The sword exploded, a cloud of blue fire filled the sky. Vermilion shot out of the fiery cloud like a comet covered in blue flames.

He hit the lava pool below sending tons of molten rock in every direction. Vermilion jumped out of the lava and floated in the air facing Ved.

His face contorted with rage. Then his expression suddenly changed, he showed a cruel smile as he looked at Ved.

Although he was smiling, his red eyes were filled with rage and madness. He started laughing maniacally.

Ved tensed, he knew Vermilion was pissed now and the fight was about to get a lot more serious.

As expected, the flaming giant flew out of the lava pool and disintegrated into flame particles that formed a suit of armour.

The flaming armour flew at Vermilion and bound itself to his body. The rest of the flames gathered around his fan forming a spear.

Wings of fire appeared on his back and a red fiery soul force covered his entire body. His aura skyrocketed, the sky shook and the lava pool below churned.

Ved knew he couldn't afford to take this easy anymore. He used his soul force, a piercing aura cut through the heat itself ,cooling the area around Ved.

Then he used ignition 3x, all three of his heart ignited their vital essence increasing his physical strength by 8x.

His soul ignited as well increasing his will and mental strength by 8x as well. The sky bent to his strength.

The place grew tense as they faced each other like towering giants. One of the men holding the barrier swallowed hard.

Then they both moved, Ved used his lightning to enhance his speed. They turned into two streaks of light moving so fast the world collapsed around them.

When they clashed the world seemed to stand still. Then a calamitous shockwave spread out sending waves of lava from the pool below crashing on the barrier.

The barrier shook and the cracks widened. On that exchange Ved realised he really was still weaker.

His physical strength was superior, his will was equally if not slightly denser now but Vermilion's will was much more vast due to his higher grade.

There was nothing Ved could do to breach that. So when they clashed, his scales shattered and he was sent flying back.

Vermilion was pushed back as well but he obviously came out on top. The mad man kept laughing like a maniac.

Flaming arrows appeared around him and he flew towards Ved alongside them. The arrows honed on Ved and he couldn't dodge them.

A nuclear pulse wave spread out with him as the centre forming a circular shield around him.

This ability took inspiration from Pulse's ability and it was great at defending against multiple attacks from all directions while attacking simultaneously.

The fire arrows exploded when the nuclear pulse wave passed through them but Vermilion stabbed his spear and crushed through it.

Ved lunged and met Vermilion head on. He punched and the air quaked Infront of his fist but when he met Vermilion's spear, his scales offered no resistance at all.

The spear pierced right through his fist and stopped when it hit the bone. Ved gritted his teeth through the pain but this is what he wanted.

Before Vermilion could react, Ved's image bloomed behind him. A massive black dragon standing Infront of a tree so vast it canopy could shelter all of existence appeared.

Ved grabbed Vermilion's spear with his fingers then opened his mouth. Purple lightning flickered around his body for a split second.

Then a purple bolt of lightning as thick as a grown man's arm shot towards Vermilion like a spear.

The world turned a shade of purple and the entire sky became electrically charged. The presence of this bolt immediately caused massive dark clouds to form above.

Lightning danced through the clouds like snakes welcoming their ruler. With his image activated the lightning bolt became much stronger.

It was significantly faster than natural lightning. Vermilion wouldn't be able to dodge from this distance, the only thing he could do was bring out his own image.

An image of a phoenix whose flames could burn all that exist appeared behind him. The phoenix released a silent screech but the power behind it was very real.

Their wills clashed and Ved was immediately at a disadvantage. He could feel the effect of his lightning bolt becoming lower despite his image trying it best to increase it.

However even so, the bolt was still the first order extinguishing tribulation lightning. Vermilion couldn't take it with just his human body and come out unscathed.

He tried to conjure a shield but the lightning bolt was still too fast even after being effected by his image.

It landed on his chest, purple lightning arcs flew in every direction and Vermilion flew back like a missile and collided with barrier wall, the cracks grew even wider and pieces of the barrier fell and disintegrated into energy particles.

Vermilion coughed up blood, he had a gaping wound the size of a fist on his chest. However before he could react, something even Ved did not expect happened.

The lightning dancing in the clouds above fell as one as if drawn to Vermilion. Vermilion looked up but it was too late.

Thousands of lightning bolts fell upon his head like rain, sending electric arcs through the air. Vermilion roared with rage, fire exploded around him and the rain of lightning dispersed.

He appeared in a miserable state, his hair was a mess, there were cracks on his armour and lightning still flickered across his body.

He looked at Ved with boiling rage and started laughing. " Good good good good good good. kill kill kill kill kill, flail flail you kill you and wear your skin as my underwear as I fuck her.

Oh, it will be so great, so satisfying I can't wait to see it, to see her face, will she cry, will she scream and fight, will she beg?, I can't wait to skin her alive and wear her skin too, hahaha ."

The man started ranting like a madman. His every word laced with venom meant to hurt Ved, he knew this madman was serious but he was not worried.

One, he still had another avatar, two, if he tried touching Naledi, that will be his last day, she was probably stronger than both of them combined.

However his mad rant cleared some of Ved's doubts, one, he was now almost certain that woman wasn't Naledi. Two, he now remembers where he saw this face, this familiar expression filled with madness and cruelty.

He sighed, ' To think it was you all along, the old God's truly have a sick sense of humour.'

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