Facing a lethal, coordinated assault from five directions-above, below, both sides, and behind-
Gern showed no panic. In this situation, retreat would be the deadliest choice!
So he could neither defend nor dodge. He had to-attack!
Offense as defense, violence against violence!
With that decided,
Gern tossed the Eight Desolations into a spin, waiting for it to fall into position.
He raised his right foot, hooked his toe beneath the Black Blade's guard, and violently twisted his waist.
Whoosh!!!
The Eight Desolations became a dark-purple streak of death, carrying terrifying momentum far beyond the speed of sound,
and shot toward the demonized Van Augur on his left, whose flickering form followed an erratic path!
That kick had predicted exactly where Van Augur would teleport next!
After all, someone who had succumbed to Black Turn Domination with almost no resistance...
could not think at all!!
Squelch!!!
The Eight Desolations pierced Van Augur's chest!
Its enormous momentum sent Augur's demonic body hurtling backward,
smashing through several ruined walls before pinning him firmly to a massive, twisted alloy pillar in the distance. He could not break free!
Almost at the very instant he kicked the Eight Desolations away, Gern turned and landed, already certain it would succeed.
So he reached out with his left hand and grasped at the air.
Hum!
The Eight Desolations, which had just pierced and pinned Van Augur, responded to Gern's remote control,
"sliding" out of Van Augur's chest on its own before flying back as a streak of light and landing in Gern's outstretched right hand!
At the same time, Shiryu lunged in from the right!
The First Generation Kitetsu was merely a weapon in his hands, so he naturally brought it down in a brutal cleave aimed straight at Gern's skull!
Clang!!!
Gern neither dodged nor