The shining stars in the sky increased their numbers exponentially just moments after the first clash, as the geniuses informed their friends about the might the Titan and Supreme Neo-Demon displayed.
Everybody focused on the duo as Hirko's punch descended, carrying an agile and destructive power, while Ezequiel ascended like a lightning arc.
Just as their fists were about to clash, Ezequiel's body changed from the power of fire and earth to lightning, wind, space, and time.
Hirko was surprised by the sudden change in nature, from highly destructive and direct to unpredictable and extremely fast.
The sudden change took the Titan by surprise, allowing the Supreme Neo-Demon to dodge the fist while moving forward. Once again, Ezequiel landed a barrage of blows to Hirko's body, this time in the stomach and temple.
Taking advantage of the opponent's temporal paralysis, Ezequiel managed to land a direct kick to Hirko's chin, sending him flying up as the brain trembled inside the skull.
Ezequiel immediately chased after the Titan and unleashed a barrage of attacks, all of them displaying the power of multiple laws.
The Supreme Neo-Demon overwhelming his opponent surprised everybody, especially Dean and Gabriel since they knew Ezequiel's actual cultivation.
"Brother, they are just using their bodies, and the Titan is stronger, but Invictus is overwhelming him. Are their martial skills really so far apart?" Gabriel knew that Ezequiel's bodily talent was superb, but still, the difference was too much considering the gap between the Supreme Neo-Demon and Hirko's cultivation.
"Invictus is slower and weaker than Hirko. However, the Titan's battle style is flawed. If I am not wrong, he learned to fight under someone's protection, and even when he faced life and death battles, he knew some elder of his race would save him if things went south. That gave birth to defects that he never managed to overcome.
Ezequiel's battle style, on the other hand, is superb. There are no unnecessary movements, and it leaves no flaw or opening the opponent could take advantage of. The only way to develop that is facing hundreds if not thousands of battles where a single mistake could mean your death."
Dean's eyes showed a profound light as he focused on the fight. He could easily decipher the nature of Ezequiel's battle style because it was similar to his. The Crown Prince had been in countless dangerous battles, and the number of times he almost perished were plenty.
Ezequiel had just sent Hirko flying away again and began to chase when this one roared, making his body explode with powerful energy and soul force.
"ROAR!"
Razor-sharp and potent gales surrounded Hirko's body. The Titan Path of Power allowed him to transform his soul force into fleshly power, skyrocketing his physical might.
Ezequiel also unleashed the power of his Elemental Chaos, Astral Origin, and white lightning bathed his body. The enhancement his soul force granted was lesser than his opponent due to his inferior cultivation.
Thanks to the disparity between their physical power growing again, Hirko equaled Ezequiel's might.
Now that they were using their three centers of power, the battle started the next phase. This time both were receiving and connecting powerful blows.
The Titan landed a powerful punch that made a giant tornado emerge from Ezequiel's back when an elbow covered in white lighting struck his face, unleashing a blast of destructive force.
None of them pulled back and stood their ground as they continued to unleash all sorts of powerful strikes. Lightning arcs that extended for thousands of kilometers and windstorms capable of covering small continents formed around the duo.
Their arms and legs move at speed a weak Rank 6 life forms would find impossible to follow with their eyes, much less respond to them.
As they fought, the stars in the sky containing a wisp of the geniuses' consciousnesses observed how the energy, light, heat, and any other form of power in this dimension began to concentrate in Hirko.
The smartest and wisest of the geniuses immediately recognized the divine talent that made the Titan Race so formidable, the ability to commune with the universe and use World Strength.
Typically only Dawn Titans can perform this feat, but some special members with a weaker Law Bloodline can also do it.
Hirko's channeling World Strength meant that the purity of his bloodline was not far away from that of pure-blooded Dawn Titan.
Tksar smiled when that happened and detected the surprise in the other geniuses.
'If it weren't for his mother failing to reach Rank 8 and develop her bloodline to fulfillment, Hirko would have been born as a Dawn Titan. So what if his battle style is weaker? Brute strength means everything!'
He turned toward Dean Rebellion with a mocking smile, but instead of displaying frustration, the Crown Prince smiled back at him and signaled to focus on the fight.
A bad feeling appeared in the Dawn Titan's heart, and what happened next shocked him.
Just like Hirko, Ezequiel began to draw the forces of the universe into himself, and the density of the World Strength he was able to channel was even higher than that of the Titan.
'Impossible! How could a bloodline thief unlock my race's divine talent?'
During the transplant of a bloodline, there would always be a loss in purity and density. Even if Ezequiel obtained his lineage directly from a Rank 8 Dawn Titan, he should not have the ability to access World Strength.
Of course, Tksar knew nothing about the supernatural and rule-bending power of the Chaotic Core, not to mention that the Supreme Neo-Demon's bloodline was not that of a Dawn Titan, but the mightier Primordial Race.
The same question crossing Tksar's mind appeared in Hirko's, but the Titan did have the luxury of splitting his concentration as the pressure he faced grew.
Each of their momenta kept growing, creating an apocalyptic storm around them with winds capable of diving oceans apart and lightning bolts that could melt mountains.
After three minutes of fighting, Ezequiel and Hirko separated as their power exploded one more time. They prepared to enter the final phase of the battle.
The Supreme Neo-Demon and Titan unleashed their Law Avatars!
