Retas PoV
I gritted my teeth as I tried to avoid getting blown away by the powerful shockwave our clash produced. Day and the rest had gotten sent flying by it. Hopefully they would be fine. Our plan to capture Yusan wasn't going like we had wanted.
Yusan smirked as he held his ground. Wilneth growled and swiped her claws at him. He blocked with his right forearm and tried to reverse punch her gut. I intercepted with earth ki and kicked him through the hole in the ceiling our earlier clash had produced.
"Not bad, boy," Yusan said, his green eyes glowing.
He clapped his hands together, producing a shockwave that pushed both Wilneth and me down. We went crashing through several floors. If not for our Titania genes, we would've probably both died.
Yusan laughed. "You fools really thought you could stop me? Ha! I will crush you like the insignificant flies you are! Starting with you, Retas!"
I looked up and formed a barrier with my ki, stopping his fist.
Yusan chuckled as he struck my barrier again, shattering it. Wilneth rushed behind him and tried to pierce his head with her claws, but Yusan's head became incased with black stone-like scale, protecting him.
"Nice try, Wilneth. But you're still to wet behind the ears to kill me." He turned around and tried to grab her by the neck but a flash of blue ki struck his arm before he could.
I looked up and saw Zairus. He, Tira, and Prince Huitlo flew toward us, using wings made out of ki.
"Take the traitor, by order of the Imperial Family of Titanos!" Prince Huitlo commanded, glaring at Yusan.
Yusan chuckled. "You sure are full of bark, kid. Well, you whole lot are."
Yusan chuckled. "You sure are full of bark, kid. Well, you whole lot are."
His arrogance was infuriating, but I couldn't let it get to me. We had to stay focused and coordinate our attacks if we wanted to stand a chance against him.
"Now!" I shouted, signaling to Wilneth and the others to attack in unison.
Zairus, Tira, and Prince Huitlo descended upon Yusan with a flurry of coordinated strikes, their ki-enhanced wings giving them the agility and speed needed to keep up with him. Each strike landed with precision, aiming for potential weaknesses in Yusan's stone-like scales.
Wilneth and I joined the assault, our combined efforts creating a relentless barrage of attacks. Yusan's defenses were formidable, but the sheer intensity of our combined onslaught began to push him back.
"You're all wasting your time!" Yusan roared, his voice echoing through the wrecked building. He swung his arms in wide arcs, generating shockwaves that sent debris flying in all directions.
I dodged to the side, narrowly avoiding a piece of falling concrete. "Keep pressing him! He can't keep this up forever!"
Wilneth's claws glowed with energy as she struck at Yusan with renewed ferocity. Her attacks were calculated and precise, each one aimed at weakening his defenses. Zairus and Tira complemented her efforts, their ki strikes adding to the pressure.
Prince Huitlo hovered above, his gauntlets glowing with energy. "Yusan, your reign of terror ends here!"
He unleashed a powerful energy blast that struck Yusan square in the chest, causing him to stagger. For a moment, it seemed like we were gaining the upper hand.
But Yusan's resilience was unmatched. He roared in anger, his scales shimmering with a dark energy. "You think you can defeat me? I am invincible!"
He slammed his fists into the ground, causing a massive shockwave that knocked us all off our feet. The ground cracked and buckled under the force of his attack, sending us sprawling.
I struggled to my feet, my body aching from the impact. "We need to find a way to break through his defenses!"
Wilneth nodded, her eyes burning with determination. "There has to be a weakness. We just need to find it."
Zairus and Tira regrouped, their expressions resolute. "Let's try a concentrated attack," Zairus suggested. "If we focus our energy on a single point, we might be able to break through."
Prince Huitlo nodded in agreement. "It's worth a shot. Everyone, focus your attacks on his chest!"
We gathered our energy, channeling it into a single, powerful strike. Yusan's eyes widened as he realized what we were doing, but it was too late for him to react.
"Now!" I shouted, releasing the combined energy in a blinding blast.
The energy struck Yusan's chest with incredible force, shattering the scales and sending him flying backward. He crashed into a wall, the impact creating a crater around him.
For a moment, there was silence. Then, Yusan groaned and struggled to his feet, his chest exposed and vulnerable. "You... you won't win..."
Wilneth seized the opportunity, her claws glowing with energy. "This ends now, Yusan."
She lunged forward, her claws piercing his exposed chest. Yusan roared in pain, his body convulsing as the energy coursed through him.
Wilneth's eyes widened as she was hit by her own energy.
"Haha," Yusan said, his voice mechanical.
"Did he turn himself into a cyborg?" Huitlo asked.
Wilneth shook her head and backed away. "No, this is a fake."
The hole in the fake Yusan fixed itself as gray material oozed out of the metal.
Tira gritted her teeth. "But, the ki is his..."
The realization that we had been fighting a puppet filled with Yusan's ki hit us hard. The fake Yusan's mechanical voice grated on my nerves, and the sight of the gray material oozing out and fixing the damage was unsettling.
"Now perish!" the puppet bellowed, its voice echoing through the wrecked building.
Tira gritted her teeth and activated her pink battle suit, the advanced technology whirring to life and enveloping her in a protective, enhanced armor. "Not today, you traitor!"
With a burst of speed, Tira intercepted the puppet's attack, her suit absorbing the impact. The force of the blow sent shockwaves reverberating through the city, but Tira held her ground.
She retaliated with a powerful energy beam from her suit, the pink light cutting through the air and striking the puppet squarely. The puppet raised its arm to defend, the gray material hardening into a shield that absorbed most of the impact.
"You're strong, but not invincible," Tira declared, her voice filled with determination.
The puppet's eyes glowed a sinister green as it countered with a barrage of energy blasts. Tira dodged and weaved through the onslaught, her suit's agility and speed giving her an edge.
"We need to find the source of the puppet's control," Wilneth shouted, her eyes scanning the room. "If we can disrupt Yusan's connection, we can take it down!"
Prince Huitlo nodded, his expression resolute. "Zairus, help the girls keep it occupied. Retas and I will search for the real Yusan."
They nodded.
Yusan, he couldn't be too far away. Could he? Just how strong was he, really? While Retran tech was advanced by our standards, something told me it was Yusan's ki doing most of the work.