Kreal fought Meili, Kai, and Fuse with the tide in his advantage, dominating them in the water. "The tide's dropping... Did those guys get to Lyra," Kreal thought. "Well, no problem."
Meili pressed hard; "Guess it's just you now," she said.
Kreal grinned wide.
Kai frowned. "Tide's down. Advantage's ours."
Kreal chuckled low. "Playtime's far from over."
Kai lunged with speed; Kreal deflected, water rippling like silk.
"The situation has changed so it seems, I have to go all out now. But I'll try not to kill 'em too quick," Kreal thought.
Kreal's fingers weave intricate signs... Meili narrows eyes. "What's he—"
"Bujutsu Abyssal Domain: Deadwater Veil_ activate"
Meili's legs feel anchored. "Huh... water?"
Kai tilts head. "What's this pressure..."
Fuse grits teeth; breaths hitch. "My breathing..."
The air thickens - like drowning without water. Meili's chest tightens. "No... air..."
Kai thought, "Did he create a void of invisible water?", his eyes widened.
Kreal laughs low, watching them strain.
Meili stumbles. "Try to hold your breath you guys—"
Kreal smirks. "This is my domian now, whatever you do is no match for my influence. Anything in here, Dies."
Fuse groans "Head's... heavy..."
Kreal's Abyss Hearing kicks in. He senses their panic.
Kreal steps smooth towards Meili . "What do we have here, cats got your tongue? Haha"
Meili gasps. "Gotta break out..." she
struggles
As Meili, Kai, and Fuse struggled within the Deadwater Veil, Kreal's grin twisted darker. "Damn, I didn't expect it to be too quick. Using the void might not've been the best idea. Oh well." He stretched his arm, claws outstretched, aiming for Meili's head as she struggled to move away with slow, labored movements.
Just as Kreal was about to strike, a sword hurtled toward him. The blade entered the Deadwater Veil - and stopped. The velocity died instantly, leaving the sword floating mid-air. Kreal laughed low, unfazed.
Ryker's eyes widened in shock. "What kind of ability is this? He can slow things down... or what?"
Kreal smirked. "Well, well. Smart guy. You did good to keep your distance. Unless you'd have joined your students here to perish quickly."
Ryker's face tightened. "You don't have anything to hide, I already know."
Kreal's surprise flickered. "What?"
Ryker continued, voice steady, "You plan on breaking the seal of Veyruun with the help of our chi, right?"
Kreal's eyes narrowed, surprised again. "Where did you get that from?"
Ryker's gaze didn't waver. "Doesn't matter to you. All I'm concerned with is stopping that from happening."
Kreal chuckled. "Hmm. Alright. Might as well kill these ones off quickly. We both have a better fight ahead."
Ryker thinks,"I have to calculate stop-point... and get void radius..."
Ryker flung another sword toward Kreal - it too stopped mid-air, caught in the Deadwater Veil.
Kreal laughed. "You know that's not going to work."
Ryker's face stayed cold. "We'll see.
Sifu Ryker flung a short sword upward, tracking its trajectory as it hit the Deadwater Veil's upper boundary and stopped. He gauged the height, eyes locked on Kreal.
Kaede yelled, "Ryker, need backup?"
Ryker didn't answer, gaze fixed on Kreal.
Kaguya said, "I'll join him. Asami, come."
Asami nodded, though fear flickered in her eyes.
Saburo and Kagawa stayed with Kaede, pinning Lyra down.
Lyra laughed maniacally. "You guys have no chance. With that domain, he's untouchable."
Kaede snapped, "Shut it, bitch."
Kaguya smiled cold. "We'll see about that."
Asami trailed Kaguya, uneasy.
Kreal snarled, holding Meili's neck. "Stop flinging stuff at me. I won't say it again."
Ryker's tension rose. "Running out of time..."
Kreal's grip tightened on Meili. "Time's up."
Kreal's boot crushed Kai's face into the ground, Meili's neck pinned tight in his grip. Her rage boiled. "I'll pulverize you..."
Ryker lunged items at the veil. "Do you even know what you're doing, you idiot?" Kreal taunted.
Ryker kept at it. Kaguya joined, ice-needles piercing the veil's edge.
Ryker noticed items slowed 'differently' entering the veil. "The veil is weakening..."
Kreal saw it too. Ryker's chi had already been drained from his fight with Vorgath but he was ready to take a risk...
Ryker said, "I'll use Eightfold Echo... With Third Resonance my Harmonic Reversal might disrupt the veil..."
Ryker's eyes locked on Kreal. "Time field resonance..."
Ryker activated _Harmonic Reversal_. His motions amplified, shockwaves radiated.
Kreal felt it. "Well, what do we have here ?"
The Deadwater Veil shuddered . Meili, Kai, Fuse felt pressure shift.
Kreal snarled. "Not happening . Counter Resonance..."
Ryker's field clashed with the veil. "Damn it, Not enough..." Ryker knew.
Kreal laughed. "I'm Untouchable."
Meili's world darkened. "Let... go... can't... breathe..." Her body went limp in Kreal's grip.
Ryker whispered urgent to Kaguya, "Now! Water elemental... Earth... I need you both. Listen." In a flash, he outlined a plan.
Kreal flung Meili's body aside like a ragdoll and stalked toward Ryker. Kai lay motionless, Fuse crumped.
Kreal grinned, bloodlust sharp. "Try resonance again, Sifu."
Ryker lunged a sword and Kreal's veil activated. Pressure pinned Ryker like a vice.
CRACK!! Kreal punched and Ryker flew back, crashing into stone.
Kaguya and Asami's eyes widened.
Kreal blurred forward, fists connect with Ryker's face. "Weak... do resonance."
THUD!! Another blow slammed Ryker into the ground. Dust plumed.
Asami blocked with her earth-style. Kreal turned, fury sharp. "You wanna die that quick, kid."
Asami flared fear and let go Bujutsu. Kreal flashed close.
"Ahh!" Asami blocked slow-mo in Kreal's veil radius. Kreal's fist was about to make contact but...
Kaguya yanked her clear. "Bujutsu, Water Flow..." Kaguya coated herself in water chi and crashed an ice-needle into Kreal's chest. TCHICK!!
Kaguya grabbed Asami, and fled the veil quickly.
Kreal thought, "So my justu has major flaw ?"
Kaede gritted her teeth, wrestling with patience as Lyra squirmed between Kagawa and Saburo's grip. "Can't leave her with these two... not yet at least..."
Hua's group — Jaggy and Koko — tended Kaito's injury distanced away.
It was Kaguya and Asami versus Kreal. Kaguya's mind replayed Ryker's briefing:
"Kaguya, listen sharp. About Kreal's void: radius ~8 meters, height ~5. Capacity: moderate impact objects only, can't take so many bodies. Strength: chi-sustained... inpenetrable. But here's cut: void drains Kreal's chi fast. Like my resonance limit."
"Water Flow is an advantage. When both fluids redirect, yours and the ones within the void... exploit."
Kaguya mulled weaknesses when Kreal blurred toward them.
"Kaguya, look out!" Asami screamed.
Asami hurled rocks but Kreal's pressure flung them aside like pebbles.
CLANG!!
Kaguya said, "He's resorted to physical means now, how smart."
Kreal kept coming at them, fists flying.
THUD!!
Kreal snarled, "Time to end this." He snatched a long sharp item off the ground.
"I don't usually fight with a weapon... but I'm definitely dangerous with stuff like these."
Kreal charged, Kaguya and Asami planned to seal him with ice and rocks.
BAM!! The weapon broke instantly. "Pssh, weak."
Kaguya unleashed, "Bujutsu, Water Enhancement: Hailstorm," CRASH!! ice shards pelted Kreal.
Kreal struggled, "What the heck..." no void.
Kaguya thought, "No void... Now's our chance... Cmon, Asami..."
ZIP!!
Kreal with insane speed burst through the hailstorm and appeared behind them.
Hands clamped their necks. "I commend... you did good...but you're up against me."
Kaede panicked and left Jaggy, Saburo and rushed to help but it was too late.
Asami teared up, "Uh no... Sifu help!!"
Kreal: "Tine to join your classmates... What a hass—.....Uh!"
Blood gushed. "What the?"
Kaguya, Asami's eyes widened as they saw a sword go through Kreal's chest.
"Payback, bastard," Kai rasped.
Kreal stunned.
Kai infused the sword with ki energy.
Kreal roared, "You brat"— held sword and broke it. SNAP !!
"Die," Kreal activated void and Kai became vulnerable.
Kaguya rushed aid but it was too late.
SWOOSH!! Meili blurred forward. "Void Sword Style..."
Meili's katana danced through the void and absorbed Kreal's stroke.
Kreal staggered. "What...?"
Others gasped. "Meili!"
Meili quickly understood that Kreal's Abyssal Domain relies on chaotic pressure memory, making it vulnerable to techniques with structured chi flow. So like Kaguya's 'Water flow' technique other techniques as well can affect his domain, Kuoshu barriers can fracture it, the Void Sword Style creates null-pressure corridors, and Hanzo Kairo's thread alignment destabilizes its probability field, throwing Kreal's domain into instability.