章節 14: Unbounded

The battle resumes with Yose and the demon rushing at each other. Yose feels an immense surge of power coursing through his body, invigorating him and filling him with a feeling of strength and invincibility. This power is like nothing he has ever felt before, and he feels completely confident and unafraid as he faces the demon once again. The demon grins, realizing that this time, the fight is gonna be very different. Yose throws a left hook, which the demon manages to block, but the spin kick catches it off guard and lands a hit on its jaw. The demon staggers backwards from the force of the kick, and Yose uses this as an opportunity to follow up with a barrage of punches and kicks, trying to take advantage of the demon's briefly stunned state. The demon blocks the blows, but Yose can tell that the demon is still shaken by his sudden rise in power. As Yose continues to press the attack, the demon eventually manages to regain its composure and catch Yose off guard, catching his blows easily and overpowering him. The demon then launches a powerful kick, knocking Yose back several feet, and follows up with a strong strike in the chest, sending Yose crashing back into the wall of the cavern. Yose staggers back and coughs up a few drops of blood, finding it hard to breath. Yose grins with excitement as he continues to heal himself. I just have to keep up the pressure until Enfoure sends me some type of signal that they are safe. Despite being knocked backwards, the power inside Yose keeps healing his wounds. He can feel it working, replenishing his strength and energy, allowing him to fight on despite the pain he is in. He grins, determined to keep the pressure on. The demon grins as well, sensing Yose's determination. It seems amused at how the human is not backing down yet, despite the difference in strength between them.

The demon continues to launch attacks, sending more powerful blows towards Yose. However, he manages to dodge and block most of them, despite the fact that he is visibly exhausted. Yose tries to push past the exhaustion and focus on the battle. He grits his teeth and tries to counterattack. However, the demon is not letting him get away that easily. It continues to launch attack after attack, leaving very little room for Yose to breath or counterattack. Yose feels himself being pushed back towards the wall once more, his movements slowing down as he does. Yose dodges the kick of the demon and punches him from the gut, sending the demon flying to one of the walls. As the demon flies back, it grunts from the pain of the punch. It immediately retaliates by sending a barrage of energy blasts at Yose, hitting him full force. Yose is able to deflect some of them, but three of the blasts manage to hit him. He is thrown back towards the wall of the cave again, falling down towards the floor. The demon lands on the ground, just to stand up and grin. Yose struggles to get up, his healing output slowing down a lot due to the continued use of his power. He feels his body is weaker than before, and is slowly weakening. The demon begins to grin, seeing the effect its attacks are having on Yose. Demon begins to walk slowly to Yose, aiming to finish him off in one last attack.

Enfoure sees that Zelah and Cali are in danger, fighting off a huge group of curses at once. He immediately summons as many shadows of himself as possible and runs to their aid. Enfoure's shadows rush forward to engage the curses, distracting them and pulling away some of the pressure. Meanwhile, Enfoure himself runs as fast as he can towards Zelah and Cali, trying to reach them in time to prevent any serious harm to come to them. The curses are distracted by the onslaught of shadows, which is giving Zelah and Cali some time to defend themselves. Enfoure finally reaches Zelah and Cali, and is relieved to see that they have managed to hold on and not been overwhelmed by the curses. Zelah and Cali are breathing hard, their expressions showing that they are tired and exhausted from the battle. Enfoure rushes to their side, asking if they are alright. Both girls nod, despite their exhaustion, and reply that they are fine. "My shadows will distract them, let's get out of here." Enfoure starts to lead the way, pulling Zelah and Cali with him as he goes. The shadows continue to fight against the curses, keeping them busy while the trio make their escape. As they are leaving, Enfoure can hear the curses still yelling and shouting from behind them, furious that their chance at catching the trio has been thwarted. Eventually, they reach the side of the blackout they entered from and then Enfoure turns around to look at the shadows. I hope you take this signal positively, Yose. He releases his technique, the shadows exploding loudly on the faces of the curses, exorcising them. Rest is up to you. Win, Yose. Yagami hears the explosion sounds and stands up, cracking his knuckles. He gets into his fighting stance as the demon approaches.

- During the conversation of Yagami and King Grimorth -

"Elaborate, Yagami. What do you mean?" King Grimorth says and Yagami begins to explain,

"The spinal cord restricts one's power. Your muscles include neurons that function as stretch sensors. When they become active, your spinal cord's neurons get an inhibitory signal from them that blocks alpha motor neuron impulses and keeps you from contracting your muscles more. The human body isn't indestructible, thus pushing it over its breaking point will cause it to self-destruct. Someone without such limit will most likely bleed out to death or pass away from shock and agony. Muscles will rupture, bones will break. This is comparable to hysterical strength, but it only kicks in when you are in a life-threatening circumstance. Naturally, there's no guarantee; your body might give out on you. However, Yose has the freedom to abuse this whenever he pleases as long as he believes that he is a superior being rather than a human. Consider this: Allow yourself to suffer injuries to the point of impending death, heal yourself, and then increase your adrenaline intake until your body gives out. This is the ability of an immortal entity; once he becomes serious, there is no stopping him. He is unbounded."

Yose prepares to punch by putting his fist in his other hand, focusing the life-force energy into his fist. This will hurt so bad but it's worth a try. "This brat...He cannot be that insane!" Asura yells. The demon lunges at Yose and Yose takes a deep breath, preparing himself for the pain that he knows is coming. Yose dodges the punch of the demon and launches a powerful punch towards the demon, aiming it directly at its heart. The punch lands at the demon and Yose slams the demon to the ground beyond his limit. The ground completely collapses with the impact. Yose feels the immense pain that comes from the punch, his arm shattering into a million pieces and the bones splintering into pieces. His arm is completely broken and wrecked, but the punch managed to connect with the demon. This punch completely obliterates the demon, completely ravaging its body. Destroying it and beyond recognition. The demon's body shortly after turns into dust just to become one with nothingness again except for one of it's fingers that drops to the ground...Yose realizes that he has finally defeated the demon, and he is finally free of its presence. The cavern's ceiling begins to collapse as Yose begins to lose consciousness...