Instead of shooting around the entire mindscape like it would usually happen, they clashed against each other, and a shockwave resounded in the entire place at the clash between their Nen, a crater was formed under their feet just from the impact of their fists.
Then both of them raised their other hand and punched each other, their fists connected to each other, creating another shockwave. After that, they retracted their head back and headbutted each other, their headbutt was strong enough to make both of their skulls crack a little.
Unexpectedly for Meruem, Gabriel grabbed both of his arms and lifted him up, slamming him in the ground, the damage he received was negligible, but it lasted enough for Gabriel to kick his head, sending Meruem fly against a pillar.
But in a mere fraction of a second, Meruem not only gained balance in the air but he also used the pillar as a platform to ricochet back at Gabriel, headbutting his chest.
Gabriel gritted his teeth and was sent a dozen of meters away because he held his ground with his feet.
Before Gabriel could make another move, Meruem was already in front of him and swung his arm as if it was a knife, unlike Meruem, who got his right arm cut off, Gabriel's senses were as sharp as they could be, so he could notice some strange fluctuations on Meruem's arm.
He bent his body down and a dimensional slash passed right over his head, cutting the ground behind him in an incredibly precise manner.
Gabriel tackled Meruem in the ground, binding him with his legs and then he threw punches at his head, Meruem just tilted his head left and right, dodging many of his punches, but some got him.
Meruem's tail shot forward and slammed onto Gabriel's side, throwing him away from Meruem's chest, Gabriel rolled on the ground before he immediately sprinted forward at Meruem, and so, they vanished from the sight, with shockwaves resounding everywhere.
Sometimes their bones would crack, other times cuts would appear on Gabriel's skin while bruises were on Meruem's body.
[Outside]
1 hour passed since the start of the fight, and since Gabriel and Meruem were going all out, both of their souls were slowly merging together slightly faster than before, at this rate, Touhou should be careful tomorrow…
He just kept looking at the golem's jaws that contained many of his best seals that sealed Gabriel, then, Fangfang and Lingling reached him.
Fangfang: Lord Touhou, what is happening? Where is Gabriel?
Touhou: He's inside.
Lingling: Eh? What happened to him for making you use the Devil God Seal?
Touhou: He's fighting… Fighting against the worst opponent he ever encountered. Himself.
And then, Lingling and Fangfang had flashbacks about what happened to Gabriel while he was still inside Moka's seal.
Lingling: Lord Touhou, are you sure everything will be ok?
Touhou: *Sigh* Honestly, I don't know myself, he is currently our strongest asset and at the same time the worst enemy we could have. If he wins, then everything is alright, but if he loses… I want you to seal up this place after you two left while I hold him back. Besides, we need to get Moka back before a catastrophe happens…
Fangfang: But-
Lingling: Alright, we will do it…
Fangfang was stopped from his sister's voice, and looked at her in surprise.
Fangfang: Big sister!
Lingling: Fangfang, you know that if not even Touhou is able to kill him, then we don't have any hope to help him, just hope that Gabriel will win his mental fight.
Fangfang: ...Alright, Lingling, let's try to find where Moka currently is, she is probably kidnapped from Fairy Tale.
Lingling: Yeah.
Then both of them left the reality created from Touhou, leaving him alone with a sealed Gabriel.
[Inside]
23 hours passed, and since both of them were going all out, some things that didn't happened before happened now…
Gabriel's body was full of scratches, he lost his left arm and his forehead was bleeding, meanwhile, Meruem lost his tail and had a really bad bruise on his chest, the shell on his head was full of cracks and his right eye was missing, his body was covered in purple bruises.
Both of them were taking deep breaths and looking at each other, waiting for the other's move, and then, Gabriel sidestepped to left while Meruem followed him, even though their body was damaged to that point, they still had the willpower to fight.
[Outside]
Touhou was still observing the seal while eating a cup of rice, he was waiting for something to happen, and his wish turned real…
His cup of rice was broken from the sudden pressure that Gabriel was emanating from the seal, it was greatly limited, but it was enough to destroy Touhou's cup.
He sighed and stood on his feet, waiting for Gabriel to move…
*Clang*
A chain breaking was heard, Gabriel undone his first seal almost instantaneously.
G҉̶͘͢a̸̧b̷̨ŕ͟͏҉͝i̛͞ȩ̷̶̨͠l̵͜͞: RHAAAAAAAARRRGHHHHH!!!!
A mighty roar came out from the golem's mouth, it seems that this was the moment that Gabriel turned berserk.
After that, Touhou could feel Gabriel trying to break the swords on his back, but the cage where he was sealed in made it hard for him since it blocked the swords' movements.
Touhou: ...This may be the last time I will fight… I better enjoy this as much as I can…
Then his old body glowed a bit, before he transformed into his true form, which was that of an handsome young man with long black hair and a tattoo on his right side of his chest, but he was still alarmed when he saw that his seals didn't require that much time to break for Gabriel…
*Crack* *Crack*
A pair of swords that were on his back broke, 10 more to go…
Touhou: Tch… I underestimated him…
He swung his arms and more talismans flew out rom his sleeves, and completely covered the golem's mouth, before they glowed and turned into a strange substance that hardened around the Devil God Seal.
*Crack*
9…
*Crack* *Crack* *Crack*
6…
*Cra-Cra-Crack* *Crack* *Crack*
1 more sword…
*Crack*
G͠͡҉ą͏͞b̸͜r̸̷̢͠i̸̢̕e͢͠l̷̴̢̛: HHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
Now that Gabriel was completely free, he grabbed the bars of the cage that was containing him with some thick ropes. Since he lost an arm and was covered with injuries from his head to the toes due to his fight with Meruem in his head, he didn't had much strength especially when his regeneration and shapeshifting didn't work.
Probably it was because during the fight with Gabriel and Meruem, his regeneration was negated, otherwise he wouldn't wake up every day entirely covered in blood.
…
But his power was more than enough to break the seals, especially when he could still use the Battle Mode he acquired from Kuyou…
*Clang!* *Clang*
Gabriel tried to break the bars, but he was unable to do so with only physical strength, however, Touhou didn't underestimate him anyway.
Inside the cage, Gabriel gritted his teeth and covered his body in Nen, before he grabbed two bars and easily bent them, making a hole for him to pass, he broke the thick rope around the cage and both of them disappeared in nothing after they broke, now there was a 3-layered barrier and the reinforced Devil God Seal.
Ģ́̕͠͡a͢͏͟҉̷b̴̧҉̕r҉͝͏͟i̵̵e̛̛͢l̸͜͡: RAAAARRRGGGHHHHH!!!!
He roared in rage when he was unable to make a great damage after a couple of punches at the barrier, so he raised his only arm and used Ko, concentrating all of his Nen in the arm, then he punched the barrier.
All three the barriers were broken through like paper in a single punch, making Touhou flinch at the strength he used, there was only a single seal remaining, before it will be his turn...