Brutal Killing, Cocoon Breaks

BAAAM! Flying for a few hundred meters, Heian Ciemnosc didn't stop until he was met with a hard, invisible wall, nearly breaking his back. Heian Ciemnosc's senses were slightly dull as his head was dizzy. He tried standing up but found his body wholly in pain. Still, he moved to rise to his feet and looked at Elena's cocoon. It was still progressing and safe from the enemy. But the latter was already closing in rapidly, ignoring Heian Ciemnosc to go after Elena. Heian Ciemnosc frowned but immediately relaxed as he felt his Vocón Link. After gulping down, he effectuated the underneath dark whip to force his body through the air as it came out of his back to penetrate the ground under his body between his legs.

Crr- crr- crr crr-... BO-BOM- PEEEEEEEEW~~...

Heian Ciemnosc’s body was flipped upside down, his back facing the strange lifeform, before being abruptly pulled with speed slightly faster than when using his shadow of a tail. Before receiving that last blow with his fist, Heian Ciemnosc connected his Vocón Link to the ground, letting it bury itself underneath. As his body flew backwards, it continuously increased in length as Heian Ciemnosc used his dark Power Energy to amend the ground and conceal the Vocón Link beneath. Now, he was using it to return faster to the fight.

“!” The strange lifeform was astounded. It looked at the ground, feeling played. But, at the very least, it was forced to stop and face Heian Ciemnosc again. Heian Ciemnosc used another Bloodthirsty Consuming Enshrinement to force the lifeform to spend more of its Soul. And by the time it was neutralized, his body was already close to the strange lifeform!

Pshift-click, pshift-click, … … … … swiiiish, PAAM- PHHSHK PHHSHK- CRREESHHK CRREESHHK CRREESHHK, BUM, PAM PAM- BAM BUM- BAANG.

Dark claws slashed forwards, thrusting and stabbing as the strange lifeform became immediately disadvantaged. Its white body convulsed as Heian Ciemnosc’s hands struck out and were retracted as quickly as ever possible. Holes appeared on its body as the slimy but solid, white flesh inside was exposed. It had no bones, but even then, its solid skin and shape made it all too life-like to care.

Heian Ciemnosc continued slashing, now sideways, and swiping his claw-like hands. The strange lifeform’s skin was ruptured, its slimy flesh flying away as Heian Ciemnosc’s feet kept kicking it around as the Vocón Link continued to drag him onwards. Meanwhile, their bodies were rotating as the lifeform tried to escape this barrage. But Heian Ciemnosc kept their mass volume together so the Vocón Link could still work.

No rigorous or dark Power Energy was used. Heian Ciemnosc was effectuating a one-sided beating that the strange lifeform couldn’t endure much longer. Its body’s volume started decreasing, and its head and neck began crazily twisting and turning as if writhing in pain. Just then, seeing the strange lifeform reach crazy pain levels, Heian Ciemnosc stabbed it at its lower sides one last time before focusing his darkest eyes on it, sending a Bloodthirsty Consuming Enshrinement Soul attack into its mind!

Shuaaahaaa, bwooooong!

“...!!” The strange lifeform didn’t last after a second of its hollow eyes unnaturally widening once it felt Heian Ciemnosc’s Soul attack reach him. Unlike before, where it defended itself against it, neutralizing such attack, it had finally received head-on. The pain and sensations going through everywhere in its body were unimaginable. But it strangely didn’t feel pained anywhere except its Soul and Psychogenic. It became paralyzed, susceptible to any danger. Thus, Heian Ciemnosc immediately wrapped its body with a bit of his Vocón Link so it wouldn’t slow down.

Heian Ciemnosc was still facing the direction he was going with his back right at this moment. He rolled up the white in black, sticking its badly wounded stomach to his. And before the strange lifeform could discern what was happening in the real world, its body began feeling the pain it most feared before knowing the Bloodthirsty Consuming Enshrinement’s effect on oneself.

“!!!” The strange lifeform felt every ounce and thought of its body tortured, the intensity growing with every passing second as they rapidly flew in the air. Heian Ciemnosc closed his mouth to the left side of its head, where an ear would’ve been if this was at least an ordinary living being. But it couldn’t talk, had a humanoid shape, and had no aesthetic feature anywhere. Heian Ciemnosc’s dragged-on, hoarse voice spilled out the following words. “Weren’t you talking about something before? Weren’t you busy declaring and babbling so much before? Why are you so quiet now? Why aren’t you speaking anymore?!”

PSHIFT- BOOOOOOOMMMM- PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWW~~...

After finishing shouting with his lungs filled up, Heian Ciemnosc’s right fist condensed a fang. Not a claw, a bout of dark Power Energy, or a gigantic sum of it, Spirit Sense, and dark Soul. He still hadn’t figured out the last option. Otherwise, he could’ve utilized it from the get-go with his All-Devouring Force Chronicles innate Supreme Art from the beginning. The dark fang rested between his middle finger’s knuckle and the back of half the finger. As he punched out, the hit landed on the lifeform’s sternum, penetrating several inches deep.

Besides the depth of the grievous injury, it was one’s open hand in width. But Heian Ciemnosc had little time to observe with his naked eyesight as its body immediately departed once again, this time farther than ever before collapsing with a wall, far away from him and even more from Elena. When he landed on his feet, Heian Ciemnosc was breathing heavily, with 60% of his dark Power Energy left and his fists, forearms, abdomen, and feet bleeding dark.

Craack… thud, thud, thud… “...” Heian Ciemnosc forcefully regulated his breathing when he heard stomping sounds with his ears while looking at the floor, his body bent over and slowly recuperating. He was forced to go all-out without caring about being injured each time he struck because of the lifeform’s eccentric capabilities. Standing with his back straight, shoulders up, and arms to the sides, he gazed at where the strange lifeform had already risen and started rushing back into fighting.

“Hahh…” Heian Ciemnosc rubbed below the left corner of his mouth with his right wrist. Feeling burdened at dealing with such a quick, agile enemy that was yet too deathly lethal even for someone like him. He lazily waited in the same spot for another 8 seconds before it finally stomped one last time a few tens of meters before Heian Ciemnosc. A moment later, it was already tacking Heian Ciemnosc in slow motion as his body was forced backwards.

Pam, pam, pam, pam, pam… splash, splash, splash… whoosh- THUDDD. Heian Ciemnosc’s upper back led the way as the strange creature rapidly landed his fists on his body. However, each time, Heian Ciemnosc protected it with his palms, gaining a wound each time he did and splashing dark blood outwardly whenever it hit his pale skin. Time and again, Heian Ciemnosc was forced to block those fists before the lifeform pushed him against the ground.

Heian Ciemnosc’s body had no use for avoiding such a motion. The moment his shoulders were pushed down, his body rapidly crashed against the floor. And if it was dirt, or at least had some ‘real’ substance, he would’ve either bounced off from it or gotten a few meters buried in. However, his body was simply paralyzed for a second before he gained control. Yet, before he could fully stand up, as he was pushing his body from the ground with his bent knees, a white instep came knocking his face upwards.

Pah, swish, bam bam bang- buuum… wheesh, kick, pum, baaam… whoosh, PSHIFT-CLICK- PEEEEW, CKRSHEERR~~- ckrsheerr… plat plat plat…

In a quick, successive, nonstop, and intense set of motions, Heian Ciemnosc found himself barraged left and right after his body was forced into the air with that one kick. The strange lifeform followed up, climbing his body, stepping and grasping the corners of his clothes dozens of times in a few seconds as they went up together 20 meters above the floor level. When they reached the peak, they stagnated for 2 seconds, and before Heian Ciemnosc’s body began descending. Under his frowning eyes, a punch came right at his throat.

All he could do before being helpless to defend himself was move his shoulders and head out of the way, leftwards, avoiding the brutal strike. But his right trapezius muscle was hurt instead. A long dark blood trail seeped out for a second while the rest of the punches, palms, and slaps landed on Heian Ciemnosc’s upper torso and right arm. When it was over with him, it suddenly kicked downwards with its heel landing on the same trapezius muscle. This time, it bled a few litres of dark blood before stopping, leaving a contrail in the air as his body fell.

But before it could reach the ground again, Heian Ciemnosc felt the hurrying sensation to cough, and the strange lifeform had arrived below him. Its right knee was already ascending to connect with his upper back, where his vertebral column practically ended. It reached its target, starting the following bouts, landing all over his back, including his bum, thighs, and behind his knees.

Heian Ciemnosc was given a thorough beating, one that he deserved just as the appetizer, according to the strange lifeform’s thoughts. When it was done with it again, it actually grabbed Heian Ciemnosc’s arms from the back and placed its right foot on his tailbone. Before long, it headbutted Heian Ciemnosc’s back with all its might, even seemingly furiously gritting its teeth to showcase its emotions.

Heian Ciemnosc’s body was held in place. So, as he felt the tremendous pain from having a few of his most vital bones breaking and cracking, his dark claws trembled, and dark blood escaped his nostrils, ears, and corners of his mouth inadvertently. However, just then, the strange lifeform looked to its left, its forehead still breaking apart some of the delicious bones Heian Ciemnosc’s body was now exposing.

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Vocón Link suddenly appeared, no longer attached to Heian Ciemnosc’s back, as the strange lifeform could finally realize, but to the right sole of his foot… And it was very well over several hundred meters long, currently. The next second, Heian Ciemnosc’s dark claws made a noise, their typical, iconic sound. And before the lifeform knew it, its face was being swung at by the backhand of a dark hand with dark claws at its fingertips.

Furthermore, added to this hand was, on its palm, a mix of a fiery, brightest of oranges with some yellow energy. A pristine bright starred azure energy and a warm, light lime with a murky green glow energy. They formed a cycle on Heian Ciemnosc’s dark Power Energy-covered palm, not for protection, but, once again, for lethality purposes!

“!...” The strange lifeform didn’t know what it was feeling, but it knew it had to be something with terror. Not only as Heian Ciemnosc still managed to, somehow, surprise it. But by the distinct colors, somewhat familiar to itself, but appearing deathly hostile instead. Its expression, as blank as it was, turned impossibly helpless. When the backhand landed on its face, it seemed to explode everything that had ever existed. It was like the never-before-seen legends right before it, but it knew nothing about any of that. It only knew its body was blasted somewhere, with 10 tiny blades stabbing into its body.

Although it couldn’t see it since it became blinded by those 3 energy colors, nor sense it from falling in its stupor, Heian Ciemnosc had stabbed his whole hands into the strange lifeform’s sides. Its body had begun flying much faster than he imagined, barely catching it as it was blasted the fuck away from their position. Their explosion speed, this time, was higher than ever before, leaving Heian Ciemnosc completely helpless. Still, he could at least discern they went past Elena’s cocoon, above her, long ago.

BAAAAMM! Sure enough, a few seconds later, Heian Ciemnosc and the strange lifeform crashed against a wall. But this time, none of them was stuck dizzy for even half a second. Quickly recuperating, Heian Ciemnosc had its several hundred meters-long Vocón Link start ‘spewing’ the things it had eaten during the previous beating he endured. Immediately, Earth elemental particles spread everywhere around both.

‘... Darkning igniting.’ Heian Ciemnosc stood up, holding his palms slightly together as sparkles went off, twinkling everywhere. Fiery orange started appearing everywhere, untainted by the dark, as water started forming and the air started dropping with dirt and sand grains nonstop. The Earth particles had started glowing with a stronger murky green color, fueled by his dark Power Energy, forming as much substance as possible.

And seeing this, the strange lifeform was alarmed, but it contained itself from making any movement. It had seemingly gained ‘something’ after being tortured like no other in the world had ever been. It suddenly charged at Heian Ciemnosc as he continued forming Fire, Water, and Earth elemental techniques, creating an arsenal right before it. But this was what Heian Ciemnosc wanted!!

Dash- whoosh, pshift~... Heian Ciemnosc’s Vocón Link suddenly retracted, and as Soul attacks formed at both’s Psychogenic, the former exploded in various directions, assembling dark, shapeless limbs as Heian Ciemnosc’s storage was emptied out by a large margin. But Heian Ciemnosc’s darkest eyes simply looked at the strange lifeform, whose arms thrust forth and wounded body was his to take.

With a swift motion, all Fire, Water, and Earth elemental techniques fell to the ground. Heian Ciemnosc’s dark Power Energy covered everything. His Vocón Link surrounded him and the strange lifeform like an endless dark net amidst the white room. Far away from Elena’s cocoon, even without her Spirit Sense, she wouldn’t be able to know what was going on due to the dark, shapeless limbs. These weren’t from his dark Power Energy but his innate Supreme Art… his Vocón Link!

The strange lifeform saw everything as if in slow motion. Heian Ciemnosc’s pale face looked at it without a care, and it looked at him with despise. Suddenly, everything resumed to normal. The lifeform rushed towards him, and Heian Ciemnosc was ready to receive it. The dark net shrunk, becoming a trapping contraption against the lifeform. It only had the chance to send its right hand towards Heian Ciemnosc. Deformed and no longer appeared like fingers but flexible claws and blades attached to its knuckles.

Heian Ciemnosc’s hands went for that arm as the rest of the strange lifeform’s body became entrapped. His dark claws effortlessly tore through the skin and flesh. But this wasn’t enough. With his fingers already deep inside its arm, Heian Ciemnosc continued to travel with them further towards its shoulder, stabbing through the slimy white, causing endless pain as the Vocón Link’s sub-bodies started torturing it. It was an overkill!!

However, just then, as Heian Ciemnosc found the separation between arm and shoulder, pulling to break it apart, the strange lifeform managed to send its other arm out, lunging at his ribs!

“...” Heian Ciemnosc didn’t react before, when he was being destroyed at melee. So, why would he react now that he was once again threatened with his heart being pulled out? Or stabbed? His darkest eyes were calm and serene, ultimately cold. The strange lifeform’s left hand took a knife gesture, looming towards his left chest. But Heian Ciemnosc didn’t care, simply continuing to pull onto the arm, breaking it off its body!!!

‘Umf…’ Heian Ciemnosc immediately retracted afterwards. As they were in this all-out struggle, the strange lifeform’s legs were kicking and twisting to land everywhere on the Vocón Link’s sub-bodies, tearing them apart as they weren’t his Vocón Link. Thankfully, this wouldn’t hurt him, but it would irritate him. As he jumped backwards, the lifeform broke free from the entrapment. However, it was now badly damaged and weakened. Its Soul was even losing its strength, and the energy fluctuations from it were ever so thin.

Suddenly, from below, on the ground, the dirt and sand formed and became alive! A ramp soared from such, condensing to be as solid as Heian Ciemnosc’s dark Power Energy after his Vocón Link interlinked them with Heian Ciemnosc. It hit the strange lifeform, sending it flying into the air helplessly. Heian Ciemnosc rushed forwards, bleeding from the left side of his chest as he held its arm between his dark fang, chewing and gulping down without a care, blatantly exposing his actions to the arm’s owner.

But it wasn’t just it that suffered. Because in the strange lifeform’s left hand was… Heian Ciemnosc’s left lung!!

Since it couldn’t get to Heian Ciemnosc’s heart, it could only grasp whatever was of vital necessity for a living being like him. A bone wouldn’t mean much unless it was a third of all his bones, so he went for his lungs, only stealing one from his ribcage while leaving claw-like marks on the other.

Shuaaahaaa, whoosh whoosh, shuaahaaa shuaaahaa, whoosh woosh, shuaahaaa shuaaahaa shuaahaaa, whoosh whoosh…

Seeing Heian Ciemnosc bite its arm and eat it, the strange lifeform copied him out of despise. It brought his lung to its mouth, opened wide, and slammed the slung against its hollow, white-walled mouth. It had no teeth, eyes, nose, ears, or tongue, only another walling skin instead of a hole in its mouth, so it could only slap his lung as its organic matter splattered everywhere. But it did so with hatred!

Heian Ciemnosc looked at this calmly as he flew high up, but the strange lifeform did the same, fleeing from entangling a melee with him. It understood its weakness, but it still hadn’t understood one thing that Heian Ciemnosc already had. Heian Ciemnosc suddenly started another Soul attack face-off against it, and both parties began sending one Soul attack after another, with the lifeform fending off each and any attack he sent.

Shuaaahaaa… … …click-shaah. Heian Ciemnosc sent another Bloodthirsty Consuming Enshrinement again, leaving the strange lifeform furious as it had to use almost the last of its Soul energy to attack. It was a slow process for Heian Ciemnosc as he waited… However, as soon as the strange lifeform dissipated his Bloodthirsty Consuming Enshrinement dark Soul attack, Heian Ciemnosc’s eyes burned, and his mind madly quivered. ‘You have limited Soul Energy. I’ve just replenished mine! You can’t recuperate yours while I have my All-Devouring Force Chronicles… It’s your time to get eaten… Darkning Igniting!!!’

FWUH-PA!

“!!!!!!!!” The strange lifeform suddenly threw wits head to the back, leaving Heian Ciemnosc so many opportunities. Thus, projecting from the sole of his right foot, Heian Ciemnosc’s Vocón Link, now a couple kilometers long, coiling beneath them as they flew higher and higher up, started spewing more Earth particles. At once, fiery orange, pristine starred azure, and warm, light lime with a murky green glow made a collaborated act of presence below them, coloring Elena’s cocoon far in the distance.

SHUAAAAHAAAAA…!!

Abruptly, Heian Ciemnosc’s darkest eyes widened as he saw the strange lifeform’s last stand. ‘It really hates me, huh.’

The strange lifeform’s Soul… gave up! It didn’t even bother resisting Heian Ciemnosc’s Darkning Igniting as it let its entire inner self bathe in his dark flame. Ordinary yellow and orange. However, it had seemingly done something to it as it shot towards Heian Ciemnosc with the intention to at least heavily injure him. Knowing the Soul-exalting Old World parchment already, studying a little of its wonders, he understood this was meant to kill him squarely, leaving him a complete corpse but lifeless, and even still floating in the air with all his dark Power Energy functioning as if he was perfectly alive.

It was… too fast. All Heian Ciemnosc could do was believe in himself… and hope that would ever fucking matter.

Click~~~~... … … … The Soul attack landed on the back of his left shoulder, where a development akin to a water drop falling on smooth, completely still water, causing a ripple that eased down in the next second. Then, it suddenly shot backward, up, towards… the strange lifeform!

‘!!!’ Heian Ciemnosc’s head, which he held from the back with his hands, waiting for the strike to pulverize him, lifted after noticing the change and its development. He was absolutely, wildly confused in his head, but a line of words appeared in his Soul, reminding him of one of many Soul arts his innate Supreme Art has.

FWOOOOSH, SWOOOOSH, CRRGGGHHH…

However, he hadn’t time to think about it. He lifted his hands as if lifting a thin glass above his head. The Fire, Water, and Earth elemental techniques formed everywhere from the floor to below his feet… raised towards the still living, burning, and Soul-writhing strange lifeform. It only took a short 17 for wave after wave of all 3 Elements to rush upwards, forcing whatever their target used to be against the ceiling, exploding in multiple shades of destruction!!

BOOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM…

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