Chapter 1375: A touch Faster (2)
Up until this very moment, Zhen Liu's Kaijin had made sure to never directly interact with any of Dante's Kaijin.
As such, when Screamira, Springerdermain, and Razorstella engaged in proper combat with Obsidious, Gumba, and Delictum, all three of the latter Kaijin were positively shocked.
After all, this was the very first time they had ever actually met with the kaijin of the enemy lord...and could sense in all the little ways that they were alike and dissimilar in that moment.
And it drove them mad.
[What the hell?!]
[Who the hell?!]
[So you're the Kaijin that were created by the other lord?,] Obsidious growled as he pushed back against Screamira and her aggressive pressure. [Why did you lot act as tools for these simple mortals?!]
[Because...] Screamira purposely trailed off as she began to gather [Chaos] and aether in her lungs in preparation for an empowered scream. [FUCK YOU!]
[Bah!] Obsidious cried as he was buffeted by a concussive wave of sound that actually cracked his obsidian-like exterior. [What the hell?!]
That expletive was all the explanation that Dante's [Demon Knights] were ever going to get out of the [Mysticlassic] Kaijin, but the real reason was actually significantly more nuanced than that.
From the moment Zhen Liu first fought against Dante's kaijin, and even poked around inside one of them via [Possession], that they were all like incomplete models.
The general framework for these false Kaijin was correct, but they were missing all sorts of crucial details that made kaijin the walking, talking, natural disasters that made them feared, reversed, and respected by everyone and everything.
Technically speaking, Zhen Liu knew exactly what was wrong with these Kaijin of Dante's, and he could even fix it for him if he felt so inclined...just as he did with Arbalest.
Regardless, Zhen Liu didn't want to give Dante any information in regards on how he could fix his kaijin, which is why he had instructed his own kaijin to maintain as much distance as possible.
Evidently, the battles prior to this moment had more than justified this cautious behavior on Zhen Liu's part.
The zakos that Dante had created were nearly identical to the freaky mutant ones that Zhen Liu accidentally created when he buried the zako marbles in the cursed dirt of the [Mountains of Malevolence].
Dante had only seen singular examples of a [Taboo] and an [Stigma], and was able to not only recreate the process himself but even bestow fucked-up versions of these two abilities to his kaijin.
In other words, it wasn't a massive stretch to assume that the moment Zhen Liu's true Kaijin got into the ring, Dante would immediately attempt to create new Kaijin or modify the existing ones to be able to swing as hard as his regular kaijin.
However, any considerations of wanting to prevent Dante from learning Zhen Liu's secrets went out the door now that they got to this stage of the battle.
Now that they didn't have to worry about keeping their respective human alive, the kaijin took this opportunity to go absolutely buck wild.
…Time to get wild...
[Come on, come on, you foul fowl!] Razorstella yelled as she used her claws to continuously cut down all of the projectiles that Delictum was firing in her direction. [Show me something new!]
[What the fuck is up with this weirdo doll?!] Delicturm cried as he kept firing even more feather arrows.
When Razorstella popped out of Lyona, Delictum had actually breathed a sigh of relief.
By looks alone, Razorstella was noticeably more dainty in comparison to Lyona, making her less of a threat in Delictum's eyes. Alas, the owl's eyes had lied to him like a sinner in church.
While Lyona was tough, strong, and proud like a stone lion that would never bow, Razorstella was fast, vicious, and didn't even care about the methodology used as long as it ended with her blades in his brain. In a way, Delictum couldn't look away for fear of not seeing her next move.
All of his [attention] was hers.
[Get ready to dance, birdbrain!] Razorstella roared as she zoomed through the air with a trail of starlight behind her. Once she had reached a spot that was a couple dozen feet above Delictum's head, the Dancing Blade of the Stars began to infuse enough [Chaos] and aether into her legs for them to nearly double in size.
[I'm going to take your head off in one strike!,] she shouted as she plunged down towards Delictum's head like a guillotine.
...Time to Stupefy...
[Slinky bastard!] Gumba roared while attempting to smash Springerdermain. [Stand still and die!]
[How about, no?] Springerdermain mocked while leaping away at the last minute and launching a counterattack in that exact instant. [How about you give up instead?]
[Fuck you!]
Zhen Tai was a touch too rigid for Springerdermain's tastes.
This rigidness made the Zhen Clan scions one hell of a striker, but his ability to dodge and adapt was rather stiff.
Now that he didn't have to worry about these limitations, Springerdermain proceeded to dance around and trick Gumba like the oversized oaf he was.
However, the fat catfish had a trick up it's sleeve that he believed would be enough to counter Springerdermain.
[Fine! If you're not gonna stay still, I'll make you!]
With a gurgling roar, Gumba lifted up part of the cavern floor and threw it in the direction Springerdermain was going to fly towards, forcing the spring-limbed snake-like Kaijin to prematurely land into a muddy platform.
[Hmmm. A change in props? Very well!]
However, this didn't really put a damper on his movement.
[Now I got—wait, what?]
Using the momentum of his current trajectory, Springerdermain used the platform as an anchor to stretch himself as long as possible before snapping back and slamming a pair of palms into Gumba's body.
Needless to say, the rippling effect on the flabby fuck's body wasn't just for show.
[Damn, you're squishy!] Springerdermain complained as he recoiled back and smashed the platform on his feet. [I was hoping to rupture your internals.]
...Time to riot...
[Why do you like the skeleton of a prostitute?] Obsidious asked in a taunting tone in an attempt to throw Screamira off her game so that one of his projectiles would land and blow the bony bitch to smithereens.
[I don't know, why do you look like an orgy of rats gone cannibalistic?!] Screamira fired back, both figuratively and literally.
Before the rockets could make impact, Screamira released an empowered scream that prematurely detonated all of the explosives.
[BAH!]
Needless to say, the ear-piercing scream and the giant smoke clouds messed with Obsidious's senses to a major degree.
[Fight me like a Kaijin and stop hiding!] Obsidious screeched before switching to a gatling gun-like [Taboo] and wildly firing.
Unfortunately, Screamira was nowhere near where he was firing.
In fact, she was right behind him.
[Where the hell are you firing?]
[What the—?!]
Before Obsidious could finish cursing or asking how Screamira appeared behind her, she released yet another bone-rattling, skull-shattering scream that rocked Obsidious's ears.
Since Screamira didn't have to run defense anymore, she was free to tap into all of her undead traits to make Obsidious's existence an absolute nightmare.
Once Obsidious flinched from the scream, Screamira grabbed Obsidious by the throat and threw the rat king kaijin towards the ground.
As the rat kaijin fell, Screamira made sure not to fall behind.
[You ain't leaving this cave unless it's in a body bag!] Screamira yelled at the plummetting Obsidious.
Evidently, Screamira lived up to her name and then some.
...Wait a minute, weren't there humans involved?...
When Zhen Xing, Zhen Tai, and Lyona got unceremoniously released from their respective bonds with the kaijin, they were a little shocked.
It was one thing about being informed of their next plan of attack, it was another thing altogether when it came to actually acting upon it.
As such, the trio were stunned for a half second before they realized what the plan was.
That plan being: killing Dante before he could finish making another kaijin.
"Zhen Tai, with me!"
"Right behind you, cousin!"
In order it take out Dante, Zhen Xing and Zhen Tai began to concentrate [Chaos] and aether into their respective palms and began to manifest flaming shadows that were reminiscent of a giant prehistoric fox and a giant prehistoric snake.
Alongside these ancient flaming shadows, though, Lyona manifested a giant stone lion head that encapsulated Lyona's being.
The purpose of this technique wasn't just to inflict massive damage, but to force the opponent into a cage match that was in Lyona's favor.
Either one of these attacks were strong enough to take out warriors at least twice their current stages.
In other words, Dante was more or less fucked.
"Hey, should be worried about the lack of attention that this guy is giving us?" Zhen Tai asked
"Won't matter once we bury this fucker in the first," Zhen Xing answered.
"Fair enough."
[Primordial Scripture: Fox and Snake Extinction Palm!]
[Lion's Vice]