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Chapter 20 — Rise of Blood
> Warning: This chapter is entirely fictional and contains combat elements within a dark, bloody anime setting. It has no relation to reality.
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Scene 1 — The Burning Forest
The flames slowly devoured the trees with a terrifying persistence, the sound of burning resembling the roar of a massive beast.
In the midst of this hell, a dense, dark energy burst forth from Kiura's body, like living smoke. It swept across the area and extinguished half of the raging flames in a single moment.
Then Kiura's voice changed…
The scream of pain turned into a mad laugh.
Kiura — raising his head slowly, his laughter growing louder:
(Yes… I'm free now… hahaha… hah!)
His body began to change before their eyes:
His hair took on a light crimson color, as if dyed with the blood of the sun.
His eyes ignited with deep scarlet light, and beneath them appeared a mark resembling a distorted skull. Another identical mark emerged on his chest.
His clothes transformed into a dark red hue, moving as if they were breathing.
Enzo took a step forward, his expression filled with shock and fascination:
(This… is an entirely different level. Amazing… truly amazing!)
Rinion barely lifted her head through the pain, her gaze trembling between fear and shock:
(Kiura… why… have you become like this?)
He turned toward her… but that gaze was no longer Kiura's familiar one.
Kiura — or rather, the entity in control:
(That boy no longer exists now… I am the one holding control of this body.)
Then he pointed at his head with a cold smile:
(And he… is watching from here.)
Rinion's eyes widened, her chest trembling:
(The Silver Transformation… and now this… could there be a connection between them?)
He didn't answer her.
A single step from him was enough to shake the burning air itself.
Enzo formed a sword of fire once more and attacked without hesitation — but at that same instant, a strange sword formed in Kiura's hand… dark blood-red in color, crystal-like and transparent, glowing with a terrifying crimson shimmer.
The swords collided—
A sonic explosion roared as if the earth itself were breathing.
A violent shockwave scattered ash and debris everywhere.
Both of them smiled… the smile of two beings who had completely lost fear.
They stepped back once, then vanished in an instant, exchanging dozens of strikes at a speed impossible for the human eye to follow.
Each clash left behind colored sparks… fire on one side, and a dark aura on the other.
The scene looked like a clash between two demons torn from an ancient legend.
Enzo leapt backward, creating three fiery copies of himself, their features perfectly identical.
The three copies jumped toward Kiura, each wielding a glowing sword.
One of the copies — with clear mockery:
(Rasengan! … Just kidding.)
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Scene 2 — Inside Kiura's Mind
A black void… stretching endlessly.
At its center stood a massive iron cage, its bars dark as if forged from shadow.
Inside the cage…
The real Kiura stood, looking around in shock.
Kiura:
(What…? Why am I here? How did I end up like this?)
Before he could finish, a massive transparent screen appeared before him, illuminating the void with a sharp light.
The screen activated and began broadcasting something…
Kiura — stunned by what he sees:
(Impossible… it can't be…!)
The scene cuts.
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Scene 3 — The Forest
The three copies attacked simultaneously, but Kiura avoided their strikes with movements resembling flickering shadows.
Then he extended his hand forward, and a red light began rapidly gathering in his palm.
Kiura — in a deep, commanding voice:
(Distorted Future: Flaming Sphere of Darkness!)
A massive sphere formed, surrounded by intertwined black lines, its core glowing with a deadly crimson light like the eye of a monster.
It grew larger and larger…
Then launched forward!
It collided with the copies, causing them to vanish in an explosion of red light… yet something felt wrong.
Kiura looked around:
(Where are you? Enough with the hide-and-seek…)
The camera moves like the eye of a predator, tracking shadows darting between the burning trees.
Here, a crackling sound… there, a snapping branch…
Then suddenly—
Enzo appeared directly behind Kiura.
The shadow he had been chasing was merely a decoy.
Enzo — with a dangerous smile as he delivers a decisive strike:
(It's over.)
Kiura took the blow from behind with such force that the ground shook beneath him.
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Narrator:
Enzo crushed Rinon with ease…
And now, despite Kiura's bloody transformation, he managed to reach him once again.
Does Enzo's power surpass all limits?
Or is what we've seen from Kiura… only the beginning?
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To be continued…
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