Tempestia and Moon-Light turned toward Molvok at the exact same moment.
The demon's body continued swelling as molten light pulsed violently through the widening cracks across his armor. Heat distortion twisted the air around him while parts of the ruined street slowly softened beneath his feet.
Moon-Light watched the transformation carefully, one eyebrow lifting as the horns growing from Molvok's skull stretched higher.
"Huh."
He tilted his head slightly.
"Great. You broke the last brain cell he had."
His eyes drifted toward Tempestia.
"Happy now?"
Tempestia ignored the comment completely. Her focus remained fixed on Molvok while white energy gathered faintly around her arms.
"I will finish this one," she said firmly. "Take care of the other demon."
Her eyes flicked upward briefly toward Megalodon still hovering above the city.
"We need to work together against their king."
Then she stepped forward once.
The pavement beneath her boots shook from the sudden release of force.
And she vanished.
The heat wave rolling off Molvok rushed harmlessly through the empty space she left behind.
She reappeared directly behind him, loose steam twisting around her body as the displaced air snapped outward from the sudden movement.
Her boots hovered inches above the cracked pavement while her posture lowered sharply into the strike. One arm pulled back tightly.
Then her elbow drove forward.
The impact slammed into Molvok's spine with horrifying force.
Molvok's entire upper body jerked violently from the impact before the vertebrae finally gave out inward. Molten lava erupted upward from his back in a violent spray, splashing across nearby walls and burning through wrecked vehicles surrounding them. The glowing core inside his chest pulsed wildly as his body folded forward from the blow.
White energy exploded around Tempestia's forearm.
"Divine Trap of Nullification."
The technique activated instantly.
Molvok's entire body froze.
His knees crashed through the melting street while cracks spread outward beneath him. White energy crawled rapidly across his body like chains wrapping around every movement. Steam poured off his burning armor as the power spread over his neck, shoulders, and skull.
His claws twitched once.
Then stopped completely.
Even his breathing locked in place.
Tempestia calmly stepped backward without rushing, one glowing hand remaining raised toward him while the pressure inside the sphere continued tightening.
The moisture in the surrounding air violently condensed around Molvok's body. Water spiraled together from every direction before compressing into a massive rotating sphere surrounding him entirely. The surface churned violently while pressure tightened inward little by little.
His armor groaned underneath the strain.
Steam blasted continuously from his body as the water sphere slowly stripped away waves of demonic energy leaking from his molten form.
Tempestia lowered her glowing hand slightly.
"I already told you."
Her voice remained cold and controlled.
"It is over."
The rotating sphere tightened harder.
"You are not escaping this prison even if you struggle for eternity."
Molvok's eyes trembled violently inside the restraints while cracks spread further across his armor.
"It will erase both you and your demonic energy piece by piece."
Across the battlefield, shattered rubble suddenly shifted again.
Nyzzor forced himself upright from the ruins of the monorail station. His movements looked unstable now.
One shoulder kept jerking lower than the other while his legs struggled to stabilize his weight between each step. His body flickered repeatedly as if pieces of him were slipping between dimensions before snapping back into place.
Two curved horns protruded from his skull, still wet with black blood. Tendrils lashed violently behind him while his chest jerked through ragged breaths.
Then his distorted eyes locked onto Tempestia.
Pure rage overtook him instantly.
"She sealed Molvok…" The thought spiraled wildly through his head.
Black blood dripped from Nyzzor's mouth as his distorted eyes twitched violently toward Tempestia.
"Is she even human?"
His claws dug into the broken pavement hard enough to split it apart.
"No… these two powers are beyond human capacities."
His lips peeled back violently over shattered teeth.
"THERE'S NO WAY A MERE HUMANS LIKE THE BOTH OF YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THIS TO US!"
Then he disappeared.
Moon-Light was still watching Tempestia when Nyzzor suddenly materialized behind him, claws already swinging upward toward his spine.
Moon-Light's smile barely shifted.
The muscles along his shoulder tightened a fraction before the claws even reached him.
He never turned around.
His body shifted sideways just enough for the claws to carve through empty air inches from his outfit. In the same motion, he stepped directly through Nyzzor's attack line and appeared behind the demon with both hands still resting inside his pockets.
"My eyes can already see everything you are trying to do."
Time slowed around Moon-Light's perception.
He saw Nyzzor's muscles tense before each movement. Tendons pulled underneath flesh moments before every strike. Tiny shifts in posture revealed the exact direction of the demon's next attack before it happened.
Moon-Light dipped one shoulder and twisted sharply at the waist, his boots grinding across loose debris as he pivoted through the strike.
His arm blurred forward hard enough to distort the air around it.
Then his fist buried itself deep into Nyzzor's face.
Bone collapsed inward from the hit. Teeth exploded from the demon's mouth together with black blood while his head snapped violently sideways.
Nyzzor stumbled backward across the ruined avenue, claws scraping trenches through the asphalt as he barely caught himself from falling.
His distorted face twitched violently.
"What…?"
His breathing became uneven.
"What is this?!"
Moon-Light calmly straightened his posture.
Then his fist vanished again.
Nyzzor's eyes widened.
The punch materialized directly inside his chest.
Nyzzor's body folded around the impact before his feet finally left the ground.
His ribs shattered instantly. Flesh ruptured around Moon-Light's arm as the impact punched completely through the demon's torso. Black blood burst outward across the battlefield while Nyzzor's body convulsed violently around the attack.
Then the energy detonated.
The shockwave erupted outward in every direction at once. Air pressure distorted violently before collapsing inward. Concrete exploded apart while nearby vehicles flipped end over end through the ruined streets. Entire sections of nearby buildings cracked from the force.
Nyzzor opened his mouth to scream.
But the sound never finished.
Reality itself distorted around the battlefield.
Space folded inward while the city twisted unnaturally around them. Colors inverted across shattered buildings as gravity lurched sideways hard enough to throw Nyzzor's broken body off balance.
The air vibrated with violent electrical noise that rattled through bone and steel alike.
Then Nyzzor moved.
One claw suddenly latched onto Moon-Light's wrist while another grabbed the side of his shoulder.
His distorted face lunged forward violently.
The headbutt slammed directly into Moon-Light's face hard enough to spray blood across the warped space surrounding them.
Nyzzor snarled through shattered teeth while black blood ran down his chin.
"DIE YOU WORTHLESS HUMANS!"
Gravity twisted again.
The ruined street beneath them disappeared completely.
The sky collapsed inward and Earth vanished from around them.