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Without any restraints, without anymore obstacles or gaps in power, the 2 had arrived at the final destination. In this stage, there is no longer any scaling in power that could differentiate 2 individuals. Only an absolute law like action priority or a physical law like time and space could forcibly place one above another. But how could anyone still use such feeble things at this point? In fact it's because they've used up these laws to their maximum potential that they can arrive here.
As such, they can't use them anymore than 100%. Actually even if they did, this was known as the realm of infinity and many other names. A tiny increment wouldn't made a single bit of difference. In here, no one else could interfere unless they too can enter this realm. They also have to enter at the exact same moment that these 2 did, or they would be trapped in another 'instant' that happened further off in time.
After all, it was a world of never changing eternity, isolated from everything else. Between the real world and this world is an infinite distance and infinite time, this was what the magical girls of old saw and tried to replicate with Oblivion Magia. In ancient times when magical girls and monsters were much stronger, they were locked in a never ending war between the two.
This necessitated an arms war of magic between the monster side and the magical girl side. Between Gaia and Humanity, correction and change. Magic experiments were much more brutal to produce stronger magical girls, at the same time strong magical girls procreate stronger magical girls as well. The monsters followed suit but weren't able to keep up in the end, ushering the age of human prosperity. The humans turns their blades on one another, while dulling their edges at the same time due to the peace brought about.
Concepts like proper governance humane treatment arose and order slowly restored itself into the modern world. The last of those who sought or knew about this special realm thought hard to recreate it. To recreate infinity... It was an arduous and seemingly impossible task. But a generic technique that seperated time and space with the minimum cost was etched into the world's memories permanently, an impressive individual had simultaneously invented the Oblivion Magia and accessed the Akashic records. Though that was a story for another time.
It was similar to the law of magical girls, perhaps that was also created by another who forcibly etched into the Akashic records. In other words, anyone who accessed it could change or create laws. Since it was similar to the law of magical girls, every single magical girl born from that point on could use Oblivion Magia as long as they possessed an A grade amount of magical particles.
Everytime they sense magic gathering in their body, they knew their opponent was trying to use their skills inside of each other to grant a quick victory. However, since these were attacks set to activate from a distance away, they were stuck to their initial coordinates set. Meaning they simply had to move out of the way and they would be able to fully dodge the attack.
Myuu shot her right hook which was quickly dodged and countered by a shifting palm, an underhand punch was swung by HuoLi along with her entire torso to take advantage of this counter. Her entire weight struck Myuu on the chest just as she swung a high kick that smashed against HuoLi's left cheek. They both jumped a little distance away, just over a metre before they got into the fight once more.
This time HuoLi was the one to initiate with a right hook, Myuu copied her earlier palm countering technique but was quickly smashed by an uppercut from HuoLi's right knee. It sent her body in the air for a moment, giving enough time for HuoLi to send another devastating blow into her torso, which was the biggest and nearest target. Just as her fist was about to pommel its target, a palm slides down into her view and grabs it.
HuoLi's view was nothing but Myuu's chest since she was so intent on hitting it while it was vulnerable, so she didn't noticed when Myuu had grabbed her fist mid air and couldn't comprehend it when her entire body shifted out of view. Myuu used her opponent's incoming punch as a leverage to push herself into the air, using all of her remaining momentum, she landed a falling kick on HuoLi. It was only enough to disorientate her since most of the momentum was used up when Myuu pushed herself further into the air.
HuoLi threw another punch once she regained her bearings, Myuu shifted to her own left to dodge it and moved closer to copy HuoLi's underarm strike. HuoLi had seen it coming and struck underarm first at the arm Myuu was using to send her own. It diverted Myuu's attack and made her trap her arms entirely on one side of the tussle. Myuu used her remaining arm to wrap around HuoLi's neck from the front. Tightening her neck under her armpit, she flipped her over in an instant, throwing HuoLi against the ground.
The massive force of the attack cause HuoLi to bounce against the ground while leaving a deep crack behind, so she quickly placed her palms on the ground and flipped over to make some distance. Not to her surprise, Myuu had thrown a punch as soon as she bounced up. HuoLi timed it perfectly, she grabbed the wrist of Myuu and used it to throw her entire body, returning the favour.
HuoLi had stayed completely calm, tricking Myuu into thinking she wasn't going to move fast. It wasn't really such an explicit trick but a subconscious one, when one observes that another person is relaxed, they imagined the relaxed person as moving sluggishly and without much energy.
Despite moving at the same speed, it was because HuoLi could carry out such a throw perfectly that speed didn't matter in its execution. Her technique had taken care of it and took advantage of Myuu's weak points, muscles that Myuu can't manipulate and won't be manipulated, which results in her being unable to resist the attack. Though she can actually move those muscles that no other human can through her skill, she subconsciously moves like a normal human since she's more used to that. In the end it's up for debate if that would really make any difference.
Myuu climbed back up, she ate HuoLi's high kick with her torso, then she grabbed her leg to bring HuoLi closer. HuoLi throws a punch but it was intercepted by Myuu's knee uppercut, sending HuoLi a tiny bit off her feet. Letting go of her leg, Myuu throws a left hook only to be stopped by HuoLi twisting her body around it.
She went around the left hook and went closer to Myuu, to the point where they could feel each other's breath. Then she bent her right arm and smashed it against the outstretched left hook before launching her own left hook. Myuu bears the pain of the collision between her left arm and HuoLi before intercepting HuoLi's left hook with her knee.
The knee and the fist collided in a destructive roar that shook the ground under them. Both still had one limb free discounting the single leg they'll use to support their whole body weight. Deciding against it instantly, they retreated apart from each other without another word.
"Let's start over once more. I am Huo Li, Huo Lily Dendnavia, Arcmaiden of War. I fight as The Eye God has put my territory on the line. I can't overlook an entire city's worth of lives over one. Even if I have to die for it." (Huo Li)
"I'm Myuu. I am one who lost their way immediately and has repeated that mistake since. Nevertheless, I won't stop moving until I achieve my goal. I'll prove that I'm above Kaori by recovering her erased memories. And you guys stand in my way." (Myuu)
"... "(Huo Li)
Unexplicably, HuoLi began to sprout a massive smile.
"..."(Myuu)
Unable to respond, Myuu gazes on in confusion. Using her final skill, HuoLi removes the earth under their feet and changes the realm they were in back to the end of the universe again. Flashing her teeth with crooked lips, something had ostensibly changed in HuoLi's mind.
"If you defeat me, I'll let you go." (Huo Li)
'After all, someone so pure like that... Would save far more people than someone like me. But that assumes that they are stronger than me, someone that would never break, someone that would bring far more great changes to the world. For that, I wouldn't mind dying. '(Huo Li)
She reasoned as such in her head. Maybe she had lived without much resistance in life and had gotten bored of it. Whatever the case, her view was oddly twisted. Even Myuu couldn't comprehend such words as she was trapped by her own normal understanding of people. If the other person deviates from how a normal person thinks, how would one be able to guess their thought process?
She brings her fist up, ready for what was the final round. Her magic wasn't running out anytime soon as they were sourced from parallel universes. So she will continued fighting until she either dies or win. On the other hand, the same couldn't be said about Huo Li's well. Despite her large reservoir of magical particles, she had constantly been increasing her usage to overpower Myuu to no avail.
"Now that I dragged it this far... Hehe! " (Myuu)
She plunges her spear into her head... Forcibly reviving herself once more and deactivating HuoLi's second skill. She had used brute force to shave off both their Wells. HuoLi has to use her second skill again immediately to stay in this realm, or Myuu would be able to kill her without much resistance. It was no longer a standstill but a race against time for the two.
HuoLi vanishes from her spot and reappears mid air, launching a powerful kick from her high position. Myuu blocks with her arm bent against her elbow in a V-shape, then she slides around to get a clearer area to launch her other fist. HuoLi uses her other leg to intercept, sending a shock wave that cracked the very realm that her final skill was creating. Greyish cracks appeared in this simulation of the End of the universe, the force they were exerting was too much for the universe to handle. It was as if the infinite expanse of space behind them became a mere wallpaper background that shattered like glass, fragments floating in the air confused on where to go.
Pushing down her arms, Myuu left HuoLi floating in midair for a second before she rotated her wrists and leaped closer, grabbing bother her legs to pull HuoLi closer. Myuu reinforces her head, preparing for a headbutt but HuoLi clutches at her neck by pushing her legs together. Then she pulls her back with all her muscles to raise her body back into the air, before launching her fist in a barrage. Myuu does a similar manuevre and pulls her entire body up to launch a kick inbetween HuoLi's legs, seperating the two from that exchange.
"... If you defeat me, will you be able to defeat The Eye God? A deity like that... Is going to be your enemy. Even Frey the strongest adversary yet wasn't able to defeat her." (Huo Li)
"I don't need your pity." (Myuu)
HuoLi vanishes from her spot, Myuu does the same. Both had gone to their maximum speed in a short burst, if Myuu didn't follow up she would be a sitting duck. Nevertheless, HuoLi had acted first and launched a low punch. Myuu moves her centre of gravity lower as well and catches Huo Li's outstretched wrist. Then she bends her body around the arm like a twirling dance and launches her other elbow at HuoLi's neck. HuoLi catches the elbow... Not...
Myuu lowers her magical girl augmentation by a slight bit. They both had assume attack magic was useless in this realm of infinity since they were both able to sense and dodge these attacks with ease. But HuoLi didn't time it in right and every chance slip by-for her to use magic in a surprise attack. If they clash and their body makes contact, then wouldn't they be unable to dodge the magic then? Not that it was relevant to what Myuu was about to do.
Her arm vaporises into gas due to the large difference in power after lowering the magical girl augmentations. It became as fragile as a normal human arm. Myuu wasn't using attack magic, but her final skill. She super imposes her arm into HuoLi's heart and left arm which was suppose to block the attack. A spurt of blood spills out of their respective lips as they exit the realm of infinity.
"Ahh~ahh~I used too much magic huh..." (Myuu)
"nah, look down." (Huo Li)
She had stopped paying attention to HuoLi's right arm, so it was lodged into Myuu's kidney.
"..." (Myuu)
"..." (Huo Li)