1625 Enlightened
It wasn't really a one-sided battle. If anything, we were both wearing each other almost equally. Gluttony's wounds couldn't completely catch up to the damage he was receiving from all my magic and attacks. And my soul was gaining countless cracks, I was already feeling that I was going to lose a big chunk of it very sun.
And that's considering all the Soul Gear equipment pieces on me! I can't even imagine how easily he would have crushed me without any Soul Gear to begin with. And even more with my Soul Ether at less than SSS Rank.
"Have you given up yet, Drake?!"
Gluttony roared after slamming me into the floor with his gigantic tail. A mass of tendrils, tentacles, and limbs stuck together into a massive and long appendage. It was covered on black fur and red scales, and its end was packed with over a dozen sharp bony spears.
Wielding his tail, Gluttony was able to easily block my weapon attacks even as I activated all of the Divine Weapon Skills at once. And even the Soul Gear Ability I conjured earlier was only able to buy me some time.
"I have to admit it, you've become one tough bastard…"
Considering how tough he was, I could already imagine how Pandemonium would be. Perhaps ten times- no, twenty, maybe thirty. Or even fifty? In the worst-case scenario, a hundred times as strong.
I can't keep struggling against guys like this! I'll only end up getting swallowed by even more powerful foes. I can't get cocky, and I can't get conceited.
I need to go all-out.
I need to use everything I have.
EVERYTHING!
"DIE!"
Gluttony rushed forwards, his giant tail pointed at me, as it started spinning, only seconds before reaching me. I opened my eyes wide, my mind and consciousness melted, becoming liquid, and flowing through my entire soul at once. All the areas where my Divine Abilities were stored, parts of my soul and very being activated at once.
"[Heavenly Demon Flames Ring]!"
All the flames came together into a single spot, fused with my Soul Ether, Divine Power, Demonic Energy, and Azure Ice Essence, a flare of holy, chaotic, and demonic flames surged, a combination of all the flames I could conjure.
Before, I could make an ember, but I quickly figured out that by simply imagining the combination of Divine Abilities in my head, no matter how complex it was, as long as energy was applied properly.
I could make it!
FLUOOOSH!
"UGH?!"
Gluttony found his entire body trapped inside the ring I conjured. But I didn't stop. There were no limits. My nine heads all counted as a brain, a conjuration point. Nine conjurations, nine rings. All nine of them wrapping around Gluttony, trapping his tail on endless flames alongside his body.
"BASTARD! AGAIN WITH THIS?!"
Gluttony roared, bellowing at me for daring to use the same technique twice again. Don't worry, that's not all I was preparing for you, bastard!
As Gluttony started freeing himself from the flames by devouring them bite after bite, a thousand spheres of light, darkness, and frost appeared above the skies.
His eyes widened in utter disbelief.
"What?!"
My eyes started to bleed as I pushed my own mind and consciousness to my limits. My expanding my mind to its limits through the usage of Soul Ether, I was able to conjure something not dozens, or hundreds, but a thousand times at once.
Of course, this was damaging my soul a lot.
BAAAM!
"Y-YOUUU!"
Gluttony wasn't giving up any time soon though, a myriad of attacks came from him as well, countless red and black beams, piercing my soul. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Three more holes appeared on my body. I had already lost roughly 30% of my entire soul. The pain was agonizing, but after cultivating demonic energy, I got used to most of it.
I channeled all my rage, all my draconic might, as I kept attacking, punching, kicking him, slicing him, biting him, tearing his flesh apart, hacking his body into shreds.
"RAAAAHHH!!!"
An endless bombardment of physical and magical attacks kept shredding through Gluttony as I roared mightily. The entire Soul Realm started to shatter into pieces, crumbling apart.
"[Draconic Chains Of Soul Sealing]!"
Right before Gluttony were to stand back up again, a myriad of holy chains appeared out of my weakened soul, wrapping around his entire wounded body and stopping his movements completely.
"W-What is this?! You…! Where did you get this ability?! No… How have you managed to reach the [Venerable's Enlightened Senses] already?!" He roared, firing more and more beams at me, as I flew into the skies, evading them while calling upon my spirits and weapons, fusing them into a gigantic shining sword, Excalibur. "Gluttony, this is IT!"
"No…! I REFUSE TO LOSE AGAINST YOU AGAIN!"
Gluttony kept roaring, his body almost freeing himself from the chains.
But it was too late.
SLAAASH!
"Ah…"
His eyes widened, as he looked back at me.
It wasn't as if I hadn't paid the price to defeat him.
My soul was falling into pieces.
"Y-You bastard…" He suddenly smiled, as his entire body slowly started to dissipate into particles of black light. "You… You're not bad…"
As he finally disappeared, I opened my eyes again, finding myself back inside the Divine Realm.
The continuous aching of my body made my vomit out of pain and agony.
I fell to the floor, struggling to keep myself conscious, as I started drinking soul elixirs one after another.
"Hahah…!"
Yet I couldn't help but smile and laugh.
That fight, that victory.
It felt so well earned!
"I WON!"
I raised my arms into the sky.
"This is my fourth victory, Gluttony!"
