With his speed amplified by the lightning, Tony struck first.
He aimed for the throat, taking advantage of the opening left. Chiva propelled her spear straight toward Tony's throat.
Out of the corner of his eye, Tony was watching the spear and saw it targeting him.
"Even if I hit her, she won't die, unlike me," he thought quickly.
He vanished like he was teleported, reappearing behind Chiva.
But he was surprised to see that she had already reacted, and her tachi shot toward his throat.
Tony dodged just in time and saw the spear assaulting him from below.
Retreating quickly, the spear passed right by his head, slicing open his cheek in the process.
"Well, how am I going to handle this? When I dodge one, the other attacks me directly," he thought.
Without giving Tony time to think, Chiva brought her sword down on him, sending waves of flames at him.
Seeing this, Tony used his mysterious technique again and vanished to reappear nearby.
Always five, seven, or nine meters away, but each time, the waves of flames followed him.
Until this time, nothing attacked him.
But Chiva had also disappeared from his field of vision.
Suddenly, a presence made itself felt behind him, and the next second, a spear pierced his shoulder and a sword lodged in his side.
"I've figured it out—it's a kind of teleportation, but every time, it's exactly where your lightning is," said Chiva, tightening her grip on her weapons.
Tony felt blood rising in his mouth, but also his muscles starting to burn at the touch of the sword and spear.
The pain was so intense that he thought it was normal to scream, but instead, he bit his lips until they bled.
And he projected at high speed all the lightning inside him toward one person: Chiva.
Letting go of her sword, Chiva traced a line that formed a circle around Tony and her.
And with a smile, she snapped her fingers, and from inside the circle, a wall of flames rose from the ground up to their heads.
"Now!"
Tony vanished among his lightning at high speed.
"Very well, if a hundred isn't enough for you, let's see if five hundred will keep you from being reduced to ashes!"
With each movement, he accumulated more and more lightning inside him, all concentrated in his right hand.
Chiva directed her flames at Tony, following him with every displacement. Tony couldn't even disappear anymore because the flames were everywhere.
But over time, he started feeling bad: a terrible headache gnawed at him little by little, his wounds were leaking a lot of blood, and his right arm was getting heavier and heavier.
But he was waiting for the right moment to strike.
By chance or sheer luck, a cloud appeared above them.
Without wasting time, Tony extended his hand toward the cloud to attract something.
And as if in response from the sky, a thunderous lightning bolt struck Chiva full force.
Shaken and distracted, Chiva saw her helmet disappear.
Seizing the opportunity, Tony—whose arm now resembled a lightning arrow more than an arm—struck Chiva.
At nearly instantaneous speed:
"Take this, you damn bitch..."
But still, in front of him, Chiva continued to look him in the eyes.
"Haha... Fuck, only your arm blew off!"
Tony's fist was held by Chiva's hand.
"...If you had hit the head, I would've died on the spot," she said.
Looking at her arm, which might look normal on the outside, but inside, all its muscles, bones, and nerves were reduced to nothing, and it was heading toward her shoulder.
But she stopped it by spreading her flames inside her body, which should have caused her immense pain, but thanks to Tony's lightning, she couldn't feel the pain anymore.
Grabbing Tony by the throat with her other hand, she said:
"You know, thanks to you, I now know I can introduce flames into people's bodies."
Tony looked at her, unsurprised, knowing exactly what she was going to say next.
"You're going to have the honor of being my first guinea pig."
Now, with the little lightning he had left, Tony propelled it toward Chiva's heart.
And he started screaming as he felt a flame beginning to form in his throat.
"It's either I hit or I die!"
Suddenly,
A sort of air orb struck Tony's abdomen full force,
And a massive rock boulder crashed down,
Sending the two far away from each other.
Simone quickly grabbed Tony and rejoined the others rapidly.
Chiva, on the ground, got up, preparing to lunge after Tony,
When she felt her legs trembling.
"No way! The lightning combined with his fist actually managed to shake me!" With a competitive smile: "It's been a long time since I've fought like this. No way you're getting away!" she said, dragging her trembling legs toward Tony.
But she was stopped by Hirina.
"What's wrong, Hirina? Can't you see you're interrupting a fight?" said Chiva, shooting a hateful glare at Hirina.
"Sorry, Chiva, but it's over for you—you're out," said Hirina.
At those words, she felt a surge of murderous intent directed at her.
"And why is that... huh? Tell me, Hirina!" Chiva demanded.
".....You were about to die. He had launched the last of his lightning at your heart."
Right beside them,
Hikiri, who from projecting that white dust so much, felt his body cooling down more and more,
But he had managed to freeze the enormous wave of water.
When he saw Dola's hands still pointed toward the sea, he sensed something was coming.
And looking behind the now-frozen enormous wave, he saw that the water had receded several meters.
He immediately understood Dola's plan—she was protected from the others' attacks by Hirina and Ji-li.
He noticed Dola looking at him with a terrifying smile, and she shouted: "It's coming!"
Without further delay, Hikiri came down too and yelled at the group that they had to flee without waiting.
...Feeling his sister in danger, Ji-li stepped in.
"You think this is the moment, Chiva?" asked Ji-li.
"Because you too..." Noticing Dola in his arms, Chiva calmed down.
"How much time, Dola?" asked Chiva.
"Forty seconds."
"Good, we need to get as far away from here as possible and up high!" said Chiva,
Who looked toward Tony one last time before leaving.
"I hope you don't get swept away... because I'm the one who has to kill you. You've become my prey," she murmured as she left.
"Dina, open your darkness space, quick!"
Seeing Hikiri stressed, Dina immediately grasped the situation, and a black circle formed around them, carrying the whole group into its depths.
"Now, take us to the boat! Just go straight to your left!" said Simone before turning her head toward Hikiri.
"So, what was heading toward us?" she asked.
"A tsunami! And plus, she pulled the water back. From the distance I saw, it'd hit us full force, could easily crush our hearts and drown us. And that's what she's aiming for! That's why they fled too!" said Hikiri.