Hitman x Wives-Chapter 179 - The Dawn Of a New World (Part 2)

Kaya flew through the air at top speed until she reached the nearby area of the fight before she jumped down. Her face was as serious as ever as she examined the events that were happening not that far away.

"My god…" Seeing what was happening, she froze in her place for a second. Calling the fight brutal was an understatement.

The sheer power being shown was staggering, to say the least. It was as if two monsters were going at each other, trying to kill each other. Except, when Kaya looked closer, Kai seemed to be restraining himself greatly as he stuck to simply defending and dodging.

'He's trying not to hurt her… Shit! What did that kiddo do?!' Kaya's eyes moved to stare at Eva.

Her outer appearance was now ironically looking divine. The orange halo around her, the gigantic sword in her hand that was rippling with energy, and her aura, all exuded a royal presence like no other.

The more Kaya looked at her, the more she couldn't look away. Yet, at the same time, a strong sense of dread filled her heart from this Eva.

She wasn't the cheerful yet also childish kiddo she knew. No, she was now a chaotic, cold, and ruthless killing machine. Her eyes had lost all sense of familiarity.

"Kai!!!" Finally, not bearing seeing her beloved and the person she considered her rival fighting brutally, she decided that she needed to do something.

Her voice rippled through the air, reaching Kai's ears. The latter's eyes moved to look at her for a split second before returning to the fight at the same instant as Eva attacked him.

"Leave, Kaya! She isn't under control!" He replied as he jumped back, avoiding a huge attack that created a terrifying crater in the ground. Eva then dashed after him like a beast hungrily trying to hunt down prey.

"Is there a way I can help?!" Kaya yelled again. 𝙗𝙚𝒅𝒏𝙤𝙫𝙚𝒍.𝒐𝙧𝙜

The Black Phantom didn't immediately reply as his mind ran through quick and possible events that could happen. It didn't take him long to create a new plan. Someone like Kaya was strong enough to help.

As he was about to reply to her, Kai's eyes suddenly widened as he felt strong, unbearable pain fill his body in a split second.

'Shit… Not now…' Cursing, Kai's body staggered back. At the same time, Eva had lunged at him like a hungry monster with her sword aimed at his neck. Everything happened in a split second, fast enough to make Kai unable to react.

The worst had happened. His symptoms kicked in, and at the worst time too. Now, Kai was a mere inches away from death as the blade of the Progenitor's sword slit through the air, aiming to take his life.

Right at that moment, Kai really had nothing he could do. His body was paralyzed as his heart threatened to explode at any second. The devastating effect of blood reversing its flow was enough to kill him instantly if it wasn't for his unnaturally strong body.

Clenching his teeth, Kai's mind raced as he tried to find a solution. He wasn't going to let himself die. Not here, not now. How ironic would it be if the cause of his death wasn't his terminal illness but the girl who swore to love him for the rest of her life? Granted, she wasn't to be blamed since her mind wasn't even working at that moment, but it was still rather ironic.

*Swish* *BANG*

As Eva's sword was about to slice through Kai's neck, a silhouette appeared out of nowhere and kicked Eva into the distance.

'Kaya…' Kai's eyes squinted slightly as he fell down, coughing a huge amount of blood.

"Kai!!!"

"I'm fine… Hah… Hah… I need… just a few second…" He said as he channeled his Origin. Since his symptoms temporarily reversed his blood flow, Kai discovered that if he instantly reversed his blood using his Momentum Talent, the effects of the symptoms would lessen greatly.

Granted, it didn't completely diminish the effects, but it was still good enough for the circumstances they were in. Being able to fight but with an exhausted and near-dead body is better than losing consciousness completely for all Kai cared.

Kaya looked at him silently for a second, deep worry apparent on her face before she nodded her head.

"Leave it to me…"

Then, Kaya stood up and faced Eva who was already dashing toward them.

"I don't know what happened to you, Kiddo. But, you sure have the guts to attack Kai. I'm sorry, but I'm going to be rough."

Kaya then crossed her fingers before. A huge amount of Origin surged through her body.

"Black Death…" Murmuring those words, a black hallow appeared around Kaya before it transferred away from her body, forming a creature that was far different from her normal summons.

A huge, horrifying snake appeared around Kaya. The snake's color was black, as dark as the night sky. Its eyes were a chilling shade of red.

Hissing wickedly, the snake glided around Kaya.

"Don't harm her…" She murmured to the snake before she left it to move on its own.

The huge snake glided quickly toward Eva before it quickly tried to surround itself around Eva. The latter didn't even take a second to think before she sliced down, sending a powerful Origin sword attack, aimed at the snake's body.

An attack of that caliber would easily be able to slice the snake in two. However, the moment the attack connected with the snake's body, it suddenly diverged up as if it hit a slippery surface. The sword slash exploded in the middle of the sky, creating a beautiful light that illuminated the whole castle, or whatever was left of it.

"Too naive, kiddo. I'm not dumb enough to give you an easy target to kill especially when I'm just stalling for time. That snake's skin is basically unhittable unless you have some kind of trick up your sleeve which you clearly don't."

As Kaya spoke, she quickly closed the distance between her and Eva. When she was close enough, she punched the ground, sending a huge shockwave that pulverized the stone. A chain of cracks spread across the place, reaching Eva.

The latter was about to move again when she suddenly lost footing and found herself falling down inside a hole created by Kaya's punch.

At the same time, the black snake also moved and quickly surrounded the hole, closing any possible escape routes for Eva.

"Got you, Kiddo…" Kaya was about to smile triumphantly, only to end up freezing from shock.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*

A huge explosion occurred inside the hole that sent the snake flying in the air. A loud hiss of pain escaped the snake's mouth as it fell to the ground.

"How…" Before Kaya could even utter her shock, Eva had jumped outside and appeared in front of her with her sword piercing forward.

Kaya clenched her teeth before she kicked the sword to the side with all of her power. Upon contact, the Origin exuding from the sword sliced through Kaya's leg, only stopping at the bone since it was very tough.

"Ugh!" Groaning audibly, Kaya found herself standing on one single foot with the other gushing a huge amount of blood.

On the other hand, Eva was unscathed from the kick as she jumped on her feet and was about to attack Kaya again. The latter frowned visibly. The situation was now even worse than before… By a lot.

*Swish*

Closing the distance between them, Eva delivered a devastating attack on Kaya. The latter could only use her Origin to defend against it as she lost movement in her leg. But, at the last second, Kaya found herself being pushed to the side as Kai appeared in her place.

"Enough…" He murmured coldly as he tapped the sword. "Reverse."

*BOOOOOOOOM*