Vin stood at the center of the crumbled base, his eyes fixed on the imposing figure of Archon. The air was thick with tension as the two enemies faced off. Archon, leader of the Tenebrous Taskforce units, sneered at Vin, confident in his own strength.
"Do you want to know why you would never defeat me Zero" Archon shouted "It's because, the battlefield is my territory. Why do you think I allowed to kill all those wimps. It's because of this"
"Blood Authority ~ Blood Scourge"
The battle began as The Archon unleashed a wave of blood-infused energy, which Vin barely dodged. Vin retaliated with a swift kick, but Archon was too quick, countering with another skill.
"Blood Authority ~ Blood Shield"
That absorbed the attack. Before Vin could even follow up Archon riposted with another blood skill.
"Blood Authority ~ Crimson Burst"
This skill released a concentrated blast blood energy forcing Vin to leap out of the way. But that didn't seem work as the blast of blood energy followed him.
Vin had no choice but to use a defensive skill.
"Celestial Authority ~ Neptune's Protection"
Hundreds of runic Flame symbols gathered in around him like a small world protecting him. And then he followed up with another skill.
"Celestial Authority ~Uranus Unbound"
The small world surrounding him exploded into a huge wave of energy blasting the blood energy away.
'It seems his technique is almost the same as mine, just as Celestial Authority grants me authority over runic symbols. His Blood Authority grants him authority over blood.'
This thought ran through his mind as the battle progressed.
"It seems you've figured it out by now" Archon started "I cultivate a God-ranked technique called Blood Authority which grants me full authority over blood.
"Which means where there is a battlefield, I can never loose"
"Is that so, my technique grants me authentic authority over the origin of source power itself, what makes you think you can act so cocky in front of me" Vin replied "Seems I need to get a little serious for you to learn your place".
Vin dashed towards Archon and landed a series of gravity infused swift punches, but Archon's Blood Regeneration healed the wounds instantly.
Then Archon retaliated with a devastating skill.
"Blood Authority ~ Blood Hemorrhage"
This skill caused Vin to bleed profusely from his wounds. Vin gritted his teeth, using his own runic Flames symbols to stem the bleeding.
"Now you've done it, warm-ups are over" Vin said sternly, with a brimming killing intent.
"Is this the best you can do?. Do not treat me like those weak shrimps Zero, If you do not get serious, you'll probably die here" Archon taunted
"Very well then"
"Celestial Authority ~ Nebula Chains"
Thousands of smaller runic circles appeared all around the barrier of the domain, and within them barreled out thousands of violet colored runic flame chains.
The chains criss-crossed around them like an additional domain of chains. This added another layer of intense spiritual pressure on everything within the domain.
The members of the Exodus Order who were still within the domain were not affected by the Spiritual Pressure, because of the protection of Equinox.
But that didn't mean no one was affected, although Archon was able to withstand Equinox, that didn't mean he wasn't affected, he was also quite restricted, but due to his terrifying talents, he could repel a little bit of the domain's pressure.
But now that the domain of chains had been added to it, amplified by the compass domain, or he was now truly restricted. But that didn't mean he didn't have a counter.
"Since you've decided to get serious, then there's no reason for me to hold back anymore" Archon stated "I would advice you send your subordinates out of the battlefield to avoid collateral damages."
The moment he said those words, Vin knew the true battle was about to start, everything they had been doing up till this point was just testing the waters. And without further ado....
"Celestial Authority ~ Chain link"
Immediately tens of chains barreled down and bound the members of the Exodus Order, and after that, Vin expelled them from the domain, the chains took them towards where the crowd had gathered.
After Archon saw this, he noded and raised his hads hands in declaration.
"Blood Authority ~ Domain Expansion ~ Crimson Hell Sanctuary"
It seemed like the very fabric of reality had turned into hell itself, as the world around them turned turned scarlet.
Within the domain, all the blood that had been spilled, gathered towards Archon, even the ones on the dead bodies weren't spared as they were drained till there was only a husk of skeleton remaining.
The waves of blood immediately formed into the shape of broken down palace structures wounded together to formed a malevolent sanctuary, this goes to show that the domain was still on its initial phase.
Immediately the palace structures were formed, they immediately began to vie for supremacy against Equinox, but the compass domain fought back along with the thousands of chains.
After what seemed like a long time, the Equinox domain had pushed back, now starting from the center of the base, the entire valley had been divided into two.
Half of which was ruled over by Equinox and the other half was dominated by the Crimson Hell Sanctuary.
Although their both domains weren't able to expand to their limits, it had now become even more condensed.
Their auras and Spiritual Presure were blazing so intensely that it could even give those at the peak of Spirit Sea Realm a run for their money.
But it seemed to be growing even more intensely that soon enough, even the ground they stood upon couldn't bear it anymore and began to crack.
The two combatants seemed to notice it, as they both nodded at each other as if in tactical consent and then they stated.
"Celestial Authority ~ Demonic Wings"
"Blood Authority ~ Scarlet Blood Wings"
Huge violet colored runic flame wings sprouting out of Vin's back and encompassing everywhere, the Flames wings were about a hundred meters in wingspan.
As for Archon, huge scarlet blood wings drilled out of his back into the air, the wings were condensed purely from large amounts of blood energy, and they were also about a hundred meters in wingspan.
Both combatants immediately took to the skies to have a final showdown, this was going to be the real battle, that would determine who was stronger.
Their determination was obvious as they were both fighting to protect and rescue the ones who were important to them.
In the skies they both glared at each other intensely, and without any more small stupid talks, the final battle began.
Vin raised his hand and with a swinging downward motion he declared.
"Celestial Authority ~ Demonic Judgements"
And immediately from above hundreds of chains barreled down like death Lances and shot towards Archon.
But Archon wasn't going to take it lying down, he too raised his hands and with a swinging motion he declared.
"Blood Authority ~ Blood Bombardment"
A barrage of blood-infused projectiles were summoned behind him, before shooting towards the chain Lances.
And then...
"Booooooom!!!!!!!"
A huge booming sound rang out as the two skill met in mid air. But that didn't stop them, no they continued casting heavy skills towards the other.
"Celestial Authority ~ Death Slash"
"Blood Authority ~ Sanguine Slash"
"Booooooom!!!!!!!!"
"Celestial Authority ~ Incursio"
"Blood Authority ~ Crimson Requiem"
"Booooooom!!!!!!!!!"
"Celestial Authority ~ Infernal Calamity"
"Blood Authority ~ Scarlett Tide"
"Booooooom!!!!!!!!"
As the battle raged on, loud booming sounds could be heard all over the the place.
Sometimes they would opt for close combats, trading tens of blows within seconds.
Their bodies were soon battered with blood but there were no serious injuries on their bodies as they had fast regeneration, but it soon got to the point where they regeneration couldn't keep up.
Each time they separated, they would immediately switch back into long distance skills and this time Archon went on the offensive.
"Blood Authority ~ Blood Maelstrom"
A huge whirlpool of blood energy gathered in front of him and ravaged towards Vin. But Vin immediately defended.
"Celestial Authority ~ Neptune's Protection"
A large amount of concentrated violet colored runic symbols condensed around him like a small world protecting him from the blood whirlpool.
"Celestial Authority ~ Uranus Unbound"
The small world surrounding him exploded into a huge wave of energy blasting the whirlpool away, while the rest of the concentrated energy dashed towards Archon.
But Archon was ready with another skill.
"Blood Authority ~ Crimson Apocalypse"
"BANG!!!!!!!!!"
Unleashing a catastrophic blast of blood energy that canceled out the energy in a huge bang.
After that they opted for close combats again, the battle was intense with both sides trading punches and exchanging heavy blows with both neither sides gaining the advantage.
Seeing as their powers locked in a fierce struggle, they separated again, huffing and panting
"If we continued like this, no one would gain the upper hand" Vin stated.
"Then about we end it with our most powerful skill, and finish this battle with a huge Bang?" Archon asked
"I wouldn't have it any other way" Vin replied.
"Well then shall we" Archon said.
Vin looked at him and noded, and at the same time they both raised their right hand and pointed their palms toward the other.
On Vin's palm a small runic circle appeared, and large amounts of violet colored runic flame energies started condensing within the runic circle, brimming with so much power.
On Archon's palm a five meter round ball of energy was conjured, and then a terrifying suction force was released devour all the blood around him and converting them into energies within the ball.
After a while, when they had condensed their skills to the limit. They casted it.
"Celestial Authority ~ Nova Extinction"
"Blood Authority ~ Archon's Singularity"
"BOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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