Both Jin and Raylon were overwhelmed by the shadow droplets but Jin used his incredible regeneration to heal fast enough to survive the onslaught. Raylon was getting severely damaged by the shadow droplets. His skin was starting to peel away, but he held on. He had no choice but to learn how to tap into his demon side, allowing him to access regeneration as well. Jin noticed his change in form and saw that it was pointless to continue this so he released their shadow.

Thereafter Jin tried to kick him but he grabbed his leg and flipped him over. He then ran towards him and delivered a devastating knee strike that broke Jin's spine, but he was able to regenerate it. Raylon sent out rapid fire blasts but Jin countered using his blood blast. When the smoke cleared, Jin could no longer see Raylon. That's when Raylon appeared behind him and sent out a shockwave that temporarily paralysed him. He then sent out multiple dark energy blasts.

With the damage from each one stacking, Jin was critically damaged. The dark energy blasts also slowed down his regeneration speed as well. Jin used his shadow tendrils to whack Raylon away to buy himself enough time to regenerate. Raylon noticed this and decided to take advantage of his slowed regeneration speed. He began hurling all the debris in the area at him. Jin used his shadow tendrils to hit all the debris away but it left an opening which Raylon exploited.

Raylon landed a punch of focused energy to Jin's stomach and the punch went through him. Raylon then dislodged his hand from his stomach and spin kicked him away. He was going to begin charging his plasma blast, but Jin stitched their shadows together. Even though they both couldn't move, it would allow Jin to regenerate.

“I see that you're taking time to regenerate. You won't be able to hold this technique forever. The light from the sun also gives rise to shadows, however it rises and sets. Once it starts to set, the shape of our shadow will change and I'll be free” said Raylon.

“You're a clever one. I'll be fully healed way before that. I'm just wasting time trying to come up with a strategy” replied Jin as he looked at the sun.

While Jin and Raylon were currently in a stalemate, Kael continued his battle against the vicious Manju and Tiffany. Kael tried to land a strike against the Manju but it was too fast and had too many arms. It whacked him away and then began thrashing him while he was on the ground. It used multiple arms to hold his tails down and then it continually sent out a barrage of strikes at him. The impact rattled the entire sky island.

Kael was going to fuse the affinities of the four elements but Tiffany blasted him at close range, sending him flying into a flurry of offence from the Manju. Kael began sending out a plethora of pieces of the ground at the Manju but it simply punched through all of them and then it caught Kael using multiple hands. While he was trapped in there it focused all its energy in there and blasted him while he was enclosed in its hands. He cloaked himself in his tails to survive and spun his tails around to break the grip.

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He then began climbing the Manju. He gracefully dodged its variety of strikes while cloaking himself in fire. Each step he took burned the Manju until he reached its head. Its face had a look of pure malice. It was a terrifying sight to behold, but it didn't phase Kael. He whacked it with his tails and it flinched. He then spun in the air to gain more momentum and whacked it again. This time the impact sent it into the ground. He began fusing the four affinities but Tiffany tried to blast him.

He used his tails to block the blast and hit her away. He was almost done but Tiffany tried to trap him in a wood prison. Kael headbutted it to break free and the technique was ready. By fusing the affinity of water, earth, air and fire he was able to create a sphere with an imaginary mass and he sent it towards the Manju. Tiffany managed to land a kick as Kael was vulnerable, but he endured the impact and swung her away after grabbing her leg.

The sphere of imaginary mass hit the Manju and sent it flying across the area, but it still was not destroyed. Kael began charging the attack again, but it teleported behind him. Kael was shocked! For a split second he wasn't able to process the hell that happened and it hit him with a chop to his head at point blank range. The impact sent him flying through the sky island and he began to question whether he should return.

“How the hell is that thing so strong!” exclaimed the King of Sadhala.

“The kingdom Sadha doesn’t teach mythology in school so I'm not surprised you don't know. The Manju was a part of the first set of creatures that the God of beasts created. Its sole purpose was to guard the sky island that the God's stayed on. Saraya and the Atomic dragon were the only one's known to defeat it, and they both were actually damaged in the fight against it” replied Kodon.

The king and queen of Sadhala gasped upon hearing that. A creature capable of harming Saraya and earning the respect of Kodon was unimaginable. Kael flew back to battle the Manju, but what's his plan? As Kael's struggle continues, so does the battle between Narumi, Talia and Kuma.

Narumi and Talia had lost an incredible amount of blood and were on the verge of bleeding out. Kuma sent out a slash that almost cut them, but they just managed to roll out of the way. Narumi and Talia tried to make use of the water in the nearby lake. They sent out bullets of water at Kuma. Kuma used Group 1, Infinite slashes to cut all the bullets of water but he didn't notice that Talia altered the properties of the ground to turn it into quicksand.

Kuma lost his balance as he was pulled into the ground and this allowed Narumi to get in close and she punt kicked his face. The impact almost broke his neck but he just managed to endure it. He used Group 2, Unrelenting slash to escape the quicksand with a burst of speed and the momentum allowed him to slash Narumi.

“I'm sorry Talia, I wasn't strong enough again. Please forgive me” said Narumi. Kuma then repeatedly slashed her and her blood covered the area.

She fell to the ground and fainted. Without the coral dragon, she felt completely weak. She had lost the battle before it had even begun. Memories of the time they had spent together since childhood flashed through her mind as Narumi was eliminated, leaving only 9 participants remaining. Talia felt that she's next, but she had to do her best to avenge Narumi.