On top of a huge mountain stood a figure clad in bright red armor, Thaddeus.
200 meters in front of him stood Alexandra, clad in black armor that faintly shimmered under the sun. She held a 3 ft tall axe in her right hand. her back turned to him.
They stood silent for a while until Thaddeus spoke.
"Is this what you wanted ?" he questioned in a calm but cold tone.
Hearing him, Alexandra calmly turned around, looked him directly in the eyes, and spoke in a firm tone.
"This is the path."
Thaddeus's eyes flickered with understanding. no more words were needed; with her answer, he had understood all that he needed to. His body started to pulse with the true meaning of wind.
"Then Let's begin!"
he shouted, after which his body vanished, the ground where he previously stood collapsed creating a crater 30 meters deep.
In almost an instant he reappeared a few meters in front of Alexandra with his right wing aiming at her head.
Alexandra stood motionless as if she hadn't noticed Thaddeus's attack. But, right as Thaddeus's attack was about to make contact, her left hand started to pulse with the true meaning of speed and strength, then vanished.
Boom!
A thunderous sound echoed as she effortlessly grasped Thaddeus's razor-like wing.
Their clash produced a shockwave that stripped the trees from the mountaintop.
Immediately after alexandra grasped Thaddeus's wing, she calmly raised the axe in her right hand and then sliced it at Thaddeus's head at a relatively slow speed.
feeling the force of her grip and sensing the danger of her axe,Thaddeus made a split second decision. His hands vanished then reappeared in front of Alexandra's face, then clapped.
Clap! Boom!
The moment Thaddeus clapped, a huge bright red fireball bloomed outwards, engulfing everything within a 500-meter radius.
A second after the fireball bloomed, Thaddeus appeared about 200 meters outside the burning zone. He gazed at the fireball with a serious expression.
Shiing!
The sound of something sharp slicing through the air echoed out. The huge fireball split apart and a huge slice appeared on the ground, 1000 meters long and 30 meters deep.
At the center of the fireball stood Alexandra, with the tip of her axe touching the ground from which the split began, her left hand positioned in front of her face was now emitting smoke as if it had been burnt.
'The true meaning of cleaving.' Thaddeus thought as his brows furrowed. then his entire body lit up with bright red flames.
Alexandra turned to gaze at him her expression unchanged, after which the two of them vanished.
In almost an instant, they arrived in front of each other, their eyes locked, Thaddeus's wing aiming at Alexandra's head while Alexandra's axe aiming to cleave Thaddeus in half.
Inch by inch their attacks moved closer to each other. Suddenly, as their attacks were about to make contact with each other, Thaddeus's wings vibrated and he vanished, reappearing behind Alexandra.
His eyes flashed with coldness as he sliced both of his blazing wings at her in an X motion, but right before his wings could sliced Alexandra, her speed suddenly increased, she released the axe from her hand, turning around to face him,
Bap! Bap! Bap! Boom!
Instantly, she launch hundreds upon hundreds of fists laced with the true meaning of strength, speed, and fist at Thaddeus .
The only thing Thaddeus could have done was use his wings to protect his body.
The impact sent him flying 1000 meters away, it would have been further if not for him digging his arms into the ground, and stopping himself.
Immediately after, his body flashed, appearing 686 meters away from the spot where he was.
In almost an instant after his body appeared in the sky, a huge slice appeared at the spot where he previously was.
Thaddeus gazed at the small cracks on his wings with a painful expression. He then shifted his gaze to Alexandra, who was on the ground with her axe back in her hand, and caution and anger flashed in his eyes. 'She's stronger than I thought.With just a single contact, she manages to damage my wings that are harder than cerulean rock.'His figure flashed, appearing hundreds of meters away as clouds split open at the area where he stood.
Reappearing, Thaddeus stretched both his hands out and spun them at extreme speed.
Whiiiiirrrr!
Two huge fire tornados,1,000 meters long, appeared.He then launched them at Alexandra.
Alexandra gazed at the incoming tornadoes. Her body started to radiate with savagery.
She then held the axe with her two hands and calmly raised it above her head, then swung it downward towards the tornadoes. "Cleave!"
Shiiing!
A huge 100-meter-long purple light appeared. It cleaved everything in its path; the tornadoes instantly split apart along with the clouds.
After slicing the tornadoes, Alexandra's figure flashed, reappearing 686 meters away.
Boom!
A giant flaming tornado appeared where she previously stood.
Alexandra gazed at Thaddeus, who was in the process of creating another tornado. Her hand holding the axe vanished.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
She launched hundreds of cleaving lights at him, after which she bent her knee slightly and then launched herself into the air.
Thaddeus looked at the purple lights coming toward him. He threw the newly formed fire tornado, then flapped his wings and vanished.
Shiiing!
The tornado was easily cleaved apart.
Thaddeus appeared 686 meters away. Suddenly, a dreadful feeling washed over him. He turned around and saw an axe enveloped with the true meaning of cleaving coming at him at extreme speed.
In less than a second, it appeared a meter in front of him. His eyes flickered, his huge flaming red wings flapped.
Whoosh!
His body flashed upwards, and once again a dreadful feeling washed over him.
He saw Alexandra's figure appear above him, her fist coming towards his head.
'Why didn't I sense her?'
His brows furrowed, after which a wind and firewall appeared before him, blocking alexandra's punch for a moment, He then use one of his wings as a shield.
Boom!
Whoosh!
Her fist connected with his wing. The force launched his body towards the ground like a meteor.
Boom!
His body sunk into the ground, creating a crater. His wing was severely damaged and his armor was shattered.
Thaddeus got up, his mouth bloodied. He ripped off the damaged armor from his upper body. With blood dripping from his mouth, he gazed at Alexandra, who was calmly falling from the sky with her axe in her hand, with venom in his eyes.
Thaddeus then raised his hands; flames began to flow, creating a bow. He held the bow and aimed it at Alexandra, then pulled what seemed to be the empty flaming string. His hand started to blur.
"Purge!"
There was no sound, no signs of movement as if he hadn't done anything, but Alexandra, who was a few hundred meters away, knew that was not the case.
Her danger sense went off. She gently tapped the empty air beneath her with her right foot; her figure flashed 600 meters away, but she still felt danger.
Her eyes flashed, then she punched out in front of her. Boom! Creating a huge shockwave, but that was not enough. Suddenly, she felt hundreds of things made contact her body.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Hundreds of wind tornadoes with wing blades inside, 10 meters long, bloomed.
They enveloped her; bits of her armor and hair started to fall off, and small cuts began to appear on her body.
Her body pulsed with the true meaning of strength, speed, fist, and cleave. She launched punches and slices, destroying the tornadoes, but as soon as they were destroyed, many more would take their place.
She was trapped. Suddenly, a faint smile appeared on her face, after which she placed the axe in her mouth then closed her eyes. She ignored the cuts appearing on her body.
She then bent her knees slightly as if she was taking a squat. She clenched her right hand in a fist, then pulled it backward. Her muscles swelled then contracted. She opened her eyes then punched out. "Collapsed!"
Whoosh! Boom!
All the tornadoes collapsed.
The moment she punched out, Thaddeus, who was firing arrows, shivered. His instinct screamed out at him, and without a second thought, he flapped his wings. Whoosh! His figure appeared 1,029 meters away,3 seconds later...
Boom!
The spot where he stood collapsed, and a huge crater in the form of a fist appeared.
Alexandra, who was now covered in cuts, gazed at Thaddeus, then gently tapped the air beneath her feet as if she was walking.
She appeared 200 meters from where she was, and she took another step, this time appearing 250 meters away. Another step and another step; soon she was running at Mach 2 towards Thaddeus, mid-air.
Thaddeus, seeing her coming, launched himself backward, keeping his distance away from her while raining down hundreds of arrows...
....
The two were akin to natural disasters. Everything within 1,000 meters of them would be almost completely destroyed, 2,000 meters suffered severe destruction, 3000 meters mild destruction.
Many creatures observed the battle from a great distance in awe and extreme fear; their worldview had somewhat changed. Never had they imagined creatures could get this strong.
...
6 km from the two emperors battling stood a concealed figure. Apexion, he gazed intensely at the two with burning eyes and a grin on his face.
"Good, good, GOOD! Fight, kill each other, rip each other apart and make things even more easier for me.... Now get even more serious and start using your innate abilities….Come on, show me your innate abilities," he muttered to himself in a crazed and eager tone.
He then shifted his gaze to a particular spot and then shifted it again towards another. Then his grin got even wider. "One. Two. So many emperors will fall today."