A dazzling bolt of golden lightning suddenly streaked across the sky.
The thunderbolt seemed to descend from the highest heavens, carrying the boundless pressure and fury of divine judgment.
Like a roaring dragon, it tore through the air with astonishing speed, striking directly at BlackWarGreymon's head!
BlackWarGreymon didn't even look up.
He casually swiped his right claw through the air.
Crimson-dark energy condensed across the edge of his Dramon Destroyers, splitting the massive thunderbolt perfectly in half.
Shattered arcs of electricity scattered harmlessly across the night sky.
"Are these all the petty tricks you can manage?" BlackWarGreymon mocked, a bloodthirsty glint flashing in his eyes.
Laxus didn't respond.
The ground beneath his feet exploded as he transformed into a bolt of living lightning, shooting forward at near-instantaneous speed!
His right fist, wreathed in violent electricity, tore through the air.
Carrying years of pent-up rage and resentment, he smashed his fist directly toward BlackWarGreymon's face!
The sheer physical force behind this punch was enough to pulverize an entire mountain.
BlackWarGreymon's eyes blazed with crimson light. He neither dodged nor retreated. He simply raised his left claw, meeting Laxus's fist head-on!
The burning dark energy in his palm compressed instantly, forming a solid energy shield.
Fist and claw collided.
BOOM!
It was an explosion more violent than before.
A spherical shockwave expanded outward, instantly vaporizing the remaining rubble within a hundred-meter radius!
Debris flew like a torrential rain, dust plumes shot into the sky, and the entire foundation of Kardia Cathedral sank another three meters into the earth from the sheer impact!
Two figures shot backward through the dust cloud.
Laxus carved two scorched trenches into the ground, sliding for dozens of meters before barely stabilizing his stance.
Fine cracks spiderwebbed across the lightning armor on his right arm, and blood seeped from between his knuckles.
Yet, the fighting spirit in his eyes burned fiercer than ever.
BlackWarGreymon slid backward over ten meters, his massive clawed feet carving deep grooves into the stone.
The energy shield on his left claw had shattered, leaving a charred fist imprint on his Black Digizoid armor.
He wasn't hurt, but his pitch-black eyes sparked with a warrior's excitement.
"Now this is more like it!" BlackWarGreymon grinned ferociously, his massive frame charging forward again.
"Give me more!"
Almost simultaneously, Laxus also charged.
With a deafening crash, the two powerhouses collided in the center of the ruins like falling meteors!
Sparks flew in all directions.
The dust clouds billowed as the entire world seemed to tremble before these two overwhelming forces.
Their figures blurred as they weaved through each other.
Fists met claws, and kicks clashed with heavy armor.
Every single movement was saturated with boundless killing intent and majestic power.
Their movements were as swift as lightning and as fierce as thunder, creating a terrifying spectacle that overwhelmed the senses!
Suddenly, BlackWarGreymon lifted his powerful right leg high, the metal gleaming with cold light like a giant battle-axe capable of cleaving through anything.
With a low roar, he concentrated his dark energy into a single kick, bringing it down with unimaginable speed!
The kick tore through the air with an ear-piercing screech.
The immense force caused the surrounding ground to shatter, sending a massive shockwave radiating outward before the strike even landed.
Laxus crossed his arms, forming a thick shield of lightning to block.
BOOM!
A heavy, bone-rattling impact echoed.
Laxus was kicked back several meters, the ground completely shattering beneath his boots, but he stubbornly withstood the blow.
Before BlackWarGreymon could retract his leg, Laxus's left fist shot out like a venomous snake, aiming a punch wrapped in golden lightning straight for the Digimon's throat.
BlackWarGreymon merely tilted his head, letting the fist graze his armor.
His right claw flashed, swiping viciously at Laxus's chest.
Laxus swiftly retreated, throwing a sweeping punch to force back the pursuit.
The two crisscrossed wildly through the ruins.
Fists and claws clashed, lightning and dark red energy collided—each impact erupting with deafening roars and devastating shockwaves.
In just ten seconds, the two clashed over thirty times.
Their speed was so fast that countless afterimages lingered in the sky.
Streaks of dazzling golden lightning and dark red energy tangled and tore at each other like two ferocious dragons!
They coiled and intertwined, leaving behind deep, scorched trenches in the blackened earth wherever they passed.
Lightning flashed, thunder roared and the once-silent ruins were illuminated as bright as day.
Surrounding buildings continuously collapsed under the residual shockwaves.
The guild members watching from afar had long since retreated a kilometer away, yet even at that distance, the terrifying magical pressure made it hard for them to breathe.
In the center of the ruins, the two figures separated once more, each landing on a jagged support pillar.
Laxus breathed heavily.
His golden lightning armor was damaged in multiple places, revealing charred, bruised skin beneath.
The flesh on his hands was torn and bleeding, the drops sizzling as they hit the ground.
Yet, the golden lightning in his eyes burned even brighter.
His magical energy was rising instead of falling—he was constantly adapting and pushing his limits in the heat of battle.
BlackWarGreymon stood tall across from him.
His Black Digizoid armor was covered in scorch marks and shallow slash wounds.
The most prominent mark was on his chest, where Laxus's lightning blade had managed to tear a shallow gash, leaking a few drops of dark red energy.
But his breathing was perfectly steady, and his crimson eyes showed no trace of pain—only a burning, satisfied fighting spirit.
"Not bad... truly not bad," BlackWarGreymon rumbled, his deep voice carrying a genuine tone of respect.
"The brat who only relied on brute force three years ago can actually leave a scratch on me now."
"Leave a scratch?" Laxus sneered, wiping blood from the corner of his mouth. "This is just the beginning!"
Before the words faded, both moved simultaneously!
Leaping from the support pillars, they crossed paths in the air, unleashing a breathtaking exchange of strikes.
Their right legs collided with lightning speed, producing a deafening roar.
BOOM!
A powerful surge of energy erupted like a volcanic explosion, tearing through the sky with cataclysmic force.
The sheer pressure of the impact shattered the air like glass, sending violent shockwaves scattering in all directions.
Immediately after, two heavy thuds echoed as the combatants plummeted from the sky, crashing fiercely onto the solid ground.
Dust billowed as the earth caved in, carving out two colossal craters over ten meters wide.
Before the dust could even settle, BlackWarGreymon burst from his crater.
His claws ignited with crimson flames as he unleashed a flurry of shadowy strikes, completely enveloping Laxus from all directions.
Each claw strike carried the power to rend space itself, leaving fine black fissures in the air.
Laxus's pupils contracted sharply, but his reflexes were swift.
He spun his lightning halberd wildly, weaving an impenetrable barrier of crackling electricity.
Clang-clang-clang-clang-clang!
A torrent of collisions erupted like a storm.
The crimson claw shadows and golden lightning clashed violently, unleashing blinding sparks.
The ground beneath Laxus sank continuously under the immense pressure, yet he gritted his teeth, steadfastly enduring the onslaught.
In the brief fraction of a second between strikes, a glint flashed in Laxus's eyes.
He stomped the ground and shot out from behind his lightning barrier like a phantom.
His right hand, shaped like a blade and wreathed in tearing arcs of lightning, slashed directly toward BlackWarGreymon's neck.
The speed and angle of this counterattack were impeccably timed—striking exactly as BlackWarGreymon's momentum waned.
But a flicker of mockery crossed BlackWarGreymon's eyes.
Without even turning around, he snapped his right leg backward like a whip, perfectly intercepting Laxus's wrist!
Clang!
The lightning arcs shattered. Laxus grunted in pain as his wrist throbbed fiercely, his attack completely neutralized.
Yet, drawing on his vast combat experience, Laxus used his own momentum to pivot, sweeping his left leg like a battle-axe toward the back of BlackWarGreymon's skull!
BlackWarGreymon ducked under the kick, spun around, and thrust his right claw forward like a venomous serpent, aiming straight for Laxus's heart.
Laxus quickly crossed his arms, meeting the razor-sharp claws head-on.
BOOM!
Laxus was sent staggering backward, bleeding heavily from a deep gash on his left shoulder where the claws had shattered his armor.
Blood gushed down his arm, yet he seemed completely impervious to the pain.
His eyes burned with an even fiercer, battle-crazed madness.
BlackWarGreymon stood his ground, casually shaking his right claw.
Laxus's lightning had managed to briefly infiltrate the seams of his armor during the clash, writhing like living serpents.
The crimson energy quickly expelled the electricity, but BlackWarGreymon noted the stinging sensation with mild amusement.
'The boy had definitely gotten stronger.'
"Feel that?" Laxus panted, a savage grin twisting his lips. "Since you humiliated me three years ago, I've trained day and night. Not just my magic—my skills, my experience, my willpower... I've honed everything to its absolute limit!"
"All for this day. To repay you for that humiliation, with interest!"
Before the words faded, Laxus's figure suddenly blurred.
No, he wasn't blurring—his speed had simply become so extreme that he was leaving countless solid afterimages in the air.
These afterimages simultaneously lunged at BlackWarGreymon from all directions.
Every single one radiated genuine killing intent and magic power.
BlackWarGreymon's dark eyes narrowed as he instantly calculated the trajectories of all the incoming phantoms.
But Laxus's technique was exquisite, it was nearly impossible to distinguish the real body from the fakes.
'Left? No, rear right! Above? Below?'
In that split second, BlackWarGreymon made a decision.
He stopped trying to find the real one.
Instead, he ignited the dark red energy around his claws and spun, madly slashing in a full 360-degree radius around himself!
A hurricane of dark red claw shadows erupted, indiscriminately tearing apart the surrounding space.
The 'Thunder Phantoms' shattered one after another under the overwhelming barrage.
But one of them—Laxus's true form—slipped through.
The moment the claw shadows approached, Laxus condensed a fist-sized sphere of pure, destructive lightning in his hand and thrust it viciously toward BlackWarGreymon's abdomen.
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