Explosions ripped across the ocean from all the blasts and swords that were deflected. When the effectiveness of the attacks spread to some of the nearby islands, the landforms were wiped out in a series of fiery domes and eruptions, disintegrating them with ease.
Realizing that her opponent was getting closer and closer with every lap she made around her, Hasky clenched her fists tightly and, deciding that she'd had enough, threw both her arms out wide. "Don't push your luck, scum! DORNIIIIIIIIII!" Golden chains then exploded off of her body in arcs, cutting and slicing through the air towards the approaching Hera like bolts of lightning.
Seeing the net of chains heading towards her and threatening to block her path and catch her, Zangya cocked her right hand up, formed a red disc of ki, and hurled it forward in a wide arc. The monofilament attack expanded when she threw it, slamming into the chains and, after grinding against them for a few seconds, sliced right through them. When the air cleared and the disc continued traveling forward, the Hera unleashed a shotgun blast of energy from her hand, the tiny, pellet spheres arcing through the air and converging on Hasky's position.
The blonde assassin, shocked at seeing her chains cut away so easily, ducked to avoid the energy disc, but was unable to block the blasts that followed. The attacks hammered her body repeatedly, knocking her a bit and causing her to stumble away. After regaining her balance and bearings, Hasky looked up in time to see Zangya diving down at her with her fist, prompting the blonde to take immediate action.
With a quick power up, the spandex wearing assassin sprang off of the ocean surface and shot straight up into the sky. Her explosive movement caused the Hera to miss with her downward swing and, following the woman's path up into the sky with her eyes, decided to give pursuit. The defender of earth took flight with a sonic boom, sending a wave rippling out in all directions. In her haste, the Hera left a trail of green energy in her wake as she rocketed after her quarry at full speed, who only seemed to climb higher and higher the closer she got.
After ascending into the lower stratosphere and seeing her enemy was getting closer by the second, Hasky decided she'd had enough playing around. As soon as she reached an appropriate height above the clouds, the woman pointed her hand straight down at her approaching enemy and, seeing her growing bigger in her crosshairs, summoned whatever energy she had at her disposal. In a series of flashes that encompassed almost the entire face of the planet, a wall of over a thousand curved energy blades suddenly formed around the woman to cover the troposphere. The instant the clusters gained stability, they solidified into droplet-shaped daggers, all of which were trained and ready to fire.
The instant her weapons had taken shape and her sights fixated upon her rival, Hasky sent forth her attack in a single, unbroken wave. "YASAKANI NO MAGATAMA!" (Eight Shaku Curved Jewel) A rain of metal gold shortly followed; the weapons cascading towards Zangya all at once and filling the sky with a twinkling haze.
Despite the huge number of projectiles now raining down towards her, Zangya didn't hesitate in plowing right through them to keep on going. Powering up and shielding her arms in the same green energy she had before, the red haired alien smashed her way through the first strike, disintegrating the projectiles and scattering them on the wind. After that, she then began dodging and evading the rest of the falling daggers, occasionally smashing through several with her arms and lobbing energy spheres up at the ones that were out of reach.
She zigzagged left and right, dodging clusters and entire walls of daggers. After kicking off one of the daggers and punching her way through a fifth wave of weapons, Zangya picked up speed and attempted to push further. She blew past the blue of the sky and progressed higher into the black of the vacuum, leaving the earth far behind. But the higher she climbed, the fiercer Hasky's waves became, gradually increasing the difficulty of reaching the finishing line.
Eventually, the Hera's ascent into the atmosphere slowed down enough to give the blonde punisher an easier target. After she'd charged a strong enough attack behind her shield of infinite daggers, the assassin then dropped a powerful golden blast right on top of the Z-fighter.
The attack crashed into Zangya's aura with the force of a comet and, after a momentary tug-of-war match, the alien woman was sent plummeting back to the earth's surface thousands of feet below. Her form barreled through the clouds like a stone, shattering the sound barrier, while also throwing her completely off course. When the Hera spotted the mainland closing in through her petrifying tumble, the red haired martial artist stopped her fall short with a quick burst of ki, causing a loud 'thump' to echo out as she successfully halted herself in mid air.
Finding she was now suspended several hundred feet above West City and the noticeably battle-scarred Capsule Corp far below, the transformed Hera then turned her glare upwards and snarled when she sensed her opponent was still hanging up in the clouds.
She was probably waiting up there, catching her breath and planning her next move. Thankfully their battle over the ocean had spared the planet's inhabitants from being bombarded by their respective assaults. The rain of daggers had been thankfully dampened by the marine's surface, stopping them from doing any further damage to the planet. Though the fish certainly wouldn't think too kindly of their battle, Zangya was positive Mother Nature would forgive her for any other little discrepancies she caused the earth in this conflict.
The rest of the Z-fighters, still picking themselves up from the beating they'd received, watched the battle taking place from far below.
Meanwhile, high up in the clouds, Hasky was now all set to finish off her opponent with one last, decisive hit. Fists clenched and the red lights in her suit glowing brightly as they absorbed an enormous batch of energy from the sun, the blonde then held both hands out and began summoning an enormous quantity of ki. This took the form of a huge cloud of sparkling, golden light, which filled up the thermosphere and converged into a single point.
Drawn by a powerful magnetic force, the particles of light quickly came together into the form of an enormous pillar of energy, which solidified into a long sword of a unique design. Possessing a long silver blade of excellent quality, it also had blue runes inscribed along the weapon's length towards the handle, where three gems sat within an elegant crest of blue and gold. These flame designs then fed into the handle, which was made of blue overlapping plates and golden inscriptions. From a distance the sword was a spectacular, glistening piece of treasure.
The only difference between this artifact and the genuine article though, is that this one was roughly two thirds the size of the earth's moon and its tip was pointed straight down at the planet.
Grinning widely at finally conjuring up the enormous weapon in the vacuum of space, the blonde assassin pulled her hand back, took aim at her opponent, and prepared for launch. "I've had enough of this pointless battle! I'm ending this once and for all! Dodge this if you want to! But know that if you try to avoid it… the entire earth will be split in half!" Golden aura exploding around her as she telekinetically took hold of her massive weapon Hasky drew her arms back and, with a manic grin in play, let loose all her frustrations in one, titanic swing. "Let's see if you have the guts to stand up to this! CALIBURN FAAAAAAAAAAAALLL!"
With a loud rumble, the woman dropped the sword straight down onto the planet, its blade piercing through the atmosphere and into the clouds. The speed it began to drop at caused its tip to burn through the layers of the earth's sky and, while sonic booms rocked the heavens, the gigantic blade descended towards West City.
Vegeta, Piccolo, Videl and all the other fighters who were conscious, looked up in horror when they saw the titan of a construction burst through the clouds. The sheer size, weight and girth of the weapon was tremendous, striking fear into the hearts of the defenders of earth, who were unable to do anything except watch as their inevitable death prepared to make landfall. Its approach caused the planet to tremble and, while the heroes held their ground, the population of West City scattered in terror.
The cries and screams of people fleeing the metropolis in an effort to escape the massive blade heading towards the mainland were drowned out by the atmospheric entry of the sword itself. Judging from the scale of the artifact, there was a one hundred percent chance that should it make contact with the earth, not only would all life be wiped out in a catastrophic shockwave, but the whole planet would be sliced in two.
Zangya however, who continued to hold her position directly below the plummeting monstrosity, had no inclination of letting any of that happen. In fact, she was already prepared with a response.
Green aura bursting around her along with a current of gold lightning, the woman cupped her hands at her sides and began focusing her energy into her palms. Her power skyrocketing while the tip of the blade continued its approach at an alarming rate, the Hera gnashed her teeth and, narrowing her sights on the metal giant, formed a pulsating blue sphere of light between her fingers.
If she was going to defend the earth, then she was going to do it with the very technique that Son Gohan taught her.
"Not a chance in hell! KAAA…MEEE…HAAA…MEEE…" Eyes flashing under the glow of her bio field, the woman drew her arms back and launched her hands forward with a sky splitting shockwave, "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" A stream of blue energy exploded from her hands, gushing up towards the approaching sword like a missile. The roar of her attack's launch was joined by a series of sonic booms, which rippled through the sky and marked the path that her blast followed.
The woman's beam ascended into the heavens like an interplanetary lance, filling the atmosphere with a celestial glow. A few moments later though, just when it seemed like it would travel on forever, the tip of the Hera's blast then collided headlong with the gigantic sword. Their impact was marked by an earth shaking thunderclap, which sent a gale of wind blasting in all directions. The force produced by the sudden stop in momentum of both moves cracked the land and nearly knocked the buildings in West City toppling to the ground. The Z-fighters on the estate actually struggled to latch onto the earth to stop from being blown away as they were pelted by dust and debris.
Lightning and sparks filling the sky, the blast and the giant sword ground into each other like two opposing drill heads. All the energy being emitted by the energy pillar was effectively repelled and sent on the wind as it prevented the light-made forge from going any further. From the way it was being cut into by the sword and looking at how big it was compared to the Z-fighter's diminutive attack, there looked like a very real possibility that Zangya's beam would lose out. But as the sound of a thunderstorm continued to roll over the earth and the two attacks continued to push against one another, the Hera eventually had enough.
With a loud battle cry, the red haired alien unleashed all of the energy she'd built up and poured it straight into her attack. An even more powerful wave of energy rocketed out of her hands and rushed up the beam she was using to clash with her opponent's sword. When it eventually reached the tip a split second later, another loud 'crack' rang out as the hero's pillar of energy forced its way right through the sword. The sudden burst caused the tip of the titanic Caliburn to fracture. Moments later, the blade shattered and the remains of the beam were swallowed up by a blast that expanded to the size of the moon, before thundering towards the blonde assassin in a wall of energy.
Eyes widening in horror, Hasky only had enough time to give out a single cry of terror before the Hera's attack slammed into her and pushed her up into the thermosphere. The beam of blue light continued to travel off world, effortlessly taking its human passenger with it and sent both of them careening towards the sun's position in the center of the solar system.
Moments later, the iridescent glow generated by the two warring attacks faded, and silence fell over the planet once more.
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