The boys did not wait, the moment Bal'Phor had finished his sentence, they surged….
Raiden already in his {Solar Empowerment} Form…
Leon's Spear charged with his {Pride Arts}
Damien's body cracklling with violent energy as {BERSERKER} coursed through his veins like molten lava…
They struck, hard, fast, mercilessly…
VERTICAL SLASH!!!!
HEAVEN PIERCER!!!!!
SHATTER!!!!!
Their attacks hit with a cataclysmic impact…
Boooooooommmmm!!!!
A shockwave of epic momentum surging outwards from the impact, blasting through the surrounding environment, dust and debris rising like smoldering clouds…
But the moment the dust cleared, the moment their eyes saw the result of their attacks..
NO!!!
Before even then, they'd felt it, the tremor that travelled down their arms from the recoil of that attack, like they'd just struck primordial steel and not what looked like a wooden statue..
So the moment the dust cleared and they saw the outcome, they weren't that shocked…
The statue stood, its upper right arm clamping down on Raiden's sword aimed at its head, it's middle right arm grabbing a firm hold of Leon's spear, preventing it from moving any further, and his lower right arm, blocking Damien's strike with an open palm…
They stood frozen, their attack stances still unbroken, then the statue moved, too fast for something that large, they blinked, once,
Booooooooom!!!!!!
Pain, unbearable, agonizing, pain!!!
That's the only thing that registered within the minds of Leon and Damien..
As for Raiden? He'd been reduced to blood mist the moment the statue's three colossal fists slammed into him headfirst…
He'd reacted before the statue moved, his sword abandoned within the monster's grasp, he appeared within the trajectory of the blow, he knew, should that attack land on the other two, they'd be recent history, so, he took it…
The result was as expected, annihilation, with the residual shockwaves sending the other two sprawling…
Their gazes swam as they struggled to their feet..
Blerrgggg!!!
Then vomited blood like a deluge, eyes squinting as they caught the sight of the scattering blood mist that was Raiden…
Only for him to regenerate instantly, his grip back to his blade…
Horizontal Slash…
Raiden's voice sounded, his strike struck true, but,
Tinggg!!
Futile…
He didn't care, he attacked,
Vanishing Blade….
Ting!!!
Futile, swooooosh!!
Splat!!!
He exploded, again,
He regenerated, again…
The dance continued, his attacks were futile, they couldn't break through the demons thick defenses, but he didn't care, they were a blur of motion, the demon's six arms moving with speeds that defied its size, Raiden matching it, not with raw speed of his, no, with sheer undying tenacity, he made cockroaches look pathetic, he exploded, again, and again, and again, only to regenerate and continue…
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAH" he laughed, bloodied and battered, yet utterly thrilled…
"This is it!!! MOREEEEE!!!"
His muscles swelled, {Solar Empowerment} being pushed harder, his aura deepened, his frame grew, VERTICAL SLASH!!!!
Swiiiiiiiiii
Slash!!!!!
The sword tore a flaming curve in the air, stellar flames coating it's blade, meeting the incoming blow head on, only for the attack to strike true, the burning blade cutting true for once through the arm, sending it flying…
"LEOOON!!!!!" "DAMIEN!!!!!"
"Damn it"
{PRIDE ARTS: ULTIMATE FORM-Astral Possession}
Came Leon's voice, he didn't need to be told twice, the moment Raiden succeeded in cutting off an arm, he was already moving, his vision swam, his body ached, but he ignored it…
Casting a simple REINVIGORATE spell to keep himself steady for what he was about to do, he appeared right above the gigantic statue's head, the phantom of a burning constellation shaped eerily like a lion appearing above him, his golden hair grew longer, they floated upwards till they caught golden flames, his body bulked, muscles bulging, blood dripped down his lips, his face paling as the toll of the technique took root, but he endured, HEAVENS JUDGEMENT!!! His spear thrust downward with the burning intensity of a falling comet….
Almost at the same time as Leon started moving, Damien wasn't lagging behind, his body ached, but {BERSERKER} kept him stable enough, then he heard it,
"DAMIEN!!!!"
It was that monster…
This might have been the only time that monster had actually called him by name..
And it was in such a situation,
He trusts me enough to stake his life to buy time?
He was stunned, didn't that monster hate his guts? Then why was he suddenly entrusting him with a heavy task as taking down that behemoth?
No, that's not what matters
He shook his head, already casting his own REINVIGORATE spell…
Since the monster trusts me, let's not disappoint…
He affirmed, gritting his teeth,
{BERSERKER-CARNAGE MODE}~~
His already massive frame instantly bulked, from 7ft to a towering 8ft5, taller than even Raiden, his muscles bulged, twisting reddish veins writhing beneath skin like serpents..
His blood boiled, his eyes turned savage, reason almost leaving him, blood seeped through his lips, yet another self harming skill..
But he didn't care, he'd be damned if he betrays that monster's acknowledgment…
{BEAST ARTS-CATASTROPHIC IMPACT }….
The attacks struck from all angles, Leon descending like a falling star, Damien's blow coming like judgement from the gods, aimed straight for its torso…
Oooooouuuuuhhhhhh!!!!!
The demon roared, all six arms, prepared to intercept and obliterate the worms…
"Not. On. My. Bloody. Watch!!!!!"
Raiden enunciated the words..
{ABSOLUTE SWORD ARTS}
At that moment, a name for his unnamed technique appeared unbidden in his mind, he didn't question it, he just went with the flow…
And the moment the words came out his mouth, it felt like he was using something entirely different from the {UNNAMED SWORD ARTS}, despite it being the same technique, but now with a name, the difference was clear, and so,
ONE SLASH,
He drew his sword back, and swung it in a diagonal motion..
ONE MILLION SLASHES
Triiiiiiiiiingggggggggg....
The world blurred…
The demon's arms, propped for intervention, froze, an innumerable number of slashes tearing through the atmosphere, converging on them, they held, for but a moment, before,
Crraack…
Craacckk
Shatter….
They shattered…..
"NOWWWWWW!!!!!"
The three boys didn't waste their chances, they didn't want to see just how effective the demon's regeneration was..
Raiden pulled back his sword, Eve ringing madly from the amount of power she'd just been forced to channel, he could hear her cry…
"Forgive me eve~~"
He whispered, "I'll need you to endure just one more"…
Buzzzzzz!!
She was still in pain, but she acquiesced,
Absolute Thrust~~~~~
He whispered softly…
Despite taking this long to describe, the sequence of movements took not more than 5 seconds..
The attacks collided with the demonic statue and the world seemed to freeze…
The air stilled, sound vanished, and when the world resumed, it did so with a roar!!!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!
An explosion of epic proportions leveled the surrounding 10KM of lands, turning the entire range of misty mountain into ruins…
An impossibly large mushroom cloud of dust rising up…
Far away within border town, within the city lord's mansion, the gathered youths and the city lord felt the city quake…..
The direction of the tremor being misty mountain..
"Move, now" came Batholomew's order…
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A/N: I liked this fight, I didn't want to drag it out, I just hope I did it justice..
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Thanks for reading….