The blue crescent moon hung low in the night sky, casting a silvery glow over the dense forest. Shadows danced between the trees as cool breeze rustled the leaves, creating an eerie symphony of whispers.

Kaya stood in a small clearing, her long red hair floating like raging wild fire in the air. Her amber eyes glowed with fierce emotions, reflecting the wild dance of electricity sparks that covered her whole body. On the opposite of her stood Emanuel, his short blonde hair catching the moonlight. His physique was imposing, his muscles seemed to be carved from a marble. His eyes were locked onto Kaya, a silent challenge emanating from his stance.

The air crackled with tension as Kaya tightened her grip on her spear. Electricity sparked along it's length, illuminating the night with bursts of blue lights. Emanuel flexed his fists, the ground beneath him trembling slightly as he prepared for the imminent clash.

Without warning, Kaya lunged forward, her spear thrusting towards Emanuel with terrifying speed. The spearhead, charged with electric energy crackled as it pierced through the air. Emanuel sidestepped her strike, his movements almost a blur and he immediately delivered a powerful counter punch aimed straight at Kaya stomach.

Thwack!!

Kaya twisted her body, barely avoiding the blow and swung her spear in a wide arc. Emanuel ducked under the strike and countered again with a swift uppercut, the force of his punch sent a shockwave through the air that causing the leaves around them to shiver.

Recovering quickly, Kaya channeled more energy to generate more electricity into her spear, the electricity surging through her muscles and adds even more fierce wild sparks covered her whole body. With her newly amplified buff, she darted around Emanuel even more faster than before and continuously striking with rapid thrusts and slashes.

Crackle!!

Emanuel parried each of her attack with his fists and occasionally let her attack connected to his body, due to how strong and resilience his body is he didn't care much about getting hit. Sparks flew each time his fists met her spear, lighting up the forest like a strobe.

The ground beneath then bore the marks of their fierce exchange—scorched earth from Kaya's wild electric strikes and deep imprints from Emanuel powerful blows. The two powerful human moved with deadly grace, their combat skills evenly matched. Even though that's the case, Emanuel is still stronger than Kaya from his ridiculous stats alone, allowing him to takes more hits and be more reckless in attacking. Kaya on the other hand was relying purely on her skill and instinct for the whole fight.

Emanuel bend his knees and launch himself toward Kaya, he then unleashed a flurry of punches at her with each one of his strikes faster and stronger than the last.

Kaya's eyes narrowed as she focused on dodging and parrying the barrage of attacks, her spear moved beautifully and smoothly as if dancing in her hands.

Although she amplified herself to be stronger, Emanuel's relentless assault slowly began to push her back and forcing her to reconsider her strategy.

With a burst of electricity, Kaya propelled herself into the air and then flipping over Emanuel, landing right behind him. She aimed and thrust her spear straight forward to his back like a lightning speed. A deadly strike that undoubtedly will kill in most scenario, unfortunately, Emanuel is her opponent.

ZZZZAAP!!

Emanuel spun around just in time and catching the spear's shaft with his bare hands. The electricity surged through him and causing his muscles to twitch, but held on firm with a defiant smile on his lips.

Kaya's eyes widened in surprise, but she managed to quickly adapted by pulling herself toward the spear and launching a kick towards Emanuel's head. Not having enough time to dodge, he blocked the kick with his forearm, the impact resonating through his body.

Thwack!!

Emanuel got hit straight on the head. With a roar filled with frustration and anger, he pulled the spear from Kaya's grasp and tossed it aside to forcing her into an unarmed combat.

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'Fucking hell!' Kaya thought, her breathing heavy.

Losing her spear, Kaya began to guide the electricity spreading on her body into her fists and legs. Whether she like it or not, from now on she can only continue the fight with her barehand.

The forest around them seemed to hold it's breath, the air thick with anticipation as the two warriors prepared for the next round.

They circled each other warily, especially Kaya, looking for an opening and trying to come up with a plan. Sensing his opponent trying to buying time to racking her brain, Emanuel immediately darting forward with a quick jab aimed straight at Kaya's face.

Whoosh!!

Kaya managed to leaned back at the last second, narrowly dodging the punch, and she swiftly countered with a low sweep kick aimed at Emanuel's legs.

WOSSH!

He jumped over the kick and brought down his fist down in response like a sledgehammer blow.

BOOM!!

Kaya rolled to the side, she stared at the ground where she had been just exploded in a shower of dirt and dust. She sprang to her feet without wasting a second and unleashed a volley of electrified punches.

ZZZAP!!

ZZZAP!!

ZZZAP!!

Emanuel blocked and dodged them as the air crackling with each strike, one punch slipped through his defenses, hitting him square in the chest. He staggered back a little bit, the smell of ozone and singed flesh filling the air.

'What the hell is he made of?! It felt like I'm punching a boulder!!' Kaya thought, keeping her poker face to hide the stinging pain and numbness in her arms.

Not thinking twice, Kaya didn't let him to recover any further by continuing to followed up with a terrifyingly fast spinning kick.

Wham!

Unfortunately, Emanuel caught her leg mid swing. The impact reverberating through his arm, he ignored it as he yanked her off balance and threw her across the ground.

Kaya's rolling on the ground, but she managed to sprang herself up to stand.

Kaya's breath came in ragged gasps as she stood across from Emanuel who seemed barely sweating from their intense battle. Her fists and legs ached with a deep, bone bruising pain began to slowly becoming more unbearable as the time ticked by from all the strikes she landed at him.

'I should have known better, if I knew about his crazy physical defense I wouldn't and shouldn't even try hitting him barehanded. Goddamn it! This aching wouldn't go away!' Kaya thought, gritting her teeth.

Fighting him barehanded was the worst thing option she chose, it was a losing battle for her 100%. She needed her spear, she desperately needed her spear if when wanted to have any chance to winning this fight, or at least to avoid breaking her body any further by striking him without a weapon.

Every strike she launched felt like hitting a tough wall, her bones reverberating with each impact. She knew full well her arms and legs screamed in protest, but she can't afford to show any weakness.

As she engaged in close combat yet once again, she used the electricity to be on the defensive as her mind worked frantically, seeking an opening, a path to her spear that lay discarded a few meters away.

Emanuel's fists moved with deadly precision, and she barely managed to dodge the majority of his blows. Occasionally, his strikes found their mark, she tried her best to lessen the impact by twisting her body or even leaning back.

She gritted her teeth even though she managed to lessen the damage, a sharp taste of blood filling her mouth as a small cut opened at the corner of her lips.

Her eyes darted towards her spear that lying tantalizingly close but still out of reach. Just a little more, she needed to find a way to maneuver Emanuel into a position that would give her an opening to get to her spear. Her mind raced as she blocked and dodged, her body moving on instinct even as she formulated a plan.

Another hit landed on her side, the force of the blow sending her sprawling to the ground. Kaya gasped for air as the pain in her ribs sharp and unrelenting, but even through the haze of pain she managed to crack a smirk on her face.

'Gotcha!' Kaya thought, smiling mentally.

As she stumbled, her hand closed around the shaft of her spear. She planted her feet and pushed herself up with her spear in hand, her stance firm despite the agony coursing through her body.

Emanuel's eyes narrowed as he saw the weapon back in her grasp, he didn't waste a moment and began to immediately charging towards her with a renewed ferocity.

Kaya's heart pounded in her chest as her danger sense screamed, her body quickly moved instinctively, narrowly evading his charge.

WHOOSH!!

His fist grazed her cheek, the wind of his missed punch sending a slight shiver down her spine. She spun away with her spear crackling with electricity and managed to gained some distance between herself and him.

Though she had her weapon back, the damage she accumulated on her body was severe. Her breaths were heavy and labored with bleeding scratches adorned her skin. She clenched her jaw, her amber eyes burning with strong will as she steeled herself against the pain. She had to endure and find a way to turn the tide, if she kept going like this she wasn't confident she could win or even survive.

Kaya couldn't afford to give in now, she refused to give up.

"I won't fall.. not now, not ever." Kaya muttered softly under her breath.

She tightened her grip on he spear as she forcing herself to stand tall, her wounded figure standing beneath the gentle moonlight with a heavy defiance pressure coming from her.