"Cripple me, You've got a big mouth!" Kaido's face turned red due to anger when Derik spoke.
His eyebrows furrowed and numerous veins began popping upon his face. Soon his body size began to enlarge and his skin turned orange, his eyes were like two scorching suns, and each time he exhaled, he breathed out hot air!
Bang!
The sound of an explosion occurred around him as his fire domain began to withdraw, entering his body, further enhancing his already monstrous strength and power. Even Derik felt threatened by this man's sudden transformation!
The difference between guardian spirits and cosmic spirits kept becoming clearer in his eyes as time passed by.
"I dare you to repeat your words, little host!" Kaido took long strides in mid-air as he approached Derik.
Derik stared at the mountain of a man who was over three meters tall. A vicious grin appeared on his face as Kaido's suppressing aura collapsed on him! He felt like his joints and bones were stiff and his muscles stiffened as well. His blood-red eyes squinted as his aura gathered and suddenly exploded violently, this time he wasn't holding back the corrosive features of his aura.
Bam!
Bam!!
His death aura was like a tidal wave and it quickly crashed upon Kaido. Even if his foe possessed monstrous physical capabilities, it still won't save him from the spiritual. Amongst all elements, only death and life are absolute! This is something no being can do without, not even the creator!
The sudden increase in Kaido's strength really surprised him, he had to confess, the abilities of the cosmic spirits are not something that can be overlooked easily. If Kaido was given enough time to grow and attain three paths just like him and Cyrus, Derik wasn't really sure if he would be able to subdue this man.
"But that's not the case… You are not my opponent!" Derik laughed as he spread his death aura like a vast sea, trying to cover as much territory as possible. His blood-red eyes were fixed on the orange blurry figure, that kept retreating repeatedly. Under the threat of the death aura which could steal the life force of all beings, even Kaido could only turn around and flee.
This strategy would have been effective against those he wishes to kill, but this was a different case for Kaido. His only intention for this guy is to suppress him or beat him into submission, this will be a lot more difficult. While he is trying to subdue this man, his foe is actually trying to take his life, this is the worst situation a person can always find himself.
Wooooosh!
Derik's figure blended with the darkness as he circled around Kaido while his death aura kept harassing the sun guardian knight. His blood-red eyes glowing within the darkness showed signs of worry when he noticed the calm expression on Kaido's face. It felt as if he was trying to tell Derik that his current actions were not even worth his effort!
Kaido flipped numerous times in the air, covering hundreds of meters with just one move. The wave-like aura kept pursuing him but he wasn't bothered one bit, he still retained his proud grin on his face as he retreated repeatedly. From the corner of his eyes, he spotted a pair of red eyes lurking in the darkness far away. With a glance he could easily tell, Derik was sealing off all his escape routes, waiting for a perfect time to strike…
"Cute…It's fun to watch ants struggle… I'm curious to know your intentions…" Kaido casually waved towards the direction where Derik was hiding and shot him a quick wink as he spoke.
Seeing Kaido stare at his location, Derik's heart skipped a beat and for the first time in a while, he felt insecure. He was planning to retreat even further but when he head Kaido's comment, a vicious grin appeared on his face. His eyes let out a red light as he spat out a mouthful of darkish purple smoke in anger.
"Good… very good… You are at a level… That means I don't have to act cautiously when dealing with you!" Derik roared furiously and jumped out of the darkness.
Death magic: Bone armor!
With a resounding roar, he was covered by a shiny exoskeletal armor with a pair of two meter long claws. Another hoarse voice seemed to be stacked atop his own as he forcefully burst through the darkness, appearing right in front of Kaido!
Swipe!
Swipe!!
Bang!!!
Derik's body shot back like an arrow, only stabilizing after he put in a lot of effort to stabilize himself. By that time he managed to stop himself, he had crossed over a hundred meters. His chest heaved up and down repeatedly the chest plate of his skeletal armor had shattered completely. Kaido, on the other hand, had only a pair of shallow claw marks on his broad, muscular chest. Only little white marks were left on his body even after Derik struck at full force.
"Such a defense!" Derik exclaimed with furrowed eyebrows. He waved his hand and his death aura spread across it and the hole on his skeletal armor was magically repaired.
"With such childish attacks, you can never hope to harm me, little one!" Kaido laughed as he patted his chest proudly.
"Such arrogance! You have only yourself to blame for my ruthlessness!" Derik's rage rekindled when he heard Kaido's words. He crouched slightly like a wild beast and showcased his extraordinarily long claws to his foe.
"Silver level secret combat technique: Brilliant claw…" He hissed and his death aura exploded, surging towards his claws.
Even if he couldn't defeat this guy who possessed monstrous strength in free and fair combat, he should be able to cripple him from within with his death aura. As long as his death aura is able to find its way into the body of his foe, the battle is over!
"Don't worry… It will over just in a few minutes…" Derik hissed at the sun guardian knight, lunging forward viciously. Leaving behind trails of darkish purple claw light.
Seeing this, Kadio's smile faded and his eyebrows furrowed. Faced with something that can actually harm him. He tightened his fists and waited for his foe to arrive.
The real battle has just begun!