Chapter 178: Kogen’s Enigmus Power

Chapter 178: Kogen’s Enigmus Power

With Sasha easily handling Kogen at his base power, he will now unleash his greater Enigmus power to try to regain control of the battle.

A powerful red aura surges around Kogen. His skin turns gray, his teeth sharpen, and his hands twist into claw-like shapes. His body takes on a far more monstrous appearance.

“It’s rare, but a possible side effect of being an Enigmus is that you start to look more demonic when using this power,” Kogen says. “So let me ask you this. Are you ready?”

“Do your worst,” Sasha says, entirely unafraid.

Kogen raises his finger. A small red beam fires out and strikes Sasha in the shoulder. Her eyes fly open in shock as pain rips through her.

She grabs her shoulder and immediately starts running to avoid further attacks.

Sasha thinks, “I didn’t think his attack would actually hurt that bad, but it hurts a lot! He may actually be on my level now! It looks like I won’t be able to toy with him!”

Kogen breaks into a run after her, firing more beams. “Now it seems that you are the one on the defensive!”

Sasha jumps, ducks, and slides to avoid the blasts. Two beams finally hit her, knocking her to the floor.

“Ah!” Sasha groans in pain.

“Oh no!” Emily cries.

“Be careful!” Kurt shouts.

“Sasha…” Zeth mutters weakly.

Kogen rushes in and swings his fist down at her. Sasha rolls, springs to her feet, and punches him in the face.

“I’m not on the defensive! I will still tear you apart!” Sasha declares.

The punch knocks Kogen back, but the damage is minimal.

“You will have to do better than that.”

“Damn,” Sasha mutters. “My power is still raw. I need to get creative.”

She begins jumping around the room, moving unpredictably in an effort to confuse Kogen.

Kogen thinks, “All this jumping around means she is likely trying to get me to guess where she will stop to attack me and hope that I guess wrong. Alright, I will play your little game of guess.”

Sasha suddenly lands directly in front of him, then instantly leaps away and continues moving.

Kogen thinks, “She tried to bait me. She wants me to prepare for an attack from the front, but she is actually going to attack me from behind.”

Kogen readies himself to strike from behind.

In the next instant, Sasha appears right in front of him again, a Black Energy Ball already formed in her hands.

“What!?” Kogen gasps.

“You guessed wrong!” Sasha yells.

She slams the energy ball into his face. It explodes, blasting him backward. Sasha follows with a kick, sending him skidding across the floor. Kogen recovers quickly.

“I didn’t think you would actually appear in the front,” he admits. “You outplayed me there.” He clenches his fists. “I want to see how you can handle physical combat when I take my strength up a notch.”

Kogen charges forward, smirking.

Sasha grits her teeth. “Bring it on!”

Kogen throws a punch but Sasha blocks it with her arm. She counters with a kick, which he blocks in turn.

“You wouldn’t have blocked that earlier,” Sasha notes.

Kogen smirks. “You’re right!”

He launches a flurry of punches. Sasha blocks the first, dodges the second, but the third slams into her and sends her crashing into the wall.

“Damn, that—”

She cuts her own sentence off as her eyes widen, noticing Kogen dashing straight at her. She ducks, and his punch smashes into the wall behind her, cracking it further.

She counters with a punch to his gut. Kogen recoils, and Sasha follows with an uppercut to his chin, stunning him.

“Now’s my chance!” she thinks.

Her fingers curl forward as she thrusts her hand toward his chest.

“Say goodbye to your heart!” she shouts.

Kogen smirks. “Not quite!”

He punches her in the face, then slams his fist down onto her head, smashing her into the floor.

Sasha sweeps her leg in a sliding kick, but Kogen jumps over it and kicks her hard in return. She rolls across the floor.

“This battle has turned in my favor,” Kogen says. “It won’t be long before you fall for good.”

Sasha slowly rises to her feet. Kogen reaches her, grabs her, and punches her, sending her flying into the wall. She coughs a few times, clearly in pain.

Kogen walks up to Sasha and lifts her again.

“Your dark divine power is impressive, but as you mentioned, your power is too raw to overcome my experienced Enigmus power,” he says coldly. “Earlier, you were acting all sadistic like you were going to torture me until I begged you to kill me. What happened to that? It’s all gone now.” He tightens his grip. “In the end, you are just a toothless dog barking while having no ability to bite. Even your intimidation prowess seems to be gone. Too bad.”

Kogen slams her head into the wall, shattering part of it.

Sasha thinks, “This situation I’m in… I hate it!”

Her anger spikes and her aura intensifies.

In a split second, the wall behind her explodes outward. Sasha surges forward and punches Kogen, blasting him across the room. He regains control before hitting the opposite wall.

“What just happened!?” he shouts.

He stares at her, eyes widening.

“Her power is increasing!?”

“I’m going to tear you apart!!!” Sasha yells as she charges forward.

“You can’t stop me!!” Kogen yells back.

Kogen throws a punch. Sasha dodges, counters with a punch that he blocks, then immediately follows with another that lands cleanly and knocks him back.

Blood spills from his mouth. He spits the rest out and wipes his arm across his face, staring at her in disbelief. “How!? How could her power be increasing like this!?”

He takes a closer look at Sasha. Her veins pop and pulsate against her skin as she rushes toward him. He dodges a punch, then slams his knee into her gut, causing her eyes to widen in pain. He follows up by swinging his leg, slamming it into her to knock her away.

He thinks, “Her adrenaline is raging right now. No matter, she is just delaying the inevitable.”

“This battle is a little too close for comfort,” Emily points out.

“All we can do is hope that Sasha can pull through,” Kurt replies. “We don’t have any other options to defeat Kogen.”

Joe frowns and glances down at the syringe in his hand. “No other options, huh…” he mumbles to himself.

Kurt overhears him and turns his head. He notices the syringe. “Joe, what do you have in your hand?”

Joe clenches his fist tight, his nerves rising once again.

Zeth still leans against a wall alone. “Sasha will beat you,” he mutters.

Kogen glances his eyes over to Zeth. “I have an idea,” he thinks.

Kogen lifts his arm and points his finger toward Zeth. Sasha’s eyes widen with dread.

Kogen fires a laser beam from his finger without hesitation. In desperation, Sasha launches herself toward Zeth and shields his body just in time using her left arm. She takes a direct hit, leaving numerous bloody wounds on her arm. She winces in pain as she glares at Kogen. “How dare you…!”

Kogen smirks. “I wonder how good that arm is. Perhaps I should end this now.”

Kogen regains momentum in the battle! Sasha must overcome his great power to win.

Chapter 178 END

To be Continued in Chapter 179: The Rain Pours. Kogen’s Final Form.