Abyssal Awakening

Shura had an aura around her that would destroy everything it touched. Naturally, the same aura coated her attack. As for the Reaper, Allura only knew that it blocked off space and fired off concentrated beams of energy.

The rest were all unknown to her.

However, Alice was injured and couldn\'t fight anymore. As her teacher, even if it\'s brief, Allura had a responsibility to keep the young sapling safe. That\'s her job as a teacher!

Stomping down, her aura exploded out as she rushed towards the Reaper.

Since Shura was annoying to kill, she should focus on killing the Reaper first!

But Shura wasn\'t going to let Allura have her way as the giant cross was thrown towards Allura. Breaking into countless shards that transformed into blades, a malevolent aura coated each piece before swarming around Allura.

"F*ck off!" Allura shouted, slamming her fist downwards. A burst of flames pulsed out as invisible blades of her own slashed towards the blades sent by Shura, clashing violently in the sky while the Reaper fired off countless beams of energy towards Allura.

Twisting her body, she unleashed a flurry of punches, each coated with the power of her Nova Core.

Watching all of this happen, Alice was awestruck. Each attack was enough to kill her in one go yet they were firing them off as though it was nothing.

With each punch, the grounds trembled. With each slash, the mountains vanished. This is the pinnacle of power within the realm of the Abyss.

"ARGGGG!!!!" Letting out a shout of anger, Allura slammed her heel into the face of the Reaper before digging her hands into its head.

Seeing the gathering of energy around its eyes to fire off another attack towards her, Allura took a deep breath before gritting her teeth.

Her flames created a shroud of protection around her as she clenched her fist around the Reaper\'s skull.

Realising what Allura was about to do, the Reaper\'s pupil shrunk in shock as she ripped the beast in half!

Its flesh twitched in an attempt to mend itself but Allura wasn\'t about to let it regenerate.

Pulling her arm back, she was about to release another attack when a deep sense of danger manifested behind her. Trusting her instincts, she turned her body and gathered her energy into a single punch.

Sparks of fire crackled around her fist as she punched towards Shura who had fired an orb of destruction towards her.

As the two attacks collided, two vastly different sources of destructive energy exploded out as it combust into an array of colours, lighting up the dark sky. A cosmic array of falling motes of energy rained down.

Despite their beauty, each mote held the power of two Abyss Lords and was capable of killing anything and everything it touched!

But their clash didn\'t end.

*BANG!!!

Clashing blade against fist in the air, Allura gritted her teeth as she could feel the aura of destruction seeping through her flames and toward her.

Against this kind of power, her defences were practically useless.

On the other hand, Shura had a wide grin on her face as her eyes glared at Allura with a mix of excitement and insanity.

Aiming her palm towards Allura\'s head, destructive energy gathered in the blink of an eye before firing towards her.

With her fast reaction, Allura managed to duck under the beam and launch a counterkick against Shura but it was blocked easily.

Glancing back, even the Reaper that was almost dead a moment ago had healed up fully and was now preparing more attacks towards her.

Even now, her senses were telling her that the Reaper was the most dangerous yet all it\'s done so far was lock down the space around them and fire off concentrated beams of energy. It wasn\'t doing anything else which raised Allura\'s suspicion.

However, the fact of the matter was that the Lord of Destruction gave her the most pressure. If she didn\'t deal with the Lord of Destruction, she could forget about killing the Reaper.

\'What a pain!\' Allura thought to herself in annoyance as she coated her hand in a protective coating before grabbing Shura by the collar. Turning around, she threw the Lord towards the Reaper before gathering her energy into a single spark.

Nova Core!

A spark of destruction that contained the power granted to her by the sixth Day of Execution. The realm trembled at its creation as the spark of pure power rushed towards Shura and the Reaper.

Seeing this, Shura simply grinned as she had seen this move too many times now.

Creating several arrays, around the attack that was moving towards them, Shura clenched her fist and the space around the Nova Core collapsed in on itself. The target of her attack being eradicated without a chance to detonate.

"Tch, what a pain in this ass." Allura spat out in annoyance as she panted heavily from the fatigue of trying to kill two nine star beasts.

Seeing the situation that she was in, she couldn\'t help but think that she bit off more than what she could chew. But to save Alice, this was a necessity.

\'Enough b*tching about these two. I need to focus up. Just a little more than it\'ll be the Seventh Day, That\'ll be my chance to turn things around.\' Allura thought to herself.

Her Seven Days of Execution was a skill she thought up of after getting inspired by Alice and it\'s a type of self imposed Ritual. Once she fulfils certain conditions that she sets for herself, she\'d be able to exchange it for power beyond her limits for a brief period of time.

In this case, she was to fight without her Blessing and at half strength for an extended period of time. Once enough energy has gathered to progress the ritual to the seventh day, she\'d be allowed to tap into a new reserve of power beyond her usual strength.

However, if she was forced to use her blessing or full strength during this charging period, the Ritual would be rendered null and the energy she\'d been amassing would be lost.

A high risk high reward gamble.

\'Just a little more.\'

Even now, her aura was beginning to fluctuate as she approached the apex of her power.

Breathing out a mouthful of air, she calmed her mind and focused on stalling for now. With her being this close to fulfilling her ritual, rushing into things would make it worse.

But this proved to be a mistake.

Noticing her chance in stance and defensive posture, Shura understood that Allura was stalling. And the only reason an Abyss Lord would stall was to buy time to turn things around!

Immediately, destructive energy erupted around her body as she flickered out of view and reappeared behind Allura.

"!!!"

Slashing down with her blade, Shura manifested 3 clones of herself, each in the process of unleashing the same move.

Unable to tell the difference between any of them, Allura was forced to either face it head on or try her best to retreat. She knew that facing it head on would require her to tap into more power as there was a newfound lethality within Shura\'s attacks.

\'Sh*t! I messed up!\' Allura cried out in her mind as she created an explosion beneath her feet, launching her body up and away from the encirclement.

But as she flung herself higher into the air, the Reaper was ready. Several beams were mere inches away from hitting her.

"Lua, can you stop getting yourself into trouble the moment I look away?"

"Kaden!" Allura\'s expression brightened up as she heard a family voice.

A barrier of shadows wrapped around her and blocked the Reaper\'s attack as Kaden breached through Reaper\'s space lock and teleported next to Allura.

His attire was damaged and his body was wounded. However, his aura was far stronger than before.

"And here I thought you would be able to take care of your target before I killed mine." Kaden chuckled, patting Allura on the head as she stuck her tongue out in playfulness.

"I had to cover for Alice annoying the Reaper for some reason. But for the most dangerous feeling thing on the battlefield, it\'s only using one attack and regenerating." Allura explained as Kaden narrowed his eyes at the beast.

"Should I help you lighten the burden then? I\'m feeling pretty energetic after getting my eight Sigil." Kaden grinned.

[Abyss Lord of Shadows : Kaden - ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦]

"Wait how quick did you even kill her???" Allura blinked her eyes in surprise and confusion since there would be a period of time when the body would be reshaped to accept the new Sigil. If Kaden was here after killing his target then…

"What do you think? But let me even out the playing field first since I\'m not a good frontline fighter." Kaden chuckled.

A large inky shadow expanded beneath him as the countless cries of beasts could be heard. However, there was one that caught the attention of the Reaper.

A being of countless eyes and a size that dwarfed the battlefield.

Bursting out of the shadows, a single twitching limb could be seen. From one followed two. From two followed four. From four, came countless as a twitching mass of shadows clawed itself out from the darkness and stood before the Reaper.

As though looking into a twisted mirror, the Reaper came face to face with its own reflection.

"Isn\'t this a bit better? Now then, shall we go for round 2?" Kaden smirked as eight Sigils lit up on his body.