It had taken, at least in part. This was her chance.
Was it as effective as Hakai? Not in the least... it was far more gradual, and given her current
incomplete status and Cancer's station, she'd eventually figure out how to fight it off. Though it might take her a bit of time to recover, if they were lucky.
But enough thought--now was the time to strike when the iron was hot!
Narayana took a step forward, then froze. Her body--no, her entire
being felt off.
...damn it, she thought she'd have more time before--
Her thoughts were interrupted by a sudden explosion of ki and hozon centered on Narayana, as the self-limitations put in place eons ago took effect and... punished her for her anathema usage of her control over Hozon. Her world became one of pain and scream...
"...wut."
E Bekon's reaction to all this was simple, to the point, and... what in the
hell had just happened!? The future he had been nudging things towards had been fuzzy and unclear--he knew only that
something... good, to put it succinctly--but this was beyond the pale. It was the first time in a long time the Emperor had been genuinely
awed, in fact.
The effect on the environment was quite something. Rain, followed by hail and lightning, then back to clear. The sun made its journey through the sky in mere seconds, and then... then it
snowed. On Ruco. A tropical planet. Maybe at the poles, but not here, near the equator. It was as if nature itself were reacting to the birth of something momentous.
Perhaps it is.
The blue glow surrounding Sarada soon became crimson and though her form was blinding bright, the light did not feel uncomfortable, and he did not need to look away.
And then... her ki disappeared? Had she died?
No, he could still 'feel' her through the Kizuna, and he could also feel a sort of pressure coming from where she should be.
At the end of it, she emerged and she looked much the same as she did untransformed, save for one key detail he could see from this distance: her hair was red.
...
Wut.
Is this what some painters called a 'happy little accident'? Hopefully this would be enough to turn the tide of the battle, although this new... form or whatever didn't look like much at first glance. But then, one had to keep in mind that appearances were often deceiving.
Any doubts he may have had were quickly dispelled as he
lost track of Sarada as she moved. While not being able to sense her ki--did she even have ki anymore?--was a detriment, his eyes were pretty damn good, so losing track of her spoke well of her speed. Given the circumstances, she would probably...
His gaze drifted over to the sole remaining frost demon, and he indeed found Sarada, who had launched into some sort of...
...
...
...her attack was too fast for his senses to perceive. Absolutely absurd. The Emperor allowed himself a small smile.
Magnificent.