"It's your turn Jade Argusi," Shiva began to take his steps to her taking caution this time, Jade wasn't a small time devil but had layed waste to a group of gods before so singly him alone would be risky.
All Jade Argusi did to this was gnash her teeth. She was far too weak to face him now as they had taken her devil essence and most of her senile Abilities. A patient composure would be right if she actually had a back up plan. Argusi stared at Rick's corpse soaking the ground in red, her contingency plan was already gone, so it was all her now.
"Man Shiva, I am too weak to give you a great fight so...."
"Heheheheheheheh!" Shiva's laughter alone told Argusi there was something off, his expression too hd morphed dark to his senile plan. "Who said I wanted to face you and die at full strength, sure I love strong people but killing you and Rick Venaton would spread the news of my strength and I would have my greatest desired."
"What Aphrodite's pussy?" Argusi made a stupid face.
"No! I will be challenged by the powerful gods to assume who the strongest is..... I will...."
"Damn what a stupid aspiration," Argusi hissed spreading her arms wide apart. "I will never die to such weak aspirations, at least I won't die with a proper drink of beer or choking on a dick!"
Shiva frowned already a few yards from Argusi, she was clearly in his killing range, "you have no way out."
Argusi contemplated for a while before accepting her faith and grimacing at Shiva, "if you're going to kill this bastard, make it hurt."
Uhn? What the heck is she talking about...
Fwooosh!
SMASH!
Long before Shiva could react Rick appeared beside him driving a mighty punch into his cheek and knocking out two of his teeth.
The punch flung him into a small hill destroying it completely.
Argusi being the only one who understood what happened renewed her trust in Rick's abilities. He was engulfed with a powerful red mantra that could be clearly seen, a familiar one at that fact.
'Rick is actually a genius. He unlocked devil base form without training. But more importantly, he has Lucifer's Mana.'
"King of hell."
Rick thought back to when he died, he recalled all he had been told by the devil that kissed him, to actually win this battle he needed to be himself.
She said something about Hate, so that was what drove his power.
'Hate is the key to my power and now that I have known this, there is no way in hell I am going to lose this battle.'
Shiva made his way to his feet and scowled at Rick Venaton, "when did you get this strong Lucifer?"
Rick didn't reply instead charged at Shiva and reached him in the next second. From Shiva's expression, he didn't expect such attack speed and agility till the last moment which was already too late as Rick drove a fist into his jaw sending a deep crack noise.
FWLUUUP!
Shiva was projected into the air and crashing on his back several yards away. The attack was painful as it shifted his entire jaw and caused him a discomfort in his entire body.
"A really devil!" Rick felt the rage and hate boiling within him, as a devil he could perfectly control his emotion and release it on whoever he wanted. So having hatred to Shiva was the easy part but charging up the hate took a longer prospect of time.
SHWOOOOM!
Feeling perplexed Shiva pounced to his feet and darts to Rick Venaton. To Rick his extremely lightning fast moves had become snail like I'm an instant and easy to predict.
As Shiva swung a mighty kick at his face he raised his hand swiping away the attack and falling back a feet to get his footing.
The next attack was a quick martial art punch with two hands.
"Do you not understand tiny?" Rick growled grabbing the two hands in the air tightly that it could be heard shattering to powder. He pulled Shiva close to plant a strong knee on his chest.
The momentum of the attack and sturdy grip on Shiva's two hands caused them to tear off his body as he soared a good twelve yards and unto his back raising pillars of dust.
'The moment I cut his hands off and I feel a new surge of power in me, disdain and blood also adds to my strength, it's almost like I can devour everything into my power.'
"HAYYAAACK!!! GAHHHHAAAKKKAAHHH!!!!" Shiva screamed out in pain rolling on the ground. This was the first in his life to experience such a pain not just physically but also mentally. The speed of the attacks were overwhelming, strength and bloodlust made his skin crawl. There was only one thing left to wonder....
'I am really going to die here.'
Shiva got up to his knees groggily, his energy was quite drained from his wounds, even as a god death occured in almost the same way as mortals. Blood loss? Is this really how death is.
Amused by his coming demise Shiva grinned openi g his mouth to, "Gegegegehhahahahahhaha! So awesome!"
ZWISSSH! Uhn?
The wind blew past his ears sharply and his whole word came to a sudden halt. He could sense the presence of his killed standing there with hungry eyes.
"It all ends here...." Just as Rick was about to bring down his hand to tear Shiva's head off his neck and squash it into blood, his entire body stiffened up on itself. This was a farmiliar setback he knew all too well.
[Your body has reached it's limits]
The voice in his head spoke the obvious. This was his limit but Rick still pushed foward, 'I just need to take out this bastards damn neck, he ain't even regenerating, don't fail me!'
"KRRRRRRRCCCCCCCCHHHHGGGG!!!" Grinding his teeth that foamed white and his body shuddering against his command to move Rick finally dropped face flat to the ground to be surprised of what occured next.
His mouth, ears, nostrils and eyes began to exude blood. "Gahhh!" He coughed not air but a load of blood asking the floor in an instant. Not only was he unable to kill the targeted god but now was plunging to death himself.
"Hahahahahaha! That was really close Lucifer," Shiva's lost hands began to slowly regenerate. His pride and prejudice was starting to rise again. "Don't worry this time I will squeeze your head till it's candy....."
TAP! SQUEEZE!
Shiva's instinct shut him up at the feel of a hand grabbing his head, it was Jade Argusi with a sadistic look. "Look where fighting got you boys, listen to your mother next time!"
In the next moment of thought Shiva's entire body dissolved like ice although not to liquid but ash however his inner organs didn't his intestines, balls, brain and blood dropping to the ground and coating the place with the weird smell of flesh.
'I absorbed the energy from Rick and was able to summon a bit if my power through him.'
Argusi Jade let out a brief sigh before turning from the horrid sight if another god killed and towards he vast open land.
This action bewildered Rick, "where the hell are you going?"
"I already payed you back what I owed, have a nice time Rick Venaton."
No, what the hell, after saving and protecting her she intends to leave me at the brink of my death, I won't accept it.
"You cannot leave me alone."
"Are you kidding dude I already walked over ten paces away, you are no strong enough to fuck me up! I mean you cannot match me! You are useless to the cause of bringing down heaven." Argusi I creased her pace after saying this.
Rick grinded his teeth hurt by the statement of not being good enough, after many transmigrated years of hearing that, it was simply not agreeable.
"Come back here!" Rick began to crawl to meet Argusi, he refused to remain a loser, to remain zero to the world, a mat to be stepped on..... All that was over now.
"I will never give up till heaven is destroyed."