"Run! This place is going to collapse!"
"Gods fighting! Mortals suffer!"
Spectators, reporters, even Chun-Li and Guile could only hurriedly evacuate with the wounded toward the outside of the venue!
Just one exchange of blows—
Had leveled an entire modern mega-coliseum!
This was the battle of "god" and "demon"!
When the smoke cleared—
The once-magnificent coliseum had become a field of ruins.
And at the center of those ruins, Cloud and Akuma still faced each other from a distance, completely unharmed.
"Thy power... is unique." Akuma looked at Cloud, a hint of gravity entering his voice. "That is not killing intent, but... a purer destruction of nothingness."
"Your killing intent isn't bad either." Cloud offered his own casual assessment. "You've cultivated the ultimate of 'one' to its peak. Unfortunately, it's still a lower realm in the end."
"Enough talk!"
Akuma let out a roar. He had realized that ranged energy dueling was useless against this opponent!
"Only fists matter!"
His figure instantly vanished from its spot!
The prelude to Shun Goku Satsu?!
No!
Faster than that! More direct!
When he reappeared, he was already in front of Cloud!
A straight punch containing murderous intent, carrying power capable of shattering mountains, aimed directly at Cloud's heart!
"Messatsu Gou Shoryuken!"
"Sunlight's Blessing!"
Facing this close-range lethal strike, Cloud didn't retreat but advanced!
He raised his palm!
Upon his palm appeared a miniature "sun"!
BOOM——!!!!
This time, it was a pure collision of power and will!
The ground beneath both of them could no longer withstand this terrifying force, instantly cracking and collapsing, forming a massive pit over a hundred meters in diameter!
The two figures, at the center of that deep crater, became two blurred afterimages—one red-black, one gold-white—interweaving and colliding at speeds that surpassed human visual limits!
BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG——
Every collision erupted with a roar like a nuclear detonation!
Every exchange caused ripples in the surrounding space!
Every punch and kick from Akuma contained terrifying "one-hit kill" intent! His fighting style was subtraction—discarding everything superfluous in pursuit of the ultimate "destruction"!
But Cloud was completely different.
His fighting style was addition!
He perfectly integrated Orochi's "Return to Nothingness," the dominance of Kusanagi, the brutality of Yagami, the sealing arts of Kagura, and everything he had learned from Haohmaru, Ukyo, Ryu, Ken, and others into his fists and feet!
Every strike of his seemed to contain an entire world!
Their battle had completely transcended the category of fighting.
It was a collision of paths!
The ultimate confrontation between killing intent and destruction!
From the distant ruins—
Chun-Li, Guile, Ryu, Ken, and the others were completely stupefied.
They stared blankly at the two god-like demon-like figures at the center of that crater, feeling their brains had completely stopped functioning.
"This... this... this..." Ken stammered, unable to form a complete sentence.
"...So this is... the pinnacle of... martial arts?" Ryu watched the battle, his eyes showing not fear but burning desire.
...
On the ruins, the battle between god and demon approached its finale.
The battle between Cloud and Akuma had completely exceeded the realm of human comprehension.
Every collision of their fists and feet was like a small-scale "tectonic movement."
The former Hong Kong Coliseum site had been turned by them into a massive meteor crater comparable to the lunar surface.
If Cloud hadn't deliberately used Orochi's power to contain the battle's aftershock within a fixed range, the entire Hong Kong Island would probably have sunk into the sea by now.
"Exhilarating! Absolutely exhilarating!"
Akuma let out a roar full of battle lust. His deep purple training clothes had long been torn to shreds, revealing a body of terrifying muscles that seemed cast from steel.
His body was covered in burn marks, but his momentum hadn't diminished—it had grown even more violent, even purer!
He was enjoying this battle!
Enjoying this death match he had sought his entire life, finally finding an opponent worthy of "wagering everything"!
"Thou art strong!" He looked at the man opposite him—clothes slightly damaged but aura still deep as the ocean—and unprecedented light erupted in his eyes. "Thou art the strongest I have encountered in this life!"
"To show my respect for thee, I shall send thee off with my strongest technique!"
He assumed a strange stance, filled with ominous, deathly energy.
A Satsui no Hado more terrifying, more condensed than any before erupted from within him!
The "天" mark on his back seemed to come alive at that moment, emanating an eerie red glow like fresh blood!
"A thousand strikes in an instant... the pinnacle of killing intent..."
"This is... the true essence of destruction!"
In the distance, Ryu's pupils contracted sharply when he saw this stance!
"No! It's that technique!" He cried out in alarm. "My master once said this is the ultimate secret of Ansatsuken! A killing technique that no mortal can withstand!"
"Shun... Goku... Satsu!"
With Akuma's proclamation like a demon god from hell—
His figure suddenly transformed into a blurred, uncatchable red-black ghost shadow, closing the distance to Cloud in a manner that completely ignored space and distance—instantly!
The next second—
The entire world seemed to lose all color.
Between heaven and earth, only black and white remained.
Countless shadowy images of fists and kicks filled with murderous intent flashed madly within that black-and-white world, like a raging storm!
BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG!
A series of impacts so dense they made scalps tingle, like the drums of death, beat upon everyone's hearts!
"It's over..." Guile looked at that area shrouded in darkness and swallowed with difficulty.
He couldn't imagine any life surviving beneath such a terrifying attack—one that was nearly at the level of "law."
Chun-Li's heart also tightened instantly! Those beautiful eyes filled with unprecedented worry and fear. Unconsciously, she took a step forward.
The darkness... dispersed.
Color returned to the world.
At the center of the ruins—
Akuma maintained a pose with his back to everyone, radiating "kingly dominance."
The "天" on his back still flickered with ominous red light.
And opposite him...
Cloud still stood quietly in place.
He was completely unharmed. Not even a single hair was out of place.
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