"Lauf, are you insane?"
Ultron seethed, struggling against the ninja dogs still clamped onto his limbs. Despite his immense strength, the AI couldn't shake them off fast enough. His fury boiled over as he turned toward Lauf, standing nearby with his icicle weapon, seemingly just enjoying the chaos.
"Why are you just standing there? Either help me get rid of these damn dogs, or teach that human a lesson! Move!" Ultron barked.
"Why should I take orders from a defeated robot?" Lauf scoffed, eyes flicking with irritation. But with a wave of his hand, he released a horde of Jotunheim giants, their massive forms surging forward to encircle Ryuuto, each exuding a crushing aura that made the ground tremble.
"Well said! Accounts must be settled slowly—how can we listen to a tin-can dog?" Ryuuto applauded mockingly, a grin spreading across his face. He scanned the battlefield, knowing a true master was about to appear—friend or foe, he had to react fast.
Seeing Ryuuto so calm, unflinching even under such overwhelming pressure, both Ultron and Lauf's eyes blazed with fiery rage.
"Trying to die, are you? How dare you provoke us!" Ultron bellowed. His restraints broken, injuries healed, and aura amplified, he had clearly tapped into newfound power through the battle with Ryuuto.
Lauf didn't hesitate either, pointing his massive icicle directly at Ryuuto as the Jotunheim giants charged, howling like wild beasts. The stage was set: all-out war.
Even Vision, battered but not defeated, took to the sky, using the last of his strength to repair and stabilize himself, witnessing the looming clash with a mix of awe and fear.
"Men fight! A true warrior must see this through!" Ryuuto muttered with a self-deprecating grin, brushing his bangs aside. It was unavoidable—he had to go all out.
Shadow Clone Technique!
Chakra surged violently, and Ryuuto created fifty to sixty shadow clones in a dazzling display. Each clone screamed and lunged at the giants, Ultron, and Lauf with relentless fury.
With a single fluid motion, he summoned the Iron-Cut Beheading Sword, slashing through Lauf's massive icicle. The shockwave forced the Ice King to close his eyes instinctively, the biting cold wind cutting like a knife.
"Filthy brat! I'll crush you!" Lauf bellowed, swinging desperately.
But a bang echoed—the icicle snapped cleanly in half, its fractured surface reflecting Ryuuto like a mirror.
"Big Blue Ghost, not strong enough to play with me!" Ryuuto laughed, teeth gleaming, eyes full of mischief. Even Lauf's five hulking bodyguards instinctively shrank back, embarrassed and frustrated at being utterly outmatched.
"Time to clean up!"
Ultron's electronic eyes flashed with lethal intent, cold and merciless.
"Arrogant human! Try handling my latest trick!"
The AI's body shimmered with a golden metallic sheen as he grinned wildly. In an instant, he transformed into a massive rolling metal sphere, a cannonball of pure destruction hurtling toward Ryuuto. The ground trembled, whirlwinds forming around the spinning colossus.
"I see… you actually rolled into a ball? Hah, interesting," Ryuuto muttered with a grin, eyes gleaming as he activated high-speed movement. His body blurred past the incoming sphere, dodging with instinctive precision even as flames erupted around him from the friction and collisions.
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