ENTER KAI LAM'S POST
"Mom, I really think you're overreacting."Bright golden light bathed the inside of a somewhat humble house located on the outer edge of Kyoto, Japan. A young green-haired boy no older than 14 sat at a dining room table as a nearby woman continued to prepare food for both of them.
"Overreacting? You could've gotten hurt! What were you thinking hanging around the old quarry? It's dangerous and there's nobody around to help if anything were to happen to you." Though not quite hysteric, Li was not having any of her son's foolishness. After all, what she had said was true; the quarry was rundown and abandoned. Jian, however, believed he was entirely safe the entire time, and that his mother was just being overprotective. But he was much too smart to say that out loud. Instead he resigned himself to conceding in order to avoid further argument. Plus, he was hungry. After all, he'd just spent 3 hours in a quarry.
"You're right, mom. It was stupid. Won't happen again"-------------------------------------------------------
If mom could see me now, I wonder how mad she'd be? Not wanting to get distracted and somehow end up dead, which would probably just make his mother even angrier, Kai got his head back in the game and focused up. His arrows were proven ineffective as Inami's energy overwhelmed them in both scope and power. However, he was far from ready to give up. Though the clash between the two other combatants was barely readable to Kai, it was clear things were really starting to get bloody. This epic clash of giants made him seem entirely irrelevant in comparison. Their power was laughably higher than his, almost earning a chuckle from the young man.
How do I keep getting myself into these situations? First the cyborg guy, then demon robots, now basically gods trying to kill each other in front of me." Despite basically being cannon fodder in this clash of titans, Kai remained ready and willing to fight and, if it came to it, die for the cause. All that mattered was stopping this Armageddon, no matter what it takes.
As their opponent created and then attacked with her gigantic blade, Kai could guess something far worse was just on the horizon. Someone like this demon queen wouldn't just be satisfied with some weapon, especially after causing as much chaos and destruction as she already had. This premonition ended up proving correct as she charged and then released a massive wave of fiery energy far more catastrophic than Kai's own. Regardless, he reacted with every bit of speed he could muster in order to place his silver shield in front of his body, expand it to protect his entire front, and then create a barrier of green fire in front and around him. This ended up paling in comparison to the aura of energy his pink haired friend covered him with though, for which he was grateful. However, the shock waves still hit Kai like a dump truck, sending pulse after pulse of pain throughout his entire body. Through gritted teeth, Kai accepted this pain because he knew it would have an after effect Inami may not be too thrilled about.
The pain and force of the shock waves largely had their desired effect, however a not-so-insignificant portion of both would rebound and shoot back directly at Inami in the form of a pressure wave entirely unlike energy or Reiatsu. It wasn't wind, and certainly not spiritual in nature. No, it was
pressure in the most literal sense. This rebounded attack would hit Inami for exactly 15% of what she had just sent out, an amount that could potentially injure even the demon queen herself. Nizhuan seemed at peace with the idea that Inami was both irredeemable and entirely wrong in her view. Though not as old, experienced, or enlightened as either of these deified beings, Kai disagreed with both of them. It wasn't quite time to bring this up though as his opponent once again unleashed a world-shattering attack.
Despite Inami's best efforts, and Nizhuan's attempt at restricting the blast to a small enough radius to prevent it from hitting Kai, neither outcome would quite work out the way they expected it to. Kai refused to move away, and thus allowed himself, still covered in in plum energy and his fire, and protected by the abilities of Youxia Stance, to be hit by the blast. However, all these protections and Kai's own willpower kept him from being forced back. Pushing against Inami's power with every fibre of his being. By continuously pumping out his flames and utilizing the unique trait of his Youxia Stance which prevents him from succumbing to injuries or exhaustion, Kai remained where he stood, albeit barely. Youxia also pumped up his durability and ability to take pain noticeably as well. All of this combined to give him a fighting chance against this disaster he called his foe. With his ally doing her best to prevent Inami from causing further chaos while simultaneously doing as much damage as possible to the demon queen, Kai thought it was time to speak up too.
"You're both right! A-....and wrong. Agh...." Though a serious struggle, Kai continued to push through the pain and yell out to the women causing all this destruction.
"The world, life for that matter, is messy! Yes, there's order and laws and rules, but life IS chaos! The best we can do is embrace chaos and encourage law, because both are essential to life....BOTH are necessary!" After a particularly painful hit of energy, Kai shook it off and continued his haphazard speech.
"Do you think this is chaos?! Chaos isn't just destruction, it's...it's evolution! It's little kids playing in quarries and getting yelled at by their moms, it's dreams and love! You want a reason? ME! I'm just a guy from China, yet here I am fighting you, basically a god, to make sure no more harm comes to this place! You don't fix imbalance by flipping the table! YOU FIGHT TO MAKE IT BETTER! TO HELP OTHERS!" Basically screaming at this point, Kai finished his monologue with his voice stronger and more confident than ever
"YOU WON'T SUCCEED HERE! THAT'S A PROMISE!!"Though he knew leaving Youxia Stance could potentially kill him, Kai did it anyway. Despite the surrounding energy blast continuing to tear away at him, the warrior's shield and blade disappeared into small sparks of fire, returning him to his base state. Pushing through the crash of exhaustion and pain that always followed exiting Youxia, Kai forced more and more green fire out until he was surrounded on every side by a ten meter ball of it. Once he placed his fists against his chest and breathed in, all this fire quickly condensed into a tiny sphere directly in front of him. This allowed the demonic energy to begin pulling him apart, creating burn marks and cuts all across his body as well as tearing away his jacket and shirt. Small flecks of skin would just vaporize off him. Still, he pushed through it.
All the energy and emotion still within his body was focused and expelled as he shifted forward and pointed his index and middle fingers in Inami's direction. Thanks to the unique property of this technique to draw forth enough strength regardless of Kai's current physical and mental state, being weakened didn't prevent it from achieving maximum power. What followed was an explosion of vibrant green fire which extended out from Kai as it rushed forward vigorously. It quickly assumed the shape of a large oriental dragon, though it's details were muddied due to the energy it was trying to push through. With another step forward, the dragon of fire forced itself forward as well. Knowing he couldn't just walk it to Inami, Kai pushed with all his strength one final time as his eyes seemed to glaze over. Though barely remaining conscious, he screamed out with every bit of air in his lungs the name of his most powerful technique:
"JADE DRAGON'S ROAR!!"The dragon tore through everything in front of it, barely surviving the combined Reiatsu of the demons and Inami's energy. Yet it kept going, and going, and going, until.....it struck true. Upon reaching its destination, the green flaming dragon would explode into a fiery inferno multiple dozens of meters in width. Though Kai did his best to avoid hitting Nizhuan as well, his control was limited at this point to put it lightly. This attack contained all the power and emotion in Kai, and would feel like more than just fire. It would feel like frustration, anger, desperation, hate....and kindness. Control. Even a bit of love. It was everything human, both chaotic and restrained together. It was harmony. Whether or not it caused even light injuries to Inami was irrelevant, though Kai certainly hoped it would do something to her. What mattered was what the self-proclaimed hero put into it. What mattered was what Inami got out of it.
The second the dragon officially left Kai's control, there was little he could do against the energy kept in place by Nizhuan, causing the man to be shot out of it like a torpedo. Smoke plumed off his injury-riddled body as he began descending to the torn apart land far below the combatants. Through blurred vision, immense pain, and unsteady mental, Kai barely managed to create small flames under both his feet and hands as he steadied himself and looked up at the result of what the three had done to each other.
"Don't...think I'll...tell mom...about this..."