Against The Eternity Chapter 32: [31] Chapter - 14: Whirlpool Spear (Part - 2/2)

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[31] Chapter - 14: Whirlpool Spear (Part - 2/2) Two figures dropped from above, descending from the upper canopy as if they had been waiting for this exact moment. Their landing was controlled, precise, and completely blocked their path ahead. Both wore the armour of the Falling Leaf Sect. One was only a practitioner-level warrior. The other, his presence alone shifted the surrounding air. A dense, oppressive aura radiated outward. It was heavy and suffocating, like standing too close to a blazing forge. It pressed against Eklavya’s senses with unmistakable force. He was a Five-star Grandmaster warrior. Eklavya’s expression didn’t change, but his instincts sharpened instantly. “It seems,” he said quietly, “the young master is determined to capture me… no matter the cost.” The two figures ahead lowered themselves into battle-ready stances; their focus was absolute. Behind them, the pursuing disciples closed the distance rapidly, cutting off retreat from the rear. They were surrounded. Anshvi exhaled slowly. In one smooth motion, her spear manifested in her hand, metal humming faintly as it stabilised within her grip. The familiar sound cut through the tension like a blade. “Don’t stop,” she said. Her voice was calm. Eklavya’s gaze flicked toward her and stilled. Her posture shifted. Her stance lowered, weight settling, centre of gravity dropping into perfect alignment. The air around her tightened subtly, as if responding to her intent. Her eyes sharpened, a cold, focused intensity replacing the earlier ease. He recognised it instantly. This was not a defense. This was the opening of a killing technique. Her fingers tightened around the double-headed spear’s hilt. “Wind Whirlpool Spear.” For a single, suspended instant, the world seemed to fall into absolute stillness—like the forest itself had forgotten how to breathe. Then her ki erupted. It surged outward in a violent tide. Her ki was distorting the air around her as though space itself struggled to contain it. The pressure alone bent the surrounding leaves inward, drawing them toward her like debris caught in the eye of a storm. Without hesitation, Anshvi leapt. Her body spun once in the air. The spear followed. At first, it was a controlled motion—precise, deliberate—but within a heartbeat, that motion escalated. The rotation accelerated, the weapon transforming into a spiralling vortex of compressed force. The air screamed as it twisted around the spear, forming a violent current that grew sharper, louder, more destructive with every passing fraction of a second. Then she released the spear. It shot forward the practitioner warrior—not as a weapon, but as a force of nature. The atmosphere warped in its wake, space bending under the sheer velocity. A storm exploded outward, ripping through the forest in a controlled annihilation. Wind surged like a detonated gale, dragging soil, tearing roots from the earth, and scattering leaves in a chaotic torrent. Eklavya felt it before he truly saw it. A shockwave slammed into the practitioner warrior, stealing the breath from his lungs as the spear tore through everything ahead. Trees were erased, shredded into splinters before they could even collapse. The ground ruptured violently, a massive scar carving itself across the forest floor. The surrounding hundred-meter radius was completely destroyed—the environment within it reduced to ruin. The earth trembled as the echo of destruction rolled outward, a deep, thunderous boom that seemed to shake the entire woodland. Eklavya stopped mid-motion. For a brief second, he simply stared. Then he dropped into the crater, landing beside her as she descended with effortless control, her expression calm… almost indifferent. “That…” he began, his voice catching despite himself, “was the power of a five-star Grandmaster?” Anshvi tilted her head slightly. “That?” she said, almost dismissively. “That was restrained.” She paused, a faint smirk touching her lips. “If I used my full strength… this ent