"I was wrapped up in her avatar being crushed to death! It hurt like hell!"
Jacob began to think back to that moment as a chill ran up his spin before continuing with the story.
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Past POV
'Should I use it!? It's risky but if I don't… no! I can't die here! Even if I will be bedridden for a year I have to win!'
He was having an internal battle as his body was slowly succumbing to the snakes grasp!
Quickly his power gathered inside his chest, instantly changes started to appear all over his body! His skin had turned as black as charcoal, his hair had flared up waving with its intense blue flames as he slowly transforms.
"What are you doing! Stop resisting and just die already!"
She forced the head of her snake avatar to lunge at Jacob only to be repelled by a sudden wave of intense heat!
His shirt had burned off before being replaced with a wave of fire made from soul force! He had created clothes to cover his body as the original ones turned into ash with his new form.
In the center of his chest was a glowing heart filled with fire to the point you could see the heart through his skin!
Quickly the women pulled her snakes tail back feeling the danger this new form brought only to have the portions that had touched his body burnt enough to turn its scales to ash!
"What is this!? Why have I never heard of such a technique!"
"Count yourself lucky, you will die by a secret art only the main branch of the Fireseed family can cultivate! This is my [Scorching Fire Spirit: Ash Embodiment], and I'm going to use every bit of its power to kill you!"
He yelled out as he set fire to the ground with each step! He quickly jumped forward leaving black footprints on the ground before slamming his fist into the snakes side!
Even though the women tried to dodge the blow she couldn't maneuver the snakes large body fast enough to surpass the boys new strength!
Immediately the heat increased! Invisible waves of heat killed everything around him as the body of the snake was thrown back toppling many now blackened trees! The moment she tried to get up right she noticed another wave of flame pouring towards her before consuming the snake completely in fire!
The women inside her avatar gathered her soul force to protect herself while also trying to shoot out her venom in hopes of smothering the fire! Quickly the air began to get filled with toxic gas as the venom comes in contact with the flames!
The once blue fire now turned into a more Teal or Cyan color before the flames just disappeared!
This surprised the women as she looked around for the boy only to find him near the edge of her tail! She tried to pull it away just to have him catch the tail with both hands searing through the scales as he breaks into the avatar!
"You may have perfected your Avatar's Release but that doesn't mean you are invincible!"
He plunged his hand into the snakes body breaking past its protection before his hand erupts in flames! Immediately the once green snake was taken over by a large wave of blue flickering flames!
"AH stop! Stop it! Ahhh! You'll kill me! Aghhh!? Please!"
No matter how much she pleaded Jacob ignored it! He was on a timer, the longer he was in this form the bigger the backlash will be!
Eventually the women was able to lift the tail slamming him down into the ground like swatting a fly!
She swung the tail over and over again causing his body to crash into the trees the ground and any rocks close by! At this moment his body had been brutally beaten, blood covered the battle field but he held on for as long as he could before being thrown off crashing through the nearby trees!
"LOOK WHAT YOU HAVE DONE! Ahh… Y-YOU COMPLETELY DESTROYED MY BEAUTIFUL FACE! YOU EVEN SCARRED MY ENTIRE BODY!"
She was on her last legs, her skin now looked similar to Jacob's. She had suffered severe burn marks that had covered every inch of her. Surprisingly the armor and clothes she was wearing had only been burnt apart in some areas which protected her most vital areas.
Instead of jumping on Jacob she went back into her ring and pulled out another pill. She clicked her tongue as she swallowed it before starting to slowly refine it inside her body!
'D-Damnit… I can't move a single muscle anymore… if only I could move my arm! I would also recover some'
Moments later the fire in his heart began to leave his chest. In an instant a fireball left his body as it tore through anything that came in contact with it while shooting towards the sky.
Instantly a feeling of cold washed over Jacob. His eyes went blank slowly passing out as he noticed someone floating down on a lotus not to far away from where the fireball had been sent.
"Ok ok, you are in trouble. That's no reason to throw a fireball at a spectator you know! I was enjoying the little show but since you want to get my attention so bad I'll help you out just this once"
The figure spoke as Jacob slipped into unconsciousness.
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Present POV
"I'll take over from here! Now I'll tell you how I defeated that snake women!"
Kaylee looked to her sister before rolling her eyes.
"Come on, do we really need to hear how you beat her? You are a Black Gold Expert!? If both of those two couldn't handle Ryder and Jacob then of course they would just have to lay down and die the moment you show up!"
"Ah! Kaylee! Come on let me tell it please! I also want to tell you stories about how awesome I am!"
She gave her sister the puppy dog eyes as if she was begging to tell it before looking to the others.
"I don't mind if lady Anna tells the rest of the story"
Jacob replied before looking to Daki.
"O-of course you can tell it! I wouldn't dare object!"
"Yay! Then let me pick back up where you left off!"
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Past POV
The figure coated their body in star power forcing the heat away as she lands in front of the massive injured snake.
"Y-you! What are you doing here!?"
"Ha, what? Am I not allowed in my own territory? Is there a place in the cosmos kingdom that my royal family can't go? Maybe try to ask smarter questions in the future. Oh wait, you won't have a future soon… then maybe in your next life?"
She giggled after saying her last words before walking towards the scorched snake. At the moment it was unable to move due to most of its body having been turned into ash.
"Stay away! Don't make me retaliate!"
"You are just too funny! First you want to kidnap my sister, then you want to kill her, and now that everything was ruined you think you can speak to me that way? I'm going to enjoy ripping out your tongue"
She gave a smile to the women before the entire area around them was engulfed by darkness originating from Anna!
The women looked around trying to get a glimpse of any light only to see small specks of shining stars all around her! She was confused by what was happening until a bright light suddenly appeared behind her making her entire body go stiff.
When she looked back all she could see was a beautiful women standing in the center of a Red Sun that was slowly inching closer to the snake.
"N-noo! Go away!"
She tried to run only to have her entire body get suspended in the air in a almost weightless state! That was until the space around her began to change causing a massive amount of force to weigh down on the snake forcing the women to hold still.
"I'm sure you have heard of my nickname before but let me tell you again just in case~"
She walked forward the Red Sun still floating in the same place as before as she reached for her axe with a grin on her face.
"I'm the constellation of murder! Known as Caedes! However for now I'm your executioner!"
The Red Sun immediately latched onto her axe as it absorbs its power only to have it swung down decapitating the snake and the women in the same moment before the entire 3 Acres of forest was consumed by the power of her axe leaving only Anna and Jacob alive.
When she looked back at the unconscious body she sighed with relief seeing her lotus still intact. This was what she used to protect Jacob from her own swing but it was obvious she wasn't confident.
"Phew, I thought I might have used a little too much power there! Oh well, let's get him back!"
Her avatar soon disappeared as she slipped towards the safe zone with Jacob floating on her lotus behind her.
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Present POV
"See! Aren't I amazing! I destroyed a whole forest with a single chop! Come on praise me!"
Kaylee stood up a frown on her face as she looked at her big sister.
"Anna! How could you use such a technique for something so simple!? Did you even check if there was anyone else from our group inside the forest!? If there was you would have killed them!"
"H-hey! Calm down sis I made sure no one was around… I was just wanting to finish it quickly…"
"There was so much you could have done!? Yet you decided to destroy an entire forest just to kill a gold rank!? I will be sure to tell mom about this!"
"W-wait! No don't do that!? She will punish me! She's already threatening me to be here and yet now she's really going to marry me off if you tell her! Please don't sis!"
Jacob and Daki watched them with a slightly terrified but also worried gaze.
'This is the one 3rd in line for the throne…'
Both of them thought that as they watched the powerful Black Gold Expert get on her knees and beg her sister not to rat her out.
She was crying slightly honestly begging her sister not to call their mother.
"You should have thought about that when you blew up an entire forest!?"
Kaylee pulled up a crystal before leaving the group to call her mother.