Fu Hua who previously wore armor with a color scheme of black and blue, is now wearing a different one. Though she did not change what she was wearing manually, she just transformed into MANTIS form or Garuda mode.
Fu Hua's Garuda Mode is a striking blend of elegance and lethality, featuring a vibrant, fiery red and gold outfit. Her long hair transitions from white to red, adorned with flame-like ornaments. She wears a sleek, form-fitting bodysuit with intricate, flame-inspired golden designs, extending into sharp, claw-like gloves and golden armored legs. Long, ribbon-like extensions from her lower back resemble fiery feathers, enhancing her dynamic silhouette. Her boots, designed for agility, have golden talons. Ethereal flame-like wings emerge from her back, emphasizing her enhanced abilities and combat prowess.
Fu Hua wasn't going to use this Garuda mode in this fight this fast but when she got knocked down out cold. What's worst is that after waking up from dreams, she saw that thing that knocked her out and it was an UNFINISHED SODA CAN!. However, that's only one of the reasons. when she saw Kiana get manhandled and beaten down, she had no other choice but to transform into her MANTIS form as soon as she could. It was a bit too late though as Kiana is already out of commission for a while.
"She seems to be conscious. Damn! hang in there Kiana I will free you!" She said inwardly while gritting her teeth.
Now in front of Fu Hua is the Will of the Honkai who seems to be having fun as she can tell that this guy is staring at her with amusement.
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Without even saying anything, With a sonic boom, Fu Hua used her hands as thrusters to speed forward with the same flying kick she did ala dynamic entry leaving trails of fire in her wake and making some of the desert sand turn to glass.
Oreki dodge it casually by bending his body backward "Nice thigh! I'll take two please!" He said as he looked and admired the beautifully sculpted thigh.
As she missed her target, Fu Hua stopped her momentum putting her semi-thruster of the direction she was going. She then spun around doing 360 kicks and aimed it at Oreki but he leaned forward to evade it.
Fu Hua distances herself before going forward to do a drive-by punch. Oreki dodges this easily and punches her. She jumped up while using semi-thrusters to both of her hands and feet, When reached her desired height, she did an axe kick.
Unfortunately for Fu Hua, Oreki just jumped back diagonally when she was about to hit him.
*BOOM
Even though Fu Hua's axe kick misses her target. it still directly hit the desert ground causing massive damage as chunks of debris from the impact flew in different directions with some dust obscuring the vision of Oreki who was still in midair falling lightly like a feather.
At the same time, Fu Hua who was the center of the crater that she caused, started gathering fire with her right hand and compressing it as much as she could. She did this as soon as she noticed that she did not hit Oreki. With enough firepower to destroy several high-rise buildings, she shot the compressed fire like a laser beam.
Oreki saw the concentrated fire but he waited for it to get close to him before saying "Shambles"
Fu Hua was watching the beam of fire hit Oreki suddenly got disoriented before she could even recover from that a searing pain hit her from the back. She looked back a bit and saw the that laser that should have hit Oreki was now hitting her.
"AAHHH" Fu Hua shouted in pain. The momentum of the laser did not stop as it kept pushing her until she saw a giant void or portal the same size as a tennis court open in front of her. When she got close to the portal, a giant hand exited the giant portal with an open palm as if it were waiting for her. The laser beam that she fires slams her into the hand. Though the hand did not even react to her getting slammed it fell her as the giant hand started closing its open palm.
When the giant hand closed, Fu Hua got crushed resulting in broken bones. The giant slowly re-entered the portal dragging Fu Hua in it. She slowly opened her eyes and gritted her teeth in pain. She looked at her back as she noticed that she was being held by her collar. When she looked at those smirking faces, she already concluded that the giant was Oreki.
After seeing her sorry state he did not throw Fu Hua like Darkseid would do. He just dropped her to the ground which was still painful for her but not as painful as the other option.
Oreki turns around and walks slowly away from Fu Hua but he turns back around "Ichou, are you okay?" He asked in concern while wondering if he doing this too far just to have fun "Nope" He answered to himself but he was still concerned about Fu Hua's condition.
Fu Hu did not answer as her body started healing itself and before she knew she was fully healed with brimming confidence ready to face her enemy again.
Oreki's facepalm when he saw this phenomenon "Garuda is almost the same as Phoenix, so of course you're going to have healing abilities too." He said helplessly as he stared at Fu Hua who is now preparing to fight him again "I worry for nothing" He added while doing a tsundere pose which is not a good look.
"Don't pretend that you care for me or even humanity" Fu Hua said in venom.
"You're absolutely right!" Oreki agreed with Fu Hua's assessment of him "I don't care about the humanity of this world but if saving this world is all that it's take to get Eden to be the vocalist of my band then I'll pretend that care for them but sadly she does not want that" He shrugs as he explained.
"What about you Ichou? Do you want me to save this world? but you have to pay the price for that and lucky for you I have something in mind" He said though he wanted to say he wanted her in the harem but the timing was not yet there.
"Saved the world? Don't make me laugh! you wiped out humanity now you want to save them!" Fu Hua shouted angrily while fire flared up to respond in her anger "Don't say anything more, Will of the Honkai. I will avenge Himiko for what you done" She shouted with fury.
"Seems like nothing is going through you until you've sobered up." Oreki said with a shrug "Come on Ichou let out all you're anger and achieve inner peace" He said while beckoning Fu Hua with his finger.
When Oreki said that, Fu Hua supercharged her feet with her Garuda fire "I need more speed to be able to kill him" As she said while gritting her teeth, small bird-like wings started forming her heels without her even noticing it.
"Again with a power up? this is the second time it has happened! I feel like a villain for some reason" Oreki said in awe while wondering if he was the baddie "Or does she have this ability in the first place?" He questioned as refused to be the villain.
As the small wings formed, Fu Hua stared at Oreki "I'm coming for you" She shouted as she disappeared from the naked eye and it was the same with Oreki.
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Meanwhile.
The Trio of Eden, Mei, and Aponia stood from afar as they watched things unfold. Mei and Eden were shocked or not even shocked when Oreki easily incapacitated Kiana. Not shocked because they think this is the God that sent those Angels or Herrsher to eliminate humanity and if those Herrsher who came before are all powerful then they can't imagine how powerful the very being that created the Herrshers.
With the weird way Kiana gets incapacitated, To Mei and Eden, this just added to their reason to believe that this is the Will of the Honkai. Even when Oreki is currently battling Fu Hua, the explosion still keeps on happening to Kiana. Forcing her to transform into her MANTIS form but it didn't stop the explosions.
Eden and Mei wanted to help Kiana but they were surrounded by a barrier, preventing them from leaving the premises.
When they heard a consecutive explosion different from the explosion that Kiana was experiencing. They tried to look for Oreki and Fu Hua but they did not see even their shadow so they assumed that those two were moving so fast they were practically invisible to their point of view.
Aponia who had her eyes closed and more relaxed than Eden and Mei, already saw this thing happen from her vision but suddenly she started walking forward in between Mei and Eden while shoving slightly.
They are about to scold her but she spoke first "He's coming to us"
"Mmm?" the Duo was confused at first but they changed their expression and became alert and looked around the vicinity. However, they did not see the person in front of them except Aponia who was smiling bloomingly.
"Good Evening, Ladies!"