Kodak looked back toward Ashiro, Azar Tento, and the others who threatened him. "(Dammit, Destructive Amplification barely has 3 minutes left. Ashiro is severely outclassed, and Jashi has full control over Satsujin's body. If I die I'm gonna go out fighting!)"
[Skill: Destructive Shockwave Activated Violently!]
Kodak charges destructive energy within Nagomi, slashing down at the ground and creating a pure shockwave of destructive energy. However, this only served as a distraction as he was setting up his next move, speeding across the ground and going for an attack against Ryoko. "(Their teamwork is only as strong as their weakest point, so I'll strike her down first!)" Jashi felt the strength of the destructive shockwave, surprising him greatly. "(Looks like that brat became around mid-grade S-rank within that 1-month gap between our most recent fight, but what's even more troublesome is that his kinetic energy and his mindset have evolved into that of a true Kawanari. A ruthless warrior who only fights for their ideals, crushing anyone who stands in the way. Knowing the brat, he'll strike down our weakest member, so I set countermeasures for this outcome. Both Azar and Ryoko have a portion of my glitching aura, a skill that counters anything weaker than myself.)"
Kodak then swings down his blade, activating the 4th formation of destructive martial formations. Destructive crackles from the Nagomi, resonating with Kodak.
[4th Destructive Martial Formation: Eclipsed Vortex Slasher!]
The destructive energy then flashes a crimson shade of red for a moment, but no one had noticed except for Kodak. "(Looks like I'm in the middle of the first stage of enlightenment. Kuroi told me I'd be at this stage once I was an S-Rank.)" Kodak's blade finally makes contact with Ryoko, the energies of glitching energy and the toxic energy from Chaotic Plague clash against the destructive energy of Kodak. Sparks crackled from the collisions of energies. Azar then moves in to strike down Kodak as he struggles against the combination of energy. "YOU'RE DEAD KAWANARI!"
[Skill: Thunderdrill activated with malice!]
A drill then forms around Azar's arm as it spins with great speed and power behind it, lightning and thunder crackling as they form the weapon. Azar then goes on strike, thinking it was the end for Kodak, but to his surprise, his opponent yells out to someone. "NOW ASHIRO!!!!"
[3rd Flame Formation: Flaming Throwdown!]
Multiple arms composed of flames grab Azar, slamming him down on the ground endlessly. Azar then feels the connection of glitch energy shut off as Jashi feels his control on Satsujin slipping. "(GET OUT OF MY BODY!)" Satsujin screams within the mindscape as he battles Jashi for control, their two different usages of Glitch Energy clashing with one another.
Azar then feels the flaming arm stop for a moment, he thinks that Ashiro has run out of steam, and starts mocking him for it.
"WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT, LOOKS LIKE TENSAI'S HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM OF COMING UP SHORT-" His mocking is then cut off as the flaming arm starts glowing and the arm detaches from Ashiro, attaching to Azar instead. He feels the immense heat from the arm as his opponent smirks in amusement. "Ignition, bitch."
The arm then starts to glow as Azar tries to remove it, but it is useless as the arm blows up, harming Azar greatly. Ashiro doesn't let up, though, shrouding his body in fire as he rushes down his opponent with a determined look in his eyes. But as he rushes through the cloud of smoke created by the blast, he finds out that Azar was gone. "Come on, do we need to play hide and seek, you manchild!"
Azar then darts through the air, colliding against Ashiro's flames with his thunder. "Don't call me that!" His voice was menacing and showed he was more than ready to kill him where he stood. "Yeah, no. Just shut the fuck up and fight!"
[4th Flame Formation: Blazing Emberstorm!]
The flames from Ashiro's body expand in size and strength, pushing Azar back a little, but as he tries to push through the pain to strike at Ashiro. The flames then jump at him, the aura of fire expands in all directions as the attack mimicked a shockwave like Kodak, but that of flames. Azar jumps back as he sees the visible burn marks on his skin. "(Damn, this guy was on par with that Satsujin guy. The only reason he struggled with a clone was cause of the poison Ryoko was using. But the Kawanari scum is preventing her from doing that. So I'll kill this boy first in front of Kodak!)"
[Skill: Thunderstorm Aura Activated with malice!]
Azar then dives down from jumping high into the sky, descending onto Ashiro. Multiple sonic booms echo through the sky as Azar flies down at blinding speeds. But it didn't faze Ashiro as he only smiled towards the challenge in front of him.
[Elemental Discharge: Firestorm activated with perseverance!]
Kodak then sensed the fight Ashiro was having against Azar, surprising him. "(So he was able to create a martial formation with his elemental energy technique. Not bad, but it seems he hasn't unlocked all the elements yet.)" Kodak then felt his blade slice through, cutting down from Ryoko's shoulder to her ribcage, cutting her completely in half. "I know your clone, so come out, you sly snake!" Ryoko then jumped from behind, knocking Kodak's blade away. But to her surprise, he doesn't run back for the blade.
Instead, he runs right at her and punches her straight in the face. This confuses Ryoko deeply. "(What kind of martial artist doesn't run back for their weapon!?)" Kodak then smiled as a confident thought entered his mind. "(I can do it, the move I felt Akari use a couple of minutes ago against one of Ryoko's clones. Death Burst.)"
[Skill: Death Burst activated strongly!]
Sparks of dark purple explode from the attack as Ryoko sees that her arm has been punched off her body completely. Blood in the shade of a dark green pours from where her arm used to be. As she stumbles back from Kodak, fear instills in her mind. Prompting her to try and run away despite the intense pain within her body. "Stay away!" Kodak rushes after her, and his hand glows a dark purple, calling Nagomi back to his hand as it flies through the air. "It's over."
[1st Destructive Martial Formation: Tenfold Impact-]
[Destructive Amplification has ended!]
Kodak then suddenly stops and falls to the ground, his eyes go wide as an immense amount of pain shoots throughout his body. "AAAAHHHHH" His screaming echoes through the ruined city as the destructive energy that he used so many times to aid in those tough battles was betraying him.
A few minutes prior...
Fumiko watches Ashiro rush towards Kodak's intense battle, and a feeling of uneasiness washes over her as she begins trying to meditate. "(My pathways of both agony and lunar energy are twisted up badly from clearing up that toxic energy from earlier in both Akari and Ashiro's.)" The pathways within Fumiko's body begin slowly unraveling. Her revenant and agony begin flowing even more proficiently than before.
[Time remaining: 1 minute and 45 seconds!]
Kohaku watches Fumiko's meditation, surprised by her usage of revenant and agony. "(Her usage of revenant might be equal. No, she's far superior. While she struggles with output, she makes up with her immense control over revenant.)" A roar could then be heard from a couple of feet away from the group, multiple revenant spirits rose from the ground. The smell of their rotten flesh stinks up the air. As revenant emanates from the spirits, Himari screams in fear of the monsters. "What the hell is that!?" Akari looks at the monsters in disgust. "You gotta be fucking kidding me."
Her hair then turns black, and the kanji, 悪気, appears on the left side of her face. Multiple symbols of lines and curves appear across her body. Giving her a design for a full-body tattoo. Himari looks over at Akari, freaking out over her tattoos. " you turned into a delinquent?! We're all gonna die!!!!" Kohaku smacks Himari over the head as they both spectate Akari's form, ready to battle the oncoming beasts. "Just shut up and watch, you idiot." Himari pouts while she complains about her head being in pain. "Ow... that hurts ya know!"
Kohaku ignores Himari's complaining and sits next to her little brother as the two of them look at Akari with determination, feeling inspired watching her tear through the beasts one after the other. Masashi watches the devastating blows from Akari land upon the large beasts.
[1st Malice Formation: Raging Eclipse!]
Akari's fists spark with the energy coming from Malice, one of her personified emotions. The energy sparked with power as Akari tore her fist through another revenant spirit, blood splattering everywhere across her body. "Jeez, these things are always so damn gross!"
[2nd Malice Formation: Thrashing Veil Of Hate!]
Akari tears through the beasts even further as her yelling and cursing get louder with each passing moment. "DIE YOU PIECE OF SHIT BASTARD!!!"
Explosions of malicious energy tear through the final creature as Akari starts inhaling and exhaling. "Jeez, these beasts get tougher each fucking day." Her aggressive tone shifts back to her usual positive attitude. Her hair goes from black to instantly bright blonde. But as she changes back to normal, and hears endless compliments from Himari, Kohaku, and even Fumiko. A loud and painful scream echoes through the city, and no one knows who it is. Kohaku thought it could be Ashiro, but the energy coming from the screaming was not elemental energy, instead, it was destructive and powerful like Kodak. Fumiko's back then sprouted wings, the tone and color the same as her lunar energy.
[Skill: Blossoming Flight!]
The present…
Kodak fell to the ground as he looked at Ryoko's damaged body. He then heard a voice that sent chills down his body. "Bones, blood vessels, and flesh. Become one again."
[Skill: Chanting Code Activated!]
Ryoko then feels her arm slowly healing. The severed arm begins growing back the bones and joints of her arm. Blood vessels then form next, as flesh and skin settle in, making Ryoko's arm good as new. She then sees a hand reach out to her, she chuckles a twisted laugh as she rises from the ground.
"YOU FUCKED UP YOU COCKY SHIT FACE!" Ryoko then charges up Chaotic Plague across her leg, smashing across Kodak's face as he struggles to even move from the ground, as the drawbacks from Destructive Amplification cause even more pain. "KEUGH!"
Blood vomits from his mouth as the brutal kick from Ryoko lands, sending him flying through the air, and knocking him out as he crashes through multiple buildings. Jashi smirks in amusement as he sees Fumiko flying over, followed by Akari and the others.
Azar's thunder echoes through the sky as he battles against Ashiro, their attacks clashing with one another.
[Skill: Thundering Breaker Activated Strongly!]
[1st Flame Formation: Fiery Fury!]
Ashiro throws a quick jab at Azar's face, but swiftly dodges it. He throws a straight punch right at his opponent's face, but Azar keeps dodging until Ashiro sweeps his legs and kicks him away into a nearby building. Debris and rubble from the building fly in every direction as Ashiro's flames surge with even more intensity than before, almost as if he were growing as they fought.
[Elemental Discharge: Firestorm Activated with Bloodlust!]
A large wave of flames swarmed Azar as Ashiro waved his hand across the air, almost like a magic trick. But Azar smiled at the attack as a challenge, quickly beginning a chant. "Thunder, Burst, Destruction!"
[Skill: Thunderblast Activated strongly!]
Ashiro's hands charge up with both lightning and thunder, the two similar energies begin combining into one another as the charging process begins tearing through the land. Reshaping the ground as lightning and thunder crackled through the terrain. Ashiro doesn't give him the chance to as he slams his foot into the ground, causing a massive earthquake across the town.
[1st Earth Formation: Seismic Rocker!]
The ground shakes violently as Azar is hit by a dense pillar of earth that bursts through the ground. Azar had to then redirect the thunderblast to destroy the pillar of stone that was lifting him high into the sky. The pillar of stone becomes nothing more than a pile of rubble, and confidence then spreads across Azar's face as he looks around for Ashiro.
But to his surprise, he couldn't even sense Ashiro, much less even see much below him. Thoughts of restlessness then enter his mind. "(Damnit, where the fuck did he go. I can't even sense that weird energy he uses for those elements, but what I wonder about is if he can use more than fire and earth. But what surprised me was that his fire started changing colors. From that orange shade of red to a dark blue. Wait, does that mean he hasn't gone through any type of enlightenment!?)"
Azar's deep thoughts were then shut down as Ashiro came from above, smashing his fist into his gut. Flames burst from the impact and move blows carrying them down from thousands of feet as Ashiro continues pummeling him, ranting on and on about how he knows what Azar was. "I know how you fight from that tournament in Seoul, I watched from five years ago. I then started seeing that someone called 'The false thundergod.' You can create false thunder and lightning to throw off just how fast you are. But why are you holding back, you idiot!"
[1st Flame Formation: Fiery Fury!]
Azar descends at blinding speeds, crashing into the ground as the impact creates a massive shockwave of flames and debris. He then slowly rises from the ground, blood trickling down his face as anger twists across his face. "(I'm being outdone by this bastard!? If I hadn't fought Satsujin earlier and used my full strength from the start, then I would have won. But now, because of my arrogance, this bastard is evolving as we fight!)"
Ashiro then flies down towards Azar, and a flaming aura surrounds his body as the air becomes hotter and hotter as Ashiro draws closer towards his opponent. Azar gritted his teeth, yelling up into the sky. His stature stood strong, and webs of thunder appeared from his hands. "ENOUGH!"
[Skill: Thundering Webs!]
Ashiro crashes into the webs, almost piercing completely through it, but he stops short. His fist was a few inches away from Azar's face. Ashiro tries tearing through the webs he's caught in, but as he struggles, countless amounts of lightning and thunder echo throughout his body, paralyzing him permanently. "(Dammit I can't even move!)"
Azar then punches him across the side of Ashiro's head, knocking him out. Azar chuckles as Ashiro's body hits the floor. "Don't get cocky just cause you were evolving as you fought."
A voice then calls to Azar within his mind. A tone of a commanding presence that was filtered as an order through his brain. "Return to me, Azar." He falls to a knee, and Jashi smirks as he floats above him. "Very good, almost like an obedient dog." Azar then looks behind him, grabbing Ashiro, who is still tied up in the webs of electricity.
[Skill: Blitzing Lightning Activated Immediately!]
Lightning surrounds Azar's legs before dashing across the city and standing in front of Jashi and Ryoko. He then looks over in the sky, seeing Fumiko and the others floating above them. "You want me to take care of them, Jashi?" Azar says with a twisted grin plastered across his face. Jashi shakes his head and walks forward. "I'll take care of this, you just sit and watch. Just make sure Kodak can't move." Azar smirked, clapping his hands together to create more webs.
[Skill: Thundering Webs Activated With Max Output!]
The shade of thunder then goes black, showing a change with the increase in power. "Looks like you're nothing but helpless in the end, Kawanari," he says while shaking his head by grabbing his hair tightly. Kodak then springs awake, his eyes looking full of fear and his face covered in cold sweat as he begins breathing heavily. "What the hell!?" Azar smirks as he grips Kodak's hair tighter. 'Oh, you're finally awake. The show is about to begin!" Kodak groans slightly in pain as his head is forced up to look at the sky. He sees Jashi floating above them, fully controlling Satsujin's body. "(NO, LEAVE. DON'T TRY AND SAVE ME!)"
Fumiko looks down at Kodak and shakes her head at him. She then looks up and sees Satsujin, but his face is more cunning and evil-looking. "We are not leaving without Kodak!" Kohaku sneaks around on the ground, looking at Kodak and seeing Ashiro not that far from him.
[Skill: Telepathy Activated!]
Kohaku speaks through telepathy with Akari and Fumiko. "(It's not just Kodak they have Ashiro as well, Kodak seems unable to move while Ashiro's unconscious. Probably cause he'd burn through the restraints in no time. But I need time to free them.)" Fumiko smirks as she draws her greatsword from thin air. "(I'm more than happy to. After all, I still wanna settle the score with Jashi for killing Dal-hee and Akuma!)" Fumiko's Lunar Energy surges throughout, making Jashi put his guard for a moment, but he swiftly claps his hands, the glitching energy sparks around them all as Kodak looks up at the energy sparking around Fumiko and Akari. "(Damnit, he's gonna kill them! I just wish I hadn't used Destructive Amplification earlier!)"
[Skill: Glitched Artifacts Activated Strongly!]
The energy then forms into multiple weapons, different types of swords, knives, and even some swords as large, if not bigger, than Fumiko's blade. "You both should feel honored to see the strongest one awaken once more," Jashi said with a grin on his face. But Fumiko scoffs at his statement, shaking her head. "You think you're the strongest, you're at the peak of an S-Rank. But I can sense it, Satsujin is stopping you from taking absolute control!"
Fumiko then waves her hand, energy crackling from her fingertips to the dark sky above her. "You overestimate how much weaker you truly are."
[Skill: Blossoming Blades Activated Strongly!]
The energy forms into hundreds of shortswords, radiating with Lunar energy as purple flower petals float throughout the sky. The blades behind Jashi and Fumiko sit still for a moment before they speed forward, clashing with each other. Fumiko's calm demeanor stood strong as Jashi seemed somewhat bothered. "(Damnit, that girl was right. I only seized about a little less than 10% of this body's strength. However, I have secrets that she wouldn't have known until now.)"
The blades strike against one another, equalizing out any sneaking moves that Fumiko or Jashi could make. But that all changed when Fumiko spoke. "Ignition chain." The blades then glow a vibrant purple before the lunar energy within the blades explodes. Smoke fills the air as Kodak looks up in surprise. "(That's the same move she used on me, not bad, Fumiko!)"
Jashi smirked with a twisted look. "You should know a smokescreen is only delaying the pain I'll bring upon you all!" Confidence radiated through Jashi's voice, but that confidence was quickly shattered as the Lunar Energy surged within the smoke.
[2nd Lunar Formation: Moonblade's Dance!]
Fumiko dashes through the smoke first, slashing at Jashi, hitting his hamstring, elbow joints, and even stabbing her greatsword completely through his chest. But Jashi just chuckled and forced the blade out, disarming Fumiko. But she just chuckled and began spawning tens of moon blades.
[Skill: Blossoming Blades Activated Strongly!]
Jashi jumped back as the blades of glistening lunar energy attacked him vigorously. Cuts appeared across his arms, legs, and even on his face. Blood leaked from the cuts as Jashi just healed them effortlessly. "Was that you're plan? You're just pathetic!" He then raced at Fumiko, but her smile across her face threw him off. "You blinked, Jashi."
[1st Malice Formation: Raging Eclispe!]
Akari then appeared right behind Jashi, delivering a crushing blow straight to his liver, sparks from the energy malice provided explode, knocking Jashi down from the air. He flew down at blinding speeds, before stopping right before he hit the ground. But he couldn't be given time to heal, as Fumiko flew down and stabbed him in the same spot that Akari struck him. Blood was coughed up from his mouth as he groaned in pain. Akari then flew down after Fumiko and started pummeling Jashi with multiple punches and kicks.
Kodak watched from afar, still restrained. "Damn, they might win against his weakened state!" Azar scoffed at Kodak's perception of the battle. "I thought you, of all people, would know that this is not even close to taking down Jashi." Kodak gritted his jaw in anger and stared at Azar as he looked away nervously. "K-keep glaring and I'll kill you!" Kodak doesn't respond and continues staring menacingly at Azar. "(Deep down, he's right. This level of power Jashi was using is equal to that of an A-Ranker. The same strength he used against me about a month ago. What's his plan?)"
Jashi then spits blood out of his mouth, blinding Fumiko's vision. But she doesn't stop and begins injecting her lunar energy into Jashi's body. "I'M NOT GIVING UP UNTIL ALL MY LUNAR ENERGY KILLS YOU!!!"
[Lunar Energy is being absorbed from the moon!]
Akari then slams her fist once more into Jashi's face, coughing up blood from his mouth as he feels the fear of death looming over him once more. Sparks of malice surged through the terrain as Akari felt a sense of determination radiating from her body. "JUST DIE AND PAY FOR YOUR SINS!"
[Malice is gaining strength from your rage!]
Two words then echo through her mind. Rip... Tear. Akari then screams out in anger as her hair turns an even darker shade of black and her strength seemingly gets stronger and stronger. Jashi then realizes what he needed to do. A brief memory flows through his mind as his hands form a hand sign.
"There are different rankings of skills. Kenji, you have the weirdest ideas sometimes." Jashi said as Kenji looked back at him. "You'll learn it someday. A skill that gives you utter and total domination. But only once you realize what death truly is."
The memory then ends as Jashi clapped his hands together, and a wave of energy surged through him as Fumiko's blade was destroyed completely. A dark red aura surrounds him as Akari tries to hold him down. But she gets smacked away from a backhand used by Jashi, knocking through several buildings. The attack hits her hard, shattering her right arm completely as the attack lands, but what follows are sparks of black radiating from the impact as blood coughs from Akari's mouth. "(He used a Death Burst!?)"
[Skill: Death Burst Activated!]
Fumiko then summons her blade once more that Jashi had just destroyed, proving she had enough fight left within her, more than what Jashi thought. "Broken blade, hear the moon's energy and come back to my aid. Blade of the Moonlight's Horizon!"
[Skill: Blade of the Moonlight's Horizon Activated Strongly!]
The same greatsword illuminated by the shine of the moonlight lit up the blade as Fumiko stared down at her opponent. "(I've got one chance, make it count!)"
Kodak then watched as Akari's body flew past him, her body rolling painfully across the ground as it stopped just short of him. "Akari... why?" Kodak's voice was full of fear, the fear that his friend would perish as soon as the enemy wanted her to. "I did it cause you were the first person to show me that I'm not an object. I was an actual person, and for that, I thank you." Akari weakly smiled as Azar walked over, picking her up by her throat. "Well, look who we have here. The sweet girl filled now with nothing but Malice and Hatred!" Kodak tugged and struggled within the thunder webs, screaming at Azar. "YOU LET HER GO, OR SO HELP ME GOD YOUR DEATH WILL BE MORE PAINFUL THAN EVEN JASHI'S!!!" Kodak's eyes then sparked a dark purple as he felt his destructive energy slowly coming back.
[30% of your Destructive energy is usable!]
Azar's eyes then dart over at him, and he drops Akari to the ground right in front of Ashiro. Akari then touches the electrical webbing and smirks. Azar then grabs Kodak by his neck and begins choking him. "What kind of delusion are you yapping about!? You and your friend are gonna rot for what you did to me. Maybe after I'm done with you, I'll talk with Fumiko, invite her over to my place, and take her right there while she screams for you!"
[50% of Destructive Energy is recovered!]
Kodak looks up in the sky, seeing Akari fly into the sky, trying to aid Fumiko against Jashi. "You made one fatal mistake, Azar." He smirked, not believing what Kodak was saying. "Oh, yeah, and what is that?" Kodak then tilted his head back down, and his face filled with killing intent. "You let me live." Azar's then headbutted in the forehead by Kodak, falling to his knees and dropping him.
[Concentration with Thundering Webs has been cut off!]
The webs then burst apart, unraveling as Kodak and Ashiro were free to do as they pleased at this very moment. Azar holds his head in pain from the headbutt. "You bastard-Keugh!"
[Aura Core: Martial Destruction Selected!]
[1st Destructive Martial Formation: Tenfold Impact!]
Azar's insults were then cut off as the first formation of destructive energy was unleashed upon him from Kodak. Ashiro then springs awake and looks over at Kodak, pummeling his opponent. "If you're gonna make a threat, at least make it believable, you failure of a martial artist!" Blood splatters across the ground as Kodak lands a Death Burst. Azar tries getting up as the two singular strikes land, but Kodak punches him back down with the third formation of Destructive Martial Formations.
[3rd Destructive Martial Formation: Voidbreaker!]
[Skill: Death Burst Activated Again!]
The mixture of Kodak hitting his third death burst made the third formation, Voidbreaker, even stronger, flames then light up from the attack, and the heat from it keeps increasing and becomes almost that of plasma. Almost like the edge of a more destructive attack. Important messages then popped up from the system.
[Destructive Battle Arts have Awakened!]
[Destructive martial formations are evolving!]
[Voidbreaker --> Plasma's Destructive Edge!]
[New skills unlocked, Kinetic Energy was reawakened!]
[Destructive battle arts and Kinetic energy are combining!]
Kodak's eyes light up at the messages from the system as a new feeling of power echoes through his mind, but does not dominate his mind. He then looked over at Azar, who was completely knocked out, and his life force was fading. He then looked behind himself, seeing Ashiro fighting with Ryoko. "Ashiro will be fine, I need to aid Fumiko." Another message was then delivered from the system.
Skills: Wingless Flight, Combat Sense, Aura Core Selection, Blaze Wave, Destructive Shockwave, Destructive Charge, Formations of Kinetic Destruction, Telepathy
Innate techniques: Kinetic Destruction Arts
Kinetic Energy Formations unlocked: 2
Destructive Martial Formations unlocked: 4
Kodak then smirks as he wants to go help Fumiko, but Ashiro's body collides into his, and they both crash into a nearby building. Kodak holds his head in pain as Ashiro's head is stuck on the ceiling right above him.
"Y'know if you want to fight Ryoko, I don't know, maybe try winning you hotheaded numbskull!" Ashiro falls from the ceiling, landing on his feet. "I'm a numbskull!? Let's talk about how you can't tell that Fumiko has feelings. You dense martial artist." Kodak then stood up and waved Ashiro off with a middle finger. "Yeah, whatever. How do you think we can stop Ryoko, y'know, since she got stronger from Jashi healing her arm? I'm about at 50% of my normal strength." Ashiro looks at Kodak and thinks for a moment. "I've got about 40% left in the tank. But your destructive energy looks different, you are producing two cores of destructive energy. One for offensive purposes, and the other looks to be more like kinetic energy. Wait a minute. Did you gain that technique back!?"
Kodak smiles at Ashiro, proud of his improvement in the usage of revenant. "Looks like those 2 weeks paid off with Godai. Fumiko told me about how you wouldn't stop training even after my 'Dad' attacked you guys."
"So you knew everything, could've used your help jackass."
"Nah, it would've made the situation a lot worse, plus he's not Shiro. That person was an imitation of my father."
But before their conversation could continue, a loud rumbling was then coming from the ground as Kodak sensed the toxic energy of Ryoko Yorikane swiftly coming their way. "Ashiro, Move!" He shoved his friend out of the way as Ryoko tackled Kodak, dragging him across the city, unleashing more destruction upon the city. "I'm gonna kill you, and then impress Jashi!"
Kodak then freed his right arm from her grasp, calling to Nagomi. "Get off, snake." Kodak then charges up destructive energy in his hand and pierces through Ryoko, causing her to let a hissing sound of pain from her voice.
Ashiro then looks behind him, seeing that Azar was charging straight at him. "You gotta be fucking kidding me."
[2nd Earth Formation: Stoneheart Sanctuary!]
An abundance of walls made from the earth blocked Azar's path, but he continues and his thundering power tears through the walls as he crashes through them all and tackles Ashiro to the ground. A loud impact echoes through the destroyed city as Ashiro gets punched within the crater that Azar made from tackling him. Another punch lands, making Ashiro cough up blood as shocks of thunder and lightning echo through his body. "KEUGH!" Ashiro powers through pain, thinking of the state this man left Akari in and the threatening presence that traumatized Kohaku. "LIKE HELL I'M GONNA LOSE TO AN EGOSTICAL ASSHOLE LIKE YOU!!!"
[Skill: Elemental Discharge, Firestorm Activated Strongly!]
A large pillar of blue flames burst from his body, sending Azar back. "Geugh!" He jumps into the air, seeing that his skin was bubbling and melting just from that brief moment of contact with those blue flames. "(His flames got stronger!?)"
[Skill: Lightning Spear Activated Strongly!]
Azar claps his hands together and as they separate a spear made of lightning forms within his hands. "HEY, CATCH THIS YOU OVERCONFIDENT ASSHAT!" Azar then throws the spear of lightning at such an intense speed that sonic booms echo through the spear as Ashiro prepares for the lightning spear, catching the weapon right before it hits the ground. "CATCH IT YOURSELF!" Ashiro throws the spear back, engulfing it in flames as a message from the system appears.
[Artifact forged!]
[New Skill: Elemental Artifact Activated!]
[Elemental Artifact: Inferno Spear!]
The flaming spear shoots across the sky as it exceeds the speed of Azar's perception, piercing his stomach. The spear's blade goes through his back as the blue flames seep into Azar's already critically wounded body. Smell of burning flesh reeks through the sky, and Azar rips the spear out. Blood leaks from his stomach, but his body slowly begins healing.
However, Ashiro rushes up with Flaring Flight and his body burns brightly as confidence overrides his mind. "(I'm not stopping at that pitiful stab wound. I'll crush your heart, lungs, and even your liver. I'll make you suffer for those undeserving of your sinful nature!)"
[1st Flame Formation: Fiery Fury!]
Ashiro knees Azar in face, breaking his nose in an instant, and the strength from the blow sends him flying higher up into the air. Ashiro flies after him and brings his fist back, delivering a crushing blow to his face once more as Azar flies through the air even faster. Ashiro then speeds up and ends up in front of Azar.
[3rd Flame Formation: Flaming Throwdown!]
Ashiro grabs Azar by his face and bolts down at great speeds, the air pressure blows through Azar's ear as they pop from the intense air pressure. Ashiro's flames then start burning Azar, melting flesh off the bones of his face. Ashiro then sees them approaching the ground swiftly and slams Azar into the ground, cause a massive tremor to echo throughout the city. Getting the attention of hundreds, if not thousands of revenant spirits. Towards Ashiro's direction. "You gotta be fucking kidding me."
[Elemental Discharge: Firestorm!]
A large blast of flames melt and burn through the army of revenant spirits. Ashiro looks upon the corpses of thousands of monsters. "Jeez, these beasts always get more and more annoying as time passes." Azar then slowly gets up as his face is completely healed.
[Skill: Blitzing Lightning activated with bloodlust!]
Azar speeds forward as his legs dig deep into the ground, tearing through it as thunder echoes through the city.
Kodak kicks Ryoko away as the hande of Nagomi flies into his hand. Ryoko's toxic energy emanates through the air as Kodak looks at very unimpressed. "Jeez, you're so obsessed with fighting me. You gotta let it go." Kodak's mockful words angered Ryoko immensely. The ground then begins to shake violently. Her lips then spoke words of pure hatred. "I will tear you apart and then move on to that goth chick, maybe I'll make her watch as you die!" Kodak's face stayed composed and stood ready in a fighting stand.
Ryoko gritted her teeth in anger, launching herself into the air at Kodak. "DIE!" But her attack misses and he counters with a brutal elbow straight to the liver.
[1st Destructive Martial Formation: Tenfold Impact!]
Ryoko groans in pain as her momentum was completely shutdown by Kodak's attack. The singular attack didn't hurt too badly but it multiplied into ten, hurt her as a secondary effect happened from the attack. Kodak's hand was absorbing kinetic energy from the attack. The red-purple glow of kinetic energy that made a smile appear on Kodak's face.
[1000 points of Kinetic energy was absorbed!]
He squeezedhis hand then released it as he saw Ryoko racing around him. "You're so obvious." He then dug his feet into the ground and Kodak felt confident. "(Lemme try somthing.)"
[Skill: Destructive Aura Activated Strongly!]
Kodak felt his physical strength increase as kinetic energy gathered to his legs. His leg muscles flexed immense as the aura moved all the way to his legs.
[New Skill Unlocked: Destructive Aura Blitz!]
Kodak then disappeared within an instant. The ground deteriorated under his feet as he speed forward, catching Ryoko instantly. He then threw her across the terrain.
Azar goes flying through the air as well, and the two revenant users crash into each other. "HEY WATCH IT YOU FUCKING EEL!" Azar's neck flexes in anger as he argues right back. But while they do that Kodak and Ashiro rush them down simultaneously. "NOW ASHIRO!" Kodak's voice echoes through the land as Ashiro nodded. "Just follow my lead and sense what my revenant is doing!"
[3rd Destructive Martial Formation: Plasma's Destructive Edge!]
[1st Flame Formation: Fiery Fury!]
Azar and Ryoko then turn around, seeing their opponents rush them down. "SHIT!" Sparks ignite from Ashiro and Kodak's fists, the black energy tears through the land as they see Azar and Ryoko, unconscious.
A voice then rang through the terrain. "Pierce." An energy blast forms into a blade, stabbing right through Ashiro's chest. Kodak then sees Fumiko and Akari's bodies drop from the sky. Kodak catches them both as he sees fatal wounds on them. His breathing gets faster and his mind begins to race. "No… please… stay with me!" Fumiko's eyes then fall and Akari's do the same. Kodak falls to his knees as he hears Jashi grab three other people, Kohaku, Masashi, and Himari.
They all float up in the sky as Jashi crushes Masashi's head. Blood and flesh splatter across the ground. Kodak screams in horror. "NOOOOOO!!!!" He flies quickly into the sky and pushes Kohaku out of the way as she cries out for Kodak. "DON'T DO THIS!" She then watches as Himari is pushed out of the way and Kodak gets stabbed by a blade made of glitching energy. Himari lands safely as Jashi scoffs at him. "You might have protected them, but they soon will fall just like your pitiful father!"
[3rd Destructive Martial Formation: Voidbreaker!]
Kodak swings Nagomi, slicing through Jashi as his arm is chopped completely off. "KEUGH!" He steps back and Kodak begins radiating a large amount of revenant.
[Limitations from Destructive Amplification have ceased!]
Kodak then flies forward and destructive energy radiates through the land as he sends Jashi flying back. "DAMMIT ALL!" His screams of rage and malice show through as Jashi begins getting flashbacks of how Kenji screamed the same way. "(You two are just the same, aren't you!)"