The air had turned to fire. The desert was silent, waiting.
Rayen and Atank stood still—two warriors, two survivors—facing each other under the blood-red sun. The wind carried only one truth: today, only one would walk away alive.
Atank slowly raised his sword, the sunlight glinting off its chipped silver edge. His eyes, once mocking and playful, were now sharp and serious—no trace of laughter, only wrath. His voice echoed across the dunes.
"Enough games. From here on… only blood."
Rayen clenched his fists. Shadows crawled up his arms like smoke, his aura expanding, the ground beneath him cracking. "Then let's finish this," he said coldly, eyes burning with black flame.
In a blink of an eye, Rayen launched forward, leaving a crater behind him. Atank didn't move; he simply raised his blade and swung—once, twice, five times in rapid motion.
Each swing unleashed a colossal blue slash of Solar energy, slicing the air, tearing through the desert like storms of light.
Rayen didn't dodge. He roared, covered his body with shadow armor, and punched through the first slash.
BOOM!
The impact shook the ground. He tore through the second, then the third, his fists bleeding, his body trembling. The fourth one hit his shoulder, slicing a deep wound—but he didn't stop. The fifth came like lightning, but Rayen shattered it with a scream.
Then he countered.
"Shadow Striking Jab!"
A single blow, but packed with all his fury. His fist collided with Atank's sword mid-air, the shockwave blasting sand miles away. Atank barely blocked it—his knees bent, boots sliding back across the red sand as his sword screamed from the pressure.
"Impossible…" Atank gritted his teeth.
Rayen used that moment. He jumped onto the blade, ran up its length, and appeared right in front of Atank. With a devastating spinning kick, he smashed Atank across the face, sending him flying into the dunes.
Atank crashed hard, sand exploding around him. His sword buried deep into the ground beside him. But he stood again, wiping blood from his mouth. "You're good," he muttered, "but not good enough."
He raised his sword, spinning it in a full circle. The air twisted, the sand began to rise, swirling faster and faster until a massive tornado formed around him. The storm glowed with Solar energy, shredding everything in its path.
Jessica shouted from afar, "Rayen! Get back!!"
But Rayen didn't. His eyes went hollow—his rage burning beyond reason.
"Then I'll erase your storm."
He charged forward and unleashed 1000x Shadow Jab—his fists a blur of motion. Thousands of black punches tore through the tornado, ripping it apart piece by piece. The sky turned dark again.
He closed in. A kick. A punch. Another jab. Each hit landed harder, faster, heavier.
Atank could barely keep up. "This bastard… he was holding from then while fighting!"
Then, Rayen gathered every ounce of his power—his shadows flaring wildly behind him—and charged it all into one final punch.
"Shadow Final Jab!"
He struck.
Atank raised his sword to block—
CRACK!
The Silver Amulet sword shattered, its holy metal breaking apart into glowing fragments.
The shockwave blew Atank backward, his body tumbling through sand and dust.
Rayen stood there, chest heaving, blood dripping from his knuckles. "You suck," he said coldly. "You really thought you could kill me?"
The desert fell silent.
But then we see
Somewhere far away, in the jungles of Hizrou Mountain, master and yash were training. The master's eyes opened suddenly, sensing the Solar tremors.
"He's coming," the master said quietly.
Yash—smiled. "Then I'll be ready."
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Back in the desert, Atank rose once more, silent. His usual arrogance was gone. His face was grim, his breathing heavy. For a long moment, he said nothing.
Then, softly: "Umair…"
Memories flooded him.
His younger brother, Umair, smiling under the bright sun.
"Brother, I made this for you!" Umair had said, holding a small wooden sword, handmade and uneven.
Atank had laughed, patting his head. "You made it by yourself? You're cool, little one."
Then came the Solar Blast. The world turned red. They survived together—two brothers alone. Then came Prince, the scientist who promised them strength. He trained both, but only chose Umair to be one of the Three Titans.
Atank was left behind, overshadowed, forgotten.
He clenched his fists now, the memory burning through his mind. "You took everything from me…"
His voice cracked into a scream.
"AND YOU'RE GONNA PAY FOR THAT!!!"
He raised his broken sword, energy pouring from his body like fire. Blue flames spiraled upward, twisting the air. The ground beneath him glowed with Solar runes. His sword—rebuilt by sheer energy—flared with blinding light.
"Final Move: Judgment Beam!!"
The entire world shook. A massive blue beam of Solar energy shot from his broken sword, rushing straight at Rayen like a roaring star.
Rayen's eyes widened. But he didn't run. He brought both hands forward, his shadows gathering around him. The ground cracked as darkness erupted from his body, forming into a growing orb of black flame.
"Shadow Beam!!"
Their powers met in midair—
BOOOOOOOM!
A blinding explosion tore through the battlefield.
The collision of Solar and Shadow created a beam clash that split the sky. The air rippled, mountains cracked, and the sand melted into glass.
Jessica and T-Rex watched helplessly from afar, their hair whipping from the pressure.
Jessica shouted, "He can't hold it much longer!"
T-Rex replied, "Neither can Atank…"
Atank roared, pushing forward with all his power. "I won't lose again! Not to another chosen one!!"
Rayen screamed back, his body shaking violently, blood pouring from his nose. "I CAN'T DIE HERE! NOT YET! NOT EVER!"
The beams struggled—light against darkness, heaven against abyss. Atank's Solar Beam started pushing Rayen's attack back inch by inch.
Atank laughed maniacally through the blinding light. "This is it! Die like the worthless stable you are!!"
Rayen's hands trembled—but then his mind flashed.
Raj's laugh.
His mother's smile.
Umair's betrayal.
His promise to himself—I'll never be weak again.
His eyes turned completely black. Shadows covered his entire body, wings of darkness expanding behind him.
"RAHHHHHHH!!!"
He poured every ounce of his will into one final push. His Shadow Beam surged forward, devouring Atank's light.
Atank's face twisted in disbelief. "No—impossible—"
The black light consumed him.
KA-BOOOOOOM!!!
A colossal explosion swallowed the battlefield. The sky itself seemed to split apart. The shockwave traveled for miles, flattening dunes and shattering the silent horizon.
When the light faded—
Only silence remained.
The desert was nothing but scorched ground. The mountain ridges had collapsed. Smoke curled into the blood-red sky.
In the center of the crater, Rayen stood barely on his feet, his body burnt, his aura flickering. Atank's sword lay shattered beside a crater of glass.
T-Rex and Jessica ran toward him.
Jessica shouted, "Rayen! You did it—"
But before she could finish, Rayen fell to one knee, staring at the spot where Atank vanished into ashes.
He whispered softly, "…Umair… Atank… both gone…"
T-Rex placed a hand on his shoulder. "You survived. That's what matters."
Rayen didn't answer. His eyes were fixed on the horizon—where a faint shadow stood far away, watching.
To be continued