Tenma's regal features turned serious, the white of his eyes turning entirely black and he suddenly turned from a charming figure to one that was demonic.
His long black hair turned to black smoke, and the light shining on the surface of the planet dimmed until it appeared as if the world was in twilight.
The darkness he had conjured when he arrived had clasped the hundreds of thousands of spikes shot by the Ouroboros Serpents and with a squeeze of his hand, he crushed them to dust. The sound made from crushing those spikes was apocalyptic, and a slow grin began to grow on Tenma's face.
He pointed his second hand at the angered creatures, whose spikes were already halfway regrowing and he snapped his fingers, and a wave of darkness drawn from the boundless immensity of space and shrunken to hundreds of thousands of miles wide swept towards the serpents and slammed into them with enough force to crush a hundred worlds.
This force tore through the scales of the serpents pushing them back for miles and vaporizing a large portion of their bodies and their large golden bones could be seen underneath.
With a cry of rage and pain, the serpents opened their large mouths and began to inhale the darkness, drawing into their bodies this frightening power, and in a stunning display of adaptability, the corrosion brought by the darkness was beginning to lessen, as their bodies adapted to the energies they were consuming.
It was clear that if Tenma performed this attack once more, then it would not work as well as before.
Tenma's eyes opened wide at this display, "You are right Shario, these beasts are special… but only just."
With his hand still raised he bent a finger as if he was strumming a guitar string, and reality seemed to pause, as a subtle vibration escaped from his finger that grew increasingly magnified as it went towards the serpents, and when it reached them it sank into their flesh.
What was not readily apparent was that the string of the guitar behind him moved in conjunction with his fingers.
He made the gesture three more times as a subtle vibration escaped from his fingers and sank into the bodies of the serpents.
The first wave of vibration that entered their bodies made them flinch, the second caused them great pain, the third made millions of cracks appear on their bodies, and the fourth destroyed the five Ouroboros Serpents in their entirety, leaving a mountain of fallen golden ash behind.
"How do you like that?" Tenma laughed, "I call this move, Tasty Revenge. I have slayed many creatures that caused me pain in my life using it."
The entire world was enveloped in silence, and Tenma turned to Scorio and grinned once more as the darkness retreated from his eyes and his hair, she gulped.
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