Chapter 333: No (1/2)

”Now, it's time to fight.” Kai smiled, planning to buy time for the avalanche to get down.

Tasha suddenly appeared again as the others regrouped with her almost instantly as though they had planned this. Ayaka flew to the sky while Tasha teleported the others to the top of the mountain, free from the avalanche.

”Since you like it that much, I will let you have fun with it alone.” Tasha smirked as they disappeared.

”Tch.” Kai realized he was getting tricked by them. They, in fact, wanted him to create this avalanche himself, especially because Tasha stayed on top of the hill. Just the possibility of her creating this alone already forced him to make a move first.

And if he went to the sky, he would face Ayaka that was ready to blow him back to the ground.

At the same time, Sofia created a slide toward the bottom right above the avalanche. Michelle also rode that slide while activating her Shadow Possession, boosting her power.

Meanwhile, Evan seemed to follow the slide but by running on the snow instead to maintain his speed. It was obvious that he tried to use the avalanche to create a cover for him, so Kai didn't break through and hit him.

Kai looked at Ayaka above him and used his Sound Blast.

Ayaka's face turned serious as she created a magic circle between them, trying to blow him away.

”Scarlet Explosion.”

”Sound Blast.” Kai decided to use two Sound Blasts. The first one flew toward the explosion, penetrating Ayaka's fire, albeit he found that the shock wave was entirely engulfed by that.

Knowing the power of the shock wave was not enough to penetrate that blast, he used the second Sound Blast to launch him in another direction, avoiding the fire.

”Lightning Piercer.” Tasha released her arrow before it suddenly sped up by turning it into a lightning bolt.

Kai realized that the speed was far faster than him using the Sound Blast. He shifted his body slightly to the side, dodging this arrow, but it was Ayaka's turn to attack him. She went around her own explosion and struck the arrow using the momentum just like a baseball.

The arrow flew toward him again while she swung her spear in another direction.

Because of this, Kai was forced to use both swords to stop these two attacks. However, this might probably be the first time he experienced Ayaka's real power.

Although it wasn't that far, it managed to win against his strength that had been boosted by the exoskeleton.

Kai obviously didn't let this go according to their way. When he spun in the air, he didn't forget to stretch his right foot to the side and kicked Ayaka.

Her Fire Wing suddenly closed up, protecting her body from the kick, but the power was still enough to blow her to the ground.

Unwilling to go down without a fight, Ayaka created a Fire Net behind him.

With that signal, Sofia made a magic circle as hundreds of small ice cubes flew toward Kai. The amount was also enough to send all of them in all directions other than Kai's back.

At first, Kai could escape from the Fire Net by launching himself at Ayaka before striking her. Due to these ice cubes, he only had one way to go, it was to the front where Michelle waited for him.

If he went to the right, the left would also chase him from behind and vice versa. The same applied to the bottom and top.

The only way he didn't need to worry about the ice coming from behind was to go forward.

Without a doubt, he needed to fall right into their trap.

Kai gritted his teeth and used his Sound Blast while using his Oscillation Shield to block all the ice cubes from the front.

As soon as he went out of that trap box, Michelle appeared before him as she swung her sword.

Kai used his Vibration Sword but ended up making a Sound Oscillation Shield instead. When the sword struck, her Shadow Slash went around the magic circle, slashing it into pieces. At the same time, Kai waved his sword toward her, trying to use the most vulnerable moment to inflict damage to Michelle.

Michelle easily put her swords in front of her to stop that attack. They never fought against each other anyway, so they didn't know whether Kai's Vibration Sword or Michelle's Shadow Slash would win if both clashed.

However, what she never expected suddenly happened. Her vision was suddenly shaking as she miscalculated the distance and the direction for a split second. She immediately pulled back because of that, but it was too late.

Kai's sword had arrived, creating a quite deep graze on her right arm while using the other sword to slash in a completely different direction where he suddenly heard a gunshot.

”Oi, oi. You are very merciless to me.” Michelle pouted. ”I am the first to get injured.”

”Doesn't that mean you are the weakest one?” Kai smirked.

”What did you say?!” The one who shouted this wasn't Michelle. Instead, it was Nathan. ”You bastard! How dare you hurt my granddaughter first! You should hit that Sofia first before hitting the others!”

Nathan usually watched this in silence. It was just he couldn't ignore the last thing he said, which completely destroyed her.