Kael slammed the Black Ball straight toward where Neraxis stood.
The air screamed.
But at the last possible instant—
Neraxis vanished.
The Black Ball tore past, missing him by mere inches, erasing matter in its path.
Kael's grin widened.
"Yellow Dash."
Zzngh!
He vanished like a flash of light—
THUD!
Yarau intercepted the strike head-on.
Kael's eyes widened for a split second as the impact rattled his frame. His body staggered clean, boots scraping against fractured ground.
Neraxis grinned.
"Yellow Dash."
Zzngh!
The counter landed.
Kael coughed blood as the blow smashed into him, sending his body flying backward—straight toward his own space.
And then—
Crack!
Both supreme expansions collapsed at once, shattering like broken mirrors. Space folded inward, fragments of distorted reality dissolving into nothingness.
Neraxis laughed like a maniac.
The countless cuts and slashes across Kael's body healed instantly, flesh knitting back together as if they had never existed.
The Principal swallowed hard.
"Kael has endless vital force," he muttered.
"That means endless regeneration, endless space creation… endless power."
His eyes shifted toward Neraxis.
"On the other hand, Neraxis has finite vital force. Vital Amplification consumes an extreme amount. Supreme Expansion even more."
He clenched his fists.
"If this becomes a prolonged battle… he'll start running out."
Kozuki Toya nodded slowly.
"His only real advantage," the Principal continued, "is adaptation—through Yarau."
Yura's eyes remained locked on the battlefield, fists clenched, breath tight.