The desert wind howled like an angry beast, tossing waves of red sand into the air. Rayen stood up, his eyes blazing with shadow energy, his entire body trembling but not from fear—from determination.
Atank's smirk cut through the dust storm. "You've fought well, boy," he said, holding his stone blades loosely at his side. "But this is where you die."
Without warning, a thousand shadow hands burst from behind Rayen—long, smoky tendrils that twisted like living serpents. "Die?!" Rayen roared, his voice cracking with rage. "Then I'll take you with me!"
The thousand hands shot forward like a swarm of demons, rushing toward Atank. But Atank's smirk only widened. He spun his Stone blade , the blade glowing greyish red, and in a blink—SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!—he tore through every single shadow hand with graceful precision. The sound of slicing shadows echoed like thunderclaps.
Rayen's eyes widened. "He cut them all... in one breath?"
Atank stepped through the fading black mist, voice calm and low. "You rely too much on tricks, boy." He vanished—disappearing like a mirage—and reappeared behind Rayen, blade flashing.
But Rayen's reflexes screamed danger. In an instant, Shadow Cobweb! Dark threads erupted from his hands, wrapping around Atank like a spider's trap. Atank struggled for a split second—long enough for Rayen to charge up a dense, crackling Shadow Ball in his palm.
"Let's see how long your arrogance lasts!" Rayen shouted and slammed the orb into Atank's chest.
BOOM!
A shockwave of darkness exploded across the battlefield, sand turning to glass beneath their feet. Atank was thrown into a massive boulder, coughing blood as he slid down. Rayen staggered forward, his shadow flames flickering violently.
He glared at Atank and muttered coldly, "Today will be your end... my son."
Atank wiped the blood off his lips and chuckled darkly. "You talk too much, shadow boy." His voice changed—no longer mocking, but steady, filled with something ancient and deadly. "Looks like I'll have to use it."
Rayen narrowed his eyes. "Use whatever you want. At the end of the day—you'll meet your fate that is written by ME
That name hit Atank like a thunderbolt. His breath slowed. A faint memory flickered—Umair, smiling under the blue sky before the blast.
"Brother," Umair's young voice echoed in his head, "I made something for you."
Atank remembered the small wooden sword Umair had carved himself. He had laughed, ruffling his brother's hair. "Nice, you made it yourself? You're cool, kid."
Back in the present, Atank slowly reached behind his backvand summons out that very sword—now transformed by Solar energy. The blade glowed silver and gold, humming with divine power. The moment it appeared, the atmosphere changed. The red wind froze. Even T-Rex, watching from afar, muttered, "That sword... it's something else."
Jessica's eyes widened. "He's serious now."
Atank's face hardened into something terrifyingly calm. He took one step forward, the ground cracking beneath his feet. "This sword was my brother's gift. I call it—Solar Nullifier."
Rayen snarled, shadow flames bursting from his back. "Nullify this!"
Six shadow orbs formed around him, glowing with pure black flames. "Shadow Necroball: Hell Sequence!"
He launched them all at once. Each ball screamed through the air like a comet, shaking the ground as they rushed toward Atank. The light and darkness clashed mid-air—KRAAA-BOOOOM!—but through the blinding chaos, Atank didn't move.
He simply swung his silver-golden sword once.
"Nullify."
The orbs shattered instantly—like glass struck by lightning. The black fire was gone, erased completely.
Rayen's jaw dropped. "What the—?"
Atank raised his sword again, the edges glowing brighter. "This sword cancels any Solar-based ability it touches. That's why... your shadows mean nothing to me."
Then he swung again. A colossal golden slash erupted from his blade, cutting through the desert like a wave of divine wrath. The boulders atank had created earlier—obliterated into dust. The impact was so massive that even T-Rex shielded Jessica behind him as a wall of red smoke roared across the land.
Rayen was thrown backward, coughing blood, eyes wide in disbelief. His power... his shadows... useless?
Atank walked forward, his black eyes glowing beneath his hair. "You think u can kill me weakling. I am here for my brother revenge i don't care if i die but i will take u with me as well.
Rayen's teeth clenched. "You... know nothing about me."
Atank's smirk returned. "Then prove it."
Both men stood in the heart of a shattered wasteland, surrounded by molten glass and burning wind. Rayen's shadow flames grew darker, swirling like a black storm behind him. Atank's golden aura expanded, the mysterious symbol glowing faintly on his blade.
The desert itself seemed to hold its breath.
T-Rex whispered, "This... this is the battle that'll decide what Solar truly means."
Jessica nodded, trembling. "Please, Rayen... don't die."
As both warriors charged—Rayen cloaked in shadow, Atank shining like a false sun—the world seemed to split into light and darkness.
The true fight for Solar had begun.
To be continued