"What do you mean?" Cain asked, confused.

According to what the Enlightened One had told him, leaving this place was supposed to be simple. You only needed to stand at the beginning of a ring for a month, doing nothing. The Sacred Dimension would then assume you had reached your limit and expel you.

However, once again, things seemed to be changing.

"I believe our actions have triggered some sort of hidden function," the Crimson Exarch said. "I can't be certain, but if I'm right, you, me, and everyone else inside the Sacred Dimension will be expelled. Where we'll appear afterward, though, that's impossible to know. If I were you, I'd prepare."

After that, the Crimson Exarch simply closed his eyes and began revolving his energy, ensuring he was at his peak.

Cain still had many questions, but there was no time. He calmed his mind and began circulating his energy, ready for whatever would happen. If he were lucky, he would appear alone or next to a friend. But after being lost for what felt like forever within the Flow, he didn't count on it.

Across the Sacred Dimension of the Red King, tremors grew stronger, confusing the members of both the Light Path and the Freedom Path. Then, without warning, an invisible force took hold of them and forcibly pushed their bodies out of the Sacred Dimension.

The process was extremely disorienting; it struck them without warning. Even Braldy, an Alpha Omega Overgod, felt his mind grow foggy as he found himself outside, standing within the crystalline expanse of the Red Forest, the entrance to the Sacred Dimension.

Of course, given his overwhelming soul force and vitality, it would only take him a few seconds to adapt. Unfortunately for the Neo-Angel, he did not have that luxury.

His instincts screamed in terror as the threat of death loomed over him. Braldy turned just in time to see a figure clad in bone armor, brandishing a crimson sword that came streaking toward him.

The blade was aimed directly at his head, ready to split it in two, but the overwhelming danger sharpened his senses just enough for him to move at the last second.

"ZNNNNNNNNN—"

Agonizing pain shot through Braldy as the sword cleaved into his left collarbone and tore downward, slicing through bone, shattering ribs, and collapsing a lung in its wake before sending him crashing into the ground. A violent explosion of dark crimson flames erupted upon impact.

Cain's eyes were cold and merciless as he gazed at the crater where the Neo-Angel had fallen. Unlike Braldy, Cain had prepared for the teleportation. He reacted quickly enough to take the Neo-Angel by surprise, pouring every ounce of power he possessed into his first strike.

Had Sky Devourer landed squarely on the Neo-Angel's head, even Braldy's body would not have survived. Yet he had. The sudden burst of energy from the crater made it clear that this battle was far from over.

Braldy's energy exploded outward, blasting away the dust and revealing his figure. The wound across his torso was deep, horribly so, and the destructive forces of the Absolute Destruction Doomsday Body, Reaper Touch, and Scarlet Reaper still lingered within it. The injury refused to close, bleeding profusely while the flesh and bone around it continued to rot.

That wound would have been enough to incapacitate any Archdeity, but the Neo-Angel was an Alpha Omega Overgod. His eyes glowed with cold fury as he shouted,

"Salvation Incarnation!"

In the next instant, the Neo-Angel Core within Braldy's heart flared with power, seizing control of the surrounding rules and laws. Fragments of reality burst apart, and he drew those fragments into his body and soul. His strength surged immensely, the blast purging the necrotic and destructive energy festering within his wounds.

Wings of plasma unfolded from his back. Turquoise gauntlets wrapped around his arms, and boots of the same material encased his legs. His physical might skyrocketed to new heights.

Cain tightened his grip on his sword, feeling Braldy's rising power, but he did not waver. The transformation had cleansed Braldy's body but had not healed it. A deep gash still ran from his collarbone nearly to his waist, greatly diminishing his battle potential. If Cain used everything he had gained during his journey through the Sacred Dimension of the Red King, he might just stand a chance against the Alpha Omega Overgod Neo-Angel.

"This will be our third and final clash," the Neo-Demon muttered, lowering his stance.

The words were not meant for Braldy but for himself, a declaration that he would give everything in this fight. There would be no retreat this time. His heart was set. He had to take the Neo-Angel's life to prove that he possessed the power to seek the truth of his own origin.

"I'll crush your skull and eat your brain!" the Neo-Angel roared in reply.

He was not poetic; rage consumed him. He channeled that fury to drown the pain coursing through his nerves from his unhealed wounds. Their energies climbed higher and higher until the very air around them crackled with power. A storm of turquoise and crimson lightning howled into existence, spiraling around the two warriors like a living vortex.

Then, without warning, they launched at each other, sword and fist colliding with enough force to pierce worlds.

The moment Cain's sword and Braldy's fist, wreathed in turquoise energy, collided, a thunderous explosion echoed across the battlefield. The shockwave rippled outward, tearing through the terrain and shaking the sky itself.

But the clash did not last long.

Cain twisted his stance, invoking Divergence, and deflected Braldy's arm to the side. In the same motion, he brought his blade upward in a vicious arc, slashing toward the Neo-Angel's torso.

Braldy saw the weapon coming but showed neither fear nor hesitation. He gathered his energy at his chest and took the blow head-on.

The blade sliced through flesh and muscle, but it failed to reach the bone.

That single advantage allowed Braldy to counter. His fist, burning with condensed divine energy, slammed into Cain's chest like a meteor. The impact shattered the ground beneath them, sending both flying apart amid waves of turquoise and crimson light.

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