Just as Juggernaut was about to swing her up again, she showed extreme flexibility by twisting her waist and kicking Juggernaut directly on the lower jaw, forcing him to let her go. Just as her body hit the ground, she immediately rolled to the side.
'Boom!'
Juggernaut's foot landed directly where Thea was lying a moment ago, his foot sinking beneath the ground. Just as he raised his leg, planning on stomping on her again. Thea placed her uninjured hand beneath her and ignited a burst of flames that sent her flying, leading to Juggernaut's foot landing on nothing but ground again.
Thea landed harshly on the ground and rolled right next to her Katana, just like she calculated. She grabbed it's hilt and then pulled her knees back and shot them forward, making her body lift up and land on it's feet. She then turned around and saw the red titan already upon her. Using her uninjured arm, she swung her Katana at the fist that was rushing towards her.
'Clang!'
Her katana bounced back, forcing her to stumble back and almost fall, she could see the huge fist still heading towards her. Out of desperation, she forced her body to the side, which led to the fist passing right next to her head. The force was strong enough to cause a gust of wind that made her hair flow to the side. Thinking that Juggernaut was open, she spun around with her katana's blade facing outward, just as it was about to slash on Juggernaut's thigh, his lower right arm moved and swarted her away.
'Bang!'
Her body harshly smashed on a tree's trunk, almost uprooting the tree. She could feel her innards moving around while her spine almost snapped in half. Just as she was about to stand up again. Juggernaut came rushing towards her like a freight train, without stopping, he grabbed her and bashed her against the tree, snapping it in half. He continued moving and bashed her against another tree and then another...
'Bang!'
'Bang!'
'Bang!'
'Bang!'
Just after bashing her against the twentieth tree, he tossed the now unrecognisable Thea high into the air and then bent his knees and jumped towards her. As he reached her in the sky, he put his hands together, raised them above his head and then heavily brought them down on her chest. 'BOOOM!' 'Crack!', Thea could hear the sound of her bones breaking as her body shot straight towards the ground at immense speeds, tearing through the sky like a misguided missile. And upon impact...
'BOOOOOOOOOOOMM!'
An explosion of tremendous force occured, that caused the surrounding area to experience powerful seismic activity. Trees were uprooted and tossed aside, streams in the surrounding area immediately dried up, while the fauna that was closest to the area of impact were instantly eviscerated by the powerful winds. It was total chaos.
Now, lying within a 40 metre deep crater was Thea, her appearance hardly recognisable. Her once long luscious red hair was now messy and covered with dried leaves and dirt, giving it an unappealing appearance. Her chest had sunk in deep while her black armour had broken and torn on various areas. She was taking shallow breaths, as her once lively eyes now dim, gazed at the red titan that was stomping towards her. ' The head captain's definitely going to give me an earful for all this damage'. Unlike one would expect, Thea was the least bit worried about her current state nor situation. She was more worried about what her superior would think and say to her after assessing all this damage. 'I should have ended it before it got this bad but where's the fun in that. Sure some rare trees were burned and uprooted and some innocent animals might have unnecessarily died. But... Where I'm I even going with this? hahaha!' she tried laughing but all that was heard by Juggernaut were dried coughs, which put a nasty grin on his face. ' I'm definitely out of it... Welp, it's about time I end this'.
Juggernaut who was stomping towards Thea immediately halted when he was a few metres from her. His instincts crazily screaming of danger, telling him to run. The whole forest was suddenly drowned in silence, followed by a spike in temperature that caused the trees surrounding the crater to catch fire without warning. Looking deep within the crater, Juggernaut saw Thea's body begin to glow blindingly red, forcing him to close his eyes...
Just as Juggernaut was about to take a step back he stopped and wondered to himself. what would the other middle class demons think of me if I ran now? What of Lord Kraven? I cannot run. His expression turned even uglier when his thoughts reached this point. ' I'm going to finish off this human'. He naively thought. Done with his thinking, Juggernaut kicked the ground and rushed towards Thea who was lying deep within the crater, unfortunately he was a little too late.
'BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM!'
A huge massive pillar of fire rose from beneath the crater and tore through the sky, parting the clouds and giving them a red hue. It was so bright, one might think it was day time. It produced a shockwave so strong, it blasted Juggernaut away and sent him tumbling through trees like a ragdoll.
After being thrown miles away, Juggernaut pushed the pile of heavy trees that was covering him aside, as if they weighed nothing and then stood up and gazed at the blinding pillar. His expression was anything but happy as he realised that the following battle will not be an easy one. If only he knew how right he was.
The tall pillar of fire started to slowly diminish, revealing the figure within. Her body was levitating in the air, while her eyes were closed. Her injuries were no more whilst her once dirt covered hair had now regained it's original lush. Even though she looked no different from before, the air around her was suffocating while her whole presence now demanded attention. As her body began to lower down on the edge of the crater, the ground beneath her began to melt, though her combat boots remained intact. Her eyes began to open and even though the was a mile distance between her and Juggernaut, her gaze immediately locked on him.
With his powerful eyes, Juggernaut could see the intense fire burning within her eyes, a fire that promised to burn everything around it to oblivion. Her serious gaze, that new demeanour and that powerful presence... Juggernaut clenched his fists, feeling the adrenaline pumping through his body.
Thea took a step forward and disappeared, her new speed, frightening Juggernaut. He frantically moved his head around and found her not too far from where she was earlier, picking up her Katana that had again fallen due to the earlier confrontation. She pulled her katana out of it's sheath and then gazed at the words engraved on the blade for a few seconds and then sheathed her katana again, a small sigh coming out. Her gaze then moved back to Juggernaut as she began to slowly walk towards him, her pace quickening by the second. Within 15 seconds, she was no longer walking but sprinting towards Juggernaut, her every step leaving a burned patch on the ground. Within another 15 seconds, Juggernaut gazed at the smoldering trail of fire rushing towards him at ridiculous speeds and still increasing by the second.
Feeling challenged, Juggernaut strained his legs and then, with all his strength, he shot forward.
'BOOM!'
With the two forces rushing towards each other at frightening speeds, it only took 5 seconds for them to close the distance. When Thea was close enough to Juggernaut, she pulled her Katana out of it's sheath and swung it vertically whilst Juggernaut pulled his clenched fist back and shot it towards Thea, threatening to burst her head. When the fist and blade connected...
'BOOOOMM!'
A huge explosion resounded that caused the ground to rise and fall, followed by a powerful shockwave that almost uprooted the surrounding trees, the whole Gold leaf forest was experiencing seismic activity.
Juggernaut felt his arm getting pushed back and almost stumbled while Thea stood her ground. Seeing the opening, Thea pulled her katana back and then swung it horizontally, her target was Juggernaut's neck. Seeing that he was too off balance to counter attack, Juggernaut chose defence and crossed his four arms, sure that her attack won't reach it's desired target. But he was wrong, his neck was never the target.
'Slash'
"ROARRR!".
Juggernaut roared in pain and anger as he felt his lower left arm get sliced off. Infuriated, he uncrossed his arms and then attacked with all his strength.
'BOOOOMM!'
Cracks began to form on the ground as the blade and fist connected once more. This time, with an explosion that sounded like a thunderclap in the distance. If carefully observed, one would notice that the ground was beginning to sink in.