Kel glanced at the sky, sweat forming on his forehead.
Hundreds of islands were floating above them.
[Kel]: This is bad. All the Ganas and Three Tusks won't survive this. What should I do?
In that moment, Kel realised that the situation itself wasn't the most threatening part.
What threatened everyone more was the existence of an enemy capable of performing such a feat.
[Kel]: I think I'll need Surya's help with this.
Kel looked towards Surya, who was fighting Foot in the distance.
Seeing the islands floating above them, Foot suddenly retreated.
[Surya]: Oh, come on, coward!
Surya shouted with an annoyed expression.
He tried creating a Teleportation Gate, only to be interrupted by Kel, who immediately began dragging him towards the others.
[Surya]: What is your problem?
[Kel]: You owe me one from last time.
Kel said while forming a hand sign.
[Kel]: Teleport everything in the spacecraft out of the planet with your teleportation.
[Surya]: Are you out of your mind?! I can't teleport more than 50 people, and you're telling me to teleport hundreds?!
[Kel]: Obviously, I'll be there to support you. Teleport everyone except Mala, Grimori, me, Gaja and yourself.
Kel said in a hurry.
Surya could only nod.
[Kel]: Range Shiftling, Advanced Amplifier.
Kel gave Surya a glance.
A signal.
[Surya]: Teleportation Gate.
All the Ganas and Three Tusks were teleported back to the spacecraft.
Up in the sky,
[Thumb]: Hell Fall...
For a moment, it seemed as if nothing happened.
Then—
It seemed as if hell itself was being thrown down.
A gigantic mass came crashing towards the planet, burning as it descended.
It was accelerating far faster than it should have been.
DHOOMP.
The impact was massive.
Debris, molten rock, ash and everything else were thrown into space by the sheer force of the collision.
The entire continent was destroyed.
Massive waves of tsunami surged away from the coast.
Almost everything on the battlefield was vaporised within a fraction of a second, including the insane soldiers.
Even the lava pools on the surface were thrown out of the planet.
Once again, the sky was completely covered by toxic gases, blocking the light of the stars.
[Thumb]: Seems like a fitting end to me.
What Thumb failed to see were the figures slowly rising from the devastation.
Surya stood up while supporting Kel.
Both were heavily injured.
It would have been far worse if Kel hadn't activated his Range Shiftling to lessen the impact on their bodies, and if Surya hadn't used his blades to erase the mass approaching them.
Mala and Grimori weren't seriously hurt either, though they had still taken some damage.
Thanks to their tough builds.
Moreover, Mala had used her Range Shiftling, Boost, at the best possible timing to shrug off the catastrophe.
[Thumb]: Impressive for you to survive.
Thumb said as he looked to his left, only to see Foot appearing out of nowhere.
[Foot]: I am bored. How about finishing them off?
Foot suggested to Thumb.
[Thumb]: I agree. However, that woman...
Thumb said, pointing towards Mala.
[Thumb]: She seems strange. It's as if she has a counter against me.
Thumb whispered to Foot.
[Foot]: I shall take down the woman. You take down the others.
[Thumb]: I accept.
Thumb said calmly.
Foot lunged towards Mala and took her out of the battlefield.
Everyone else barely cared.
[Thumb]: Don't you care about your ally?
[Grimori]: It's not like she will be defeated.
[Kel]: I can hardly believe her losing to that musclehead guy.
[Surya]: Same feelings.
Grimori dashed towards Thumb while Surya jumped into the sky.
Kel used his shadows to cease Thumb's movements.
It would have been convenient...
If he wasn't so powerful.
All the attacks were thrown away.
Thumb lifted Surya and Grimori with his telekinetic ability and blasted them far above the thermosphere of the planet.
Kel saw this as an opportunity to exploit the opening.
However, he was wrong.
As soon as Kel entered within 5 metres of Thumb, he was crushed down by a heavenly force.
He was sent miles below the surface.
[Thumb]: That was fast.
Just before Thumb could completely dodge, a slash struck his shoulder.
It was Gaja.
He was heavily wounded, but he could still fight.
Thumb jumped away, keeping a safer distance.
His shoulder was bleeding.
He wasn't a healer type.
His healing was as slow as that of a regular human.
It was one of the reasons he hadn't recovered from the bleeding on his head yet.
[Thumb]: That was a nasty move.
Thumb said, narrowing his eyes.
[Gaja]: That is your perspective.
Gaja narrowed his eyes.
[Gaja]: Your perspective isn't my concern.
Thumb pointed his finger at Gaja, preparing to use his telekinetic ability against him.
Before he could, Surya appeared behind Thumb out of nowhere and tried hitting him.
Thumb could barely dodge it.
But before the attack was even completely avoided, Kel appeared from beneath the ground and caught Thumb's legs.
Grimori appeared from the sky and landed a powerful punch on Thumb.
Normally, it should have been enough.
But Thumb used repelling telekinesis to protect himself from greater damage.
It still ended up breaking one of his teeth.
Thumb blasted the ground beneath his legs and jumped away from them.
It seemed as if he was losing ground.
Or maybe not...
Before the formation could strike again, Thumb simply repelled them out of his sight.
Only one remained.
Surya.
Even before he could act, Thumb crushed him between two massive boulders.
Then he used an enormous amount of mass and crushed them further and further until they formed a dense sphere with a radius of 10 miles.
Soon, the entire sphere was bisected in two.
Surya landed back on the ground.
He was bleeding from his head.
The sphere itself was glowing, its core having turned into magma.
The pressure had transformed it into something else entirely.
Surya had to endure that pressure across his entire upper body for a moment.
Surya sat on a rock like a predator, glaring at Thumb.
At this moment, Thumb felt genuine fear.
He tried using his telekinetic ability on Surya to throw him out of space...
However, it barely pushed Surya back.
Thumb's eyes widened.
[Thumb]: Why?
[Surya]: Because I have already cut through it.
Before Thumb could realise what he meant, his eyelids grew heavy.
He fell.
And never woke up.
Hundreds of slashes covered his body.
Surya sat on the ground, wondering how the others were doing and when this battle would finally end.
Mala returned, dragging Foot's dead body behind her, and threw it beside Thumb.
[Mala]: Seems like now only Haidoro remains.
[Mala]: Let's end this for good...
She said with a serious face.
Unknown to them...
Ganaraj had already been defeated by Haidoro.
And Haidoro was floating just above them.
Watching their next movements very calmly.
To be continued...