Awakening (4)

Two waves of energy stood opposite of each other producing a storm to the entire place.

One of them, the golden wave of energy was a lot smaller and feeble compared to the enormous and horrible pillar of orange energy.

If the golden energy was a small hill then the other was a colossal mountain that's how far the difference between them was.

Yet the intensity and the fierceness of the golden energy surpassed the opponent, showing the overflowing fighting spirit of the warrior clad in the energy.

"Before we begin, mind telling me your name?" The masked man asked.

"....I don't have any intention to give my name to a madman." Haruto snorted.

"Is that so? I guess that's fine. I don't mind telling you about me though, you can call me as Yomi."

"Yomi? That's quite a bad taste you have there." Haruto furrowed his brows, although the masked man said he didn't mind telling his name it was obviously an alias or a fake name.

The masked man or Yomi chuckled before he put out his hand and waved the fingers back and forth, a provoking gesture.

*Tap* *Tap*

The two people stomped on the ground and rushed forward together at the same time, sticking out their fist forward against the each other.

The air vibrated from force of each punch, producing a small whirlwind before they collided fiercely.

*BANG!!*

An terrible sound exploded from the clash, dealing a powerful shockwave that damage the arena stage, creating countless grooves while the walls were full of holes.

Haruto who received his opponent's strike with his fist was the one being pushed back several meters away even though he used all of his strength in that punch. His right arm was trembling from the shock it received and felt numb.

The other side still stuck out his fist, completely still without moving a single inch. The difference in power could be seen from this outcome.

Just now it was as if Haruto was a

normal man clashing his fist against a huge rock. He smiled bitterly thinking how far away his enemy power is and how weak he was compared to him.

It's not like Haruto was actually weak or anything, the fact he could compete with monster as strong as peak High rank in his base form already proved he was far from ordinary people, he just met the wrong opponent to fight with.

High rank monsters were magical beasts with power matching thousands of regular soldiers, ordinary beast even to one like the biggest dinosaur back on earth was like an adorable little baby compared to them.

Now his opponent as a Semi-Transcendent was just half a step away to reach the almighty godly power that could cause a diabolical calamity on the world if left unchecked.

The world they currently lived in was hundreds of times larger compared to earth and the toughness was dimensional apart just like a rock compared to a diamond. It was said this world planet was as tough as the Kachi Katchin material from Universe 7 Dragon Ball world, the one used as the material for Tournament of Power's stage.

Well, if not like this the whole world would long turned to ash by the godly people living there.

"What's wrong? Is that all you got?" Yomi said with a mocking tone to Haruto who still awed on the enemy's power.

"As if, the battle is just getting started." He pulled himself and extended his arms.

A pair of yellow energy spheres formed on both hands as big as a basketball before Haruto shot them away on his opponent from two different directions. He didn't stop at releasing two but continue to conjure more spheres and launched them without stop.

Yomi jumped upwards to avoid the energy balls coming from left and right against the both sides of his flank.

"Hm!?"

Just when he thought he already escaped from the attack, the yellow spheres suddenly changed direction and chased after his figure on the air.

*Swoosh* *Swoosh* *Swoosh*

The barrages of energy balls kept coming at him even though he dodges and evaded them. At each time they passed his body, they would stopped before once again change their trajectory to aim at him like a homing missile.

The controller of the energy spheres was obviously Haruto. This was actually Yamcha's technique Spirit Ball but with more additional energy balls and better control.

"How annoying." Yomi was irritated from the persistent attack so he used both of his hands to catch the energy balls and crushed them to countless particles of light using his grip.

"Something like this won-"

"Yeah, I figured it was just a child play."

Just as he wanted to mock his opponent again, a voice sounded from his blind spot. Without knowing, Haruto already creeped on near him while he was busy dealing with the energy spheres attack.

"HAAA----"

*WOOSHHH*

A Super Kamehameha was launched from near point blank range. The blue energy wave swallowed the figure of Yomi in an instant like a pebble drowned by water.

*BOOMMM*

The energy wave traveled forth to the edge of the arena and collided with the stone wall causing a large explosion. The stone crumbled but a magical barrier behind prevented the explosion from expanding further.

Looks like Yomi already placed a barrier around the arena room but it wouldn't hold for long either if it have to face the two people's attacks.

The smoke cleared revealing Yomi who crossed both his arms on his face. The sleeves were torn from the attack but the pale skin unsuitable for a man's arms was completely uninjured.

Haruto opened his eyes wide in disbelief while his hands were still in a thrusting motion.

Yomi did not have the chance to use Kamui just now, his attack was perfectly connected, the prove was the torn clothes on his arms.

To think that a fully powered Super Kamehameha from near point blank range was ineffective....

He pulled back immediately to maintain a distance. Trying to engage his opponent in close quarter combat was suicidal considering how vast the other side's power is.

Swiping his hand, Haruto fired a barrage of energy blasts coiling like a snake aiming on the still standing Yomi.

*Fwip*

Yomi's figure disappeared before appearing a short distance away. More energy blasts coming like a rain of light arrows but Yomi did the same and blinked around the place so quickly as if he was multiplying from the afterimages.

'Tch, his Kamui was really troublesome.' Haruto clicked his tongue. Yomi was even able to use a short distance teleportation using Kamui repeatedly like it was nothing. He managed to use the ability as a ground-shrinker technique of which even Obito was not able to do to the extent like Yomi himself did.

Yomi appeared right in front of him so Haruto reflexively attack him with his hand like a spear being thrusted.

"It seems you're misunderstanding something." Yomi tilted his head and avoided the arm while looking at Haruto coldly.

"What?"

"Did you think that I need to use Kamui in order to defend against your attacks? Don't make me laugh boy." He spoke coldly and landed a strong roundhouse kick, sending his opponent flying away like a home run ball.

"Ugh!"

Haruto steadied his launched body and charged back with flight to Yomi while thrusting out his right leg forward, using the momentum of his speed to increase the force of the strike.

But...

*BAM!*

"I've never had to use Kamui to receive this kind of insulting attack." Yomi grabbed his foot with his palm unstirred. Haruto's foot in comparison was shivering and unable to shake Yomi's hand even a little bit.

Yomi moved his hand on the ankle and flung Haruto with a one hundred eighty degrees to the other side and slammed his body against the ground severely.

*BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!*

He proceeded to keep slamming his opponent mercilessly with emotionless expression. Haruto was already suffered heavy injuries with not a little of his bones cracked and some of them broken. His face already covered by blood from the constant smack without being able to free himself. There's not even a chance to scream in pain as before he could his mouth would already shut close by the stone floor below.

"Hmph."

Yomi threw Haruto's ragged body away like a disposable garbage. It landed and rolled on the ground weakly.

Haruto coughed out blood while breathing hard from the terrible damage he's in. He was struggling to even raise up his body. It was already torturing to prevent himself from reverting back to his base form.

The other side just watched him recovered himself until he could stand again without moving. This kind of act shown how much he was looking down on his opponent.

Haruto gnashed his teeth from his frustration and vexation against the overwhelming difference of power. His mind began to get desperate and he rushed recklessly.

*Smack*

Yomi calmly used a chop downwards to smack Haruto's head and dropped him to the ground again.

He raised his body again while trembling and stuck out his hand to punch his enemy on the face.

*BAM*

The fist was stopped by skeletal ribs made from some kind of energy surrounding Yomi's body like a cage.

From the thick orange aura it started to form a giant skeletal hand and slapped Haruto like a small insect.

Another giant skeletal hand was formed with both hands conjuring a blade and made a net of slashes tens of meters away.

Forcefully moving his limped body, Harto manage to evade the countless slashing attacks but he still received numerous cuts on his body, thankfully nothing was fatal enough for his life.

"I thought you were much more than this but is that it? Your level on manipulating your ki was indeed extraordinary, far better than other people that I know, but still, you're weak."

The energy skeleton aura vanished and Yomi approached the sorry figure of his opponent slowly.

Haruto got up again with much effort and glared at his opponent fiercely. Even in this state he still refused to give up just yet although his mind already signalling how hopeless the situation was.

"KAIO-KEN!!"

As he shouted, a crimson aura burst out from his body before he unleashed another Kamehameha.

Yomi extended his hand and guard against the energy wave directly, splitting the beam into two directions by the palm on the middle. The Kaio-ken Kamehameha still couldn't harm his body at all.

"Guha..!"

Haruto vomited out blood like a fountain from his mouth as result from using Kaio-ken alongside Super Saiyan 2. The already horrible injuries worsen and he fell to the ground like a lifeless doll, his hair turned back to black.

"So that was your last power.... How disappointing."

Yomi shook his head while sighing. He took out a black kunai from his robe before raising it preparing to deal the finishing blow.

Raising his shaking head and weak eyes, Haruto looked on Yomi standing in front of him with cold eyes, his right hand was raised, holding a kunai.

"Farewell."

The arm was swung downwards drawing a diagonal trajectory meant to cut Haruto's neck and severed his head.

Haruto closed his eyes tightly while cursing himself and prepared to welcome his death. He could only hope his other companions would be alright without him.

Even though he just met again with his family and beloved, to think he have to part again with them, how pathetic he was. In the end he couldn't even answer his benefactor hope on him.

"Eh?"

Just as he laughed on himself, he felt like the incoming attack did not come no matter how long he waited. Slowly opening his eyes, he saw what in front of him.

There's another person facing her back against him, spreading her arms to shield him from Yomi's attack with her body.

From Haruto's side he couldn't see the wound but blood was dropping profusely forming a small pool on the ground while also staining his face red whose currently stunned with almost full circle eyes out of shock.

"....Lena...?"