As soon as it was done, Cyone was laughing maniacally at the sight. "Now this is going to be so much fun!" Without warning, he fired larger versions of the energy-sucking scales towards the Seitengers who still managed to evade it. The scales exploded as soon as they hit the ground.
The Seitengers used the rage of the blast from the explosion to begin their counterattack. Upon summoning their respective Vessel Medallions (Heaven Lion, Heaven Shark, Heaven Tiger, Heaven Falcon, and Heaven Dove), they placed them into a slot of their Hyakureiders. One of the bladeless ends of their sidearms glowed with their respective elemental colors. They pointed it to the scrambling Gargonema trying to find their way out of the smoke from the explosion.
"Hyakurei Laser!" the five Seitengers recited in unison.
Silhouettes of heads of the lion, shark, tiger, falcon, and dove formed from the glow of their weapon before pushing the yellow button and shouting the command "Shoot!" Rapid laser beams were shot from the Hyakureider which eliminated almost all of the Gargonema and somewhat weakened Cyone since the Triske Monster was hit with the beams, as well.
"Let's do this!"
Each of the Seitengers extracted the blades of their Hyakureider and started fighting the remaining Gargonema. Or clearly, it was SeitenEarth, SeitenWind, and SeitenLight who dealt with the creatures.
"We'll handle the Gargonema. Just go and deal with Cyone before that monster starts throwing scales again," SeitenEarth instructed, especially to SeitenWater, that SeitenFire couldn't help agreeing.
Eichirou was the one who should deal with Cyone, after all. And Shuichi thought that, as SeitenFire, he would support SeitenWater as the water warrior dealt with the monster.
With that, SeitenEarth began slashing Gargonema coming at him with their swords and spears which he still managed to block and evade. "You gotta be quicker than that if you want to defeat me." He was able to block and deflect two swords that were about to strike him. Soon after, he pushed one of the five buttons that encircled the Hyakureider which was colored green. The blade of his sidearm glowed as leaf silhouettes surrounded it.
"Tremulous Power! Heaven's Rumbling Land Strike!"
As SeitenEarth delivered the said sword attack, the Gargonema he was fighting exploded to bits just like that. "Good thing I studied the use of this weapon."
Meanwhile, SeitenWind was dealing with her batch of Gargonema that kept on coming which of course had irritated her. Her irritation somehow made her able to easily destroy the enemies. It appeared she was putting too much force into each of her strikes.
"This will finish you off easily." As she said that, she pushed the green button of her Hyakureider. Her weapon emanated a yellow glow as gusts of wind appeared to surround the blade. "Howling Power! Heaven's Turbulent Wind Strike!"
With that attack, SeitenWind was able to eliminate her remaining opponents without a problem. "I guess holding other weapons aside from bow and arrow isn't that bad."
While it all happened, SeitenLight fearlessly battled her own set of Gargonema as she put every inch of force and rage in each of her slashing attacks and kicks to throw her opponents. Truly, she was different from before she even knew she was chosen to become a Seitenger. It was like every attack she delivered, she was trying to prove something--that she could do it without a second thought as long as it would help her, her brother, and her friends. She struck a few more oncoming Gargonema before she charged up her Hyakureider as she pushed the green button.
The blade of her weapon glowed in white as star-like silhouettes surrounded it. "Shining Power! Heaven's Blinding Light Strike!" Upon reciting that, she delivered a cross clash to the remainder of the Gargonema she was dealing with. "Now I'm starting to like this job."
With the Gargonema eliminated, the only problem that they needed to deal with and worry about was Cyone. That's where SeitenFire and SeitenWater come in since they were the ones fighting the said Triske Monster. But from the looks of it, the fight wasn't easy as Cyone was still able to hold off the two Seitengers.
"You weaklings are truly asking for your funeral," Cyone said as he blocked the Seitengers' sword strikes with his fish scale-like shield she summoned.
"Sorry, but we're not planning to die yet. At least, not until we finally destroy you," SeitenWater responded before he sent a downward slash with all his force which destroyed the shield in the process.
Immediately after that, SeitenFire struck Cyone with his Hyakureider sending the monster flying and making it weak. The monster moaned in pain.
"Now who's the weakling, huh? You can't even deliver one sure-kill attack to prove your skills," SeitenFire mocked as he watched Cyone stand up.
"You bastards! I'll make you eat your words!" Cyone sent two spinning fish scales--just like shurikens--towards the two warriors.
But to the monster's surprise, SeitenFire easily blocked it with his Hyakureider and deflected them quite easily soon after.
Cyone was about to do it again when vines began sprouting out from the ground and the surrounding trees. The monster was surprised but got distracted by a blinding light. He soon found himself bound by the vines which had truly made him immobile.
"What is this? Get me out of here!" Cyone demanded in rage.
"Sorry, but that's not possible," SeitenWater said as he stabbed his Hyakureider to the ground.
Soon after, SeitenWind came to SeitenFire's side. Both of them delivered their respective elemental attacks to Cyone. The wind spell only increased the fire attack's temperature which has easily burned and roasted the monster but not the vines that bound it. It appeared that SeitenLight's spell somewhat protected the magical vines.
SeitenWater's Hyakureider that he stabbed to the ground became his medium of delivering one of his strongest spells using ice. With enough concentration, he delivered his freezing spell from underground toward the roasted Triske Monster, making it unable to move or even react.
"The finisher! Shuichi-san, Eichirou-san!"
The blue warrior pulled out his sidearm before he and SeitenFire pushed the green button meant for delivering blade attacks. SeitenWater's Hyakureider glowed in blue color with water surrounding it while SeitenFire's weapon emanated a red glow as fire surrounded the blade.
"Outpouring Power! Heaven's Surging Water Strike!"
"Blazing Power! Heaven's Raging Fire Strike!"
With both spells recited, the two warriors delivered it to the frozen Cyone who couldn't do anything anymore to counter it. The two elemental strike spells finally destroyed the Triske Monster. The magical vines that bound the monster also disappeared. SeitenEarth and SeitenLight approached the other three Seitengers.
"That was one strategy, Eichirou," SeitenFire commented with a laugh. He tapped SeitenWater's shoulder. "But... you did it."
"Don't make him take all the credit, Shuichi-san. We don't want him jumping around after this," SeitenLight said which earned a whining tone from the blue Vessel.
"What was that supposed to mean, Eri-chan?"
"It means what it means."
But it was soon interrupted with a warning. "It's not yet over, guys."
The rest of them immediately understood what it meant. Moments later, they saw the dark orb gather the scattered Tarean energy and revived Cyone by turning him into a giant.
"This time, I'll steal your energy that will make you fall into despair and hopelessness!" The monster fired a fish scale at the Seitengers which barely evaded somehow.
"Okay. What I know right now, is this monster is crazy and we're close to getting crushed by those scales of his," SeitenWater complained as they regrouped.
SeitenEarth exhaled. "I hate it when we have to deal with an Unseal."
"That's why we're here, Itsuki."
The said warrior looked down to see his Vessel Medallion slightly glowing. "Terraiger!"
"We will help you, Eichirou. Just summon us."
"Sereo!" SeitenWater exclaimed in obvious glee. He faced his teammates after that.
"Let's go! Firion, I'll leave it to you," SeitenFire said.
"No problem, partner."
"Let's get along, Skylon," SeitenWind greeted.
"There's nothing to worry about, Misae-chan."
"It's nice to be able to see you again, Dovight," SeitenLight stated.
"I feel the same way, Lady Erika."
After that, the Seitengers wasted no time in summoning their respective Grand Vessel Spirits.
"Spirit Summon, Start!"
As soon as they recited the command, they pushed the red button on their Hyakureider and thrust their sidearms into the air. The portal from the sky soon materialized and five animal-like mechas descended from it one by one. The Seitengers boarded their respective Grand Vessel Spirits and placed their Hyakureider to the podium-like control mechanism of their cockpits. They did so after retracting their sidearms' blades.
"Let's go!" SeitenFire commanded.