Late Stage Solidification
ROAAAAAR! ROAAAAAR~!
The two tails sensed some danger but continued rushing onwards. Heian Ciemnosc's eyes suddenly traced back and forth as 2 tracks slowly formed lines inside his head as 1 centimeter of dark blood trailed down his left nostrils before stopping. On the other hand, the tails were unaware of the trajectory those paths had and continued. However, they were now more aware of the danger Heian Ciemnosc represented, ready to move away at any moment.
Fwuh-pa! Heian Ciemnosc waited for no time. Without letting the pincers get to him after cleaning themselves off, Darkning Igniting was activated. Hundreds of sparkles suddenly turned into a single trace of flame. It rapidly turned dark and didn’t let any other color attach to itself. Remaining stagnant in the air as the tails kept charging towards him, Heian Ciemnosc brought the Earth elemental particles towards him and set them ablaze, adding them into the 2 dark flame trails, growing and thickening their volume.
His nose no longer bled, but all his 3 sources of prowess were focused on this one action. The first tail was already mostly eaten, and even without Heian Ciemnosc’s Vocón Link secretly moving it around or his Spirit Sense, it still moved on its own to devour and destroy. It was as if only destruction was written on its existence while it was just one of Heian Ciemnosc’s techniques.
Now, however, all his attention was drawn back to and only to the 2 tails. The attack he received just now almost broke his left leg’s knee from behind. But it was already half-amended since it was an ordinary injury. Heian Ciemnosc’s dark Power Energy surged even stronger into his 2 darkish flames as he didn’t dare create too potent and large dark flames with his Darkning Igniting. Looking at the tails 10 seconds away, he commanded his darkish flames to finally move.
Fwuuooooshhh, fwuuoooooshh… The 2 darkish flames, each one with a diameter of about 2 meters and 6 meters long, suddenly streaked forwards to meet the tails. The latter opened their tips, like maws, and retracted instead of trying to stupidly barge against these flames. They had seen Heian Ciemnosc’s Water element techniques, and they were already too strong to kill one of them without any other means.
Tracing backwards, they wanted to surround these darkish flames, save their bodies from even a single dot of ashes landing on them, and end Heian Ciemnosc with their brutality! However, they didn’t count on the darkish flames being faster, swifter, and more agile than the dark water! The 2 darkish flames immediately shot towards them at a speed doubtlessly above theirs!
Heian Ciemnosc looked on with marvel as he finally condensed such a vital and understanding dark fire. Frankly, he could not do much with Elemental techniques before other than miscellaneous things. But now, after comprehending just a few days’ worth of the information he’s been given, he managed to create dark water and fire. This was his first time using Elemental techniques in a battle!
However, even as he battled, he started imagining ways to incorporate Elements into his next creations without the ample need for unique Elemental materials and items.
Fwuoopoaaaah! Swiiish- ROAA- aaaaaaarrr! FwuuoopppphhHHHH! Roaaar! ROOAARR!!
Disaster struck fast. The first darkish flame landed on the surprised second tail, incinerating it with dark fire as it spread everywhere. Heian Ciemnosc looked, recuperating his mental state as the 2nd tail started writhing from everywhere, even the stiff section of its body that wasn’t leading the way. The sudden darkish flame’s speed caught it off-guard even after preparing. It tried to protect itself by closing its mouth and enrolling its extremity, but alas…
As the second tail was blasted to the side and continued being forced backwards, its body was increasingly filled and covered by dark fire, gnawing at its structure. The 2nd darkish flame chased after the better-prepared 3rd tail. It saw its ‘last’ fellow be struck by one of those flames, immediately starting writhing backwards, zig-zagging, even roaring at Heian Ciemnosc as if to implore or draw his attention away, in one word: pitiful.
The 2nd darkish flame, however, caught up with the 3rd tail, not letting it have any sorrowful moment. Instead of blasting it away, it first made slight contact with the 3rd tail. After a few seconds passed and the 3rd tail’s shaking increased in recklessness, the 2nd darkish flame erupted, engulfing 100 meters of its body from its extremity. The dark fire wasn’t letting go of the 3rd tail even as it shook left and right, up and down, trying its best to shake it off.
However, the dark fire only increased, not decreased, augmenting in size and thickness as a few seconds passed. It had gone all-out, suddenly blasting onto the tail like this, but it was now worth it as it got a good grip on it and started devouring. Heian Ciemnosc felt his mental state recovering quickly and his still loaded storage restoring at a slightly rapid pace. Eating from 3 tails at the same time was marvelous. Heian Ciemnosc could only imagine new things he could prepare for whatever situation in the future.
The 3rd tail thus roared extremely aggrieved, its body losing and its vitality and power sources drained from within! The crab itself was being affected, but it couldn’t do anything other than save its pincers while all this happened. When it finally completed its mission, its tails were being devoured. The first tail was practically gone, with the dark water already seeping onto another tail’s base. The second tail was a burning tail. Crackling fire and a noiseless void deafened the place as its structure continued to disappear amidst the dark fire. It screamed and wallowed in its sounds with anguish.
Finally, its third tail was even worse, mostly suffering from the outside as it was slowly shrinking. Even worse yet, the dark fire rapidly spread to its base, leaving a ghastly image as if one’s arm was gnawed away flesh by flesh with only one’s undersized skeletal hand remaining as the rest was still complete with its meat, skin, and veins. The crab watched all of this as Heian Ciemnosc enjoyed the fireworks.
Cuuuuuuh-
‘Oh boy, here we go.’ Heian Ciemnosc suddenly heard as he was looking at the tails. He didn’t look directly to know what could be up. He enhanced his body with dark Power Energy and grinned slightly before turning indifferent. His eyes became ultimately cold, and his posture was just the same. Right then, the air-cutting sound from behind him sounded more emphatic, and the wind exploded everywhere.
PAAMMM. WHEEEEEEEEEEESHH– THUDDDDD…
Heian Ciemnosc’s whole body, from the back, was squarely hit. His body lunged forward, skyrocketing towards the ground from so many kilometers above the ground level. This was, by far, the worst fall he would suffer, but not the last one during this fight. His body lifted a considerable cloudy smoke, accompanied by a thunderous-slamming sound of his body breaking into the harsh ground.
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSHHH… tap, tap…
From below, Heian Ciemnosc’s upper back was bare with several superficial, bloody cuts as he pushed his body up… or tried. The impact didn’t harm him to at least cause an injury. Only superficial wounds formed around his body, and his dark coat was ripped a little. However, his senses were dulled, and his body had difficulty moving. After tapping the ground with his chest twice, he finally recovered and stood up.
Meanwhile, the crab’s sounds as it neared his position became more explicit and more evident. Heian Ciemnosc shook his head, ignoring it, before turning around to face the crab whose body wasn’t flying but leaping in the air. Its body was tall as fuck, colossal when compared to the pale and before it, but nothing to the hall’s dimensions. Its legs were tugged on its abdomen. Its pincers pinching as its burning tails and drenched, dead one flung low behind it.
It still showed no signs of pain, but it was clearly incensed by what Heian Ciemnosc had done to its body. The crab’s long eyes seemed somewhat enticing to Heian Ciemnosc’s eyes as it lunged at him. He wondered, ‘What would they taste like?’
Dash. Heian Ciemnosc rushed forward. His body blurred as each stride left a small mark behind, but nothing more. His body became shrouded in dark Power Energy as his Claws were still Out. The crab was unfazed as it saw this and prepared to give him another punch. Its left pincer moved out and retracted before slowly arching from the back. Heian Ciemnosc saw it and rapidly chose a spot on the ground before hurrying towards it.
Cuuuuuuuuh- BAM- THUUDDD… … … c- crr- crr- craaa- ccckk~.
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The left pincer came down like a little mountain from the sky trying to penetrate the earth. Even without the intention to cut through, as it was smart enough to not try it with an opponent as small as Heian Ciemnosc, its closed pincer still made air look like nothing as it traveled at a speed much faster than Heian Ciemnosc, but slightly slower than his darkish flames. Before one’s ordinary eye could see it coming, it had already struck the ground, tumbling the dirt into rocks and rumbling the earth.
Heian Ciemnosc was in the middle of that pincer’s strike, disappearing immediately as his body was tackled down without a doubt. It was even comical, to say the least, as the pincer continued penetrating the ground a few tens of meters before stopping. However, the long eyes at its front as its body slowly floated downwards weren’t peaceful or blank anymore. They had become… stunned.
“RAAAAAAAAAAUUUGHHH!” Heian Ciemnosc’s boldly suddenly showed as the crab looked down incredulously. Its left pincer suddenly felt a jerk and electrifying motion. It didn’t move it back. However, Heian Ciemnosc held onto the pincer’s terrifyingly sharp extremity, gripping its tip like he was up against a giant bear. And Heian Ciemnosc wrestled with it for his dear life. His upper torso was bare, and a large wound showed on his left chest. It was almost as wide as his neck, showcasing the impact of receiving this strike.
Heian Ciemnosc’s pale face was fiercely wrinkled as his eyes remained wide open. His arms bulged with muscles as his claw-like hands’ dark claws penetrated its protective layer. Heian Ciemnosc’s Vocón Link was also entangled around the pincer, forcing it to remain closed and not allowing it to open. However, that was when the crab started struggling, wanting to retract its pincer and distance itself from him!
Heian Ciemnosc’s arms and Vocón Link, however, had too much of a dreadful grip on its target. His feet’s dark claws forced his body to stay within the ground. And when that wasn’t enough, he would send his dark Power Energy down to solidify it and form dark vines to keep him attached. A shadow of a tail appeared on his back, but the crab could hardly care right now. It only wanted to get away as fast as possible!
… … … … Unfortunately for the crab, Heian Ciemnosc’s Vocón Link started spreading around its pincer. The crab thought it would only be the outer section as it covered it, only leaving a few tens of meters in between. However, that was only the beginning, as Heian Ciemnosc’s Vocón Link increased its pace and rapidly covered its left pincer. Then, without any ceremonious acts, Heian Ciemnosc pulled it with a mighty tug!!
Fwuuuuuuuuuuoooshhh- Swooooooooooosh… pull- CRRAAAACCCSKKKSHHH- CRREESHHK- SPLUUUUSHHHHHH…
Heian Ciemnosc’s tug wasn’t the only thing he did. Just before doing so, the 3 tails on the crab’s rear suddenly went into further action. The first tail had water condense in its shape before lunging at the crab’s back. The other 2 tails combusted and turned the crab’s rear into an obscurer red shade. They all moved towards the crab’s center before nose-diving and drilling towards its shell!
Meanwhile, Heian Ciemnosc finally tugged onto the pincer, and his Vocón Link’s torturing feature was triggered as the crab, even with its nature well-set in place, immediately felt things worse than death and pain itself. Its body felt pain for the first time, but that wasn’t just it. Its Spirit Sense, Dantian, and Psychogenic regions hurt like hell. It was as if several little black holes had started suctioning its rationality away, losing itself. It was horrendous!
Additionally… its Soul felt like the worst thing that could happen to one was happening to it now! The crab’s senses were all over the place while Heian Ciemnosc’s ultimately cold eyes gained a ruthless glint. Its left pincer, from its base, connected to its shell, shredded to pieced as the Vocón Link acted like a damn anaconda to constrict it, pressing it until its incredible protection lost all capabilities!
CRRR- CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCKKKKK~~ WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG!
The crab suddenly emitted a sound via Spirit Sense, sending its waves everywhere in the room. Heian Ciemnosc wasn’t done, and as his arms and legs let go of their attachment, he hurried upwards while using the crab’s left arm as a staircase. His shadow of a tail started dissipating as his body blurred. Each step caused another part of the crab’s pincer to break apart. Not just where he stepped, but an entire, long and wide section of it.
Step, step, step, step- crack- boooom, crack- boooom, cracck- boooom, cracck- booooom, cracck- boooom, cracck- boooom, cracck- booom, cracck- booooom…
The Vocón Link kept constricting, and his steps further smoothed the motion. The crab was struggling with its mind in turmoil as it finally saw Heian Ciemnosc’s attempts. With the pain from its arm leaving it further dazzled, it could finally react. Its right pincer swept towards him, intending to swap him away. Just then, Heian Ciemnosc’s face lifted, and his palms faced the ceiling.
He lowered his body’s stature and dashed upwards. All around him, Earth elemental particles began showing, turning the crab’s long eyes stupefied. As the Earth particles appeared, dark Power Energy, Soul energy, hidden by his Spirit Sense under the crab’s non-existent nose, suddenly swept in between and left sparkles wherever they crossed, further colliding with those Earth particles.
Additionally, another section covered those Earth particles with their dark. The Earth particles suddenly gained more volume as they bloated, and swiftly after, they began turning to mush, as if liquidifying…
Before long, the crab was astoundingly attacked from 2 sides and was already injured by one of them. Heian Ciemnosc only glanced at those eyes a little as his dark Power Energy continued sweeping between sparkles of Earth element’s particles and covering the latter with the former still… Before, silently, letting hell break loose.
FWUOOOOOOSHH- SWOOOOOOOOOOSHHHH…
Once again, to the crab’s dreadful recent memories, dark fire and water were created from everywhere around Heian Ciemnosc. The crab’s front left side was surrounded by massive dark water torrents and rivers of dark fire. They waved up and down, increased in size as they closed in on the crab, and even spread sideways to mingle with other bodies from the same Elemental origin. Soon, they charged at the crab at the last moment, forcing it sideways and slightly down as they rashed onto it.
FWUSH- PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMM… SWOOOSH- BAAAAAAAAAAANNNG… WHOOO- EEESSSSHHH… thud, thud, thud, thud, thud- THUUUUDDD!!
The crab’s left side was broken open. Its meat and insides showed as dark fire and dark water poured in. Its numerous legs started tapping the ground nonstop like a dancer, failing to gain a foothold, eventually falling on its right side. The earth quaked and broke open, but as the crab was besieged, an earthen barricade formed around it. Meanwhile, the crab’s tail-shaped dark fire and dark water kept causing messes everywhere on the crab’s shell.
Wooong… woooong… wooooooooong!
The crab continued crying out with its Spirit Sense as Heian Ciemnosc’s dark techniques were still fomenting destruction on its body, already penetrating a layer of protection and devouring as much of its meat as possible. The earthen barrier left Heian Ciemnosc somewhat speechless. This was an Earth elemental technique new to his curious eyes, which he could only know more about after studying it inside his reflecting mind after the fight.
Finally, it covered the crab, and any sound it could make disappeared. The connection between the dark torrents and rivers of flames Heian Ciemnosc had was cut off. In midair, he remained floating, stagnant, as he looked down at the earthen barrier that could easily pass off as a middle-sized hill. It was silent, and nothing happened outside the earth barrier, but Heian Ciemnosc could tell many things occurred within. The crab was moving around and getting rid of everything, still trying to consume its body, namely, its left pincer.
“...” Heian Ciemnosc started moving as well. His pale hands together, he started condensing more sparkles with his Darkning Igniting. Dark Power Energy swept everywhere as Earth particles appeared. More and more sparkles showed and presented themselves to the Earth particles as dark Power Energy connected them, slowly forming shadows of flames that could only start growing.
- CRAAAAAACK! Wooooooooooooo- OOOOOOOOOONNNNG!
Suddenly, from below, the earthen barrier broke apart, causing industrial amounts of dust to fly everywhere, immediately obscuring so much to hide the crab’s body within it. Heian Ciemnosc was too high up in the sky and couldn’t see the crab without his Spirit Sense, but that wasn’t what he cared about. Continuing his Darkning Igniting process, he became more proficient the second time as he didn’t bleed dark blood for a while. But when he did, it was only for half a centimeter.
However, just then!
Waang~~. Suddenly, the earth particles, still sparkling and about to with his Darkning Igniting to create darkish flames, were met with a problem. Every particle turned heavier and rockier. They suddenly dulled and lost all possible connection to the world, slowly withering and turning into pure energy that condensed towards the crab’s body, recuperating part of its shell, albeit temporarily and with errors.
‘Interesting.’ Heian Ciemnosc praised as he looked down, his Spirit Sense violating the crab’s privacy. But he didn’t stop acting even as he did. His hands swept to his low-right from his torso as dark water emerged from behind. A large torrent, easily several hundred meters long and 50 meters wide, appeared, surprising and worrying the crab.
Swoooosh, swoooosh, swoooosh, swooosh, swooosh. Bgraaaaagghh~.
The dark water torrents aimed at the crab’s head as if wanting to part it into two. But the crab wasn’t a dummy, and after getting rid of Heian Ciemnosc’s attempts to bombard it with those hateful dark rivers of fire, it lifted a humongous earth ramp from the ground! The dark water clashed against it, immediately opening a crack in the middle of it as it began spreading. Yet, the crab started sending more Earth energy into it to amend it.
Just then! However! The earth ramp broke apart! Accompanied by the dark water behind, 5 humongous dark claws materialized before the crab’s eyes! Sending debris and air cut through like butter out! Each dark energy claw was 50 meters long, bigger than anything he had created with his All-Devouring Force Chronicles’ iconic strengths. Heian Ciemnosc’s pale, bare upper torso and the bleeding wound on his chest appeared before the crab’s long eyes.
Futomp, SWOOOOOOOOOOOOOSHHHH…
Heian Ciemnosc didn’t continue charging forwards, looking at the crab’s long eyes in midair as the dark water, previously hugging from his wais to below, rushed to it while avoiding Heian Ciemnosc’s body. A small bubble, empty of dark water, surrounded Heian Ciemnosc as he glanced at his next meal.
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