Orion moved swiftly through the air towards the killer, already in his Curse Transformation mode. He knew that fighting a 9th-level tinum rank expert with his early Gold rank strength wouldn''t end well. Even at his best, he could only match those at the 1st or 2ndyer of tinum rank, and if he gave it his all, he might stand a chance against someone at the 3rd level of tinum rank.


    In this situation, he wasn''t willing to take that risk.


    Moving like a gust of wind, Orion appeared on the killer''s right, his fist shaped like a pointed arrow, thrusting forward with deadly precision. Simultaneously, Mark shed in from the left, his leg zing with blue mes as heunched a powerful kick.


    The killer didn''t flinch. He sneered as he caught both attacks—Orion''s arrow-like hand and Mark''s ming leg—with his bare hands. His grip was like iron, effortlessly stopping theirbined force.


    With a swift, casual motion, he flung them both aside like they were nothing. But before they could even recover, he was on them again, appearing in a blur. His fists mmed into their bodies, sending them crashing into the ground with thunderous force, creating craters where theynded. Dust and debris scattered as the ground trembled beneath the impact.


    "This is what happens when you fight me," the killer smiled as he went for the kill, but at that exact moment, Orion and Mark vanished from the ground, attacking him again, this time from behind.


    The killer turned around but only saw Mark—Orion was nowhere in sight. He blocked Mark''s fist, which was burning with blue mes.


    "Is this all you''ve got?" the killer asked with a mocking expression.


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    "Not even close," Mark sneered, increasing the intensity of his blue mes, engulfing the killerpletely.


    At the same moment, Orion reappeared in front of the killer, his hands gripping a violently rotating green sphere, swirling with intense energy. Without hesitation, he shoved it forward with all his might.


    Bang!


    The sphere collided with the killer, unleashing a deafening explosion. The impact sent the killer flying backward, his figure barely visible as a massive shockwave tore through the air.


    A howling gust of wind followed, quickly growing into a violent tornado. The wind whipped around the battlefield, uprooting trees and tearing apart thendscape as it gained strength.


    "How dare you?!" the killer shouted as he came to his senses, sliding across the battlefield.


    "This is just the beginning," Mark sneered, transforming into a bolt of purple lightning and charging at the killer. Orion turned into a barrage of wind, following suit.


    The killer''s frown deepened as Orion and Mark closed in on him, their attacks synchronized. At thest possible moment, the killer pped his hands together.


    BOOM!


    A deafening shockwave erupted from the p, its force sending both Orion and Mark flying through the air. They tumbled back, struggling to regain their bnce from the sudden and overwhelming impact.


    Before Orion could fully recover, the killer materialized right in front of him, his fist already drawn back, aiming straight for Orion''s stomach with deadly precision.


    Reacting on instinct, Orion crossed his arms and summoned a wind shield in front of him. But just as he braced for impact, something behind the killer caught his attention. His eyes widened in realization, and without hesitation, he began preparing a counterattack—forming a highlypressed wind arrow that swirled dangerously behind his back.


    The killer''s punchnded hard, tearing through the wind shield and hitting Orion with such force that he was sent flying like a ragdoll. But even as he was hurled through the air, Orion managed to steady himself mid-flight. His focus remained unbroken, the wind arrow still building power, growing sharper and deadlier by the second.


    "Lightning Hammer Smash!"


    Mark, his body crackling with electricity, wielded a massive lightning hammer engulfed in blue mes. With a roar, he swung it down with all his might. The hammer descended like a force of nature, mming into the unsuspecting killer and sting him off his feet, sending him hurtling through the air toward Orion.


    As the killer tumbled closer, Orion didn''t flinch. Instead, he charged forward, wind swirling around him like a gathering storm, as if he were preparing for a direct collision.


    But just as they were about to meet, Orion acted. At the veryst moment, he summoned thepressed wind he''d been storing, infusing it with his energy, and released the wind arrow. The air around him screamed as the arrow shot forward, hitting the killer dead-on.


    The force of the attack sent the killer rocketing even farther through the sky, the sheer power behind the wind arrow leaving a roaring trail of destruction in its wake. The killer''s body mmed into the distantndscape with an earth-shaking impact, disappearing into the storm of dust and debris kicked up by the blow.


    Mark appeared beside him. "Let''sbine my mes with your wind."


    Orion frowned. "Don''t you already have my wind ability?"


    "I do, but it''s too weak to use against a tinum rank expert," Mark exined.


    Orion nodded. "Alright, I''ll shape the attack and intensify your mes with my wind. Release as much as you can."


    Mark nodded, releasing a torrent of blue mes from his left hand. The ground beneath them began to melt from the sheer heat.


    Before Orion could supplement the mes, a loud shout rang out.


    "You pests are getting on my nerves!" The killer charged at them with incredible speed.


    Seeing this, Orion quickly ced his right hand against Mark''s left, funneling his wind power into the mes and releasing all his energy in one go.


    Boom!


    The mes exploded, but instead of expanding, they shrank to the size of a human head. Orion gritted his teeth,pressing the mes even further until they were the size of a fist.


    A glowing blue sphere, the size of a fist, hovered between Orion''s right palm and Mark''s left.


    "It''s done," Orion said, panting.


    Mark nodded as the killer appeared in front of them again. Neither Orion nor Mark moved—they stood perfectly still.


    "You think this little attack can stop me?" the killer sneered, throwing his fists at them with a crazed expression.


    But what the killer didn''t notice was the lightning Mark had umted beneath his feet.


    Just as the killer struck, Mark used the lightning to teleport behind him, pushing the blue sphere into his back.


    Orion quickly retreated as the killer was flung away, engulfed in blue mes. An explosion followed, erupting in a dome of fire that covered the battlefield, with the killer at its center.


    Orion was stunned by the sight. The explosion was contained within a semi-spherical dome, intensifying its destructive power.


    "We have some time now. Let''s go and escape from this region—maybe we can reach an area with a signal," Mark suggested.


    Orion nodded. He realized from their battle with the killer that even though their attacks were stronger than ever, they barely did any damage. The situation was growing more urgent, and escape seemed like the wiser option.


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