"Agggghhh!"
Tavor emitted a sharp cry of intense pain as the large draconic demon brought his enormous, clawed foot crashing down, the sheer force of the impact audibly fracturing several of his ribs.
"This guy is strong, every punch feels similar to when I asked Colossus to punch at half strength!"
Tavor contemplated this as he instinctively brought his arms up in a defensive posture to protect himself from a punch that was rapidly approaching, but prior to the punch making contact, a significant green shape materialized accompanied by the noise of air being forcefully displaced and collided with the flank of the draconic demon with such intensity that it almost caused the demon to bend in half sideways.
BOOM... CRACK...
The draconic demon was sent flying sideways through the air, with its body rotating rapidly like a corkscrew made of flesh and blood, as it crashed into a series of trees.
BOOM...
BOOM...
BOOM...
Following its forceful impact through a fourth tree, the draconic demon contorted itself in a manner that defied natural movement before aggressively driving its clawed fingers deep into the ground.
The draconic demons nostrils flared, smoke billowing from within, its head snapped up as it glared at the new arrival, its eyes burning with pure, undiluted, killing intent.
"Hrnn... Hrnn... You dare face me, turtle? You know what happened the last time we fought, and I don't see the old man nearby to save you."
Turtle clicked his tongue in response.
"I've grown stronger since then! Come, let me educate you on the difference."
Immediately after saying this, turtle took a wide, almost inviting stance, the creatures eyes narrowing into complete focus.
Seeing this, the draconic demon snorted before taking a stance that was clearly designed to optimize his offensive power, and with a powerful stomp of his foot, launched himself towards the turtle.
FWOOSH...
The draconic demon moved swiftly, his right arm raised to deliver a ferocious punch to turtles face.
"So fast, I can barely keep up!" Tavor thought as he leaned against the tree that still dripped with his warm blood, but what happened next caused the young Saiyan's dark eyes to snap open wide.
BOOM...
RUMBLE...
The draconic demons attack was blocked by turtles arm, several scales scattering through the air as they shattered under the force.
The residual force erupted outward, tearing the air from the surrounding space and leaving behind a brief, unnatural vacuum.
Turtle looked up and met the ferocious draconic demon's burning gaze with one filled with righteous fury and before the demon could pull back its arm, Turtle reached out and grasped him by his forearm before pulling.
"Wh..." Before the draconic demon could complete a single word he was pulled towards turtle who had reared back his head before headbutting the demon.
BOOM...
CRACK...
The draconic demon's head snapped back from the impact, facing towards the sky, shards of broken deep-sea colored scales scattering in all directions and exposing the soft flesh underneath.
Before the demon could recover from the headbutt he felt a firm grip upon one of the horns protruding from his brow.
"You... You dare touch my horns with your filthy..."
The demon was once more interrupted as turtle slammed him headfirst into the ground.
RUMBLE...
The ground rose up around the point of impact before seemingly rebounding on itself, creating an earthquake within the local area.
Tavor saw all of this from where he sat and could barely restrain his jaw from dropping in shock.
"I knew turtle was strong... But this is insane."
Tavor tightened his hand into a fist with such intensity that his knuckles became pale and his fingernails pressed painfully into his skin; his innate Saiyan desire for combat was in direct conflict with the understanding that he would probably suffer a terrible death if he were to interfere.
"I need to become stronger..." Tavor whispered through gritted teeth before adjusting his legs into a crossed position and closing his eyes, the previously palpable anger and frustration melting away as he focused his will internally.
He concentrated on cultivating and directing the energy that coursed through the very blood in his veins, each organ infused with a pale white light, with his heart shining the most intensely.
Thump...
Thump...
Thump...
His heart began to beat rapidly within his chest, and he felt a powerful surge of pale white light initiating from deep within him, then quickly spreading throughout his entire circulatory system, flowing through his veins, vessels, and arteries to encompass his whole body.
"I wonder..."
Tavor directed some of his energy towards the broken rib fragments and was surprised to discover that as the energy surrounded the bones, the intense pain started to lessen, though only slightly.
Tavor opened his eyes once more and shakily reached for the last of the red fruits he had on his person and clicked his tongue seeing that nearly all the juice was gone, leaving mostly just the translucent red skin.
"Well it's better than nothing..." He popped the remaining fruit into his mouth and shivered due to the texture that reminded him of dried dates.
The fruit's natural healing properties began to take effect immediately, but Tavor noticed that although he was healing, the rate at which he healed was clearly slower, his bones cracking audibly as they merged back together, and his flesh knitting together so slowly that he had to avoid looking down at it.
He gazed back up toward the fight between the draconic demon and turtle and saw that the two were trading blows at blistering speeds.
FWOOSH!
A fist vanished from sight.
BOOM!
It suddenly became visible as it collided with an opposing forearm.
Another fist flashed forward.
CRACK!
Turtle's shell-like forearm met the demon's knuckles with enough force to send a violent shockwave through the surrounding trees, before they disappeared once more.
FWOOSH!
BOOM!
FWOOSH!
CRACK!
FWOOSH!
BA-BOOM!
Their movements were so fast that Tavor could no longer follow the individual attacks, he could only see them at the instant they collided.
Every impact briefly revealed their positions before they vanished again, their movements leaving behind nothing but displaced air and the thunderous sounds of their exchanges.
Tavor's eyes widened.
"How are they moving that fast?"
His Ki Perception struggled to compensate, but despite his amateur understanding of energy, he could still sense them, if only just barely.
He could feel the enormous concentrations of energy moving across the battlefield.
But sensing something and actually following it were two completely different things.
Turtle's energy suddenly shifted, and the draconic demon's did the same.
Tavor's pupils contracted.
"They're going to collide again..."
FWOOSH!
The two combatants materialized at the same point.
Turtle's fist shot forward.
The draconic demon's fist followed, but this time, something changed.
Instead of meeting Turtle's punch head-on, the demon twisted his body sideways.
His claws snapped around Turtle's extended wrist.
CRACK!
Turtle's fist stopped dead.
The force of his own attack caused the muscles throughout his arm to tense violently.
The draconic demon's fingers immediately tightened.
His elongated claws pierced through the thick flesh of Turtle's arm.
Dark red blood began to trickle down his scales.
Turtle's eyes widened.
"Urgh!"
He immediately attempted to wrench his arm free, but the demon's claws only dug deeper.
Turtle pulled harder.
The claws sank farther into his flesh.
"Get..."
Turtle's muscles bulged as he planted his feet against the ground.
"...off!"
He violently twisted his body and attempted to rip his arm from the demon's grasp.
The draconic demon refused to release him.
Instead, its fingers curled tighter.
Its claws had become anchors.
The harder Turtle struggled, the deeper they buried themselves into his flesh.
The draconic demon's claws remained buried deep within Turtle's arm.
The creature's grin widened, showing off it's razor sharp teeth, then its maw slowly opened.
One row of jagged teeth after another became visible as its jaws stretched far beyond what should have been anatomically possible.
Tavor's eyes narrowed.
"What..."
A faint red glow began illuminating the inside of the demon's mouth.
It intensified.
The glow became a more sinister red, appearing to mimic the color of fresh blood.
Soon, the interior of the demon's maw was filled with a sphere of concentrated, malefic red energy.
Purple lightning began crackling around it.
KRAK!
KRAK-KRAK!
The bolts crawled across the demon's teeth and disappeared into the growing sphere.
Tavor's expression changed.
"That's..."
His Ki Perception immediately screamed at him.
The energy wasn't simply powerful.
It was dense.
The longer the demon charged it, the more violently the surrounding space seemed to distort around the attack.
Turtle saw it too.
His eyes narrowed.
Without hesitation, Turtle violently pulled himself forward.
The demon's claws tore deeper into his arm, but turtle ignored the pain.
He reared his head back, and slammed it forward forcefully.
BOOM!
Turtle's skull smashed directly into the demon's face.
The draconic demon's head snapped backward from the impact, its horns cutting through the air as blood sprayed from its nose, but the demon didn't release him.
It didn't even stop charging, the red sphere continued to grow unabated.
Turtle's eyes widened.
"You're insane!"
The demon's head slowly returned to its original position.
Its crimson eyes locked onto Turtle; purple lightning danced across its teeth.
The energy continued swelling, and Tavor felt his stomach twist.
He could feel the sphere nearing critical mass; his newly awakened Ki Perception was practically screaming at him to avoid the attack at all costs.
"GET AWAY FROM IT!"
Turtle pulled again.
Nothing.
The demon's claws remained embedded in his flesh.
The red energy suddenly compressed inward.
For one brief moment, the battlefield became completely silent.
Then the draconic demon roared.
"AAAAAARRRGH!"
The sphere erupted, turning into a condensed beam of brilliant red energy exploded from its maw.
KRAAAAAAAAAA-BOOM!
The beam struck Turtle directly in the head, and Tavor's eyes widened in horror.
The enormous turtle's body was engulfed in the attack for only a moment before the beam continued beyond him, tearing through the landscape and disappearing into the distant horizon.
Silence was all that remained, but then...
BOOOOM!
A massive explosion erupted in the distance.
The blast resembled a miniature nuclear detonation.
A towering column of smoke and debris rose into the sky as the shockwave raced across the landscape.
RUMBLE...
RUMBLE...
The ground beneath Tavor shook violently.
Loose stones bounced across the dirt, and trees swayed.
Dust rose into the air.
Tavor stared forward, his face having gone completely pale.
Slowly, the beam dissipated.
Smoke drifted through the battlefield, and Tavor's eyes desperately searched through the haze.
Then he saw him, or what appeared to be him.
Turtle's body remained standing, but his head was gone.
A large section of his shell glowed bright red from the incredible heat, wisps of smoke rising from its surface.
Tavor's breathing stopped.
"No..."
His hands began trembling.
"Turtle..."
The young Saiyan's eyes widened.
"TURTLE..."
His voice cracked.
"TURTLE... NOOOO!"
BOOM!
Tavor slammed his fist into the ground.
The earth cracked outward from the impact as his fist buried itself into the dirt, leaving behind a deep, unmistakable imprint.
His shoulders trembled, his teeth clenched.
The draconic demon slowly turned toward him, then it grinned menacingly.
Its mouth stretched to unnatural proportions, exposing row after row of bloodstained teeth.
"Don't worry, kid..."
The demon's claws finally began pulling themselves free from Turtle's arm.
"You will join him soon!"
The demon began turning toward Tavor.
Then it stopped, its expression changed, its own ki senses telling him that something was wrong.
A strange sensation crawled up its spine, and the demon slowly looked back towards the turtle.
"...What?"
Turtle was still standing.
But there was something inside the ruined shell.
Two eyes, two enormous, practically glowing eyes.
They stared directly at the draconic demon.
There was no fear in them, no pain, no hesitation, only pure killing intent.
The demon froze.
"What..."
Turtle's neck suddenly shot outward from within his shell.
His jaws opened impossibly wide, and the draconic demon barely had time to react.
CRUNCH!
Turtle's jaws clamped down around the demon's neck.
The demon's eyes bulged.
"A-Agggghhh!"
Its claws instinctively grabbed at Turtle's head.
"Let go!"
Turtle's jaws tightened.
"Stop!"
The demon's voice cracked with panic.
"NOOOOOOO!"
CRUNCH...
RIPPP!
Turtle violently jerked his head backward.
A massive chunk of the demon's neck tore free between his teeth.
Blood erupted from the wound.
The draconic demon staggered backward.
Only a thin strip of flesh and scales remained attached to the opposite side of its neck.
Its head hung grotesquely against its chest, blood poured from the wound in a torrential stream.
The demon's body twitched.
Then its healing factor activated.
Fresh flesh began crawling across the wound, muscle fibers rapidly intertwined, and new scales started forming.
The severed tissues desperately attempted to reconnect.
Turtle watched.
His eyes narrowed, then he opened his mouth again.
The demon's eyes widened.
"No..."
Turtle lunged.
CRUNCH!
His jaws clamped around the remaining strip of bloody flesh.
With a single violent jerk of his head, he tore it completely free.
RIP!
The draconic demon's head separated from its body, and with a dull thud, it dropped heavily to the ground.
THUD.
The massive body remained standing for a moment.
Then its knees buckled.
BOOM.
It collapsed.
The battlefield fell silent.
Turtle slowly withdrew his head back into the shell as blood dripped from his jaws.
Tavor stared, his mouth hanging open in shock.
He looked at the headless body, then at Turtle, and then back at the body.
Tavor's expression slowly changed.
"That..."
He swallowed.
"...was terrifying."