NOVEL WEB Chapter 11: Ash, 1
He punches at their stomachs which makes them fall to the ground in an instant. He knocked out both of them with likely no effort. The boy is the Lower Moon 1, Ash.
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Ash one-shotted both of them at the same time. Even their crows are scared and think that they're dead. Ash grabs her hair and kicks her so hard that she gets thrown 30 meters away.
"It hurts… it hurts a lot… It's much more painful when you experience it yourself. My internal organs are damaged. I may fall unconscious in a few minutes, but I have to save Yamamoto-Kun," thinks Ai.
Ash instantly appears in front of Ai and kicks her at her waist.
FLOWER BREATHING 4TH FORM: CRIMSON HANAGOROMO
Ai swiftly dodges his attack and cuts his right leg. "Woah, you've managed to do something that is even impossible for others," he compliments her.
Ai runs towards Chikafusa and tries to wake him up. Fortunately, he gets up but he's in a severe condition.
Ash regenerates his leg and reaches them in no time. He delivers a powerful punch to Ai behind her. He was about to kill Ai but then Chikafusa pushed her away and countered his attack with his sword. Unfortunately, he doesn't have enough strength to keep up with him and gets thrown away.
Ai has fallen on the ground. She sees Ash standing in front of her. His height is over 185 cm which scared Ai.
"Hanako Ai, is this your name?"
Ai thinks about how he knows her real name. He says, "I know what happened to you 4 years ago. My subordinate, Xeran, slaughtered your family. I—"
Ai cuts his tongue from saying so and runs towards Chikafusa to help him.
Ash moves his hand towards Ai and uses his blood demon technique. He creates a large white energy ball even bigger than himself and throws it at them. The energy ball is so powerful that it has the energy of 500 megatons which is enough to destroy the entire mountain.
"Hanako-San, look behind," screams Chikafusa.
She turns back and uses her Flower Breathing technique to stop the energy ball. However, the energy ball was so powerful that it completely overpowered her and broke her sword. Its presence feels like a volcano tearing apart the skin.
She starts coughing blood as she can't withstand its effect. Now the only thing she can do is accept her fate and die horrifyingly. As she struggled to hold on, Chikafusa approached her to help, but she yelled at him to stay away. She knew that she was beyond saving, and the only thing left for her was to accept her fate.
Her hands started bleeding as she continued to stop the energy ball. She is trying her best to deflect the energy ball but there's no use of it. With a broken sword, she manages to slow down the energy ball but that's not enough.
She starts crying as if death is waiting for her. She has crossed her limits but is unable to stop it.
With a broken heart, she accepts her death and talks to Chikafusa for the last time. She smiles with tears and says, "Yamamoto-Kun, I'm glad to have a friend like you. I always thought you were an idiot, but you're truly an inspiration to me. In the end, I've overcome my narcissistic personality because of you."
Blood starts coming from her mouth while she's speaking.
"Hanako-San, please don't speak up. I beg you. Let me—"
She stops him from saying so...
Her words were interrupted by blood coming out of her mouth, but she continued to speak. "Please, run away. I want all of you to be saved. And when you find Hajime-Kun, ask him to forgive me for my sins."
The wind picked up speed, whipping through the surroundings with even greater force. Suddenly, a colossal explosion ripped through the land, obliterating a stretch of just 50 meters. Everything turns white. Ai accepted her death and was still standing. As the smoke began to clear, Chikafusa emerged, standing before Ai.
He appeared to be in critical condition, coughing violently. He used the 4th form of Sun Breathing: Burning Bones, Summer Sun, he had countered the energy ball and saved Ai.
Ai confronts Chikafusa and says, "Baka, why did you use it? You know it is so dangerous for you."
"I apologize, Hanako-San. But it was the only way to save you," says Chikafusa.
Ash glares at them and feels empathy towards them. "I don't wanna kill ya. Why don't you understand? Your ignorance makes me feel like a villain. Just stand down and we can end this peacefully. But if you fight me, it's game over."
Ignoring the warning, Ai commands Chikafusa to attack. Without hesitation, Chikafusa lunges forward.
"What's wrong with you? Are you not getting it? You're going to get yourself killed, I warned you."
Ash grabs Chikafusa's face and rips off his head in no time.
It was just his afterimage...
"Where the hell did he go?" thinks Ash. He looked around everywhere but he couldn't find him.
SUN BREATHING 11TH FORM: FAKE RAINBOW
Chikafusa teleports behind Ash and almost cuts his head, but Ash notices it and grabs his sword.
FLOWER BREATHING FINAL FORM: EQUINOCTIAL VERMILLION EYE
Her eyes start bleeding but she manages to behead Ash with the help of Chikafusa.
They thought it was over, but it was Ash's decoy. Ash is sitting on a tree and laughing like a psychopath.
Ai's eyes were blinded and bleeding after using the ultimate Flower Breathing technique, while Chikafusa stood frozen, his confidence in tatters.
"I'm really impressed by your teamwork, but it's not enough. You guys are too weak. It's over," Ash declares as he releases two blue energy balls from his hands.
Combining the energy balls, he creates a massive shuriken. "Farewell, my heroes," he taunts as he launches the shuriken at them.
The impact of the shuriken triggered a massive explosion that shook the entire mountain, enveloping everything in a thick cloud of dust and smoke.
As the dust settled, a figure emerged, standing protectively in front of Ai and Chikafusa. The shuriken's explosion had left the entire mountain shrouded in a thick cloud of dust and smoke.
When the dust finally cleared, a lone figure stood guarding Ai and Chikafusa.
"What?!! No Way!!! Could it be... Don't tell me she is..."
That's Michiko Inoue. Everyone, including Ash, is shocked to see her.
Ash instantly appears in front of her and stabs his own ears with his fingers. "Inoue-San, I am your fan. I know everything about you and you've changed me a lot. I'm sorry but I can't listen to you anymore. I know what you're capable of."
Michiko doesn't understand how he knows about her so much. Nonetheless, she picks up Ai and Chikafusa and keeps them in a safe place.
Ash instantly appears behind Michiko and punches her. Michiko jumps backward and kicks Ash on his back. Even Ash couldn't believe her agility.
"Alright, I can't underestimate you like those kids. Behold the power of the strongest Lower Moon, Ash,"
Ash enchants his fists and kicks and lounges at Michiko.
Michiko unleashes her sword and swiftly cuts his right arm. Ash becomes furious and releases so many energy balls at her.
NATURE BREATHING 3RD FORM: CHERRY BLOSSOM BLIZZARD
She unleashes a flurry of delicate cherry blossom petals that can shred through the enemy like a blizzard. Her attacks destroyed the energy balls of Ash.
Ash holds the ground and releases so many decoys of himself that look exactly the same as him.
NATURE BREATHING 2ND FORM: Dragon's Breath
She unleashes a powerful, fiery breath attack that can incinerate enemies in its path, resembling a dragon.
She demolishes all his decoys and approaches him.
"This is your end," says Michiko.
He starts running away and throws so many spikes at her. She easily dodges all of them except one.
NATURE BREATHING 4TH FORM: PHOENIX FLIGHT
She takes flight and unleashes a powerful attack from above, resembling the flight of a phoenix.
She cuts off his left arm. He smiles creepily and Michiko's left arm gets sliced. He regenerates his both arms but Michiko can't do that.
"INOUE-SAN!!!" screams Chikafusa and tries to help her but he can't even move an inch.
"What happened to her? Is she alright?" worried Ai.
*Her arm drops to the ground*