Ishihara glanced down at the glowing card in his hand.
Green light flickered across his face.
He sighed.
"…What a trash card."
Before he could move—
BOOM!
Neraxis slammed a kick straight into his body, sending him crashing deeper into the buildings. Concrete folded like paper. Glass exploded outward as Neraxis laughed like a menace, his voice echoing through the streets.
Mid-air, Ishihara realized—
I cannot beat him with this card.
I have to use my Supreme Expansion.
Neraxis's laughter echoed endlessly, sharp and inhuman, sending chills through hunters, civilians, and crying children alike.
Ishihara forced his shaking hand into a sign.
"Supreme Expansion of Space: House of the Final Odd."
The world warped.
Space folded inward, swallowing both of them as reality dissolved into a green void, cards floating endlessly in every direction—spinning, flipping, glowing with probability and fate.
For a split second—
Silence.
Then—
Neraxis laughed.
"Pathetic."
He formed a hand sign, calm and effortless.
"Supreme Expansion of Space: The Fractured Eternity."
CRACK.
Ishihara's domain shattered.
The green void splintered like broken glass as Neraxis's space overwrote it completely. A boundless, fractured expanse unfolded—mirrors of space extracting endlessly from Ishihara's body.
SHRRK—SHRRK—BOOM!
Mirror shards burst outward, slicing through flesh, exploding from within him. Pain tore through every nerve as blood sprayed across the fractured space.
Ishihara screamed—then bit down, forcing it back.
Neraxis watched, smiling.
Cuts spread across Ishihara's skin, carving him apart piece by piece, torment drawn out with cruel precision.
Neraxis spoke softly.
"It's just been ten seconds."
Ishihara's body trembled violently, blood dripping into the void.
It didn't seem like he would even survive twenty seconds inside.