Chapter 169: Shoulder Press
Yui and Kimi regrouped with swift precision, their suits shimmering as they blocked the group’s only escape. "You’re not leaving," Yui said, his voice as cold and unyielding as his gaze.
His gauntlets began to hum, the energy coiling within them like a gathering storm. His predatory stare settled on Junjio, unblinking, the target fixed in his mind. Beside him, Kimi spun lightly, her once playful movements taking on a deadly grace.
"Playtime’s over, rogues!" she called out with a mock cheerfulness. Her gas canister hissed as it primed, and the pink-lined energy field of her suit blazed brightly, reflecting the frantic, chaotic light of the hub.
The chamber erupted once more, the clash of forces reaching a new crescendo. Jasmine’s mist collided with Kimi’s gas, the two substances swirling into a roiling, opaque tempest that split the hub in two.
The hiss of vapor and the heavy smell of chemicals enveloped the space, each side pushing against the other in a desperate struggle for control. Culdrin charged straight into the fray, bone armor cracking as it met Yui’s powered gauntlets.
Every strike between them sent a burst of light and a jarring shockwave through the floor. Cracks webbed outward from Culdrin’s shield, each fracture a testament to the relentless force of Yui’s blows.
Amid the chaos, Vira’s serpent Ikona lashed out again and again, its blood tendrils threading through the confusion.
It darted and snapped, each strike aimed for Yui’s throat, but his movements were too sharp, too quick. Each miss only stoked Vira’s fury further.
The crimson glow of her shard pulsed stronger with each attack, a fire that burned ever brighter in the face of resistance.