Ashley was laying there motionless as the Fox had her foot on her head. She laughed.
"It was foolish to go up against an existence you don't understand. Your arrogance is the cause of all this. Your friend here was just one of the vic..."
A swirl of murderous aura covered the entire vicinity. It was so dense it could be seen with the naked eye. Grief, sorrow, anger, despair, loss, desire for revenge and...the urge to kill. All of that was emanating from me. The chaos mana in the vicinity immediately began being absorbed by me. The Sun was blotted out as if hiding from the immense fury and anger I was emanating.The entire area was darker. The chaos mana ran through my body, into my muscles and veins and my shattered core got remade into a chaos core. I was healed everywhere and my body got even stronger.
Silence...
I let out an explosion of chaos mana around me as my primal scream filled the sky. It was like a vortex was surrounding me as the chaos mana violently flashed around me. My hair turned into a red-orange colour as the chaos mana surrounded my body like a dense cloak. The ground was violently shaking as if in fear as if responding to my anger. The air felt heavy as violent flashes of lightning surrounded me. Soon, the turbulence subsided and I looked at the Fox with an expressionless face. My eyes were purely white with no iris or pupil. I was infuriated. She was shocked.
"HOW IS IT THAT THE CHAOS MANA IS NOT ERODING YOUR BODY?!?!?! HOW ARE YOU HANDLI-"
I shot forward.
"Die"
A huge explosion occured as I connected with a mana-laced punch. I didn't stop there as I appeared on top of her and hit her with a spinning elbow. As she hit the ground and rebounded, I kicked her head, forcefully smashing her into the ground. I flew up a bit and fired hundreds of mana blasts at her body and then fired one powerful chaos energy wave. As the smoke from the blast cleared, I saw her tails were burnt as she used them to protect herself. As soon as I saw a gap where she slightly opened her tail cucoon, I rushed in and delivered a heavy punch. The shockwave shook the entire battlefield and created a miniature crater. I unleashed a barrage of punches at her but she soon had enough as she let out a infuriated scream which was accompanied by a huge fireball from her mouth. It pushed me back as it sent me higher into the air. Chaos Mana exploded around her as she rushed in to attack. She made full use of her tails as extra limbs as she unleashed a furry of attacks. There was nothing I could do but block while protecting my vital points and bear with the attacks that got through. She unleashed a powerful side kick. I managed to block it with my arm. She was infuriated.
"I REFUSE TO BELIEVE I CAN'T BEAT A FILTHY HUMAN TRASH!!!"
She went absolutely wild as her hair became an even a purer shade of white as it glowed while her eyes lost their pupils. She was in a semi-berserk state.
"I'LL KILL YOU FILTHY HUMAN! I'LL KILL ALL OF YOU!!!!"
Her attacks got even fiercer as I started to feel the damage on my sides accumulate. I let out a burst of chaos mana as I cut off her combo attack and punched her, sending her down into the ground. I followed up with a kick to her head as she rebounded from the ground. I flew up a bit and I extended my hand. As I was about to fire an energy wave, I heard Maria shout.
"ISAAC!!! STOP!!! DON'T KILL HER!!!"
I looked at her with shock and the rage I felt at that moment could not even be described as a massive aura of killing intent leaked out of me. I immediately appeared in front of her and my killing intent instantly bought her to her knees as she started sweating profusely. I extended my hand right in front of her face and looked at her deep in the eyes.
"..."
I tried to speak but the words wouldn't come out Before I could carry on with any further actions, a huge surge of energy was felt as a big ball of fire appeared. Soon, that ball of fire transformed into a large Nine-Tailed Fox. Her fur was like lava. It was her Avatorial Form and not her true form. It's almost like shape-shifting into a desired form by using your mana to form the extended part. A deafening roar was heard as the Fox cried out.
"I'LL KILL YOU THIS TIME HUMAN!"
"What's to fear from an avatar? You're so weak you can't even transform into your true form."
I stretched out my hand and my sword immediately came flying as it landed in my hand.
"Heal her."
I turned to face the fox as she spoke.
"Even if I don't have enough chaos mana to fully transform, my Avatorial Form will be enough, TO CRUSH AN ANT LIKE YOU! This time, I WILL ABSOL-"
"Just die..."
I then immediately appeared besides her.
"...slowly."
I swung my slashed my sword as I aimed to cut off one of her legs but it was like I cut air. I proceeded to exchange blows with her as she lashed out with her tails, screaming at me.
"I WILL NOT FALL TO A MERE HUMAN!!!"
The battle was fierce. Valleys were being destroyed as our exchange carried us around the vicinity. Energy waves and blasts were hurled at each other. I would swipe my sword at her, only for it to feel like I'm swinging at the clouds and she'd heal shortly after. I would dart left when she struck with her paws and aim for her nape with my sword where I succeeded in slicing off a bit of her neck. She immediately healed. Our exchange went on for a while until she spoke.
"IT'S USELESS HUMAN! YOU CANNOT DEFEAT ME!"
"..."
I kept swinging my sword harder and harder, faster and faster. I knew that sooner or later her recovery rate would slow down.
"It's time. Now I'll end this."
I backed away and used my other hand to fire multiple blasts of mana. She blocked them with her tails but this also blocked her vision. I used that opportunity to quickly charge forward and get under her with the intention of piercing her underbelly. She immediately jumped up as she sensed me quickly approaching but I immediately made a fire claw which slightly caught her in midair and kept her there. I made a shadow clone which would keep up the fire claw and I ran to the side while charging up my sword for an attack. I vanished as I jumped and instantly appeared besides her. I used my own sword arts which I had been practicing for the last 3(15) years. My muscles were filled with mana as they tensed up in preparation. An aura of chaos mana surrounded me as I spoke.
"BRUTAL STYLE: 1000 CUTS"
I used both of my hands to swing my sword super fast. Streaks of red light were seen as I sliced the Fox multiple times. Each time the healing rate was decreasing considerably as the chaos mana she used to heal herself gradually ran out.
"NO!!! STOP!!!"
She couldn't maintain her Avatar transformation anymore as she slowly shrunk in size. I put my all into the final cut as a huge streak of mana signalled the final cut, splitting the Fox in half as she fell to the ground with her body seperated. My clone disappeared as the fire claw also dissipated. I slowly descended as I channelled my mana to heal my hands, arms, shoulders and elbows. She was coughing as I landed on the ground. Her lower body wasn't moving at all as the tails layed sprawled across the ground. She was doing her best to crawl away using her arms.
"Thi-this is impossible! THIS CAN'T BE HAPPE-"
*SLASH*
One of her arms went off. She released a deafening scream as she turned around and frantically tried to get away from me. I continued walking and slowly raised my sword. Her eyes widened in horror as she saw the sword high up in the air.
*SLASH*
I cut off her other arm. She cried as the blood kept oozing out. She had almost run out of chaos mana so she couldn't properly heal herself. I extended my hand and fired little wisps of Samahadhi True Fire at the severed areas. She started burning as the flames spread slowly.
"I promised I'd kill you...slowly."
I raised my sword and as I was about to strike, Maria shouted again for me to stop. I ignored her as I began a stabbing motion, only to hear another voice ask me to stop. It was Ashley. Maria was holding her up. Her voice sounded weak.
"Stop Isaac! Please?"
The sword barely stopped at the tip of her nose. I kept it there and turned my head. I was silent for a while...and then I lost my mind as I grit my teeth and shouted.
"Why? WHY MUST I LET HER LIVE?! GIVE ME ONE GOOD REASON WHY I SHOULD LET HER LIVE!!!!!!!"
Ashley remained calm.
"I want to defeat her and also..."
She smiled weakly.
"... it's not fair that only you got to be more powerful. I mean look at the glistening hair of yours and the pressure you're releasing.*cough* Also, only I have the right to exact revenge against her since I'm still alive as you can see."
She released a weak laugh but as I got engrossed in it, the fox took the opportunity to launch a final attack. All of her body parts dissipated and entered the orifices of my body. She began laughing to herself.
"I'll take over the body of this brat and kill every human in existence as sacrifices to my fallen brethren."
Before she could celebrate for long, she felt a pair of eyes stare at her and an immense pressure made her tremble. She heard a dark voice that struck fear into her core. I spoke.
"That's not going to happen."