— "Eat this, you big idiot!"
BOOM!!!
Hardly had Shin's provocation left his lips when Maximilian Orlov moved at a speed that tore through the air. Before anyone could react, the titan's massive hand, coated in beast-type Sophion, reached out and clamped tightly around Shin's face. With brutal, relentless force, Orlov dragged Shin right through layers of rock and concrete, smashing through the subterranean arena's ceiling and hurtling out onto the city surface above in terrifying fashion.
— "SHIN!" Kento bellowed, his bare fists clenching hard.
Ling Mo, standing nearby, was thoroughly stunned by this explosive burst of speed. Without a moment's hesitation, both instantly channeled kinetic force into their legs and rocketed upwards along the trail of destruction.
In mid-air, as he was dragged upward through the falling rubble, Shin showed no panic. Instead, his mouth curled into a wild, frantic grin:
— "Fighting on the surface makes things way more fun!"
Instantly, Shin packed an immense volume of Sophion into both bare fists. Twisting his body, he unleashed a dizzying barrage of rapid punches straight into Orlov's chest and ribs. Packed with explosive internal force, these punches penetrated deep through thick layers of muscle, slamming directly into the giant's internal organs.
NGHH... UGH!
The agonizing pain from within forced Orlov to unconsciously loosen his grip on Shin's face.
BOOM!!! BOOM!!!
Both massive bodies fell freely from above, crashing heavily into the asphalt in the middle of a bustling city avenue. Dozens of high-tech vehicles slammed on their brakes, nearly causing a massive pile-up thanks to the two combatants dropping out of the sky.
Orlov scrambled up from the crater in the asphalt, wiping a trickle of blood from the corner of his mouth, and marveled:
— "You little punk... Those punches actually hurt!"
Standing ten meters away, Shin dusted off his coat and answered arrogantly:
— "The power born from my hard training exists to rewrite the rules of this generation!"
— "I'll give you credit for that!" Orlov growled, his muscles bulging once more. "If you were born earlier and existed in the Primal generation, you would've been the very first target we hunted down!"
While Orlov was still rambling, a dark shadow closed in on his flank at inhuman speed. It was Kento. Fighting completely bare-handed, he pivoted, leapt into the air, and threw the full weight and kinetic force of his body into a brutal knee strike directly to the left side of the giant's face.
BANG!!!
The vicious knee strike sent Orlov flying tens of meters, smashing clean through the brick wall of a sturdy building by the roadside. Ling Mo landed right beside Shin to observe the situation.
Kento pulled back his leg, adopting a stance with his bare, veiny hands, and grumbled to Shin:
— "Don't hog all the fun to yourself when we fight, Shin! It's been forever since I found someone interesting enough to stretch my muscles on."
CRASH... BOOM!
From the rubble of the collapsed building, Orlov stepped out, shaking his bruised head:
— "You little bastard... You're fast!"
However, before he could gain his footing, Ling Mo took the initiative. He activated his ultimate technique: SHADOWLESS STEP.
Ling Mo's speed pushed to the absolute limit, leaving behind a lifelike afterimage standing frozen in place. In reality, he was moving so fast that he surpassed the retina's ability to capture light, completely fooling Orlov's vision.
By the time Orlov realized he had swung at an invisible phantom, the real Ling Mo was already pressed against his side, fingers grouped to deliver an internal penetrating strike. However, the combat instincts of a Gen-Primal were far too sharp. Orlov suddenly whipped his arm around, catching Ling Mo's wrist tightly.
— "You're way too fast!" Orlov roared.
Using sheer, brute physical strength, he hurled Ling Mo away. The terrifying throwing force generated a visible shockwave, blasting Ling Mo into a line of high-tech hovercars parked by the road.
KABOOM! KABOOM! KABOOM!
Dozens of vehicles burst into intense flames and exploded in sequence. Fire and flying shrapnel rained down, dragging quite a few curious onlookers into the chaos, killing them on the spot.
At that moment, police forces from the Shin-Jinrui Central District arrived in massive numbers. Yet, dozens of gun barrels and armored vehicles could only establish a perimeter from afar; not a single soul dared to intervene. The creature raging before them was a monster from the Primal generation—MAXIMILIAN ORLOV. These officers, who only possessed and controlled low-grade Sophion, would be nothing more than ants stepping into a hurricane if they rushed in. They could only do their best to evacuate civilians to prevent the battle's fallout from expanding.
Shin looked around, his brow furrowing tightly as he saw fires raging everywhere:
— "If we keep fighting like this here, the casualties will be off the charts!"
He turned and shouted to his two companions:
— "We have to drive this bastard out of the city! Kento, check on Ling Mo!"
— "I'm fine," a cold voice sounded right beside Shin.
Shin turned in surprise to see Ling Mo already standing there, his clothes only slightly dusted with ash.
— "Huh? You're that fast?"
Without wasting a single second, Ling Mo and Kento charged forward in unison.
Ling Mo activated INSTANT COMPRESSION, forcibly boosting his speed several-fold to plunge straight into Orlov's absolute blind spot within a single millisecond (1 ms).
Meanwhile, Kento closed in directly using his Free-Flow Combat. He employed the classic damage-tanking style of Kyokushin Karate. With a skeletal and muscular structure reinforced to the maximum by specialized Sophion, Kento didn't bother dodging. He used his bare body to absorb Orlov's violent counterattack head-on, locking both of the giant's arms to create a fatal opening for Ling Mo.
CLANCH!
The target was fixed. Ling Mo's super-accelerated punch compressed all kinetic force and released it instantly upon contact with Orlov's chest. Without a deafening explosion, the attack generated a horrifyingly extreme internal penetrating power.
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THUD... KABOOM!
Orlov's heavy body was blasted far into the distance, crashing through wall after wall, punching through three consecutive high-rise buildings before finally coming to a halt.
Behind them, Shin clapped his hands, laughing aloud:
— "Nice! Very nice! That one definitely stung!"
Kento clutched his chest, suppressing a mouthful of dark blood down his throat, and said:
— "If a punch doesn't work on a tank of this size, I'm holding you responsible, Ling Mo."
Ling Mo didn't answer, his cold gaze firmly locked on the distant rubble:
— "..."
From deep within the ruins of the punctured skyscraper, Orlov stumbled out. This time, he began coughing up fresh blood, as the internal penetrating strike had severely damaged his organs. But before Shin, Kento, and Ling Mo could plan their next move, Orlov went completely insane.
SWISH!
He charged forward at an unbelievable velocity, throwing a hammer-like straight punch directly into Kento's gut, blasting him backward. Without stopping, Orlov stood at the center, spreading both arms toward the sky as he unleashed his entire primal Sophion aura straight into the stratosphere.
— "STARFALL JUDGEMENT!!!" Orlov bellowed.
In the sky above the city, Sophion energy condensed into tens of thousands of lethal, giant spears of light. As he brought his hands down violently, a rain of energy spears descended at supersonic speed like a needle storm.
— "Run!" Shin yelled.
All three—Shin, Kento, and Ling Mo—had to tap into every ounce of their life-speed to sprint out of the blast zone before the light spears struck the earth, generating heat explosions that leveled an entire suburb.
Orlov walked through the blazing smoke, smirking:
— "You brats are fast! By my generation's standards, you'd already qualify as Gen-Primals! But I intentionally restricted the range of that last move, which is why the spot you're standing on wasn't erased. Otherwise, I couldn't guarantee this whole district wouldn't be wiped off the map!"
Kento wiped blood from his nose, sneering:
— "Big explosion, huh?"
Ling Mo silently gathered force into his legs:
— "..."
Shin winked, the killer intent on his body shifting into a deep, toxic black:
— "Then let me find another spot! I haven't even gone all out against you yet, Russian bear!"
Orlov laughed maniacally:
— "Then let me take you all somewhere private to fight!"
BOOM!!!
Orlov slammed his foot down. A wave of Sophion energy erupted as violent propulsion, blasting all three of them far away from the bustling metropolis. Flying past technological borders, they shot straight toward a desolate, overgrown plain.
CRASH! CRASH! CRASH!
All three slammed into the earth, sliding and carving deep trenches into the soil and stone.
Shin scrambled up, dusting dirt from his hair, and complained:
— "Is there a less painful way to travel, you bastard?"
Orlov descended from above like a god of war, explaining in a haughty voice:
— "Rest assured on this planet. Only that super-city has living beings; everything else is wild plain. In this entire 10-planet Federation, this is the most ideal place to bury you all!"
Shin flipped upright, his fingers twitching slightly as impatience flashed in his eyes:
— "Shut up already, stop explaining! I'll butcher you right now! Let me tear you apart!"
Orlov froze for a second, then threw his head back and laughed heartily, blurting out in Russian:
— "Ты хорош, парень, я никогда не встречал никого, похожего на тебя!"
(You're good, kid, I've never met anyone like you!)
Shin smiled a sinister smile, his eyes turning completely bottomless, pitch black:
— "I bet... right now, even your own brain is forced to deceive you!"
RUMBLE!
The moment Shin's words fell, a dark, silent surge of energy suddenly erupted from his body, expanding outward into a massive spherical independent space that enveloped all four of them.
REALM OF MIND ANNIHILATION!!!
At a glance, the interior of the realm looked identical to the surrounding plain, but the moment Orlov was trapped inside, the specialized energy wavelength of this structure directly invaded, manipulated, and twisted his entire perception, consciousness, and willpower.
As for Kento and Ling Mo, thanks to Shin's selective Sophion synchronization, they were completely unaffected.
At this point, Orlov's eyes widened in shock. He felt the commands sent from his brain to his body become maddeningly delayed and inverted. His brain ordered his body to dodge left, but it automatically stepped right. His brain ordered a straight punch, but his hands pulled back into a guard.
Worse still, Shin completely warped his spatial perception. Orlov roared, wildly punching at a phantom of Shin before him, but in reality, there was no one there—he was merely expending all his strength flailing harmlessly at empty space.
Shin stood in another corner of the realm, his fingers twitching continuously to maintain the domain. He shouted toward his companions:
— "Ling Mo! Kento! Gang up on him now! I can only maintain this Mind Realm for exactly 15 seconds! Hurry up, I can't hold it for long!!!"
Instantly, Kento and Ling Mo charged like twin bolts of lightning at Maximilian Orlov. In a world of inverted perception, Orlov could only swing helplessly at thin air.
SWISH! SWISH!
Kento entered the fray with a wild, unique combat style. He seamlessly blended the fluid footwork of Capoeira with the brutal toughness of Kyokushin Karate. His figure swayed to the unpredictable rhythm of the Ginga, suddenly somersaulting through mid-air to drive a bare heel straight into Orlov's solar plexus from an impossible angle.
The Sophion leaking from Kento's body left brilliant, interwoven trails of light along his path of movement. After every acrobatic feint, the kinetic energy from the previous kick accumulated and transferred directly into the next. With each passing strike, Kento's blows grew heavier, multiplying the damage exponentially.
THUD! CRACK! BOOM!
At the same time, Ling Mo gave Orlov no room to breathe. Closing in at point-blank range, his fingers gathered like drill bits, delivering a relentless stream of internal penetrating strikes into the critical vitals along the giant's spine and ribs. Ling Mo's continuous penetrating strikes shredded the beast-type Sophion armor, directly destroying the internal blood vessels.
KABOOM!
The fifteen seconds of hell came to an end. The Realm of Mind Annihilation reached its limit and shattered like glass fragments. As normal perception returned, Orlov dropped heavily to one knee to keep from collapsing. He vomited a large pool of blood, his chest heaving as he gasped angrily:
— "Damn it... This spatial domain has absolutely no weak points to break. You just have to stand there and wait out the timer! If your control were better, it wouldn't just be the mind—this thing could make anyone with Sophion struggle horribly with their senses and nervous system!"
Shin pulled back his hands, panting heavily from exhaustion, but didn't forget to boast:
— "How about that? It has a few flaws, but with a bit more work, I'll be able to move freely inside that domain without having to stay still to maintain it!"
Orlov growled, standing up straight as his bloodshot eyes locked onto the three of them. He laughed maniacally, spewing a curse in Russian:
— "Ха-ха-ха, но я думаю, у тебя не будет этой «весны», ублюдок!"
(Hahaha, but I don't think you'll live to see that day, you bastard!)
HISS…
Right before their eyes, all the torn skin, shredded flesh, broken ribs, and damaged internal organs on Orlov's body began to emit white steam. His cells divided at terrifying speed, self-healing and restoring him to his original state within seconds.
Kento narrowed his eyes, his bare fists clenching:
— "Immortal?"
— "I sacrifice Sophion energy to regenerate my body!" Orlov twisted his titan shoulders, laughing arrogantly. "What is Sophion energy for? It's meant for situations like this! Sophion is omnipotent!"
SWISH!
With those words, Orlov charged with a velocity vastly superior to before. His speed and power had ascended to a new level after activating the regeneration mechanism. A heavy straight punch packing thousands of pounds of pressure struck Ling Mo directly, sending him flying tens of meters.
Instantly, Orlov spun around and unleashed a brutal hook straight at Kento. Kento raised both arms to guard his face, employing Kyokushin Karate's toughest defensive technique to absorb the blow head-on.
CRASH!
The impact sent Kento sliding back across the ground, his bare feet carving two deep trenches into the earth. Kento lowered his arms, blood trickling from the corner of his lips, but his dead eyes now burned with a wild, crazy fire:
— "That actually hurt... I'm starting to get excited! This is insane!!!"
SWISH!
Without a shred of fear, Kento charged straight at Orlov. Two madmen plunged into a brutal, bare-knuckle brawl, trading blow for blow without bothering to dodge. Kento threw a bare punch that broke Orlov's teeth, and the titan instantly slammed a punch that dislocated Kento's jaw. But the more Kento fought, the louder and wilder he laughed:
— "Harder! Hit harder! Fight so you aren't forgotten! Hahahahaha!"
— "I never expected to run into a suicidal brat like you!" Orlov went crazy himself at Kento's sheer resilience.
Realizing Kento was starting to get overwhelmed by Orlov's size, Shin intervened immediately. Wrapping dark Sophion around his fists, he joined his brother in delivering a rapid combo. When Orlov tried to counter, the two brothers simultaneously applied Aikido's force-redirection principles, borrowing his punch momentum to deflect the blow and retaliate with lethal hits into his body.
— "Отличное сотрудничество, но попробуйте вот это, два придурка!"
(Great teamwork, but try this, you two idiots!)
Orlov roared, unable to endure the pincer maneuver any longer. He leapt backward, his beast-type Sophion energy transforming into a deadly deep purple. He slammed both titan hands deep into the soil of the plain.
GREAT VOID: ASHEN ECLIPSE!!!
KABOOM!
A deep purple circle of energy expanded outward from Orlov at the speed of sound, covering a massive area hundreds of meters wide. This move caused no loud explosion or dust cloud, but carried a supreme rule: "Absolute Extinction."
All molecular bonds of all matter within the circle were forcibly broken instantly. The grass, trees, soil, and rocks around Shin and Kento began to disintegrate into ash and evaporate.
SWISH!
In the nick of time, a phantom of speed flashed through. Ling Mo used the last remnants of his strength to activate maximum acceleration, grabbing Shin and Kento by their collars and dragging them clear of the purple circle just before the ground beneath them evaporated into nothingness.
When the circle disappeared, the spot where Orlov stood had turned into a smooth, empty crater three meters deep, as if matter had never existed there.
Orlov pulled his hands from the ground, panting, and glanced in their direction:
— "That fast bastard... You saved your friends quick. I thought it was over."
THUD.
Ling Mo collapsed to his knees, gasping for air. He had hit the physical limit of his body after repeatedly forcing super-acceleration to overwhelm and rescue them.
— "Damn it... Orlov! If you want to play this to the end, then I'll play with you!" Shin gritted his teeth, his killing intent surging.
Shin and Kento charged forward once more. But unlike before, Orlov was now like a true wild beast—infinitely stronger and faster, completely dominating the two brothers. A single backhand swipe sent Shin flying far away. On this wild battleground, only Kento remained standing, soloing the Russian titan alone.
Orlov looked at Kento, covered in wounds yet still burning with fierce eyes, and growled in excitement:
— "You're getting more and more thrilled, aren't you?! Fine! Let's fight to the death!!!"
BOOM!
Orlov gathered force into his right arm and unleashed a straight punch of devastating power directly into Kento. The punch was so strong it completely shattered his guard, sending Kento slamming flat onto the ground. The plain floor cracked into deep fissures, causing Kento's body to sink deep into the earth.
But Orlov didn't stop there. He pounced, mounting Kento, and relentlessly hammered brutal elbow strikes and direct headbutts straight into Kento's face.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Each ground-and-pound strike made the surrounding earth tremble. Kento's body lay motionless, but his head was beaten deep into the dark depths of the soil by the titan's savage force. Fresh blood stained the earth red. All movement in Kento's body vanished—not a single sign of life remained.
Witnessing his younger brother lying motionless under Orlov's ruthless assault, the world in Shin's eyes shattered. His mind went blank, then a rush of hot blood surged straight to his brain.
— "KENTO!!! YOU BASTARD... LET GO OF MY BROTHER!!!"
CRASH... KABOOM!!!
Shin snapped completely, losing all control. A wild, dark power from deep within his bloodline began to surge at dizzying speed. Shin discarded all safety limits of his biological body, shattering every seal on his Sophion energy. He forcibly released Sophion continuously, burning energy to an extreme degree.
HISS! SPARKS!
Around Shin's body, red and black Sophion electricity intertwined, crackling violently against the air. The sheer weight of his Sophion pressure was now so dense and heavy that the surrounding atmosphere expanded and warped, emitting horrifying crackles.
Orlov, about to land another blow, froze. He turned his head toward Shin, his bloodshot eyes showing intense wariness and utter horror for the very first time:
— "What the hell is this?! How can his energy level spike this wildly?! You... You are the strongest monster I've ever met in my life!"
Shin took a step forward. The ground beneath his feet instantly turned into pitch-black ash. His eyes were now a deep, void-black, containing absolute destruction:
— "Then let's go... I'm going to kill you, you dog!"
END OF CHAPTER 27