The battle between Noah and Sirik was explosive, to say the least. Their fight started less than five minutes ago, and already the entire arena was a realm of destruction, with the ground beneath their feet shattered and the sky overflowing with dark purple fire.
No life form beneath Rank 7 could remain even a second inside the arena, but Noah and Sirik move around it as if time-space could not bind them, unleashing more and more destruction.
"?BOOM!" "?BOOM!" "?BOOM!"
Explosion after explosion echoed inside the arena as the duo clashed at superluminal speed. They moved so fast that most life forms in the coliseum could barely keep up with them, and the only thing they saw was the clash between a dark purle and gray flash.
Sirik's speed in his condensed state was overwhelming, allowing him to display agility that surpassed most Rank 8 life forms. On the other hand, Noah used the Samsara Force's power to twist space around him, generating wormholes so he could teleport.
"?BOOOOMMMM!"
A massive explosion of fire and kinetic force emerged in the center of the arena when Noah's spear, bathed in flaming soul force, collided at full power against Sirik's fist.
Although one was made of flesh and the other a Rank 10 Artifact, the one that displayed greater strength was the Astral Fiend's fist.
The Astral Fiend could condense his energy inside his hands' flesh and bones, making them as durable as Noah's weapon. He then twisted his entire body, charging a massive propulsion force into his right fist and sending Noah's flying away.
Noah knew he could not win in a direct physical clash against Sirik, so he always pulled back after striking with his spear. However, there were times he could not avoid them, like now. Otherwise, the Astral Fiend's fist would not have landed on his weapon but on his body, which he could not allow unless he wanted all his bones to shatter.
Sirik's eyes unleashed a monstrous bloodlust as he jumped toward Noah with all his strength, ready to end the battle. Every second that passed, his soul was closer to collapsing.
He already felt his mind growing foggy, which meant there was not much time left before he slipped into unconsciousness, meaning the battle would be over.
Noah felt his bloodlines healing the damage done to his arms by that clash but did not have time to wait as he saw Sirik diving toward him like a meteorite ready to destroy an entire world. He tightened his grip around his spear but knew that it would not be enough to stop that dive.
Noah burned his soul force without hesitation, making his Samsara Eye bleed as he rotated the spear in front of him.
"Samsara Shield."
The power of the Samsara Force exploded in front of Noah, generating a massive dark purple pentagram bursting with life force and the energy of origin.
"BOOOMMMMMM!"
Sirik dived with all his strength, clashing into the Samsara Shield, generating giant cracks on this one. Although the shield endured the clash, the shock wave pushed Noah into the ground while puking blood.
"BOOM!"
"?BOOM!"
"?BOOM!"
The Astral Fiend unleashed a barrage of punches upon the Samsara Shield, wanting nothing more than to shatter it to pieces so he could do the same with Noah's body.
Noah's Samsara Eye continued bleeding as he merged more and more energy into the shield, but that was not all he did. A decisive light appeared in his eyes as he burned even more of his soul force, charging it on his spear before thrusting forward, striking the center of the Samsara Shield.
The instant the spear touched the Samsara Shield, the life force and energy of origin inside the spell suffered a complete transformation, evolving into a death aura and power of end.
Sirik's eyes widened as his instincts began to scream danger, but it was too late.
"Cycle of Samsara. From Life to Death. Oblivion Thrust!"
Noah's words echoed across the arena as a giant spear emerged from the center of the Samsara Shield and clashed with Sirik's chest, raising this one into the sky.
Sirik clenched his teeth as he felt the spear pierce his flesh and tried to do the same with the muscle on his abdomen. If that were to happen, dark purple flames would overflow the inside of his body, shattering his soul to pieces.
"AHHHHHH!"
The Astral Fiend unleashed a demonic roar as he grabbed the spear's tip with both hands, stopping it from advancing further and using all his power to shatter it to pieces.
"CRACK!"
Noah's eyes widened as he saw cracks appear on the energy spear. That attack took over half of his soul force and required a dominion over Samsara Force that he could only display by burning a piece of his bloodline.
The idea that a Rank 7 life form could display physical power capable of shattering laws was inconceivable, but that precisely was what happened.
"?BOOOOMMMM!"
After using every ounce of strength that his body could unleash, Sirik was able to shatter the Samsara Spear, generating a blast of dark purple fire that spread across the arena.
Noah's entire body trembled as he puked mouthfuls of blood due to the severe backlash he endured by having his spell shattered. His mind went blank for an instant, and once it worked again, Sirik was already less than one hundred meters away from him.
There was not enough time to trigger another spell, but Noah did not freeze. He put both hands on the ground, taking control of the dark purple flames that covered every corner of the arena, concentrating them around his figure before making it burst into the sky.
A pillar of dark purple flames covered Noah's body, and that would have been enough to stop most people, but Sirik did not hesitate before charging into the fire.
The dark purple flames faded the next second, showing everybody in the coliseum Sirik embracing Noah, immobilizing this one.
"CRACK!"
What came next was the sound of broken bones as Sirik tightened his embrace over Noah, shattering the bones on the arms of this one before continuing with the rest of the body.
Noah felt immense pain as the broken bones punctured his internal organs. He lacked the strength to break out of Sirik's embrace, and it was only a matter of seconds before his entire body crumbled to pieces.
"?Boom!"
As if shattering the bones on his body was not enough, Sirik began to headbutt Noah with enough strength to generate small shock waves.
Noah felt the bones on his face shatter under those strikes, and not even his bloodline's incredible regeneration abilities could keep up with the damage he was receiving.
Noah's eyes slowly lost their light, and it seemed he was about to lose consciousness. Even if he managed to stay awake, the pressure over his body was so immense that it was only a matter of a second before this one exploded into a gory mass.
"?Boom!"
"Boom!"
"?Boom!"
"Boom!"
Sirik's mind was already too cloudy to do any complex thinking, but he did not have to. The only thing he had to do was squeeze as hard as he could and strike with all his strength.
The people in the coliseum saw how Noah's broken bones began to pierce out of his body, and his face had become a bloody mess.
Just as Sirik was about to perform the last headbutt, shattering Noah's skull and pulverizing every bone on his body, the Samsara Eye glowed.
A blast of soul force emerged from Noah's Samsara Eye the moment he made contact with Sirik's line of sight. The soul invasion spell was extremely simple and weak, meant only to stun someone's soul.
Sirik's soul defenses would have been enough to ignore an attack like that at the beginning of the fight, but right now, not even a tenth of his soul was left.
The Astral Fiend froze, only for streams of blood to emerge from his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth the less second. He was teleported out of the arena a second later, leaving Noah to fall into the ground.
Venganza held Sirik's body in his right hand, hastily infusing his Depravita Aura and life force into the Neo-Demon's Inner Universe to stabilize his soul and prevent it from crumbling into non-existence.
Once the Neo-Demon was out of danger, Venganza sent this one into his Inner Universe for further healing before focusing on Noah and sending a stream of Depravita Aura.
Noah could not breathe, much less move, do the overwhelming damage his body suffered. Although it was impossible to see it due to the state of his face, he was smiling.
The battle with Sirik pushed Noah to the brink of death and took more energy and effort than he thought was inside him, but by breaking his limit and not giving up even when all was lost, he managed to secure victory.
"Noah of the Daybreak Lineage is the winner."
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