The team pressed forward, and each of their steps was now accompanied by a lot of pain. The blonde man simply observed them, amused by their efforts to reach him.
The angels had fallen back, they were struggling to even reach the halfway point and it was soon becoming obvious that they simply weren't going to make it. Even though the blonde man was mostly testing the resolve each of them had, there was a minimum requirement for strength that somebody needed to have to pass the test.
If the angels managed to arrive at the throne, which was possible, they would feel such unimaginable pain that they would probably wish they were dead.
As Reign stepped forward to the man, his lightning became white and black and his eyes had a sharp glint in them. The man simply looked in his direction with amusement as the pressure continued to pile up.
Shadow and the others continued walking as well, they had already passed three-quarters of the distance and weren't going to give up now.
Their marks started activating as well. They didn't activate them, just like they didn't activate their abilities, the test from the blonde man pressured them to such a point that their bodies did whatever needed to be done to survive.
The marks gave them great strength, especially Mia whose two marks surprised the blonde man. Almost all of the marks surprised him, to see a mark that was given by a Low God would have been alright, but there were marks that came from High Gods and not just any High Gods that were present here.
Wolf's mark gave him the biggest surprise. The violet flames danced around Wolf as the lake of blood actually started responding to them. Laura's ability had also started working as a thin layer of ice was slowly being formed on the surface of the lake.
Reign's black and white lightning was another surprise, the largest of them all. The blonde man almost gulped as he saw it, his demeanor almost changed, but he controlled himself and stayed the same as before.
His mind, however, was a mess. Hundreds of thoughts passed through his mind each second as he stared at the people that were slowly nearing him. Reign and the others were trembling as blood started dripping from their noses.
Soon, blood could be seen coming out from all the orifices, but they didn't stop, they continued moving forward with all their might as their powers were on full display.
Their weapons were summoned and the power that the weapons had was activated. Reign's lightning intensified multiple times, Wolf became dragonized, Shadow was cloaked in darkness while Beast had already fused with Blackie.
Tank was in his demonic form while his axe shone with an evil red light that made him stronger. Greenie was in his Vajra form, his hammer was levitating above him as the illusion of a giant lion appeared around him.
Laura's arm was fully demonized, the dark tome and wand were both out and were supplying her with power as she moved forward while Mia was in the form she had when she was fighting against the tiger.
Her two wings were unfurled behind them while the sword in her hands was emitting cold air that was visible to everyone.
The test was testing their full power, the power they had when using their weapons and armor included.
Reign felt as if his bones were breaking and getting repaired, only to be broken again with each step he took. He was now only 2 meters away from the throne and the blonde man, 2 measly meters that anyone could reach with ease, but for him, it was as if the man was miles away from him.
He grits his teeth as madness was shown in his eyes as he stared at the man and continued forward. There had already been two teams that had managed to pass this floor, there was no way he was about to lose against anyone.
There was something deep inside of him that prevented him from allowing such a thing Reign had always been competitive and would always strive to reach high, he didn't like losing, but it was never to this point.
Of course, what he and the others didn't know was that the test the man had given them was harder compared to what the previous two teams had to go through. It was thanks to their personal strength, and thanks to the marks that they had that the test was more difficult.
The most surprising thing was the fact that Mia, Shadow, and the others had finally reached the throne while Reign was still about 2 meters away.
He tried to move, but he simply couldn't, his body wouldn't listen to him, each time he tried to move his legs, an incredible amount of pain would assault him and he would simply stand there, paralyzed.
Even the three angels had managed to arrive after about 2 minutes, but Reign still hadn't moved. Shadow and the others stared at him with confusion in their eyes, he was after the strongest amongst them, his weapon was the most powerful, his ability was the most powerful, and there should be no issue for him to reach the throne.
The 10 angels behind had all given up, most of them barely passed the halfway point and realized that going any further was almost impossible. They were simply too weak to pass the test.
Their bodies shone brightly as they were teleported out of the floor. Nobody knew where they had gone, but they wouldn't be with them from now on.
As for Reign, even the blonde man looked at him with surprise in his eyes. He was confused at what was happening as well, Reign should have been able to reach the throne by now. His power and determination were more than enough for him to come to the throne.
'He's one of 'them', his natural talent is high, that much is certain, so why is-' Suddenly the blonde man's eyes widened as he stared at Reign.
'Don't tell me, damn it, I have to stop this before it goes bad.' The man rose to his feet and started dispelling the formation around him that was used for the test. Inside Reign's mind, however, a chaotic scene was taking place.
"What the hell is happening?!" Aethion shouted as the dark copy of Reign was standing in the sea of lightning and was trying to hold back the light and darkness away.
"He's losing control, dammit, that test is forcing him to use everything, and I mean everything, he's about to go berserk!" The copy said with a worried expression on his face.
"Dammit, come on Reign, control yourself!"
As the blonde man dispelled the formation, he stared at Reign who was completely covered in lightning. Most of the lightning around Reign was black and he was completely covered in it, his body was barely even visible anymore.
"That form." Shadow gulped as he stared at Reign, not only him, everyone did as they remembered the last time Reign had been in that form.
It was when the orc commander killed Adam.
Reign's anger reached the top and he went berserk in the form they were seeing right now. They still remembered seeing Reign completely decimate the lifeless body of the orc commander before they jumped in and stopped him.
The form had not appeared after that, Reign didn't even know how exactly it happened or how to activate the power, but now, it was back.
'Shit, why did he have to be of that kind, dammit, this isn't good, if he loses control, then he might be gone completely.' The blonde man thought as he stared at Reign.
He didn't move or do anything, he knew that this was something Reign had to conquer himself, but the question is, could he do it?
Even Drayce had appeared.
He stood next to the blonde man and stared at Reign with a worried look. He knew exactly what was happening, just as the man knew.
"How would have thought that it was like this, he never even showed a glimpse of this before, damn, had I known, I would have changed this floor," Drayce said with worry as the blonde man nodded at him.
"I know, it surprised me too, the only thing we can do is hope, hope that he doesn't lose himself and allows it to control him." The blonde man said as he glanced at Drayce before returning his sight to Reign.
Reign had started to move, he wasn't going berserk just yet and they could all see that he was trying to control himself. The occasional glimpses past the lightning showed his face that showed a painful expression as he walked toward the throne.
More lightning started appearing around him, but it was flickering everywhere, it wasn't like the previous time when he lost control and it hugged his body as if it was armor.
As Reign reached the throne, he stood face to face with Drayce and the blonde man.
His breathing was heavy, but the lightning was slowly going away, Reign had managed to regain control over his body.
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