Chapter 571 - 561 The Final Power

Chapter 571: Chapter 561 The Final Power

"Hah!"

With a battle cry, my roundhouse kick exploded forward. Asem caught it with both arms, but the sheer impact cracked the gauntlets on his forearms and shattered them to pieces.

"Not bad...!"

Straining out the words, Asem drove a counter-punch straight at me. With his gauntlets destroyed, it was a bare-handed strike, but it still generated destructive power of terrifying proportions. Taking it head-on, my own armor was smashed to smithereens.

Infinity and Illusion. The two strongest existences in this world. Our battle, having stepped into that realm, grew even more vicious and severe. The mere shockwaves of our thrown fists and kicks violently warped dimensions, ringing out with a piercing shriek that sounded like the dying screams of the world itself. Had this battlefield taken place in our world instead of the one Asem constructed... the outcome went without saying. Everything would have been blown away into nothingness.

『EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEXA!!!!!!』

A powerful, synthetic voice chimed from the gauntlet. Enveloping my fist in heightened aura, I pushed relentlessly forward. Parrying Asem’s attack, I drove a mighty blow deep into him!

『Ha!』

My straight punch smashed his helmet to pieces and buried itself straight into his cheek! Unable to withstand the immense velocity and force, Asem lost his balance and was driven backward. Before he could retaliate, I closed the distance, following up with a second and third strike! My fist shattered his jet-black armor, and as he doubled over, a flying knee-strike connected squarely with his jaw! Surpassing his floating body in mid-air, I hammered down on him from directly above with all my might!

Blown backward, Asem instantly righted his posture, his eyes gleaming ominously. In a flash, numerous gigantic magic circles unfolded right before him, unleashing a barrage of black fireballs. I threw my body backward to dodge them... but far in the distance, the fireballs detonated in a cataclysmic explosion. A raging tempest of blasts shook the very dimensions!

『To think an attack thrown on a whim packs this much power!』

Even Draig’s voice quivered at that single blow. It was that monstrous. And Asem unleashed even more of them! He fired an endless stream of attacks, any single one of which could spell instant death!

Draig roared.

『Ise!』

『I know!』

Dodging every single fireball, I gathered ki in both hands, building it up to a crescendo. The moment it reached its absolute limit, I thrust both hands forward and unleashed it!

『How do you like this?!』

The extreme blast of ki I released collided head-on with the approaching barrage of fireballs, swallowing them whole. Then, the giant sphere of energy streaked straight toward Asem. However...!

"Haahhhh!"

With a fierce battle cry, Asem kicked the incoming blast right at point-blank range, somehow reflecting it back at me!

『Are you kidding me?!』

Letting out a gasp of astonishment, I swept my arm horizontally, swatting the rebounded energy sphere off into a completely desolate direction. Did that clear the crisis...? Absolutely not. Asem didn’t miss the opening that created in my guard, slipping into my blind spot in an instant. Sinking his hips, he launched an uppercut that snapped my jaw upward!

『Gah...!』

The sheer impact rattled my skull, threatening to knock me unconscious. Then came Asem’s hyper-speed combo. A spinning fist easily fractured my armor, burying deep into my living flesh! The moment that brutal strike pierced my solar plexus, I couldn’t hold back the rising surge within me, coughing up a massive mouthful of dark blood.

Damn it... he’s strong...! Each individual attack is so heavy it shatters even my enhanced, limit-broken form of armor! What’s more, the damage echoes not just through my body, but deep into my soul. Even now, having absorbed Trihexa, his attacks are still imbued with an unyielding, iron will.

"Is this your limit?"

Seeing my shoulders heave up and down, Asem asked the question.

My limit, you say? Don’t underestimate me. I haven’t gone down yet, and I have no intention of falling here. To keep my promise, to protect everyone, and―――――to save you.

That’s why―――――.

『UOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!』

Clenching both fists tight, I let loose a roaring battle cry! Rainbow-colored aura erupted from my entire body, expanding outward with violent, fierce intensity! The rainbow flames surged and churned within the dimensional rift!

Asem wore an expression of sheer astonishment.

"...! You’re still climbing higher?!"

As Asem stepped back to put some distance between us, I drew a deep breath and exhaled. Then, locking eyes with him, I declared:

『This isn’t enough to finish me. If you’re stronger than I am right now, I’ll just have to surpass you all over again!』

As if the deep trauma sustained by my body had been a lie, my power soared higher and higher.

For a split second, Asem recoiled at the sheer pressure radiating from me, but soon a profound, enigmatic smile touched his lips.

"This覇気 [spirit]... As expected. Choosing you truly wasn’t a mistake."

Taking a deep breath just as I had, Asem fixed me with a piercing glare and shouted:

"Then come at me, Red Hero! Linker of Fates! If your power and your feelings are real, show me you can overcome this unreasonableness!!!!!!!!!"

『You don’t have to tell me twice!』

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