Upon Calvin tossing the magic card, a mysterious altar appeared between him and the Gaia, the Fierce Knight. The altar had two plates for offerings, conveniently positioned right beneath Calvin and the Gaia, the Fierce Knight's feet.
Then, the altar emitted a blinding light, forcing Zero to block his eyes. The light quickly disappeared, and at the same time, the altar, Calvin, and the Gaia, the Fierce Knight disappeared.
In place of the altar, standing before Zero appeared a warrior clad in purple armor. He held a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right, with a sharp gaze in his eyes. He looked exactly like Calvin.
"Such a big commotion, but was it Requip?" Looking at Calvin, Zero couldn't help but snicker.
"It's right to say that it's Requip, but the correct way is that I have fused with Summoned Beast." Calvin didn't think much of Zero's attitude. Instead, he thought that the more the other party looked down on him, the greater his advantage.
However, how could Zero look down on Calvin, the person who could slightly suppress him? His heart was more serious than Zero's. He didn't know all of Calvin's moves.
"Similar to the Star Dress of Celestial Spirit Magic, but also somewhat different..." Zero silently pondered in his mind.
The fusion with the Gaia, the Fierce Knight was a card developed by Calvin during his solitary training before the events at the Tower of Paradise. While the Pack of Wolves, Black-winged demons, and Leopard's Claw could enhance his combat abilities, they didn't fundamentally improve Calvin's physical condition. This was in stark contrast to his original intentions. That's why Calvin created the Black Luster Ritual card, which allowed him to fuse with his summoning beast and become the immensely powerful Black Luster Soldier.
Calvin was moved by the thought. This feeling of his body being filled with power made him very happy. Then, he looked at Zero and rushed out in an instant. At the same time, a wolf formed from green magic power flew out of his body and shot straight at Zero.
Upon seeing this, Zero gathered magical energy in his hands and shot out individual magic projectiles, each one accurately aimed at the Black-winged demon. Every time a magic projectile made contact, it immediately exploded, causing numerous explosions to resound in the short period as Calvin rushed towards Zero.
"So fast!" Seeing that Calvin had already rushed in front of him, the speed of his speed made Zero secretly shocked. He stopped firing magic bullets with both hands and used his own skilled Dark Capriccio. He also danced it like a whip.
The Dark Capriccio, as penetrating magic, is not limited to its front end. There is a spiral trajectory around the projectile's path, with smaller projectiles spiraling around it. These smaller projectiles move at the same speed as the main projectile, but their velocity is faster, giving them greater penetrating power. Therefore, when Zero wields the Dark Capriccio like a whip, that whip becomes even sharper than a renowned sword.
Due to the control of Zero, the whip was as flexible as a spirit snake, so it could not be easily blocked, otherwise, it would immediately be entangled.
The only thing he could do was dodge, but Calvin did not intend to dodge.
Calvin waved the knife at an ugly speed, easily splitting Zero's whip in two. Then Calvin took a step forward and slammed the shield to the side. The two broken whips were slapped to the side, and Zero's middle door opened wide.
Calvin used force to pierce his feet and accelerated again. In the blink of an eye, he arrived in front of Zero.
"Shit!" Zero was shocked. His face was no longer calm and full of horror. But he was not flustered. He pointed his hands to the ground. Calvin suddenly felt the gravity increase dramatically. The machete that was supposed to be lifted became heavy and no longer as fast as before.
"Dark Gravity!" Zero shouted. The magic continued to rush the valley. The ground could no longer withstand the terrible gravity and collapsed. Calvin also fell into the hole unexpectedly.
Zero's eyes flashed with killing intent. When Calvin fell into the hole and there was no way to borrow his strength, he removed the dark gravity and aimed his hands at Calvin, shooting out the biggest Dark Capriccio so far.
Calvin, who was still falling, could only lift his shield.
He forcibly blocked this huge magic bomb.
Boom!!
The shield was much harder than Zero had imagined. His full strength attack did not injure Calvin, but the huge impact knocked him down to the ground. However, he knew very well in his heart that he could not let Calvin get hurt at this level.
Thinking of this, Zero frowned deeply and stared at the hole in the ground unhappily, thinking about what kind of attack he should use.
Suddenly, he saw some light coming from the hole. Before he could see what it was, a sense of crisis appeared in his mind and urged him to quickly dodge.
However, Calvin's attack came even faster. Just a few steps away from the hole, a huge slash rushed out from the hole and split the wall of the cave. Zero was one step slower, and there was a knife scar on the left side of his body.
Following that, Calvin jumped forcefully into the cave and instantly jumped outside the cave. Before he even landed on the ground, he had already assumed an attack posture and aimed it at Zero.
"Damn it! This bastard!" Zero was shocked. He did not care about the wounds on his body and drew a large circle with both hands. A thick and evil magic power emanated out. Gusts of cold wind and ghosts howled. Behind him, there seemed to be thousands of resentful spirits.
"I'll let you taste my strongest magic! Genesis Zero!!"
While Zero was preparing, Calvin maintained the same posture, gathering power until he hit the ground. Then, with a sudden burst, he swung forward, unleashing a massive slash. It was simple and direct. At the same moment, Zero's Genesis Zero also exploded forward.
Despite the grandeur of Genesis Zero and the simplicity of Calvin's slash, it seemed that Calvin's attack was at a disadvantage in terms of momentum. However, when the two collided, Calvin's slash effortlessly cleaved through Zero's magic as if cutting through tofu. In the astonished gaze of Zero, the flying slash struck him fiercely.
"The chaotic slash is invincible. Remember that, you bastard," Calvin said disdainfully as he slowly sheathed his sword, glancing at Zero's body with contempt.
Then, apart from the fusion between himself and the Gaia, the Fierce Knight, Calvin revealed his original appearance. In the next moment, Calvin immediately lay on the ground.
"Ahhaha... it hurts!" Calvin lay on the ground, twitching in pain. In fact, there were two shortcomings in this fusion. The first was that the preparation time was too long, and the second was the abnormality of his body after the end.
The Black Luster Soldier can be seen as Calvin donning the power of the Gaia, the Fierce Knight, forcefully enabling his body to perform actions that would otherwise be impossible. As a result, the side effects are significant. At this moment, Calvin feels as if he has undergone a series of intense physical activities, causing his muscles and joints to ache.
"Indeed, it should be classified as a forbidden technique. If I were to use it repeatedly, I might end up collapsing before my enemies," Calvin remarked.