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Kai's predator sense flickered confusion, real body masked. He knelt, palm to ground, listening for weight. Among illusions one silhouette sagged slightly, injured by Mia strikes.
He rocketed forward, ignoring phantoms. But illusions reacted; three beams lanced. He spun spear, deflecting two; third grazed thigh, adaptive armour sizzling.
[HP‑70]
He snarled, poured aura into legs, dashed again with 58kph speed. Real body loomed; Mia converged opposite trajectory. Basilisk predicted; hood flared open, revealing gorgon eye cluster. Grey ray swept across the stone conversion.
Mia shielded with lotus swirl; grey wave struck aura swirl, ricocheted. The reflected energy slammed illusions, they crystallised then shattered to powder. True body staggered, momentarily dazed.
Kai vaulted up neck, driving the spear through the gorgon eye cluster. Lens burst; basilisk screamed.
Roar!
