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Kai grunted, his arms trembling with the strain. But he held the line. Then, without warning, Kai surged forward and slammed his forehead into the frog's face.
The head butt echoed like a gong struck by divine justice. Even the eggs in the girl's position flinched in fear.
Toad Daddy reeled back. His eyes crossed. His tongue fell limp. But he did not fall. Instead, he roared.
"Kroak Kraken Cannon!"
His throat pulsed and swelled to the size of a water barrel. Energy crackled from his open jaws. He opened his mouth wide and unleashed a beam of compressed sonic aura.
Kai's antennae twitched. He leapt straight up just before the beam exploded. The blast tore through the tunnel behind him. The stone wall did not just crack. It did not just crumble.
It vanished. Gone. Erased from existence. There was no smoke. No dust. Just clean, brutal emptiness where there used to be earth.
Azhara's voice rang through the soul link. "What in the queen's sweaty shell was that?!"
