Kael smiled faintly as he muttered,
"This just became interesting."
Yarau's black skin swallowed the surrounding light, bending it inward like a void. Purple veins pulsed violently across his massive frame, glowing brighter with each breath. A long, whip-like tail lashed behind him, cracking the ground with every swing. Two sharp horns crowned his head, faintly shimmering with an otherworldly energy.
Yarau surged forward.
His fists burned with purple vital amplification, punches tearing through the air with explosive force. Shockwaves rippled outward as Kael slipped past each strike with precise movements. Kael parried one punch cleanly, pivoted, and countered—slamming Yarau straight into the ground.
THUD!
The street cratered beneath the impact.
Before Kael could follow up—
Neraxis appeared.
Insane speed.
Yellow Dash.
ZNNGH!
Neraxis drove in, timing it perfectly—aiming to interrupt Kael's heartbeat mid-motion. Kael's body jolted as he hit the ground hard.
In the same instant, mirror shards were torn from Kael's body.
They exploded.
They slashed.
Agony erupted all at once, ripping through muscle and bone. Blood sprayed across the shattered street. Kael clicked his tongue and cancelled the Grey Area, retreating a few steps as Reverse Vital Technique surged through him, stitching flesh back together.
He exhaled once.
"Uh huh," he muttered calmly. "Let's go again."
Kael vanished.
He reappeared in front of Neraxis, slamming him down and dragging him across the ground—stone tearing apart, dirt and debris flooding Neraxis's mouth. From the side, Yarau swung a heavy punch.
Kael twisted, dodged, and drove a brutal kick into Yarau's jaw.
The massive body flew, crashing through broken concrete.
Neraxis snarled and extracted mirror shards from Kael's body again.
They detonated.
Blades of pain carved through Kael's frame—blood spilling from his lips, deep cuts etched across his torso and arms. His body trembled under the damage, then steadied as Reverse Vital Technique activated once more, forcefully restoring what was torn away.
Kael wiped the blood from his mouth.
His eyes sharpened.
He raised his hand and formed a sign, voice steady and absolute.
"SUPREME EXPANSION OF SPACE."