A Howling Victory

That hit was something that Malcen did not predict coming. It rocked Malcen's body. He was stunned for an instant. His breathing was a mess. His mind was a mess. His body and aura were a mess. That instance of stunned state was what Ben needed. He punched Malcen in the face. Malcen flew back wards and fell some 10m away. The instance when Ben's punched, Malcen turned his face slightly out of pure reflex. So he did not get hit in his nose, but on the side of his face, which was bleeding now. Malcen's eyes was wide with bewilderment. 'How did he bypass my senses? I could not sense a thing before that punch. My 6th sense warned me only at the last minute. Does he have stealth as well.' Ben was also in a bewildered state. 'Why did he not react? Was it luck? I felt something in me. It felt as though I had become nothing but a spectator to the world for a moment. What was that feeling?' There was a stand off for 5 seconds. Then both of them rushed at each other. Suddenly mid way Ben halted. This was a trick from 'Sharabha Chalanam'. Malcen was rushing at him at full speed. Seeing Ben stop and pulling his hands backwards, Malcen also decided to stop. But he could not stop as quickly as Ben. He staggered forward a bit due to the inertia. Malcen thought he was aiming to use this inertia against him to attack him. He used aura in a defensive way and also covered himself with lightning. Ben's left hand was in front. When Malcen did this, all the aura on Ben disappeared. Malcen thought Ben was going for a punch from his right hand which was pulled back. The aura in Ben's left hand flared and a large claw was formed. Ben swiped it horizontally at the surprised Malcen. Malcen's balance was off and he was in a surprised state. It was large and sturdy. Ben actually used all his knowledge on hand and claw structure to make a large and sturdy claw packed densely with aura.

This claw swipe tore through Malcen's defensive aura and lightning and tore his torso. Malcen used every ounce of energy and somehow managed to jump backwards. His torso was bleeding and his aura reserves was at its lower end. "Boy you have picked some tricks, haven't you? To improve this much in a short duration." Ben did not answer it. He himself had his own issues. Now his left hand was injured and he won't be able to use it in this fight. His right hand can only be used 1 or maximum 2 times. After that, it will also be injured. ' Man I don't have and attack with my leg. From the aether lupis I only got one attacking skill. What will I do? Wait a minute, attacking with my legs. Well there is an idea I can work on.' Ben eyed Malcen cautiously. He was bleeding, while Ben was not. But he was using his powers to heal it albeit slowly. 

Ben was not so sure of his plan. But he did not know what else to do. Ben moved towards Malcen at stunning speed. Malcen's speed was not that great now. Before he moved too much, Ben reached 1 m away from him. He stopped suddenly. Malcen thought it was the same trick again and he moved to the side. Ben suddenly standing on one leg rotated his body and used the other to kick Malcen on his ribs. Malcen's ribs cracked and he was sent flying. But while this happened, Malcen had electrified himself for a split second and Ben had electricity rampaging through his body. Malcen and Ben were on their last legs now. Mahaansh did not imagine things going so far. He wanted to stop the spar. But he did not do it because both the people were improving. He will only stop it if things go really bad. The thing was that both of them were improving. They were both using their auras in ingenious ways. Malcen prepared a lighting attack. Ben covered himself with aura and used his claws on his right hand. It was with a low intensity. Malcen started he moved at a staggering speed, creating a shock wave. Although Ben could not see him, he could sense him and he dodged the attack. Malcen did not stop. He turned around and attacked. This time he used a long distance attack. But Ben dodged that also. When Ben dodged that and jumped some 10 meters away, Malcen had already arrived there. Ben could only defend with his hands covered in aura. That was not so effective as he was affected by the lighting again. Not only that his hand was ruined as well. Now he could not use his right hand as well. Malcen's situation was not any optimistic. The wound had not healed. The kick from Ben had also caused damage to his ribs. He also felt that some ribs had plunged into his lungs as well. Both of them at an impasse again. Malcen suddenly flared up his aura and charged at Ben. He did not use the electricity. The aura in itself was terrifying. If Ben was hit by an aura covered Malcen it would be devastating. Ben dodged it. This time Malcen seems to have anticipated it. He turned around gracefully and without slowing down rushed at Ben. Ben simply jumped up. Luckily, he managed to dodge it. Malcen while maintaining aura rushed at Ben again. Ben dodged again. This time however, Malcen anticipated things and simply changed his directions and hit Ben. Some impact was mitigated by Ben. But he was sent flying.

During this time, Ben thought of the internal structure of lungs, diaphragm and vocal cords along with the nerves, muscles, blood vessels and meridians surrounding it. He only had a vague idea. But still he decided to take a risk. He visualized the howling of an aether lupis. He retracted his aura to his body and infused it on his respiratory system and connected meridians. He emulated the howl of an aether lupis. He had only heard it in some recordings and had studied it to extent. He could not fully imitate it. But it was 10% similar. The howl contained infrasonic, ultrasonic and audible range frequencies. The howl lasted for about 30 seconds, which was done with all his aura reserves. This racked not only Malcen's ear drums, but also his internal organs and fluids. This affected him mostly because he was also having his aura reserves at low because of which he had withdrawn it. Malcen vomited some fluids and some blood. Then he fell unconscious. Ben was not conscious to see it. Mahaansh looked at each of them and he smiled.

Martial Entity Ruben Den Amon was traveling through space. He moved about 10,000 lightyears from Nova solar system. His destination was Black Hole RY6754. It had been almost 3 months since he was travelling. This was an important meeting. 'To think that I would be delayed so much. The internal issue in Gyagar was too much to ignore.' Soon he saw the black hole. He took his cane and pulled out a sword out of it. The sword looked unassuming. But as soon as it was activated, it created a protective bubble in front of Ruben. The sword's form also changed. From straight sword it changed to a curved blade, with an ornamented handle. He moved towards the black hole. Its gravity was felt by Ruben. He was barely hanging there. He sent a mental message. Soon the pull of the blackhole lessened and it was completely gone. Ruben was stunned and then he smiled. He sent a mental message saying, 'Congratulations teacher for becoming an Intergalactic Entity.' Ruben received another message back 'You too my student. Congratulations on becoming a Systemic Entity.' Ruben looked to the front. A man wearing a large black coat was sitting there. He was wearing an attire with large sleeves. On his right hand he had a black tattoo of a bird with red eyes and three heads. He was sitting in the middle of the black hole's accretion disk, absorbing radiation from the accelerating particles. There was a three headed, 9 eyed, black colour corax flying around the black hole. After completing a circle, it would enter the man's body and his body will glow. After a few seconds it will exit again to complete a circle around the black hole. Ruben could see that the black hole's size was reducing at a visible rate.