Child of Destiny

Chapter 1889: Final Exchange (Part 2)

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Roar!

The huge apparition appeared behind Akailu as he finished the quadruple fusion with his four monstrous beasts. This apparition was clearly a hybrid between the four monstrous beasts that fused with his body.

However, it was clear that the form of this apparition was not in full form, signifying that Akailu had not yet fully controlled the power provided by the full fusion of his four monstrous beasts.

Regardless, the might that he currently possessed had reached a very high level, even producing a strong suppression on his surroundings.

Boom!

The space seemed to have collapsed right after he threw a powerful punch to meet the incoming energy beam that was sent by his opponent.

Boom!

There was a massive explosion at the point of impact, producing a series of overlapping shockwaves that spread in every direction and pushed the mushroom cloud that was barely able to form itself right after the collision.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

When the shockwaves hit the ground, cracks spread in all directions before sending a bunch of rubble into the air.

The surrounding buildings had also been destroyed further and started collapsing completely. They then turned into broken fragments of different sizes before being sent into the air, seemingly bouncing up after the earlier shockwave.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Clank! Clank! Clank!

The mechanical torrents that were scattered everywhere were also either caught in the explosion or affected by the successive shockwaves. Most of them exploded right away, while the rest crumbled after malfunctioning.

They then turned into scraps that were thrown in the air alongside the scattered rubble.

Bang!

Clank! Clank!

At the same time, on the place where Sheryl was located, her mechanical cannon had also malfunctioned right after firing such a powerful attack before collapsing completely.

Seeing that, Sheryl swiftly took out her sniper rifle, which was still fine despite everything that had happened.

She quickly hopped off the collapsing cannon before agilely jumping from one platform to another. During the process, she was keeping an eye on what was happening in the sky, using her tactical goggles to see through all the obstructions that were blocking her line of sight.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Not long after, she reached the ground. She swiftly raised her sniper rifle and skillfully assumed a sniping position before aiming toward the sky.

A moment later, she started firing a series of shots, bombarding the center of the earlier explosion with a barrage of attacks.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Whoosh!

Not long after, Akailu, who was currently in a miserable state, broke through the blazing smoke created by the earlier explosion.

He continued to descend before being greeted by the barrage of attacks that Sheryl had fired at him.

Akailu barely had any health points at this moment, only having less than a quarter of his total Health Bar. After all, meeting such a powerful energy beam head-on was not a joke. Surviving it was already a miracle on its own, much less forcefully breaking through it.

Adding the chaotic storm of energy that was produced by the explosion, it was truly a miracle that he was still able to hold himself until now and still able to maintain such combat power.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Throwing a series of punches in the air, he sent powerful air currents that met the barrage of attacks from Sheryl, causing another series of explosions.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Right after that, he suddenly flapped the wings behind him, further accelerating his descent.

Boom!

Whoosh!

His speed was so insane that he almost reached Sheryl within an instant.

His afterimage was still in the middle of fading away when he appeared upon Sheryl and pulled his arm back, preparing to throw a powerful punch.

But right on this instant, the muzzle of Sheryl’s sniper rifle was already right before Akailu’s face, ready to fire at any moment.

Faced with such a ’greeting’, Akailu’s eyes contracted a little.

In such close range, it was close to impossible to dodge. All Sheryl needed to do was to pull the trigger, and she could blow Akailu’s head in a single shot.

But before she could even do that, Akailu had already heard the clanking sounds that the trigger had made when she was about to press her fingers.

Bang!

The bullet pierced through nothing but a fading shadow as Akailu had transformed himself into an incorporeal being and melded with the shadow underneath him.

He used the special abilities of his Shadow Wolf!

Swoosh!

The next instant, his body materialized behind Sheryl along with his previous stance. He then thrust his fist forward, throwing a powerful punch that produced a series of gusts and spiraling energy.

Whoosh!

Sensing the danger behind her, Sheryl swiftly responded, leaping forward before turning midair.

Clank!

She then raised her sniper rifle forward, aiming straight at Akailu’s head once again.

The latter was already with a sliver of health, so it would not take that much to take him down. A single direct shot should be enough to finish him off, so she only needed to land one.

However, the current situation was a bit tricky to deal with, especially when Akailu was aggressively attacking her with his relentless assault and not planning to give her any opportunity to counterattack.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Pulling the trigger repeatedly, firing a series of shots, applying her gunfighting technique.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

These shots covered quite a huge area, making it tricky for Akailu to deal with. Some of them were directed to his head, and the directions he could possibly take to avoid them, while the others were heading straight to his body, seemingly forcing him to dodge.

Seeing the incoming hail of bullets, Akailu adjusted the trajectory of his punch. He increased the range that it covered while also twisting his fist more strongly to produce a stronger spiraling force.

Whoosh!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The spiraling force produced an even stronger gust of energy that blocked the magic bullets.

The explosions forced Akailu to slow down his advance while also giving Sheryl enough breathing space to further widen the gap between them.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Boom!

The two then proceeded to exchange a few more moves, seemingly dancing at the edge of death with every move they made.

Akailu was almost caught by the clutches of death time and time again, barely dodging the almost point-blank shots that Sheryl was firing at him.

Meanwhile, Sheryl continued to try her best to escape the powerful strikes from her opponent with a series of flashy maneuvers while also firing a few counters from time to time.

A single mistake was more than enough to end the match, making everyone watching the match to be at the edge of their seats.

Akailu’s health bar was continuously being chipped down by the grazes from those shots while Sheryl was getting closer to death as the former was slowly pushing her into a corner.

Boom!

Not long after, the two had reached a certain place where Sheryl still had a couple of traps, which she immediately triggered.

This chunked another portion of Akailu’s already low Health Bar, leaving him a sliver of health in the process.

However, Akailu seemed to have already been expecting something like that to happen, taking the initiative to step into those traps to shorten the gap between them further.

Bang!

With a powerful stride, Akailu finally closed that gap and threw a powerful strike that let his fist pierce through his opponent’s abdomen.

Cough!

Sheryl could not help but frown deeply as she was a bit short of finishing off her opponent. If only she had a couple of mechanical torrents around, then she would have most likely won this round.

Unfortunately, the massive explosion earlier had already destroyed all her mechanical torrents, leaving only some components that she could use for simple traps that she used just now.

Regardless, she had already done enough job, defeated Chaotic Luck, and even almost taken down Akailu with her.

This had basically negated all the advantages that Chaotic Luck had created from the first round of the Group Battle after defeating Keir and dealing decent damage to Sheryl.

Akailu understood this very well, so he could not feel any joy despite winning his round.

Given his current health bar along with his already exhausted concentration and willpower, it would not be strange for his next opponent to finish him off in a single strike, especially when the said opponent was the Mad Alchemist, Hermes.

Akailu was still trying to recover as much concentration as possible when he saw that the map suddenly changed.

He was about to sweep his gaze at the surroundings, trying to identify which map Hermes had chosen, when he suddenly felt that his entire body was immobilized.

His eyes turned wide as he was unable to understand what had just happened.

That was when he heard the speakers attached to the room he was in say.

[Ah~! Such bad luck for you. To think you have triggered a trap right after being summoned, you are one unlucky guy.]

Akailu tried to open his mouth, but was unable to say anything as the system had already sent him out of the battlefield, signifying that he just died without him knowing the cause.

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