Against the World II: Transgression
Chapter 46: Perfect and Imperfect, part 3
Xavier let out a long sigh while removing all the scattered pieces of the moon. Then he created a flat disc-shaped planet made entirely of lonsdaleite. It all happened in a short time that ordinary human reason could not be compared. There was no trace of destruction left from the previous explosion. [Reality Warping] has erased that reality.
Like Lucifer who still has not received a wound, Xavier is the same. However, unlike the opponent who is always in top shape, Xavier has lost a number of mana. Phoenix had a huge mana, but Xavier could not use his pet mana. The only mana he could use was where Xavier who had been full after burning the white flames of the Phoenix. It's only a matter of time until his mana runs out and he'll be re-sealed.
Xavier had no choice but to minimize the use of mana. Thanks to the evolution of his body, the life energy he now possessed seemed as infinite as a vast, bottomless ocean. Now Xavier can use his life energy freely without worrying about shortening the life of "Xavier". Therefore, from now on he would fully rely on that energy.
“The explosion on that scale is too slow and too weak to touch you,” commented Lucifer who has landed dozens of meters in front of Xavier. “And I love this wide arena. Hm, I have an idea, but be prepared for the immense gravitational pressure and immeasurable heat radiation.”
Xavier didn't need to question what the former archangel meant. His body suddenly felt an exponentially increasing gravity. It happened along with shortening the distance between the flat planet he made with the stars and all other celestial objects. Not only distance, but their size also shrank.
“Infinity Domain: Enclose Universe.”
When the four words came out of Lucifer's mouth, the flat planet he had created had been perfectly confined. The black dome filled with trillions of stars and other celestial bodies had been floating at a distance of fifty kilometers in the air. The sizes are all very small: some are as big as sand and some are as big as the moon sightings seen from Nevada. However, the light emitted was so bright that the black color of the walls of the universe was faintly visible.
And if it wasn't for his [Reality Warping] that made the gravity above his planet to remain normal, he might have fallen into a deep slump due to the oversized gravity. And if not for creating a sky dome that filters light and radiation, it might already feel like it's being stung from multiple directions.
“Your power is more useful than mine,” praise Lucifer with a serious face. “I can only destroy; you can everything. But no problem, I just need to destroy you too. Get ready, Commander Xavier, you will soon see the peak of my power.”
Xavier doesn't think Lucifer's words are a prank. He could not ignore what his eyes saw. Lucifer's skin was peeled off and his clothes eroded. In just the blink of an eye, he had become a wisp of human-shaped dark black energy. Let alone ears, eyes and mouth not exist. Just a wisp of energy that even eroded the surface of the planet around it.
“Prepare, I'm coming.”
Lucifer first landed his punch on Xavier's chest before his words reached Xavier's ears.
Xavier crashed for tens of kilometers. He was trying to reduce the momentum. But Lucifer is incredibly fast. Before Xavier could land, that embodiment of energy was already beside him. This time Xavier had brought up the lonsdaleite wall as a shield. However, Lucifer's punch pierced through the shield smoothly and hit the left side of his abdomen.
Xavier spontaneously bounced off in a different direction. Lucifer's dark black energy is unable to destroy him due to the thick life energy that becomes his armor, but another story with the power and shock effect that the punch gives. Xavier's body seemed to be crushed from the inside. His mouth just released some blood.
Unwilling to take another hit, Xavier is forced to use [Reality Warping] to create hundreds of dimensional barriers between himself and the opponent. Lucifer destroying each barrier was as easy as destroying a wall of paper. However, that brief pause was able to give Xavier a chance to dispel the momentum that was thickening his body. He managed to land both his legs.
Using [Reality Warping] on himself, Xavier made his body as light as dust and as hard as a Phoenix beak. That way, his speed skyrocketed sharply. If he wasn't fast enough to block Lucifer's blow, this time he managed to block it. More than that, he had taken advantage of Lucifer's shock to land his kick on the left side of the head in the form of Lucifer energy.
Xavier's doing the assault. He was immediately in front of Lucifer after the opponent bounced. His first hit hit Lucifer's abdomen, but his second hit was blocked. However, the force that Xavier unleashed struck the opponent.
Not wanting to give Lucifer a chance to counter-attack, Xavier instantly created the Turn Null energy ball with [Reality Warping]. It makes it ten times bigger than “Xavier” ever made. And by reusing [Reality Warping], the energy ball that would unleash that powerful explosion he appeared right above Lucifer's head.
However, before the explosion occurred, the energy ball disappeared. The same thing happened to the [Reality Warping] effect that he applied to his body. Not only that, the sky vault and the effects of normal gravity also disappeared. The same thing happened to the flat planet that he came up with. All the influence of [Reality Warping] vanished.
And Xavier couldn't bring everything back to life with [Reality Warping]; lucifer used his [Reality Destruction] power continuously. Before the [Reality Warping] effect came into being, [Reality Destruction] had destroyed it. Xavier won't be able to use [Reality Warping] again as long as Lucifer continues to use [Reality Destruction].
Massive gravitational waves instantly hit Xavier from all directions. His entire body seemed to be pulled towards every large mass object that existed. That was the reason why his body suddenly fell silent in the middle of a vacuum filled with light. His body was stung. If not for the life energy protecting him, he might have already melted—or perhaps mutated.
The only reason Xavier didn't feel any excess pain was because his body was healing itself.
Lucifer floated a dozen meters in front of Xavier, who was restrained in the turbulence of gravitational waves. “I guess this is your end,” he said flat—Xavier did not see his mouth.
This vacuum in which they were floating had no air for sound to move. However, Xavier still heard Lucifer's words. Normal logic doesn't really apply here.
“You can only survive until your mana is exhausted, and I will be kind enough to speed it up.”
Xavier instantly spewed out blood; the gravity that constricted him became ten times stronger.
“I will shrink this vacuum ten meters by ten meters. How long until where are you finished? Let's find out.”