[10] "Annihilation of the Enemy"

[One week later]

"It has been a week since the fight with those ants from Pressure and Salamandra. They tried to hunt me down, but they were nothing more than weaklings. Those two didn't dare to show up until I killed several of their henchmen. They are cowards," Ares said from the top of a building surrounded by them.

"Coming to their headquarters, HAHAHAHA, they must be roaring," Ares laughed loudly.

Suddenly, a figure appeared in front of Ares at an incredible speed.

"You've gone too far this time, Ares. Coming to Salamandra's headquarters," Youssef said angrily.

"Well, I killed the leaders of your organization and they were nothing more than weak ants," Ares responded, laughing.

But Youssef interrupted him angrily: "Ants? One of the ones you killed was the vice president."

Ares was surprised and responded, laughing: "Hahaha! Vice president? And so weak, it seems. You are nothing more than that."

But Youssef was not willing to let it go: "You're not going to leave this place alive. It will be your graveyard, kid."

"Hahaha! That's not going to happen," Ares responded confidently, knowing that he had awakened power in close combat. "His body could transform into a half-wolf, retaining his human consciousness and improving his physical abilities to another level when transformed."

(Space Isolation)

Youssef's appearance began to change. He grew to a height of 3 meters, gaining muscle and hair all over his body, emitting a strong aura.

"Ares's aura is much wilder than I thought," thought Youssef as Ares disappeared from the scene.

But Youssef was surprised and looked around carefully. "Did he disappear? Super speed? I thought he didn't have any light-based abilities," he wondered.

Ares laughed and said, "Let's start testing your physical attributes." He appeared in front of Youssef and began a great series of exchanges of physical attacks that brought much destruction.

Youssef noticed that his light-based powers, when combined with super speed, had a very great destructive power. Ares increased his speed, and the exchanges of blows intensified.

"It seems that he has a lot of resistance and great defense. It will be difficult to penetrate unless I use a very strong attack, but I can attack from a long distance and he can't," thought Ares, moving away from Youssef and keeping a distance between them.

But Youssef realized that Ares was moving away and prepared for his next move. Ares formed several rays of light, which headed towards the top of the building, catching him off guard.

Surprised, Youssef asks, "Long range? I have to dodge them." The attacks reach the top 90, who dodges them all at great speed.

Ares comments, "He has very good reaction, but what will you do if you're surrounded?"

Ares raises his left hand and launches light attacks while rays of light appear in his left hand with a very powerful aura (Lances of Sin). "You'll have time to react to several attacks," Ares tells the top 90.

Surprised, Youssef says, "Damn it, thank goodness I contacted Axel to defeat this crazy fighter." Youssef laughs and adds, "When he lets his guard down, he'll appear. HAHAHAHAHAHA."

Many rays of light were heading towards Youssef while the top 90 did his best to dodge them. "Shit, it's hard to stay in a one-on-one fight. He has improved a lot in such a short time," thought Youssef.

Suddenly, Ares appeared behind the top 90, pointing his lance towards his head, catching the warrior off guard. "Don't get distracted," warned Ares.

Youssef covered his body with his arm, but couldn't dodge the attack. "Shit, I can't dodge it," he lamented.

Ares mocked him. "If you want to lose your arms, hehehehe, I'll cut them off," he threatened.

The spear headed towards Youssef's arms, but he moved back at great speed, crashing into and destroying several buildings. "ARGH... UFF... ARGH..." exclaimed Youssef. "That was close. He almost cut off my arms, but he left many wounds on them and cut my stomach."

Ares appeared in front of the top 90 and commented, "You have good reflexes."

Youssef, angry, replied, "Uf... Uff... damn kid."

Ares mocked him again, "Why is everyone so arrogant? Just die already, it's boring." He directed the spear towards the top 90's head, a stealthy but powerful attack, while a surprise attack came from behind him.

Ares was surprised and raised his free hand to generate a ray of light and a shield that collided with the attack from behind, destroying everything in its path and throwing Ares against many buildings by the shockwave of the attacks colliding.

Youssef smiled, "You came just in time."

Axel added, "Yes, just when he was off guard. This is our only chance, but he's much stronger than we thought."

Youssef commented, "I'm injured, but it's two against one."

Axel pointed out, "This guy called Ares is stronger than rumored."

Ares shook off the debris and stood up, with minor burns and cuts on his arms that were dripping blood. "Shit," he exclaimed. The spear disappeared from his hand.

Suddenly, two figures appeared at great speed in front of Ares.

Youssef commented, "This is what happens when you're careless, kid."

Axel looked at Ares, his tone filled with malice. "You have to pay for your debt, kid. Killing my subordinates."

Ares ignored him, unperturbed by the threat. "Another fly."

"Two against one, what a joke," mocked Ares. 'Kayden was right, they're all insects trying to unite to defeat you when they can't take you down alone.'

A golden aura emanated from Ares, healing his arm in seconds and generating a burst of lightning.

"Did he just heal himself?" asked Youssef, amazed.

"This guy is a monster," murmured Axel in disbelief.

Ares invoked his lightning spear in his right hand while dozens of rays of light shot out from his left, disappearing and reappearing in an instant towards the two opponents.

Axel unleashed a powerful gray aura, his gravity blades clashing against Ares' attacks, causing a massive explosion.

Ares appeared behind Axel, wielding his spear.

"You have to pay," Ares growled.

But before he could attack, a figure appeared behind him.

"I'm still here, boy," Youssef sneered.

"Damn, that's inconvenient," Ares thought as he created a shield of light.

The collision of his attack and the shield resulted in a massive explosion, destroying several buildings.

"Scum," Ares spat as he disappeared from his current position, reappearing elsewhere at lightning speed.

Ares remembered Kayden's words. 'You must move in a battle, you cannot stay still. Your fighting style is very different, use that great speed and power to attack all the time.'

He aimed the spear and fired several beams of light at the opponents, dodging them and counterattacking furiously. 'I won't hold back anymore.'

The rays multiplied around the spear, causing cracks in the streets and nearby buildings from the strong aura emitted by Ares.

Youssef noticed the danger and tried to dodge Ares' attack, but he was not successful. "Shit, I just dodged that attack."

Axel tried to cut Ares with his "Cloud Cutting" ability, but the enemy disappeared from his place and caused an explosion by colliding with nearby buildings.

Axel was surprised by the enemy's speed. "What the hell is that damn speed?"

Suddenly, a shadow appeared behind Top 90, aiming a spear at his body.

Axel shouted, "Watch out!" and Ares attacked, "Die."

Youssef was cut in half, and the attack continued, cutting the building in half and causing many debris to fall.

Axel realized that he was now in a difficult situation, as it was one on one. 'Shit, now 1 v/s 1 is very difficult to beat him.'

Ares challenged him, "Now it's your turn."

Youssef tried to flee, but Ares caught up to him with his spear wrapped in rays. Axel turned around, surprised. 'What? I can't dodge it. I'm going to attack with everything I have. (Cloud Divider)!'

The two attacks caused a strong explosion and destroyed parts of the building.

"Ahhhhhhhhh... Argh..." "I received the full impact of the explosion," groaned Axel.

Many beams of light fell from the golden sky above him.

"(Celestial Punishment)!" Ares shouted as he descended from the sky.

Axel screamed as a massive explosion destroyed everything in its path. "Argh... argh..." Axel groaned in pain.

Ares landed on the ground and saw Top 89 kneeling, covered in blood, with severe burns and cuts, making his face unrecognizable.

"Ants have great tenacity. They cling to life with all they have and never die easily," commented Ares.

"I surrender, please don't kill me," begged Axel.

"You are a disgusting scum, join others and beg for mercy. The only thing waiting for you is death," replied Ares.

Many beams of light descended from the sky where Ares was, killing Axel and destroying the building.

"Nooooooooooooo..." Axel's screams echoed in the air.

Ares exhaled heavily. 'The battle is over. I need to go to a safe place to recover. I defeated all the main leaders of the two groups. They won't be a problem in the future.'

The spatial isolation disappeared, revealing the destroyed buildings now in perfect condition. Ares jumped from building to building, moving away from the area.

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