Apexion's figure then flashed; he followed the two emperors, keeping a distance of about 6km.
…..
One minute passed, and the two emperors' battle was about to reach its climax.
Thaddeus floated in the sky, bloodied, his long red hair swaying in the wind , his huge red wings opened wide casting a majestic shadow below.
He tightly held his flaming bow in his left hand, and an arrow formed from the wind, with a flaming wing serpent coiling around it, in his right hand.
He gazed at Alexandra, who was standing on the ground, and shouted,
"Let decide the outcome with one final attack!"
He then placed the arrow in the bow, aimed it at Alexandra, and pulled. The atmosphere changed as dark clouds materialized above him.
Alexandra calmly gazed at Thaddeus and nodded in acknowledgment.
After, she dropped her axe; her right hand started to pulse with the true meaning of strength, speed, fist, and cleaving. She then raised it above her head; the atmosphere around her hand screamed out as if it was being cut apart.
Their gazes locked. Thaddeus released his arrow, [WRATH OF THE SKY], and at the same time, Alexandra chopped downward with her right hand, [SKY CLEAVER!]
WHOOSH! SHIIIIING!
Thaddeus's arrow transformed into a 10-meter-long tornado with a 10-meter-long flaming arrow at its center.
Alexandra's attack turned into a thin purple light, akin to string, 10 meters long.
In almost an instant, their attacks clash,
Ting!
There was no explosion or shockwave, just an extremely loud "ting" sound that rang out.
The two attacks collided for a few seconds, then,
shiing!
Alexandra's attack cleaved Thaddeus's attack in two, then shot towards him.
Thaddeus gazed at the purple light coming at him; even though it had weakened, it was still strong enough to kill him, and he was too drained to move at the speed required for him to evade.
He closed his eyes and sighed, "I accept."
The purple light arrived in front of him in almost an instant, but, right as his head was about to be cleaved, his wings reacted on their own.
Boom! Splat!
They shielded his head from the purple light at the cost of being cleaved in half.
Thaddeus's body started to fall from the sky; his blood, feathers, and pieces of his wings fell behind him.
THUD!
His body created a small crater on the ground; his blood, feathers, and pieces of wings landed on top of his body, as if burying him...
Cracks appeared on Alexandra's right hand, her purple blood slowly dripped on the ground, her face a little pale and her breathing uneven.
She calmly gazed at Thaddeus's fallen figure; her axe floated off the ground and into her left hand. She started walk towards him when suddenly she twisted her body at an odd angle.
Whoosh!
A thin purple web-like string shot past where her head was, a second after,
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Alexandra started to blur; she twisted and turned, dodging hundreds of strings.She then chopped in a certain direction.
Boom!
The ground 800 meters away cleaved open, revealing a green spider 3.9 meters tall – Perseus, radiating the true meaning of poison.
The moment he appeared, he didn't say a word, he immediately sprayed poisonous, purple-colored fog toward Alexandra.
The fog traveled at extremely fast speed; in three seconds, it arrived before her.
Alexandra cleaved the fog apart, then twisted her body, dodging a web, after which she flashed towards Perseus.
Perseus gazed at the incoming Alexandra; his 10 eyes shone brightly.
[Innate ability - hard web]
A 100-meter-long purple web manifested above Alexandra. She cleaved at it.
Ding!
A loud metallic sound echoed, she failed to fully cleave the web, only creating a cracks.
She dodged the web, then another web appeared above.
She flashed again, while launching an attack at Perseus.
Perseus manifested a web in front of him, blocking her attack while spewing purple fog.
The two flicker about, while launching attacks at each other.
A minute passed. Alexandra, who was already weakened from her previous battle, was on the losing end.
Her face was bluish and a little pale, her armor was severely damaged, and there was a deep wound on her right thigh, but , she still had the same calm expression on her face.
Perseus, on the other hand, was relatively fine, only missing two of his eight legs. He gazed at Alexandra and laughed while spewing poison fog, his voice sinister, "Ahaha, you aren't looking so noble now, O enlightened one, ahahaha. You never expected a day like this would co-"
Whoosh! BOOOM!
Before Perseus could finish talking, a figure suddenly appeared behind him and landed a devastating punch on him - Mal, his hair defying gravity and his ability clinging to his body, isolating him from will detection. The impact from the punch sent Perseus flying hundreds of meters away.
Mal flashed beside Alexandra. "Mother, I shall fight by your side," he said, his voice resolute.
Alexandra calmly gazed at him and said one word: "Yes," her voice almost emotionless.
After which they flashed towards Perseus, who had just stood up, with a deep dent at the spot where Mal had punched. He gazed at them coming towards him, more so at Mal, his eyes shone then he flashed towards them, while launching [Hard web].
[Decrease, push] Mal's domain enveloped Perseus's web, then launched it back at him.
Perseus's eyes flickered, and the web that was coming towards him vanished. Suddenly, his instinct screamed at him; without a second thought, he sliced behind him with two of his legs.
Shining! Splat!
"Eeeeek!"
An intense pain washed over him as his legs was sliced apart by Alexandra, who suddenly appeared behind him, her axe pulsing with the true meaning of cleaving.
His instinct screamed out again; Mal appeared in front of him with his fist aiming at his head. One of his legs blurred.
Boom! Crack!
Another one of his legs was gone; he now only had three remaining. His body was unbalanced; intense pain washed over him. His ten eyes shone with resolution as they locked onto Mal and Alexandra, who had already started their next attack.
[Web prison]
Before the two attacks could make contact, layers of web manifested and enveloped him in a cocoon. Ding! Ding! Blocking the two attacks, leaving only a few cracks.
Alexandra and Mal gazed at the cocoon, their faces pale, Alexandra's paler.
The poison fog was taking a toll on her; her left hand grasped her axe tighter, then vanished.
Shiiing! Shiing! Shiing!
She launched hundreds of attacks at the cocoon, creating a crack in it.
The moment she did, purple fog spewed out, but she disregarded it, still launching her attacks. A few seconds later, the cocoon split open, revealing the bloodied and broken Perseus. He gazed at her with unwillingness.
Alexandra took three slow and somewhat weak steps forward, standing directly over him .
She calmly gazed at him, her eyes laced with indifference. She then slowly raised the axe above her head; it started to pulse with the true meaning of cleaving, speed, and strength.
But Right as Alexandra was about to cleave Perseus in half, she sensed something, paused, and shifted her body slightly. Then,
SPLAT!
"Argh!"
She felt something penetrated her chest just a few inches from her heart, purple blood spilled from her mouth.
"Splurt!"
As she slowly lowered her gaze, she saw a hand. After which, she raised her head upwards and tilted it slightly to gaze behind her at Mal, who was staring at her with extreme hate in his eyes, his left hand piercing her chest.
"Mal, how dare yo- cough!" she weakly muttered, her tone sorrowful and angry.
Perseus, who was previously lying on the ground half dead, stood up with the help of his web. He gazed at her with mockery and laughed,
"HAHAHA HAHAHA!" his sinister voice echoing throughout the surroundings.