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Zelriane pivoted the oncoming human bullet on his right foot, letting Oz shoot past him quickly. "You think me foolish enough..." His robe fluttered violently as he reached out to touch Oz as quickly, and as safely as was possible in the moment that he was locked into his forward momentum. His hand that reached out was coated in agoniki for a brief moment as it came within inches of his skin.

"...To challenge that might head on?" His left foot slid across the floor as he motioned towards Oz, and he lowered his left hand, gathering compressed air around his fingertips in preparation for their next exchange. If he could bombard Oswald with enough agoniki before taking any damage, this fight would eventually lean totally in his favour. It was a question of who's blow struck with its full effect first. With his speed and prediction though, the moss headed warrior was not worried for his safety.

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Zelriane's eyes narrowed, but he did not falter. The mossy silhouette of his body clashed against Oz's armour. For a moment, his light-speed advance was halted, a visible, vibrating knife grating against Oz's shield. But in only two seconds, the technique broke through and crashed against Oz was significant cutting power and force. Though, mid-way through, Zelriane's form returned to normal before he was able to cut straight through Oz. He kicked off of the man's chest as quickly as he could to put distance between them once more, while keeping his eyes fixated on the man.

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Zelriane cringed as his lower shin struck the barrier, but quickly dodged Oz's next blow, swaying his entire body to the left and regaining his balance. He lashed out, launching his right arm forwards, but the attack hit nothing. An afterimage struck through Oz harmlessly, and Zelriane appeared behind him once again, aiming for his legs for a second time. This time he paused mid-kick, wary of the oncoming barrier. "Nostalgia is not befitting of power." He rose both his hands, diagonally pointing his fingers upwards and pulling his leg back into a half-kneel. "Akari" Zelriane's entire body coated itself in green energy as he prepared to turn himself into a light-speed knife, just as he'd done earlier with Bruce.

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~ Chapter 197 ~

_{Challenge Accepted, Oz V.S. Zelriane}

"Show me what one arm can do," Zelriane urged, dashing behind Oz in an instant, "You pitiful boy." With his leg fully extended, Zelriane swept towards the back of Oz's feet, coating his leg in a layer of agoniki.

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As the energy moved forwards, Yzeira's last sphere fell towards the ground and spread outwards, concealing the geyser before it could even reach his body with a red film. Yzeira stood firm, but despite having no sphere left to block Jenso's spear, it failed to even scratch the translucent barrier that rose to stop it. On contact, it shattered as if it were made of glass.

"By all means," Yzeira started, glaring at Jenso as he summoned 3 more orbs from his body, "Keep trying."

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~ End Of Chapter 196 ~

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Two of the remaining spheres positioning themselves on either side of Yzeira and expanded into larger balls of energy, consuming the spears before they could get closer, and imploding into nothing. The final sphere oriented itself around Yzeira's waist as he turned his entire body to face Jenso. "Fight?" He murmured, flexing his right hand. "Adarine acted of her own accord. Rajaka and Zelriane have done the same. Had I any say in the way they chose to exercise their freedom, they would have stayed put and attacked you all at once. You seem to mistake our relationship, quite a bit, just as you mistake this encounter to be a fight." He reached into his coat and pulled out a small golden handbook. "Your universe is unfurling quickly, and yet, you waste your time here, throwing yourself at an apparition, with no success, I might add. For this, I almost pity you." The small book popped open at the pressure of his thumb against the pages. "Your Ki may be absurdly powerful, but it retains limits that simply cannot contend with the nature of my energy. Even if you could reach the top of my tower, you'd still stand no chance."

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"There you go again, spouting nonsense." Yzeira brought his hand around, spinning his wrist sharply. Then, he side-stepped Jenso's attack, shifting his body to the side. For a moment time felt like it was frozen. Yzeira's palm was facing Jenso as he and his spear narrowly missed him.

"What," He hissed, lowering his body and extending his hand forwards. The resulting blast launched Jenso away from him, with a wide-spread shock wave of sheer force. He was thrown across the library, despite thwarting the tiny daggers and dispatching the chaos saw. Yzeira stood up straight again and lowered his hands. "Did you think I was just going to sit there and take it?"

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Yzeira's eyes calmed themselves. He scoffed at the comment, all while moving his newly acquired chaos saw above Jenso's attack to dodged. It then moved upwards, and began to fall towards him at top speeds from above, positioning to split him down the middle on contact.
"Your speech is unrefined," He muttered. One of his 4 nearby spheres left his side and split into several vertically spinning knives, each dispersing one of Jenso's miniature flame saws after their initial effect. "Your ineptitude with the spoken word is matched only by the foolishness of your actions." The knives that disarmed Jenso's flame saw moved towards him, and looped around, cutting off his back-side escape route. "Please, put some effort into this- Even if it is pointless."

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The shrapnel struck nothing, and faded into red mist, while the saw looped around and chased after Jenso again. Yzeira winced, not at the attack, but at Jenso's comment. He'd ignored the attack, but lashed out with his left hand towards Jenso, launching a wave of sharpened red energy towards him horizontally.

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The spear broke in half on impact, but the red energies quickly reformed into a slightly smaller sphere behind Jenso as he formed his omega saw. His attempt to disarm the second orb was met with a disappointing result. The slower orb quickly moved over the saw, and then back down into its center. The saw stopped in midair, still spinning quickly.

'Chaotic Gambit'

In a few moments, it grew slightly larger, and took on a crimson red hue that overpowered it.

"Your Ki control is impressive for a human, but before my Meta energy, you are nothing but a child wandering aimlessly through bloodied mist."

Moments after, the saw flew back towards Jenso at the same speed that he launched it, while the smaller sphere behind him split into several smaller balls and launched towards his back like shrapnel.