"Rumble!"
Luo crashed through the park's entire colonnade, sending rubble and dust flying.
When he climbed back to his feet, bloody gashes covered his body. His arms, in particular, kept trembling, as though he could barely hold his sword.
"Monster!"
After taking a deep breath, Luo spat the word through gritted teeth.
The man had completely blocked his cursed blade, Kikoku, with nothing but his fingers. Who would believe such a thing without experiencing it firsthand?
A second later, his expression grew grim again.
That figure stepped forward once more. The ground seemed to shrink beneath him as he flickered, seemingly teleporting, and appeared before Luo again in the blink of an eye.
"Damn it. Is this the end?"
Luo growled through clenched teeth.
Against a monster this powerful, he already knew what awaited him.
Suddenly raising his head, Luo roared at his companions, who were shaking their heads as they finally began to recover from their stunned daze.
"Everyone, run! Now!"
"I'll hold him off!"
His words made River laugh.
"Hold me off?"
"What a confident declaration!"
He stepped forward, the Justice Cape swaying behind him.
"Then give it a try!"
After a few more steps, he was already close to Luo.
"ROOM!!"
Luo roared, unleashing every ounce of his strength without holding anything back. The hemispherical dome covered almost half the park.
Then he drew a breath, his eyes wide as he curled his index finger toward the sky.
"Tact!!"
River blinked and stopped walking. As he watched the scene before him, the corners of his mouth curved upward.
"Now this is getting interesting."
Everything within that half of the park obeyed Luo's command. Huge stone pillars and massive stone sculptures tore free of the ground and hurtled toward River.
In an instant, a dense barrage filled the