The area exploded with another dust cloud on the mouth of the hole. The beast was charged, his needles ready to attack. The ground started to shake; debris flew in all directions.
She jumped out of the hole; the beast's eyes locked on her. He didn't attack, just observing her floating above the ground. She was completely covered in bluish-green energy; she hovered for a while and then landed on solid ground.
The explosion made by her disturbed the soil; the loose soil collapsed, filling the hole again.
Her leg touched the ground; her energy disappeared and she returned to normal like nothing had happened.
She pointed her sword towards him, resuming their battle. The beast launched all those needles at once; thousands of needles rushed towards her. She took a step forward and thrusted her sword.
Her blade clashed with the needles; the clash made little explosion sounds. She didn't stop, and her blade's movement increased with time.More and more needles were falling on the ground as they tried to hold on.
This stalemate situation remained for a while.
One needle snapped, breaking into fragments. She was confused, but her attack wasn't compromised.
However, for those fragments, colliding with the needles made predicting them difficult. The beast capitalized on this movement, increasing the intensity of his attack.
Due to the sheer number of attacks, she started to lose ground. Her speed slowed a little; needles pierced through her body. After enduring the attack for a while, it stopped.
She looked towards the beast; "Swish," she twisted and spun her body. Energy slashes rushed towards him; his tail turned blackish-red. He swung his tail, countering the attack.
Both attacks collided, momentarily blocking the vision of each other. She was running towards him; the beast suddenly noticed her.
The beast launched a destruction cannon towards her.
Her body was covered in that strange energy again; she jumped into the air a few meters high. Using her energy, she launched herself onto the ground; a few-meters-deep hole was generated.
Her sword was glowing with that energy; the next second, the hole was deeper than before. The beast's attack flew above her head while he was preparing for another one. The attack flew above the hole, saving her just in time.
The beast moved to a safe distance. She touched her blade to the ground once; root-like structures moved out of the ground, bringing her to the surface. Both were locked in their places.
The beast roared; the blackish-red substance on its body thickened. It turned into something like a slug; as it touched the ground, the ground started to melt.
The beast swung his tail, throwing that slug at her. Her energy disappeared again, but this didn't affect her much. She effortlessly dodged all that slug. The beast roared again, closing the gap between them. She moved her sword towards him.
The beast started to launch fast-speed attacks; she dodged them all. The beast's frustration grew more; he roared again, shrinking further.
His speed increased again; she started to take hits. "Grrrrhhhh!!" the beast roared in anger. He charged his attack, his claws filled with a reddish substance.
She moved her body to deflect the area, but at the last second, the beast exploded with speed.The beast landed a clear hit on her abdomen area. Her body turned blue for a second, then normal again, but something was different this time.
Her abdomen area had a red sphere-like thing; the next second, she vomited blood out. The area faded as she vomited blood out.
The beast had a smile on his face, but it soon disappeared as he noticed something strange: everything around him was massive, and her height also started to increase a bit.
She had a smile on her face, and then that form returned. Her body was covered in bluish-green; green sparks started to appear after an interval, her eyes glowing with her energy.
Her blade was releasing immense pressure; he tried to run, but it was too late. Something pulled all his limbs into the ground.
"Grrhhh!!" he roared, but nothing worked; he was struggling to free himself, but nothing was working for him. He shrank his size again; his body turned so corrosive it melted the ground. He started sinking down; he tried to laugh but saw his limbs were still tied to bluish-green energy.
His energy was reacting with that energy, but her energy was repairing faster than he could handle. His body was brought back to the surface, where she was charging her final attack.
She jumped; using her body, she spun. All that movement was released in a massive energy slash.
All that condensed energy launched at him in a single attack.
The ground below him cracked open under the pressure; dust filled the area for a while.
Her face was serious; taking her fighting stance, she looked towards the settling dust."Why did he smile?" she muttered while returning to her normal form.
She moved closer to confirm the situation, but before she could, something fell in front of her; she quickly jumped back, her eyes widened.
She turned her head up to see; her sword slipped from her hand, but she snapped out of it. Holding her blade, she rushed to finish the job.
The sky was filled with struggling beasts, but their numbers were only increasing. She rushed towards the crack, but nothing was left there.She exploded in energy again and jumped towards the sky. Looking down on the ground, she spotted him.
She exploded in front of him; a slash took his head to the ground in a single movement. The beast's body started to turn into black smoke.
She didn't stop, killing every beast coming in front of her, but her target was running away from her.
She stopped and then swung her sword. A powerful slash rushed out, killing multiple beasts in an instant. The slash didn't stop and collided with a mountain in the distance.
Beasts were already running away from the area, but after this, their speed increased a lot.
She didn't care about other beasts, but him.
"Grrrhhh!!" She swung her blade again, but her attack missed. She didn't stop, rushing in full force.
She launched multiple slashes, killing hundreds of beasts, but her target dodged every single one. The area was covered in thick black smoke, but she didn't care about it. She launched another series of attacks, but his speed helped him each time.
Her energy flickered and then disappeared.
The beast earlier running from her suddenly stopped; turning back, that strange smile returned. With one inhale, his size started to grow back to its former size.
The limited crimson color on his fur started to expand. She swung her blade; the beast released his energy.
She moved back. The energy around her body was thinning with each passing moment, but the intensity of her attack didn't slow down.Due to their attack, the black smoke became thicker than before.
Then all of it started to move towards the core.
She pushed further; she threw multiple energy constructs towards the core, but nothing worked.
The ground was opening under the pressure of her attack, but it was looking like she was attacking air. She didn't wait, launching multiple slashes in the direction of the smoke.
Her slashes collided with something; because of those attacks, she saw him. A red sphere-like thing appeared; she charged her attack, and within seconds, she flew towards that sphere.Using all her energy at once, she pushed her sword into the sphere.
A huge shockwave moved out, clearing the area.Her sword started to crack the sphere; the creature inside opened his eyes.
The sphere cracked open under the pressure; the creature tried to run, but her sword pierced it. All the energy exploded at once.
That creature exploded into tiny drops.
Her energy disappeared, returning back to her ordinary self.
"What is this?" The voice filled the area.
She turned her head down and saw a hand-like thing appear out of the ground; it pierced her abdomen area, turning it red.
Blood gushed out of her mouth, making the area lose the color of red.