He slowly raised his head. Within those dark pupils, two pure golden flames ignited—blazing like twin suns!
BOOM—!!!!!!
The moment those words left his lips, his Battle God Golden Flames and Absolute Domain power detonated like a nuclear explosion!
No longer the restrained 5% or 10%!
But an unreserved... 40%!!!
Golden shockwaves swept outward like a tsunami, ripping up the entire floor of Geese Tower's penthouse!
That supreme yang energy—capable of burning away all evil in creation—actually forced Geese's malevolent purple domain back half a step!
"What?!"
For the first time, Geese's smile froze.
He was shocked to discover that the power erupting from this man was more than ten times stronger than what he'd shown at the KOF tournament!
"This... how is this possible?! It hasn't been that long!"
"Nothing's impossible." Cloud's figure rose slowly within the golden flames, like a god of battle descending to the mortal realm. "Let's just say... you know nothing about cheats."
He slowly raised his right hand, pointing at Geese from across the distance.
"Heavenscorch Scripture, First Form—Wrath of the Burning Heavens!"
ROOOAR—!!!
A dragon's cry from the primordial age echoed across the sky!
The sea of golden flames instantly coalesced into a magnificent Eastern dragon dozens of meters long! Carrying the supreme divine authority to burn all things, it charged at Geese!
"Parlor tricks!"
Despite his shock, Geese was still a battle-hardened overlord—his reactions were lightning-fast! With a roar, he pushed his 42% purple domain to full power!
"Double Deadly Rave!"
Both hands thrust forward. Two massive claw-shadows of pure purple energy—saturated with madness and destruction, like claws from hell itself—tore toward the golden flame dragon!
BOOM-BOOM-BOOM—!!!!!!
Gold and purple—two colors representing ultimate power—collided at Geese Tower's apex!
In that instant, the shockwave tore a massive rift through the heavy clouds above!
Moonlight poured through the gap, illuminating the battlefield below where gods and demons clashed!
"I'm not done!"
Cloud's figure flickered through the explosion's aftermath like a ghost, appearing before Geese in an instant!
"Battle God Domain—Aragami Combo!"
He fused the martial arts he'd "borrowed" from Kyo Kusanagi with his own Battle God Style into perfect harmony!
Fist, elbow, knee, kick—every strike wrapped in Battle God Golden Flames and Absolute Domain pressure, raining down on Geese like a storm!
"Naive!"
Geese snorted coldly, advancing instead of retreating!
"Atemi Nage!"
Within Cloud's seamless barrage, he found a gap with impossible precision and seized Cloud's wrist!
An irresistible gravitational force pulled at him!
Cloud felt as if a black hole had seized him—his body completely out of control!
"Get... down!"
With a roar, Geese executed a textbook judo throw, about to slam Cloud into the ground!
But in the instant before impact, a strange smile curved Cloud's lips.
"Who told you... that's how this move works?"
"Heavenscorch Scripture—Reverse Koto Moon Positive!"
BOOM—!
An even more violent surge of golden flame erupted from Cloud's body—in reverse!
Geese felt like he'd grabbed a detonating sun! The scorching Battle God Golden Flames surged through his arm and flooded into his body!
"Argh—!"
Geese grunted in pain, forced to release his grip. He staggered back several steps, his entire right arm charred black!
"You... your flames...?!" He stared at his arm, at the golden fire clinging to him like a parasite, constantly burning away his evil qi. His eyes filled with disbelief.
What kind of flames are these?! They can... counter the "Riot of the Blood"?!
"Like I said, you know nothing about science." Cloud slowly rose, dusting himself off, wearing a "friendly" smile. "My flames are system-certified, specifically designed to purify all demons and monsters—the light of righteousness itself. Your little Riot of the Blood? Before me, it's just... a virus in need of cleansing."
"Impudent brat!"
Cloud's "dimensional reduction strike" of mockery sent Geese into a towering rage!
He knew conventional techniques were useless against this monster!
"In that case..."
A gleam of determination and madness flashed in his eyes!
"Let me show you... what the power of a god truly is!"
He spread both arms wide, as if embracing the sky itself!
"Come forth! My most loyal servant!"
"Rashomon!"
BZZZZT—!!!!!!
The very space atop Geese Tower began to warp and fold!
A massive demon-faced gate—constructed from countless purple-black energies and spatial fragments, seemingly connected to another dimension's hell—materialized behind him!
From within came the howls and screams of countless evil spirits. Pale arms reached through the cracks, as if trying to drag all of creation into endless darkness!
An aura far more terrifying, more evil, more ominous than anything before—something that didn't belong to this dimension—descended with devastating force!
"Holy crap?! You can summon dimensional rifts?!" Even Cloud was stunned at the Cthulhu-esque demon gate.
"Bro, where'd you buy this cheat from? Send me the link?"
"Before the power of gods, repent! Insect!"
Geese had descended fully into madness! He pressed both palms against the Rashomon!
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