Manav's back hit the wall, Rayan stood there smirking.
"Come on Manav! You can do better than that!"
Suddenly, both of them heard an explosion. Rayan's eyes widened, he turned around and ran to see. Manav chased him.
Rayan reached a window on the upper floor and looked out of it. He could see it from there. Two flashes of light going fast and just hitting each other again and again.
Manav shouted "RAYAN!!!!" as he came charging at Rayan. Rayan smirked, raised the dagger, ready to fight back.
Suddenly, Manav stopped, his eyes widened. Rayan looked confused, until Manav looked down. Rayan's eyes widened.
There was a hand.... coming out of Manav's stomach. A hand covered in blood.
The hand formed into a fist and abruptly pulled back. Manav stumbled forward. Rayan felt a chill run down his spine.
Manav turned around, his eyes widened. He uttered "You.... You're alive??"
Rayan's eyes widened, as he felt his entire body freeze in fear, his mind going blank.
On the other hand, Agastya and Rishi were still going at it.
Rishi punched Agastya, Agastya blocked it, grabbed his head, threw him up, jumped up after him, grabbed his head again and tossed him onto the ground so hard that there was a crater right there.
Agastya came down like an asteroid, burning with golden energy. Rishi powered through the pain again and kicked himself up and jumped up. The two collided in the air, Rishi managed to grab Agastya's head and went towards the forest. Rishi ran through the forest, running Agastya through multiple trees one after another.
Agastya got thrown onto the rocks, Rishi stood tall over him. Agastya frowned, tightened his muscles, screamed louder, revealed even more power. Rishi's eyes widened and he stepped back.
Meanwhile,
"Hmm! So it was true! Agastya's power level went far beyond 1200. If my calculations are correct, it should be 2000 by now! No wonder Aditya got killed so easily!"
His voice was so calm, as if he did not cause all of this. Rayan stumbled back. Manav struggled to keep standing, his hand on the hole in his body.
Achyut stood up tall, he smirked. "Forgive me for the interruption, Rayan," he said, voice dripping with mock politeness, "but I simply couldn't resist torturing my old friend here. Besides, I have to make sure my project—Rishi—reaches his full potential."
Manav screamed and came charging towards Achyut. He stopped midway as his eyes widened. He coughed blood.
Rayan's eyes widened. Achyut's left eye showed a pattern, a red hexagon in an all black eye. THE BLOOD EYE. He noticed Manav's blood on Achyut's hand. Achyut just clenched his fist further and Manav coughed more blood.
Achyut smirked "You trained Rishi, didn't you? That's adorable. You taught a puppy to bark while I gave him the power to bite through bone."
He twisted his fist, Manav screamed in pain as he collapsed to his knees.
"This is me being gentle, by the way. You don't want to see me on a bad day. Or maybe you do. Who am I to deny a dying man some horror? They'll probably write songs about your sacrifice someday. I hope they get my laugh right."
Rayan stepped back, turned around, saw the window and ran towards it, to jump out of it. The moment he jumped, he.. collided with something and fell back on the floor. He looked ahead and there was a silver translucent light covering the window. He looked back to see Achyut's other hand glowing silver.
Achyut's eyes were fixed on Manav, he stepped closer to him, lifted his foot and placed it over Manav's head and stepped up, lifting his other foot off the ground. Manav screams louder as he feels his head getting crushed.
"Trying to start a cult in my name? How quaint. Guess it's time for the god himself to drop by and cancel that membership." Achyut said, his voice was aimed at Rayan who was cowering in the corner.
Achyut just smiles, twists his hand again and suddenly, all of four of Manav's limbs are twisted again and again until his bones are shattered. He screams loudly, loud enough for the world to hear.
Agastya stops in his tracks, but Rishi manages to land a strong punch due to that distraction. Agastya goes flying back and lands on his back. Grunting with pain, he slowly gets up and murmurs "Why did I feel Manav around me? He has been dead for ages!"
Rishi comes charging at him, Agastya kicks up, kicking Rishi's chin. Rishi goes flying back.