"You're wrong."
Ryker's voice was cold.
"No matter how you weave your darkness… I'll tear it apart."
He moved. The Thunder God's Judgment Blade rose, lightning erupting as he launched forward in a blinding strike toward Arashi Xeno.
"Foolish."
Xeno didn't even shift his stance. He lifted one hand. Darkness gathered. The lightning was swallowed instantly, consumed by a spiraling void.
Gone.
Ryker's eyes narrowed.
"So that's your level?"
"Then let's see who breaks first."
Behind him — Killua, Biscuit, and Gon moved together.
"Wrath of the Thunder God!"
Killua's hands became blades of lightning as he cut forward at extreme speed.
"Psycho Wave!"
Biscuit's Nen condensed into a sharp, crushing blast that struck from the flank.
"Gon!"
Ryker called out.
"Cover me!"
"I've got it!"
Gon stepped in. Aura surged. Light gathered. Then burst forward as a concentrated shockwave, crashing straight toward Xeno.
Xeno smiled. Cold. Unmoved.
He raised both hands. A storm of darkness erupted. Their attacks vanished. Erased as if they had never existed.
"Pathetic."
"You cannot even touch me."
The air grew colder. Heavier. Dark energy condensed around him, building toward something far more dangerous.
"This… is true darkness."
It exploded outward. A crushing wave surged toward all four of them.
"Brace!"
Ryker swung his blade.
"Thunder God: Ultimate Judgment!"
Lightning erupted to meet the incoming darkness. The collision detonated. A shockwave tore through the battlefield. Space fractured. Everything shook.
Then — Ryker was thrown back. He hit the ground hard. Killua, Gon, and Biscuit were all blasted away, barely holding themselves together.
The gap was undeniable.
Killua forced himself up, breathing hard.
"This isn't working."
"He's too strong."
Biscuit's face had gone pale.
"Even Ryker can't break that defense…"
Silence pressed in.
Then — Ryker rose. Slowly. Pain rippled through his body, but his eyes burned brighter than ever.
"We don't stop."
"If we fall here… everything ends."
At that moment — the System screamed.
[ Warning: Target — Black Domain Emperor Arashi Xeno ]
[ Control and defense exceed combat threshold ]
[ Recommendation: Initiate Plunder Protocol — acquire target traits ]
Ryker froze for a fraction of a second. Then — resolved.
"Plunder."
"Dark Domain Mastery."
"Full output."
The System ignited. All traits surged at once. Energy converged into his core. The Thunder God's Judgment Blade blazed with suffocating intensity.
This time — he wasn't attacking the surface. He was going for the source.
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