"tsk...that damn kid..the hell was he thinking?...going there alone" A voice of a woman in annoyance, who's running in the darkness of the forest.
"Calm down...Itsuki.." Anna responded.
"How can I calm down...knowing Kasumi he'll definitely fight that monster recklessly!!" Itsuki responded as they continue to run through the deepest part of the dried forest.
"How did you know about this mission?" Anna questioned.
"Jiro called me earlier,he said he's fighting against a man with a spirit realm...an AA class!" Itsuki explained.
"I was in the middle of discussion with the black ops squad captain when he called, for him to call in a middle of a fight it must be an emergency so I rushed here and find this" she added.
"I can't feel any life force in this place...just what the hell is going on?" She whimpered to herself.
"This way" Anna said.
Meanwhile Kasumi
"Ehh,what a strong realm..." He commented while staring at the hole that he tore on the barrier as it slowly repaired itself.
"You..." Yoshi reacted in surprised tone.
The Kasumi in of him is completely different from he fought earlier. Much stronger and more bloodlust.
"What did you do?..." Yoshi questioned.
"Eh,your interested on me now?...you can't even speak earlier..."He said with grin on his face.
"Let's see..." Kasumi said,putting his thumb on his chin.
"Let's just say that..hmm...I received a buff..Heh" he added before rushing towards Yoshi and throwing a right blow.
Yoshi quickly reacted by restraining Kasumi's right arm with tree vines.He then moved away from him.
"Hmmm...such a violent man huuh?" Yoshi said.
"Be careful...I could kill your friends right here and now if I want.." He added before laughing hard.
"Tsk...You coward.." Kasumi whimpered after looking around him and saw Jiro's situation.
Jiro was surrounded by tree roots and wounded all over.
"Heyy...kid this isn't the time to hesitate,do what you want to do..don't be like him! " Amano yelled.
"Amano?..."
"Him?" Kasumi continued to mumbled questions in his thoughts.
Several flashbacks suddenly popped up in his mind.
"Yeah...I'll never be like him..." Kasumi responded as he comeback from his thoughts.
He opened his fist,palm facing down before black flames started burning...covering his right hand.
The tree vines that restraining him suddenly loosening it's grip as if their energy has been absorbed.
"I only have half a minute left...I won't let it end here" he shouted before facing his palm in Yoshi's direction.
The black flames extended in a shape of a hand attempting to grab yoshi by the waist.
Yoshi avoided the black flames and flew in the left side of the flame.
"You only have less than a minute...you say?...I just have to avoid a direct hit from you then...I will definitely win" Yoshi happily said in assurance before looking down for a landing.
"Wha-..."He reacted after seeing the ground he was supposed to land is covered with black flames.
"This is bad...in that ca..huh." he said as he attempted to grab the tree branches but hesitated after seeing massive amount of black flames about to burn him alive.
Leaving him no choice,he blocked the black flames using his arm as a shield.
"Huh?..." Yoshi reacted after over reacting only find that the black flames feels nothing at all,no heat,no burns,no pain, absolutely nothing at all.
He burst into hard laugh after landing into the burning ground.
"Haha..what is this...a prank or something?...damn you..I thought I was gonna die for real" he said as his arms continues to burn with black flames.
"But seriously... what's up with this black flames...it doesn't hurt at all..." Yoshi whimpered in his thoughts.
"Curious?" Kasumi commented with a grin.
"Well it's doesn't matter...your time is up...you can't fight anymore right?" Yoshi stated in assurance.
"In that case...I win.." he added.
Kasumi didn't react to the statement and respond with a smile instead.
"You sure about that?" He responded as the spirit realm that's surrounding them started freezing,black ice started to form.
Kasumi snapped his fingers and the black ice started to shatter along with the realm.
"Let me guess...when I said that my time is limited you're like.."If I avoid direct hit from him for the meantime,I win."...but it doesn't work that way...asshole." Kasumi stated.
"Heyy... oldman" Kasumi shouted while waving his hand.
"Take Jiro and that violent witch..and get outta here" he added.
Amano grabbed and two by the waist in his ghoul form,with each of his arms.
"Where do I take them?" Amano asked.
"Go to that direction... you'll see Anna together with a matured violent looking woman" Kasumi explained while pointing to the direction.
"Anna?" Amano raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah,I can feel their spiritual energy from here" Kasumi explained.
Amano started running to the pointed direction.
"Heyy bastard,where are you taking my master?..." Yoshi asked but no response in return.
"I won't le...ugh..tch." Yoshi groaned, trying to stop them but he felt pain all over his body.
"Why?...I feel like something...is taken away from me." Yoshi whimpered in pain.
"How come,he can still move... despite reaching his limit " Yoshi whimpered while looking at Kasumi.
"What's the problem?...you feel your body getting enveloped by terrifying amount of black aura?" Kasumi asked with a victorious smile.
"What did you do?.." He asked.
"Nothing much...thanks to you" Kasumi responded in calm tone.
"What do you mean by that?" Yoshi keep asking.
"Hmmm, let's just say that...you helped me win by playing my game" Kasumi explained in confusing manner.
"Huh...that black flames" Yoshi reacted after remembering something.
He tried to extinguish the flame by simply tapping it but it won't.
The flames continues to burn and burn and burn.
"What's up with this flame...did I just let my guard down by letting my self get exposed from it.." he mumbled.
"Hey,what up with this flame?...you damn kid" he asked,facing Kasumi.
".......Amaterasu,the undying black flames of eternity...that flame continue to burn forever...not to mention,it will suck your spirit energy continuously until nothing is left.." Kasumi explained.
"And transfer it...to myself"he added.
Yoshi started trembling in surprise"so that's what going on"he commented.
"You tricked me...by letting your guard down.." Yoshi assumed.
"I didn't trick you or anything...it's just that,you don't have a choice but to be tricked" Kasumi responded.
"What?" Yoshi reacted in surprise.
"In my overkill form,my magic and physical stats increases rapidly while consuming my energy continuously"Kasumi explained.
"That why...everytime I use it, there's always a time limit..to get rid of that limit,I just need to absorb spiritual energy from anything that has it...including you and this spirit realm that you summoned." He continue to explain while watching Yoshi struggle in his current situation.
"That leaves you two choices,to attack and get your energy absorbed...or to keep running away until I reached my limit" Kasumi added.
"Or it's like...if I run away and waste time..your overkill form will continue to get stronger to finish me off or if I attack you,you'll gather spirit energy by absorbing mine to boost your overkill form and finish me off...is that how it is?...so from the very beginning,I don't have a choice but to loose?" Yoshi guessed.
"You have a sharp mind...for an elf" Kasumi commented.
"If you already have that much magic and physical stats...then,why you didn't attack me?" Yoshi asked and still confused.
"You know...save the best for the last" Kasumi responded.
"Yoshi give a confused look "huh?" He mumbled.
"A pathetic elf like you won't understand...fine let me show you." Kasumi responded with a grin.
He closed his rigt fist and raise his index finger,making a number one hand gesture.At the top of his fingertip a small but visible black flame ignited.
Kasumi made an evil smile before chanting "Demon realm secret technique: Limitless Abyss" dark aura started spreading from the ignited black flame and the surrounding suddenly change in an instance to a new world not even humans can simply enter.
Yoshi stared in amazement,from where he was standing is a wide field probably endless,with a sea of black flames.
Yoshi the saw Kasumi in front of him with terrifying aura and behind him he saw thousand of dead corpses crucified in cross.
"What the hell is this realm?...this place stinks with the smell of blood" Yoshi whispered in his thought.
He tried to look around him but he can't move a single inch of his body for some reason.
"This will be your grave..." Kasumi spoked with evil smile.