Midnight Duel [Veralia/Kanako]

Closing her eyes, Veralia slowed down the perception of time and could feel her contempt brewing. There was seething envy over the other woman's strength, and appearance, and the ability to keep up with her grew irritating. Rather than fight this feeling, she used it to amplify her envious flame as a large cluster of emerald fire-forged in the center of her horns.

A deep, growl filled with venomous intent echoed in the landscape following this. Claws and fangs extended from her mouth and finger-tips; giving the woman a more demonic appearance before she screeched

"Cero Inferno Envidioso"

Screaming that into the heavens, she charged it with her all-envious loathing and covered the entire night sky in its grasp. And toward the relampago cero, she sought to have them collide and become vaporized as the two would make the ground and heavens become drenched in flame. As the two other ceros and balal's swelled toward Veralia, the firey landscape remained in tact and she would have a wave of fire shield herself from them as a deafening boom grumbled in the area.

As adrenaline surged through her, a sinister hiss escaped her lips, the sound of sonido punctuating the chaotic battlefield. She adeptly manipulated the debris and rubble, turning them into lethal projectiles aimed at Kanako, who was attempting to close the distance for a melee attack. Veralia's rapid movements ensured a barrage of kinetic blasts thwarted any advancement, her speed a crucial advantage in keeping the combat at her preferred range.

Amidst this frenetic exchange, another surge of energy began to build in the atmosphere, signaling that Veralia was far from done. She remained vigilant, her senses sharp and ready to react to any shift in the dynamic of their clash, preparing for whatever would come next in this high-stakes battle.

Sensing the summoning of energy on the battlefield, Veralia's blood filled with adrenaline, and she prepared for another round of combat. Still using the adamant kinetic energy, her Sonido Rastro Envidioso remained in effect. Making herself the weapon, the envious Arancar roared with a deafening howl as she activated one of her soindo's techniques: Envious Sever.

Consumed by a fiery gem-green aura, Veralia was like a living flame daring to devour everything in its path. Her kinetic energy, speed, and inferno around her body sought to cut straight through the middle of Kanako's Relámpago Cero and neutralize it in a hellish explosion of power.

"Damn, you just don't fucking quit."

Snarling in anger, Veralia sensed four strikes of lightning coming in her direction. Zipping and zagging through the electric currents, Veralia's speed was put to the test, but she was unable to evade the fourth, and it hit her as a surge of stinging and burning pain radiated through her body. Hissing out steam from her pain and fury, this attack forced her body to go into overdrive and use her Inferno Gaze to throw her reflexes and senses to their peak.

Extreme heat radiated from her body, vaporizing the sand Kanako threw her way. Her vision was clear; she saw Kanako charging forward for another attack.

"Envy's Strike."

Whispering to herself in a heated snarl, she activated one of her hand-to-hand techniques. Rather than countering with sheer physical force in a strength battle she couldn't win, Veralia's hands glowed with a gem-green aura as she used her blistering speed to aim a precise strike at Kanako's elbow joint with this technique; as she put her physical strength, speed, and energy to produce these strikes.

Even if her movement were not swift enough to evade entirely, disabling the elbow joint would likely cause immediate pain and disrupt the mechanics of Kanako's punch, significantly reducing its power and effectiveness, and that's what Veralia was banking on in this close-quarter combat.

'MOVE'

The minute the attack failed to stop her entirely, Veralia acted on pure instinct, and her soindo moved her a few feet backward. A brief wave of pain gripped her joints, as these rapid movements throughout this fight definitely had their toll. Deep in her ankles and thighs, she could feel discomfort brewing. Despite that, it was fast enough to avoid her physical assaults, but the lightning and massive cero would be a problem as she wanted to give her legs a moment to breathe.

With a swift, determined motion, she raised her hands, palms outward, channeling her potent Envious Gust. Her energies swirled into a tumultuous whirlwind, an emerald inferno brewing at her fingertips. The gust wasn't just wind—it was a force compounded with her own envious fire, designed to turn kinetic and elemental attacks back on their sender.

As Kanako unleashed the Relampago Cero, Veralia thrust her palms forward. The gust met the bolt head-on, its force amplified by the fury of her own spiritual pressure. The emerald winds didn't just deflect the Cero; they absorbed and redirected the electrical energy, creating a spiraling vortex of wind and lightning. This vortex turned upon Kanako, sending her own lightning-infused attack spiraling back towards her in a spectacular display of power and control.

The battlefield lit up with the brilliant glow of redirected energy, casting both combatants in stark relief against the chaos of their surroundings. Veralia, panting slightly from the exertion, stood firm, her eyes locked on Kanako. She had not only defended herself effectively but had also turned Kanako's formidable power against her. Now, she prepared for the possibility of a counterattack, her body tensed and ready, yet her mind sharply calculating her next move.

'Let's see you handle your own fury...'

With that final mutter under her breath, she'd exhale an exhausted breath and hopefully this would give her a quick second to catch herself.