Vali's dazzling appearance stunned everyone once again.
Kokabiel, who had lost hope, saw the light of the dawn once again.
Juggernaut Drive.
Vali used a dangerous technique that could take his life.
Yet, did he have a choice?
He was in a do-or-die situation, so instead of dying meaninglessly, he might as well throw himself into the abyss as he dragged Riser down with him.
Unlike the "Balance Breaker," which he could control, the "Juggernaut Drive" was something on another level.
—or rather, it was a special ability of those Sacred Gears that sealed a certain creature inside.
This technique temporarily removed the seal placed on the Albion, the White Dragon Emperor within the Divine Dividing, but the price of this technique would make Vali, the user, lose his sanity while his life was devoured by the power.
Even now, his life was shaven at a fast speed due to the power.
The only fortunate thing was that Vali was half devil, so his life was much more than a human that could only die after they used this forbidden technique.
Nevertheless, it didn't change the fact that Vali had become so strong that his power matched those of God or Satan.
"Fuhahaha! You are all going to die! Die all of you!"
Kokabiel was full of excitement as he watched Vali's current state. As the fallen angel, who had been living so long, naturally, he had mastered magic, and as he was an angel previously, he was pretty good at healing.
While it was impossible to heal his burnt limbs, he could still heal his broken jaw so he could talk.
As he talked, all the attention was on him, so he became more excited, telling them the despair that they were about to face.
"Juggernaut Drive! Have you heard of it? In that state, Vali has released the seal of the White Dragon Emperor inside him! In other words, he has the power of the White Dragon Emperor, Albion! His might is a rival to those of Satan and God! With this power, he can even destroy mountains and islands! You are all dead now—"
Kokabiel, who had been talking, suddenly turned into a mush of meat as he was being smashed by Vali, who was in the state of Juggernaut Drive.
After killing Kokabiel, Vali, whose mind was corroded by the power, was staring in their direction, causing their bodies to be filled with cold sweats and fear.
All of them could smell the scent of death near, and they knew facing current Vali, all of their resistance was meaningless.
All of them were going to die!
"You bastard! Why did you have to provoke him?!"
Issei couldn't help but scold Riser for making Vali so angry. If Riser didn't cause a mess and beat Vali, then would something like this happen?
His dream was to become the harem king!
Yet, why was it so hard?
Hearing Issei's words, everyone couldn't help but smile wryly.
Even Asia could only show an awkward expression at Issei's attitude.
Was Riser to blame?
No way.
They couldn't blame him as everything was initiated by Vali.
Moreover, instead of blaming Riser, they knew they needed to think about how to solve this problem.
"SHUT UP, ISSEI!"
As Issei continued to babble, blaming Riser, Rias couldn't control her emotion and scolded Issei.
"Bu-Buchou...?" Issei looked at Rias in shock.
"If you have time to complain, you might as well think about how to solve this situation. Not only are we all going to die if we let this person go on a rampage. Even this city and all the people in this city will be killed, including your parents!"
"Wh-What...?!"
Issei only realized the seriousness of the problem.
His life aside, how could he let his parents die?
Still, this also made him more dissatisfied with Riser since if Riser didn't provoke Vali, then would this happen?
"Husband, we're going to support you!" Sona shouted as she was ready to support Riser with her peerages.
Hearing Sona's words, everyone was also prepared since they were in the situation of do or die.
Instead of waiting to die, then they might as well fight.
"Step down. I will handle this myself."
"But—"
"Listen to me. You all will be a burden for me."
"....." Everyone.
His words might have been harsh, but this was the truth.
What could they do facing Vali, who was in the Juggernaut Drive state?
Instead, they might become a burden for him, causing a misjudgment as he needed to protect them in case something happened.
Moreover—
"This guy also has been looking at me. I will handle this alone."
Riser put a boxing stance as he could see Vali, whose mind had been corroded by the power, kept staring at him.
Riser's judgment was correct.
Even though Vali's mind was corroded by the power and the previous hosts of the "Divine Divider," his obsession with defeating Riser and bringing Riser down with him to the abyss was the reason why he reached this state.
Even if the payment was his life, he was going to pull Riser down with him to the afterlife!
Everyone who heard his words could only feel a sense of helplessness.
Yet, no matter what, they couldn't do anything, especially when Vali's speed had reached the level where they could only stare blankly.
Vali suddenly appeared in front of Riser and was about to smash his head into mush like what he did to Kokabiel.
"RISEEER!"
Everything was too late.
They saw Vali's fist was about to break Riser's head apart.
Yet—
It was like a flash of thunder, a mix of blue and black sparks, flashed before them.
Yet, in this confrontation, the defeated one wasn't Riser but Vali.
Facing Vali's brutal charge, Riser calmly dodged the hairbreadth, then sent a counter jab into Vali's jaw, breaking it instantly.
With the combination of force and Vali's charging speed added to Riser's punch, "Black Flash," and the combination of his fire magic, this counter-jab brought so much impact to Vali's body.
"You have become weaker, you know?"
Leaving those words, Riser didn't give Vali a chance to react and rained him down with a flurry of brutal punches.
"Ora! Ora! Ora! Ora! Ora!"
Everyone could only stare in disbelief as Vali, who had reached the state of Juggernaut Drive, was beaten one-sidedly by Riser.
Riser's movement was fluid and unstoppable.
Nothing could stop him as he kept smashing his punches into various parts of Vali's body.
Moreover, each of his punches carried so much heat that it melted the white dragon's armor.
Still, at that moment, Vali's consciousness had been corroded by the previous hosts of the "Divine Divider" and power.
With his remaining power, Vali, who was about to be beaten to death, released his ultimate technique.
"COMPRESSION DIVIDER!"
With that last roar, Vali poured all of his energy into destroying his opponent!
Riser, who had gained the upper hand, once again fell into crisis.
"Compression Divider. It is a technique that halves the size of objects and living beings around the user continuously until they vanish from existence."
Vali explained his technique as he saw Riser was being compressed and crushed.
"I have to thank you for waking me up, so that's why allow me to use my everything to defeat you!"
"RISER!"
"HUSBAND!"
Everyone could see the space around Riser was compressed, crushed, and forced into nothingness.
Riser could feel his power was continuously absorbed as his body was crushed by the space around him.
His bones were broken apart, and he knew that this move was enough to kill him, yet why?
Why did he feel that he had become more powerful?
Naturally, he thought of the ability he gained from Akeno.
Crisis.
The ability allows the user's power to constantly increase while taking damage.
So, the more he dies, the more his power is enhanced.
Frankly, this was a crazy power, yet it was so much fun!
"See you in the afterlife."
Vali knew that Riser was going to die, but it didn't matter as he was going to remember him as the most powerful opponent that he had faced, yet—
"ARRRRGGGGHHHH!"
Vali, once again, switched his position inexplicably, and now, he was the one who was crushed by his own power.
The Compression Divider that was used to crush Riser was trying to crush his body!
Meanwhile, Riser was still in his bloody state, looking at Vali, who was constantly crushed by his own power.
As expected, the "Trick Star" was a strange yet useful power.
Having been crushed by his own technique, Vali quickly stopped his own power, but his body was already constantly beaten and wounded. He was so severely injured that it wouldn't be weird of him to die now, but the real problem wasn't his injured body, but—
*Bang!*
A single punch was enough to make his body fall.
Vali was unable to move a single muscle on his body as he watched Riser once again stomp his body in a familiar fashion.
'Ah, I am going to die...'
Vali knew that there was no escape anymore.
It was impossible to defeat him.
Riser created a blade made of blue flame once again.
There were no words from his mouth as he swung his blade as if he was just slaughtering a chicken for consumption.
As the blade was about to fall into his body, Vali recalled many things that had happened in his life.
At that moment, a burst of unwillingness burst within his heart.
I don't want to die! I don't want to die! I don't want to die!
Anyone! Help me!
Like a child who had gotten lost, Vali screamed for someone to help him!
"Help me!"
The last burst of his energy was used to scream for help.
Yet, everything was meaningless.
Riser was about to cut him down like a vegetable, but before his blade was about to cut Vali down, his hand was blasted by something, causing his hand to be burnt and his blade thrown.
"..."
Riser took a deep breath, ignoring the pain in his hand, then looked up.
As expected, a single figure was there.
Similar to Kokabiel, this figure was a fallen angel, but unlike Kokabiel, who only had ten wings, he had twelve wings and carried himself in the laid-back atmosphere.
"Hey, can you give me enough face to let him go?"
Riser stared blankly at this figure.