Rudra chuckled to himself as the smoke of the annihilated island still lingered in the sky. His blade pulsed faintly, glowing with residual artificial ki, like it had tasted victory and was satisfied.
In his mind, he reflected:
"If I wanted, I could have done the same thing using my own absorption techniques — Like Chakra Kavach, Varman ( Chakra Shield, Armour). But there's a difference. The Androids don't use natural ki like us. Their power is artificial—engineered, endless, without the rhythm of life force. That's why it's unlimited… and that's also why my body cannot absorb it. I don't know the exact reason, but I have felt it every time I tried—something in their energy rejects the natural flow. It's incompatible with the techniques I inherited. No matter how much mastery I gain, I simply cannot pull that power into myself."
He tightened his grip on the hilt of his sword, the blade shimmering with a faint blue radiance.
"That's why I had to request Zalama to forge this weapon for me. A sword unlike any other—specialized, designed to do what even my body cannot. This blade absorbs artificial energy, converts it, and then releases it explosively with every slash. It doesn't just cut—it redirects. Every stroke of this sword carries the destructive echo of the enemy's own attack."
"I have a separate consciousness that connects me directly to zalama, it's just like a video call but I can do all this in my mind during meditation.Because my soul element ( CHAKRA — Soul Power ) is very strong, that is why I can leave my Physical body and go into that other consciousness of mine.Obviously, we have done all this to escape the eyes of the Grand Priest and the Angles."
Rudra's smirk widened, recalling how Android 18 had arrogantly thought she could overwhelm him with sheer numbers and power. In truth, every blast, every strike she threw at him had only been fueling her own destruction.
"Anyway, She never realized… the more she attacked, the stronger this blade became. That's the irony. Their 'infinite energy' makes them proud, makes them think they can never be stopped. But with this sword, that same infinity turns against them. A single well-placed strike—just one—and all of it detonates back upon them."
The air around him hummed, faint crackles of energy still dancing across the surface of his weapon. He exhaled, calming the blade before it grew unstable.
"Of course, this weapon has limits. I can't absorb endlessly either—the sword becomes volatile, and if I push it too far, the explosion might consume me too. But used carefully, it's the perfect counter against machines who think their bottomless energy makes them gods."
His expression hardened.
"That's why I ignored her taunts. She thought I was hiding behind the blade, that I was weak without it. But she never understood—I wasn't defending. I was preparing her end. Every strike she threw was only making her dig her own grave."
Rudra raised his sword slightly, watching how the blue glow pulsed faintly before dimming into silence.
"It's ironic. My absorption technique connects me to the flow of life, the balance of energy between beings. But this blade connects me to something else—artificial, cold, mechanical. It's not natural… but against the Androids, it's necessary. A weapon forged not to harmonize, but to erase."
He finally turned his gaze toward the distance, where faint tremors still shook the air—the clash between Trunks and Android 17 was raging furiously. Trunks' ki flared violently, but so did the mechanical counterpart's, colliding in waves that echoed through the battlefield.
Rudra's smirk faded into calm determination.
"I can't waste more time. Trunks is still fighting—and though he's strong, 17 won't be easy to handle. I need to get there before things spiral out of control."
Without hesitation, Rudra's form blurred. His Instantaneous Movement Technique activated, bending space around him. The very air folded and collapsed inward, and in the blink of an eye, he vanished from the smoking island.
The battlefield where Trunks fought awaited him.
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