Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix

Although Rain successfully shielded himself from the worst of the attack, the sheer power of the wind blast wreaked havoc on everything in its path. A wide swath of destruction, spanning over two hundred meters, emanated from the epicenter of the collision. Buildings crumbled, trees were uprooted, and the very ground was torn asunder by the relentless force.

The deafening roar of the wind attack drowned out all other sounds, leaving behind chaos and devastation. The air filled with dust and debris as the cityscape bore the brunt of this supernatural tempest. Amidst the destruction, Rain stood alone, his forearm guards scorched and battered, but his resolve unbroken.

Beyond the path of destruction created by the attack, one could see Rain getting up again from the ground. When he felt a sharp pain in his left arm, he noticed that it was bent in the opposite direction, and the pain made him grunt.

Rain had planned to break one of the opponent\'s arms before going for the kill, but he broke his arm first… he didn\'t have time to complain, though. The beastman was charging once again…

In the last moment, Rain used all his might to accept the attack… not entirely. The punch of the opponent shattered the left side of his jaw and burned the flesh of the area as well… even though it had been only an attack that, in only the tip of his knuckles, hit him… Rain endured that and then countered with a straight right in the middle of the opponent\'s face.

The beast king received the power of his own charge and also Rain\'s best punch… not only did he use his limit breaker and his newest technique, but he also used Impulse.

The Beast King took to the skies in an arc, emitting a haunting, high-pitched howl as he descended. His descent was shocking, akin to a malevolent comet streaking across the sky.

Upon impact, the Beast King struck the heart of a city block with immense force, shaking the ground and rattling the surrounding buildings. His colossal form continued to roll forward, leaving a trail of devastation in his wake. Ten buildings, unable to withstand the impact, crumbled and collapsed as their foundations gave way.

The scene that unfolded was one of chaos and destruction as the Beast King\'s relentless momentum reduced the city block to rubble. Once a thriving urban landscape, it now lay in ruins, obscured by billowing clouds of dust and debris.

That had been one hell of a counter, but Rain didn\'t find confirmation from the system that he killed the beast king. In the heat of the moment, he ended up thinking of doing that… and that could be a problem.

Still, Rain soon confirmed that the opponent was alive and very much well. A large explosion happened that blocked and then pushed away all the debris in the area and made several other buildings collapse… Rain could tell the bloodlust of the beast king even while he was five hundred meters away.

"What a tough bastard…" Rain muttered and then took a deep breath. "I guess it is time to go all out… I don\'t care if he ends up dying. My life is more important than his."

Rain used his magic to cover his right arm with a heavy layer of earth and hardened it. Before long, it turned into brown and then eventually orange and gray… almost all his mana was sucked to create that. So, he didn\'t have any other choice but to finish that battle right at that moment.

The beast king emerged from the destroyed block. And his body seemed bigger than usual, and his aura was also enhanced to the limits. He wanted to make an example out of Rain before getting rid of the others. Still, he forgot about that… he just wanted to win because he never lost before. He didn\'t want to lose his invincibility.

When he saw that Rain was about to try to finish things up as well, the beast king joined both of his arms again and then prepared to launch his most powerful attack.

Rain lowered his posture and prepared himself for the final attack… if he failed, he was going to receive the full power of the beast king\'s attack while he didn\'t have a single point of mana left to defend him… but in the end, that didn\'t stop him from charging toward with all his might.

After crossing that distance in a single moment, Rain punched the beast king, and the beast king pushed his arms forward, unleashing the full power of his secret technique.

The confrontation between Rain and the Beast King reached its climactic point when their punches collided. This explosive impact generated a powerful energy sphere that expanded outward in all directions, causing devastation and chaos.

The ground trembled and disintegrated as the energy sphere engulfed it, reducing buildings to scattered debris and uprooting trees. Even the once-sturdy arena, the focal point of their battle, couldn\'t withstand the overwhelming force, and the earth beneath it cracked and buckled.

In the midst of this chaos, the Beast King was sent spinning uncontrollably for several kilometers into the distance. All because of the fact that his left arm broke a lot sooner than the left thanks to the damage that it received before...

Rain, though resilient, was pushed backward but remained on his feet. However, his mighty metallic fist bore the brunt of the explosion\'s impact.

The incredible force had taken a toll on Rain\'s arm as well. His colossal metallic fist, a symbol of his immense strength, had cracked, and his entire arm was bent in an unnatural direction, broken and contorted…