Such dominating flames!
"We're not done!"
Kyo's assault continued like a relentless storm!
"Aragami!"
"Dokugami!"
"Koto Moon Positive!"
A series of combos familiar to any fighting game player flowed from him seamlessly!
Cloud was beaten into constant retreat, relying solely on [Mind's Eye] to barely maintain defense and evasion!
He felt like he was fighting a BOSS with infinite meter activated.
Every attack was fast, vicious, and came with a goddamn burn effect!
"So this is... the pressure of the Child of Destiny?!"
Cloud's heart churned with massive waves, but his eyes grew brighter, more manic!
"But... it's still not enough!!!"
He roared, seized a gap in Kyo's combo, and launched a fierce counterattack!
"Battle God Ultimate: Forest of All Creation!"
He integrated the precision learned from King, the weight from Goro Daimon, the killing intent from Commander Zuo—all into his fists and feet!
The stage exploded with golden Battle God Spirit and crimson Kusanagi Flames trading blows and detonating!
They fought from the east side of the ring to the west.
From the ground to the air!
Every punch, every kick contained power enough to demolish a small building!
The entire Sydney Opera House trembled under the shockwaves of their godlike battle!
Every spectator had gone completely numb.
They felt they weren't watching a fighting match but... a Hollywood disaster movie with maxed-out special effects!
The battle entered its final phase!
Both were covered in wounds, gasping for breath!
"Cloud... you're... the strongest opponent... I've ever faced!" Kyo wiped blood from his lip, his face showing a completely exhilarated smile.
"Likewise!" Cloud smiled too. "But... it's time to decide the winner!"
Both simultaneously mobilized every last drop of their strongest power, holding nothing back!
"Ura Style 108: Orochinagi!"
"Battle God Final Ultimate: Infinite Hells!"
A crimson-gold flame whip collided with a golden energy torrent containing the power of all creation—before the entire world's eyes!
Above the Sydney Opera House, two suns seemed to appear.
One crimson-gold, representing the Kusanagi clan's thousand-year inheritance—the king's fire that incinerates all.
One pure gold, representing Cloud's fusion of a hundred schools—the unstoppable Battle God Spirit.
[Ura Style 108: Orochinagi]!
[Battle God Final Ultimate: Infinite Hells]!
Two ultimate techniques destined for the KOF history books—world-ending powers—collided in the ring's center!
In that instant, the world seemed to lose all sound.
Time, space, light... everything was twisted and consumed by those two extreme forces!
Blinding white light expanded like a nuclear explosion, illuminating all of Sydney Harbor bright as day!
RUMBLE—!!!
After a delay of several seconds, the deafening explosion finally arrived!
The entire Sydney Opera House groaned under the energy impact!
The barrier supposedly capable of withstanding nuclear blasts developed spiderweb cracks across its surface like glass struck by a hammer—looking ready to shatter any second!
In the stands, everyone was terrified by this apocalyptic scene, screaming, crying, scrambling—chaos reigned.
In the competitor spectator area, Terry, Ryo, Heidern, and all the elite fighters simultaneously released their qi, forming a solid barrier that barely held back the destructive shockwave.
Their faces were written with shock and terror.
"Is... is this power even humanly possible?!" Cold sweat dripped down Terry's forehead.
"Even Rugal... probably couldn't do this, right?" Ryo's voice had gone dry.
They knew those two young men on stage had... completely transcended anything they could comprehend.
When the light slowly faded, the ring's condition finally became visible.
The entire alloy stage had completely vanished.
In its place was a massive lava pit over fifty meters in diameter, bottomless, its edges still melting!
And in the center of that lava pit, two figures still stubbornly stood.
Kyo Kusanagi knelt on one knee, gasping heavily.
His signature school uniform had been completely reduced to ash, exposing a body covered in wounds yet still radiating powerful musculature.
One arm hung at an unnatural angle—clearly injured in the exchange.
Cloud was in even worse shape.
He was bathed in blood, his clothes so tattered he looked like a beggar escaped from a refugee camp.
A bone-deep burn ran from his left shoulder to his right abdomen, still smoking and sizzling.
One leg was completely broken—only sheer willpower kept him standing, refusing to fall.
He... was at a disadvantage!
"Cough... cough cough..." Cloud spat out bloody phlegm, feeling like his internal organs were about to shatter.
So strong!
Kyo's [Orochinagi] wasn't just terrifying in power—the "Kusanagi Flames" clinging to his body continued to burn, destroying his vitality!
"We're not... done yet..."
Kyo looked at the blood-soaked figure across from him—eyes still burning frighteningly bright—and his face broke into a smile of admiration and fervor.
Kyo slowly straightened his body!
"Cloud... you're... the greatest opponent... I've ever faced in my life!"
On Kyo's body, the crimson flames that had nearly died... blazed to life once more!
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