Neutral World — Tokyo Suburbs, March 22, 2023 — 11:30 AM
An explosion shook the sky.
Tokyo rose… then collapsed.
Debris, like a deluge born of divine wrath, rained down upon the city. A dark fire, without heat yet all-consuming, spread through the streets. Men burned without understanding. Others, crushed, vanished beneath the ruins.
Through the flames, through the dust and the screams, the Japanese saw horror.
A titan.
Ravana.
His thousand faces twisted by chaos. Those who saw them… went mad.
The others, overtaken by brutal rage, turned on their loved ones like soulless beasts.
— Ravana… Do you realize what you've just done?
Xuelan Mowang hovered, unscathed, above the disaster.
— Since when have you cared for the fate of humans, Xuelan?!
Ravana roared, one of his hands sweeping across the sky. The shockwave hurled Xuelan through several buildings. Glass and concrete shattered like paper.
She crashed into a power pole. Before she could react, Ravana came crashing down on her. His fist struck the Earth.
And the Earth gave way.
Xuelan was hurled into the planet's core. Lava licked her divine flesh, burned her a thousand times.
But she survived. She burst from the ground like a shooting star, and mid-flight, her foot struck Ravana in the throat.
He was flung all the way to the Pacific coast.
Xuelan followed.
But as soon as she landed, her powers were absorbed. A hundred Taoist monks had erected a barrier. Out of breath, Xuelan collapsed onto the sand.
Before her, thousands of human hunters advanced.
— ...Mortals, she whispered.
— MOOOOWANG!!!
Ravana's voice pierced the sky and souls.
Fighter pilots fell unconscious, screaming in agony. Chains, formed from the millennia-old prayers of Hindu sages, bound the demon's thousand arms. Ravana howled, his fury birthing tsunamis. The ocean swallowed the hunters' army.
— Pathetic parasites… you dare challenge gods?!
His words froze time. His breath drained the souls of the Hindu priests.
— Today, you die.
Law of Destruction: Path of Shiva.
He took one step.
The ocean screamed and burned.
The second step shattered the coast.
The third step… hurled Xuelan to the Moon.
She crashed onto the celestial body, cracking its white surface.
And Ravana… reappeared above her, ready to strike the final blow.
— Is that all you've got, Ravana?
The Demon Queen smiled. Behind her, gigantic red sacred pillars fell from the void, paralyzing Ravana.
— You're strong… My worthiest enemy.
But… not strong enough.
Her smile widened. Sadistic. Majestic.
— Not enough to make me kneel.
— ...Impossible... murmured Ravana.
— INSOLENT!!! he roared.
His pelvis was reduced to dust by a rain of red petals.
His body decayed, regenerated… then shattered again.
An endless torment.
— Be sealed. Forever.
Xuelan placed a foot on his last remaining head. Brought her hands together.
— Dao Technique: Dimensional Imprisonment.
A black shroud, covered in divine chains, enveloped Ravana.
A portal opened beneath him… and cast him into a lower world.
A whisper floated into Xuelan's mind.
— Was I strong…?
She closed her eyes.
— Of all the demons I've faced in millions of years… you are without doubt the most powerful.
She smiled.
— It was a fun fight, Ravana.
—Either.. my mightiest adversary…
Then the dimensional prison severed all contact.
Silence.