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Chapter 22 - Phantom Emperor!

Amon: "You are starting to become a severe pain in my ass Galacor! Why don't you just run away from this battle like the pathetic worm you are!" Suddenly, he felt a presence behind him. "What is this I am feeling...Galacor stands in the distance, I do not detect another lifeform. What is behind me." He thought to himself, quickly turning around before swinging. There was nothing there, but the feeling of something behind him stayed. "What-"

????: "Confused, aren't we?" 

Amon: His eyes widened as he heard a voice behind him, he gazed over his shoulder, again not noticing anything. A shadow cast over his face, he couldn't see what it was. "So your power is to be good at hiding from my line of sight? Whoever you are, it does not matter, this fight is between me and Galacor." He swung at the shadow without looking, hoping it would land a hit. His fist impacted something hard, but something else hit him back.

He stumbled a small bit, the force of the hit was not as strong as he had thought. "You dare to even lay a hand on me, and even when you do it does nothing!" His smile faded away, noticing there was a weird spot of purple glowing energy on his arm where the thing hit him. "What is this-"

????: "Impact..." The was a snap sound and the spot of the energy burst, knocking Amon down into the deep abyss of space. 

Amon: He stabbed his claw into the nothingness, gripping onto a glass textured-like wall of reality. He looked down at his other arm where the spot once was, his lower arm was completely gone. "Impossible..." He regenerated his arm quickly, checking to make sure his suit regenerated with it. "That thing almost ruined my suit."

????: The voice spoke behind him again, "I am no 'thing', you have seen me before already, Amon..." 

Amon: "How did you...If I have seen you before then how come I cannot now..."

????: "I am not here, not truly...not to you. But you shall see me." A strange sound erupted, shaking the vast emptiness of space. Where Amon's claw gripped it shattered like glass, the wall of reality began to spin rapidly, warping Amon in and out of this plane. The glass shards collected into a sphere and burst outwards, inverting all that is, was, and will be. "The Between has been formed." 

Amon: He noticed he was now able to stand in this strange place of inverted colors, "How is this possible- I do not understand, master never informed me of such capabilities-"

????: "Your rules are no more within this place, your instructions, your purpose, the lines do not apply here."

Amon: He faced where the voice came from, and the figure was finally visible. "You are Galacors little ability, Phantom Mask was it?" 

????: "I was, but I am no longer." The Phantom's body began to morph and change, golden glowing rings of unknown energy forming around his armpit to shoulder section, spiraling around his arms. Small glowing blue orbs spun around his body slowly, gems gleamed and shifted around his body, creating an assortment of different patterns. Shards of what was the wall of reality formed a crown shape above his head. He tore off a piece of his mask, revealing his glowing purple skeletal face underneath that half. "I am, The Phantom Emperor." 

Amon: He scoffed, "Whatever you are, I do not care. I see you don't need that pathetic excuse for a being any more to function." The tips of his claws gleamed with a bloodshot red color. 

Phantom Emperor: He stared him down, not making any movements. "We are one, and we are not. Have you not listened? The rules do not apply to me or this place." He appeared in front of Amon, attempting to crush his head with his hands.

Amon: He quickly grabbed ahold of his arms, "HA did you actually think that would work on me?!-" He noticed the golden rings were not on The Phantom's body. Suddenly, he was hit in the gut and the back of the head, his body crashing into the ground, creating a massive shockwave, which left him confused.

Phantom Emperor: The rings floated next to his body, to extra arms shot out from the ring's center. "You are severely misinformed of your situation here Amon." 

Amon: He rose from the ground, staring him down with an angry expression. "YOU WORTHLESS WORM!" Smoke shot out from his arms, wrapping itself around The Phantom, "I AM GOING TO TORTURE YOU UNTIL YOU AND THAT PATHETIC MORTAL RUN DRY!!!" 

Phantom Emperor: "Impact." The two spots where Amon was hit suddenly burst, launching him back.

Amon: He thrust his claw into the ground, he gazed up. "Where did he go-" 

Phantom Emperor: He shoved his fist through Amon's back, lifting him into the air, "Impact." Amon's body exploded into dust, leaving nothing behind.

Amon: He recollected his form, trying to catch his breath. "Why am I exhausted? WHY DO I FEEL WEAK LIKE THE REST OF YOU!"

Phantom Emperor: "You truly are the most arrogant being to ever exist, anything you knew or was capable of is not here. You have been cut off from your power source and all that is left is you without it. A truly pathetic sight."

Amon: He roared, his hatred burning bright as the smoke on his body erupted. "WHAT DO YOU KNOW OF PATHETIC?!" He charged toward him, his claws burning with a bright red glow. 

Phantom Emperor: "I know of it because I see you." He blitzed behind Amon, "Your gifts are fake, your power lies behind someone else, you are not special, you are nothing." All four of his arms sent a barrage of punches into Amon's body, blood and cracked pieces of his body went everywhere until he was covered in those purple glowing spots.

Amon: He panted heavily, attempting to stand but his leg broke off and caused him to fall again. "You...have no idea what you have gotten yourself into, once my master hears of this he will have you both-"

Phantom Emperor: "Impact." Amon's body evaporated into nothingness, he looked down at the ground noticing a small glope of black slime seeping into the cracks of reality. "Revert." The walls of reality spun backward until it was turned back to normal.

Galacor: He landed next to the Phantom, staring deep into the abyss of space. "Will he return?"

Phantom Emperor: "Highly unlikely, but not impossible."

Galacor: "Good...We still have one more agenda, find Star and take care of him along with anything close to him."

Phantom Emperor: "Prevent his ending, action accepted master Galacor." His form entered Galacor's body and Galacor's eyes turned back to normal.