Chapter 47: Kalanemi Op
Svarbhanu's hands started to glow a shade of suffocating twilight red and gave a sensation of darkness and a burning end.
He didn't stop but once again teleported away quickly as a dark outline has materialized in front of him before he could even shoot the arrow.
As he once again appeared a hundred meters back, a blurry shadow once again appeared in front of him.
" Misstep, brother. I would like to witness how you can avoid this from the point-blank range. " Svarbhanu murmured coldly while letting loose the dark arrow with a flash of red at its tip.
formerly he was taken back by stupefaction and couldn't do anything except for letting his survival extinct take control and withdraw back....but this time.....he was ready... A second is all that he really needed.
But his eyes abruptly opened wide in an alarming premonition as he gazed into the eyes of his cousin.
It was all black. His eyes were completely pitch black. Not even the visual white part or the shape of his pupils was visible, it was just pure pitch-black fear-inducing darkness.
Andhaka slapped aside the arrow like he was fiddling with a toy and lifted his hand in the air and brought it down in an awe-inspiring and brutal manner.
' THHHHUUUUMMMMP '
" arrrrgghhhh------- " Kalanemi wailed before he disappeared once again.
' CREAK '
Andhaka's body just stood there like some stupefied mummy and just turned his neck and stared at the place where Svarbhanu appeared with a broken hand hanging around his waist and a dented bow hanging in his other hand.
" I....AM...THE...KING..OF.....ASURAS. " Andhaka muttered each word slowly and with an intimidating manner which even send a chill down Svarbhanu's spine.
Svarbhanu gazed down at his hands with ghostly eyes and a look of horror appeared on his face.
He was trembling. He the prince of Danavas was trembling from just the sheer presence of this man in front of him.
He didn't want to tremor but his body was shaking involuntarily as if it was not in his control anymore.
" W-What are you? " despite the obvious shaking of his body, Svarbhanu spoke in a calm voice while still keeping his composure.
" I AM THE DARKNESS...I AM THE END. " Svarbhanu didn't notice it before but it wasn't only his eyes that had changed.
Andhaka's whole body was now covered in dark black lines and the figure in front of him didn't look like the bad-looking Asuran king in any way. ( Asura and Danava aesthetics are different )
" I don't care what you are but today I am not sleeping until I defeat you. " A figure suddenly slammed into Andhaka's chest with two long sharp horns as the spearhead of his charge.
' CLAAAAANNNNGGGGGGGGG '
The impact of the clash sent large shockwaves throughout the ocean and even the other god-class asuras standing far behind were affected by this massive impact.
" ?!!!!!!!! " Svarbhanu's expression turned more and more incredible with each passing moment as he looked at the scene unfolding before him.
Kalanemi had successfully attacked with his horns on Andhaka's chest.....but there was no blood....no cry of pain...no sound of bones breaking...but only a deathly silence as Andhaka seemingly stared at Kalanemi with those pitch black eyes.
" Tchhh, can't even pierce my skin and you say you are my brother. SHAMEFULLY WEAK. "
....SILENCE...
A pin-dropped silence echoed in the whole cosmic ocean, even the waves and the winds seem to know the mood and were completely still.
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His heartbeat almost stopped as the words from the mouth of his brother entered his ears and his brain also nearly ceased functioning for a moment.
' SHAMEFULLY WEAK...SHAMEFULLY WEAK..... SHAMEFULLY WEAK.... ' Kept resounding in his ears again and again, piercing his heart with each repetition.
From Childhood he had no home and when his big brother had returned back alive from death, he was very delighted and enthusiastic for the coming days but before even a day could pass.. Jalandhara appeared, and between doing his duties and spending time with Jalandhara, he was once again left alone.
Asuras are supposed to be tough and cruel by nature which he is, he is very cruel and vicious to the outside world but he also wants his big brother to look at him, talk with him, play with him, and spend time with him.
When Andhaka had taken them here for training he was truthfully quite excited as he could finally demonstrate to his brother how powerful he is but...
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It was at this moment something snapped inside of Kalanemi.
" AAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGHHHHHH " With an unnatural force, Andhaka was sent flying back from the push by Kalanemi.
" Weakweakweakweakweakwweakweakrrrr " The large black horns on Kalanemi suddenly started to grow along with his body while he rambled like a mad person.
His already massive hands, legs, chest, etc were growing rapidly in height and without actually moving were already giving an unthinkable amount of pressure and fear to the bystanders.
10 meters
20 meters
50 meters
100 meters
500 meters
1000 meters
1500 meters
" Just stop you monster. " Svarbhanu murmured in astonishment while feeling like an ant next to the mountain of an Asura he stood next to.
2000 meters
3000 meters
5000 meters
As he finally stopped growing, everybody was horrified as they looked at the huge 5 kilometers long giant standing in front of them.
" H-h-he, even Vritra is... Not so big....what monsters are they? " Svarbhanu uttered in cold sweat and frustration all over his face.
" Still, a big stature only gives you an obvious disadvantage in fights like this. " Andhaka's speed was even catching up with his teleportation and with this big of a body,
" he doesn't even stand a chance. " Svarbhanu spoke confidently.
But the next second he was nearly proven wrong. Although not an increase but Kalanemi lunged at Andhaka with nearly the same speed he had previously.
Just imagine a five kilometers long giant charging at you with a godly speed.
The intimidation factor is high as leaving a man with ten angry Karen in a locked room.
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" Apart from growing some extra meat, what difference does it make... You are still SHAMEFULLY WEAK... " The bully Andhaka mode spoke with a smile and an expression as if he was looking at some disgusting animal.
" You will know soon. " Kalanemi spoke coldly and ducked his head a little
' BEEAAAAAMMMM '
Two laser beams of darkness with the size of large stadiums suddenly appeared in the pleasant blue sky above the long and ever-extending ocean and covered the small ant-like figure in front of him.
"Hmmm, looks like I will have to correct my assessment. You aren't shamefully weak anymore but weak. Be happy that was an upgrade " Andhaka's voice came from the beam of darkness with a nearly undented and bruised body.
" i-I...even I would have a lot of problems in stopping that blow and he just took it on his body....just like that ?!?? " Svarbhanu looked at the scene with conflicting emotions.
Previously of course he wasn't using his full powers, after all, he wasn't aiming to kill his brother and he had always thought that he wasn't even that far behind Andhaka and it was like a fact to him that Kalanemi was weaker than him, and this has always given him a sense of satisfaction since Andhaka came back, he was the second strongest in the fifth realm if we leave out Prahlada.
But now looking at his blow from Kalanemi he had to rethink that topic.
"Considering the blow and his large size. He isn't much far behind. "
" Arrggghhh let's see how many you can take. " like an angry bull, Kalanemi started firing those beams of darkness with recklessness like he was just spraying water from his gun.
Looking at the random shot of beams thrown around from Kalanemi, Svarbhanu's face scrunched in discomfort.
" Equal most probably. "
While a whirlwind of emotions was going through Svarbhanu's mind the scene in the battle was something else.
" I already said that these are nothing. You stupid weak idiot. " Bully Andhaka shouted while closing his eyes.
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" Huff - huff- huff. " Kalanemi panted desperately for air while looking at the perfectly fine figure in front of him with a maddening gleam in his eye.
" I didn't want to do this but Today I am ready to die. " Kalanemi muttered to himself while comforting his heart.
[ Divine Transformation ]
His body suddenly began to begin to twist and writhe, his muscles bulging and changing in size while heinous and loud cries of pain and agony came out of Kalanemi's mouth, the air crackled with energy and as if a tornado was forming and energy started to swirl around Kalanemi, forming a large kilometers long tornado of energy with him as the center.
But one thing remained constant during all this.
" Aaaarrhhhhhhhhh "
" Arrrhrhhhhhhhhhhhhhggggggg "
" roarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr mggggggrrrrrr "
With each passing second Kalanemi's cries became more and more bestial and animalistic until...
" ... "
Until it stopped totally and the blazing energy storm just kept rotating around Kalanemi's nonvisible large body.
As the tornado cleared, there was no large figure to be found anywhere but only a normal human-like figure stood at the center of the tornado.
Muscles rippling with divine power, eyes blazing with such fierceness which even made the heavenly lords groan in discomfort and pressure, and fists clenched with the determination to crush the opponent in front of him.
Now Kalanemi's skin shined like a red diamond and something had totally changed about him. He was nothing like his previous appearance, instead, he was shorter with shorter horns and a totally stupid human face like the normal Andhaka and there was no skin on his body anymore but only pure muscles.
Muscles that seemed to even contain the might to lift the earth on them.
" hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, Kalanemi now that is something interesting. " Andhaka started laughing with chills of excitement running down and up on his spine.
The sky suddenly shook and started to deform as the red-skinned figure moved and disappeared.
' BAAAANNGGGG ' A cataclysmic punch smashed on Andhaka's face and threw him back like a rocket.
' BAAAAANNGGGG ' Before he could even comprehend what had happened and find his footing another punch came flying at his chest.
' BAAAAANNGGG
' BAAAAAANNGGG
' BAAAAAAAANNGGGG '
Kalanemi was smashing Andhaka around like some rag doll. Nobody could even believe what they were seeing, even Andhaka wasn't able to believe what was happening, and before he could even think of doing anything.
' BAAAAAANNNG ' Once again a blazing red punch was smashed at his chest.
" dam---- ' BAAAANNNNGGGG '
" WEAK ?!! NOW CALL ME WEAK " Kalanemi shouted with an animalistic grin as he plummeted the king of Asuras all across the sky.
To the naked human eye, it looked like stars interacting and running around, very beautiful and eye-capturing.
' BAAAANNNGGGG '
' BAAAAAANNNGG '
' BAAAANNNGGGGGGG '
' THUMMMPPPP '
Not feeling the familiar bloody cheek he has been smashing on, Kalanemi stopped for a moment as he looked at the hand grasping his fist.
" Enough is Enough. I....am the king of...ASURAS. " Andhaka spoke in a vehemently cruel tone as darkness started to seep out of his darkness-like skin and started to cover him in layer and layer of darkness like Venom covering its host.
" Thank you, my little brother. This is the best I have ever felt. " Andhaka's previously handsome face creaked in a bloody and creepy smile due to his punctured cheek and broken jawbone.
But all that didn't affect his confidence as he felt his connection with darkness getting stronger and stronger, once again feeling as if he was in that dark place where he had been for thousands of years after his so-called' Death '
His body was absorbing more and more darkness like a hungry beast.
More and more layers of darkness covered him and melted in him like he was absorbing the darkness inside his body.
Kalanemi in front of him had a dumbfounded look on his face and couldn't even understand where this energy or those layers of darkness were coming from.
" No matter what. Today no one can stop me. " Kalanemi spoke with a commanding voice as if he wasn't talking about some future event but was instead stating a non-disputed fact.
" Answer my call for the power. " raising his other free hand, he raised it in the air and started to mutter some words, A Divine Mantra.
Both the individuals were still and looked in a truce but both were competing in who could do it first, whether Andhaka completes his transformation or Kalanemi completes his mantra.
" Looks like you lose it, little brother. " Andhaka muttered with a smile after feeling the last layer of darkness being absorbed in his body and only a thin clothing-like covering of darkness remained on his body.
" Hahahaha, this is it. " Andhaka laughed with glee as he felt the unlimited power coursing through his body. He felt he could crush anything, he was unstoppable and nobody could even stand a chance in front of him.
" Incinerate. " Kalanemi muttered his last chant and a purple fire blazed around his fist.
Even though he was not in direct contact with the fire he was still able to sense the mind-boggling power it contained.
" Brother today you have really subverted my view of you. " Andhaka spoke with excitement and happiness.
The strength displayed by Kalanemi currently had even gone past Prahlada's awakened mode during their fight and it hasn't been much time since Kalanemi had just become a high god class being.
' I can't understand if he is an anomaly or a real battle genius. Well, it's all better. Due to him, I was able to gain more mastery of darkness and this is only the tip of the iceberg. ' Andhaka thought while feeling the darkness around him.
His power over darkness felt more clear and controlled now than he felt it ever before and according to him a day ago, he wouldn't have believed if someone told him that he can still increase his mastery over darkness.
He doesn't know how Kalanemi was able to grow so big but the idea of compressing all that meat and muscles into a human-sized body was very risky and brilliant.
Today Kalanemi had nearly rocked his understanding of the world and it gave him goosebumps just thinking about how to strong Kalanemi might grow and more importantly he had proved how much of a warrior he was.
' CRAAACK - CRAAACCCK - CRAAAACK '
following the sound, Andhaka's eyes shot wide open.
Like a broken vase near its death, cracks had started to appear on Kalanemi's body and little fountains of blood sprinkled out of them.
" Idiot, ....stop. " Andhaka released Kalanemi's hand and approached him with concern.
No matter what was happening, in the end, Kal was his own brother and the last blood-related thing to his late father, so seeing him in a life-threatening situation was the last thing he wanted right now.
" No...stay...away.... don't stop now.....please. " Kalanemi uttered in a barely conscious voice with gritted teeth.
Looking at the tired and yet angry face of his brother, Andhaka stopped in his tracks.
" You can die Kal, " Andhaka spoke in a calm tone while backing up a little.
" I know " was what Kalanemi said before once again charging straight at Andhaka.
" I will be disrespecting you and your passion if I went easy on you so...Get ready for it. " Andhaka muttered in a cold voice as he also raised his fist which was suddenly covered by a swirling little tornado of dark energy and brought it against Kalanemi's purple fire-covered fist.
Even before the two fists could even touch each other, simply the interaction of their energies made even the experienced god-class Asuras feel weak in their knees.
Even Svarbhanu a high god-class Danava prince felt small against these two titans in human-sized bodies.
" I never thought Kalanemi was so powerful. " someone in the group of Asuras spoke with glee.
" hahaha although our number is small due to the war but still no one comes close to our Asura race in terms of strength and combat power. " one of the Asuras shouted with a prideful chest, and laughs and cheers broke down in the Asura group while the Danavas who stood beside them had a lemon-like sour look on their faces.
Since the start of time, Asuras have been the most powerful race and there have been three kings who had been accepted as kings of both the Asuras and Danavas, and to their misfortune, all of them had been Asuras.
This normally puts a point for the arrogant Asuras to taunt and look down on their Danava race.
They had once again thought that their future looked bright with Svarbhanu as their leader but now.....even Kalanemi had seemingly left Svarbhanu behind... What worse humiliation can there be and they can already imagine the scene after today's battle?
Those stinky and punk-like Asuras won't miss a single chance to pick on them and taunt them using this incident.
As the fists finally clashed against each other a large tear of space appeared and expanded largely while folding and turning in a peculiar fashion.
" Aaaarrrrggghhhhh------------------- " Kalanemi shouted in defiance as he felt his hand getting pushed back,
but suddenly his eyes blacked out and he couldn't see anything. His body started to give out and cracks and tears of muscles breaking and bones crushing started to echo in his ears.
" ha.....haha.....looks like I am still...weak. " Kalanemi muttered before collapsing in Andhaka's extended hands with little fountains of blood sprinkling from his body.
" you bullhead. " Andhaka laughed slightly while hugging the body of his brother and covering his wounds with a layer of his energy.
Andhaka wanted to experience this peaceful silence after the battle but he had to take Kalanemi to get treatment and before he could teleport...
" KINGGGGGGG " A loud shout resonated from the void made by Kalanemi and his attack.
Andhaka looked into the colorless and nauseating void and found a familiar figure flying aimlessly away from them.
Andhaka touched his waist and the mask which had been super excited during this whole time but hadn't had his moment to shine transformed into its battle form, a large pointed whip and slithered into the void like a snake
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" Let's go back, guys. " Andhaka spoke as flung Kalanemi on his left shoulder and that Royal guard on his right one, both unconscious.
The other Asuras and Danavas also nodded with some relief and assuredness after seeing Andhaka return back to his normal form.
That all-black darkness mode was even creepy and uncomfortable for them as it made even them feel pressurized after each passing second they spend in its presence.
" umm...ug.....K-K-Kin....g. " The Royal guard groggily opened his eyes and muttered in a mosquito-like voice.
" Yes, we are going back to the realm so wait a bit. "
"...uhggg....No...." The guard spoke with a panting face as green color suddenly started to cover his face.
" Ugggggghhh " The guard started to thrash and wince in Andhaka's grip while clutching his chest.
" Poison...king, this is poison...this guard was poisoned. " one of the Asuras spoke suddenly in a worried tone.
" ....cough - cough .....N-- "
" be quiet all of you. Yes, speak we all are listening. " Andhaka looked at the guard with a serious face as he looked to speak something for a while now.
The normal red shade of his skin had now turned into a hue of dark green and his lips had started to dry, his eyes losing color and despite the great pain and agony, the guard opened his mouth for the last time, to complete his duty for one last time.
" King.....ugghhh...we-w-we are under attack. Nagas-The Nagas attacked...uggghh..us---------
Andhaka gently closed the eyes of the guard and covered his body in a cocoon of darkness and sent it into a sudden hole that opened beside him angrittedgrittet and baring teeth muttered.
" NAGAS..... "
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We have too much content to cover and currently, it was going very slowly. So I will be pacing it up a little bit.
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