The dust still swirled through the ruined warehouse when Raghu's fist remained pressed against the back of the Man in Red's head.
Yet the man had not moved.
Not even slightly.
Instead, the ground beneath his feet had collapsed inward, forming a deep crater as the entire force of Raghu's punch was driven straight into the floor below. Cracks spread across the concrete like spiderwebs while broken debris trembled and bounced from the aftershock.
For several seconds, no one moved.
Then the Man in Red slowly turned his head and looked at Raghu.
That single glance sent a chill through Raghu's body.
But the fear lasted only a moment.
It was swallowed instantly by madness.
His already twisted expression turned even more savage, rage overwhelming whatever little sense remained in him.
The Man in Red calmly brushed his hair back into place and stepped away from Rangeela.
His voice turned colder than before.
"Mujhe lagta hai ki maine kuch zyada hi waqt barbaad kar diya hai… chalo ise ab khatm karte hain."
Raghu roared and charged.
The Man in Red stepped forward to meet him.
Then their fists collided.
The impact exploded through the warehouse like thunder.
A violent shockwave burst outward from the clash, blasting loose debris in every direction. Nearby crates shattered apart instantly, broken wood and metal flying through the air. Dust erupted from the ground beneath them, and the crater widened further as the concrete beneath their feet cracked and sank.
Raghu staggered half a step backward from the recoil.
The Man in Red did not move at all.
Raghu roared louder and threw another punch.
Again the Man in Red answered with one of his own.
Their fists collided once more.
Another shockwave tore outward.
The nearest pillar cracked down the middle.
Fragments of concrete rained from the ceiling.
Windows shattered from the pressure.
Again Raghu was forced a step backward.
Again—
The Man in Red stood his ground completely unmoved.
Now Raghu had lost all control.
Whatever fear he had felt was gone, consumed entirely by blind rage.
He attacked wildly, throwing punch after punch without thought, without rhythm, without restraint. Every strike was fueled by madness alone.
And every single time—
The Man in Red met his fist head-on.
Their punches crashed together again.
And again.
Each collision sent another destructive wave through the warehouse. The floor beneath them continued collapsing inward, the crater growing larger and deeper with every exchange. Support beams bent under the pressure, walls split apart, and chunks of the ceiling broke loose and crashed around them.
It no longer looked like two men fighting.
It looked like the building itself was being destroyed by the force of their clash.
Raghu kept getting pushed back.
Punch by punch.
His feet dragged across the broken concrete as each collision forced him farther.
But the Man in Red never gave ground.
Not once.
He continued walking forward through the exchange, meeting every punch with one of his own, driving Raghu backward through pure overwhelming force.
Raghu had completely lost his mind.
Whatever little fear had entered him moments ago had now been swallowed whole by pure madness. His glowing red eyes held no thought, no reason, no hesitation. There was only rage.
He kept attacking.
Again.
And again.
Each time his fist collided with the Man in Red's fist, a deafening shockwave burst outward. Dust and broken debris were thrown violently through the air. The ground beneath them kept sinking deeper under the pressure of their monstrous clash.
But the difference was becoming terrifyingly clear.
Every collision forced Raghu backward.
Half a step.
Then another.
His feet dragged harshly across the broken ground as he roared and kept punching with everything he had.
But the Man in Red?
He didn't move back.
His expression remained cold. Focused.
Every time Raghu attacked, he answered with the same overwhelming force, meeting him head-on without dodging, without blocking, without hesitation.
Punch against punch.
Power against power.
The sound of their fists colliding became relentless.
THOOM!
BAAM!
KRAAASH!
Raghu's breathing grew heavier.
His attacks became wilder.
Sloppier.
But somehow even more dangerous.
Then suddenly—
Raghu stopped retreating.
His entire body tensed.
The veins across his swollen arms bulged violently as he let out a beast-like roar and threw everything into one final punch aimed straight at the Man in Red's chest.
The blow landed.
BOOOOOOM!!
For a moment—
Everything went silent.
A violent wave of force exploded outward from the impact.
Rangeela instinctively covered his face.
Naina's eyes widened.
Even the air itself seemed to tremble.
The Man in Red's body remained standing exactly where it was.
Head lowered.
Both fists tightly clenched at his sides.
Completely still.
The scene looked horrifying.
For a second, even Raghu froze.
His breathing became ragged.
Blood dripped from his face.
His entire body trembled as he stared at the man in front of him.
No scream.
No movement.
Then—
The Man in Red slowly lifted his head.
And looked directly into Raghu's eyes.
Raghu had completely lost himself.
The brief fear that had entered him moments ago was gone, crushed beneath pure madness. Blood continued dripping from his nose and mouth, his glowing red eyes locked onto the Man in Red like a wild beast that only knew destruction.
With a monstrous roar, he charged forward again, this time attacking without any rhythm or thought. His punches came brutally fast, one after another, each one carrying enough force to crush bone and tear through concrete.
The Man in Red remained calm.
As Raghu's first punch came flying toward his face, he shifted his head just enough for it to miss by inches. The second attack came immediately toward his ribs, but he twisted his torso and let it pass.
Raghu didn't slow down for even a second. He attacked from the left, then the right, then came down with a savage overhead blow, each strike more violent than the last. The force of his attacks sent debris flying around them, dust bursting upward every time his fists missed and struck the broken ground instead.
But the Man in Red moved naturally through the chaos.
There was no exaggerated stance, no dramatic preparation. His body simply flowed with the fight. Just enough to avoid each attack while staying dangerously close. Raghu had become too angry to notice it, but every wild strike kept pulling him deeper into close range, where his massive attacks became harder to control.
Then Raghu threw himself forward again with another furious attack, putting his entire weight behind the punch.
At that exact moment, the Man in Red moved.
He stepped slightly to the side, letting Raghu's arm pass past him, and in the same his body shifted inward. There was no pause, no flashy buildup. His knee came up sharply and drove straight into Raghu's torso with terrifying force.
BOOOOM!
Raghu's body shot backward from the knee strike like a cannonball, his massive feet scraping violently across the broken ground. The friction was so intense that his toes dug harshly into the floor, carving deep marks behind him as he was dragged backward for a long distance before finally reaching the warehouse gate.
His body remained standing there for several seconds, trembling violently, as if sheer rage alone was forcing him to stay upright.
Blood dripped steadily from his mouth.
His breathing had become uneven.
His torso twitched uncontrollably from the damage.
For a moment, it looked like his body had finally reached its limit.
But then—
A horrifying cracking sound echoed from inside him.
KRRRKKK… CRACK… KRAK!
His twisted bones shifted violently back into place as his monstrous body forced itself to move again. Raghu slowly lowered his head, his glowing red eyes burning even more violently than before. Then, without warning, he exploded forward with the exact same monstrous force with which he had been thrown backward.
The ground shattered beneath his steps.
He crossed the distance in an instant.
This time, he put everything into a single punch.
His massive right fist came flying forward with enough force to destroy anything in its path, aimed straight at the Man in Red's face.
But—
The Man in Red raised one hand.
And caught it.
Almost like someone casually catching a cricket ball instead of stopping a monster's full-powered punch.
For the first time, even Raghu froze.
The Man in Red looked at the fist in his hand for a moment.
Then at Raghu.
And something in his expression changed.
Had happened to him earlier.
Raghu had grabbed him and slammed him around like some toy.
The Man in Red clearly had not appreciated that.
Without a word, his grip tightened.
Then—
He lifted.
Raghu's gigantic body left the ground instantly.
And the very next second—
He smashed him straight into the floor.
BOOOOOOM!
The impact sent broken debris flying everywhere.
Before Raghu could recover, the Man in Red lifted him again by the same arm and hurled him sideways.
Then smashed him down again.
And again.
Each brutal slam shook the entire area as if a giant hammer was striking the earth repeatedly. Raghu's monstrous body, which moments ago looked unstoppable, was now being thrown around violently in exactly the same humiliating way he had used against the Man in Red earlier.
And judging from the force behind each slam—
The Man in Red was very clearly returning the favor.
After being thrown around mercilessly, Raghu finally hit the ground and stayed there for a few seconds, his entire body trembling violently. The monstrous size he had gained was slowly shrinking now, his swollen muscles tightening back toward normal proportions, but the anger in his eyes had only grown worse.
Blood dripped continuously from his nose and mouth, his breathing had become rough and broken, and every movement of his body produced disturbing cracking sounds.
KRRRK... CRACK... KRAAK...
It sounded as if his bones were breaking from the inside.
But Raghu didn't care.
To kill the man standing in front of him.
With a monstrous roar, Raghu forced his exhausted body forward and charged for one final attack.
This was desperation.
The kind that comes when someone knows this is the last thing they can do.
On the other side, the Man in Red stood completely still.
No teasing.
This fight had gone on long enough.
Slowly, his right hand tightened into a fist.
The chakra symbol on his chest began spinning.
Slowly at first.
Then faster.
A strange pressure began building around him, so heavy that the dust near his feet was pushed outward in circles.
Raghu gathered every remaining bit of his strength into his right arm and threw everything into one final punch aimed directly at the Man in Red's head.
But at the exact moment the attack reached him—
The Man in Red moved.
One clean step.
He slipped past Raghu's fist so smoothly that the punch missed his face by barely an inch.
And in that same instant—
His own fist came upward.
Straight into Raghu's chin.
The chakra on his chest spun violently the exact moment the strike connected.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
For a split second—
Everything went silent.
Then the impact exploded.
A devastating shockwave burst outward from the point of contact, sending debris flying in every direction. Raghu's head snapped backward with horrifying force, and his entire gigantic body was launched upward like a missile.
Blood exploded from his mouth.
The sound of bones cracking echoed through the air.
KRRRRKKK—CRAAAAACK!!
But the force didn't stop there.
Raghu kept going higher.
Higher.
His body shot upward uncontrollably and slammed straight into the upper wall with catastrophic force.
KAAAAAAAAAABOOOOM!!!
The entire wall exploded apart.
Concrete shattered.
Metal supports twisted violently.
The impact tore straight through the structure as Raghu's body smashed through it like a cannonball.
For one terrifying second—
Everything became still.
Then—
The entire warehouse groaned.
A deep, horrifying sound echoed from every direction.
GRRRRRRMMMMMMMMM... KRRRRRRRKKKK...
The ceiling cracked.
Massive fractures spread across the walls.
Support beams snapped.
Chunks of concrete began crashing down everywhere.
For a second, everyone froze.
Then reality hit.
"BHAGO!!"
Panic exploded instantly.
The policemen who had been standing frozen until now immediately started running toward the exit. Rangeela's men pushed each other in pure terror, trying to escape first. Dust filled the air so heavily that people could barely see where they were going. Some stumbled over broken debris, others screamed as chunks of concrete crashed around them.
Naina immediately grabbed Anjali's hand.
"Chalo! Abhi!"
Both of them ran toward the exit as more debris came crashing down behind them.
The entire warehouse had finally reached its limit.
And now—
It was collapsing.
END OF THE CHAPTER