"You could've just asked me to take it down you know...", Hyasu spoke, disappointed.

"It's more fun this way!", Ryuuken replied.

" *Sigh*, Do what you want."

"I'm off.", Hyasu said, jumping onto a tree and disappearing.

"Now, for you, WAKE THE FUCK UP!", Ryuuken yelled at the now unconscious Ny.

In the cave Zen was in..

The Chamber Of Growth shattered like glass, the black fog inside it faded away.

Zen wiped blood off his mouth.

Drenched in sweat, he took off his loose top.

"Cleanse."

His torso now looked as if he had just taken a bath.

He flexed his arms, closing and opening his fists.

"All my fatigue's... gone."

A staff, adorned with gold on both ends, laid a few meters away from Zen, near the entrance of the cave.

The gold on both ends of the staff was carved to looked like a lotus, surrounded by very many vines, the staff itself was slightly more red than brown and looked very study.

He kicked one end of the staff, grabbing the other as it rose.

He raised the staff, supporting it with his other hand.

Putting his top back on, he dashed forward into the forest.

"Heavenly Qi Release: Blood Qi Moon.", he swung the staff downwards.

A bright jet of red Qi followed the staff as he swung down.

Just a moment before the staff struck the ground, he stopped.

A shock wave was launched just as he stopped, indenting the ground that he didn't even touch.

"That's a lot stron- WHAT THE FUCK."

He looked up to see around twenty trees struck down, their trunks cut in half.

"Hu-

A horde of short, silver haired gorillas surrounded Zen, two of them were atop each of Zen's shoulders, punching him in the face repeatedly.

"My life is not fucking real."

"Internal Arts: Blood Soaked Thread.", the gorillas atop his shoulders dropped dead.

The remaining gorillas dropped dead one by one as he smashed their heads in with his staff.

only three remained, each of them a decent distance from each other.

Zen grabbed one of them by its head, picking it up. The gorilla cowered and tried to run, flailing its limbs.

"That guy's incredible, this much strength in what? Like two hours?", Zen spoke to himself, crushing the gorilla's skull.

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The remaining two tried to run, jumping into nearby bushes, both opposite each other.

*Squeal*

*Crunch*

The gorillas that went into the bushes died, a dribble of blood was visible under the bush.

Two wolf-like creatures emerged from the bushes, one dead gorilla in their mouths.

The wolves' heads seemed inside out, the outside was bony and had blood stains, which looked like they had been there for a long time. Two large, bent horns adorned their heads.

They dropped the gorillas from their mouths as soon as they saw Zen.

"Bloodhoun-

One of them lunged towards Zen, biting the arm in which Zen held his staff.

"AACK"

Zen screamed at the top of his lungs, his sleeves were torn, blood dripped onto the ground.

"MY ARMMMM, IT'LL TEAR OFFFFFFFFF!!!"

The other hound lunged from behind Zen, rotating its head, looking at his neck.

"EXPLOSIA!!"

A loud explosion blew Zen's arm and the Bloodhound biting his arm off's head off.

The Bloodhound's head blew up into smithereens, only an unrecognizable corpse remained.

The staff however, stayed intact and fell to the ground.

Zen flinched, expecting a searing headache, however, nothing happened.

The other bloodhound was also blew away by the explosion, although it suffered no damage.

It howled, running away quickly after.

"It fucking howled, I've got to stop this bleeding and cal-

*Shlick*

"Couldn't even kill two bloodhounds on your own?", Hyasu jumped from seemingly nowhere, three bloodhounds' heads in each of his hands.

"I- wha- HOW?!"

"Coffin of Regrowth: Partial", Hyasu said as he dropped the heads, pointing his hand at Zen.

Hyasu spoke, a small coffin surrounded Zen's shoulder off which the hand was severed.

The hand regrew, it looked to be just as it did a few days ago.

"That's.. amazing.", he spoke in awe, flexing his regrown hand.

He picked up the staff just as he did in the cave.

"That's not Mana, to clarify."

"It's Kyon, lemme just..."

Hyasu looked up, at the moon.

"Expanse Type Gaiga: Infinite Lunar Plane."

Everything around Hyasu and Zen disappeared, a vast deserted plane now contained both Hyasu and Zen.

The sky was more purple than black, twelve moons arrayed it.

The ground was grey, much like the surface of the moon.

"The horizon is fake."

"There is no end to this plane, no matter how far you travel, nor how fast you travel, you will not ever see the edge, for it doesn't exist.", Hyasu spoke, as Zen looked up at the twelve moons.

"This is only the beginning of the prowess that Kyon provides."

Zen's left eye turned red from blood, soon disintegrating into a red slimy substance and dripping onto the ground.

"Is this too strong for yo-

Zen fell to the ground, his bones cracked as he bled from his mouth.

"GAIGA BLESSING: BLOOD SHADOW WING", Hyasu screamed at Zen.

Two black wings formed on Zen's back.

The wings didn't look to be made up of muscle or anything that would be from an animal at all, but it looked exactly like the 'Krol' that Ryuuken fired.

The wings distorted every moment, it wasn't smooth like the Krol but very janky and changed every second.

Zen healed, his bones seemed to join themselves back together.

He stood up, his hands were now covered in the same black aura of which his wings were made up of.

"Just.. what are you?! WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?!", he yelled, tears in his eyes.

"Fight me, Fight me and I shall tell you exactly that."

"WHY MUST I-

Zen's wings disappeared for a moment and came back the next.

*cough*

Zen coughed blood, his ears bled, healing soon after.

"I-I'll fight you."

"Come at me.", Hyasu spoke, jumping a few meters back.

Zen held his staff up with both hands, he shook as he stood.

"BLOOD-

One of the moons blew up, no remnants fell but instead a large purple beam fell upon Zen.

The beam lasted a few seconds, it converged onto Zen before disappearing.

Zen's wings and the aura on his hands almost dissipated before coming back to normal.

"Blood Aurum.", Zen spoke, panting.

Blood from his fingertips seeped into the staff, a golden aura surrounded it.

Not a moment passed before Zen was right in front of Hyasu, swinging his staff right onto Hyasu's head.

Hyasu ducked just in time.

"CRESCENT QI BLADE!", Zen yelled as loud as he could, changing his sword's movement, hitting Hyasu right on his head.

"Lune Celesta."

The purple beam once again descended as soon as another moon blew up in the sky.

Zen tried to fly out, but his wings dissipated.

Zen tried to run, but Hyasu held Zen's staff with his shoulder, gripping Zen's forearm.

The last option he had was to use as much Qi as he had left to protect himself from the beam.

Enveloping both Hyasu and Zen withing itself, the attack went on for more than twice as long as the previous one.

Zen's top was burnt off.

"EXPLOSIA!"

Zen's hand which Hyasu held blew up into smithereens, however Hyasu suffered no damage whatsoever.

"CONDENSE!" Zen's wings and the aura on his hand converged into his fist, punching Hyasu with all his might.