The Cyber Ascension | Arc 8 — "The Ganchio-Sae Arc "| Volume 8 | Chapter 89 : "Karasuya VS Sanji Youta — Apocalypse of 2nd Heaven" |
The Lunar Cage Death Cell held them both. Ninety-nine meters of compressed air, burning reality, and invisible pressure. Every step inside it felt like walking on shattered planets.
Sanji Youta's red-black katana glinted under the blood moon. His regenerated arm flexed, veins glowing with molten crimson. Every drop of blood that hit the ground made the soil hiss and burn.
Karasuya stepped forward, blood dripping from his lips, one eye gleaming purple, the other eye glinting a cold steel determination.
Karasuya:
"Time to end this… once and for all."
Sanji Youta:
"Hah… end me? You're cute."
ROUND ONE — COLLISION OF GODS
Sanji Youta lunged like a meteor. His katana slashed the air, creating a wave of blood flames that turned the cage into a furnace. Each swing ripped cracks into the ground; rocks melted into molten magma.
Karasuya calmly interlocked his fingers. Purple light burst from his palms—a gravitational field so dense that the flames slowed, condensing around him like living chains.
Karasuya:
"Lunar Cage—Death Cell: Overload."
The Cage reacted. Space folded violently. Sanji's next swing was absorbed and redirected like a toy. He smirked.
Sanji Youta:
"Hah! So you fight back… I like this!"
He swung with full strength, a crescent of blood fire cutting toward Karasuya's chest.
Karasuya sidestepped at mach 5+, casually, the swing grazing his shoulder. Sparks of energy exploded where the fire hit, scorching his armor.
ROUND TWO — THE CAGE BREAKS REALITY
Sanji Youta's rage erupted. He interwined his hands, unleashing Narouishina. Blood-red flames spread across the Cage, melting stone, vaporizing the ground, and igniting his aura to the point the heat cracked the air.
Karasuya responded instantly: "Lunar Prism—Reversal."
A wave of purple cosmic fire shot outward. The flames collided. The impact created a localized void, sucking rocks, fire, and blood into a single vortex.
The Cage shuddered violently.
Sanji Youta:
"Fool… you think this can stop me?"
He punched forward. The shockwave obliterated the ground, tossing fragments of the Moon itself into the air.
Karasuya's eyes glinted. He grabbed a shard of molten rock, hurling it like a spear. Sanji blocked it with his katana, the metal glowing white-hot. Sparks rained like bullets.
ROUND THREE — BONE BREAKING, FLESH MELTING
Sanji Youta leapt into the air, spinning with his katana. Each strike sent waves of pressure strong enough to snap trees and mountains.
Karasuya somersaulted, blocking one swing with his wide dagger, parrying another with the edge of his hand, all while dodging on instinct.
He smirked casually, fixing his hair mid-battle.
Sanji Youta:
"Don't mock me, brat!"
He intertwined his fingers again. Blood flames erupted everywhere, engulfing the Cage in a red hellstorm.
Karasuya's body absorbed the energy, power scaling to match Sanji's fury. His aura exploded purple and black. Reality warped around him; his shadow split into multiple forms, each moving independently.
ROUND FOUR — THE SHATTERING
Sanji Youta screamed. He cut through one of Karasuya's shadows, but the real Karasuya struck from behind, daggers piercing air, energy slicing invisible flesh.
The Cage began fracturing. The invisible boundaries splintered under the pressure.
Sanji Youta's katana swung downward—a strike meant to cleave Karasuya in half.
Karasuya didn't dodge.
Instead, he placed a hand on the katana, redirecting it with a gravity inversion technique. The strike rebounded, tearing Sanji Youta's arm again. Blood sprayed.
Sanji Youta:
"Impossible! How?! My power—!"
Karasuya's smile widened.
Karasuya:
"Your power means nothing inside my Cage. Here… I make the rules."
ROUND FIVE — FINAL COLLISION
The Cage became a storm of red flames, purple fire, shattered rock, and plasma arcs. Both combatants moved faster than light, exchanging blows that shattered mountains and vaporized forests.
One strike from Sanji Youta tore the ground beneath Karasuya, sending molten rock into the air. Karasuya landed midair, levitating shards of rock around him as projectiles.
Another swing from Karasuya sliced through Sanji Youta's katana, sparks flying. He punched through Sanji's chest, but Sanji Youta regenerated instantly, ripping a chunk of ground with his fist in retaliation.
The Cage began flashing violently, space itself bending under the fury of the battle.
Outside, in 2nd Heaven, Haruko, Kiyoshi, and Eirien could only watch in terror, unable to intervene.
Haruko:
"…he… he's going to destroy everything…"
Kiyoshi:
"…if they don't stop soon, even the Spherical Energy won't save anyone…"
Eirien:
"…this is… apocalypse."
END OF CHAPTER TEASE
Inside the Lunar Cage Death Cell, reality screamed.
Karasuya vs Sanji Youta—a battle not just of bodies, but of wills, blood, and souls—had begun.
Every swing, every breath, every ounce of energy shredded the air, cracked the ground, and twisted time itself.
No one could tell who would fall first…
Not even the universe itself could survive their clash.