Chapter 916: Kaijin vs. S????
Sound of a tail of being swung at a speed high enough to break the sound barrier.
[SON OF AN ELDRITCH WHORE GOAT, MY ARMS! Why is it always the arms?!]
‘Ow…I definitely felt that one too,’ Zhen Liu mildly griped as he felt his arms suddenly ache due to mirroring Hurricroak’s injuries. Thankfully, his own arms didn’t pop off in the same manner as Hurricroak’s claws.
Shortly after breaking free from Hurricroak’s electrifying vice grip, the S**** Monkey made use of its tail to retaliate in a manner most violent in response to the vice grip from before.
Namely, he spun his body and swung his tail with enough force to sever Hurricroak’s crab claws from her body. Evidently, this had the added effect of creating distance between the two fighters, once again.
Not that Hurricroak really cared or noticed at this point in time, she was busy staying midair while her arms were regenerating.
[Oh sweet staccato and alto, I keep forgetting dragon force stings like a bitch…bee-tch.]
While the pain was excruciating to say the least, especially with the lingering remnants of dragon force that Hurricroak had to excise alongside several chunks of flesh, this wasn’t the worst thing to happen to the shapeshifting frog kaijin of a woman.
Due to activating the [Crab] portion of her powers, Hurricroak had the ability to regenerate her severed limbs quicker than the S**** Monkey could blink. That said, she still had to tag out.
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[Puta Madre! Once my new arms stop itching like hell, I’m going to shove one of them up its tail-]
=Nepherage, would you mind?=
[No problem, I’ve been wanting to beat out some catharsis for earlier.]
‘Remember to keep yourself safe while fighting. Rather not see what happens if any of you get mortally wounded.’
[Of course, milord.]
[Boo~ I hate ending my act on such a sour note.]
‘You can make up for it in the finale.’
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“Oooooh…”
Having learned his lesson from how quickly Frosttusk and Hurricroak swapped places, the S@7?N Monkey proceeded to take in a huge breath of air, before mixing it in his lungs alongside aether and dragon force.
Normally, when a dragon or dragon-blooded uses their breath weapon, there would be no visual indicators. One would definitely feel it when it’s being charged up, due to all of the aether in the immediate area getting sucked up and compressed but that’s about it.
In the case of the S@7?N Monkey though, something did happen.
For a brief moment, a dark red circle with a weird looking symbol appeared before the monkey for a scent few moments before disappearing.
FWOOM!
What followed was a giant black and red fireball that radiated this weird energy alongside the obvious extreme levels of heat.
If any normal mortals were in the area, they wouldn’t be able but to feel this intense level of hatred and rage boiling in their souls as they stared at this ball of flames. So intense was this strange feeling that even Zhen Liu felt tempted to rush and try to punch out the ball of fire.
Thankfully, he was being held back by a certain bladed ballerina that he was sharing a brain space with…for the time being. She had also wanted to rip and tear into this malevolent monkey, but she knew that it wasn’t time yet.
Nepherage, on the other hand, wasn’t being held back in the slightest.
[Hurricroak!]
[Aye, aye. Stage is all yours, aneki.]
The S@7?N Monkey had fired off that [Wrathful] fire ball with the intention of turning Hurricroak to ashes, hence he launched it while she was dealing with her regeneration rashes.
(Un)fortunately, she wasn’t alone.
[Peace out!]
[Magma Guard!]
Hurricroak launched herself backwards as Nepherage launched herself forward. During this exchange of positions, Nepherage concentrated her aether into forming a giant shield in front of her that was made of magma and had the vague decorative shape of a mountain ram.
As the fireball impacted the ram shield, the sound of crumbling stone and bursting magma filled the area, accompanied by an explosion of black smoke that not only enshrouded Nepherage, but had camouflaged her aether presence as well.
She had apparently mixed in a little more aether and [Chaos] into her shield than normal, which had a violent reaction with the S@7?N Monkey’s fireball.
Needless to say, the S@7?N Monkey was thrown off by this sudden uptick in aether and visual interference.
[Eruption Knuckle!]
BOOM!
“Eeek!”
Which is why he was caught completely off guard as Nepherage came swinging down from above to launch a superman punch directly at his head. She had used the makeshift smokescreen, and the prior explosive contact between her shield and the fireball, to launch herself upward for a diving surprise attack.
Evidently, the irony of having multiple attacks being launched above the airborne primate’s head was not lost on the participating combatants.
That stated, the S@7?N Monkey was in no mood to appreciate comedic irony.
“OOKIE!”
POW!
[OW! BITCH!]
Most people would be sent reeling and get stunned from receiving a blow to the top of their skull, not the SA7** Monkey.
Instead, using the fact that Nepherage’s torso was exposed from her punch, he proceeded to lift his head upward and deliver a rather painful headbutt to her torso.
Nepherage couldn’t even deliver a double hammer fist as a counter attack.
[HA!]
“Ookie?!”
She was, however, able to deliver a counter attack in the form of her own breath attack.
It wasn’t a big imposing fireball like the SA7** Monkey’s, but a jet of flames was a jet of flames and it appeared to be working.
Then again, that could’ve been due to the fact that the flames being expelled at this moment, looked and felt a lot like the green flames of [Patience] that Zhen Yan was just using a few scant moments ago.
…
‘Wait a minute…Nepherage, when the heck did you learn to use that?’
[JUST NOW APPARENTLY!]
‘What the…’
<=Okay, we appear to have most of the data we need but we need a little push. So...free for all, everybody. Get in there, and fuck his face up.=>
[Okay.]
[Finally!]
[Director…]
‘Yeah, yeah, let’s go kick his ass.’
[Oooh! Wait! Maestro, can we use our new combo moves for this?]
‘I don’t see why not?’
[Yay!]
…
=By the way…did you know that she could do that? Use the [Flames of Vice and Virtue]?=
=Maybe…=
<...we don't tell anyone we don't know what's going on?>
=We don’t tell anyone jack shit.=
…
Propelled by the flames, Nepherage and the SAT** Monkey were sent flying from one another in opposite directions.
However, while Nepherage was sent flying in the general emptiness of the sky, the SAT** Monkey was just about to be sent flying into danger.
[Take the left! I got the right!]
[Right!]
Hurricroak and Frosttusk had positioned themselves directly in the flight path of their target and began to charge up lightning and ice aether, respectively.
They even mixed in a little [Chaos] for that added sting.
As a result of their actions though, small scale polar vortex that crackled with electricity began to form.
[Together?]
[Together!]
[Wrath of the Aesir: Thundering Hail Barrage!]
After this declaration, Hurricroak and Frosttusk punched forward, willing the polar vortex swirling behind them to act.
Howling sounds of wind that are akin to the howls of the unhallowed dead.
From the vortex came forth a storm of hail that fired towards the SAT** Monkey like arrows.
In response to this barrage, the monkey proceeded to use its wings like a shield, an umbrella really, to protect itself from the cold.
Unfortunately, this was only half effective.
As it turned out, each hail ball had a lot of electricity mixed in.
…
‘Ya know…I was a little annoyed that you had initially advised me to hold back while my son and his… definitely not puppets at this point…took over this fight…but I am learning a lot right now.’
[They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but you’re an old human. And humans have the capability of constantly learning and growing…as long as they keep their mind open.]
‘True…’
Zhen Yan’s initial plan after being knocked way from the SAT** Monkey was to throw himself immediately back into the fray and assist his son’s “puppets” in the fight against it. After all, the more the merrier.
However, the voice in his head, who had finally decided to tell him that they had the name of Blazejudicator, advised him not to.
The reason being, to quote, “You’re about to learn how to use your abilities in ways that can only be conceived by those who are barely human to begin with.”
Needless to say, he wasn’t disappointed.
‘So…is it possible for me to learn how to use this stuff? [Chaos]?’
[Technically…yes.]
