Nameless King

Whooooooooooosh.

The tip of the spear stabbed into the tiny gap between the shards of the sword. The white lightning immediately reacted to it, heading toward Wain and trying to stop him, but it seemed to have no effect on him at all.

Crackle. Crackle. Crackle.

Waves of energy from the spear rippled through the sword's parts, as many cracks appeared. A moment later, the overpowering energy turned the shards of the sword into dust, through the cloud which Wain swept like a death demon.

The spear collapsed on the circles with ease, destroying two of them, as Wain chose a point where the edges of the two circles protected each other, but the third one did not reinforce them in any way. The debris of the circles flew aside as the shockwave threw the third one away.

'It can't be!' Virion inwardly exclaimed while in disbelief as he hurriedly took a step back.

He didn't expect Wain to easily destroy two of the three layers of his defenses, so he tried to run away, but Wain's silhouette had already passed through the dense barrier of flame.

Virion's eyes went wide as despite the power of the flames Wain took absolutely no damage. A thin veil of darkness covered him, absorbing all the fierce fire into itself as if sacrificing itself for Wain.

"Your fire is actually hot, however, my darkness is also very cold, and I seem to use my power better than you, don't I?" Wain uttered with a deadly gaze as his eyes literally pierced Virion's Soul.

Crackle. Crackle. Crackle.

Wain appeared in front of Virion as his spear, which seemed at any moment to shatter, sank into Virion's chest. Blood gushed out as Virion's face contorted in horrible pain.

At the same time, Virion's robe shone brightly as two symbols flew out that immediately turned into streams of energy, heading towards Virion and greatly strengthening his body. The previous wounds immediately recovered as Virion's skin became like the strongest metal in the world.

"Trying to save your miserable life? Good, go ahead, use everything you've got. I want to see how far you're willing to go." Wain said in a brutal way as his voice like evil spirits had entered Virion's mind.

Tremble. Tremble. Tremble.

Gradually, the spear passed deeper, and deeper, pushing through Virion's flesh millimeter by millimeter as the tip of the spear touched his ribcage.

Crackle. Crackle. Crackle.

Cracks appeared in his bones as the cracking sound rumbled through Virion's head a hundred times louder. At that moment, he could even hear his heartbeat.

'Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! He hasn't even used his Beyond yet! I shouldn't have used it so quickly!' Virion inwardly shouted as he clenched his teeth and his eyes filled with blood. Wain was serious, he was ready to kill, even wanted to, so Virion had a few seconds to somehow save himself.

Whooooooooosh.

All the writing on Virion's robe glowed brightly, becoming a flood of ink. They formed a massive black symbol that, unlike the previous ones, was black. Because of that Virion was momentarily weakened as the spear destroyed one of his ribs and nearly reached his heart as Virion even felt its touch.

Tremble.

At the same moment, the symbol trembled as all the energy from it burst forth. The massive blast of energy threw Wain and Virion to different sides of the arena as the entire shining tree shook violently. Though the symbol was black, the energy was white as snow and it seemed to have been created against Wain's darkness.

"AGH!!!" Wain slammed his back against the wall as the wooden spear fell out of his hands. It was already at its limit, so as soon as the spear touched the ground it shattered into many splinters, completely losing its power.

"Bastard... What was that?! Can he just cause an explosion like that?! Why didn't he use that before?" Wain complained with a furious look as a red, bloody aura appeared around him that was a sign of his incredible murderous intent.

The white energy from the explosion slowly dissipated, until suddenly Virion swung his arm and all the energy was directed toward him, in a single massive stream.

Virion was wrenching blood as he put a flame-covered palm to the wound, trying to burn it, but for some reason, he was unable to do so.

'What the fuck?! Why isn't my flame working?! Virion inwardly exclaimed and suddenly his eyes went wide as he realized what he had done, 'No way... Having used all the runes I have strengthened my body so much that my fire is now powerless against it...? At this rate, I will die from bleeding!'

Even the most experienced warrior could get confused trying to save his life when he was literally separated from death by a few moments, so in this fight there came a moment when Virion made a mistake. The energy from the blast healed him slightly, but it wasn't enough to stop the bleeding, it only slowed it down slightly.

'Wait... He has no more runes left from his Beyond, also it seems he has no weapons to defend himself... so this is my chance!' Wain internally exclaimed with wide eyes before rushing forward.

Wain removed the fifth form as he wore black armor and a sword of compressed light in his hand. Of all the forms he hadn't used yet except Abyss Artist, he had only Code of Light and Darkness with Light Racer left, so Wain tried to kill Virion before he activated his Form as it was his only chance to survive.

Whoooooooosh.

Wain turned into clots of darkness as a moment later he was in front of Virion with his sword drawn to attack.

The last circle suddenly appeared in front of Wain, but because Virion was wounded and had difficulty controlling it Wain with a smooth stroke, cut the damaged circle and attacked Virion.

The fight could have been over in seconds, but Virion had already made his decision as then tremendous clouds gathered over the shining tree.