CRACKLING!!!!!!!!!
Lightning coiled around my body like enraged beasts.
Wild.
Violent.
Unstable.
My eyes glowed completely blue.
Not a trace of white remained.
Only endless azure light.
Nyxarion…
Nyxarion…
Nyxarion…
That name echoed endlessly inside my mind.
Over and over again.
Like something trying to awaken within me.
BOOM!!!!!!!
A ripple ring exploded around my body as I instinctively blasted backward.
The volcanic earth shattered beneath the pressure.
In a single instant—
I created more than a thousand meters of distance between us.
"Brave."
VARKHUL's voice echoed calmly across the battlefield.
Cold.
Heavy.
Yet strangely cheerful.
His crimson eyes glowed like galaxies filled with red stars as he watched my retreating figure.
"Most would turn to stone beneath my aura…"
"But you can still move."
"Interesting."
BOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!
His massive frame appeared before me instantly.
Too fast.
Far too fast.
His gigantic fist pulled backward as volcanic pressure distorted the space around him.
Those glowing crimson eyes stared directly into mine.
"Did they never teach you respect when speaking to your elders?"
BOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!
Space groaned violently as his fist swung forward.
Azure draconic scales covering my body glowed brighter as I raised both arms defensively.
BAMMMMM!!!!!
His massive fist slammed directly into my guard.
The impact distorted the air itself.
Shockwave ripples became visible to the naked eye at the point of collision.
CRACK!!!!!
The azure armor around my body shattered like fragile glass.
Blue lightning exploded wildly around his fist, attempting to burn through his skin—
but failed completely.
BOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!
An explosion of aura erupted from my body as I pushed my power to its absolute limit instantly.
Five thousand times my base strength.
BOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!
Another violent explosion erupted as my body was launched backward like a blue comet.
Mountains shattered apart as I crashed through them.
Volcanic debris exploded into the sky.
BOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!
My body collided against a towering mountain.
The entire peak disintegrated on contact.
CRACKLING!!!!!!!!
Blue lightning wrapped around my body spontaneously.
Healing internal damage.
Repairing cracked muscles.
Stabilizing my fractured armor.
Then—
BOOM!!!!!
A low ripple spread outward.
VARKHUL landed before me.
Calmly.
Like a mountain descending from the heavens.
The lightning around my body raged brighter.
Yet his expression remained unchanged.
"You survived."
VARKHUL spoke with a predatory smile.
Then slowly lifted one hand—
beckoning me forward.
"Come."
"Show me what you can do, Nameless Sovereign."
"Or…"
"…do you wish to remain a punching bag?"
A cruel smile spread across his face.
His crimson eyes glowed brighter.
ROOOOOAAAAARRRRR!!!!!!!!
I pushed my power even higher.
Trying to forcefully break into the next stage.
I had already mastered Beast Ascension Form I completely.
My body was ready.
Or at least—
I wanted it to be.
ROOOOOOOOOAAAAARRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!
A roar deeper and more ancient than before erupted from the depths of my soul.
The phantom image of a gigantic tiger head formed behind me.
Massive.
Divine.
Monstrous.
It roared toward the heavens alongside me.
CRACKLING!!!!!!!!!
Lightning exploded around my body more violently than ever before.
My energy poured outward uncontrollably like a broken dam.
The volcanic landscape trembled violently beneath the pressure.
The storm reached its peak.
Lightning completely engulfed my body.
Thunder roared endlessly across the battlefield.
The molten sea below churned violently as invisible force pushed it away.
Bolts of lightning vaporized magma instantly upon contact.
The volcanic environment itself began collapsing beneath the pressure of the transformation.
CRACK!!!!!
A sound like breaking glass echoed across the battlefield.
Both my aura and lightning reached their absolute limit.
Then—
they broke past it.
CRACKLING!!!!!!!! BOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!
A far greater power exploded from within me.
Bluish-white lightning erupted violently around my body.
Wild thunder screamed across the battlefield.
> Beast Lightning Form II — The Storm Unleashed
> Theme: Control of Chaos Core Emotion: Balance — Mastering the Storm Within
My hair rose even further upward.
Sharper.
More rigid.
More feral.
The number of lightning-like strands doubled compared to the first form.
Each strand resembled concentrated thunder itself.
My aura did not merely increase—
it evolved.
Purified.
Sharper.
Deadlier.
The slightly inflated muscles from my previous form compressed and refined themselves.
Yet beneath that leaner frame—
I could feel explosive strength.
A terrifying increase in speed.
Power surged endlessly through my veins like living lightning.
Only now did I truly understand why this form was called:
The Storm Unleashed.
My glowing blue-white hair burned like lightning flames.
Thin lightning veins glowed beneath my skin like divine markings.
The transformation radiated both fury and calm.
Like the stillness before catastrophic thunder strikes.
VARKHUL watched silently the entire time.
Allowing me to complete my transformation.
Not interrupting.
Not attacking.
Only observing.
A battle-ready stance slowly formed beneath his relaxed posture.
As though he finally considered me worthy enough to stretch his muscles.
BOOM!!!!!
The lightning around my body compressed inward.
Concentrating into Azure Armor once more.
This time—
far denser.
Far sharper.
White lightning still raged violently around my body, refusing complete control.
I could not yet shape the armor into proper draconic scales.
Not fully.
I had only just entered this form.
But even incomplete—
the power felt monstrous.
A confident smile slowly appeared across my face.
For the first time since this battle began—
my confidence returned.
Not blind confidence.
Not arrogance.
But belief.
BOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!
I blasted forward.
The battlefield exploded beneath my speed.
Blue-white lightning tore across the volcanic landscape like divine judgment.
Round Two—
had begun.