Back when he was on Avatar Planet, Duanmu Huai had said that when two unfamiliar animals encountered each other in nature, the first thing they had to do was display their Intimidation toward one another and make the other understand how formidable they were. Only then could there be a basis for communication. They couldn't act like those idiotic scientists, foolishly declaring that they meant no harm...
Animals were like that, and so were humans. They had to show that they weren't to be trifled with first, and only then could everyone sit down!
The Outer Gods were the same!
Duanmu Huai didn't expect that he could sit down and have a nice chat with Yog-Sothoth, so he decided to convince him with reason—by beating him up!
Duanmu Huai leaped into the air. At the same time, the shadows on his body began to writhe, transforming into massive, heavy Power Armor and a Thunder Warhammer. Before him, the golden-haired girl's form also began to change. A huge, pitch-black circular Key Ring emerged behind her, while the girl's fair skin turned deathly blue-gray. Her black dress completely shattered, becoming long strips of tattered cloth.
A black key as long as a staff also appeared in the girl's hand! Gripping the key, the girl charged straight at Duanmu Huai!
"Boom!!"
Duanmu Huai's Thunder Warhammer came crashing down, smashing into the key the girl had raised. With Duanmu Huai's strength, he should have had more than enough power not only to knock her over but to flatten her. No matter how he looked at it, the girl's thin arms and legs shouldn't have been able to withstand even one of his blows.
Yet the truth was that the moment Duanmu Huai's Thunder Warhammer struck her, he instead felt his body sway, as though