Without warning, Set's form vanished from her seat in a blur, causing Whis's gaze to shoot straight up in alarm and a flash of lightning to fall upon the area. There, silhouetted against the grey clouds, he saw the shadow of his student diving towards him at an insane speed. Eyes widening in horror, the attendant back-flipped away as fast as he could, barely avoiding the axe kick Set aimed at him and slammed into the stone floor of the terrace. In the blink of an eye, the woman punched a massive crater into the balcony's floor, a deafening shockwave ringing out that drowned out the sound of the thunderclap above.
By the time Whis stopped back flipping and landed on another part of the terrace, Set was already on the offensive. When the man looked up, he saw the fox deity effortlessly flick an enormous slab of stone the size of a truck into the air and, with a quick spin, kicked the jagged rock towards the warrior at high speed.
Responding instantly, Whis spun on the spot and thrust two fingers forward in a jabbing motion, intercepting the projectile. Thanks to his quick maneuver, the guardian not only managed to stop the block of stone dead, but he also shattered it into hundreds of pieces. It was an easy move.
But the instant the rock started to blast apart, flying directly through the hail of rubble Set came lunging in afterwards. Using the rock to mask her movements and the debris as cover, the woman dived right at her former teacher through the sleet, her fist cocked back and a dog-like snarl escaping her lips.
Whis only had enough time for his eyes widen in surprise before the mother of all haymakers was slammed into his face, the blow connecting with a bone-shattering 'crack' and sending him rocketing through the temple built atop the terrace behind him. The man's form shot through the structure several times faster than light, going through every single wall and blasting apart the shrine like it was confetti. When the walls failed to stop him, the attendant rocketed over the horizon.
About a hundred miles and several mountains later, Whis soon managed to regain his senses and, upon righting himself in midflight, threw his feet back and slammed them into the ground. When he eventually skidded to a stop several seconds later, he found he'd dug a half a mile trench across a valley and was now standing in the middle of a rocky wasteland.
Ignoring the blood trickling out of the corner of his mouth, the slightly battered Whis quickly took a fighting stance and watched as Set teleported into view several yards away. When she emerged from the black smoke, her eyes were glowing blood red and her expression reflected nothing but fury and resentment.
Marching towards her opponent, the fox deity barked, "I rotted in prison for twenty thousand years because of your betrayal!"
Whis immediately took offense to her accusation and yelled right back at her, "I only did what I believed was right!"
Set jabbed a finger in his direction, stopping in her tracks as storm clouds once again began gathering overhead. "When I was young, you said to me that I would become your successor… that when the time came for you to step down from your post, I would be the one to take your place as teacher and guardian. But when the oracle fish said otherwise, saying that I would never be fit for your mantel… what did you do?" Clenching her fist tightly and causing her knuckles to pop loudly as she did so, the fox woman sneered at the man. "You turned your back on me! You tossed me away like I was some poultry thing from your plate and cast me into the shadows, and turned your attention to another prodigy! What kind of master would do that to their student?!"
The attendant shouted back desperately, "You were never meant to be my successor! That was not my fault!"
"Not… your… FAULT!" Set barked, once again beginning her march towards the man as her body suddenly became shrouded in a dark aura. Black smoke wafted out of her pores as thunder and lightning echoed all around them, emphasizing the woman's fury as she advanced on her master. "Who told me that I could chart my own course in life?!"
Coming upon a massive boulder in her path, Set took a step towards it, she then kicked it at Whis, sending it at him at blinding speeds and forcing him to dodge it. The rock soared towards the horizon and struck a mountain a hundred kilometers away, smashing the entire top off of it.
Not even pausing for a second, the woman stepped towards another enormous rock and, picking it up with one hand, hurled it at her former master. The blue warrior ducked under it, watching it arc through the air and take out another mountain in a colossal explosion of rubble and debris.
Purple electricity starting to stream off of her, Set took a deep breath before, crossing her arms over her chest, threw them outwards with a mighty bellow, "WHO DENIED ME MY DESTINYYYYYYYYYYY!" An awesome shockwave exploded off of her body, sending a powerful gust of wind blasting towards Whis. The gale was so powerful it not only tore an enormous crater around her and sent debris pelting through the air like it was made out of rice paper, it also turned every single plateau and tor surrounding the area for a hundred miles into dust.
Bringing his staff around, the God of Destruction's assistant held his ground as he was struck by the one thousand mile per hour winds, which ripped into his body and pushed him along the floor for several meters. Managing to stop himself from flying off, Whis then brought his scepter to the side and slammed the tip into the floor, marking his spot where he would make his stand.
The trainer growled as he watched the woman return to a normal standing position, her expression twisted with rage. "I'm sorry, Set! But that choice was never mine to begin with!"
Huffing several times, the fox woman then took a moment to close her eyes and ease her temper. Exhaling deeply after several seconds, the storm deity straightened up and, once the aura from her body faded, she threw a glare across at the person she once called teacher. Her body relaxing as she took in Whis's current condition, a smirk slowly reappeared across her face.
"We always have a choice… master," Set spoke, her fists tightening with a series of cracks. "And right now… I choose to see how many bones I can break in your body before you decide to throw in the towel." She then started to amble in his direction once again.
However, the instant she took that first step, Whis was prepared. Eyes widening, the martial arts master spun his staff around and, upon taking it up into a two-handed grip, thrust the tip forward and fired an enormous energy wave from the headpiece. A gargantuan green blast exploded from the scepter's tip like a blowtorch and rocketed towards Set, swallowing her up before rocketing into space across the planet's surface. The blast was so wide and so powerful, it not only tore a hole through the atmosphere, it also dwarfed the first time Vegeta used his Final Flash.
The attack, which would have easily engulfed both the moon and the planet, continued out of the solar system, across the Milky Way and towards a cluster of other galaxies. By the time the green attack left the spiral arm of the star system, it'd grown so large that it would've been able to take out the entire Andromeda system in one shot. But instead of hitting the Milky Way's neighbor, it instead struck two other galaxies and wiped them out of existence, while the blast itself continued to travel off into the far corners of the quadrant.
Energy continuing to leave his scepter like an unending river, Whis roared through a clenched jaw as he put everything he had into his attack. Well aware that he'd accidentally taken out a couple other star clusters with the same move, he carried on feeding all of the ki he could muster into the beam, which continued to tear away at the earth's surface. From a distance it looked as though he'd managed to disintegrate her or was close to finishing her off.
But in the very heart of the blast, just several yards away from where Whis was launching it, the silhouette of the God of Storms could be seen standing perfectly in its center. Feeling the flames of the attack lick away at her fur, the woman exhaled deeply and closed her eyes.
"Disappointing…"
All of a sudden, Whis's blast was stopped when a vortex of black clouds exploded from the middle and began deflecting the attack. Even though the instructor's beam attempted to push past the barrier of swirling smoke, it was simply split as the mass of dark energy expanded more and more.
The attendant quickly cut off the flow of power to his blast and recoiled in disbelief, watching the black clouds rise up into the sky and take on shape. The collection of gases soon accumulated into a writhing mass of palpable energy, resembling that of a necromancer from the darkest pits of the underworld. The sound it also emitted was spine chilling as the body of smoke jerked, twisted, contorted and fluctuated like crazy.
At its center, the God of Storms stood, her red eyes blaring through the phantom like veil. When Whis saw the eyes lock onto him, he immediately took a step back.
By the time the aura of clouds emanating from Set's body stabilized, it was now bigger than the planet's tallest mountains.
"Twenty thousand years of peace have made you soft… master," Set's voice boomed from inside the writhing mass.
Acting quickly, Whis brought his scepter up high and produced a blinding flash of light from the gem at the end. A dome of transparent gold energy then burst forth from the staff and surrounded its wielder, expanding at a terrific speed. As it grew to the size of a building, the mass of black smoke gathered around Set dove in and began ramming into the barrier from the front.
Tendrils of the black cloud formed and attempted to burrow into the translucent shield. With every impact of the smoke's multiple arms, shockwaves rang out, which tore apart the surrounding landscape. Despite the damages already brought onto it by Set's gale and Whis's blast, more and more damage began to stack up as the two otherworldly warriors clashed with their respective energies. While the gold barrier certainly did well in holding its own against the black aura's opening blows, as the tug of war carried on, the shield started to get smaller and smaller.
The pressure of the dark cloak being emitted from the God of Storms began to overwhelm the attendant's pall of light.
Blue bolts of lightning began to shoot off of Set's body as she poured more energy into her dark mass. The increase in power caused Whis to stumble, the man taking up his staff into two hands in an effort to hold back the flow. The dam was holding. But with every second that ticked by, his defense started to deteriorate just as the earth around him began to split.
The countryside cracking under the insane amounts of force being exerted upon a single point, the tug of war match soon reached its end point.
Under the raging maelstrom that was Set's cloak, Whis gave his shield one last burst of energy in an attempt to halt the woman's attack. He'd put up a good fight. But while the man was struggling just to stay on his feet, in the middle of her black mass of energy, Set stood before him with her arms folded and a bored look on her face.
The deity watched her attack hammer away at her teacher's shield, counting down the seconds to the moment of his defeat. When she eventually saw the man drop to his knee and give a yell of agony, the God of Storms decided that she'd had enough with this game and, uncrossing her arms, threw her hands forward for a decisive blow.
The arms of her black cloud reared back before slamming down on top of the energy dome, shattering it and causing Whis to stumble away in shock.
As soon as the shield was down, the phantom clouds surrounding Set were speedily sucked back into her body. The instant they retreated into her pores, the woman cocked her hand beside her and thrust it forward, unleashing a concentrated blast of the same black energy towards her master.
Using his scepter, Whis held it up in front of him and produced another blue energy barrier. This took the form of a rectangular shield that deflected the black smoke when it attempted to strike him down. Gritting his teeth, the attendant held back the tidal wave of dark energy, which caused his defense to crack down the middle but ultimately failed in getting through to him.
But just when it seemed like the battering match would continue, Set suddenly sucked back the dark clouds she was shooting out of her palm. Calling it in, she then gathered the smoke between two hands and, taking aim as the energy started to take shape and crackle, she then hurled it at her master a second time. The result was countless bolts of blue lightning being fired indiscriminately from her hands to pepper the landscape surrounding Whis, a salvo of random attacks that had the instructor stumbling backwards in shock.
Managing to protect himself with his scepter, deflecting several of the electrical currents, the guardian then watched Set leap into the sky and become suspended several stories above the ground. When his eyes glued onto her, Beerus's teacher watched the dark clouds in the atmosphere circle around his former student, a sight that gave her a far more intimidating image.
Her shadow fell over the entire region like that of the Angel of Death's.
"I will not let you take this universe, Set!" Whis shouted, bringing his staff forward and holding it above his head threateningly.
Set chuckled darkly as she held her arms further out. "Really? And what makes you think that you are in any fit shape to stop me?" she asked, her words causing beads of sweat to trickle down the man's brow. Upon instilling fear in the warrior, she then brought her right hand up and held it above her head, "You were the one who taught me everything I know today about fighting. But let's see how you deal with one of my original techniques!" All of a sudden, a black sphere of energy shrouded in orange fire formed above her palm, which began sucking in all of the air around it. In a matter of seconds, the entire region around them started to fall apart.
From out of nowhere, a powerful pulling force began drawing everything across the countryside towards the sphere. It was an invisible force that not only started ripping the ground beneath the woman apart, it also tore mountains out of the earth and nearby forests out of the soil, dragging everything into the sky and sucking it into the vortex. Even the clouds above Set started to circle and drift towards the source of the anomaly.
Whis, feeling the gravitational pull of the planet vanish and become replaced by this new, overpowering force, had to hold onto the ground with everything he had to stop from being lifted up into the sky along with everything else. Looking up in disbelief, the man watched as enormous chunks of the landscape started to orbit around Set, before suddenly being sucked into the drain that was the sphere of black energy she was holding above her head. At first he had no idea what it was.
But seconds into the struggle, Whis soon identified the orb above Set as a miniature black hole.
Eyes widening as he felt the light and the planet begin to get attracted towards the portal as it grew stronger and stronger, the attendant continued to keep himself anchored. But as he watched an entire mountain get crushed up and sucked into the black hole, pulverizing it into oblivion, the man knew he had to do something soon or watch the entire solar system get crushed into nothingness.
With a yell of rage, Whis thrust his scepter up and fired an invisible blast at his student, striking the ball she was producing and dispelling it. However, the blowback of his attack was so great that it not only effectively dispelled the spatial rupture it also caused a shockwave that traveled back to the heroic user and shattered his scepter, sending the man tumbling painfully to the ground.
As chunks of the countryside plummeted back to the planet's surface when earth's normal gravity kicked in, Whis slowly but surely struggled to his feet. With his hand cooked and scarred from his staff exploding between his fingers, the man glared up at the clouds through a half-lidded gaze to see his student smirking down at him.
Not at all put off by her attack being stopped, Set cocked her head upwards and leered. "Now that's more like it." She then vanished, shooting straight towards the planet and landing just a few feet in front of her master. "Let's see what else you've got."
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