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The attack struck Hanan with the force of a meteor, sending her flying across the arena. She hit the ground hard, her starlight flickering dangerously as blood poured from her mouth.

Bruwa's soul began to glow, responding to Hanan's call. "I've learned something today," Hanan continued, her voice growing stronger with each word. "Love doesn't end with death. It becomes something eternal."

"BOND!" she called out again, pouring every ounce of her remaining power into the ability.

The silver threads connecting Bruwa's fragments began to pulse with intense light. The pieces started to move, drawn together by the unbreakable bond between the sisters. But as they came together, something unexpected happene, they began to merge not just with each other, but with Hanan herself.

"What... what are you doing?" Ferah gasped, her shadow form wavering.

"I'm not bringing her back," Hanan replied, tears streaming down her face. "I'm accepting her into myself. Her courage, her love, her dreams, they become part of me. This way, she never truly dies."

The merger was agonizing. Hanan screamed as her sister's essence fused with her own, her body struggling to contain two souls. But as the process completed, she felt herself becoming something new, not just Hanan, but a combination of both sisters, their combined will and love made manifest.

DING!

HANAN'S SYSTEM INTERFACE - SOUL FUSION

Level: 400 (Twin Soul State)

New Ability: United Strikes (Combined power of both sisters)

Health: 35,000/35,000 (Restored through soul merger)

Mana: 80,000/80,000 (Combined pools)

Special: Can channel Bruwa's abilities while retaining own

"Together again," Hanan whispered, her voice now carrying harmonics of both sisters. "Just like we always promised."

She raised her spear, which now blazed with both starlight and spectral energy. The weapon had become something beyond mortal creation, a manifestation of unbreakable bonds and eternal love.

"This ends now," she declared, her combined power creating a corona of light that made the arena itself tremble.

Ferah's shadow form began to contract, her corruption unable to maintain coherence in the face of such pure, unified emotion.

"Impossible," she whispered. "You can't... you can't overcome divine power with sentiment!"

"Watch me," Hanan replied, her voice now carrying the absolute certainty of both sisters.

The final exchange began as both combatants poured everything they had into their ultimate attacks. Ferah's shadow form exploded outward, becoming a tsunami of pure corruption that threatened to devour everything in its path. Hanan met it with her own power, the combined starlight and spectral energy creating a barrier of such intensity that it seemed to burn away the very concept of darkness.

"DIVINE RAGE!" Ferah screamed, her attack carrying the weight of every broken heart, every shattered dream, every moment of abandonment ever experienced.

"UNITED STRIKES!" Hanan countered, her attack powered by every moment of love, every act of sacrifice, every bond that had ever existed between souls.

The two forces collided in the center of the arena, and for a moment, time itself seemed to stop. The very fabric of reality warped around the point of impact, unable to contain the cosmic forces at war.

Light and shadow spiraled around each other in a deadly dance, each seeking to overcome the other. The arena cracked and groaned under the pressure, stones liquefying from the sheer energy being released.

In the stands, people were thrown to the ground by the shockwaves. Some wept openly as they felt the raw emotion of the battle washing over them. Others cheered despite the danger, inspired by the display of such pure determination.

Queen Hania gripped the railing with white knuckles, her heart torn between pride and terror. "My daughters," she whispered, tears streaming down her face. "My beautiful, brave daughters."

The battle reached its crescendo as both fighters pushed beyond their limits. Ferah's corruption began to crack under the assault of unified love, while Hanan's combined soul strained under the weight of channeling such massive power.

Blood poured from Hanan's eyes and nose as she felt her body beginning to break down. The fusion with Bruwa's soul was more than her mortal form could handle, but she refused to let go.

"I won't... abandon... her... again," she gasped, her voice distorting as the twin souls fought to maintain coherence.

Ferah's shadow form was likewise beginning to dissolve, her divine corruption unable to sustain itself without the host's original motivations. "You're... killing... yourself," she managed to say between waves of purifying light.

"Maybe," Hanan replied, her starlight beginning to flicker. "But some things are worth dying for."

The battle raged for what felt like hours, neither combatant able to gain a decisive advantage. They were too evenly matched, too determined, too willing to sacrifice everything for their cause.

It was then that the arena began to collapse. The sustained cosmic battle had weakened the very foundations of reality in this space, and the structure could no longer contain the forces at work.

Massive chunks of stone began to fall from the ceiling, threatening to crush the spectators. The magical barriers that protected the audience flickered and failed as the arena's power systems overloaded.

"The arena!" someone screamed from the stands. "It's coming down!"

Hanan looked up at the falling debris, her heart torn between finishing the battle and protecting the innocent people in the stands. For a moment, she hesitated, and in that moment, Ferah struck.

"SOUL HARVEST!" the succubus roared, her claws piercing through Hanan's defenses and sinking deep into her chest.

The attack was devastating. Hanan felt her life force being drained at an alarming rate, her combined soul beginning to separate as the corruption invaded her very essence.

DING!

HANAN'S SYSTEM ALERT

Health: 5,000/35,000

Status: Critical, soul separation imminent

Mana: 10,000/80,000

Warning: Death likely within 30 seconds

"Finally," Ferah laughed, her claws digging deeper. "You're just as weak as everyone else. Your precious bonds mean nothing in the face of true power."

But as she spoke, something unexpected happened. The falling debris was suddenly caught in mid-air, held in place by ribbons of spectral energy. Bruwa's voice echoed through the arena, separate from Hanan's but harmonizing with it.