Ryan smiled confidently, wiping the blood from his lips with his thumb. "I knew you’d force this on , Saruto," he said defiantly.
His energy exploded, shaking the world beneath his feet, his aura surging like a raging tornado. In an instant, his Astrazine activated. On the opposite side, Saruto’s Astrazine was ablaze, a dark knight with a dragon-headed helt, standing firm.
A suffocating pressure filled the air. The two ford their Astrazine swords simultaneously and charged at each other with such speed that neither Lucien nor Kyle could follow their movents.
The swords clashed, blows flying. A strike, a block, a twist, then a counter-strike. Each impact generated shockwaves that cracked the earth and shattered rocks. But as the fight continued, their Astrazine energy was rapidly draining them. Rhyn gritted his teeth and said, his voice laced with anger, "I can’t possibly lose to you this ti, Saruto!"
At that mont, sothing inside him was released. The full power of the dragon erupted from his depths, and his Asterazine glow intensified terrifyingly. His strength doubled, and his pressure rose to a level that made the ground crack beneath his feet. Saruto stumbled backward. He felt his body grow heavy, and his limbs began to tremble. The depletion reached its limit, and his focus shattered for a fatal mont.
In that instant, he saw Rhyn’s Asterazine sword hurtling toward him. He couldn’t move. The sword slamd into him, shattering Saruto’s Asterazine and striking him directly. His body crashed to the ground with a crushing force, causing the earth beneath him to crumble.
Dust rose, covering the entire area. Kyle and Lucien tried to sense Saruto’s energy. They exchanged shocked glances. His energy was fading. "No... it can’t be..." Kyle said, his voice trembling.
They thought the last blow was fatal and decided to intervene without hesitation. But deep down, in Saruto’s mind, it wasn’t all over.
In his consciousness, he found himself standing in a dark space, with Void in front of him, smiling. "What did you think of that fight, Saruto?" Void said.
"I’ve never fought like this before... but Ryan keeps evolving, and that... got going." Saruto gasped.
"Didn’t it get you going too?" Saruto’s eyes glowed.
Void smiled. "Yes, it got going, and it makes want to crush him."
"Then... we have to keep up with his evolution," they said together, in unison.
Their eyes glowed with a deep purple light. In the real world, Lucien and Kyle stopped abruptly. A massive aura of dark energy erupted from Saruto’s body, an aura that sent everyone involuntarily recoiling. Saruto rose—or rather, sothing else rose in his place.
His eyes glowed with a terrifying purple light, and his body transford.
Scales sprouted across his skin, his hands and feet transford into sothing resembling dragon limbs, and his features hardened into monstrous viscera.
The light flooded the room, then dissipated. The new entity stood before them. "What is this?!" Ryan exclaid in disbelief. "Is Saruto from the Dragon Clan? How did he assu the form of a hybrid?"
"No... this isn’t a hybrid transformation," Lucien shook his head quickly.
"It’s... sothing else," Kyle added anxiously.
The entity raised its head, looked at them all, and said in a voice that blended the sounds of both Saruto and Void. "I am not Saruto."
But the pressure emanating from it was enough to make everyone tremble. He finished in a steady, majestic voice: "My na is... Side. I am the fusion born from the union of Saruto and Void."
"Void?" Ryan stamred. "Who’s that?"
Kyle turned to Lucien and asked in a low voice, "Do you know who he is?"
"I know... but I can’t say anything without Saruto’s permission," Lucien replied solemnly.
Side took a step forward, and the world shook. Then, looking directly at Ryan, he said, "Shall we continue the fight now, Ryan? I... am eager to fight you."
Ryan growled, a monstrous smile spreading across his face. "It doesn’t matter who you are. As long as you’re in Saruto’s body... I’ll crush you."
The next mont, Side’s energy exploded, activating his Astrazine. But this ti... it was different. Stronger, harder, deeper—as if Saruto’s Astrazine had evolved. Everyone recoiled in astonishnt. "Then... don’t bla if I tear off one of your limbs," said Side in a low, nacing voice.
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