••• ∅ •••Should have seen it coming. I lost control… again.••• ∅ •••Faster than anyone could see, almost as if he warped through space, Kai dashed and delivered a double slash through the abdomen of Chiko. Kai gained footing and stared towards Chiko as blood gushed through his body. Chiko coughed up blood as he was heavily injured by the sudden speed blitz. This attracted the attention of other Daemons from other classes. They joined the class as they roared in chorus excitement."What did I just see?" the amazed commentator reacted. "More like what did I not see? With one clean attack, Kai absolutely takes over this match. Is it over?"The crowd was in shock. Chiko suddenly began to cackle and the crowd thought that he had gone insane. Chiko held his abdomen and coughed some more blood while laughing. Suddenly, he healed completely from the attack."What? Did he just heal?" the commentator exclaimed. "Shujin-sensei, are you seeing what I'm seeing?""Hmm…" Shujin observed as he was

With both sparring partners ready to go, Gaia attacked first as she divided the ground behind her and portioned them in boulders. 'I knew this ain't gonna look pretty from the start,' Kota thought. She raised the created boulders up in the air and sent them straight at Kai in the form of a rock avalanche. 'Very destructively creative, but Kai could just zoom out of the danger. His speed feats are incredible,' he said to himself. He soon observed that Kai wasn't moving away from the attack. 'Wait... that's not his plan. He wants to take on the rock avalanche head on!' he analyzed. 'As expected. You are a powerful Daemon, Gaia,' commended Kai, in his thoughts. 'But…' Kai faced the danger with a straight face. He exhaled, jumped towards the predicament and punched and blitzed through all the boulders within a span of five seconds. In addition, he created an energy wave that sent the crushed boulders right back at her. "Man…" Kai interjected. 'Still not fast enough…' Gaia halted a

••• ∅ •••"For almost a minute the two of us were locked in a battle of wills that had no possible winner."••• ∅ •••Without a second to doubt, Kai and Haku already began exchanging blows. Each collision of their fists distorted the atmosphere due to the immense pressure exerted.Kai tightened the grip on his fists, raising his core energy output to new heights. Haku noticed this, responding almost instantly by modifying his body to absorb the impacts.Roaring, Kai escalated his punching speed, and Haku matched his rhythm. The venue suffered as their collisions brought destruction to the surrounding areas.Haku smartly aimed a punch to Kai’s ribs, but Kai swiftly caught his arm and sent him hurtling 200 meters away.In a swift succession, Kai slightly squatted and launched himself towards Haku, performing an amazingly executed Superman Punch.Haku zoomed out of the way and Kai landed a devastating earth-shattering punch to the ground.Taking advantage of the momentary distraction, Ha

••• ∅ •••"When we hit our lowest points, we are open to the greatest change."••• ∅ •••••• ‡ •••Born into the great Raijin clan, I was considered a failure—an unfortunate mistake the gods had gifted, with an ability completely divergent from the talents of our forefathers.I was ridiculed and spat on by my own clan, a disgrace to them and my own family. All I could do was hear at incredibly high frequencies, devoid of any combat abilities. Cast out at the tender age of five, I was left to survive in the cruel world, a world that seemed to wish for my demise.Days turned into nights as humans ignored my presence in the streets. I could read their thoughts, the waves of sound they emitted revealing their disdain. They shoved me around, treating me as if I were invisible, hurrying on to their place of work.They littered all over me, so much that trash became my refuge, a makeshift blanket from the discarded waste. Each night, I cursed the world and questioned the purpose of Daemons p

Within the deepest recesses of her mind, Hikari's feet trembled uncontrollably. Within the span of seconds, strategies flowed within her mind, thinking of possible routes to take to finally gain the upper hand, but couldn't find any.He was just that much of a formidable foe. A deluge of self-doubt washed over her as she questioned her own worth.Hikari felt like her opponent could see right through her, reading her every thought and emotion.'Every plan I think of has a counter. His abilities are too versatile,' she thought. 'There must be a way. Even if it's just a glitch in his technique, but, what is it?'She began to analyze. There must a way. Her thought process finally recognized the subtle but effective moment when Yami couldn't backfire her blizzard attack. This realization led to her breaking a smirk.'That's it! As powerful as the technique is, I believe his brain process has a limit to how many events he can react to at a time,' she theorized. 'Thus, I need to spam my tech