Haruki could feel the intense heat as the flaming greatsword plunge through him burning him inside. He grit his teeth as he could feel the blood inside him evaporating and burning from inside. The pain alone made him faint as he was sent back towards his subconscious.
He was back in that very same hellish wasteland. A lifeless bloodfilled wasteland with nothing but the floating weapons soaked in dark crimson. He had no one else for company other than silence. Then all of a sudden he felt a strong rumbling that shook the entire place. The Black skies had purple clouds suddenly manifest out of thin air. Red lightning came crashing down towards the sea of blood as a gigantic shadow emerged from the blood sea. It was a gigantic wolf, It's fur jet-black. Its glaring red eyes looked down at the standing Haruki. It growled at it showed him it's blood red teeth. It then closed its eyes as it lowered its head. From its shadows two wolves emerged and stood tall on both its sides. One was a white wolf, the other was a dark grey one. On the crown of their heads were a symbol of the sun and moon alternatively.
Magus's voice resounded on his head. He furrowed his brows as he felt the Wolf's shadow was wrapping him around. He slowly sank into the bottom of the shadow.
Meanwhile in the real world Faust was obsering Haruki. It has been a few seconds since he plunged the blade into him. However he hasn't erupted in flames or completely burned to ashes. He tilted his head, "Is his soul that strong?"
Then he saw the impaled body of Haruki twitch. He frowned, "Would you look at that. The Punk's not dead?" Then after a second a large burst of mana erupted from his body as a tall silhouette emerged from his shadow. It was a gigantic werewolf made entirely of shadow. It grabbed the flaming blade as it pulled it out of Haruki's body.
With a loud howl Haruki was covered in black mana and smoke. The sheer pressure he emitted was enough to shake the entire prison. Faust opened his eyes wide as he laughed madly. "This is it! HAHAHAHAHA! Such defiance towards Death!" He said as he snapped his fingers making the smoke that covered the entire area be blown away.
Beyond the smoke he saw Haruki standing as a large shadow of a werewolf stood behind him glaring at him with its feral bloor red eyes. "Those eyes! Filled with such rebellion. You surprise me space oddity! You truly are a punk rocker at heart! Such a shame I have to snip you in the bud."
"You can try." Haruki said simply as he made the shadow charge towards Faust. Barraging him with with it's sharp claws. His flesh was rend and blood continously flowed down his body covering him in red. However after a few seconds his body healed like it was nothing.
Haruki flickered across the room as his blade was covered in lightning he spun his blade and slashed vertically sending a torrent of malevolent lightning towards faust. He gave faust not a single leeway to think as he attacked on both fronts.
Faust clapped his hands as buddhist beads appeared tangled on his fingertips. He spread them apart until the string that held the beads snapped as the beads scattered all over. Then a sillhouette of a demon appeared behind faust. Holding a gigantic sword.
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Thousands of blades made of divine flames appeared all over the large room. The demon behind faust steadied its hand then all at once the blades struck towards Haruki. It was just a fraction of a second as everything in the vicinity was cut into pieces. That very same instant the shadow wrapped Haruki's body in a thick veil of shadow. The floating flaming blades then stabbed towards his shadow veil only piercing the shadow coating skin deep. The shadow scattered as the blades fell down on the ground.
Faust clapped his hands, "Amazing! I wonder what kind of Artifact you snagged on that temple. better yet an old eldritch grimoire." He clasped his fists as he picked up one of the blades on the ground. He then charged towards Haruki slashing towards him. Haruki did the same as he picked two blades on both his hands. The shadow also picked up two swords and clashed with faust.
With each clash the blades broke from the sheer intensity and force behind those strikes. Haruki and Faust couldn't help but grin from the excstacy of the fight. The cold hands of death's door brushing towards Haruki made him laugh.
"I'll remember this moment little stardust! Space oddity! Thousands of years I searched worthy of that name, I finally found you!" Faust said as they exchange swords. The demon behind him manifested once more as it clashed with haruki's shadow.
By this point nothing but burning wreckage remaines as the entire prison was destroyed from their clash. Faust snapped his fingers as the blades hovered in the air once more.
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The blades flunged forwards towards Haruki. Haruki gritted his teeth as he summoned the nameless blade as he parried off thousands of blades that charged towards him. As he was parrying all of Fausts strikes he was clapping enthusiastically as if he was watching a show.
Haruki stabbed the sword on the ground as he used it as a brace to prevent himself from falling. He was covered in wounds all over hsi body. He growled as his shadow extended and summoned thousands of wolves from within.
They charged towards Faust with feral intensity. He however didn't fight back as he was mangled by them. Pieces of his flesh was devoured by the wolves.Their blood soaked fangs were growling with ferocity.
As Faust was returned back to form. He eyed Haruki with curiousity. "But alas! All show's must eventually come to an end." He stabbed himself on his chest with his bare hands and pulled out his still beating heart.
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Chains erupted from the red portal and grabbed his heart. Loud sounds of crunching could be heard as the Demon fighting His shadow in the form of a werewolf disappeared and reappeared behind faust. The Demon Sheathed its gigantic blade as the ganymede in its entirety shook. A gigantic door held up by two gigantic skeletons rose from the rubble behind Haruki.
When its doors swung open an unstoppable force that tried to suck in everything in the vicinity tried to pull Haruki inside. Tendrils made of shadow held Haruki in place to prevent him from being pulled inside. The Werewolf shadow then went behind Haruki as it planted its feet and pushed Haruki forwards.
Magus's voice resounded in the area. Faust opened his eyes wide, "Hmmm, I see... So are you the grimoire?"
Magus scoffed as tendrils of shadow wrapped around the gate. "You cannot destroy the gates of hell my mysterious friend..." Faust said as he shook his head.
Magus's laughter filled with derision echoed on Fausts ears making him frown. Then he saw the black portal beyond the door be filled with electricity as the portal slowly turned blood red. Faust held his face and erupted in uncontrollable laughter.
"A perfect combination! You two are truly insane! Fine then... We'll see if you two are worthy of an encore!" He said as he crossed his arms. The tendrils unwrapped Haruki and every single shadow creature he has summoned vanished and returned back to his shadow.
Haruki still held on to dear life as he stabbed his blade on the ground. However that too was futile as he was sent flying towards the red portal due to the sheer suction force. Faust closed his eyes as he felt the Door slam shut.
Magus said as a bundle of hydrogen bombs materialized in their wake. Leaving Faust gawking at the bombs. Then a large explosion that blew away everything within a 20 km radius was reduced to cinders. After a while Faust dusted off the debris as he stood up and stared at the sealed door that was slowly disappearing.
As the doors vanished into wisps of flames he stared at the blade stabbed unto the ground. He slowly approached it. He grabbed the handle as he pulled it out of the ground. Then after a few seconds it vanished into particles of light, making him laugh uncontrollably.