Meanwhile, Terra, with her command over the sands of the desert, raised her hands, and the ground responded to her will.
Massive sand pincers shot from the earth, snapping toward Ju’Nero, while nearby sand golems began to form from the very earth beneath them, towering and massive.
Terra’s eyes gleamed as she made the sandstorm even fiercer, the air becoming thick with dust and sand.
“Try dodging this!” she shouted, and the sand golems charged toward Ju’Nero.
But again, Ju’Nero’s insane speed let him avoid every strike, his claws flashing in the air as he crushed the sand pincers with ease.
With a roar, he dashed forward and tore through the sand golems in a flurry of blows, each strike sending huge chunks of sand and debris flying into the air.
The battlefield seemed to blur with constant motion… Cinder’s fire, Terra’s sandstorms, Alzuring’s wind arrows, and Draven’s lightning-infused swordplay all colliding with Ju’Nero, yet none of it could even scratch him.
His insane speed, his strength, his crushing aura made him an unstoppable force.
Alister’s eyes narrowed as he saw Ju’Nero effortlessly dodging and countering every attack.
He knew he was strong, and his insand speed made him even more of a problem to deal with. “Now!” Alister commanded.
The ground seemed to freeze in place, as Mar’Garet raised her spear, the very laws of reality bending to her will.
She shattered the Law of Motion, and for a moment, everything went still. Ju’Nero, caught in the momentary freezing of time, was paralyzed in place.
“Now’s our chance!” Draven shouted.
Alister dashed forward, his claws gleaming with golden void energy. He slashed horizontally with a brutal swipe of his claws, sending a wave of Void Rend crashing through the air.
The attack tore through the space where Ju’Nero stood, the air itself whistled as it was cut apart by the golden void energy.
The blast left a massive gouge in the desert, deep enough to expose the earth below, dust billowing into the air.
Once it settled Ju’Nero had vanished, not where he was a moment ago, appearing behind Alister in a blur. His roar erupted, shaking the ground beneath them.
The Beast Overlord’s Roar emanated outward, destabilizing the mana in the air, rendering Alister and his generals momentarily powerless.
The sandstorm was silenced, the fire went out, and Alzuring’s wind arrows dissappeard mid- flight.
“You think you can hold me back?” Ju’Nero snarled, his voice a beastly growl. “You’re all insects beneath me!”
With a flash of crimson light, Ju’Nero lunged toward Alister, his claws extended, aiming directly for his throat.
“Protect our Lord!” Draven yelled, but it was too late.
In a split second, Ju’Nero was upon Alister, his claws crashing down with devastating force. Alister managed to block with his forearms, but the sheer strength behind the blow sent him flying backward, crashing into the sand with an explosive BAM.
Ju’Nero’s attack had left Alister sprawled on the ground, his claws already stained with the blood that had been torn from him by the sheer force of the beast’s attack statterd his scales and cut trough his flesh.
His breath came in ragged gasps, his eyes narrowing as he pushed himself up, struggling against the overwhelming weight of Ju’Nero’s presence.
But before he could fully rise, a roar of rage split the air.
“HOW DARE YOU?”
It was Mar’Garet, her voice frenzied with fury, her eyes glowing with unbridled madness. The sight of her lord hurt, of Alister struck by that monstrous beast, ignited something deep within her.
The alr around her seemed bent and distorted as she shattered the Law of Gravity, causing her body to suddenly float in the air, her spear raised high with murder in her eyes. “HOW DARE YOU!?” she screamed again.
Her spear crackled with cosmic energy as she propelled herself forward, ripping through the air.
She wasn’t thinking anymore. All she could see was Ju’Nero… the one who dared to harm Alister… the one who had so callously knocked her lord down.
“HOW DARE YOU?!” she repeated, her words almost a chant.
Ju’Nero, watching with amusement as the furious Mar’Garet closed the distance, couldn’t help but smile.
With a brutal yell, she slammed the end of her spear into the sand. Her mana burst from her spear as she shattered the Law of Space, the ground beneath her warping violently, shortening the distance between her and Ju’Nero. She appeared in front of him in an instant, the spear aimed directly for his heart.
Ju’Nero’s eyes flickered, a smirk curling at the corners of his lips as he twisted his body to avoid the deadly strike by mere inches.
The spear’s head scraped against his side, leaving a shallow gash, but he was unfazed. He reached out, his claws snatching at Mar’Garet’s spear, twisting it out of her grasp with brute
strength.
“Die! Die! DIE!”
Mar’Garet shouted, her mind unraveling as she spun, pulling her fists back and slamming them into Ju’Nero’s side. With each strike, she screamed the words over and over. “DIE! DIE!
DIE!”
Her blows landed with more force each time, shattering the law of grevity and space to keep teleport on as she landed heavy punch after heavy punch, but Ju’Nero was far too strong.
He laughed at her before he swatted her aside with a single, brutal swipe of his claw. The force of the blow sent Mar’Garet hurtling through the air, landing hard on the ground. She staggered to her feet, blood trickling down from the deep gouge across her abdomen where his claws had raked across her flesh.
“HOW DARE YOU?!” she roared again, her voice breaking with every syllable, as she charged again, faster, angrier, a flurry of attacks that couldn’t even faze him.
While she faced him….
VOOM
The ground trembled as Draven shot toward Ju’Nero from his blind spot, his Sword crackling
with lightning.
Once he was close enough he spoke, “You are wide open…” as he said this words he took on a striking stance, his claws logs digging into the sands.
“Valor-Void Sword Art, the 10th form, Bolt’s Surge!” he unleashed a lightning-infused horizontal slash.
The energy cracked through the air, trailing purple lightning in its wake, and the sand beneath Ju’Nero exploded into a flash of white-hot sparks as the sword cut through it.