Parallel Vol. 5

Chapter 48: Titanfall!

Razznik calmly looked around at the Twilight Wolves who had begun to gather around the crater. Rather than get agitated, his breath mellowed out as he dropped to a low stance, pulling his right leg back in an arc. He then raised both his palms, facing them towards the sky.

To all the onlookers' shock, the aggressive Razznik had adopted a defensive stance for the first time. It appeared he had finally acknowledged the Twilight Wolves as a worthy threat. That or, he had some other dastardly plan in mind.

"Gravitas Nullificatio Veri Corporis Translatio..."

"Damn you!" Kashi cursed through furrowed brows as he glared at the softly chanting Razznik. He wanted to wait until the rest of the Twilight Wolves gathered, but Razznik refused to play by the script. The draconian recognized the start of that spell! Nothing good would happen if he let Razznik finish.

In a race against time, Kashi could not waste a single second! The draconian pointed his hands backward and channeled his flames! BOOM! The air behind Kashi combusted in a tremendous explosion, sending the daeben bursting forward with the speed of a rocket!

VWOOSH! Kashi closed the distance between himself and Razznik in the blink of an eye. Staring into Razznik's calm, but murderous gaze, the draconian expertly repositioned himself and launched a roundhouse kick mid-air. Only, this was no ordinary kick. A bevy of blue flames burned around his feet!

'Tier 3?' Razznik's eyes narrowed as he admired the flames' strange beauty. As expected, Kashi had also Transcended. Perhaps because he was already monstrous, Kashi's ascension only boosted his elemental ranks by one tier without any crazy domains. Well, 'only' was relative. To ninety-nine percent of the population, a boost to a single elemental rank was already insane, speak less of all three.

Despite his acknowledgment, Razznik did not falter before Kashi's might. His left palm softly pushed out. Boom! Kashi's foot exploded on contact with Razznik's push! The blue flames consumed the Chaos God, leaving severe burn marks, but his gaze remained neutral.

Kashi spun, adding to the centrifugal force from Razznik's push. In the blink of an eye, he rotated 360 degrees and kicked at Razznik's right with the back of his heel.

Boom! Another explosion consumed Razznik as he once again slapped Kashi's right leg. The flames mercilessly devoured his flesh until even bone was visible. Fortunately, his innate healing kicked in, restoring most of the devoured flesh. However, that did nothing to stop the searing pain.

Razznik predictably ignored the pain, as he dropped to the ground before Kashi could chain another attack. He placed his palm on the ground, causing a massive dark-brown mandala to appear. Brackt! With a terrible groan, several rock spires shot out of the ground like hungry snakes, shooting toward Kashi.

Kashi quickly recognized the perilous situation. Without delay, he pointed his arm down and ignited an explosive retreat toward the sky.

Bam! Bam! Bam! Dust, smoke, and stone scattered as the rock snakes smashed into each other at Kashi's previous location. Contrary to expectations, the spires did not shatter to pieces but instead merged into one giant snakehead that shot up toward the stunned Kashi.

Vwoosh! The snakehead suddenly crumbled just before it swallowed the draconian. Looking down, Kashi noticed Razznik let go of the mandala to deal with arrows that curved around the dense rock formations to charge at him.

Razznik's eyes narrowed as he regarded the arrows. At his level, many would look down on these arrows, but Razznik would never. Over his life, he had learned to use a sledgehammer to smash in any nails!

Razznik smoothly danced around the crater, dodging several arrows, and then rapidly slapped out several palm-shaped ki-constructs. The palms crashed into the arrows. Pa! Pa! Pa! Without fail, the arrows shattered on impact. 'Hm?' Strangely, Razznik frowned. Sensing something wrong, he looked at one of the shattered arrows.