CHAPTER 73: TIME AND THE CHEETAH GODDESS
The battlefield was trembling under the pressure of power.
Lightning crackled, waves raged, and the sky above San Juan looked torn apart—like the heavens themselves couldn't handle the energy unleashed by Moro, Kaya, and Kuzak.
But then—everything stopped.
The sound, the motion, even the flow of air froze.
A faint hum echoed, followed by a silver light that split the chaos in half. From within that light, a figure appeared, calm and composed, his cloak fluttering in the stillness.
It was Revo.
His glowing eyes shimmered like fractured clock hands, spinning endlessly.
He raised a hand, and with one motion, Kuzak vanished, pulled instantly through a dimensional fold.
Moro blinked. "What the—!?"
Kaya's aura faltered slightly, her eyes narrowing. "He… teleported him."
Revo's voice echoed through the still air, cold and precise.
> "This battle no longer serves purpose. I have already foreseen the outcome. Kuzak would fall here, and the ripples would alter the Grand Path. I cannot allow that."
Then—he was gone too.
The skies returned to motion, rain pouring again as Moro and Kaya looked around, confused and furious.
But before anyone could even process it—
A monstrous surge of aura exploded in the distance.
It wasn't Kuzak.
It wasn't Revo.
It was something entirely different.
A brilliant streak of gold and crimson energy tore through the air like a comet, obliterating everything in its path. The ground shook as the figure landed, creating a crater that radiated heat and force.
From the dust and light stepped Yaya.
Her aura blazed like a living flame mixed with wild kinetic energy. Her eyes glowed with golden pupils, her presence sharp, feral—unstoppable. Her long braids whipped behind her like whips of pure aura.
She looked up, sensing Revo's presence in the sky. A smirk crept onto her face.
> "Revo… the coward."
Everyone froze. Even Moro's jaw tightened.
> "You took my prey. I forfeited my duties as an Agent for one reason—to kill Kuzak."
She crouched slightly, the air vibrating beneath her. Then, without warning—
BOOM!
Yaya vanished from sight.
Revo's eyes widened—his Time Barrier barely flickered before she appeared right in front of him, fist cocked back, aura spiraling violently around her arm.
> "Try seeing this in your little future, Revo!"
Her aura-infused punch connected squarely with his midsection—a clean, devastating strike that ripped through layers of dimensional space.
KRAAAASH!!!
Shockwaves erupted in every direction, tearing through the air like a sonic bomb.
Even from afar, Moro and Kaya had to brace themselves as the sheer pressure nearly knocked them off their feet.
Moro's eyes widened, a grin forming.
> "She's… a beast."
Revo's body bent forward from the blow, energy sputtering from his wound as he coughed out blood. His calm demeanor cracked for the first time.
Yaya didn't stop—she pressed in, her aura radiating faster than human perception could track. Every step she took shattered sound, every punch left a trail of golden light.
But Revo… smiled faintly.
> "You think raw speed can surpass time itself?"
With a simple gesture, the entire battlefield warped.
Time folded.
Yaya suddenly found herself suspended in a realm of silver stillness. Everything—air, motion, even light—froze except Revo. He raised his hand, forming an enclosed sphere of frozen dimension.
> "Welcome to my domain," he said softly. "A space outside of all flow."
But Yaya only grinned, her teeth sharp like a predator's.
> "Then I'll just break your flow."
Her aura surged again, faster—faster—until golden arcs began to pierce through the stillness. Cracks appeared in Revo's time field.
He frowned slightly. "Impossible."
But Yaya's Cheetah Aura was no longer just speed—it was instinct fused with aura compression, an apex form of kinetic power.
She darted forward—time itself blurred around her.
Revo countered, summoning streams of silver clockwork energy that wrapped around his arms like serpents, each one moving in reverse to her motion.
The two met in the middle of the suspended realm—
TIME vs SPEED.
Silver against Gold.
Every impact shattered more of the space around them, distorting the temporal field into shards. Yaya's blows came faster than even Revo's eyes could fully calculate, each punch roaring like thunder inside the silent dimension.
"Your time tricks…" she snarled, her fist glowing brighter, "…mean nothing—if I move beyond time!"
Her aura exploded into a Cheetah Burst, pure kinetic will unleashed.
The final clash sent out a cataclysmic shockwave, rupturing the sealed realm. Both were thrown out into the open world, landing across from each other, panting.
Revo's cloak was torn, blood dripping from his wound.
Yaya's aura flickered, her knuckles bleeding—but her grin never faded.
She pointed at him, golden light still sparking from her body.
> "Next time you try to play god, Revo… remember—I hunt gods."
The air went silent.
Even the rain stopped falling for a moment.
And from far away, Moro whispered with a grin,
> "Guess Revo's not the only monster walking this earth."
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