System's POV

With arms crossed over his chest, Cranky watched as Camazotz desperately fought against the Peak-Ranked Majin Prince.

Camazotz perfectly made use of his exceptional speed, employing hit and run tactics against his opponent. However, the Seven-Headed Serpent had no intention of playing with him and once again charged on land.

The Death Bat could have chosen to let the Honey Badger fight against it, but how could he possibly do that?

Right now, his idol was watching him, so he wanted to show his good side.

Because of this, he had no choice but to use a frontal assault at his opponent.

Little did he know that this was part of the Seven-Headed Serpent's plan, who had long noticed that Camazotz would do everything to stop it from disturbing the teenage boy from finishing his craft.

So the moment Camazotz appeared in front of it, it unleashed a Breath Attack at point-blank range, forcing the Death Bat to use one of his life-saving artifacts.

In an instant, he was enveloped by a small golden pyramid, which tanked the Breath Attack of the Seven-Headed Serpent.

The sound of something cracking reverberated in the surroundings, but the Golden Pyramid endured the onslaught till the very end.

When the Breath Attack ended, the Golden Pyramid shattered, and the Death Bat reappeared.

Blood spilled at the corner of Camazotz lips, and a black smoke oozed out of his left shoulder.

Clearly, the Breath Attack dealt him significant injuries, but his determination to fight didn't wane in the slightest.
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"Do you know why I'm called the Death Bat?" Camazotz asked as blood spilled from his lips. "The closer I am to death, the more powerful I become!"

His body started to glow crimson as he flapped his wings to fly straight toward the Seven-Headed Serpent, who didn't back down in the slightest.

Blood trailed behind Camazotz as a fearless sneer appeared on his face.

When one of the Serpent Heads tried to bite him to death, the Death Bat's wings extended by two meters and passed through the Serpent's head.

A second later, the Serpent's head was cut off from its body, and fell into the sea.

The other heads screeched in anger, and shot an Acid Spray at their adversary, making sure that he didn't have a place to escape.

Despite missing one of its heads, they had created a perfect killing zone that should send the Death Bat to the afterlife.

However, Camazotz no longer planned to back down.

So what if he had no place to run to?

He would just bulldoze his way and create a path for survival!

The Death Bat's entire body shone crimson red, leaving a trail of death in its wake.

The Acid fell upon its body like rain, making his skin melt.

Camazotz roared not out of pain but out of strong determination to win the battle.

A brilliant flash of crimson light slashed on three of the Serpent's heads, severing them off completely.

The Death Bat was like a zombie, his skin and bones charred and exposed to the world.

Even so, he didn't back down and continued to fight, cutting off another one of the Serpent's heads, bringing down the number of heads to two.

One of Camazotz's eyes had already turned blind due to the acid, and because of that, he wasn't able to see the serpent tale that was about to hit him from his left side.

The Death Bat's body flew like a pebble thrown into the river, skidding across its surface until he finally crashed down and sank in the water.

The Serpent, who only had two heads remaining, glanced in the direction of the fallen Death Bat before shifting its gaze on the Honey Badger, who was looking at it with his arms crossed over his chest.

The Serpent screeched before charging toward the Honey Badger, who served as Thirteen's last line of defense.

However, just when it was only hundreds of meters away from its target, the sea water behind the Serpent exploded, and the Death Bat emerged with a deadly glint in its eyes.

Camazotz's wingspan was now twelve-meters long, and he moved at a speed that surpassed his usual.

The Serpent, who had made a mistake of putting all of its attention on Cranky, failed to notice that its opponent was about to launch a sneak attack from behind.

It only found out when it felt a stinging pain on its neck.

A few seconds later, the final two heads were severed from its body, making them fall into the sea.

Camazotz then crashed on the ground, creating a crater where he landed.

The Death Bat found it hard to breathe and was gasping for air.

It took a full minute before he finally regained his composure, and when he did, his gaze landed on a giant creature that was now evolving to its final form.

A ripple of power spread in the surroundings as the skies above the Arcadia Archipelago turned red.

Even the color of the sea had changed into a red color, which made Cranky narrow his eyes.

Then, it finally happened.

A Crimson Eight-Headed Serpent raised all of its heads and screeched toward the sky.

Camazotz was already a spent candle, and yet, he felt as if something was about to change from his body.

His Rank, which had stagnated in the Middle-Stages of the Majin Prince, finally showed signs of breaking through.

A bitter chuckle escaped the Death Bat's lips because he knew that he was now at the impasse of life and death.

For some reason, he found it quite ironic.

In the past, he was very afraid of death.

Yet at this very moment when he was facing it, he no longer felt fear.

Camazotz looked at the Majin King with his remaining eye before spreading his tattered wings.

Blood flowed from nearly every part of his body, and his bones were visible as well.

"I am Camazotz," Camazotz declared. "I am the Death Bat who flies on the battlefield of Death. If a Majin Prince comes, I'll kill a Prince. If a King comes, I'll kill a King!"

The sound of thunder rumbled, and dark clouds covered the heavens.

Seeing the courage that Camazotz was showing, the heavens were moved and thus answered, triggering a tribulation.

Most Jinns and Monsters ranked a Majin Prince or Archon raised their rank the safer, normal way.

However, there were rare instances when the breakthrough to each realm would trigger a tribulation. If one managed to pass, they would be several times stronger than if they had gone through a normal realm breakthrough.

The Death Bat no longer had the strength to fight the Eight-Headed Serpent, so he decided to use the Lightning Tribulation to deal damage to it.

Since there were others in the surroundings while he was undergoing a tribulation, the might of the lightning strikes would increase several fold.

But Thirteen decided to take a gamble.

"Rocky!" Thirteen shouted.

The Magma Bal-Boa emerged beside Cranky, further increasing the number of monsters who were going to participate in the lightning tribulation.

A moment later, Giga, Blacky, Hecules, Drazzat, the Trolls, and the Ogres also appeared, making the heavens emit a rumbling sound that seemed to herald the end of the world.

Giga, Blacky, Rocky, Hercules, and the other Monsters all hugged Cranky's legs, as if asking their Big Bro to save them from the Lightning that was gathering in the heavens.

The corner of Cranky's lips twitched when he saw the first bolt of golden lightning head in his direction.

A low shriek escaped the Honey Badger's lips as if saying the words…

"Oh, Sh*t..."

A moment later, a blinding flash of light descended upon the Honey Badger, turning the entire world white.