Chapter 255: Fighting Rapakha Part 2 (1/2)

*Boom!*

The explosion immediately engulfed Rapakha, scorching him inside an intense heat. Yet Kai could hear a distortion of the sound as if it was directed by something behind that fire and smoke.

”He is perfectly fine…” Kai shouted, realizing that Rapakha must have used something to block the explosion. That was why the sound was directed to the left and right instead of passing his body.

”What a hearing…” Rapakha smiled as his figure was revealed when the smoke was blown away by the wind. However, they found a half wall in which the other half had fallen to the ground. It might be due to the strong blast, but it was still surprising to see Rapakha's defense shattered like this.

'We still have a chance…' Kai thought as he commanded. ”Attack him again!”

As soon as he uttered those words, Kai leaped toward him with both swords in his hand.

”Freezing Field!” Suddenly, Sofia released her magic, freezing the ground around them to surround Rapakha. However, she did this to stop Rapakha from using the ground as well since she thought he couldn't use his magic unless he touched the ground.

Little did she know that it was just her misunderstanding his magic. The moment Rapakha saw this, he raised his hands and punched the ground, shattering the ice before throwing another strike with his fist that had been covered with rock.

This time, the strength was far extraordinary and shattered the entire field of ice.

It was at this time, Kai arrived in front of him, waving his two swords.

Rapakha only smiled as another magic circle appeared on the ground in front of him, where Kai would step on it within a second.

”So fast!” Kai thought as he gritted his teeth and shifted his right foot a little bit to get a good footing, so he could stop his momentum and change direction.

Rapakha smirked as if his plan just succeeded and threw a punch toward Kai.

Having no balance himself, Kai parried that punch with his sword, but because he decided to stop earlier, he got blown away instead.

It was at this time Kai realized that Rapakha just made a fake move. The magic circle beneath his feet was nothing but a distraction. 'He believed I would stop and used that chance?'

”So, you have realized it, but it's too late.” Rapakha grinned before he raised both hands to the side where Michelle and Ayaka appeared to follow up Kai's attack.

”Shadow Slash.”

”Fire Thrust.”

Michelle's Shadow Slash was no longer a surprising move. However, Ayaka seemed to have mastered new magic.

The magic circle appeared on her spear's tip before it shot out a torrential flame. She simply used the same concept of her 'Flares' to create a torrential fire to increase its penetrating power, but this one had more speed and precision.

Rapakha covered his two hands with stones and stopped the two attacks with a single grab that shattered both attacks.

”!!!” He also felt another two incoming attacks from two different directions. He raised one hand toward Isabelle's original location while raising his off hand to grab Tasha's arrow in another direction.

However, due to Ayaka's and Michelle's previous attacks, he got himself in an awkward position. As a result…

*Bam!*

He managed to fend off Tasha's attack, but his other arm was getting pushed back by the bullet coming from Isabelle. When he glanced at the bullet, he realized it was not a normal attack like the previous one. Instead, it was a full-fledged magic attack.

Because of that, Rapakha had his balance thrown.

Kai used this chance to make his move.

Rapakha glanced at him and thought. 'I can still regain my balance before he arr—!'

He was dumbstruck when he saw a magic circle in Kai's right foot.

”Sound Blast!” Kai stepped on it, and the magic circle launched him to Rapakha. Using this chance, Kai struck Rapakha.

Although his balance was off, Rapakha still managed to react and protected his body with that stone arm.

*Clang!*

Just like before, the stone was very hard to the point it looked like metal. However, Kai saw a glimmer of hope that radiated from the fact that his sword managed to cut half of the stone that covered his arm. Using this chance, he pushed the sword even further with his strength.

Rapakha glanced on his right and summoned another giant arm, punching Kai with this.

However, Kai also created a magic circle before bending his body a little. His eyes watched how the stone arm almost hit him on the face, but luckily, it passed above him.

”As expected… The arm might be powerful and hard to stop from head-on, but it seems it's not strong against redirecting. Even my Sound Blast could redirect it a bit.” Kai smiled before trying to complete his swing.