''Fufufu! I shall show you despair.'' Aleen said.
Alex, who had his guard up, increased it after hearing Aleen's words; the latter vanished to reappear before Alex in a flash.
Bang!
Alex got pummeled, sent flying; fortunately, he had crossed his arms; although he wore Loki, he still felt the impact, the numbness after defending against Aleen's punch.
Aleen was not down; she accelerated, using Instant Dash to reappear before Alex again; however, the latter was prepared; just as she was about to punch him, her head throbbed slightly as if something was trying to invade her mind.
''Hmph!" Aleen harrumphed, and Alex's right eye was canceled; he felt a burning pain in his right eye.
Fwoosh!
Aleen's punch tore through the air going straight for Alex's head; at the last minute, he dodged to the side by lowering his head. Aleen's punch hit empty air, then Alex, who had his head down, retaliated by sending his right elbow crash into Aleen's face.
Unfortunately, his quick counterattack didn't work, Aleen who was smiling, stopped Alex's elbow with her finger, she sent a devastating kick toward Alex's stomach.
Fwoosh!
The kick broke through the sound of a barrier; Alex's mind worked faster; he tightened the muscles under his abdomen and welcomed that kick.
Bang!
''Ugh!''
Alex was sent flying, gritting his teeth by forcing the surging blood back; he spun as if he was doing a backflip; however, he stopped by standing on one arm, using his remaining to summon Silveria, he aimed and shot a Phantom bullet at Aleen whose eyes widened.
Everything happened too, Alex getting kicked, stabilizing himself before shooting at Aleen, not even five seconds passed. Due to her special eye, Aleen was able to see the invisible bullet; her eye could help see Mana, the light purple was already before her, strangely she did the thing as Alex did, tightening her abdominal muscles, on top of strengthening her spider robe made of spider threads, then the collision happened.
Boom!
Aleen stepped back a couple of steps, leaving a trail on the ground before stopping; the area where the bullet struck left a small burning hole; even Aleen's white skin became tainted slightly red. She became furious; she was going easy on him, yet he acted cocky; just as blood was rushing to her head, Aleen was surprised to see Alex already before her.
Alex, who had appeared used a skill never used before in actual combat, this technique was taught by Sera during their training sessions.
''Drill Technique"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Punches flew, Alex's punches targeted Aleen's blood vessels to prevent your target from moving. Aleen, who had become human after undergo an evolution, was not different from humans; thus, she froze, then arrived at Alex's left fist.
[Heaven Rupturing Fist]
There was no sound, no bones breaking when his fist landed on Aleen's left chest; it was like he touched her with his fist; however, what happened next astounded Aleen, who still couldn't move. She felt a terrible amount of Mana rupturing her blood vessels; this target had one goal blow up her heart, then she understood, it was the perfect set of attacks, the first was to stop her muscles from working while the second attack was to send Mana to burst her heart from inside.
Boom!
Aleen was sent spiraling into the air; her left chest exploded, creating a gory scene; a large appeared; you could even see the other side through this hole in her chest.
Thud!
Like a broken marionette, Aleen's body fell to the ground. Alex panted heavily; as Aleen guessed, the drill technique and Heaven Rupturing Fist are part of the same set of attacks, drill technique before the Heaven Rupturing Fist, both techniques were taught to him by Sera.
It was genuinely brilliant moves; unfortunately, Aleen's heart was not located on the left; if not, everything would have worked perfectly fine.
Suddenly, Alex, who was catching his breath froze, without turning around, he knew trouble had come, the sky turned red, killing intent was pouring out of Aleen's body so much that it twisted reality. Slowly, Aleen stood up, the hole in her chest started regenerating at a fast speed.
''Kekekeke! You got me. If my heart were on the left, it would truly been done for.''
Aleen's voice sounded broken, Alex cursed his bad luck.
''Come out, my little cuties.'' She shouted, suddenly, out of nowhere, numerous monsters came out, from medium-sized spiders with eight legs to orc; they had one thing in common, their eyes were blank, especially the monsters except the spider.
Alex's right eye throbbed; he was able to see red hands above those monsters with a blank look.
''Kekeke! As expected, you also have a special eye; I want it. To think you'll be able to see my Dominating Touch, it lets me control monsters by brainwashing them.'' Aleen proudly declared.
'I see no wonder; every monster followed her orders, no wonder she has Queen of Monsters title.' Alex thought.
''Kill him, my little cuties,'' Aleen ordered, and the twenty monsters whose level was around 60 jumped at Alex.
Alex understood Aleen's goal; these monsters were not here to kill him but to wear him down; Aleen had made a serious miscalculation.
Alex waited for the combined attacks of twenty monsters before swapping place with Aleen using Shadow shift.
''You Bast-"
Aleen did not finish her words before getting drowned by the combined attacks of twenty monsters; she became furious.
[Hell Blaze] Shouted Aleen.
Kaboom!
A huge vortex of black flame with her at the center exploded, burning the monsters to a cinder; those not dead were in a miserable state. Aleen glared at Alex with hatred, to think this punny human who she didn't take seriously kept looking down on her again and again. A memory from the past comes rushing to her head.
The younger Aleen was facing her mother, the beautiful queen of the royal Arachne; it was the eve of that fateful battle.
''Remember Aleen, never belittle your opponent; if you don't, you can win most of your fight.'' Aleen's mother warned.
'Mother, you are right. Time to get serious.' Aleen affirmed.