Rise Of The Infinite Sovereign

Chapter 323: Final Form!

"Tsk"

Tossing away the second demon turned into a deflated corpse, Alvarach sped up, maintaining the distance between him and Ezra.

Whilst flying, he rips open the head of the fourth demon and absorbs its energy before tossing it away.

Soon after, Ezra sped past the Grandmasters looking like a red beam from his use of the fire element.

"Yes" muttered Alvarach in his hoarse voice, feeling his reserves fill up at a rapid pace.

Clenching his fists, he makes do and lands, awaiting his pursuers arrival.

In less than five minutes, Ezra appeared.

Naturally perplexed at Alvarach’s sudden stop, he raised his senses to the highest level, landing several feet from Alvarach.

With the duo facing each other, Alvarach initiated a conversation.

"Why do you fight us?"

"Hm?"

"I sense my demonic essence flowing through your veins, why do you fight us when we are of the same kind?"

Ezra simple stared, astounded. He blinked rapidly, ensuring that he wasn’t hearing things.

"So...I’m not an insect anymore?"

*pop

Tightening his fists, veins in Alvarach’s hand popped, writhing like snakes.

With anger in his eyes, he spoke"You have grown beyond the ranks of an insect...barely"

"Hmm..? Pfft" Ezra burst into laughter. "What does that make you, who fled from my presence?"

That hit Alvarach’s largest nerve-which was all of them.

"Enough of this" Alvarach shrieked with fury. "I came to conquer this world. Join me and I will give you half the planet to you rule as you see fit, or perish"

Ezra raised a brow. "Tch, you’re finally showing your true colours. Speaking so boastful for a being who was fleeing with his tail between his legs just moments"

Alvarach had never wanted to kill someone so badly.

Then he made a melancholic smile. "It’s funny though. Had you given me this proposal just two months ago, I might’ve considered it"

"But things are different now" His tone rose ever higher. "You came to impose yourself on MY world, so stop bullshiting yourself. WHY would I give you half of what’s mine?"

Brandishing Skyfall in his twin swords form, Ezra infused them with the ice element, having them glow blue.

"Besides" he said. "You’re a demon-sooner or later, you always betray"

Fuming, Alvarach’s spoke.

"So be it then"

"ARRGH"

With a shriek, Alvarach began to transform, his body grew bigger, gaining four more inches to his already towering figure, the ground cracked as his legs widened.

Emitting fire from his skin, the surroundings began to heat up as the skin on his horns tore off, like that of a molting snake.

On cue, Ezra appeared in front of him.

"You don’t really think I’m just going to let you do that, do you?"

*Bam!

A kick to the gut sends him into the air.

Appearing behind him, Ezra grabbed his horns, and spun, following up with a hammer throw.

Alvarach was flung right into the barrier, giving a resounding shockwave that shook the barrier and caused a ripple before falling right back to the ground.

’Hmm, so even he’s trapped in here?’

Instead of falling on his face, Alvarach sprung himself to his feet, creating distance between him and Ezra.

Then, a dark energy coalesced and smashed into Alvarach’s figure.

Grinning, Alvarach spoke. "It’s over! No matter what you do now, you can’t stop my transformation"

Lighting up with lightning, Ezra reached him.

"So, why are you running away?"

*Bam!

A clean punch to the face sends him afar.

’Hmm?’

His fists were burnt.

Sent flying, Alvarach did a few flips and landed, gaining a foothold.

Right after...

He set himself ablaze, grunting loudly as he transformed.

Feeling the heat, Ezra placed his feet on the ground, and with his intent, ice formed over the soil at a rapid pace and also over his body.

Closing in on the burning demon, the flames suddenly retracted...only to burst forth with explosive speed, quickly building up to the height of a tower, unhindered by the surrounding ice.

The flames gained a red hue.

Putting Skyfall back in its scythe form, Ezra spun it before throwing it at Alvarach.

The spinning scythe reached the tower of flames only to be knocked back.

Skyfall spun back to where to whence it came, landing in Ezra’s extended arm.

Reaching Mythic rank, he’d gained complete connection with Skyfall, granting him the ability to recall it.

"HAHA!"

A booming laughter echoes out.

Ezra’s brows creased.

The large flames began fluctuating, and Alvarach’s presence grew.

His horns grew longer, and his nails shot out, a colouration of black and red patches, like molten soil to cracked to reveal lava underneath.

The tower of flames receded to reveal Alvarach.

His body was a mix of normal skin and glowing patches, as if he had lava in his veins.

Sizzling with heat, the ground was melting even as the flames dispersed.

Using this barrier, he warded off the world’s suppression of his being.

No longer suppressed, he took a bit of the essence used in making the circle of descent and brought himself to full power.

Looking to see Ezra encased in ice with his eyes closed, the demon lord of pride couldn’t help but gloat.

"How do you like my final form?" He says, making a simple swipe of his claws to make a crater in the earth. "Of the many that have seen it, only two live to tell the tale"

"No matter, in the end you will have nowhere to run to as I tear you apart and feast on your remains!"

Ezra stood motionless with his eyes still closed.

"...."

Unperturbed, Alvarach continues.

"I came this far stepping on more than ten thousand corpses, you are just another one in my path"

Meanwhile, Ezra was in deep thoughts.

’This might have been a mistake’

Shortly after advancing, Zydrax warned him.

[It will take your body about a week or two to adjust to your new state of mana, before then, you have to take note of how much you exert yourself]

As it would turn out, emitting fire at the highest levels to catch up to Alvarach made him hit the upper limit of exertion which his body could handle far earlier than expected.

His internals had overheated.

This was why he lessened his speed along with the lethality of his attacks and encased himself in ice.

To quickly return his body to optimal state.

Looking at it now, he wasn’t sure if chasing after Alvarach into his barrier was a good idea.

Wouldn’t it have been better to have simply stayed outside the barrier awaiting Alvarach while recuperating?

Ezra shook his head.

’No. If he can get this much more powerful this fast, he can’t be left alone’

Taking a deep breath, the ice encasing Ezra breaks apart effortlessly, and then his eyelids shot open to reveal his red eyes.

He could feel the qualitative change in Alvarach’s presence, making him frown.

Using it, Ezra was able to gauge his strength, overestimating it in case of any surprises.

In less than a minute, he was now certain.

’I can definitely win’

’No’

His hands tightening over Skyfall as he affirmed once more.

’I WILL win. No matter what!’

Infusing ice into Skyfall-now in its twin swords form-Ezra spoke.

"You talk too much"

Having used the duration of Alvarach’s transformation to cool his internals, Ezra was ready for the final round.

Taking a stance, Ezra flared up, black lightning covering his being as he awaits Alvarach to make the first move.

Right then. *Voom!

"Now that I have your attention"

Alvarach arrives in front of Ezra, his body steaming as he his claws swipes down.

"Die!"

As a demon lord, it was only right for prey to make certain of its demise so as to inflict greater despair.

Kreeee!

Sparks flew as sword and nail scratched against each other.

Ezra was pushed back, cracking the earth as be pulled himself to a halt.

’He’s stronger’

"Yes! More!"

Following up with another attack, Ezra’s figure disappeared like a mirage.

’But I’m still faster’

Appearing behind him, Ezra cut deep into his back and vapour shot out as ice and fire collided.

Swiping his nails to let out a slash of fire, Ezra dodged, creating distance.

Grinning, the cut on Alvarach’s back healed almost instantly.

"That tickled"

Ezra frowned, brandishing his blade. ’This is going to be tough’

Just as the duo reached one another, they both sensed a disturbance.

Frederick arrives with the other Grandmasters in tow.

"Ezra. We’re here to help"

A spiked hammer flew at Alvarach to bash him in along with combiend attacks from other Grandmasters.

But then...

Looking at the Grandmasters with disdain, Alvarach gripped the spiked head, bringing it to a halt.

Upon gripping the hammer, his expression changed to that of realization.

"This hammer..." he looked at Skyfall and smiled. "Very good"

Both weapons were obviously related.

He swung his nails like an arc, releasing a large blade of fire that cleared out the incoming attacks, going further in the direction of the Grandmasters.

The Grandmasters got out of it’s way with haste, causing it to explode upon contact with the barrier.

Gripping the hammer’s handle, it shook to repel him.

"Quite stubborn"

But Alvarach’s strength eclipsed its tantrum.

Ezra frowned deeply. The Grandmasters only served to empower the enemy.

In a funny mix of things, Alvarach clawed the hammer head with his nails.

Sparks flew as the hammer remained intact.

"A weapon well made" he said with a smile...before tossing it afar.

"But I fight better with my nails"

Ezra turned to the Grandmasters. "Leave!"

Alvarach wasn’t about to let the flies go after disturbing him in the midst of his fight.

He started spinning, forming a tower of fire. "No, I’ll have them stay here. Forever!"

The flames grew at breakneck pace, its heat burning the Grandmasters from afar.

Only after infusing their bodies with mana to protect themselves did it stop.

It was a waking call.

They realized, battles between Mythical beings weren’t something anyone could just interfere with.