Chapter 729: Venganza vs Zurtur (I)
Chapter 729: Venganza vs Zurtur (I)
The entirety of Baator had suffered horrible damage after the events that took place over the Styx River. Not only did the Chaos-Order Unity Formation devour a significant amount of its origin, but the Chaos Sphere that clashed outside Minarous, the Third Circle of Hell, wreaked havoc on its Crystal Wall.
After beating the Champion of Chaos like a dog, the Incarnation of Death and Destruction destroyed all the Rank 9 Archfiends. Even though the Archdevils managed to reform their bodies during the last century, none of them was at full power.
The only silver lining for the Archfiends was that the Primarchs had also suffered severe wounds during the battle, and none of them was ready to start an incursion into the Evil Planes anytime soon.
Unfortunately, someone healed much faster and was ready to go all out in Avernus.
Venganza appeared in the sky above the First Circle of Hell. His perception allowed him to cover all of Avernus and detect the trillions of Devils in it.
“Time to finish what I started billions of years ago.” The Depravita spoke those words before opening his mouth and releasing a mouthful of blood.
Venganza’s eyes glowed as he fused the power of his Origin Essence Wheel into the blood before sending it toward Averus’ Crystal Wall.
The countless Devils in Avernus looked to the sky as they noticed how the Crystal Wall had turned red. At first, they were confused, but soon they understood what happened as some attempted to teleport outside the plane and failed.
None knew how it happened, but the Crystal Wall that had worked as a shield against outside forces became a cage.
After reverting the cause and effect of the Crystal Wall, the Depravita flashed down, exploding when he touched the ground, transforming into a dark fog that began to expand in all directions.
Not only did this fog have the power to devour life, but it could also channel World Strength, allowing it to hide from the Plane Consciousness.
The dark fog moved at an incredible speed, and no matter how fast the Devils ran, soon they were drowned and devoured by it.
It did not take long for the fog to cover ten percent of Averus, and it just kept extending, using the energy devoured from the Devils to sustain its growth.
Such a catastrophe did not go unnoticed by the Archdevils in the other layers, but even if they wanted to help, which they didn’t, none of them had the power to worry about others right now.
As the dark fog was about to cover thirty percent of Avernus, giant meteoroids fell from the sky toward it. All of them had the power of a weak Rank 9 Spell and contained the might of an Omega Law, allowing it to harm Depravitas, even in the Incorporeal Form.
“Hmph!” A sneer echoed through Avernus as the dark fog gathered in a single point, and Venganza emerged again.
The red and blue lightsabers were in his hands as plasma armor covered his body. There was also a domain around him that protected him from any attack.
Sacred King Battle Form and Sacred King Aphotic Dominion were much more powerful now they had an Inner Universe providing energy for them.
Venganza’s Silver Stars of Origin glowed, and they pushed his physical might to the next level. As the meteoroids were less than ten meters away from his body, he moved his lightsabers in unison.
“Reverse Samsara Slash.”
An invisible force emerged from his lightsabers, making the mighty world-ending meteoroids disintegrate into dust.
Zurtur, the Rank 9 Archdevil in control of Avernus, saw how his spells disintegrated under that attack and could not help but feel shocked. He couldn’t care less about the fate of the trillions of Devils inside the First Circle of Hell but could not allow the plane’s origin to suffer any more damage, as he needed it to heal.
As the Archdevil stared at Venganza, fear appeared in his heart, but there was also hate and resentment. Unfortunately for Zurtur, those emotions revealed his presence and allowed the Depravita to use one of its unique racial abilities.
“Negative Teleportation.”
Zurtur heard those words before feeling his negative emotions transformed into a gate, allowing Venganza to appear instantly behind him!
“¡BOOM!”
An explosion of purple fire drowned Zurtur before sending him flying away, puking dark blood. Things were not over and he noticed Venganza lunging toward him, with the red and blue lightsabers ready to strike his neck.
“AHHHH!” Zurtur roared with rage as he pushed his power to the limit, drawing all the strength he could from Avernus’ weakened origin.
He forcefully regained control over his body and sent a giant magma fist toward the Depravita.
Veganza’s eyes narrowed as he saw the strike and counter it with both lightsabers.
“BOOOOM!” An explosion of purple fire and dark magma occurred as both strikes clashed.
The blast pushed back the Rank 9 Archdevil and Depravita thousands of kilometers.
Venganza felt his arms trembling due to the immense force of Zurtur. His aura might have reached Rank 9 but was at its bottom, and fighting someone at the Initial Everlasting Stage was very hard.
Of course, that did not weaken the Depravita’s battle drive. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes as he remembered a face that drew love and hatred into his heart, making his Depravita Aura burst with power!
A dark and evil fire bathed Venganza’s body and lightsabers. That flame was his Concept’s quintessence and would burn those he had marked for revenge.
Zurtur felt his instincts screaming as he saw that dark fire, but there was nothing he could do to avoid this fight. Not only was the Crystal Wall stopping him from leaving, but if he did not control his emotions, the Depravita could use them as a gate.
Venganza did not care about the thoughts crossing the mind of his enemy. As soon as his battle power reached its peak, he flashed forward.