The monster was laying flat on his right side, but my onslaught was nowhere near finished. I lifted my right foot in the air and drove it straight down on the monster's head, but before I could connect, the monster grabbed my right ankle with his left hand. He proceeded to swing my leg behind him and my whole body followed.
I instinctively tried to protect my head with my arms but the speed was far too fast for me to keep up. The force made my brain jump around my skull, causing dizziness, my vision to blur and for me to cough blood.
Still latched to my ankle, he stood up and tossed me back to the same car in the parking lot. If fate was gonna put a demon in my path, they could’ve at least made him a little less disrespectful.
It was like I was right back to where I started, as if everything I just did never even transpired. Part of me also expected to hear him laughing at my determination by now. Saying something cliche like “THIS IS GETTING INTERESTING!!”, but his face was that of complete focus. He was like an entirely different person. In this regard I guess he was a little less disrespectful.
Sadly it didn’t end there because he had even worse up his sleeve. He raised his right hand in my direction and shot some sort of black sphere about the size of a baseball.
Of course I had no intentions of letting whatever that was, touch me but it was flying towards me like it was hurled by a professional pitcher at 88 mph. And to make matters worse I wasn’t even on my feet. I was on my ass by the passenger door of this poor beat up car.
It goes without saying that my heart was beating like a drum at this point. No matter how much my adrenaline rush grew, or how many “flashbacks” I had, or how much I “believed” in myself, there was just no way of overcoming the sheer impossible strength this bastard had by myself. And now your telling me he shoots fucking energy blasts now?
I was desperately searching for a way to dodge the ball of energy hurling towards me. Suddenly I felt a strong rush surging through my legs so I jumped up as fast as I could and a shockwave blasted me meters into the air, moments before the black sphere hit the car and exploded. I’m not exactly sure but I must have been brought 25 feet into the air. The explosion reduced the car to nothing but pieces of metal. I wondered if that attack was what destroyed the restaurant earlier. The only problem was that this explosion was microscopic in comparison.
A cold sweat took over me as I thought about the possible outcome of that attack hitting me. I wasn't sure whether I could tank such a thing or not and for sure wasn’t looking to test it. I had more important questions at the moment, the first being: WHERE THE HELL WAS HE!!!
It seemed like he just vanished from his earlier location. The momentum from my jump came to a stop and I was falling back to the ground after what seemed like a brief pause in the air. But I wasn’t in the slightest bit worried about how I would land from such an attitude. My eyes were wide open and scanning the surface for the whereabouts of that thing. Turning my head to the left, I finally found him. Just when I thought things couldn’t get any worse, the bastard now had a pair of wings. Identical to his body, they were deep black and were connected by a crimson blade.
He flapped his wings twice and in a moment he appeared arms length away from me. He launched his right fist straight into my gut while keeping me locked in place by holding my shoulder with his left hand.
The pain was so intense I could've sworn his hand went straight through my intestines. As if returning my previous blows in more than double the power, he followed with a jab to my nose, a hook to my chin and an uppercut, each blow more deadly than the last. I could feel my consciousness slipping as my brain rattled in my skull. His blows were so heavy that I felt like I was getting numb. He connected his left shin with my right side and could swear a couple of ribs broke. Letting go of my shoulder, he grabbed my legs and spun like he was imitating a tornado and sent me flying back into the remains of Burger Queen.
Not only was this bastard godly strong, but he was clearly petty seeing as I found myself in a crater similar to the one I put him in, after a combo similar to the one I put him in. I tried to raise my arms up and boost myself up but to my surprise, my left arm snapped from the force of falling so fast from so high . The excruciating pain coursing through my body made me want to just stay on the floor and quit, but I couldn’t take the chance of not being on my feet. When that monster comes back, I have to be ready.
Ever heard the saying “ Speak of The Devil and He Shall Appear”? Well guess who made their grand entrance. I decided to remove my already ripping, vomit and blood stained shirt so I could maneuver easier. As much as I would love to say, I was just now getting serious, I’ve been fighting at 130% this whole time. He flew over to the remains of debris and landed right next to Tenshi's burnt lifeless corpse. The nerve of this disgusting creature! To hover over Tenshi’s body when he’s the reason he's dead! The mere sight filled my soul with rage. I clenched my fist and felt another rush of energy swelling throughout my body.
“Aaagggghhh!!!”
The monster howled out in excruciating pain. I watched it but I still couldn't believe it. Tenshi’s burnt lifeless hand grabbed onto the monster’s ankles and he was.. well he was.. EATING IT!!!
I saw Tenshi take a bite of its calf muscles, ripped off his flesh and swallowed it. There was dark blue blood gushing out all over Tenshi’s burnt face and it screamed out as it tried pulling his foot away from Tenshi. I was beyond astonished.
Just as I thought he was done, Tenshi took five more mouthfuls of the monster’s flesh and swallowed each one.
You could even see it travel down his neck as he gulped his meal.
Though this sight totally stunned me, it wasn’t even the craziest part. With each bite, his body was regenerating and slowly but shortly, he started looking more alive. By the 5th bite he wasn’t even torched anymore.
Jolting my head, I realized I didn't have time to be spaced out. Every second was precious so I rushed toward the bastard while he was stomping on Tenshi’s head in an unsuccessful attempt to free itself. Closing in on the monster, the very moment he was within my range, I LET MY HANDS FLY!
I started off by smashing his left liver with my right hand. I could tell it was effective because he immediately held on to it and bent slightly to his left side while letting out a painfully sounding howl. Seeing the bastard in such despair and anguish filled me with absolute joy and pleasure.
This thing had been beating my ass non stop, but now it was finally my turn to have a field day.
I followed with a barrage of punches aimed for every inch of the monster's face. As each blow filled my body with increasing speed and power.
I threw an overhand left punch to his chin, drilled my left foot into his right knee and then fired a right hook to his temple.
Grabbing his head with my hands, I kneed him with my right knee. Landing, I clenched my hands together and hammered them straight into his head.
My expression was that of pure delight as I continued my barrage for 10 seconds straight.
To seal the deal, I gathered all the strength I could muster into my right hand, pulled it to my waist, planted my feet firmly on the ground and twisted my torso slightly to add more force to the fist as I drilled my fist straight into his falling nose.
The vast force of the impact sent it flying out of Tenshin’s hand and into the retail store across the plaza.
Taking that chance, Tenshi rose up from the floor with the pole still lodged into his chest.
“TENSHI!!!”, I cried out.
“HOW ARE YOU ALIVE?”
“I don’t really know how but I don’t give a damn. As long as I’m still breathing, I won't ask any questions.”
His face was covered in blue blood. It was covering his entire lips and was dripping down his chin. Even though I was certain it was Tenshi right in front of me, I was almost tempted to bring up my defense. His pupils were crimson red, his sclera went from white to a deep black color and his Iris which was normally a brown color was now gray.
“It’s crazy though… the whole time all I could hear was a voice in my head”, Tenshi said.
“What was it saying?”
“..Devour.. DeVOUR..DEVOUR!! Over and over again. Then I smelt something tasty close by so I just instinctively grabbed it, and here we are.”
I couldn’t help but be in total dismay. As he spoke I also realized that his teeth somehow look sharper now too, and his whole body seemed more muscular too. He was starting to look similar to the monster himself.
“Well the thing you decided to take a bite of is trying to kill us for some reason, and it’s what blew up the restaurant, so before anything else we have to make sure that thing is DEAD!!!
“So where is he?” Tenshi asked.
“I think I blew him somewhere towards the retail store. We have to go over there and finish him before he recovers. There's a chance he might rush us so be on your guard.”
“A bit too late”, a sinister voice said.
Before I could even blink, the bastard was standing in between us. I knew he was fast but this was something else. It's like he kicked his legs into high gear.
With warping speeds, the monster kneed Tenshi straight to his face. Before he could be sent flying from the force, the monster grabbed his left leg and proceeded to use him like a bat to hit me and send both of us crashing into a nearby jewelry store.
I heard supporting pillars break with every impact we landed on. The first impact was hard enough that I didn't even feel it; however, when my head crashed against a glass countertop, the pain set in instantly. My vision turned blurry as blood trickled down from my forehead.
Breaking all platforms we landed on, we eventually lost momentum and our fall was stopped by a concrete wall at the back of the store. After taking three deep breaths to recover some stamina, I struggled my way on my feet and viewed the area.
Tenshi was a couple steps north west from me and was already on his feet. I had a hunch he would strike me first so I focused everything I had on defense. After all, that seemed to be his favorite thing to do.
I kept my back to the wall so that I could limit the number of possible directions he would be coming from. I shifted myself in the same stance as earlier while scanning the area, waiting for his reappearance.
Destroying the concrete wall he attacked me from behind anyway. I don’t even know why I didn't see that coming.
He struck me with a blow from his left fist. A blow so heavy, I thought my spine snapped for a second. I stopped myself by gripping onto the floor with my feet. The floor in my feets path was destroyed as I slid forward and I eventually lost momentum from the blow.
Tenshi dashed towards us in hopes of sinking at least one attack in but he had no plans of donating any free hits. He began charging one of those black spheres from earlier and blasted it straight to us.
Immediately, I jumped in the way and acted as some kind of barrier. In that short span of a moment, I figured that since my defenses seemed abnormally strong I would be able to take the blow.
I held out my right palm and supported it with my left as the sphere made contact.
Just like last time, it erupted into a giant explosion the second it made contact.
I managed to just barely take the blast, and thinking back on it now, the guy who can literally heal should have definitely been the shield instead.
He rushed in and pinned me down by planting his feet on my back. Desperate to avoid what would come next, I mustered what little strength I had left and struggled to take myself off the ground with the force of his foot still weighing me downwards. As if I were nothing but an ant, he denied all hopes I had by stomping me back to the floor.
“HAHAHAHA!! I have to admit, your brother sure did surprise me back there but I see now that you're both nothing but garbage!”, he said.
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