Chapter 93

Dashing through the forest with incredible speed, Gabriela felt his presence the moment he stepped within range, "he's back again!?"

Suddenly, more whips began to take shape as near Yuji attacked him.

"The numbers are increasing!" Yuji thought, dashing through the forest of luminous whips at an incredible speed, "there are more whips now… and they are all heading towards me," taking a quick glance around the area as he continues to dodge, he notices the ravaging whips away from him, moving at a slower pace than the ones attacking him, "It seems like the ones far away from me are moving slower, does this mean she's focusing on me? That's why the ones near me are attacking so intensely…"

As Yuji continues to dodge the attack at an incredible speed, Gabriela locked her eyes towards Yuji with a dreadful stare, "he's a lot faster than earlier, how can this be!? I managed to hit him twice earlier, why isn't the pain affecting him when he's in range!?" Observing Yuji more carefully, she suddenly had an odd feeling, "It's this feeling again… what is this… looking at him like this…. This is the feeling that got me in this situation in the first place! What is this!?" looking even more dreadful as tears came out of her eyes.

SLASH* CRASH*

As the whips continue to block Yuji's path, he continued to run around, trying to find a gap he can fit through to get closer to Gabriela, "damn it, the whips are so fixated on me, I can't find an opening," continuously dodging, he felt a rush he had never felt before, "what's this feeling? My body is so light, I know I can't feel whatever pain my body is emitting right now, but I'm definitely moving faster than before! Now that I think about it, If it were earlier, I probably won't be able to dodge all these like this, even without the pain,"

"Maybe because you have another part of your brain supporting you as much!" Alicia said.

"Your right, I can feel the adrenaline flow within me, it's like I'm getting more fired up with every move. Not just that, my instincts, my senses, it feels as if they doubled, I can tell what your instincts are telling me by the faint sound of the wind and the slightest rustle of trees from my enhanced hearing, even the tiniest change in the wind flowing past my body…"

Hearing a faint sound coming from his left ear as he felt an odd flow of wind brushing past his right arm, he spun his body as he jumped horizontally, dodging two whips coming at him from both directions.

"This is making me feel quite confident right now…" looking at the swarm of ravaging whips in front of him, "but I don't think it's enough to…"

Noticing some movement from the corner of his eye, he took a quick glance, "is that Yukina?"

Smash*

Further dodging the slashes of the whips, Yuji ran in circles, taking Gabriella's attention away from Yukina.

"If she managed to get this far already, then that means it's not as hard for her than it is for me to get near, probably because Gabriela's attention is fixated on me… then all I have to do right now is keep taking her attention so that Yukina can get close enough to reach her. I'll be betting it all on you, Yukina,"

As Yukina continues to run forward she finds it more and more difficult to get closer, "This is hard!" dodging the faint luminous lights, taking a faint shape of a whip, "I can't see them clearly and there is a lot of these blue light things all over the area. If Yuji hadn't told me they were shaped like massive whips, I would be having a lot harder time dealing with this,"

She glanced at Yuji from a distance, "but compared to him…" seeing Yuji moving non-stop as he gets surrounded by a massive amount of luminous lights, continuously attacking him at an intense speed, "I have to reach Gabriela quickly!"

Meanwhile.

Crash* Smash*

Dodging every single whip, moving non-stop, Yuji felt troubled as he notices the increasing pace of the whips, "I thought it was my imagination at first, but the attacks are definitely getting faster!"

Smashing the ground non-stop, spreading dirt across the air, and attacking again before it drops back to the ground, Yuji felt concerned whether his body is doing well, "Alicia…"

"Don't worry," Alicia said, "your body is surprisingly sturdy. But at this rate, we might be in trouble really soon,"

"damn it… I just have to hold out until Yukina reaches her… will my body make it?"

"with what we're currently doing, no,"

"Is there something else we can do?"

"there is… but…."

Smash* Crash*

"It's increasing speed again!"

"Then it can't be helped…"

As a massive number of whips surrounded him, he stops in the middle and took a deep breath.

Smash* Crash* Slash*

In a second, the numerous whips attacked rapidly, letting out a barrage of attacks in intense speed.

Dash*

In an instant, Yuji went past all the whips.

Gabriela stood up in shock, "huh? He suddenly got faster… a lot faster…." Holding her head, "no… it's not just that, some of my whips came flying as if he deflected it, with what?"

Looking carefully, she notices a faint glowing light, disappearing from Yuji's arm, "that power, that technique, it's all so similar to… sister…."

Her eyes enlarged with deranged emotions, "huh…? Huh?"

"Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh?"

"HUH!!???"

The hands covering Gabriela suddenly opened as a ravaging wind surrounded her along with luminous lights moving out of control.

"HOW!? WHY!? YOU!?" Gabriela shouted, sounding hysterical.

"Gaby…" Alicia said in pity.

"Gabriela!" Yuji shouted, "I know this might be too much to ask! But please calm down and let's talk, I'll tell you everything I can!"

Gabriela glanced down, locking eyes with Yuji.

In a split second, Yuji shivered as he felt a strong sense of danger coming from Gabriela's stare, making his whole body stiff from pressure as his instincts screamed danger for his life.

"YUJI DODGE!!" Alicia screamed.

CRASH*