There were many ways by which Kai could have dodged the attack that cleaved him in half.
At the last moment, Kai had decided not to use any of those ways, because his total HP, which now stood at 500, wasn't enough for the upcoming battle.
With a boom, Heracles blurred out of existence as the Mega Kaiju lunged at it and reappeared next to a grinning Illya.
On the other side, a blinking bar had replaced Kai's vision, his HP falling to a mere 5 Points.
Even with Biokinesis at his disposal, Kai found himself struggling to join the two cleaved parts of his body.
As Illya beamed at his state, Kai fell into the blood ocean, disappearing within it.
"Hehehe…" Illya laughed, putting a hand on her mouth. "What a…"
The entire blood ocean boiled.
No. Not boiled. It was like millions of hearts were beating together.
Far into the distance, just behind the gray pillar's debris, Kai stood up, pillars of red fumes rising off him.
Kai hadn't dodged the attack, not because the Ad Infinitum had failed to calculate how much damage he would receive.
He hadn't dodged the attack because he had accurately done so with unmatched precision.
…
[
Standalone Title — Fiend — has been triggered.
HP: +200% Max. HP
Cooldown: 60 minutes
]
…
HP: 1005
— HP Regeneration Rate (actual): 50 HP/minute
— HP Regeneration Rate (+100%): 100 HP/minute
— HP Regeneration Rate (+500%): 600 HP/minute
…
The Mega Kaiju fell into the blood ocean, disappearing.
Kai let out a rattling breath, the entire Reality Marble feeling alive with him.
He grinned at the shocked, white-haired girl. "Thank you…" He said, rising in the air, "… Now, let me show you… The Peak."
THRUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!
Ever since Kai had become Nyarlathotep, he hadn't met his match.
No one could push him beyond that line; the line that demanded he give his best.
No one could even look in his eyes and survive the first blow of the Ad Infinitum at its full power.
That's why, when Kai had seen Dumbledore becoming the Lord Black Phoenix, he had smiled, feeling joy in his bones.
If it wasn't for the matter of Luck troubling him, Kai would have wanted nothing more than barging into one Vault after another, wreaking world-bending havoc.
He wanted to do it.
He wanted to test himself.
For one fucking time, Kai wanted to let the chaos within out.
"Somehow…" Hismysteries rumbled around Him within the Reality Marble as Nyarlathotep fell into a thoughtful contemplation. "… Somehow people forget that when they stand against me…
"— they stand against not one man, but an entire world."
Gray Pillars after Gray Pillars began rising around him, one after another, becoming a wall.
Bangs after bangs shuddered the blood ocean as walls sprouted, keeping a red-fuming Kai and red-black-fuming Berserker and Illya within them.
As if that wasn't enough, a massive wall of gray stone landed on the four walls, becoming a roof.
Pure darkness lingered within the Room, then.
"Grrrrrrrrrrr...….." Berserker growled, his eyes glowing, locking onto the target even through the darkness.
Next to him, with a wave of her hand, Illya was about to create a few familiars to light up her surroundings, when —
— A star manifested over their heads, washing the world in yellow — Eon Soul Dew!
Suddenly, everything, from gray walls to bloody ocean, gained a yellow tinge.
Right under the hideous yellow star, Kai was levitating, seated with his legs crossed, surrounded by red fumes.
But that wasn't the only redness about him.
In his lap, Kai was holding a red stone, glowing like a bloody sun — The Philosopher's Stone!
Then, a blackness seeped into the space above Kai as well.
A Five-leaf Clover Grimoire, burning black, manifested over his head, twisting the surrounding space — The Tales of Beedle the Bard!
One by one, from a black fog, people began walking out, then.
The Shadow Queen, Bronze Titan, Orochimaru, and Mayuri stood next to each other, grinning ear to ear at their prey.
Then, a hiss pervaded the yellowed darkness as the three Selenes took shape in front of them.
The blood ocean once again rippled, then.
Misdreavus, Gyarados, Golduck, Dementor, Deoxys, a human-sized Kaiju, Magneton, Gengar, Dragonair, and Wobbuffet took their positions around the people.
Then, one more walked out, red fumes rising off him in the same manner as Kai's.
Black cracked his neck without Calm, his black gaze humorless.
As if this all wasn't a disaster enough, Black's body began shining, growing, and distorting.
…
— Strength: 34
— Agility: 40
— Stamina: 45
— Perception: 45
— Correspondence: 72
— Breath: 72
…
One by one, buffs began twisting the entire Reality Marble in his immediate surroundings.
Little War Horn. Hogwarts Uniform. Giant's Rage. Petyr's Titan's Buff. Dragonair's Dragon Dance. Deoxys' Attack Forme. And, for the first time, Category IV Kaiju's Effects.
…
— Strength: 93 [+7, 3, 10, +5, +7, +7, +20]
— Agility: 68 [+7, 0, -2, +6, +5, +2, 10]
— Stamina: 89 [+7, 0, 0, +7, +3, +2, +25]
— Perception: 69 [+7, 0, 0, 0, 0, +2, +15]
— Correspondence: 90 [0, +18, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
— Breath: 72
…
Black shook.
He slightly tilted to the left.
A crack appeared in the space at that point, reaching the ceiling.
There was no reigning in the overflowing power. There was no holding anything back. The chaos Kai had been holding within had stepped out.
But… there was one more thing to do.
…
[
Skill My House, My Rules is applicable in the assigned space — House Common Room
State one Rule the Contestant would like to reject and one Rule the Contestant would like to impose.
]
…
There was a one-minute Cooldown to the use of Eon Soul Dew.
Kai had never liked that.
"I reject the natural flow of time within the House Common Room," Nyarlathotep commanded before imposing, "And when I say Skip, the next minute must be skipped."
And then, as everyone advanced toward Berserker and Illya, a yellow ray of light fell, the star overhead bursting with blinding glow.
The true fight had just begun!
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AN: Original Image of Black after all the Buffs is available
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