"?WHOOOOO!"
The entire arena began to cheer once the battle was over. It was everything they could hope it would be and drove them to the corner of their seats the whole time.
Aion showed an awkward smile when he heard those cheers since he could not get up from the ground. Sirik's onslaught had either broken every bone on his body or left them so full of cracks that a slight movement would shatter them. Luckily, Venganza did not waste time and sent a stream of Depravita Aura that began to heal his body.
The Neo-Demon with the Human Lineage was able to stand up a few seconds after the stream of Depravita Aura reached him, and a complicated expression appeared on his face as he looked around the arena. A few seconds more, and the winner of this battle might have been someone else.
It was hard to accept, but Aion knew that luck was the only reason he managed to win this battle. There were countless ways things could have gone wrong, and it made it clear he was far from undefeatable among those of his same level.
Venganza cared very little about the thoughts crossing Aion's mind, and once a minute had passed, he waved his hand, sending this one away and bringing the next fighters.
The people in the coliseum stopped their cheering but excitement did not fade from their hearts since the ones that would fight next were no other than the two Depravitas that made it to the Final Stage.
Beelzebub and Azazel looked at each other, and they could see the battle intent in the eyes of the other. The fact they both belong to the Depravita Race would do nothing to quiet down their killing intent.
Venganza showed a small smile as he saw that battle intent in each of the Depravitas. Rivalry was excellent for motivating people, and he was happy to see it in two of the greatest geniuses in his race.
"Beelzebub and Azazel from the Depravita Race. Fight!"
Azazel did not hesitate before channeling all her power into an immensely powerful illusion. Her Dream Eyes exploded, and the blood fused with her soul force as she targeted Beelzebub's consciousness.
Trying to dodge an illusion spell was near impossible when you were right in front of the opponent at the start of the battle, so Beelzebub did not even bother.
Azazel's spell managed to bring Beelzebub's consciousness into an illusion realm, and thanks to Venganza's power, everybody could see what it was like.
The illusion realm was similar to the one in which Noah fell, but the instant the figure of Beelzebub appeared, this one exploded into a dark fog that spread across the dimension.
A gargantuan demonic manifestation of Azazel appeared in the sky, and coldness appeared in her eyes as a rain of fire descended from the heavens and sought to erase the dark fog.
Beelzebub had a powerful soul force mastery, and as a Depravita, his abilities in the realm of illusions were superb. Although he could not overcome Azazel in terms of illusion mastery, he could diminish the damage he took by splitting his body into a mass of fog and spreading it across the entire realm.
Beelzebub's battle plan did not end there since, despite his consciousness being trapped inside the illusion realm, his body slowly moved toward Azazel.
Each step was like an eternity, and the rain of fire inside the illusion realm burned the fog again and again, but Beelzebub did not lose focus, and his physical body kept moving forward.
Azazel had no idea what was happening in the real world since, in order to defeat Beezlebub, she fused her whole soul into the illusion, leaving her physical body unprotected.
After five minutes, Beelzebub was already in front of Azazel. A spear appeared in Beelzebub's hand, and a flaming and chaotic Depravita Aura burst from it as he waved it toward the enemy.
Just as the spear was about to split Azazel apart, Venganza teleported her out of the arena, breaking the illusion.
Once the illusion was broken, Azazel could perceive the real world and saw herself standing right next to Venganza. She then looked down and saw Beelzebub's spear buried right on the spot she was at the start of the battle.
Beelzebub was breathing heavily and was beyond exhausted, but his condition was much better than Noah's when this one faced Azazel. Clearly, he surpassed the Neo-Demon when it came to fighting illusion masters.
"Beelzebub of the Depravita Race is the winner."
Venganza uttered those words while sending a stream of Depravita Aura into Beelzebub's soul to heal the damage he took from Azazel's illusion realm.
Beelzebub slowly got up from the ground and raised his arm as a sign of victory. He had won his first battle of the Final Stage!
Azazel was in the sky, and although she had no face, the eyes on her wings showed a cheerful light. She was not discouraged from her two consecutive defeats since being able to fight with such monstrous geniuses was good enough.
Venganza had been paying attention to Azazel, and a smile appeared on his face as he saw the behavior of the young Depravita.
"Are you up for the next battle?"
Azazel heard Venganza's voice in her mind and was a little surprised. After her fight with Beelzebub, the ones that would fight should be Sirik and Noah, but it seemed that the Revenge Thearch had yet to fully heal the Astral Fiend's soul.
Venganza was a very powerful True Rank 10 life form, but he rose to the Fourth Realm with the Path of Concept and used the Eternal Flame of Revenge, which was not known for its healing powers. Sirik consumed his soul until there was nothing but a fragment left, and the Revenge Thearch used his own soul force to heal it, which took time.
Azazel's eyes grew sharp as she accepted the Revenge Thearch's request. She was also interested in how things would go with his next opponent.
Venganza did not waste time and sent Beelzebub out of the arena before making a young man with golden eyes appear.
Azazel descended from the sky and stared at Aion with a powerful battle will. The Neo-Demon with the Human Lineage had proven he could counter any physical attack and spell but had never had a fight against an illusion master like her.
Azazel's questions were also in the mind of the other geniuses, all the people in the arena, and everybody watching around the Daybreak Universe. Everybody wanted to see how this battle would unfold.
Aion had displayed all sorts of gifts and abilities that defied logic, and now it was time for him to show them how he handled illusion spells. Those attacks did not occur in the material plane, so Aion could not counter them, or at least that is what they thought.
"Aion of the Human Lineage vs. Azazel of the Depravita Race. Fight!"
Unlike in her previous battles, Azazel did not go all from the start out since her opponent had the tendency to allow the enemy to strike first, and this time, it was no different.
Aion did not rush toward Azazel in order to knock out the Depravita before she could put him in an illusion. On the contrary, he adopted a lotus position on the ground and closed his eyes.
Azazel did not know what Aion's plan was, but she did not lose calm, and her Dream Eyes began to glow as a blast of soul force emerged from inside her and flashed toward the enemy.
That soul force immediately reached Aion, but things did not go according to plan. Azazel's eyes depicted her surprise and confusion as her illusion was not working.
For the Depravita's illusion to start working, she had to bring the consciousness of her target into the illusion realm, but she could not pull Aion's consciousness out of his body.
Azazel's eyes grew sharp as she unleashed all the power of her Depravita Aura through her Dream Eyes, but she could not bring Aion's consciousness out of his body and into the illusion realm. It was as if she attempted to lift the weight of the world on her own.
People in the coliseum frowned when they noticed what was happening and grew as confused as the Depravita. Aion was not invincible, and his soul was not so outrageously powerful that he could ignore Azazel's illusion spells.
Aion's actions once again drew confusion from the people watching him. He was not fighting, only sitting on the ground and waiting.
Azazel's Dream Eyes went cold as she decided to go all out, making her Depravita Aura and soul force explode, making the force attempting to take Aion's consciousness into the illusion realm much more powerful.
The Depravita still could not pull Aion's consciousness out of his body, but her efforts generated an effect as the Neo-Demon began to tremble, and blood fell from his nose.
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