry—the "Legendary Wolf" who had just transcended his own limits—crumpled to his knees like a puppet with cut strings, consciousness fading completely.
In the blink of an eye, both Bogard brothers had fallen!
Utterly helpless. Completely crushed.
The top floor fell silent once more.
Only the demon-god Geese Howard remained.
And Cloud—who had stood motionless from the start, his eyes cold as eternal ice.
"Well then. The appetizers are finished."
Geese slowly turned, fixing those eyes filled with domination and destruction upon Cloud.
"Now it's your turn."
"Tell me, first King of Fighters."
A smile of anticipation and cruelty spread across his face.
"Are you ready... to meet your destiny?"
...
Geese Tower's top floor. Through the shattered windows, wild winds howled like the wails of the defeated.
Terry and Andy—the hungry wolves bearing the flames of vengeance—now lay like broken-winged birds in pools of their own blood, barely clinging to life.
Geese Howard, the Underground Emperor of South Town, wore a smile of satisfaction—like someone admiring a work of art.
Cloud stood motionless, gazing at Terry and Andy in their blood. He said nothing.
But a golden aura—hotter, more violent than ever before, like a volcano on the verge of eruption—surged and burned from within him!
"Oh? Angry?" Geese watched with interest, as if observing a cornered beast.
"Good eyes. Anger is the finest fuel for power. Come. Show me what other surprises you can offer, first King of Fighters."
"Geese..."
Cloud finally spoke. His voice was hoarse, low, yet carried a fury that could make heaven and earth tremble.
"You... deserve to die..."
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