Violent air currents collided wildly above the sea.
Lucian lashed out with a sweeping kick, its wind pressure raising enormous waves below.
Ikaris raised an arm to block, but the golden light in his eyes visibly dimmed.
More than one energy connection behind him had broken.
Lucian keenly sensed the energy draining from Ikaris. The cosmic energy that had once been as vast as an ocean was now declining visibly.
After being chased and battered by this guy for much of the way, his pent-up frustration and anger were like dry wood thrown into a raging fire, explosively igniting something that had been lurking deep within.
Infinite rage!
A sensation of power so hot it nearly boiled surged from his heart through his entire body, every muscle fiber crying out in excitement. The fatigue caused by his earlier overtaxing acceleration vanished, replaced by an unprecedented sense of strength.
Ikaris sensed the change in Lucian's aura, and his brows knitted tightly.
Before he could react, Lucian moved.
Without teleportation or any fancy techniques, Lucian stomped on the air hard enough to burst it, surged forward, and hurled himself at Ikaris.
Ikaris's gaze sharpened, and he threw a punch to meet him!
Boom!
This time, Lucian was no longer the only one sent flying.
Their fists collided squarely, unleashing a terrifying shock wave comparable to a nuclear explosion. The sea beneath them instantly caved into an enormous bowl-shaped depression hundreds of meters across. Then towering waves surged into the sky and fell as torrential rain.
Lucian and Ikaris both flew backward, each plowing two deep furrows hundreds of meters long across the sea before steadying themselves.
An even match!
Ikaris stared at his fist in disbelief, then looked up at Lucian in the distance. His opponent had clearly expended an enormous amount