The Seven Demon's Tamer

'He's also able to use the techniques without chanting them out!' she realized with shock. 'He attempted to chant the Explosive Rush as a decoy, predicting my next move, and it all played out perfectly.'

He had not only matched her level of technique mastery but had used his assumed inexperience as a weapon against her. By making her believe he needed to say out his techniques, he had lured her into a trap of her own making.

"*Haaaaa!*"

From her crouched position on the ground, Akira didn't even bother with standing at first, but instantly launched herself forward, her body moving with renewed determination and a healthy respect for her opponent's capabilities.

Brok—who had managed to recover from Akira's earlier strikes—barely saw her move. Even Leo, who was matching their pace, could only see a blur now. The speed was beyond anything he had witnessed during the entire combat, a level of Explosive Rush mastery that made theirs seem like child's play in comparison.

"Remember, you didn't give us any rules, Akira," Ryder smirked in mockery. "You can summon your familiar to accompany you if you want."

"*Haa!*"

She swung her fist with so much intensity that visible gamma energy crackled around it like lightning. The punch was a perfect integration of the First Fall combined with her strength and accumulated momentum from the charge.

**SWOOSH!**

But despite the perfection of her technique, the devastating power behind her strike, and the speed at which it approached, the attack failed to connect.

Ryder dodged the punch with an almost casual fluidity, his body moving just enough to avoid the strike with just an inch of distance on purpose.

However, while her attack had missed, Ryder's retaliation was perfectly placed.

Ryder delivered a full-strength punch, every ounce of his strength amplified by the First Fall technique. The gamma energy around his fist was so intense that the air around his fist ignited.

**WHAM!**

The impact was destructive. Akira's body was blasted away from the point of contact with such tremendous force that she was launched entirely out of their field of view.

Her whole body disappeared beyond the horizon in a matter of seconds.

The fight was over. Ryder had taken down the supreme leader of the Red Eastern Guild.That's it! That is where the strong presence and ripples are coming from. Master Sung spoke inwardly as his thunder whisker koi lowered its body from the air towards the ground.

The majestic creature's descent was graceful despite its massive while master Sung's long black hair continued to whip behind him as they approached the source of the energy, his red eyes scanning the landscape below sternly.

The gamma energy readings were becoming more intense as they drew closer, multiple powerful auras were colliding and separating in quick flashes that felt like an all-out battle.

His thunder whisker koi suddenly let out another low growl, this one more alarming than the previous one. Master Sung particularly could feel the tension in his familiar's muscles, the way its body had gone rigid with alertness.

"Easy, buddy," he murmured, patting the creature's neck gently. "Whatever's happening down there, we'll handle it together. You should reduce your cravings for battle."

Just as the thunder whisker koi was lowering itself for landing, something hurled towards him from a distance at lightning speed.

The object was moving so fast that it appeared as little more than a blur against the evening sky. Master Sung's enhanced senses immediately recognized that this wasn't debris from the battle still far from his line of view —this was something far more concerning.

Without hesitation, he raised his hand upward just at the right without the slightest trace of panic grabbing the incoming projectile by the reasonable thin part he could sense and instantly halting it from motion without even flinching fro. His familiar.

The moment his hands made contact, he realized shockingly that it wasn't a projectile at all—this was a person. More specifically, this was someone he knew very well. He was holding her by the neck.

It was Akira.

"Akira!" He called out in a booming voice that echoed across the grassland, his usual stoic composure cracking as he quickly held her properly. The supreme leader of the Tian district, one of the most formidable fighters in the Red Eastern Guild, was unconscious in his arms, and her clothes torn from whatever battle she had been fighting.

"What happened? Where are they?" His voice carried through the landscape, booming again. The sight of Akira in this condition sent his mind racing through countless possibilities, each one worse than the last.

"Huh!" Akira exclaimed in puzzlement, her eyes slowly opening as she struggled to focus on the face above her.

She had to blink a couple of times to clear vision as she tried to process what she was seeing. Master Sung's face was inches from hers, his usually stoic expression twisted a different emotion that looked quite panicked but no, on closer inspection, it wasn't panic.

In his eyes wasn't panic—it was far worse than panic. It was anger. Fury that seemed to give out intensity, making the air around them feel heavy and oppressive.

"Where are who, Master?" Akira questioned as she slowly got up from the back of the thunder whisker Koi, her legs still unsteady from whatever had sent her flying through the air. Almost instinctively, she began channeling her gamma energy through the recovery flow technique, feeling the familiar warmth spread through her body as her injuries began to heal at an accelerated rate.

The technique worked its magic, mending broken ribs, closing cuts and scrapes, and restoring her strength. Within moments, she felt almost back to her peak condition, though the memory of the devastating attack that had sent her flying remained vivid in her mind.

"The attackers—it's the Falcon Guild, isn't it?" His voice lowered to a dangerous whisper, each word dripping with calm anger— the most terrifying. The temperature around them seemed to drop several degrees as his killing intent began to leak out, causing even Akira to take an involuntary step backward and almost stumble out of the thunder whisker koi still in flight.

What are you talking about master, they are no attackers? Akira clarified. I am simply training with our newest allies.