Armipotent

Tang Shaoyang and Irnus flew backward from the impact. He landed on his feet and to his surprise, he felt the burning pain in his right hand. He glanced at his right hand, which was charred by the fire. It was a surprise that the fire could hurt him.

"Are you surprised? You are underestimating me just because my fire couldn't hurt you earlier. I will make you know the difference between God and a mere mortal like you!" The ground was shaking and soon cracked as fire came out of the crack. The fire burst out of the crack, and it quickly spread out, "This is the True Flame. Something you will never get unless you become a God!" The fire burst out of the crack as the temperature had a sudden increase.

Tang Shaoyang could tell that Irnus activated his domain. It was similar when he used his Realm of Fire, and this made him curious. Domain was used to strengthen the fire and also provide more fire in the fight. The domain also weakened the other elements that were used in the domain. What if he also used his domain? He never fought someone when they activated their domains, which was weird to him because he had a lot of domain skills.

The Void Domain was still active, and the space cracks could be seen in the air. Then he used his new domain, Wicked Domain. He never used this domain, but he understood what it did. The black gas spread out of his dragon wing, and that was the Dark Poison. One of the Wicked Dragon's elements. Then the ground shook once more as the black fire went through Irnus' True Flame, burst out, and fought the crimson fire. That was right, the fires did not coexist as they were trying to extinguish each other. Then the dark lightning spread out on the ground at the ankle level.

"So what if you master more than one element!? You can never beat my True Flame!" The golden-crimson flame burst out from Irnus's ground, forming a wave as he stood on top of the flame wave. Ten-meter wave formed with a figure on top, flooding toward Tang Shaoyang. The dark poison was burnt, the dark lightning and the dark flame were engulfed by Irnus' golden-crimson flame. It showed Irnus' domain was stronger than Tang Shaoyang even though it was a domain that came from his Wicked Dragon bloodline.

'I haven't tried it, but let's see if I can do it,' Tang Shaoyang opened the crack to the void, matching the size of the flame wave. It was a dangerous thing to do because there was a backlash if he failed to control everything properly. Karoen had reminded him and also Zara to be careful of using Void. If he opened too big or too long, there was a high chance that a void creature could flock into his dimension. Karoen reminded him many times that the Void Creatures were much scarier than the beasts or monsters.

Tang Shaoyang succeeded in his attempt to open a big void gate, but of course, Irnus would not enter such an obvious and big void crack. He jumped over the crack while he let his flame wave enter the void. Then the man in the fire flashed toward Tang Shaoyang, leaving a trail of fire.

"Oh, fuck," Tang Shaoyang muttered before his face was hit by a fist made of fire. His figure flung backward, rolling on the cracked ground. He raised a wall to stop his moment from the ground and used the wind to reduce his momentum. His back hit the wall, but he was on his feet. The first thing he did was to touch his nose. Blood trickled down his nose from the punch, and he grinned to see his weird blood. It was dark red, but there was a golden shine reflected on it.

Irnus did not give Tang Shaoyang a chance to recover because he was already right above Tang Shaoyang. This time he came with a sword made of fire instead of a fist covered in fire. He slashed down the one-and-a-half-meter swords. The fire blazed out as it descended toward Tang Shaoyang.

Even though Tang Shaoyang was rolling on the ground, his Spirit Eyes locked on Irnus. He saw Irnus coming for him far from before. The Abyssal Bone appeared in his right hand as the dark lightning gathered at the battle-ax. He swung the battle ax upward, and it pulled out all the dark lightning on the ground, clashing against the sword made of fire.

The dark lightning burst out along the golden-crimson fire also spread out. Tang Shaoyang blocked the attack for the first time. Then he took Nightfall out of his inventory. The Nightfall had lost its sheath from an earlier attempt on a surprise attack on Irnus. The black flame swirled around Nightfall as Tang Shaoyang swung the sword upward, forming a torrent of black flame.

Irnus kicked down the air, pushing himself away from the sword range in time as the black flame pillar formed along with the strike. He did not retreat without countering Tang Shaoyang as twelve giant fireballs formed above him and shot down toward Tang Shaoyang.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The fireball landed and exploded, engulfing Tang Shaoyang in fire. The explosion formed an explosion sphere with Tang Shaoyang in it. However, the explosion did not last long as a void crack formed and absorbed the fire, and  Tang Shaoyang was unhurt from the fireball. He handled Irnus' True Flame pretty well after he first got burned. He realized that his Heavenly Energy was not enough to face the True Flame, and the only way to face the True Flame was with Slayer Energy. He formed a barrier with Slayer Energy, and the True Flame could not break the barrier. However, there was a limit to his Slayer Energy compared to his Heavenly Energy.

Third Heavenly Gate: Heavenly Steps - Heavenly Ethereal Shift.

His figure moved so fast and arrived right in front of Irnus. With his battle-ax that remained covered in black lighting, he swung the battle-ax upward toward Irnus's chest. Irnus however was not surprised by Tang Shaoyang's speed because was prepared. A wing made of golden crimson fire burst out from Irnus' back and locked Tang Shaoyang inside it as he backed away. The fire wing formed into the sphere cage with Tang Shaoyang inside.

Pung!

A muffled explosion came out of the caged fire with Tang Shaoyang inside and soon the black smoke puffed out as a figure fell down. Tang Shaoyang fell to the ground, and a five-meter circle in diameter made of fire formed with Tang Shaoyang at the center. The golden crimson fire rose to the sky, swirling very fast.

Tang Shaoyang got back on his feet with black smoke coming out of his body. He was burned by Irnus' fire, and it caught him off guard, thinking that his speed would catch Irnus off guard. It was he who underestimated the God Rank now. He looked up to the sky, realizing there was no escape because the fire reached space and even further. He could not fly past the fire around him.

The fire circle got smaller, and it was now four meters in diameter. He could sense how dangerous this swirling fire was. His instinct told him not to brute it with his body, and he trusted his instinct, "What about the Void?"

He formed a void crack the size of a door, and to his surprise, the void crack broke apart when it touched the swirling fire. He tried again, and the result was the same, and the circle got smaller now. Three meters away before his body touched this dangerous fire.

"Fall into despair, Your Mortal! This is the price for defying the Federation of Allurion!" Irnus's voice came from outside the circle. However, little did he know that Tang Shaoyang was far from despair.

Eighth Heavenly Gate: Heavenly Tortoise - Sentinel of Heaven!

The Heavenly Tortoise formed around Tang Shaoyang as he went through the golden-crimson fire circle. He just walked through with the Heavenly Tortoise protection. He went through without getting hurt, but the Sentinel of Heaven broke apart as well.

"I know you can get free from my first Sacred Ring, but I have prepared more than one ring for you! Let's see how many times you can use your skill, Mortal!" The smugness in Irnus' voice was obvious. He thought he got Tang Shaoyang into the loop of despair. The second ring was just two meters away from the first ring.

Tang Shaoyang used the same technique and went through the second ring. The Sentinel of Heaven broke apart, but he got free from the second ring. There was a third ring, and he did not hear Irnus' voice this time as he faced the third ring.

'Let's see if Slayer Energy works well against his True Flame,' Tang Shaoyang gathered his Slayer Energy in his sword, right at the blade. Then he cut through the fire, and he managed to cut the fire. He got out of the Sacred Ring. No matter how fatal the Sacred Ring was, it was useless if it did not belong to him. The same with his few attacks earlier. He also failed to hit Irnus, even for a single time.

"Fight me like a God if you are a God, Irnus!" Tang Shaoyang's figure accelerated toward the sky, accelerating toward Irnus. Irnus tried the same trick as a fire wing burst out of his back, but Tang Shaoyang would not fall for the same trap twice. He used [Blink], avoiding the trap, appearing above Irnus. He swung down the Abyssal Bone that was covered in black lightning.

Irnus was caught off guard this time, not expecting the Blink. He raised his sword of fire, putting it horizontally to block the battle-ax.

Bang!

The golden-crimson fire and black lightning burst out, but Tang Shaoyang had the momentum. He brought Irnus down to the ground with him.

Boom!