Chapter 166

"I've heard enough of your nonsense, girl," Daz Bonez said with a frown, his expression annoyed. "It's time you face reality," he added, reaching forward with his hands, his fingers turning into metallic blades.

"Fine by me," Domino replied, twirling her spear to the side as she charged Daz Bonez, the tanned meeting her halfway and blocking a spear swing with his metallic fingers.

"Strong..." Domino grunted, huffing as Daz Bones put all of his strength into his arms, trying to overpower her and crush her into the ground.

In a display of incredible speed, she took a step back, allowing Daz Bone to push down her spear as she drew it back and sent a thrust at the latter's shoulder.

Daz Bones didn't bother dodging as the spear hit his shoulder, creating a screeching sound of metal colliding without harming him in the least. He retaliated by swiping his fingers at Domino, making her dodge to the side, watching in astonishment as the ground began cracking without the tanned man even touching it with his fingers.

Domino quickly regained her smile as she cut her palm, creating several circular mirrors that floated around her for a second, only to start surrounding Daz Bones.

Daz Bones looked at the mirrors with mild interest, lightheartedly scoffing as they started spewing blood needles at him from all directions.

However, that wasn't all, as Domino also charged Daz Bones at the same time, unphased by the many blood needles flying from behind her as they seemed to miss her by a hair's breadth.

Having already established she couldn't win through sheer brute strength, Domino decided on a hit-and-run strategy, relying on her advantage in speed to tire out Daz Bones.

She began circling him as the blood mirrors continued to spew blood needles at the man, annoying him to no end as he tried to protect his eyes out of instinct more than anything else.

Domino watched Daz like a hawk, passively dodging his attacks and only attacking him whenever he seemed distracted enough by the needles to allow her enough room to retreat after doing so.

This situation continued for several minutes until the two of them ended up panting in exhaustion, with no results to show for their efforts as they both tired themselves out.

"You're persistent at least, girl. I'll give you that much," Daz said as he wiped the sweat off his unibrow. "But I tire of this farce..." he added, turning his fingers into blades.

"Atomic Spurt," Daz exclaimed, sprouting a blade on the bottom of each of his feet as he began skating on the ground while charging towards Domino, gaining more momentum with each second.

"Bloody Gungnir!" Domino exclaimed, a predatory grin on her face as the blood mirrors began coalescing into her spear, making it larger and engulfing her forearm.

They were quickly within striking distance of each other, and they both attacked at the same time, and they capitalized, the tip of Domino's enormous spear meeting Daz's bladed fingers.

There was a loud boom as the two attacks connected, creating a shock wave that sent debris and dust flying everywhere in a circular radius all around the two fighters.

The dust and debris finally settled, revealing Domino and Daz in a deadlock as they pushed against each other, with the latter quickly gaining an advantage over time.

"I guess I'll have to use that..." Domino remarked with a sigh, closing her eyes as Daz began pushing her back. She opened her eyes, revealing the red gleam in them as her skin began turning red, with steam leaking out of her pores, much to Daz's confusion.

However, he was bound to be even more confused as Domino slowly began pushing him until she sent him sliding back with one last push.

"It's too early for me to think about cutting steel, it seems..." Domino said with a pout as she looked at the bewildered Daz. "It looks like I'll have to ask the captain to teach me..." she added with a shrug, quickly going over her disappointment as she cut herself again.

Blood began flowing from her once again, merging into the spear as it grew in size, even more, changing shape as it did until it finally took the form of a giant hammer.

"What? I might not be able to cut steel, but I sure as hell can hammer it, can I not?" Domino said with a smirk as she looked at Daz Bones, who was, in turn, looking at the hammer that was big enough to engulf him in its shadow.

"Bloody Mjolnir!" Domino exclaimed, swinging her hand down and bringing down the hammer with it on Daz's head.

"Atomic Spar!" Daz exclaimed through gritted teeth as he jumped towards the gigantic hammer as he had no room to dodge because of the sheer size of the weapon.

Daz crashed into the hammer midair before it reached the ground. However, it made no difference as the hammer's momentum carried both itself and Daz Bonez into the dirt, crashing into it and creating an enormous crater.

Domino deactivated her power as she strolled into the crater, her skin turning back normal. She wanted to say something to Daz. However, she just shook her head and left upon realizing the latter was already out cold.

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"So you guys are my opponents, eh?" Byron said as he retrieved his axes, having reverted to his human form. "Let's make this quick, shall we? I haven't visited all the brothels in Nanohana," he added, swinging his axes as they lit up in flames.

"These are some bold words," Mr. 5 said in a calm tone, casually picking his nose. "Especially for someone who is about to die," he added, his voice suddenly gaining an edge as he fiddled with a booger he took out from his nose.

"Nose Fancy Canon!" Mr. 5 exclaimed in an outraged voice, his tone losing all calm as he flicked the booger in Byron's direction.