242 With Faith, It Is Possible. (1/2)
The final stage has been set, the true powers have been unleashed.
The entire world of Tunga is currently empty of any living being as if they have predicted the two beasts' coming. The entire land was as big as the entire United States combined into a wide hollow land.
The current most powerful Dragon in all mortal realms is currently faced to face with the Emperor in his peak form.
As a being who originally has no form, the Emperor could only copy the beings as much as he liked and at his peak form, he could even copy everyone's ability.
Elric is the strongest creature the Emperor has ever faced since he started to gain sentience. And thus, it is only right for him to copy Elric's current form and power.
Not to mention, the Emperor also has access to all the accumulated living beings he had devoured throughout his life-giving him an advantage that Elric doesn't have. Good examples are the powers of the past Elemental God and the Godly Beast of Dimensional Realms that he can freely utilize ever since he devoured both.
”It has been a long time ever since I have felt these complete.” the Emperor started as he looked at his current Ten Winged Dragon body. A dark smoke continued to exude from all over his body, bringing forth a terrifying presence that would make everyone fall on their knees - except for Elric.
”Well then. Enjoy it while it lasts.” Elric said as his body started to glow brightly. His muscles started to contract while his long golden claws sharpened. The ten golden wings on his back stretched outwardly like a peacock on full display.
”You are too excited to die.” the Emperor scoffed at Elric's pose.
The two of them started to unleash their burning aura. Elric exuded a golden light while the Emperor released a fiery dark smoke.
gggzgzgzgzgz~
The ground started to shake at the sheer pressure of the two Godly beasts. Their eyes locked on each other and are aware of their individual strength.
Elric was about to charge forward when the Emperor, currently a dark version of his Ten Winged Dragon form, suddenly flapped his wings to move away. In a blink of an eye, the Emperor is now ten kilometers away from him.
Elric chased with a mighty flap of his ten wings. Then before he knew it, his eyes widened in surprise. In the midst of his flight, a dimensional door opened on his right. The Emperor emerged out from it with its sharp dark claws at front - aiming at Elric's neck.
Elric was prepared. He narrowly avoided the claws with perfect agility and countered with a tail swipe from the back.
Whaapak!
BOOOOOOM!~
The Emperor was hit! The sheer impact of Elric's tail swipe caused a thunderous tremor and made the ground below crumble from the sheer power of the shockwave.
Whapaak!~
KABOOOOOOOM!~
Borrowing the momentum, the Emperor reappeared at Elric's side and hit his chest with a mighty claw swipe.
A bloody gush poured out of Elric as he skids hardly to the ground, leaving behind a deep bloody gorge.
The Emperor had a victorious smile at the pleasure of crushing his enemy. Unfortunatly, the smile was shortlived. A blinding golden beam of fire was unleashed by Elric and hit the Emperor on his chest.
Zioooong-BOOOOOOM!
The ground shook again. The sheer power of Elric's breath was reminiscent of the Flash Cannon with a hundred times the normal power.
However, the Emperor managed to summon the past Elemental God's power and protected himself from Elric's blazing beam. He swiftly retreated to a dimensional portal and reappeared above Elric with his own dark blazing beam.
Ziiiiiooong!~
Elric was prepared, he hastily stopped his fire breath and dodged the fire with agile steps. Despite their gargantuan sizes, both of them moved like a flexible martial artist.
Elric retreated and suddenly charged at blinding speed while narrowly dodging the enemy's fire.
POOOOOM!~
CRAAASH!
Elric knocked the Emperor and smacked him down to the ground.
BASSSH!
BOOOOOM!
The Emperor fought back by reappearing behind Elric and smacked him from behind with a devastating force of his hind legs.
And just like that, the two Dragons of opposing colors fought like mad beasts. They spew fire while trying to outwit each other, pummeling each other with a devastating force strong enough to crush giant mountains into crumpled plains.
Their fight took almost an hour but there were still no signs of a clear winner. No matter how much they damaged each other, Elric's crazy recovery and the Emperor's undying body made all of their efforts futile.
In the midst of their battle, Elric suddenly recalled his conversation with Kaora a long time ago back at Kaora's realm.
”How do I defeat the Emperor?” Elric asked with a pleading look at the perfect man before him. Kaora was feeding a cute looking baby monster on his arms and smiled gently at Elric.
”My answer is simple. Why?”
Elric was about to ask further for clarification when Kaora suddenly disappeared before him and reappeared from the distance. The latter put the cute baby monster on the lap of a sleeping gigantic beast before smiling back at Elric. Then he disappeared again. Kaora was just full of mysteries.
But now, he seems to have understood the latter's answer 'why?'.
”Indeed, why should I?” Elric thought.
***
”Kukuku... this is fun.” the Emperor playfully said as he stood proudly before Elric.
He has lost his right arm while a massive gaping hole on his right chest swiftly recovered like a mold getting back to its original shape.
”I know. But too bad we have to end this.” Elric replied with a calm gaze.
After shaking out the dirt on his body, the Emperor said, ”Huhu.. giving up too soon?”
Elric heaved a deep one while looking above. His senses meeting the cry of the victims of this catastrophy. Their soul was calling to him.
”I have a duty to fulfill. I hope you enjoyed your last battle.”
”Are you saying that all this time, you were just going easy on me? Fool! You can't even knock me fully on a single second!”
Then Elric's expression changed.
”Aren't you surprised how I brought you here? Everything has been calculated from the start. There was no way on defeating you in the first place no matter how much I overpower you.”
Elric's ten wings suddenly stretched out. His heavenly Dragon aura exploded and made the Emperor stood uneasy.
Then slowly, Elric raised his finger and pointed at the Emperor, ”The reason why I brought you here is to seal you forever.”
”Hahahaa! Fool! The silliest joke I have ever heard!” and the Emperor unleashed his wings before charging forth at a blinding speed.
”DIE!”
The Emperor was coming with a deadly intention. He was not amused at Elric's declaration of sealing him. Now that he has gained and tasted the power and fleshy desires, he does not plan to go back!
But instead of fighting back, Elric decided to close his eyes and received the Emperor's wrath with a calm demeanor.
”Shatter under my power!”
Baaash!
BOOOOM!~
Whaam!
BOOOOOM!~
Ziiiooong!
BOOOOOM!
With Elric as the center, the entire land of Tunga was now a fiery mess.
Elric flew around like a dummy Dragon. He was hammered, scorched, trampled, smacked and verbally cursed as the Emperor unleashed his wrath on the defenseless Elric.
”What are you doing!? Why are you not fighting back!?” the Emperor was frustrated. He tried to finish Elric off but the latter seems to resist the call of death no matter his effort. Elric was only focused on defending and surviving and not a tinge of hostile intention was felt.
All of a sudden, the Heavenly Dragon before him stopped fighting. This is not the Elric he knew before! The Emperor was frustrated! He wanted to feel Elric's rage. The power of hate, anger, vengeance. All the negativity that empowers him, he wants it!
But now, suddenly, Elric was like light he could never harm. Little did the Emperor knew, his frustration of not being able to make Elric fight back was draining his power.
”You are a being born from the endless hate and negativity from all realms. As long as everyone or someone exist, you will never disappear. But now that you have tasted the greed of life and fleshy desire, you have become an existence that tramples the natural order of the world.”
Elric said while trying his best to stand up despite the countless wounds and broken bones. His Ten golden wings are now down to a three, while his claws were crumpled and two tails gone. It was his worst state ever since becoming a Heavenly Dragon.
”There was no such thing as coincidence. Heaven gave me this power since that fateful day, knowing that you will succeed in your desire. Unfortunately, heaven is absolute and no matter how much you resist, you will never be able to break your fate. I come in the name of justice and balance. I come in order to seal you.”
Then Elric's body suddenly unleashed something the Emperor never expected.
Crakkaackkaakckaa~
The lightning energy from the last Retribution of Godly Tribulation started to emerge out of Elric's body. The sheer presence of heavenly energy instilled the Emperor's instinctive fear of the highest order. His enormous guilt caused his body to itch and weakened at the sheer presence of the divine lightning.
”What is the meaning of this...” the Emperor muttered in disbelief and confusion.
”I was never punished by heaven a while ago. It was me who asked their blessing just for this moment.”
”THEN BLESS THIS!” the Emperor had enough, he opened his mouth and was about to unleash the strongest black fire he could muster to wipe Elric and the entire land in one go.
But the next moment, Elric turned into a flash of lightning and charged to towards the Emperor faster than the latter could react.
Grab~
SHOooosh!
Elric snuffed the Emperor's fire by grabbing his mouth. The presence of divine lightning energy made his power absolute over the Emperor. Then Elric dragged the Emperor towards the distant white obelisk - it was the gate to the true world of the Light Elementals.
”No! No! No!” the Emperor unleashed all his powers. Thousands, no millions of black tentacles formed into giant hands and tried to grab into anything he can hold on.
”DO YOU THINK YOU CAN MAKE ME?!” the Emperor beckoned furiously at Elric. If looks could kill, Elric would have died a thousand times already.
But instead, there was no hostile reply from Elric. Rather, it was as if Elric was just doing a chore. There were peace and freedom in his eyes.
”With faith, yes I can.” Elric's Ten Golden Wings suddenly exploded from behind. At the same time, the Emperor's three red eyes saw the faint spiritual figures of all the innocent lives that have fallen victim to him.
Behind Elric's glowing figure was millions of faint spiritual beings, their hands were touching Elric's body from all sides, giving him the spiritual strength to push the Emperor forward to the white obelisk.
Elric's push started to become stronger. The white obelisk was just standing ten meters behind. The moment the Emperor touched it, he will be trapped in the world of the Light Elementals where his power will be sealed forever.
Not giving up, the Emperor of Darkness, summoned more black hands to grab almost everything. The sheer force was starting to shake the entire Tunga and faint reverberation could be felt outside.
Then Elric swiftly shifted to his spiritual form. The Emperor was too focused on defending his physical body and never expected Elric to suddenly shifting to the spiritual realm.