John goes into battle with Scarlet who guards her mother. The two of them battle for a while as they do the old lady continued her mission. A few hours later she smiled and says "At last it's ready just a little longer" That's when John stabbed her in the back with one of the two swords he gained the power and abilities of Scarlet and her mother. This tremendous leap in power is unparalleled to any before it. The power was so immense that it was tearing through him and threatened to destroy him even with all of his strength and abilities his power resilient body his limits and everything else working in his favor this tremendous amount of power threatened to destroy him however his love was finally returned to him so he had a reason to keep fighting that reason kept him from caving and allowed him to survive the tremendous boost in power. John noticed the thing that the old lady was putting together and takes it. Two years later John had mastered the power and abilities of Scarlet and her mother he now along with Jade decide what to do with the mysterious item. John absorbed the item which was Wolf's soul fragments combined together. This almost killed him however he used everything he had and also being aided by Jade in exchange of survival the absorption of the fragments of Wolf's soul. John survived the absorption unfortunately Jade did not survive. John spends the rest of his life working on stabilizing the power.