The rain of arrows finally stopped as Vaatu regained his bearings, "I AM GOING TO KILL YOU" he screamed at the top of his lungs, but Levi wasn't phased.
Not to mention his Gamer's mind, even if he didn't have it his journey through the spirit realm during the past two years had made sure that he was hardened again and again, very few things could shake the current him. He had seen and experienced many things, things that most people would never have to face their entire lives so he wasn't phased.
Vatuu immediately rushed at him so fast that Levi and Acnologia were barely able to react to him, immediately engaging him in close-quarter combat with Levi using a double edge sword in each hand and Acnologia relying on his armor claws and shape tail to inflict damage, he didn't use his fire breath though, they were moving so fast that he might just attack his ally.
They were continuously inflicting injuries on Vaatu but it barely took a fraction of a second for those injuries to heal, the dark spirit wasn't sitting ideally either, it continuously lashed at them with its tentacles and not only that, Levi could feel something trying to invade his body.
[Ding]
[Foreign entity trying to invade user mind]
[Gamer's mind successfully resisted the intrusion]
[Ding]
[Foreign entity trying to invade user mind]
[Gamer's mind successfully resisted the intrusion]
[Ding…..]
The notifications kept coming one after the other, Vatuu didn't give up and kept trying again and again, sadly for him he didn't know that he would never succeed, with Gamer's mind active Levi didn't have to worry about any psychic attacks.
Sadly the same couldn't be said about Acnologia, although he had a strong mental defense and managed to resist for some time, but he was no match for Vaatu and soon enough he was about to be overwhelmed.
Levi immediately sent him an order to hide inside his body which Acnologia didn't hesitate in following at all.
Unfortunately for Levi, even with Acnologia with him they were barely able to maintain a stalemate, now that he was facing Vaatu alone he was soon overwhelmed as a tentacle came crushing from above him sending him crashing straight into the ground, creating a big hole and raising a cloud of smoke and dust.
Vaatu didn't chase him down instead he kept floating above him as he spoke his tone curious, "What an interesting human you're, not to mention that I can't seem to get past your mental defenses, those golden weapons and armor of yours, and merging with that dragon, just who are you." said Vaatu, his tone at the end going back into his calm and neutral one.
Levi on the other hand couldn't help but smile as he lay sprawled on his back on the ground, his armor broken and his face fully revealed as he looked up at Vaatu. He could feel it, he could feel the extreme fear pervading Vaatu's body, even though he didn't show it.
People always fear the unknown, and now it seems that spirits were no different, for Vaatu Levi was an unknown element that had shown more than one ability that he had never seen in his tens of thousands of years alive.
"I am just someone who is trying to get back home, to get back to my family, and you're nothing but a hurdle obstructing my path, a hurdle that I will get over like I did countless before you." said Levi as he slowly got up, each word giving him more strength as black dragon scales started growing on his body.
It covered both his arms, making his nails grow into sharp razor edges.
Then his legs as eerie cracks that would have set shivers down people's spines started sounding in the now quiet battlefield, it was the sounds of his leg bones rearranging themselves as they turned from their normal Shape into an inverted shape like that of a goat or a humanoid demon, giving him more Agility and stability, black razor sharp nails also grew from the tip of his toes.
The scales covered the upper side of his face as his eyes turned from sky blue to red, his teeth transformed from their normal shape into sharp edges. And the scales spread until they covered his midsection as well. He still retained his humanoid form, but from just one glance one could tell that he was way much tougher and stronger than before.
This was the Hybrid form that Levi had perfected while merged with Acnologia, its boost was amazing and Levi didn't have to sacrifice his Agility by turning into a big dragon, he was also a much smaller target this way. Of course turning into the complete form of Acnologia would give him better defense and strength but it'll affect his Agility and maneuverability.
He could also do the same transformation with the red eastern dragon but it was much weaker in both offense and defense so he didn't use it earlier.
"Humph, Insolent mortals, always so arrogant." said Vaatu as he dived towards Levi, but the next moment he stopped in his tracks.
Levi who had been below him just a moment ago had vanished into thin air, Vaatu looked everywhere but he couldn't spot him, suddenly he felt an intense sense of danger from behind him, he only had the time to bring his tentacles in defense to block.
A huge torrent of fire came raining down on him scorching his body and making his defense useless. Nevertheless by the time the fire stopped all the wounds Vaatu had incurred had already healed, looking around he couldn't spot Levi anywhere.
Suddenly he felt intense sharp pain at the side of his body, as if a small object had collided into him at incomprehensible speeds sending him stumbling to one side.
By the time he looked in that direction there was nobody there and he immediately felt sharp pain again, this time on his back.
Like that Vaatu kept getting hit again and again but he couldn't catch Levi no matter how hard he tried, his own size became an obstacle in his way, it was an advantage most of the time, but against extremely fast opponents like the current Levi, it became a huge burden.
The only time he could catch a glimpse of Levi was when he stopped on the ground to pick up a huge rock and throw it his way, almost making him cry at how much strength that little body of his held, like that Vaatu was getting bombarded with fire, huge rocks, and hits from every direction, not able to retaliate at all.
Unfortunately for Levi, although his Stamina was monstrous with the addition of Koh, Acnologia, and the Red Dragon, Vaatu's health seemed to be even more so.
Two hours later Levi was near his limit, no matter how much he didn't like the dark spirit he had to give it to him, the bastard had unnatural endurance.
The moment he couldn't maintain his Hybrid form any longer the pressure on him will multiply by many folds. Of course Levi still had a few trump cards he hadn't used yet so he wasn't at his wit's end.
Jumping back, Levi finally left Vaatu alone for the first time during the last two hours as he landed on the ground some distance away from him.
"YOU DAMN INSECT, YOU INSIGNIFICANT WORM, I AM GOING TO TORTURE YOUR SOUL FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS TO COME, I WILL NEVER LET YOU…..." Screamed Vaatu nonstop at the top of his lungs when Levi separated from him, to say he was mad would be an understatement.
Hearing him Levi was even a little embarrassed, relying on his small size and speed he had harassed Vaatu for two hours straight not giving him any rest, the poor dark spirit didn't even manage to land a hit, but that didn't mean that he was done yet.
Just as Vaatu lunged at him Levi's size increased so quickly that the dark spirit didn't have any time to react to it as he was caught off guard, he turned into a black eastern dragon as he wrapped his whole body around Vaatu like a snake.
The reason his scales were black and not red was that he could pick and choose the characteristics of his bond spirits and merge them together, choosing the best trait or each one, so he had picked Acnologia's scales that had superior defense and spread them all over the eastern dragon's body as he turned into him.
And not only that, sharp centipede legs grew all around the dragon's body as he started attacking and stabbing Vaatu with them.
"WHAT KIND OF MONSTROSITY ARE YOU." screamed Vaatu, afraid!, he no longer wanted to kill him, he just wanted to get away from him at this point, to run as far away as he could and never meet this anomaly again.
During his tens of thousands of years alive he had never witnessed anything like this before, he no longer thought that Levi was even a human, he might be an old spirit that was just disguising himself like that, everything was possible in the spirit realm.
Ethereal force covered Levi's centipede legs and dragon teeth as he continuously bit and clawed at Vaatu delivering even more damage than before, sometimes even breathing fire on him.
Just as Levi felt that Vaatu was about to slip out of his grasp he immediately used Ethereal force suppression and pressed down on him
Vaatu who was finally about to get out of the grasp of this monstrosity felt as if the weight of a mountain suddenly fell upon him as every move of his became a hundred times harder.
"AGHHH, WHAT IS THIS, WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME?." screamed Vaatu at the top of his lungs, if he was afraid before now he was terrified, if he had hair on his body it would be standing straight right now.
Levi didn't want to use ethereal force before because he knew that Vaatu would escape as soon as he did so and he might just lose his only chance to seal him away, now that he had him in his hold though he had no such reservations.
Levi didn't pay any heed to the screaming Vaatu as he used all of his remaining energy to wear down Vaatu, clawing and biting continuously, soon after Levi started to feel the exhaustion getting to him, putting his last remaining energy into one final assault Levi jumped back and turned back into his human form panting.
He had been going all out for more than two hours, even with the monstrous Stamina and energy he had he was exhausted.
'What a monster.' thought Levi and Vaatu at the same time as they looked at each other, none of them aware of the others thoughts, but one thing was clear Levi was exhausted and spent, and Vaatu although was definitely tired as well he could still go for more.
'Avatar Wan and Korra definitely didn't have to fight this hard to beat him, why the hell is he so strong.' thought Levi in exasperation, he was sure that his memory might not be perfect but it wasn't bad either.
Then it suddenly hit him, Avatar Wan and Korra had their bending, and not just that, they had all four elements! While he was going at it using only brute force and fire bending, 'So that's why.' thought Levi in helplessness, even if he had figured it out now he still couldn't do anything about it.
Thankfully Vaatu seemed to be wary of him and his tricks as he didn't approach him, giving him time to rest, of course Levi wasn't going to just sit still.
"What is it? Don't tell me that the ancient and feared vaatu is afraid of me? A mere human." taunted Levi in a tone of ridicule, he could barely fight back now but he wasn't going to project a weak appearance, that would be the worst thing he could do.
"You're no human." replied Vaatu seriously, his tone grave, but Levi could detect a little helplessness in it also, it seemed Levi's plan had worked as Vaatu didn't attack him, or so he had thought.
Slowly the ground below Levi's feet started to shake as mixed sounds started coming from the distance.
Looking at the source of the sounds Levi's hairs stood on end, spirits, no monsters, monsters as far as the eye could see were rushing this way from all directions, even from the sky.
Levi could tell that those were obviously innocent spirits corroded by Vaatu's dark energy, he had seen him do it in the show, but as there were no spirits nearby Levi didn't have to worry about it, 'It seemed I have gravy miscalculated the range of his spirit control ability.' thought Levi with a dark look on his face.
"HAHAHA, NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE, HUMAN OR NOT, YOU'RE GOING TO DIE HERE TODAY." screamed Vaatu at the top of his lungs as he pulled away from Levi, even with his current advantage he still didn't dare underestimate Levi, he had done so before and regretted it dearly.
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