As each attack landed on the King, he refused to dodge any of them, tanking hits as if he were a sponge. Parts of his body flew off, but something was starting to settle deep within the Emperor’s body. Pain. This pain was getting stronger and stronger as he took the attacks, watching more pieces of him disappear and then regenerate. The ‘pause’ he had before started to show up when Panich and Cuki did their moves. He was unable to move, and blood trickled from the corner of his cracked mouth. His eyes widened as a grunt of pain escaped his lips. The King’s body twitched, but once he was able to regenerate his missing limbs, the pain doubled, freezing him once again. This time, he stayed frozen for much longer, allowing Spawn to wrap him up with chains and pin him to the ground.
W-What’s happening to me…?! This pain… it’s unbearable!
As he remained stuck to the ground, more blood escaped his body, this time from his eyes and any other cracks on his body. He coughed loudly, spewing blood everywhere as he was almost immobilized by the pain. His body felt weaker, and his limbs were shaking. As he lifted his arm to break one of the chains, his arm slammed back to the ground by an invisible force. He struggled to push his head up, but he managed to see Nia pointing her arms out towards him, using her psychic powers to keep him pinned to the ground.
“You aren’t as invincible as you think!” Nia shouted. “Everyone has a weak point! Even you!”
“Why you...!” The King struggled to move. Every time he moved an inch, it felt like he was lifting a boulder. His body hacked again, spitting out blood from the pain. “Arrrgh…!”
The Emperor turned his head to the side and noticed several ticking time bombs latched onto the chains. For a moment, he did not seem concerned, but only until he managed to ease up the pain did his eyes widen drastically.
“NOOOOOO—”
Before the King was able to do anything to defend himself, the blast had overcome him and drowned out his screams.
“That’s not all!” Nia shouted.
The Xy’pher opened her palms as wide as she could before motioning her hands to mimic her holding a ball. Her psychic power formed a dome over the King, containing the explosion as best she could, making sure the Emperor got the full blast of the blast.
“Hold up, we gotta add something to this too!” Avalyde pouted. “Ain’t no way we’re gonna get left in the dark!”
Avalyde held out a single hand sign, and Avalon’s Scroll of Truths poofed into his open hand. For a moment, there was a pause until Avalyde started to chuckle to himself.
“Been nice workin’ with ya’, Cayde! Avalon’s just about ready to pass out. Let’s end this with a bang, yeah?”
Avalyde threw the scroll as high as he could into the sky and followed right after it. The scroll zipped open and quickly sliced through Avalyde, cutting his body in half. The dragon showed no pain as his lower half began to be absorbed by the scroll. His body began to disintegrate as more of it went to the scroll. The only part of Avalyde that remained was his head, his arms, and a small bubble which contained Avalon. The gun in his only arm rose as the scroll began to glow vividly. Any ‘bullets’ left in the gun were flung out and replaced with the scroll. Avalyde took aim as his gun matched Cayde’s gun exactly and grew enormous. It was so big that he needed both arms to pull the trigger.
“This is it!” Avalyde yelled. “Tiro Finalé!”
A single, massive bullet fired from the gun that the impact alone disintegrated whatever was left of Avalyde. Cayde and Avalon fell from the sky, along with the scroll. Avalon was unconscious at this point, free-falling to the ground, all the symbols on his body receding and the Divine Energy that covered his body peeled off, revealing his normal skin. The ninja was completely out of energy and unable to move.
Thanks for the fun time, Cayde… Avalyde’s voice rung out within Cayde’s head. Don’t worry tho’, I’m not gone forever! Just ask Avalon whenever you want to summon me again… Let’s hope he got the hang of it by then! See ya’, Papa Cayde!
The bullet fired at the king hit with such a powerful impact that it flung the Breakers back. Upon impact, the bullet pierced through Nia’s barrier and hit the King directly. A powerful explosion flew out, followed by a whirlpool that reached all the way into the sky. The water tore the King’s body to bits, while the flame from Berserk’s bombs lit up the inside, incinerating what remained.
W-What is happening to meeeee?! The pain! It hurts! It hurts so much! My body! My perfect and pristine body! It’s being ripped apart and burned away! No…! No! NO! I am the supreme being! There is no one above me! Not even GODS! I have NO LIMITS!
Finally, the King’s diamond core was exposed, inside it was a swirl of violent red energy. It started to show very tiny cracks. Cuki’s eyes narrowed as she saw the jewel fly within the whirlpool, and she immediately ran to her spear and took aim as best she could. It was a one in a million shot! Her eyes locked onto the Emperor’s core when she reeled her arm back as far as she could. Byakko mimicked her movement, almost as if taking aim as well and aiding Cuki in her throw.
“NOW!”
Cuki and Byakko flung their bodies forward and shot the spear directly at the King’s core. The spear cut through the air, creating a sonic boom that struck the core right out of the whirlpool, putting a large crack on it and drilling deeper into it.
NO. NO. NOOOOOO!
Suddenly, the spear stopped in place before it could pierce through. The Core floated in the air and began to leak from the cracks. The ominous scarlet aura oozed from the core, vibrating wildly as it formed brand-new arms for the King. Every piece of the King that wasn’t burned away, no matter how small, began to form around the Core. Finally, the Emperor’s body reformed, however, he was missing several parts. There were gasping noises coming from the King, desperate to catch his breath from the immense pain he was in.
“You… disgusting… mortals…” The Emperor spat. “I… will not… die… to the likes… of you!”
The King’s psychic energy removed the spear from his core and flung it towards the Breakers. He took aim at a weakened Vegetto, shooting the spear so fast that it caught on fire. Cuki watched her spear get fired back at the Vegetto, and, for a second, the world slowed down for her. She did not know what forced her to move or what possessed her legs, but the youngster was the first one to move. Byakko turned to look at Cuki with a shocked expression as she reached out towards Vegetto.
I won’t let any one of them…die!
When the spear crashed, it created a large cloud of dust and debris that surrounded Vegetto and Cuki. Blood was seen on the floor, flowing like a river as it poured out from one of the two Breakers. Only when the dust settled was the damage finally more visible. On the floor, face down, was Cuki and off to the side was Vegetto, unscratched with Cuki’s arm gripping his shoulder tightly from the mighty shove she did.
However, the arm was not attached to Cuki’s body.
Cuki’s entire right arm was completely severed from her body, still gripping Vegetto’s body. Only after Cuki’s blood ran down Vegetto’s left side did the arm finally release and fall to the ground. Blood pooled around Cuki’s body as she shivered. With her free arm, she gripped her spear and used it to pick herself up.
“Get… up…” Cuki said to herself and staggered, slipping multiple times but refusing to stay down. “Get up… Cuki…! You can’t give up…” When she finally managed to get up on her feet, she took a deep breath and walked past Vegetto. With a mighty yell, she lifted her spear and pointed it towards the Red King. The sheer determination she had was unmatched. Even Byakko watched Cuki in shock, entirely at a loss for words.
“I’m not dead yet, you bastard!” Cuki’s voice cracked. “We’re going to end you right here!”
“If you refuse to die… then I’ll take this whole world down and leave you with NOTHING! You’ll all…PERISH!!!”
The King formed an orb in between his hands, and it began to get bigger and bigger, pulling everything to it, even light. The black hole forming in the King’s hands started to rip apart the very fabric of space around the Breakers. Colors began to disappear from the Breakers, cracks formed in the space around them and broke off like glass, leaving behind just an empty black void that was solid to the touch. Everything went into the center of this singularity that the King had created.
“I WILL SEND YOU ALL INTO THE VOID!”