Chapter 39: CHP 39 LIRA’S EVOLUTION

Chapter 39: Lira’s Evolution

The battlefield had become completely silent.

Kil Ful was lying near the remains of a destroyed house.

Maddy was unconscious nearby.

Rony was still on the ground, barely able to move.

Morry and Ravian had both been defeated.

Only Lira was still standing.

She was breathing heavily.

Her body was exhausted, and the mud around her was barely moving.

Juyew looked at everyone before turning toward Lira.

He smiled.

"Did you really think you could defeat me?"

Lira raised her hands.

She could barely keep herself standing.

"I..."

Her breathing became heavier.

"...won’t give up."

Juyew walked toward her.

"You’re already exhausted."

Lira tried to move her mud.

Nothing happened.

Her strength was almost completely gone.

Juyew suddenly appeared in front of her.

He pulled his fist back.

Lira couldn’t react.

Juyew threw a punch.

But before the punch could reach her—

A wall of mud suddenly rose in front of Lira.

BOOM!

Juyew’s fist smashed into the mud.

The wall absorbed the attack.

Juyew looked surprised.

Lira stared at her own power.

"I didn’t..."

She looked at the mud.

"I didn’t control that."

The mud moved by itself.

It surrounded Lira.

Juyew smiled.

"So your power is evolving."

Lira slowly stood straight.

The mud around her began moving automatically.

It formed shields.

It created fists.

It surrounded her body like armor.

Lira understood.

"My mud..."

She looked at her hands.

"It can move on its own."

Juyew rushed toward her.

The mud automatically blocked his punch.

Another layer of mud attacked from the side.

Juyew dodged.

Lira raised her hand.

The mud moved without waiting for her command.

It attacked from every direction.

Juyew blocked one attack.

Another mud fist struck his shoulder.

He was pushed backward.

Lira’s eyes widened.

The more she fought, the stronger the mud became.

The mud was no longer just a weapon she controlled.

It had become an extension of her instincts.

Juyew rushed forward again.

Lira raised her hand.

"Self-Control Mud Form."

The mud instantly covered her entire body.

It formed armor around her arms and legs.

Mud blades appeared around her hands.

She moved forward.

Juyew blocked her first attack.

Lira attacked again.

The mud around her body moved automatically with every movement.

Juyew was forced to defend.

Lira suddenly created a massive mud fist.

It struck Juyew directly.

He was pushed backward.

Juyew looked at the mud around Lira.

"Interesting."

His expression became serious.

"Void Abyss."

Dark Void energy appeared around him.

The ground beneath Lira began disappearing into darkness.

Lira’s body was lifted into the air by the force.

But the mud reacted instantly.

Several mud tendrils wrapped around Lira and held her in place.

Juyew appeared beside her.

He attacked.

Lira raised a mud shield.

The attack struck the shield.

The shield cracked but didn’t break.

Lira counterattacked.

A huge mud fist appeared behind Juyew.

It rushed toward him.

Juyew turned.

His fist collided with the mud.

The entire construct was destroyed instantly.

Lira immediately fired several mud bullets.

"MUD BULLET!"

Hundreds of hardened mud projectiles flew toward Juyew.

Juyew raised his hand.

"Void Absorb."

A dark sphere appeared.

The mud bullets began disappearing into it.

The Void started absorbing Lira’s mud.

More and more mud disappeared.

Lira continued attacking.

Juyew absorbed everything.

The amount of mud around Lira became smaller.

But Lira didn’t weaken.

Juyew noticed.

"Why aren’t you getting weaker?"

Lira smiled slightly.

"Because..."

She raised her hand.

"...the mud isn’t my strength anymore."

The ground suddenly erupted.

A massive amount of mud rose from beneath Juyew.

Juyew’s eyes widened.

Lira controlled the mud around him.

Huge mud hands grabbed his arms and legs.

"You can’t absorb all of it."

The mud pulled Juyew downward.

Lira tightened her fist.

The mud suddenly crushed around him.

Juyew broke through it with his strength.

The mud hands were destroyed.

Lira immediately created another giant hand.

It grabbed Juyew.

Juyew punched it.

The mud hand exploded.

He rushed toward Lira.

Lira tried to block him.

Juyew destroyed the mud shield.

He grabbed Lira by the arm.

Lira created another mud hand.

It grabbed Juyew’s body.

Juyew destroyed the hand.

Then he grabbed Lira.

His grip tightened.

Lira struggled.

Juyew looked at her.

"You’ve evolved."

He raised his other hand.

"But you’re still not strong enough."

"VOID DOMINION."

The darkness spread around them.

Lira was pulled inside.

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Inside the Void Dominion, Lira fought with everything she had left.

Her mud moved automatically.

It attacked.

It defended.

It protected her from several attacks.

But Juyew’s Void energy was too powerful.

He broke through her defenses.

Lira tried to fight back.

Juyew struck her.

She fell.

She tried to stand again.

Another attack sent her back down.

Her mud slowly disappeared.

Finally, Lira could no longer stand.

Juyew looked at her.

"You fought well."

He closed his hand.

The Void Dominion disappeared.

Lira fell to the ground.

She was defeated.

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On the other side of the village—

Kael and the mysterious man continued their battle.

Both were heavily injured.

Kael’s arms were covered in cuts.

The mysterious man’s clothes were badly torn.

Neither wanted to accept defeat.

The mysterious man launched another telekinetic attack.

Kael blocked it.

But suddenly—

Kael felt something strange.

His natural energy began changing.

His own energy started mixing with the nature around him.

Kael looked at his hands.

Green energy began flowing through his body.

"What is this?"

The mysterious man attacked again.

Kael moved.

His movements suddenly became faster.

His sword became surrounded by a much denser natural energy.

The mysterious man was surprised.

"What happened to you?"

Kael didn’t answer.

He rushed forward.

The mysterious man used telekinesis.

Kael’s sword cut through the invisible force.

The man stepped backward.

Kael attacked again.

The mysterious man blocked the sword.

But Kael’s natural energy spread through the ground.

Roots suddenly erupted beneath the man’s feet.

He jumped away.

Kael followed.

Their battle continued for several minutes.

The mysterious man used telekinesis to attack from every direction.

Kael moved with the help of nature itself.

He could feel the earth.

The trees.

The wind.

Everything around him.

His power continued growing.

Finally—

Kael landed a powerful strike.

The mysterious man was sent flying.

He crashed into the ground.

He tried to stand.

Kael appeared in front of him.

His sword stopped near the man’s neck.

The mysterious man slowly lowered his hand.

He had been defeated.

Kael took a deep breath.

Then he looked at him.

"You are powerful."

Kael lowered his sword.

"Can I know your name?"

The mysterious man looked at Kael for a moment.

Then he answered.

"My name is Veyron."

Kael nodded.

"Veyron..."

He remembered the name.

Suddenly, Kael sensed something.

His eyes moved toward Juyew.

Juyew was standing in the distance.

And in his hand—

He was grabbing Lira by the throat.

Kael’s expression changed.

Veyron also looked toward Juyew.

The battlefield became silent.

Juyew smiled.

The Chapter ended.