Armipotent

"Buahahahaha…" Irnus released a hefty laughter when he heard what Tang Shaoyang said. He was not angry because he was confident that Tang Shaoyang would not be able to kill him. He still had one more thing he had not used yet aside from God Domain.

"I don't really want to use this, but might as well show you since I have used God Domain. I want you to feel despair in your last moments. I will make you regret messing up with us!" Irnus grinned as he used God Ascension.

Irnus's fire turned into pure gold fire was merely the outer appearance change. The skill turned Irnus into a divine being, transforming his mana into Divine Energy, also boosted his attributes, and all his skills got twice stronger as well. The wound on his chest disappeared along with the ascension.

Tang Shaoyang could tell the change in aura was drastic. He felt the pressure on him just by his presence, but again, that did not deter Tang Shaoyang a little bit. He remained calm, staring at Irnus with his crimson eyes.

Irnus' figure disappeared, and for the first time, Tang Shaoyang's spirit eyes failed to pick up Irnus' movement. Then his eyes widened, and he swung his sword to the back. Irnus caught the sword by the blade with his hand. Nightfall's blade could not hurt Irnus.

"I am surprised that you catch on," Irnus smiled as he sent his left fist toward Tang Shaoyang's face.

Tang Shaoyang did not back down as he used the Heavenly Crushing Strike. With the borrowed Heavenly Azure Dragon's pure energy, his fist met with seemingly Irnus' normal punch.

Bang!

The clash created a loud noise as the shock wave spread out, and Tang Shaoyang was blown backward. He was rolled on the dirt. He tried to use Elemental Manipulation to create an earth wall to stop the momentum. But he quickly realized it did not work. He could not manipulate the ground to form a wall.

Before he could think of something else, Irnus was right above him. Irnus landed the kick on his back, pinning him down to the ground.

"Urghhh!" Tang Shaoyang grunted as he felt an overwhelming pressure on his back.

"Is this considering you kneeling to me? Unfortunately, even kneeling will not save you or your empire," Irnus raised his fire sword, "I would like to play more with you, but I don't have that much time to play with you. My friends might die because of your spirits. You have strong spirits, yet you choose to fight separately, what a dumb decision."

Irnus was about to pierce Tang Shaoyang's head, but then hundreds of Slayer Blades formed around them with all the blades pointed toward Irnus. He sensed how dangerous the blade was. He retracted his swords as his figure disappeared. That was right, he just disappeared, the same when Tang Shaoyang used to blink. Just like how he could create and move things in his domain, he could teleport his body as long as the God Domain was active. However, he could only teleport or move things that belonged to him. The Slayer Blades did not belong to him, so he could not teleport the blades away.

Tang Shaoyang got back on his feet, touching his back where Irnus stepped him. That hurt a lot more than he thought. He realized that Irnus had become far stronger than him. From the two attacks, he realized he was losing in every aspect, including the attributes even though he was at an advantage before. However, he was not at the dead end yet because he had one more trump card, True Dragon. He used True Dragon and transformed into the Wicked Dragon.

He rarely used True Dragon transformation because of how weird it felt, and he was in the new form which made it weirder than before, 'huh?' He was looking in one direction, but he had to see it from three different angles. That was weird, but then he realized through his Spirit Eyes that he was a three-headed black dragon. The three-point views made him uncomfortable, and he regretted immediately that he had not tried the True Dragon transformation before.

Tang Shaoyang thought it would be hard to control his new dragon body, but then it was not as hard as he thought. His right head turned toward the middle head, and the right head bit the middle head's neck. He subconsciously roared from the pain. It was more painful than he thought, but he felt like he had good control and understanding of his new body. He moved his three heads perfectly after the first bite. The right head could breathe out dark poison, the middle head could breathe out dark flame, and the left head could breathe out dark lightning.

The big difference in his appearance from the previous transformation was the three pairs of wings, the three tails, and the different shapes of horns. He was still a black dragon with more spikes on his back and tails. He was still in Spirit Integration, but he no longer had Zara's wings. It was the pure form of a dragon.

Irnus teleported a hundred meters away, and when he regained his sight after the short teleportation, he was surprised to find the massive three-headed dragon. He used Detection and realized the gargantuan beast was Tang Shaoyang, not his spirit.

"Damn it! I don't know if he got his bloodline through ritual," There was a clear difference when someone got a bloodline through the blood essence and bloodline inheritance ritual. The difference was attribute gain, the skill inherited from the bloodline, and also the second transformation, which was the True Transformation, "No wonder this man is actually stronger than his actual rank. Not just because of his class, but also because of his pure bloodline."

Then Irnus made eye contact with the middle head, and Tang Shaoyang opened his mouth, sending the dark fire toward Irnus. The fire traveled through the air so fast that it took one second to reach Irnus. The Flame God Rank did not want to risk blocking the fire. He learned his lesson after witnessing one of his comrades from Nirvana died.

Irnus teleported himself to the air, a hundred meters above the air. But then he could not find the giant dragon again. He realized that a huge shadow loomed over him. Despite his size, Tang Shaoyang had become much faster than before. He used his paw, slamming down Irnus. The latter could not react in time and was hit.

Boom!

Irnus was sent to the ground. Then each head gathered their perspective element and shot everything toward Irnus.

The Flame God Rank took a quick reaction. The island disappeared as he allowed his body to fall into the sea of fire. The dark lightning, the dark flame, and the dark poison clashed into the sea of fire. Instead of getting engulfed by Irnus' True Flame, the three elements clashed equally, spreading out on the surface of the sea of fire.

But then the sea of fire folded up, folding up into a sphere, surrounding the massive dragon with the fire. The sphere was suppressed into a smaller size as Irnus intended to squash Tang Shaoyang with his True Flame while Irnus was hiding.

Tang Shaoyang did not panic as he re-activated the Wicked Domain. His element should be stronger than before because had become a dragon. The dark lightning, dark poison, and the dark flame burst out from his body. The three dark elements burst out of the fire sphere as the three dark elements spread out in the God Domain.

However, Irnus had predicted Tang Shaoyang could break free from his fire sphere as he prepared a twenty-meter fire sword right above. As soon as the fire sphere burst out, the sword went down. The tip of the sword hit Tang Shaoyang's back, bringing him down from the air. However, the sword failed to break the dragon scale. The sword pushed the three-headed dragon into the sea of fire.

Meanwhile, Tang Shaoyang was awkwardly trying to swing in the sea of fire while thinking of how to break the fire sword. He was just not used to fighting in his dragon form, so it was a little bit hard for him to react faster. In the end, he figured out that he had three tails that were strong enough to break the sword made of fire.

He regained his footing, standing above the sea of fire with his three dark elements spreading out above the sea of fire.

"Where are you hiding, coward? How long are you going to hide? Are you going to wait for your friends to come to help you?" Tang Shaoyang spoke in his dragon voice, which was deeper than his usual voice.

That was right, he taunted Irnus because he could not find Irnus even with his Spirit Eyes and Dragon Sense. The Flame God Rank hid his presence, and maybe because this was also Irnus' domain.

"Are you not ashamed of hiding from a mere Demi-God Rank?"