Chapter 572 - 562 Enveloped in boundless auras

Chapter 572: Chapter 562 Enveloped in boundless auras

Enveloped in boundless auras, we collided. Surpassing every battle we had fought until now. Fists, kicks, and aura-barrage cannons—attacks laden with our absolute all—slammed into one another. Every time a blow connected, the second grew heavier than the first, and the third sharper than the second. Mid-combat, we were quite literally raising our power to infinity.

Yet, neither of us could remain standing after taking blows like that. Both Asem and I had our bones pulverized, our internal organs suffering critical damage. Coughing up blood, hearing the screech of splintering bone and straining muscle, neither of us stopped our onslaught.

"Haahhhhhh!"

Using instantaneous teleportation, Asem materialized behind me and unleashed a flying kick. I slipped past it with a fluid, evasive motion, letting it glide by. Realizing he had missed, Asem whipped around while mid-spin, hurling a high-density energy sphere from below. I deflected it away with a barrier of ki spun from the sweep of my palm. The bounced-back energy sphere hit Asem square in the face!

"Gwaaaaaaah!"

Struck directly by his own attack, Asem let out a cry of agony. Cutting through the billowing smoke of the explosion, I delivered a spinning kick right into him!

"Nuguuuuhn!"

My kick slammed into the side of his head, blowing Asem away and knocking him out of the dimensional rift right back to where we started―――――the very ground of the world Asem had constructed, where he crashed hard into the earth. The impact fractured the ground in a sprawling web of fissures before exploding outward!

Landing on the ground to give chase, I forged rainbow-shining spheres of ki in both hands and sprinted toward Asem. Noticing my movement, Asem hastily constructed a new array of magic circles, firing a ray of light. A beam of the exact same color as the butterfly wings on Asem’s back... if that hit, it would mean instant obliteration! An absurd, lawless energy approached, blowing away everything in its path!

Judging the speed of the beam and the distance between us in a single glance, I kicked off the ground and, with an acrobatic aerial movement, landed right behind Asem―――――.

『Hah!』

I hurled both spheres of ki at once! The two energy orbs locked onto Asem, sucking into him before unleashing a massive explosion! A terrifying shockwave shook the entire region! And now, right from here!

『Deahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!』

Aiming both hands straight forward, I fired energy blasts like a gatling gun! Every single attack found its mark, and amidst the chain-reaction of explosions, his screams echoed out.

As I raised my right hand toward the heavens, rainbow-radiant aura gathered in my palm. It harbored a stupendously ferocious power―――――

『This is the end of it, Asem!!!!!!!!』

The moment I hurled it down, a column of blasting flame surged all the way to the sky, blowing the entire area to smithereens. When the trembling finally subsided, the view before me was a sea of fire stretching out endlessly. The vast earth was completely engulfed in scorching flames.

Draig spoke up.

『That should have dealt a heavy blow.』

Yeah, figures. Combine the sheer stamina drained from trading blows with me, and then finishing it with that rapid-fire barrage. I meant for it to be the final blow. Without a doubt, I gave it everything. But...

A figure slowly rose amidst the flames. It was Asem, battered beyond recognition. His skin was charred raw, and one of his arms hung loosely, nearly torn off. Under normal circumstances, it would be a state where the outcome was already decided. Yes, normal circumstances.

――――――Asem’s flesh began to regenerate. Wounds of that magnitude closed up in the blink of an eye, restoring his body to pristine condition.

Draig clicked his tongue.

『As expected, as long as he’s absorbed Trihexa, he heals. This is bad, Ise.』

The enemy could recover. We, however, didn’t come with such a convenient feature. If I used quantumization, I could manage a degree of recovery, but my body wouldn’t hold out under that strain.

Asem spoke:

『At this rate, a slow death is certain. You will lose, and I will win.』

With those words, his aura flared up. Perhaps his stamina had recovered as well, because his power showed no signs of flagging. In contrast, our power waned with every injury we sustained. After all, you can’t conveniently break your limits over and over again.

What do I do... how do I fix this?

A cold sweat trickled down my back―――――just then.

Asem’s body twitched violently. Wondering what was happening, I looked at his physique and noticed a small hole pierced through his chest. Blood was leaking from that wound, dripping down...

Wearing a bewildered expression, Asem froze for a moment. Then, the next instant—

"...!? What is this... Gubu...!"

Asem began to writhe as if suffering from an agonizing torment, spitting out a mouthful of blood! Further still, blood started pouring from his eyes and nose as the blood vessels all over his body bulged and burst one after another!

"Guh... Aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!?"

Asem screamed at the top of his lungs! What the hell?! What on earth happened to Asem?!

Right then, a magic circle unfolded right beside my ear, and a voice came through:

『Ise, can you hear me?』

『Risha? Don’t tell me, was that you?』

Yes, the voice belonged to Risha! She answered my query:

『I am the one who sniped him just now. And I embedded a special bullet deep into his body.―――――It’s a silver bullet inscribed with a slightly modified formula of the Trihexa-binding spell developed by Rossweisse-san. By doing this, we temporarily severed the connection between him and the Trihexa residing inside him.』

『Then, the reason Asem is suffering is...』

『Yes. Cutting that connection means he can no longer use the power he had been controlling until now. And the surplus energy is running wild inside him. What’s attacking him right now is that very massive, uncontained power itself.』

I see. To wield the power of Trihexa, he presumably needed precise control over it. What happens when you disrupt that control...? That explains the current situation.

Risha continued:

『However, the bullet’s effect won’t last very long. Ise, if you’re going to end this, now is the only chance you have.』

『Got it.』

With just that reply, I cut the communication.

Looking down at Asem as he thrashed around on the ground, I told him:

『... Sorry it had to end this way.』

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