Kyle saw the mole retreating into the ground while his two teammates followed it.
Then, he looked back at the bird, which was looking at the hole.
"Oh no, you don't!" Kyle shouted as he shot forward again.
At that moment, the bird flapped its wings, and a burning tornado flew at Swamp Dragon and Warp Space, who were just about to enter the hole.
Kyle hadn't been fast enough.
But then, his eyes widened as he saw the tornado… bulging?
It was like its eye had enlarged several times, spreading its heat over a far greater area.
This dropped the intense heat by quite a few degrees, and the two Transcendents successfully jumped into the hole.
For just a moment, Kyle was stunned.
This bird was so powerful!
Even he had to use all his power to deal with its attacks.
Yet, his two teammates dealt with the attack easily.
Kyle was not used to this.
Except for that one time he had fought together with Sebastian, his teammates would die if a powerful enemy managed to focus on them instead of him.
Kyle theoretically knew that his teammates were also powerful Fulfilled Transcendents who tried to become Unique Transcendents, but only now did his feelings and instincts also realize that fact.
They were strong.
They were not helpless without him.
These were not newbies.
The bird was a bit confused that its attack had transformed into an unfamiliar shape.
Meanwhile, Kyle managed to close in on the bird and readied his hammer.
Just when he reached it, the bird noticed that Kyle was suddenly close to its chest.
BANG!
It flapped its wings quickly, and thanks to its superior speed, it managed to move its body out of Kyle's attack.
Red Energy gathered around Kyle as he chased after the bird, but it easily outsped him.
'For fuck's sake!' he thought. 'It's so fast that initiation is on its side.'
Naturally, the party that could initiate a clash had an advantage since they were the one who decided what kind of clash they would have.
The other party had to react and didn't have as much choice.
If it were up to Kyle, the two of them would be clashing in a close melee, constantly hitting each other.
But it was not up to him.
The bird circled around him, flames dropping from its feathers continuously.
Kyle tried to chase the bird, but it was no use.
It was simply too fast.
In the end, he stopped chasing and just waited.
He watched as the bird kept circling, still dropping flames.
At that moment, Kyle's eyes narrowed, and he came up with a risky plan.
Moments later, a huge fiery circle, several kilometers wide, enclosed Kyle.
That was when Kyle charged towards one of the edges.
The bird flapped its right wing once, and five searing feathers flew towards the edge of the circle Kyle was running towards.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
The feathers hit the edge, and five tremendous pillars of flames shot towards the center of the circle.
Naturally, Kyle was in the way, and the force of the flames pushed him back while burning his body.
Once more, he found himself in the center of the circle.
The fire from the feathers continued streaming towards him, and the next moment, Kyle summoned his set of armor.
His armor was heating up, but it managed to withstand the heat… for now.
That was when the bird spun once in the air, and over 50 feathers flew in different directions.
Every single one of the feathers landed on the outline of the circle, and the next moment, more pillars of fire shot towards the center.
The suit of armor in the center of the circle was now barraged by powerful flames from all directions as it curled up to increase its defenses.
The bird saw that its prey was in its trap and flapped its wings once more.
At that moment, all feathers stuck on the circle's edge turned to ash as all their Fire Energy flew towards the center at the same time.
For just an instant, the sound of fire disappeared from the forest.
But when the Fire Energy gathered in the center…
BOOOOOOM!
The entire circle erupted like an ancient volcano had exploded.
On a neighboring planet, a White Team of Seekers blinked as they saw a small red gleam from one of the other planets.
"We're not going there, right?" one of them asked.
"No," the other two answered.
Fire, ash, and smoke spread across the massive forest as the explosion vanished.
The humongous bird's black eyes peered through the smoke, and they saw a black and molten pile of armor.
Its prey couldn't have survived this attack.
The bird flew towards the molten pile of armor and prepared to eat.
BANG!
But then, it noticed the ground exploding just a couple of hundred meters away from the smoking pile.
That was when it saw Kyle, uninjured and almost naked.
It realized that it had been duped and retreated.
Meanwhile, Kyle gritted his teeth in rage and frustration.
Naturally, he had summoned his armor so that his opponent would associate him with it.
Then, when the bird had prepared its attack, Kyle had shrunk his body and escaped through the armor's shoes.
When the bird had been prepared to eat him, Kyle had planned to jump out and ram his hammer into its eyes.
Yet…
BOOOOM!
The next moment, a humongous claw shot out from below Kyle.
But the fucking shitty ass mole just had to come to this place when Kyle had been ready to attack his opponent!
If he had waited any longer, its claws would have hit him!
This fucking mole ruined his plan!
As Kyle escaped from the claw, the bird moved backward to prepare for another attack.
That was when the entire mole came out of the ground, and when Kyle saw it, his eyes widened.
It was thin, sickly, and oozed pus!
The reason it had appeared near Kyle wasn't to help the bird.
No, it came here so that the bird could help it!
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