“What the hell?!”

Krulty screamed when he felt the power surging from within Miko.

It was so overwhelming and so surprising that he couldn't barely breathe.

Meanwhile, Miko was feeling the complete opposite.

His body that felt so stifling as of late, finally felt like it was freed from all of its restraints.

He felt like if he took one step he would float away.

“I see….So this is what lays beyond my limits.”

*BOOM!*

Even more power started flowing from out of him, which made it seem like he was breaking out of his shell.

“I like this feeling.”

He smiled at the shocked Krulty.

“What about you?”

A chill ran down his spine when he saw the smile.

He used his entire strength to throw Miko off and distance himself.

Miko fell on the ground, while his body continuously emitted jet black steam.

“Fuck yeah!”

Momo who saw Miko's change, flew up in the stands.

“Hahahaha! He did it! I knew that he could!”

She started laughing proudly without care about the stares she was getting.

“Sis.”

Alec turned to Kirika.

She nodded.

“There’s no doubt about it now. It’s Limit Break.”

“?!”

Her words caused the rest of her generation to be shocked.

“Wait, wait, wait! Limit Break?! That's it?!”

Sylvia stood up and shouted.

“Limit Break? Where have I heard that term before?”

Sasha said with a confused look.

“You don’t remember, Aunty?”

Aeon asked.

“About a year ago when Miko left the country, Hina was extremely depressed and felt that she was discarded. She then came to the conclusion that Miko left her behind because he thought that she was too weak, and turned to Uncle Nova for help.”

“Ah, I remember. She and Sora were brought to a disclosed location to train for a few months, right?”

Aeon nodded.

“Well, Sora was just dragged along though.”

He said.

“Anyway, while they were there Uncle put them through a hellish training program with a specific goal in mind.”

“And that’s Limit Break?”

Aeon nodded.

“It’s literally what the name indicates. You break your limits to reach a new stage of power. However, there are some requirements that needs to be met to able to obtain this ability.”

He paused before saying-

“You need to be put through hell.”

“As knowledgeable as always Aeon.”

Arsene suddenly said.

“You’re right. For one to use Limit Break they have to train their bodies past the point that it can handle, over and over again. You must destroy yourself by enduring training that would kill most people and do it numerous times. You can also attain it by fighting unbelievably cruel battles where you suffer traumatic injuries over and over again.”

He said.

“Limit Break is a technique anyone can use, but not something anyone is willing to learn.”

Said Kirika.

“Most people lose their lives or have their will shattered before they can attain it. Also even if you attain it, there’s a great chance that you’ll be too traumatized by the pain to use it.”

“Pain?”

Sasha asked.

“There’s no small price for breaking your limits, especially in a forceful manner. The user will suffer unbearable pain and injuries with every second they use it.”

She then pointed at the steam on Miko’s body.

“That is a sign that the body is destroying itself. The user’s body temperature skyrockets causing the fluids in their body to evaporate. The different color steam indicates the level of strain your body is under. The red steam Nen released earlier meant that his blood was being turnt to vapor which is the second highest level of stress.”

“What about black steam?”

“It means that he’s experiencing the highest level.”

She paused.

“Miko is turning his entire his body into vapor.”

“Wha?! Why would you want him to learn that, Momo?!”

Sasha shouted.

“Because it’s Miko, I won’t have to worry about him dropping dead from using it. I’ve been preparing him for this technique from day one.”

Every gruesome training Momo put Miko through finally came together. It was all to push Miko to learn Limit Break.

“Limit Break isn’t only about self destruction. Our brains have a mechanism that prevents us from using our full potential because it will destroy our body and minds. Limit Break removes this.”

She smirked and looked back at Miko.

“Physically, Mentally, and Magically, Miko will now experience what it feels like to use 100% of these abilities.”

Miko suddenly sprung up and stared Krulty down.

“Looking at you now, you’re not really all that great.”

He smiled and started walking towards Krulty.

The ashes under his feet was blown away by the black steam and immense heat.

“In fact, you might be really insignificant.”

He lifted one finger in the air.

“Your role here is done, so as a reward for helping me out I’ll grant you one request.”

“What?”

Krulty was both shocked and angered.

“You heard me. I’ll grant you one request. After that, you can just leave my sight. I won’t even bother taking your emblems.”

He smiled sincerely with his arms wide.

“How about it?”

“?!”

This instantly enraged Krulty, because it was like a mockery of his old persona.

“You arrogant little fuck!”

He roared and charged towards Miko.

Miko didn’t move and watched him charge in.

And then-

“I see. So I take it that you refuse then.”

Before Krulty could throw a punch, Miko reached out and grabbed him by the face.

It was so fast that Krulty couldn't react.

“That’s too bad.”

*BOOM!*

A burst of flames were fired from his palm, which burnt off Krulty’s face.

“Uwaaaaa?!!”

He screamed out in agony while Miko clenched and continuously melted his face.

“L-Let go!”

Krulty kicked Miko away and freed himself from his grasps at the last second.

He held his face and wailed.

Miko looked at him with indifference.

“You know, I can tell that you’re acting.”

He pointed at his own face.

“You’re face have already healed 10 seconds ago.”

That’s when Krulty appeared behind him.

He swung his arm that looked as sharp as an axe at Miko’s head.

“?!”

However, Miko disappeared from his sight.

“I can see through your movements, you know.”

Miko appeared doing a handstand on top of Krulty’s head.

“Ah. I should have stood on your head. That way I could’ve said ‘Too slow Nappa’.”

“Y-You bastard!”

Krulty got mad and swung at him, but Miko easily avoided it and stood behind him.

“That scene in Gintama was pretty funny too, especially when Gintoki was dressed like Yamcha. I wish I could rewatch it.”

Miko said while walking away from Krulty completely ignoring him.

“W-What arrogance!”

Those in stands were flabbergasted by Miko’s behavior. It was their first time witnessing such arrogance.

“You bastard!”

Krulty got even madder and charged at Miko.

“I’ll fucking kill-?!”

“Shut up already!”

*BOOM!*

He was hit by Miko’s backhand before he could finish speaking, and was sent flying back.

“Don’t you see that I’m reminiscing here?!”

He shouted.

“Interrupt me again, and I’ll kill you.”

He looked at him coldly before turning his back to him.

“Sheesh. You have no manners. Were you raised by wolves or something?”

He mumbled while walking away.

“T-That little!”

The sisters became enraged in the stands.

“Krulty, crush that brat!”

The eldest Sylvia shouted.

“That’s right! I don’t like his attitude!”

The middle child Sophia shouted.

“Transform! Show your true form and crush him!”

Said the youngest, Sylphy.

“Ah, shut it.”

Krulty forcibly stopped himself by plant his feet inside the ground.

“You old bags be quiet! I already know what to do!”

He shouted back.

“O-Old?!”

This shocked the Triplets and also angered them.

“We've changed our minds! Miko, crush that brat!”

They roared.

“Quite whimsical, aren’t you?”

Said Al-Shura who was next to them.

Miko ignored everyone’s shouts and continued to walk away from Krulty.

“You cocky brat!”

Krulty’s body then started to change.

His height doubled, he became extremely muscular, his red hair grew wild and stretched to his feet, two black stars tattoos appeared on his pecs, his cornea darken and his pupils became star-shaped.

Finally his body was covered with a thick malicious aura.

“Hm?”

As if he sensed it, Miko stopped and turned to face him.

“Oh?”

He showed a bit of surprise when he saw him.

“Well, well. Isn’t this interesting? You can still get stronger, huh?”

He seemed more intrigued than pressured.

“Now that I think about it, Lahmu is one of the 11 monsters created by Tia. Which means that although he is a benevolent being with a human appearance, he should have a monster form that’s definitely malicious.”

“Is this the time to be calmly analyzing the situation?”

Krulty spoke with a rough voice.

“Why isn’t it? Whether you transform or not it doesn’t change the outcome of you persistently attacking me.”

Miko lifted up a finger.

“Let me make a prediction. I’ll warn you again out of consideration for your father, but you’ll still stupidly attack me. At that time, I’ll use one blow to shatter your entire existence.”

Miko said calmly.

“What?!”

Krulty on the other hand was completely furious.

“I’ll shut up that cocky mouth of yours for good!”

“I advise against that. This technique allows me to use all of my strength without any chance of holding back. You might die if I really hit you.”

“Shut up and die!”

Krulty charged forward with overwhelming momentum shattering everything in his path.

“Black Star Fall!”

He turned into a black comet which obliterated everything around him.

Miko smiled and lower his center of gravity and concentrated all of his strength in his fist.

*Crack!*

Countless cracking sounds came from his body with every move he made.

“A comet, huh?”

He smirked.

“Then I have the perfect name for this punch.”

His fist was covered with black steam as the surrounded area became unbearably hot.

As black comet approached, he pulled his arm back and threw a simple punch.

“Comet Breaker!”

*BOOM!*

The black steam collided with comet and caused a massive explosion.

*BOOM!*

Black light devoured everything and Miko and Krulty couldn’t be seen.

After a while the commotion finally died down.

What was left was a huge crater flowing with molten rocks.

In the center, Krulty was seen laying motionlessly with all of limbs bent in odd directions and body horridly burnt.

He looked like a puppet that had its strings cut, and fell in a pool of lava.

Miko was standing at the edge of the crater looking down on him.

His body was covered with horrible self inflicted wounds that obviously caused unbearable pain.

Even so, he still had a smile on his face.

“See? I told you.”

After he said that he collapsed on the ground twitching.

He looked like he was about to pass away at anytime.

Even so, he began laughing.

“Hahahaha! Limit Break is freaking awesome.”

He then suddenly coughed up blood.

“Ah, my body is really fucked up this time.”

He said with a grin.