Mirror shards tore through his body, slicing deep—pain screaming through his nerves—yet he kept moving.
His eyes burned like a mad predator.
Hands ignited with VF, heat warping the air around him.
This wasn't a hunter anymore.
This—
was a monster.
Neraxis lashed out once again.
Zzngh! THUD!
Yura interrupted mid-motion, a Yellow Dash detonating point-blank, slamming Neraxis through multiple walls simultaneously. Concrete folded like paper.
Neraxis staggered, eyes narrowing.
Chaining multiple Yellow Dashes back to back should be impossible.
He regained his footing. Mirror-like black veins spread across his ash-gray skin, four eyes glowing violently. His limbs lengthened, posture shifting—predatory. Ready.
A faint whisper reached his ears.
"Release Noctyre."
Yura appeared again—another Yellow Dash—driving Neraxis backward.
Mirror shards erupted in response, carving through Yura's body, slicing and exploding within him. Pain tore through every inch of his frame, as if he were being shredded piece by piece.
Swish! Swish! BOOM!
Immense pain.
Yet he kept moving.
His eyes glowed brighter—no longer human. Something closer to a beast… or worse.
"I will end you," Yura muttered, voice trembling but unbroken.
"For the sake of humanity. My allies. My teacher."
Neraxis launched a barrage of punches.
THUD! THUD!
Yura blocked—step by step—his arms trembling, blood trailing with every movement.
Neraxis sneered.
"Since I've taken my true form," he announced coldly, "Noctyre Valen is long dead."
Yura's eyes burned fiercer—wilder.
"You're dead," he muttered.
A Yellow Dash slammed into Neraxis's chest.
Another into the jaw.
Another into the core.
Another into the head.
Then—toward the brain.
Back to back. No pause. No hesitation.
Neraxis barely survived, stumbling away as he caught sight of Yura still advancing—his body drenched in blood, skin carved with countless cuts, his face soaked crimson.
I'm cutting him… Neraxis thought.
Why isn't he backing off?
Then—
Toya appeared behind him.
Calm. Focused.
"If it's just pain," Toya muttered, eyes locked on Yura,
"it wouldn't stop Yura… or us."