Kou and everyone else vaulted down from the ship and onto the shore.
Yumiko spotted Kizu on the floor, weak and hurt. "Oh, Kizu!" She worryingly called and ran toward him. She knelt next to him and reached for his chest. "What happened, Bow?" Questioned Ayuka, running closer to him.
"It's his own fault. He ran in without thinking about the consequences. I don't know what happened to him exactly, but I think it has something to do with his blood getting blocked from flowing through his veins." He explained, looking at him.
"He's still breathing," Yumiko called, looking behind her. "He's cold and weak, but he's alive," Yumiko informed them about Kizu's horrible state. "Can you do something about it, Ayuka? None of us have the power to heal." Luca wondered, looking at her.
"I can try, but I never had to deal with someone's blood being unable to flow inside their body. But I'd need space. I don't expect these people to just let me heal him without attacking." Ayuka explained, solemn, steady, and composed.
"Well, we don't really have any other choice. You're the only person here who knows more about the human body. If anyone can do something about his injury, it's you." Bow claimed, but they would need to find a way to keep their foes busy. "Yeah, I hear you. But I need your help to keep these people's attention off me. I don't need a free space to heal him. I just can't have them looking at me while I try to heal him." Explained Ayuka while Yumiko lifted Kizu's body on her shoulder.
"What do you think you're doing, missy?" Adhita laughed and stepped behind Yumiko, looking down at her back. She was tall, and Yumiko couldn't defend herself from getting assaulted unless she dropped Kizu and dragged her swords.
Yumiko's eyes shook in peril, peeking over her own shoulders. "You know. I was going to hang that boy as a doll for me to beat up in my attic. It's something I love to do when I'm bored." Adhita gripped her club with both hands and raised it high above her head.
Adhita laughed and snorted. She lowered her club and got ready to smack Yumiko to death.
Instantly, Bow pointed his bow forward. He took a step back, pulled the cord, and the golden light encircled the arrow. He let go of it and fired an energy arrow, which sped up considerably.
Before she could strike the ground, Adhita noticed the arrow and redirected her swing. Instead, she struck the arrow with a side swipe of her club, breaking it into golden pieces. "Bowman, don't interrupt me!"
When she noticed Yumiko trying to flee, she appeared enraged and swung her club back. Yumiko's hips were her target, but she missed.
Behind everyone else, a yellow energy field grew, and Ralphie quickly disappeared. Adhita's head was the target of his body blinking as he brought his right leg behind him and kicked diagonally.
Adhita was about to smash down her club when he crashed his instep into her head.
He stooped and knelt in front of her feet.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Yumiko took Kizu away while Adhita grew enraged and nearly began to exhale steam. She let out a furious snarl and raised her club once more. "Stop getting in my way!" Adhita was about to smash when Ralphie swiftly swung around on the ground and slammed his instep into her ankles hard enough to knock her to the ground.
Ralphie retraced his steps and elevated his front leg. He quickly began kicking forward at a rapid speed, aiming it into her face.
Adhita had been stationary and couldn't escape due to the velocity and force of his kicks. "Adhita!" Screamed Maxim in surprise.
Ralphie finally stopped, dragging his foot behind, and aimed to kick Adhita into her hip. However, when he tried, his body suddenly froze and didn't move.
His eyes were bewildered and astonished. No matter how much he struggled, he couldn't break free from his paralyzed body. "I-I can't... m-move..." He said and kept trying.
But to no avail.
Yumiko gently dropped Kizu's body on the ground and looked behind her.
Everyone had their eyes locked on Ralphie's struggling body. "Ralphie? What is happening?" Kyora asked, confused and worried.
Bruno glimpsed at her. "It's Blythe. He's immobilizing Ralphie's blood from flowing, rendering him helpless to move or act." Bruno explained, his arms shaking in anxiousness.
They locked their eyes on Blythe, who slowly raised his outstretched arm in the air. Ralphie's body got lifted off the ground, and cracking noises started sounding around him.
Adhita abruptly snapped from unconsciousness, but Ralphie's agonizing groans continued. She roared in anger and sprang to her feet. "How rude of you to mock me in that way! I'll batter you to gory pieces!"
As she seized her club with both hands, Adhita shouted out. She shifted one leg in front of her and the other in the back. She swung her club behind her shoulders after stretching it to the side.
Her body began to enlarge, and her skin began to take on a new contour. Her tusks became sharper, and her nose expanded into a lengthy trunk. Her limbs and arms grew bigger and stronger. Her voice grew deeper and beefier, and her golden curly hair lengthened.
Everyone's eyes became surprised, seeing a woman transform into a two-legged elephant. She became larger than a normal elephant. "Let's play some baseball with human flesh!"
She let out an elephant-like high-pitched scream in a deep voice that grew and echoed. She dragged a gust of wind with her club as she drove it forward all the way from the back.
"No, Ralphie!" Kou's body emitted mint energy, and he prepared to charge forward, but before he could do much, Ralphie's tiny body which was nothing in comparison to Adhita, got smashed with full force and power.
Without realizing it, a loud and forceful sound of the club smashing the body resounded as it struck his torso.
Ralphie's mouth coughed up blood as his eyes widened and turned white. His body shot through the air at the speed of a jet. He crashed into the ship at full speed and force.
The ship's wood cracked and bounded through the air at the collision. The entire ship broke apart as the timber fragments drifted in the water. He was in torturous, harrowing, and racking pain. It felt as if his entire skeleton had shattered into thousands of pieces, consuming his flesh in the process.
Everyone's eyes shook in fear. They were speechless until they saw Kou's mouth shiver in anger. He observed Adhita breathing heavily. "Hey, fatass!" He yelled in anger, drawing Adhita's attention. As she heard the insult, her eyes shook with fury. "You'll pay for that!"
Kou's eyes became more radiant. He released more vibrant, quickly zapping green energy. He immediately thrust his heels into the ground while bending his torso forward.
He exerted enough force that the earth beneath him rattled.
He drew his arms back, breathed in and out, and then surged forward with a rush of fresh energy.
"Kou! Wait! You'll get yourself killed!" Ayuka yelled while Kira observed Blythe getting ready to react. She immediately sprinted across the ground when her eyes clinched. "Kira?!" Unexpectedly, Bruno screamed.
Kira blinked with her body in front of Blythe, crouched, and slid on the ground, hipping her fist. She punched toward Blythe's jaw, drawing his attention to her.
Before Kira's fist could strike his jaw, Blythe backed away, causing him to erupt into the blood and drip into a pool of blood. She stomped at it with her elevated leg but only managed to hit the ground.
She saw Blythe shaping himself back together behind her and slashing at her with his liquidized blade. When she spotted him, she leaped forward, rolled on the ground, and avoided.
That prevented Kou from getting caught in a blood-binding spell and stopping in front of Adhita. He bent his knees, stabilizing himself on the ground, and then charged up his right fist.
Adhita looked at him. "You're going to regret insulting me, kid!" She raised her club in the air.
Kou's mouth shook in anger. He pumped his hand forward, revealing a silver light that flashed. He felt his knuckles breaking as he slammed his fist into Adhita's stomach. He heard loud cracking sounds of bones around him and yelled in a tormenting sound.
Adhita was laughing as he withdrew his arm and peered at his broken knuckles. "You didn't expect me to be able and enchant my body with hard steel! Too bad you don't know how to use the Forbidden Technique of Enchantment. Maybe then it would turn differently." She claimed. "Now die!" She swung her club downward, horrifying Kou.
"Damn it! It's like the last time! That kid doesn't know how to be careful!" Trap yelled as he stepped ahead. He quickly threw the cords forward after whipping them. They wrapped around Kou's waist, which Trap then pulled back, hauling Kou along with it.
Everyone saw Adhita slam the ground as Kou's body rolled to the ground next to Trap.
She triggered a tremendous earthquake, causing the earth to tremble and spew chunks of broken rock into the air. She even generated a significant shockwave and whirlwind.
Back on her feet after crawling, Kira kicked with her foot behind her. She attempted to strike Blythe, but her body quickly became paralyzed before she could. She was ensnared by the blood-binding spell and experienced excruciating pain all over her body.
Ayuka stretched her arms behind her, producing ice spikes that expanded into the distance after she stomped with her foot forward. As soon as Blythe detected the impending danger, he dropped Kira and leaped out of the way against the wall.
He saw the ice spikes crushing the gate and then glanced at Ayuka.
Kira needed some time to regain her breath and then hurried back. "You guys are going to kill yourself! I can't heal everyone at once!" Ayuka shouted in frustration.
Kirra grabbed the back of her head and smiled awkwardly. "Sorry, babe. But if I didn't attack, Kou would be caught by Blythe's ability."
"Yeah, I'm thankful you did. But we can't just go in and attack without a solid plan! We need to come up with a decent approach." Ayuka explained as their enemies looked at them at once.
To be continued...