"I'm not done yet!"
One strike wasn't enough. Terry's assault continued like a raging storm—relentless!
"Power Dunk!"
"Crack Shoot!"
"Rising Tackle!"
He pushed his wild, wide-open American street fighting style to its absolute limit!
Every punch, every kick exploded with devastating force!
He was like a tireless hungry wolf, using his sharpest fangs and claws to tear relentlessly at this arrogant "Emperor"!
Krauser stood like an immovable mountain!
His seemingly simple blocks and counters contained the refined essence of martial mastery!
Every move perfectly neutralized Terry's offense while delivering the deadliest counter!
"Too slow! Your fists are too slow!"
"Decent power, but completely lacking technique!"
"Is this all you've got? You think you can avenge your worthless father? What a joke!"
Krauser easily handled Terry's onslaught while attacking his mind with venomous, mocking words!
Bam! Bam! Bam!
Their fists and feet clashed repeatedly in mid-air, producing sounds like war drums!
Golden wolf spirit and dark gold imperial aura tangled and tore at each other—locked in a deadlock!
At the battlefield's edge, Andy and Joe watched this "clash of titans" with anxious faces.
"Damn it! Bro's being suppressed!" Andy's fists clenched tight.
"Don't panic!" Despite his own injuries, Joe's eyes shone with clarity. "Terry hasn't hit his limit yet! He's... still getting stronger!"
Exactly!
Just as Joe said—though Terry appeared to be on the back foot, his fighting spirit was condensing, purifying under the tsunami-like pressure from Krauser!
Each punch was slightly faster than the last!
Each defense was slightly more solid than before!
He was like raw iron being hammered by Krauser's "Imperial Forge"—tempered and refined!
And he was transforming at a visible rate!
"How is this possible?!"
Krauser noticed it too.
To his shock, this "brat" was using him as a whetstone?!
He was growing and evolving during the fight?!
This talent, this resilience, this "protagonist" constitution that grew stronger against stronger opponents—
It was exactly like that monster called "Cloud"!
"Unforgivable!"
An unprecedented sense of crisis surged through Krauser!
He knew he couldn't give this kid any more room to grow!
"Game over!"
Krauser roared, finally unleashing his true power!
He knocked Terry back with a heavy blow!
Then raised both hands high, as if summoning the destructive force of hell itself!
"Gigantic Cyclone!"
A colossal tornado of dark energy formed around him, connecting earth to sky.
Carrying power enough to shred anything in its path, it swept toward Terry!
This was an area-of-effect, unavoidable map-wide attack!
"Terry!"
Andy and Joe screamed in horror!
But Terry, standing at the tornado's epicenter and facing the storm that could tear him to pieces—his eyes held no fear.
Instead, a relieved smile crossed his face.
In his mind flashed the broad back of his adoptive father, Jeff.
Andy's perpetually somewhat "tsundere" face.
Joe's ever-energetic grin.
Cloud, Mai, Ryo—all his companions.
"I'm... not fighting alone..."
He slowly closed his eyes.
Then snapped them open!
In that instant, an unprecedented brilliance exploded from within!
His love for his father. His bond with his brother. His trust in his friends...
Every emotion, every conviction, every ounce of pride he'd accumulated over twenty-plus years...
He burned it all without reservation!
"TRIPLE GEYSER!!!"
A roar filled with infinite power and indomitable will erupted from the depths of his throat!
He slammed both fists into the battered ground beneath his feet!
BOOM-BOOM-BOOM—!!!!!!
In that instant, the entire South Town dock seemed to experience an unprecedented mega-earthquake!
Three!
Three massive pillars of golden energy—larger, denser, more violent than anything before—erupted from the earth like three awakening primordial dragons, soaring toward the heavens!
That power was so pure, so overwhelming!
That will was so resolute, so unyielding!
This was... Power Geyser beyond its limits!
This was... the Legendary Wolf's final howl!
The dark tornado of destruction shattered like a joke before those three golden pillars of creation!
Instantly blown apart, scattered to nothing!
And Krauser—that arrogant Dark Emperor—didn't even have time to scream before all three pillars struck him dead-on!
"GAAAH—!"
He vomited blood in a spray. His supposedly indestructible imperial armor cracked and shattered piece by piece!
His body rocketed away like a fighter jet struck by a missile, tracing a graceful parabola through the air before crashing with a tremendous splash into the Pacific Ocean, sending a water column dozens of meters high!
When the dust finally settled...
The entire battlefield fell into deathly silence.
Only one figure remained—half-kneeling on the ground, gasping for breath, faint golden flames still flickering across his body.
Terry Bogard.
He had won.
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