End of Wickedness

"Herald's Hand: Holy Mjolnir!" Fanghui slammed his fist on Fermato's head like Thor's hammer.

The attack sent a sonic boom that tossed everyone across the island whale's back. With Fermato concussed with a bleeding forehead, the other masters punched Fanghui back before he could finish Fermato off.

The Supreme Herald caught Seniel and triangulated three fingers on her chest. "Herald's Hand: Valknut!"

Seniel sweated and vomited blood, causing her to pass out. The remaining four masters chain-punched against Fanghui.

"Herald's Hand: Loki's Mirage!" The Supreme Herald's lightning-fast palms outmatched the masters.

Yanshi jumped to aerial kick Fanghui chest multiple times to push him back.

"Herald's Hand: March of the Nordic Tribes!" Fanghui kicked the earth master back with a force of a thousand Vikings. "Herald's Hand: Helix of Jormungandr!"

Yanshi screamed when Fanghui grappled his chest to twist his spinal cord clockwise, leaving his malformed body protruding with broken bones. Inveticus did his best to freeze the bleeding and keep Yanshi alive. Oreic and Psyinen teamed up to palm-strike the Supreme Herald.

"Herald's Hand: Hugin and Munin!" Fanghui closed his hands into beak shapes.

He punctured giant holes through Oreic and Psyinen's stomachs, leaving the couple to bleed on their knees.

"Fanghui! Please stop!" Inveticus stood with the couple, stopping their bleeding with his ice.

"You foxes are so self-serving," Fanghui's eyes boiled with tears, cycling the memories of his family's death. "Thieves who pillage and plunder as they please! Like all thieves, your penalty is death!"

"I'm sorry that the Waxing Sickle made a bad example of our race!" Inveticus held the distressed Oreic and Psyinen. "I'm sorry about your family!"

"You dare speak of wo de ma, ba, san ge xiong di he xiao mei?"

"Would your family want this?"

Fanghui wailed, hallucinating Inveticus' face morphing into Tastidios' skull mask. "I was the eldest brother, their da ge, and I failed to protect them because I was weak! They loathe me in the afterlife because of my failure! By killing every last Vulpi, I'll redeem myself and my family can rest in peace!"

"Avian Form: Triple Eagle Formation!" Shien, Mivangeline, and Isrina spiraled into an eagle-shaped cyclone that pushed Fanghui back.

"Fanghui! Is there room in your heart to forgive? Please give the good Vulpi a chance!" Mivangeline asked in tears.

"Enough," Fanghui lifted his palm and fist in Bao Quan Li, "Qing!"

The trio stood against Fanghui for the final battle, holding palms and fists in Bao Quan Li. "Qing!"

They all positioned their palms forward in Wu Sao. Fanghui waited for the three to make their move.

"Avian Form: Parotia's Guillotine!" Shien aimed a beheading kick at Fanghui.

The Supreme Herald felt his neck twist from the attack, but he wasn't decapitated. Fanghui cracked his neck back into shape.

"Avian Form: Kingfisher's Axe!" Mivangeline jumped over Isrina to slam Fanghui's head with a downswing kick.

Nothing.

"Ouroboros Fang: Lunar Misfortune!" Isrina rampaged at the Supreme Herald with dislocated palms and kicks. "Ouroboros Fang: Malefic Escuridao!"

Nothing.

"Avian Form: Shoebill Thunderforce!" The trio punched Fanghui's chest and slashed with cutting palms. "Avian Form: Wryneck Scythe!"

Nothing. The trio breathed heavily as Fanghui stood in one piece unscathed.

"Only if I was this invincible when Tastidios slaughtered my family..." Fanghui lamented in tears. "But it's too late now. Herald's Hand: Gateway to Niflheim!"

The Supreme Herald's hair flickered like fire as he stomped a six-angel-winged crater that burned in white fire. Shien, Isrina, and Mivangeline jumped from the pale flames.

"Herald's Hand: Njord Tornadus!" Fanghui clapped his hands to summon a slicing whirlwind at the trio.

"Avian Form: Riflebird's Wingbeat!" The three flapped their arms high to blow the deadly breeze off.

"Herald's Hand: Holy Mjolnir!" Fanghui's eyes glowed white, dashing for Shien with a fistful of Thor's hammer.

"Ouroboros Fang: Aegis of Misery!" Isrina shielded her son with a flesh shield. "Ouroboros Fang: Weeping Earthbound!"

"Herald's Hand: Fury of the Aesir!" The Supreme Herald roared his battle cry to counter Isrina's shrilling sonic cry.

"God help us! Can Fanghui's blackened heart be healed?" Mivangeline analyzed the opponent as Isrina and Shien bombarded Fanghui with Woodpecker Beak Strikes.

The Commander recalled her martial arts training with Shien, who told her about vital weaknesses to exploit in the human body.

She applied Shien's lessons during the Syanic Earth to calculate a successful counterattack against Fanghui. Fanghui injected mercury into his body. His muscles, skeleton, and nerves seem immune to any physical trauma we throw at him. Typical means of fast kills such as beheading and cutting are also ineffective. Unless we can damage his body internally by targeting his organs. We can't just hit his body, we need piercing blows that affect his organs!

"Avian Form: Cardinal's Talon!" Shien spun a helicopter kick to push Fanghui back.

"Avian Form: Toucan's Mace!" Isrina elbowed Fanghui before whirling into him like a cyclone. "Avian Form: Blackhawk Missile!"

"Herald's Hand: Tsunami Strike, Raging Kraken!" The Supreme Herald spun into a cyclone spinning with kraken tentacles.

As the two cyclones slammed into each other, Mivangeline told Shien her plan.

"Finger and Biu Sao palm strikes have the best penetration and precision for this!" Shien cracked his knuckles.

"Avian Form: Shoebill Thunderforce!"

"Herald's Hand: Holy Mjolnir!"

Fanghui and Isrina slammed powerful fists in a booming shockwave.

"Isrina!" Mivangeline signaled her the strategy. "Avian Form: Riflebird's Wingbeat!"

She flapped her arms like wings to blow Fanghui off balance while Isrina positioned her palms in Biu Sao.

"Avian Form: Pitohui Stinger Strikes!" Isrina concentrated her numbing strikes at Fanghui's chest. "Shien!"

"Avian Form: Hummingbird's Tongue!" Shien quickly switched and shoved a deep finger strike into Fanghui's heart.

Fanghui winced, grabbing his chest as his heart skipped a beat. He spat blood as his throat boiled with lactic acid.

"Herald's Hand: Claw of Fenrir!" The Supreme Herald swiped Shien away with a claw. "Herald's Hand: Divine Ragnarok!"

"Avian Form: Wryneck Scythe!" Shien slashed his palms against Fanghui's burning palm strikes.

As he held Fanghui off, Mivangeline penetrated a two-finger strike into his stomach. "Avian Form: Chickadee's Touch!"

Fanghui felt his stomach buzz but breathed fire to push them back. "Herald's Hand: Breath of Garmir!"

"Mom! Switch!" Shien shouted.

Isrina closed in with a spear-like palm strike. "Avian Form: Avocet Lancer!"

"Herald's Hand: Jotnar Stronghold!" Fanghui held his palms like a shield to block the piercing blow.

"Ouroboros Fang: Calamitous Helminth!" Isrina shoved a four-finger strike under the palm shield into Fanghui's stomach.

Fanghui shrieked as his organs churned in disturbance, regurgitating a mixture of acid and blood. "I-I can't lose... I must not fail my family! Herald's Hand: Chaos Dragon, Nidhogg!"

As Fanghui smashed his fists together to summon his shadow dragon, Mivangeline quickly signaled to her boyfriend and Isrina her plan. When the Commander pointed at her forehead, Shien and Isrina understood.

"Avian Form: Triple Eagle Formation!" The trio whirled into an eagle cyclone that drilled through the dark dragon towards Fanghui.

"Herald's Hand: Jotnar Stronghold!" Fanghui blocked the cyclone, letting the trio tumble. "Herald's Hand: Skadi Destrudo!"

The trio split up to avoid the burning blizzard.

"Ouroboros Fang: Calamitous Helminth!" Isrina aimed four fingers at Fanghui's head.

"Herald's Hand: Holy Mjolnir!" Fanghui slammed Isrina's attack with a bright fist.

"Avian Form: Bowerbird Crusher!" Isrina locked her elbows with Fanghui's arms to ensnare him. "Now, Mivangeline!"

"Avian Form: Crown of Kinglets!" Mivangeline circled Fanghui's skull with paralyzing finger strikes that made him dizzy. "Shien!"

"Avian Form: Chickadee's Touch!" Shien pierced a two-finger strike into Fanghui's forehead. "Avian Form: Great Titmouse Strike!"

With a final palm strike that damaged the brain, Fanghui made a chilling scream along with his island whale. Everyone fell as the stone whale crumbled. The UICA and Federation forces stopped fighting to see the outcome.

"D-did we win?" Mivangeline breathed heavily. "Is it finished, Lord?"

Fanghui lay on his back, facing the sun while his brain slowly bled closer to death.

"Ma, ba, Kifen, Limian, Hongmi, Jein..." Fanghui choked blood in tears. "D-dui bi qi. I failed you all. I wasn't the strong elder er zi and da ge you all wanted me to be. I couldn't help you rest in peace. I disappointed every one of you..."

"Fanghui, why do you think your family demanded such things from you?" Shien sat beside him.

Mivangeline and Isrina held onto Shien, watching Fanghui succumb closer to death.

"W-why are you talking to me? I-I'm your enemy," The Supreme Herald frowned at Shien.

"True, but you're still a child of God. It hurts us that you believe your family demanded such things from you. Your family loves you no matter what! You shouldn't have to earn their love! They wouldn't want you to hurt so many people in their name!"

"B-but I was too weak to save them. My family must be angry at me."

"You were just a kid, so stop beating yourself! And your family understands! They're home with God and are resting in peace. You didn't have to do anything to help them rest in peace!"

"I-I thought I had to clean the world of thieves for my family to rest in peace," Fanghui stared at the sun in tears.

"That's satan talking to you," Mivangeline declared," He wants you to feel like you're not enough for your family, so he gave you the wicked Chinese Kneapexist symbol to hurt millions. You shouldn't have to put everything upon yourself to judge the world because that's God's job.

"Iagen tried to convince me that I wasn't good enough for my son, so I followed the Ouroboros Cycle and hurt many people," Isrina told Fanghui. "But I realized Iagen was a liar, Shien loved me for who I was and never demanded me to be a perfect mother. Can you see that your family also demanded nothing of you? They want you to stop rampaging and come home with them."

"C-come home?" Fanghui blinked. "What home?"

"The House of God," Shien sighed.

"W-why would God let me into his house? Have I done too much wrong already?"

"No one is too far gone. God's doors are always open," Mivangeline smiled. "You're a child of God despite all you've done. That's why Jesus died on the Cross for you. He forgives you and wants you to repent."

Fanghui blinked through his tears and saw familiar spirits caressing him with caring hands. "Ma? Ba?"

Everyone gasped at the souls surrounding Fanghui.

"Wongshi, our dear er zi," Fanghui's mother and father stroked his head, calling him by his first name. "Please rest from your fury. We never wanted you to hurt so many lives in our name."

"Da ge!" The four siblings jumped on him in tears. "Have you come to your senses? Stop hurting the cute fox floofs and be happy!"

"Wo de san ge xiao di, xiao mei?" Fanghui cried. "A-are you happy with me?"

"Wongshi, we've always been proud of you," The family nodded. "Let's take you to the Lord."

"B-but I can't. It's too late for me. I-I've slaughtered so much."

"You've done countless terrible things to others, but that can't be greater than God's forgiveness, right?"

Fanghui's tears overflowed as the sun he stared at opened like a pair of gates. Golden armored angels with flaming swords stood beside his family. The UICA and Reaper Squad covered their eyes, blinded by the light. Everyone was shocked when the secret police dropped their rifles and fell on their knees before the holy light.

"Da ge, let's go together!" Fanghui's siblings jumped.

"A-am I ever worthy?"

"None of us are, but Jesus' sacrifice declared us worthy," The parents hugged him. "Please accept God's invitation. Let us take you to the Father. He misses you dearly."

Fanghui couldn't help through his tears but smile for the first time. Everyone cried joyful tears as Fanghui peacefully closed his eyes in death.

"My prodigal son has returned!" Rhu Makyu Eta shone from the sun, showering everyone in the rain that healed the wounded Vultau masters and everyone's injuries.

With the family lifting Fanghui's spirit from his body, a black steel minotaur crawled out of the body. The minotaur howled against Makiyu, with five red stars branded on its head.

"Kneapexism or I should say satan! You have lost!" Makiyu roared like a million lions.

The satanic beast cowered in fear. Everyone watched the angels brutally cut the fallen angel into ash with their fiery swords, demonstrating the end of Kneapexism, the end of wickedness. The Reaper Squad commandos gasped when their minotaur badges burned to ash with every flag and symbol across the globe.

When Fanghui's family raised their prodigal son into the gates, Rhu Makiyu Eta roared in triumph, disappearing in a bright flash. "It is finished!"

Everyone was speechless after what they saw. Shien, Mivangeline, and their friends hugged each other and their families. The war was over, and the Vulpi were finally free from persecution. Fanghui found peace with God and his family. At last, Shien and Mivangeline could have the promised date since the Syanic Earth.