Arc II: “Universal Threat”
Chapter III: “Gang War”
Episode V: “War II”
“I have no choice— Malek, get ready! Things are about to get fast, so you’d better keep up!”
“Yeah!”
“Here goes! Fifth Threshold: Orbit!” Leo’s skin flushed red as sand; his yield surging.
This kid is improving again? Malek grinned. His strength has grown rapidly in such a short time.
“Alright! Six Deep Valleys!”
Malek’s ethereal chains and script snapped tight around Rump.
What is this!?
“Gravity Burst!”
Leo hurled a compressed orb at Rump, who was entrapped in Malek’s seal. Blue light poured from the explosion as shockwaves rattled the ground.
“Direct hit!”
Rump stood in the cloud of flying dust, his burned arms braced in front of him as the chains dissipated.
That attack actually hurt… seems I can’t underestimate these two.
He pulled out a syringe of red fluid, jamming it into his collar— the band’s sigils flared crimson.
I’ll crush them with my full power!
Leo leveled a finger at Rump.
“Dominion of Gravitas: Edict: Burden! Gravity Shift, Increase!”
What?!
Pressure avalanched over Rump as the gravity bit down—carving him into the earth.
I can’t move!
“One Vibrant Sun!”
Malek loosed a blazing orb straight into the pinned crater.
“AHH!”
“And to finish it— another Gravity Burst!”
Leo launched a second orb; the impact folded Rump and hurled him from the fight.
“Argh…” Leo grunted as he knelt over and powered down.
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“Leo?”
“I’m fine… just won’t be able to move for a while.”
[Meanwhile]
Daryon and Horse traded, shockwaves rippling dust and salt.
“Wow— you’re more fun than I thought!” Horse shouted.
“Shut up. We’re ending you— Purple Charge!”
A neon-purple bomb materialized between them from thin air.
Horse slid back from the ambient explosion.
What? I can’t sense Rump or Bunbun’s signatures anymore… were they defeated?
“Dammit,” Horse gritted. “Looks like I’m going to have to take this seriously…”
He drew a red syringe and stabbed it into his collar.
“What is that?” Daryon asked.
His yield is spiking!
Daryon Focused his internal aether.
“Full Power Booster!”
It’s not enough, I can’t match him!
Horse blitzed him before the amplification settled.
“Hind kick!”
He spun through, heel drilling Daryon’s gut.
“Orgh!” Daryon staggered, blood flecking his lip. “Dammit…”
“I’ve changed my mind… I was going to play with you for a bit longer, but now I just want you dead. So— prepare to DIE!”
Horse blurred into a flash as he rushed Daryon again.
Daryon stumbled— one hand holding his abdomen, the other held up as it gathered neon violet aether.
“Ergh— Purple Strike!”
He manifested a colossal missile of aether— a violet spear rippling toward Horse.
He barreled into it, unable to change momentum.
“Ah!”
The awesome splash of violet illuminated the horizon.
“It’s over…” Daryon powered down, drifting back.
“Not yet!”
Horse lay mangled on the ground.
“Yellow Spray!”
He slashed a hot beam through Daryon, carving a burning line.
“AHH!”
The Bond destabilized; Darc and Rayon’s souls spun back into their strained bodies.
“Heh, at least I took him with me—” Horse rasped before falling silent.
[In an abandoned village]
Asuka moved door to door, checking each home for survivors; dust and ash stinging her nose.
“Hey there…” Sikira said from a low branch.
She dropped to the path in front of Asuka.
“Sikira… so you’re here too.”
“Of course I am. Where else would I be?”
“So… am I going to have to fight you too?”
“Well… that’s up to you.” Sikira tilted her head, eyes cold. “Are you going to get in my way?”
“If it means stopping the A.S.S. Gang and rescuing Akira, then yes— I will.”
Asuka leaned into a stance.
Sikira sighed.
“The world isn’t so black and white, you know. One day you’ll learn that.”
Sikira mirrored her posture— a creamy-white Spirit Resonance flared off her frame with a low, hot hiss.
“Hmph— bring it!” Asuka burst forward. Even in her natural state, she pressed Sikira back with ease.
“Ugh!” Sikira grunted as she skidded off Asuka’s kick.
“I know your weakness— you can’t use your negative energy if I don’t throw aether arts at you.”
“Again, with that theory? Surely your friend told you! Big Soaker!”
Sikira fired into the sky; the beam curved back towards her like a hooked comet.
Asuka cut across its arc and intercepted, Demon Form bracing the blow before Sikira could invert it.
“That won’t be enough to stop me!”
Sikira gathered aether; her aura funneled into an orb cradled between her palms.
Dirge of Reversal… Grand Chorus of Inversion!
“Negative Destroyer!”
A black-violet beam lanced for Asuka.
Too slow. Asuka thought.
She Aether-Skipped past it with the speed of Spirit Resonance.
“Give up before I get serious. You’re not a threat anymore, Sikira.”
“Don’t look down on me…” Sikira muttered, driving a red syringe into her new collar.
Dirge of Reversal: Terrene of Inversion!
“NEGATIVE REALM!”
Dark energy seeped across the entire village, the air buckling as the Realm took hold.
Dammit— this is the move Draig warned me about. We still don’t have a counter… Draig said he got lucky and it dispersed when he powered up— wait, that’s it! I just have to increase my yield until it destabilizes her art!
“Spirit Ascension!”
Asuka’s yield spiked; the Negative Realm wavered and cracked.
“I told you— it’s over.”
Sikira smirked.
“You fell for it…”
“What?”
“Dirge of Reversal: Aphotic Larceny: Negative Force!”
Sikira thrust out a hand; Asuka’s energy began to stream away.
“W-what is this!?”
Asuka’s form collapsed. She tried to climb back to Spirit Ascension— nothing.
“Your transformation… is mine!”
A dark aura boiled off Sikira as the stolen aether flooded her channels.
She blitzed Asuka, inflicting heavy damage.
“Ugh!”
Asuka fell backward.
[Next Time on Lyte of Utopia]: “Rematch! Asuka vs. Sikira!”
[Yield Levels]:
Leo: 10t
- T4 + THB: 200qd
- T5 + THB: 2qt
- Gravity Blast: x2
- Gravity Burst: x100
- Gravity Shift II: (+): x0.01
Malek: 8b
- SGM + THB + HS + F + SHM: 160qd
- Six Deep Valleys: x100 (Sealing)
- One Vibrant Sun: x1000
Rump: 10qt
- Red Doping: 100qt
- RD + GSII: (+): 1qt
Daryon: 2qd
- Spirit Bloom: 1qt
- SB + F + FPB: 50qt
- Purple Charge: x200
- Purple Strike: x2000
Horse: 5qt
- Red Doping: 50qt
- Hind Kick: x10
- Yellow Spray: x100
Asuka: 10t
- DFL1: 50t
- SR: 1qd (Physical)
- SA: 2qd
Sikira: 100b
- SR: 10t (Physical)
- SR + Red Doping: 1t (100t) (Physical)
- SR + RD + Negative Realm: 1qd (100qd) (Physical)
- SR + RD + NF: (SA): 200t (20qd) (Physical)
- Big Soaker: x10
- Negative Destroyer: x100 (x200) (Buffed / Counter)
- Negative Realm (Internal): x1,000 (Counter / Dimension / Buff)
- Negative Force: x1 (Counter / Form)