Reina stood in the center of the Darkness World, her sword glowing violently---its light bending the void itself.
Every Emperor, every Empress, even Zero, Zephyr, and Nox were panting, sweating dripping, their bodies trembling under the crushing pressure.
The air was soo dense it felt like the world was about to collapse.
Octavia:
(Glared voice shaking)
"We will kill you, Reina!"
Reina:
(Eyes half-lidded)
"You want to kill me... yet you can't lay a single scratch on me."
Octavia:
(Frustrated)
"Tch..."
Reina:
(Opened her arms wide)
"Dont lose hope, everyone... continue having despair... as this world slowly becomes nothingness themselves."
Restu:
(Stepped forward)
"You are the one to talk."
Reina:
(Tilted her head)
"How about you all come to me one more time... and I'll show you what is about to happen."
All the Emperors and Empress surges forward at once---
Their attacks coming from the right, left, center, above, behind.
Time bent. Space cracked. Reality screamed.
Reina:
(Smirked)
"Did you really think a mere attack would defeat me?"
Suddenly she spun, her sword slashing so fast it appeared everywhere at once--
Cutting through every attack simultaneously.
Yasha:
(Eyes widened)
"What?! What just happened---"
Raphael:
(Shouted and stunned)
"Is her sword appearing everywhere?!"
Reina:
(Lowered the blade)
"That's where you're wrong...:
She raised her sword upward.
Suddenly---
Infinite attacks spawned across the entire Darkness World.
Across the sky.
Across the ground.
Across the void.
Across every direction.
Before anyone could blink---
Before anyone could even see the attacks---
They were already launched.
Everyone was struck at once.
Blood spilled.
Bodies flew.
The world cracked.
Zephyr:
(Coughed blood)
"Impossible!! Did she span the attack across everywhere?!"
Reina:
(Looked at him)
"You're analyzing my attack... Very well. Stand there and tank it."
Suddenly an attack hit Zephyr again--
Before he even reacted.
Zephyr:
(Shocked)
"What?!!"
Reina:
(Stepped forward)
"Humans treat time like a river they can swim through, hoping to reach a safer shore I walk through the shore as a completed canvas. My Draconic Apocalypse is not a strike sent across multi dimensions shores by all means—
SHE CONTINUED---
Reina:
(Smirked)
"It is the shore of those infinite worlds itself. From the living realms to the depths of the afterlife, my blade was already waiting for you before you took your first step in the river."
Everyone froze, horrified.
Reina continued:
Reina:
(Serious)
"Linear path are primitive. Just like you release attacks from a linear stream of time, mine allows me to release attacks from all existing rivers across all multiverses"
Zephyr:
(Cracked)
"No way..."
Reina:
(Voice malice)
"Do not lose your spark so soon; this struggle is the only thing left to entertain me. Drive your power into the river you wish to bring forth. Just know that as fast as you build that river I will cut it down until no shore neither river remain for you to run to."
Her sword glowed brighter--
the Darkness World trembled--
and despair deepened.
BACK IN THE FIREFOX UNIVERSE⚡️
The Outer chamber of the Firefox Organization Realm fell silent as Blaze finished his final trial.
Light poured from him like a newborn star---
Bai:
(Face lit up)
"Oh wow--look at him. Someone glowing like an emperor now."
Burnishara:
(Folded her arms)
"The appearance alone speaks louder."
Blazeth:
(Reverent)
"His energy... it's too much for even a transcendent god to perceive. He has truly ascended into a different plane of reality."
Blazarus:
(Stepped and hands on his blaze shoulder)
"Are you ready, son?"
Blaze:
(Aura steady)
"Yeah."
In an instant, Bai, Burnishara, and Blazarus teleported into the outer void of space--Blaze followed.
They hovered among drifting embers of starlight; the cosmos itself seemed to bow.
Bai:
(Cheeks flushed)
"Look at him..."
Burnishara:
(Nudged her, teasing her)
"You like Blaze, don't you?"
Bai:
(Blushing at blaze)
"Blaze-san..."
Blaze:
(Didn't answer and turned away)
"I shall take my leave then. Greet everyone for me."
Before anyone could reply,
Blaze pushed off the void and sprinted downward toward the Astral Universe---
a streak of light tearing through space in zero seconds.
Where he vanished, the air still hummed with the echo of his power.
Bai stood frozen, still blushing. Burnishara watched him go, a small, knowing smile on her lips.
🌑THE ASTRAL APPROACH---
Moment later, the Astral sky split as a comet of imperial light tore through the heavens.
Ryder and the council, still looking at the holographic screen--a new presence arriving like thunder.
Ryder:
(Voice low)
"Blaze... he's here."
Blaze landed amid the Astral court, aura flaring, breath steady. He looked at the holographic screen, at the shattered silhouettes of Emperors and Empresses, and his expression hardened.
Liana:
(Blushed)
"Babe."
Blaze:
(Smiled)
"What's sup honey."
Millim:
(Shocked)
"Blaze?! You took a long ass training."
Thalorien:
(Smirked)
"Welcome back Blaze-san"
Asuna:
(Smiled)
"At last you are here Blaze-kun"
Lucian:
(Thinking)
"If anyone can turn the tide, it surely is him."
Blaze:
(Serious)
"Show me where Reina is."
The chamber answered with a silence that tasted like iron.
Outside, the Darkness World trembled--and hope, fragile and dangerous, shifted toward a new light.
The moment Blaze readied himself to depart, the air fell into a hush so complete it felt like stars themselves
Everyone eye widened;
From the pathway Seraphina walked, and the air bent around her like a tide. Her presence was a gravity--
Ryuu:
(Awed, low)
"Is that truly Seraphina...?"
Xerion:
(Breath caught)
"Her aura... it's a storm of gods."
Rinara:
(Soft, reverent)
"This energy... it stands on the threshold of divinity."
Blaze:
(A small smile)
"Seraphina."
Seraphina:
(Light, like a bell)
"Hey there."
Luneth:
(Teasing, curious)
"Where have you been hiding?"
Seraphina:
(Calm)
"I've been sharpening myself in silence. And why has everyone gathered?"
Thalass:
(Blunt)
"All the surbordinates assembled at Emperor Restu's command."
Lucian:
(Measuring, eyes lidded)
"Is that the mark of a god?"
Glaciana:
(Matter-of-fact)
"A mere surge from her, would wipe out an entire laws."
Leo:
(Grim)
"Is reina evolving more?"
Ven:
(Watching the holographic screen)
"She's a transcendent beings remember..."
Sarao Shiratori:
(To Seraphina)
"Will you follow Blaze into the Darkness World?"
Seraphina:
(Resolute)
"Yes."
Blaze:
(Quiet, sincere)
"Wei would be honored by the power you have obtained. Come--let us end this."
Liana:
(Tender, warning)
"Be careful, sweetheart."
Blaze flushed, a brief, human warmth crossing his face.
Blaze:
(Half-smile)
"I will."
With that, they vanished---a pair of comets tearing through the Astral sky--
teleporting straight into the Darkness World.
⏯️BACK AT THE PIT OF LAYERS--
Void ling lay flat on the floor, laughing--breath ragged, chest heaving-- having completed the 8th floor.
Xenon:
(Arms crossed and entered)
"Congratulations. You're on my level now. You finished the eighth floor."
Void ling:
(Pushed himself up, wiping blood on lip)
"What is the ninth floor like?"
Xenon pointed without speaking.
Void ling turned and saw it---
A colossal humanoid spirt, a butterfly of light and shadow unfurled behind it.
The training pit itself seemed to collapse and peel away, revealing a deserted multidimensional plain--an endless sea of sand stretching into impossible horizons.
Void ling:
(Swallowed)
"Who are you? What is this place?"
Xenon:
(Inclined)
"This is the spirit of the universe. His name is Aethelgard."
Aethelgard:
(Voice liked wind)
"You are the first to reach the ninth floor in ages. Only I and one other have ever stood here:
Void ling:
(Eyes widened)
"Only two... including me?"
Xenon:
(Nodded)
"Your final mission is to learn the true form of Void Dominion. To complete Death Heaven, you must master it. The first wilderness of that ability stands before you."
Void ling:
(Disbelief)
"The first user...?"
Aethelgard:
(Smirked)
"Yes. Are you ready?"
Void ling:
(Serious)
"I'm ready."
🔮BACK AT THE DARKNESS WORLD
Back in the Darkness World, the duel between Eclipsera and Darkness raged without mercy.
They move like dangerous storms-- too fast for even time to follow-- each strike bending reality itself.
Drakkan was pushed down kneeling for a moment--
Eclispera hovered above him, one hand in her pocket, the other loose at her side, eyes cold and unreadable.
Eclipsera:
(Calm, almost amused)
"Do you begin to understand my Tempa Flow now?"
Drakkan:
(Gritted his teeth)
"Yes.... I understand. But understanding alone won't save you, Eclispera."
He pushed himself up. A golden blade coalesced in his outstretched hand-- light and intent forged into steel.
Drakkan:
(Certain)
"Dominion Strike."
Eclispera:
(Lips curled)
"A sword? You think a blade can cut through time itself, when time warps around me?"
Drakkan's eyes flashed. He surged forward with impossible speed--an intensity that made time broke apart
Eclispera stretched both hands and froze the world like a single command: Time stopped. For a heartbeat, everything hung like a panting.
Then Drakkan-- he slashed through the frozen moment,tearing a wound in the stillness itself.
A blade cut Eclipsera's shoulder; she staggered, shock and pain flashing across her face.
Eclipsera:
(Stunned)
"What--he broke my ability?!"
She tried to rewind the moment, to pull the thread of time back and heal the cut, but the flow refused her.
Drakkan moved like a shadow through the halted seconds. He positioned himself the rewind, and with a single, crule arc he cut the very rewind--
making the present remain present before it could ever be undone.
Eclispera stared at the wound as she attempted to mend it. Nothing. The flesh would not knit. Her breath hitched.
Eclispera:
(Voice cracking)
"Impossible... I can't heal."
Drakkan:
(Cold, decisive)
"Correct. Dominion Strike does more than wound---it serves. The injury cannot be healed by any means. It is final.
He raised the golden blade, the light around it humming with absolute authority.
Drakkan:
(Laughing)
"IT'S OVER, ECLISPERA!."
BLAZE AND SERAPHINA ARRIVES--
Back to the other side of the Darkness Universe...
A suddenly dimension was opened as Seraphina and Blaze materialized.
Reina:
(Cold and smiled)
"At last--you've arrived."
Ultimate Zero:
(Surprised)
"Blaze? Seraphina?"
Zephyr:
(Serious)
"You two?"
Yasha:
(Smiled and panting)
"Finally. Took you long enough. I'll leave the rest to you."
Reina:
(Smirked widened into a sneer)
"Leave it to them? You truly believe they can crush me? Such arrogance."
She lifted her blade and pointed it at Blaze and Seraphina.
Vespera:
(Shouted)
"Watch out--both of you!"
Before the strike could land, Blaze and Seraphina had already read the motion.
They braced and blocked the blow---the impact ringing through the void
Reina:
(Lidded eyes)
"I see."
Blaze:
(Calm)
"Do you think I'm a fool? I know what your blade does."
Reina:
(Confused)
"Hmm?"
Blaze:
(Explaining)
"Your sword exist at the ending point. As it spans attacks across every timeline--so we took the precautions and blocked the timelines you have already planted."
Octavia:
(Amazed)
"Amazing---he analyzed her attack."
Reina:
(Blade vanished and smirked)
"Dont lose hope, Blaze."
Without hesitation, Blaze and Seraphina surges forward at full speed---
tearing through the fabric of time and space.
The battlefield fractured under their momentum.
Reina:
(Amused)
"You never learn, do you?"
They clashed--teleporting left and right, smashing the ground, forcing Reina to skid and reposition.
Seraphina slipped behind Reina and opened her palm; a flash of light shot toward Reina.
Blaze teleported above, raining pressure down and confusing her.
Reina backhanded the flash with effortlessly
Sending it scattering.
Seraphina:
(Shocked)
"What!"
Blaze:
(Surprised)
"She's not even fazed."
Reina:
(Laughing)
"Mere light speed attack is nothing, but meaningless against my power."
Reina teleported behind Seraphina just as Reina prepared another strike.
Seraphina and Blaze switched places in an instant--
Reina:
(Eyes flashed)
"What?!"
Blaze met the attack and blocked, then drove a crushing blow into Reina's chest.
She coughed blood and was sent flying, crashing to the ground.
The wounded Reina hit the earth hard. For a heartbeat, the battlefield stilled.
Ultimate Zero, Zephyr, Nox, and every Emperor and Empress seized the opening.
Raphael:
(Shouted)
"Now---everyone!"
A torrent of monstrous surging beams erupted from the assembled Emperors and Empresses---
Tearing through the barrier of time itself And converging on Reina at impossible speed.
Reina Snarled and spread her wings, blocking the onslaught. The force skidded her back and detonated in a massive explosion.
Smoke and shockwaves rolled across the ruined plain.
Octavia:
(Arms crossed)
"Did we make it?"
Blaze glanced at Ultimate Zero, a rare edge of surprise in his voice.
Blaze:
(Mocking)
"Never thought I'd see the day you'd be struggling, Zero."
Ultimate Zero:
(Calm)
"Shut up."
Nox:
(Relief)
"You've grown strong, Seraphina. That's incredible."
Seraphina:
(Blushed a little)
"Oh yeah? Thanks Zephyr."
All the Emperors and Empresses slowly walked towards Ultimate Zero, Blaze, Zephyr, Nox and Seraphina.
Their clothes were torn.
Their bodies were wounded.
Yet none of them backed down.
Restu:
(Wipes the blood and small geek)
"I have to admit... that was one well-coordinated attack. We actually manages to push her back for a moment."
Azrael:
(Nodded)
"For once, I agree. That was probably the best combination attack we've ever launched, better than the previous one."
Yasha:
(Crossed arms)
"Speaking of which... where is Void ling, Blaze?"
Blaze:
(Sighed)
"Still training."
Yasha:
(Eyes narrowed immediately)
"Still? It's been weeks... almost a month now."
Seraphina:
(Her eyes remained filled with faith)
"My husband will come. I know he will. For now... we should focus on what is standing in front of us."
Her gaze shifted toward Reina.
Seraphina:
(Serious)
"This battle decides everything."
Nox stood a short distance away.
He glanced toward Seraphina.
Nox:
(Thinking)
"She knows Reina isn't dead. That's why she's not relying entirely on Master Wei. As far as I can tell... She's terrified."
Blaze:
(Turned towards Ultimate Zero)
"Any plans?"
Zero was about to answer.
Zero:
"Vortex Blaze---"
Suddenly---
A slash appeared.
Nobody saw it happen.
Nobody sensed it.
Nobody reacted.
Blood erupted.
Every Emperor.
Every Empress.
Every ally.
All of them.
Except Blaze and Seraphina
Seraphina:
(Eyes in horror)
"GUYS!!!"
Bodies collapsed.
Blood spilled onto the shattered battlefield.
Then---
Reina's VOICE ECHOED.
Cold.
Ancient.
Terrifying.
Reina:
(Laughing)
"So this is what power feels like... huh?"
Her aura expanded.
Reality screamed.
Time distorted.
She stood there in her Dragon- Human Form.
Her complete base power.
Every strand of her aura disintegrated existence in fractions of a second.
Reina:
(Smiling and arrogant)
"Reality Manipulation...
Law Manipulation...
Decoys...
Space-time Alteration...
Existence Erasure...
All of it..."
Her eyes glowed.
Reina:
(Voice echoed)
"MEANINGLESS AGAINST MY POWER, HUMANS!!!"
Restu struggled to stand.
Restu:
(Eyes Disbelief)
"Impossible... she's still alive..."
Everyone lay wounded.
Cut down.
Broken.
Powerless.
Blaze immediately stretched his hand forward.
His aura exploded.
BOOOOOOOOM!!!!
Infinite beams appeared behind him.
Thousands.
Millions.
An endless storm of destruction.
They launched simultaneously toward Reina.
At the same moment---
Seraphina stepped forward and raised her hand.
A star formed in her palm.
Seraphina:
(Shouted)
"STAR NOVA!"
The attack alone could obliterated dimensions and erase space-time in an instant.
The battlefield glowed.
Reality cracked.
The two attacks surged forward together.
Everyone watched.
Everyone hoped.
Reina smiled.
A small smile.
And then---
She moved.
Not fast.
Not slow.
Just... moved.
It looks as if time itself had paused while she continued walking.
She stepped between the attacks.
Bypassed them entirely.
Dodged every beam.
Every strike.
Every possibilities.
The infinite beam storm missed----
Star nova missed, before either attack could travel further--- Reina stomped the ground.
BOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!
Everyone vanished.
Every beam.
Every star.
Every attack.
Erased in 0.001seconds
Nothing remained-- The battlefield fell silent, Reina slowly glowed like endless voids.
Reina:
(Cruel smile appeared)
"Is that all the humanity can muster? This is truly disappointing..."
Blaze and Seraphina looked at the fallen Emperors and Empresses scattered across the shattered Darkness World.
Their expressions darkened.
The sight alone made their blood boil.
Broken mountains floated in the air.
The battlefield was reduced to ruins.
Even reality itself looked fractured.
Blaze clenched his fists so tightly that flames leaked from between his fingers.
Blaze:
(Turned to Seraphina)
"Seraphina... are you holding up?"
Seraphina:
(Breathing and nodded)
"I'm fine. Don't worry about me."
The ruins around her were continuously disintegrating from the pressure of her aura.
Reina:
(Coldly)
"Tremble, mortals. You stand before the Dragon Empress... a transcendent god beyond your understanding."
Blaze:
(Countless thoughts raced)
"At this stage... we need Wei. Once he returns, we can release our full power. Until then... I need to push further. I have no choice..."
His gaze sharpened....
Blaze:
(Thinking)
"Time to use my divine form and my core abilities. Tch..."
Suddenly Reina disappeared.
Reina:
(Cold voice)
"Dont even think about it."
Before either of them could react---
She was already behind them.
Her dragon eyes glowed.
Her mouth opened.
DRAGONIC ROAR----
ROOOOOOOOAAAAARRRRRR!!!!
A Dimensional roar exploded outward.
Space shattered.
Dimensions folded.
The roar carried a terrifying erasure effect.
Blaze and Seraphina's eyes widened.
Blaze:
(Shouting)
"BLOCK IT!"
Both raised their guards at the final moment.
The roar struck.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!!!
The impact blasted them backward.
The ground beneath them disappeared.
Reality cracked like glass.
Seraphina slide across the battlefield, stopping herself.
Seraphina:
(Filled with shock)
"What was that?! That attack came from her mouth?!"
Blaze:
(Stood beside her breathing heavily)
"Yeah."
Seraphina:
(Shocked)
"Impossible!"
Blaze:
(Expression hardened)
"That's her Dragonic Roar....it's an erasure attack. If even a portion of that hits you directly...."
He looked at the broken dimensions around them---
Blaze:
(Serious)
"You disappear completely."
Seraphina:
(Felt chills)
"That's absurd..."
Reina:
(Smiled)
"I'm impressed. Very few beings can survive that attack."
Suddenly---
Blaze's aura erupted.
His entire body turned crimson.
Infinite red energy surged from his body.
The Darkness World trembled.
Broken dimensions shook.
Time itself was reversed and completed bent----
Reina:
(Raised an eyebrow)
"Your divine form again?"
In the distance, the wounded Octavia looked up---
Octavia:
(Eyes widened)
"Dark Eternity..."
Blaze slowly stepping forward.
The flames surrounding him became denser.
More violent.
More divine.
He looked directly into Reina's eyes.
Blaze:
(Smirking)
"This is what it had in mind."
A dangerous grin appeared on his face.
Blaze:
(Grin)
"Now then...
He cracked his knuckles.
Blaze:
(Serious)
"Shall we?"
🎭THE TRUE LING ASSASIN
Back at the Ling Assasins Training Realm...
The scene shifted from the war.
Void ling had OFFICIALLY completed the training...
The giant underground gate slowly opened as he walked out of the Depths of the Pit of Nine Layers----
His footsteps were calm.
Steady.
Confident.
The same person...
Yet not the same person.
Outside the gate, All the Ling Assasins were gathered.
Some stood with their arms crossed.
Others simply watched in silence.
Xenon stood at the very front.
Everyone eyes were on Wei.
Ragnar:
(Smirked and arms crossed)
"You've grown strong, Wei."
Galahad:
(Smiled warmly)
"I hate to admit it... but you've definitely surpassed us, Wei. Congratulations on reaching the Ninth Floor and completing it.
Rennia:
(Nodded proudly)
"Safe to say.... you are the strongest Ling now...
Selene:
(Faint blush on her face)
"Good work... Wei."
Void ling smiled.
A genuine smile.
One that had been absent for a ling time.
Void ling:
(Smiled)
"Thanks, everyone."
Xenon:
(Proudly as a father)
"Are you ready, Wei."
Void ling looked toward the distant sky.
Void ling:
(Smirked)
"Yeah."
Xenon:
(Called out to him again)
"Hey, Wei."
Void ling:
(Turned back)
"What's up?"
For a brief moment, Xenon looked less like an assassin...
More like a family.
Xenon:
(Smiled)
"Will you visit us again?"
Void ling:
(Laughed softly)
"Yeah."
He pointed toward the group.
Void ling:
(Smiled)
"And next time...I'll come back to lead you guys myself."
The entire group was stunned.
Then smiles began appearing everywhere.
Even Ragnar laughed.
Even selene couldn't hide her happiness.
Even Galahad looked relieved.
Xenon:
(Closed his eyes and smiles)
"I see."
Void ling turned around--- His aura quietly.
Void ling:
(Purpose)
"See you guys later."
And with a flash---
HE VANISHED.
Teleporting directly toward the Darkness World.
The final war awaits him.
Reina awaits him.
Xenon looked toward the sky where Wei had disappeared---
Then he smiled.
A proud smile.
Xenon:
(Smiled)
"He has truly become a ling Assasin...
The wind blew through the kingdom.
Xenon:
(Eyes narrowed)
"The one who has surpassed the layers of the gods.
NEXT EPISODE UPCOMING!!!
Poem:
"Shadows were born where the cold rivers flow--- Bound by the depths of a nine-layered thread,---Yet the edge of my power was forged in the snow"