"Superior Healing"
Zxhst used Mana to heal his body back into its original state. He slowly stood back up from the ground after he was struck by Philip's Blood Scythe
'That's not a simple Blood Manipulation... Every blood abilities that he conjured has meaning and concept behind it... Perhaps this control of blood originates from the concept of Blood?'
Zxhst looked on his hand that has a blood splatter in it
'It can't be! Blood Concept? No...'
Suddenly, he felt a tingle on his forehead and his danger senses screamed. He jumped backwards without any second thoughts
As he jumped backwards, Tenshi suddenly appeared from where he was standing. Tenshi appeared with her right foot striking the ground. Her wings were raised upwards and her veil fluttered from the impact. The ground shattered and boulders rose up
'No, the Totality Catalyst has been converted once again!'
Tenshi was aware that Zxhst dodged as she was looking straight at him with sinister and hungry eyes. Zxhst was alarmed and he immediately flew backwards, Tenshi immediately followed. Celine then passed through the smoke of dust that Tenshi created and Justine followed from the sky
"Wind Blade! Fire Barrage! Water Jet! Earth Wall!"
Zxhst conjured four different elemental magic by using Mana and threw it towards Tenshi
Tenshi then skillfully dodged the attacks thrown at her as she dodge the wind blade by shifting her body the right. She deflected the Fire Barrage with hwr bare hands and flew around the stream of water in a spiral. She then extended her hand towards Zxhst and a Bloody Disc flew above her wrist with a symbol of a golden line that goes downwards in 60 degree angle. A Blood Ring also formed around her wrist and it was wriggling
"Genocide"
Tenshi declared the Third Blood Prayer and a tornado or blood was released from her hand. All of the abilities of the 31st Inheritor to 40th Inheritor are within this attack. The tornado roared towards Zxhst and the Earth Wall that he created and broke it into pieces
Zxhst has no way to confront this attack except when defending, so he had to teleport away
Zxhst appeared behind Tenshi and he tried to touch her shoulder
"Let me just..."
But he was too late when Tenshi instantly reacted as she turned her body while her right fist is already coming towards his left cheek. A fist also suddenly appeared to his right cheek and the space around that fist was warping in an absurd degree
Zxhst teleported out once again and the two fists of a Martial Grandmaster using Recoiless Technique and a Pureblood Angel collided, creating a powerful shockwave the broke the ground, push the air, and created a pocket of vacuum. The space around their fists also warped into oblivion but both of them seemed to be unscathed
Celine abruptly pulled her fist back, as well as Tenshi. She then immediately flew and followed Zxhst. Celine followed Tenshi to see where Zxhst is
Zxhst flew into the sky while paying attention to Tenshi and Celine. He flew up to avoid Celine since she couldn't fly, his problem right now is Tenshi
"Hey!"
A voice then eang above Zxhst and he abruptly looked up in shock
"Aren't you trapped in stopped time?!!"
Zxhst shouted in panic
"Apparently not"
Justine then spread her arms and the red markings across her arms illuminated. The space around her hands warped and the light intensified. She instantly clasped her hands together and all kinds and types of energy and vectors, around 181, that she has contemplated and analyzed for the past few seconds has condensed around Zxhst, trapping him in place
"Gah! Swirlonic Agent!!"
Zxhst struggled and he couldn't move his body. All vectors started to chip away his body and the energies scraped off the Mana around him
"Hnnnggghhh!"
Justine clenched her hands tighter and superheated vapor was created above and below Zxhst. The superheated vapor acted like jetstreams or drills that swirls, long with other gasses and light revolving around him in an orbit
Then, all the gasses turned to plasma and burned Zxhst
"Aaaggghhh! Meteor Strike! Light of Saber! Frost Spike! Thunderclap! Shockwave!"
*PIYUUUUU*
Zxhst conjured different kinds of catastrophic and deadly skills with all of his strength. Like usual, he used Mana to make this possible, but it's unusual for the Meteor Strike since the meteoroid comes from outside of Earth
"!!!"
Justine's eyes flashed, along with the red markings, and her blonde-red hair hovered upwards while glowing. She then danced around and waved her arms and hands around. She then directed her arms back to the trapped Zxhst
Conjuring those skills will be one of Zxhst's grave mistakes because all of them have vectors and energy
A meteor appeared in the sky and tore through the clouds, Justine directed its velocity towards Zxhst. A large long spear made of light also shot from the sky and Justine shifted its velocity towards Zxhst. The ground froze and blue ice crytals were formed, a large spike of ice protruded from the frozen ground and abruptly stopped. Justine halted its growth, momentum, and velocity
A large arc of lightning came down from the cyclonic storm and it quickly dissipated as the potential energy, heat energy, electric energy, ionic energy, and the charge has been split apart from each other
On the other hand, the shockwave was instantly manipulated by Justine because it's a disturbance that went faster than the speed of sound. She contained the shockwave around Zxhst and yhe disturbance became greater
At this point, the meteor and the saber of light has hit Zxhst and cause an explosion and more shockwaves as the material of the meteor crumbled into chunks while the saber of light generated beams of light
Of course, Justine in the Swirlonic State didn't let the explosion, shockwaves, and damage disperse. She contained everything around Zxhst and contained it once again
In this moment, Tenshi came flying in her hand aimed at Zxhst and a Bloody Disc revolving around her wrist with a wriggling Blood Ring. The symbol of the Blood Disc is a three fourths of a line circle, like a crescent
"Desolation"
The world turned even redder and a blob of blood surrounded Zxhst. Of course, Justine included the blob of blood and the Soulblood Energy within it on crushing Zxhst. All of the abilities from the 71st Inheritor to 80th Inheritor is contained around the blob of blood
At this point, the wall of blood from the Blood Wave Bay and Blood Tsunami that Philip conjured appeared around them. With the help of Tenshi, cracks and arcs of blood flew towards Zxhst and pierced him
"Bring him to me!"
Philip roared after his voice became deeper. Justine shifted everything around Zxhst and hinself to the center of everything while Tenshi is sending everything to the blob of blood
It was then that a series of enchanted Blood Writings, Blood Arrays, and Blood Sigils with the symbol of (𓀡), (Ψ), and (⌘) fell on Zxhst
"Deny Spatial Manipulation"
Philip denied Zxhst's teleportation so that he won't be able to escape from Justine's clutches. Blood Chains extended from the walls, Blood Cage formed, and streams of blood circled around the blob of blood
"This is the end!"
Philip declared as he lifted his hand into the sky and a tiny black-red orb conjured on his palm. Blood was sucked into the orb. Ten Blood Swords made of Blood Metal also conjured around him and revolved around him while pointing down
"Blood Singularity"
It was then that the wall of blood gushed towards Zxhst and all blood abilities rushed towards him. Tenshi also came to Zxhst with her Lacerate Shotgun aimed towards him
"True Recoiless Technique: Combustion"
Celine came flying upwards after she jumped from the ground while her arm is extended towards Zxhst. Her fist is aiming at him and the space around her is warping as she goes. The Blood Giant's fist is also coming down to Zxhst from above
At this point, time slowed down and everything is coming towards the trapped Zxhst. He has no way to escape
*DUGUEN*
Until a loud heartbeat was heard. Philip's vision flashed black and white for a split second and he could see the colors being inverted for a quick second until his vision returned
He didn't process what just happened and all he could see is that the sky is moving away from him
[I apologize 101st Pureblood Inheritor... Your capacity is too big for the power of Pureblood. You kept pushing its limits until it exhausted all of its power and energy. This is the first time that it happened. I greatly apologize that you couldn't finish the job at the crucial moment. As for now, Pureblood will become dormant for who knows how long until it regains its power and energy. Farewell, Philip...]
A voice resounded in Philip's mind. It was the same voice that talked to him in the red abyss, the Pureblood itself
Philip fell from the sky and continued to fall down, no one saw him falling down. The Blood Singularity and Blood Crown dissipated along with the Blood Horns and two other horns, the Blood Wings, the Blood Armor, bloody veins, and his Divine Blood Energy. The Blood Giant turned back into liquid blood and seeped back into the ground. The ten Blood Swords fell and stabbed the ground. It didn't dissipate because it's a physical manifestation and creation of Blood Metal. His red sclera turned back to white and his body returned back to normal
Philip's eyes were empty and his expression was gloomy. Negative energy grew around his body and the negative aura manifested
Disappointment, hopelessness, anger, annoyance, restlessness, emptiness, melancholy, sadness, confusion
His negative emotions started to fuel his motivation and power in a bad way
Meanwhile, the waves of blood fell down of Zxhst, but with no force or power. The Blood Rain has also stopped. Tenshi also fell unconscious and her body reverted back to the Holy Angel series. Her Lacerate Shotgun also dissipated
What's left is Justine holding Zxhst down and Celine about to punch the blob of blood
*TING*
Celine's fist collided with the blob of blood and the space warped, making the area around Zxhst explode violently
In this moment, Zxhst took the opportunity to cast a spell and skill after sensing that the array was deactivated
"Inverse Velocity. Atomic Explosion"
"!!!--"
"!!!--"
"!!!--"
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Zxhst walked on ground and approached Justine, who was lying on the ground. His body is glowing with bright blue color and Mana is burning and blazing around him
The clouds and smoke of the mushroom cloud from yhe Atomic Explosion has combiend with the cyclonic storm and turned into a tempest storm. Regular torrential rain occured and lightning bolts struck the ground like it was rain
The redness of the sky and the bloody solar eclipse still stayed, as well as puddles of blood across the ground that is being diluted by the rain
"Swirlonic Agent... You're the most troublesome and dangerous one out of all of you humans... I'm angry... I'll have to kill you right here right now"
Zxhst said in a grave tone. His left arm extended into a blue blade
"Hm?"
Zxhst suddenly turned around and lifted the blue blade in front of his head. There, a shiny katana struck his blade with Mark pushing it down. His arms has been transfused into metal and the katana was transmutated into Adamantium-Astralite giga alloy
Mark immediately pulled himself back into the ground and pulled his katana then slashed Zxhst from the right. Of course, Zxhst blocked it with the blade
They then began to engage in a sword fight as blue and orange sparks fly as their swords clash
"How'd you survive, human? You're the weakest out of everyone here"
"Vibranium"
Mark managed to survive the Atomic Explosion by transfusing the ground and rocks around into vibranium and making a shield to absorb the shock and energy from the explosion. Mark then chose the right time to strike Zxhst but he managed to react
But in the end, all Mark know about combat is sword fight, a little martial arts, tactical maneuvers, guerilla tactics, gunplay, accurate calcuations, and vital strikes
Ultimately, he couldn't do anything against Zxhst, who is a Mana Avatar and can freely control Mana
"Enchantment: Sharpness"
*SHING*
Zxhst swiped his blue blade horizontally and cleanly cut Mark's Adamantium-Astralite katana, that is a giga alloy and supposed to be indestructible and imbued with the power of the stars from the Astral metal
The cut blade flew, spun, and stabbed the grounda few meters away from Mark
Mark then suddenly got slapped by Zxhst and he tumbled across the ground until he stopped on a small mound. His arms are safe but cuts and bruises are all over his body
Zxhst then extended his right arm to his side and Elaine's body flew towards him. He grabbed the back of Elaine's head with his hand
Mark couldn't react at all because he's extremely exhausted, overwhelmed, and hopeless. He just sat there while breathing heavily and slumped on the mound. His glasses are already broken and fell on the ground
"Isn't this human girl important to you?"
Zxhst showed Elaine to Mark while holding her head. She's still unconscious, bruised, and injured
"She's... She's a squadron member..."
Mark still managed to speak and considered Elaine to be just an important member of the squadron
"Is that it? From what it looks like, this human is related to you, is she not?"
"?!!"
Mark was confused
"It seems you are not aware... What do you humana call them... Ah, yes! Sister? Little sister?"
"!!!"
Mark was shocked and surprised. He had no idea that Elaine is her little sister. Initially, he didn't know his family and what Chris told him is that he was dropped in the military facility. From there on, he was trained with a military profession
He then remembered that Elaine was also dropped off at the military facility when he was in a mission at the age of 15. Chris then taught her of everything that she now knows
'Is it a coincidence? It can't be!'
The fact that Elaine was dropped off, the same as Mark could only mean that they came from the same family. It couldn't be a coincidence since Zxhst has already confirmed it
"Hm... It's sad that you didn't know that she was your little sister, that's a good thing though!"
"?"
"Because I think I also have a little sister, I just realized it right now and she's important to me..."
"..."
"She died several seconds ago..."
"!"
"I wonder... What would I feel if I killed your little sister and you were aware of it?"
Zxhst flicked his hand up and released Elaine. He then held Elaine using telekinesis and let Elaine float in front of him. His hand glowed in blue light, along with Elaine's body
"N-no!"
Mark struggled to stand up but his legs are not listening to him. Mark's eyes faintly shone with silver color
Zxhst wasted no time and clenched and gripped his hand into a fist. Mana reacted and in an instant, Elaine was reduced to a vertical swirling string of blood
In an instant, Elaine died just like that. Elaine's Doomed Fate in the Fate Timeline exploded and damaged the space
Tears formed at the corner of Mark's eyes. Not only did he let a squadron member die, his supposed sister died in front of him
"..."
"Interesting... I don't feel anything... So, humans are willing to kill anyone as long as they survive. They don't care about anything else or the repercussions that it might bring... That's more of a reason why I should destroy the human race!"
"..."
"Hm?"
Zxhst paid attention to Mark. He was slowly standing up as gray aura was slowly burning behind him. His hair is also fluttering and his eyes are glowing with silver light
Mark was about to have a limit breaking power up because an important family was killed in front of him
"Stay down"
Zxhst flicked his fingers and the string of blood shot towards Mark and pierced him on his heart. Mark fell back to the ground and his eyes dilated. The silver glow also disappeared
At the end, Mark was killed using Elaine. A tragic end that the siblings has received
"A creation of a bunch of divine beings, their strongest material and metal that will bring balance to the universe. In the end, you ended up on a human and you met your end like this... That's all it takes"
Zxhst then turned his head around and saw Justine trying to manipulate the vectors around him and pin him down
"More energy! I need more energy..."
Justine was struggling. She was very hurt and even if she used that much energy, she won't be able to fight because pain and fatigue can't be removed by energy. Fatigue is just another kind of energy that is needed to be removed, but Justine couldn't do that as of the moment
*SHING*
Zxhst swiped the blue blade and cut Justine's wrist, lettinf her left hand fall on the ground
"AAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!"
Justine screamed in pain. Tears fell from her eyes and blood gushed out from her wrist
"NNNNNNNGGGGGHHHHHH"
Justine controlled herself because if she lost focus, the Swirlonic State might go out of control
"You're next"
Zxhst walked towards Justine while brandishing the blue blade. Tenshi and Celine were unconscious while Philip is lying on the ground as Sheena caught him earlier. She was sitting next to him while she's calling him for his attention since Philip's on a trance
It was then that something darted past Zxhst and he turned around to look back at Mark
There, six individuals were standing while one is checking Mark's pulse. Zxhst gazed at them with no emotion
Then, the girl that was checking Mark's pulse stood up and spoke
"Don't worry Mark, we'll avenge you... Thank you for waiting..."
The broken katana on Mark's hand then levitated, along with the cut blade of the katana a few meters away. The vibranium rocks that Mark transfused earlier also levitated in the air. Metal chunks and black sand seeped out of the ground and circled around everyone
"Squadron Leader of Las Vegas Division, this is a world level threat, assistance needed"
The girl spoke on the transmitter that sent her message to all of the Secret Organizations communications. The transmitter was then destroyed after Zxhst specifically aimed for it
The six individuals then turned their heads at Zxhst and their eyes glinted. Zxhst was unfazed
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