Explosive Karma went into lockdown.
Sparkling Sky had one month to launch its assault, and until then, no Disciple or Elder was allowed to leave the premises.
During wars, it was common courtesy to wait for a couple of days to give the enemy's weaker members time to flee.
Sure, it was a war, but this was all about resources and conserving Karmic Luck.
While some Organizations fought dirty and killed Disciples, most of them followed the rules.
Sparkling Sky seemed to be an Organization that cared about its Karmic Luck.
They allowed all members of Explosive Karma to return.
Then, several days later, seven Crushers appeared above Explosive Karma's primary Planet.
It was Sparkling Sky, and just as declared, they had come with one Advanced Crusher and six Major Crushers.
Explosive Karma noticed that the enemy had arrived and prepared for battle.
"Keep your Disciples and Elders safe, Explosive Karma," the Advanced Crusher spoke.
She was a beautiful lady with sparkling blue hair. Her expression was calm but serious as she looked towards Explosive Karma's headquarters.
"Everyone's prepared," Star Genesis transmitted to the enemy. "You may attack."
The Advanced Crusher narrowed her eyes.
A moment later, she gestured to the headquarters.
BANG!
The six Major Crushers all charged forward.
Three of them used Mixed-Element Complex Laws, while the other three had Infused Complex Laws.
From what Kyle could see, the Major Crushers were just as powerful as the former Head of the Deep Thorn Sect.
Sure enough, the members of Sparkling Sky were more powerful than the members of the Deep Thorn Sect.
As the six Major Crushers rushed forward, Kyle and Star Genesis left their headquarters and met them.
Right now, Kyle and Star Genesis showed the fluctuations of Advanced Crushers.
When the Head of Sparkling Sky noticed their fluctuations, her eyes narrowed.
She had already expected that at least one member of Explosive Karma had advanced in the last war.
Just before the two sides met, the Head of Sparkling Sky gathered a lot of Energy.
Then, an impenetrable fog washed over the battlefield, surrounding all the combatants.
When Manny saw that, his eyes widened in horror.
He had thought that the Head would have a Law regarding illusions, but she actually had a Law that influenced the surroundings.
He had misjudged her power!
Kyle focused on his surroundings, trying to find the enemy.
Sadly, the fog distorted Kyle's perception considerably.
'This is not an illusion,' Kyle thought as he became a bit nervous.
Right now, Kyle was essentially blind, while the enemy could most likely sense everything clearly.
The next moment, several powerful lightning bolts shot towards Kyle, and the only thing he could do was to block them with his hammer and Complex Law.
There was just no time to react.
The lightning bolts hit Kyle, and his body received severe injuries.
The lightning bolts had been shot by one enemy, and Kyle knew that there were five more.
Most likely, he would need to defend against even more attacks.
Yet, Kyle just gritted his teeth and charged forward.
He had to make an opportunity!
No time for hesitation!
But then, several runes appeared in the sky, and the impenetrable fog started to dissipate.
Star Genesis had activated one of the most powerful Formation Arrays of Explosive Karma.
This Formation Array cost a ton of Energy Stones, but it could release a disruptive pulse that messed with Laws that worked on manipulating the environment.
It essentially cut the connection between the user of the Law and their attack for just a moment.
As the fog lifted, Kyle saw three more members launching attacks at him.
Since he could see the attacks this time, he managed to avoid all of them.
The enemies hadn't expected that Kyle would be able to sense their attacks, which was why the attacks had focused on a single point instead of an entire area.
When the enemy Head saw the Formation Array, she snorted and pointed her staff forward.
A storm of darkness and light shot out of the staff, and it spread towards several specific points in Explosive Karma's headquarters.
BANG!
Several buildings exploded, and the Formation Array was destroyed.
'She knows how Formation Arrays work,' Kyle thought as he gritted his teeth.
The fog became dense again, and once more, Kyle was blind.
This time, a fireball hit him, but he still managed to survive.
He remembered where one of the members had been and directly charged towards their location.
He didn't have a lot of hope since the enemy had probably already moved, but it was better than just sitting around.
And then, something unexpected happened.
As Kyle came closer to the enemy's old location, he actually saw them!
They hadn't moved!
In fact, they were aiming their staff in a completely different direction.
However, that wasn't the only surprising thing. Another surprising thing was that no additional attacks had reached Kyle.
There were supposed to be six enemies, and at least three of them should be focused on taking him down.
Yet, only this guy had launched an attack just now.
When Kyle saw the enemy, the enemy also noticed Kyle.
His eyes widened, and he quickly pulled his staff back.
However, Kyle was already on him, and he swung his hammer.
BANG!
The Major Crusher turned into a fine mist of blood as Kyle's hammer easily moved through him.
And then, there was another surprise.
The fog dispersed!
When Kyle could sense his surroundings again, he analyzed everyone's positions and realized what happened.
At this moment, all the Major Crushers launched attacks in completely random directions.
'They actually can't see through the fog!' Kyle realized. 'They simply launch their attacks to whichever location the Head gives them!'
Right now, it looked like all the Major Crushers were suffering from Manny's illusions, but that was not true.
Only one Crusher was influenced by Manny, and it was the Advanced Crusher!
Originally, Manny had believed that he would be useless in this fight. After all, the enemy was much stronger than him and also knew a Law related to Illusions.
Yet, when he had noticed that the enemy was actually not using illusions, he decided to get involved.
He made the Advanced Crusher believe that all four members had joined the conflict inside the fog, and he had also given her random locations.
Of course, this wouldn't work for long.
But it didn't need to.
As Kyle looked upward, he saw why the fog had suddenly dispersed.
A green arrow was stuck in the Advanced Crusher's torso!
Under Manny's protective illusions, Swamp Dragon had rapidly moved around the fog and shot an arrow at the Advanced Crusher.
She hadn't noticed the arrow until it was too late.
Kyle took note of everything that had happened and immediately charged towards the next Major Crusher, who had also noticed Kyle.
Yet, without the protective fog, evading Kyle would become much harder.
However, before Kyle could actually reach his opponent, something happened.
The Advanced Crusher gritted her teeth, took out a black and white vial, and destroyed it.
The vial dispersed into strange Energy, which entered the Advanced Crusher's body.
Almost immediately, all of Swamp Dragon's toxic Energy left her.
That was when Star Genesis transmitted something to everyone, including the enemy fighters.
"That's a Level Three Cleansing Vial!" she transmitted.
"She's from the Contrast Empire!"
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