Author's Note: Unedited Chapters ------------------------- 'His physical energy is increasing by the second... the more this battle prolongs, the stronger he will get,' Gustav also came to this realisation using God Eyes. Zing~ A five feet long katana appeared in Gustav's grasp in the next instant which instantly automatically unsheathed. Electric arcs could be seen swimming across the red blade as it emitted a certain pressure the moment Gustav touched the hilt. This was the Jiko Hakai Katana and Gustav had decided to make use of it since he wanted to maintain a no direct contact battle. Gustav gathered energy as he raised the Jiko Hakai Katana in a vertical format. The katana's red blade glowed brightly as the electric arcs swimming around it increased in length and intensity. Captain Kriv who was trying to get up from up ahead, sensed another feeling of danger as he stared forward. Thiiiinnghhhh! The entire stage had been lit up in bright red as Gustav placed his second hand on the hilt of the Katana, before swinging it downwards with great might. Captain Kriv ignored the pain he was feeling and quickly jumped to his feet. fwwwhiiiii~ He sped sideways, with the intention of dodging the immensely long arc of reddish energy sweeping forward at the moment. When Captain Kriv realised he couldn't dodge, he separated his arms like he was going in for a hug while tightening his rocky muscles. Sweeping both hands forward, Captain Kriv clapped his hands together with great force. Booooommmm! It sounded like a nuclear weapon had gone off as a burst of wave from the impact shot forward with intensity. BOOOOOOM! The moment Gustav's attack and Captain Kriv's clap effect collided, a greater blast rang out as the two powers contended against each other sending powerful waves across the place. Gustav's stabbed the Jiko Hakai Katana in ground as the waves spreading across the vicinity from collision, threatened to blast him away. His body flailed in the air for a bit as he held the hilt of the katana while pushing a palm forward. All of a sudden the gravitational force around him underwent a reversal causing the waves blasting in his direction to shift upwards. He stabilised his figure as his hair blew in the wind while the red arc battling for supremacy up ahead, finally slashed through Captain Kriv's attack. Bang! Fortunately for Captain Kriv the massive red arc had reduced in power so when it hit, the damage was not as great as it would have been. However, despite that Captain Kriv had taken more damage than he had inflicted on Gustav in the last few minutes. His reddish rocky covering after activating Core Transformation was usually powerful enough to tank attacks of high calibre without taking any or much damage but in Gustav's case these damages were beyond the threshold. Captain Kriv face emitted an expression of horror as Gustav swung the Katana forward once more before he even had the chance to recuperate. Swwiiihhhhh! Swwwiiihhh! Swwwhiiii! Swwwiihh! Captain Kriv quickly thrust his fist forward multiple times in reaction to the incoming slashes. His fists were like ballistic weaponry, sending powerful surges forward as he thrust out multiple times. Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! The blast the collisions created were like nothing that had been seen before as Captain Kriv was finally managing to stand his ground by thrusting his fists more than a hundred times forward in a single second. 'I need a chance...' This made the explosiveness his combined attacks carried to be on par with the slashes from the Jiko Hakai katana. Krrryychhhh! Cracks began to appear on the sixth layer of the barrier surrounding them. Captain Kriv was still taking occassional damage from their continous firing of attacks but none of them stopped. Swwiiihhhhh! Swwwiiihhh! Swwwhiiii! Swwwiihh! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! From the spectators point of view they could barely see anything besides blurry movement of limbs and flurries of powerful attack, each capable of leveling the face of a planet. Gustav kept repeatedly slashing forward with the Jiko Hakai Katana while Captain Kriv kept thrusting his fist forward to counter. Bang! The sixth layer soon got blasted to smithereeens but fortunately, the seventh layer quickly took its place. Despite the overpowered state of Captain Kriv, he was still getting pushed back and taking occasional damages as the back and forth attacks continously played out. 'I only need an opportunity... an opening...' Captain Kriv's face displayed a pressured look as he kept thrusting his fist forward repeatedly. Gustav had a grasp on the Jiko Hakai Katana now and due to his tremendous strength while Ultimate Combination was activated, he was barely taking any damage from using the powerful Katana. Thiiinnnnghhhhhh! A reddish bolt suddenly descended from the air in Gustav's position. Sweeewiii~ He swiftly swerved towards the left as the reddish bolt slammed onto the ground in the position where he was initially situated. The split moment Gustav stopped his attack to evade the beam was the opportunity Captain Kriv has been waiting for as his rocky thighs exploded with power and he charged forward. THOOOOMMM~ The explosive speed at which he charged forward left Gustav dumbfounded as it hadn't even been a second when he spotted a powerful fist of domination sweeping at his figure. Captain Kriv's acceleration was faster than Angy's base speed so it would leave anyone dumbfounded, Gustav included. [Lightning Blitz Has Been Activated] Gustav activated Lightning Blitz for the fifth time, causing it to go into a ten minutes cooldown. Thrraazhhhhh~ His figure reappeared a distance away within the crater. However, at this same moment Captain Kriv turned around gathering the waves generated from his fist and causing it to make a 360° turn as well. The instant Gustav reappeared thousands of feet away, Captain Kriv roared as he shot his fist in Gustav's new direction. Thrrrrrihhhhhhh~ The grounds split open once more as the waves traveled forward, arriving before Gustav in nearly an instant. Gustav swung the Katana downwards once more to divide the incoming wave of destruction in two halves. He had reacted swiftly enough but didn't gather enough energy to do more than just cleave the waves of destruction in two. Thwwwhoossshhhh~ Captain Kriv had accelerated forward once more with as much energy as he could gather at the moment, causing steam to erupt from his rocky body as he arrived before Gustav with his massive outstretched fist once more. At this point, Captain Kriv was sure his attack would connect since Gustav was not only taken by surprise on the fact that he managed to use that explosive speed twice but also because he had attacked before Gustav could raise his katana for the second time. 'Finally...' Captain Kriv believed he had trapped Gustav and now he would finally come out victorious from this arduous battle. To his utmost surprise a faint smirk appeared on Gustav's bloody face as he suddenly vanished. Thrriihhzzhh~ Captain Kriv's fist phased into a spherical shaped blue orb that appeared in place of Gustav and he suddenly felt the energy from his fist get sapped. "What in the name of the gods?" He uttered with a shocked expression as the blueish orb began glowing after absorbing energy from his fist. In the next moment... Boooooom! The orb exploded, sweeping Captain Kriv off his feet with the same energy that had been consumed from his fist. Rocks crumbled from his chest and face area but before he could stabilise himself in mid air, he felt a pair of hands on his back. These hands held his body up, stopping him from continously spiralling across the air and in the next instant... Swwoossshh~ His figure blurred as they arrived in a different location before he couod blink. Thooooooommm! A massive reddish beam descended from above, mercilsessly colliding onto his body as he was held up like a powerless child. "Giiaaahhhhhhh!" Captain Kriv groaned as the beam obliterated a huge chunk of his rocky body. However, this wasn't the end as the figure holding onto him flew in another direction. Swwoooosshhh~ They once more appeared underneath a descending red bolt and the same scenario as earlier played out again. Swwooossshhh~ Thooooooomm! "Giiarrrrhhhh!" Swwooossshhh~ Thooooooomm! "Giiarrrrhhhh!" After it occurred two more times, Captain Kriv's body had been reduced to a former shell of itself as chunks of his rocky body parts seemed to have blasted in multiple directions. His limbs were gone and he was barely conscious at this point with a completely charred body. Gustav who was holding him up in mid air could tell that Captain Kriv's energy had stopped increasing at this point. He finally let go of him, causing Captain Kriv's body to fall from mid air like a enlarged sack of potatoes. Bang! Gustav floated in mid air with his tail waving and his silver skin glowing in elegance as he stared at the completely descerated battle stage before him. The spectators were all stunned from the battle they had witnessed that they had forgotten to cheer. Their jaws hung loosely for a bit while Gustav stared in the direction of the Draconets Participants. "You're next," He voiced calmly, yet his voice reverberated loudly across the entire arena. Yaaahhhhh! Wooooooouuuu! Cheers~ Loud cheers rang out across the arena at this moment as almost every spectator started chanting Gustav's name. "Crimson! Crimson! Crimson! Crimson! Crimson!"