With a hiss, as Carol was drawn by Robert's tangible fighting spirit, Robert instantly completed his transformation into the Giant Ape's Fury, undergoing a slight change in form. A faint green flame enveloped Robert's body, intertwining his anger with his fighting spirit. A terrifying aura spread around him, stirring up a storm in the high skies.
However, the storm Robert conjured didn't affect Carol. Bright light surged around her, somewhat similar to Robert's aura.
Carol didn't immediately activate her Binary State, a habit she maintained from her last battle with Clark. Perhaps the strain of the Binary form is too great...
In an instant, when Carol's power surged, both she and Robert disappeared from their spots. Given their proximity, their collision was almost simultaneous.
Boom! Boom!
Robert's fist struck Carol's face, and Carol's punched Robert's chest. Neither intended to defend, craving the impact of flesh on flesh! After the first collision, Robert's chest bore no injuries, but his body was forced back, while Carol remained unmoved, only her head tilting slightly. Robert keenly noticed Carol's power wasn't much stronger than his, but her body was tougher and harder to repel than he expected.
"Is that so?" A fierce smile appeared on Robert's lips. His eyes, under the transformation of the Giant Ape's Fury, gleamed with madness. The next moment, his already tangible fighting spirit surged even more, causing Carol, who was about to counterattack, to freeze and watch him warily.
"Again!" With the Battle Mage's Berserker Punch activated, Robert charged towards Carol, curious to see whose body would be thrown back under nearly equal strength.
With a loud crash, Robert and Carol's fists collided, neither stepping back. Realizing this, they exchanged glances and launched into a frenzied attack.
In the high skies, Robert and Carol clashed repeatedly, the terrifying sound and vibrations spreading across the area, turning the sky above the Savage Islands into a whirlwind. Amidst this, a deep blue barrier shielded the sky, unaffected by the storm outside, resembling Wakanda's energy barrier. It was clearly Joel's doing, a necessary defense to prevent Robert's sparring from tearing the island apart.
Realizing the energy barrier below, Robert and Carol felt assured and fought even more boldly. Robert's attacks became increasingly fierce. Carol noticed, as the battle progressed, Robert's punches grew stronger and faster, his combat prowess seemingly invigorated.
Initially, even with the Giant Ape's Fury and the Berserker Punch, Carol managed to suppress Robert. But now, she found Robert's combat strength catching up.
"I knew he wasn't simple!" A thought flashed through Carol's mind as she blocked and countered Robert's punch, aiming to send him flying.
Carol possessed a kind of durability that made it hard to be forcefully knocked away, but Robert's Berserker Punch was an unyielding force, impossible to repel. The most an attack could do was break through his defense, and even then, Robert wouldn't retreat.
Thus, Carol's attack failed, and Robert seized the moment to land a punch on her face.
With a loud bang, Carol's head jerked back. She wondered why Robert always aimed for her face. Just as she prepared to send Robert flying and create distance, she used the force of his punch to fly backward, effectively widening the gap.
When Carol retreated, Robert frowned, sensing something amiss since his punch shouldn't have sent her flying that far. Carol must be planning something, so he advanced, not giving her the chance to execute her strategy.
Carol's reaction was swift, her body shining brightly and quickly creating distance between them. Then, with a hum, she concentrated a bright energy wave in her fist and launched it at Robert.
Robert, surprised by the incoming energy wave that resembled a Kamehameha, recognized its purity and danger. From Carol's perspective, as Robert faced the energy wave without dodging, she realized too late that his figure was a mere afterimage. A shout from above signaled Robert's counterattack with a Kamehameha of his own!
Carol, facing the powerful energy, didn't dodge but countered with her energy wave. The two forces collided, the pure but differing energies clashing fiercely. Despite the continuous battle, Robert's green flame grew stronger, making his Kamehameha increasingly powerful, putting Carol under pressure.
Deciding against escalating her power further for now, Carol pushed her current strength to its limit, hoping to repel or even counter the Kamehameha.
However, the Kamehameha, known for its dominance in such clashes, especially when the combatants' energies were close, proved difficult to overcome. With the battle intensifying and Robert's fighting spirit bolstered by the Giant Ape's Fury, Carol's energy wave was slowly but surely pushed back.
In a critical moment, Carol
couldn't hold back any longer; her power burst forth, elevating her strength to a new level, her aura brightening and her hair floating as if windblown, her eyes emitting a bright light.
Binary State! Carol's trump card, a form capable of rivaling the angelic Rachel in her normal state. As expected, upon activating the Binary State, Carol's power surged, and she instantly repelled the Kamehameha, shocking Robert.
Unable to withstand it, Robert realized he couldn't face this force directly. His energy exploded to its peak, releasing all his power to momentarily block the energy wave before vanishing from the spot.
The energy wave, carrying the Kamehameha, shot towards the sky and disappeared from view, its final impact unknown.
"How come I haven't turned into a Super Saiyan, and she's already there?" Robert mused as he dodged, comparing Carol's form to that of a Super Saiyan, albeit not as amplified.
If Carol's strength before had increased fifty-fold, then even if Robert had unleashed all his power, he couldn't have blocked the energy wave momentarily because their powers were no longer on the same level.
Although not as formidable as a Super Saiyan, Carol's current state definitely matched Super Saiyan-level combat strength. In Robert's estimation, Carol's Binary State and his current limit under the Giant Ape's Fury were close. If he could maintain this level normally, continuous battle with the Giant Ape's Fury could also bring him to Super Saiyan-level combat strength.
Despite being close to Super Saiyan-level combat strength, transitioning to a Super Saiyan wasn't straightforward, especially since Robert possessed the pure Saiyan bloodline from Universe 7, which required a significant trigger...
Robert's development of the Giant Ape's Fury was on track, his body not yet feeling the strain, suggesting his physical capacity was far from its limit.
"So, continue fighting?" Carol asked, her radiant gaze curious, noting Robert's weakened state.
"If you keep this form, I definitely can't beat you, but if you'd fight me in your normal state, I could still put up a fight..." Despite his large energy consumption, Robert was not without fight, not yet forced back to his normal state from the Giant Ape's Fury.
"Alright, to be honest, I've never seen someone who can suddenly boost their combat power so much. You're interesting!" Carol deactivated her Binary State, knowing fighting Robert in that form was somewhat unfair since they weren't on the same level.
"You might see an even stronger transformation from me later!" Robert chuckled, his fighting spirit rekindled as Carol, now back in her normal state, vanished from the spot.
With a loud crash, they collided again, their powers reset to the initial point.
Before Carol activated the Binary State, Robert's combat strength had matched or even surpassed her normal state. But facing the Binary State's energy wave had drained him significantly, reducing his combat power.
However, still in the Giant Ape's Fury state, Robert continued to boost his combat power. Although the current consumption was substantial, his endurance had greatly improved since the initial transformation. As long as he had energy and wasn't severely injured, Robert could keep fighting.
In the high skies, the sound of collision echoed repeatedly. The surrounding sea stirred violently as Carol, realizing her energy waves were no match for Robert's, refrained from using them. But in a fist-to-fist battle, Carol wasn't ready to concede.
Even if Robert's combat techniques were superior and his Berserker Punch unyielding, Carol's defensive prowess was formidable. Unless Robert's energy waves struck her directly, he couldn't cause her any injury, making the battle last even longer than Robert had anticipated...
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