Chapter 48 - Lava-Bound Brawl

Raze, his frame now swollen with muscle and wrapped in crackling dark energy, let out a thunderous roar that rolled across the open field, sending a chill down the spines of the few spectators who dared to watch.

Karian lunged forward, his greatsword blazing as it cleaved through the air. The blade burst into flames upon contact with Raze's hand. But Raze caught it barehanded, halting the mighty weapon with nothing but brute strength.

"What a pathetic excuse for a sword strike. You ought to be ashamed, swinging like that with a body so massive. Hahaha!" Raze laughed, clearly a master of cutting insults as much as combat.

Undeterred, Karian pressed on, launching blow after blow with relentless ferocity. His strikes came fast and hard. But Raze didn't flinch. He blocked every attack with his hand, as if such violent force barely mattered to his transformed body.