As Kogetsu shouts in triumph the scene shifts to Plague doctor leisurely walking around the battlefield
"Oh it seems Larita has fallen...no matter project convert is Almost completed" plague doctor thought
[System prompt]
[Do to your Plague retriever skill being marked on the individual Larita and her ascension as well as death]
[Plague retriever skill has retrieved the plague rose death marker from the newly ascended as well as dead Larita Haretin]
Plague doctor simply chuckled in amusement
[System prompt]
[Project convert is 75% complete]
"Well it seems i won't need to battle Shenky at all...well don't dissapoint me...Sereph"
The scene shifts back to Shadow and Sereph stand
"On seconds thought I'll just destroy you and the body"
Shadow thought
"Damn...this guys energy frequencies are equal to Mysterys"
Sereph steps forward and immediately accelerates towards Shadow,already In front of him ready to deliver a killing blow in the form of jab
Shadow flinches back
"Damn"
He immediately activates his ripples technique instantly dodging Sereph attack by side stepping to the left simoteniously grabbing His arm and flips him over
but Sereph says distainfully to Shadow
"Childs play"
Sereph then plants his feet to the ground and grabs Shadows retracting hand as he flips him over
Shadow thought
"Did he just counter my counter?"
Sereph slams Shadow to the ground then throws him into the air and jumps to catch up
Shadow immediately activates his spirit flames as Serephs catches up he flips over Shadow as he steadies himself above mid flip and axe kicks Shadows head sending back to the ground
While disorienting him
Shadows body is launched back to the ground as he creates a massive crater in the process and before Shadow could even get up
Sereph descends on his already hurt body like a rocket and with both his feet
He stomps on Shadow sending further into the ground
Sereph jumps back with an unbothered expression and as he sighs in disappointment he thought
"Honestly I really should kill him but my respect for Shedoden is making it difficult to do that"
Sereph then stares into the crater as he felt a weird energy spike from the barrier Shadow
"Hmmmm it seems this kid might have more tricks up his sleeve"
Shadow then Leaps out of the crater feint blue flames healing his body bit suddenly for a brief moment it seemed as time froze for a brief moment
Sereph and Shadow thought
"Was that Koqetsu"
"Was that Larita"
The next second it happened again but this time it seemed that reality fractured for a moment when it when normal as the sky cleared
"I clearly felt Larita's energy capacity increase a moment ago now it's gone...Renzels and Grigens to"
"Wait if Grigens and Laritas energies spiked that meant they ascended to god level but then they vanished...don't tell that"
Sereph energy begins sizzling as his expression became serious
"I must kill this insect and support the Jaress before she perishes as well"
Within a fraction of a second Sereph appears in front of Shadow and spins his body as he delivers a tornado kick to the side of Shadow's head but this he ducks as he throws and upper cut to Sereph jaw but Sereph does a backflip simoteniously kicking Shadow in the jaw sending him back
Sereph lands as he stands there simply staring at Shadow
Shadow thought
"How the hell am I suppose to touch him...not to mention my spirit flames can't keep up with his attacks"
"How...how do I win"
[Guidance prompt]
[An optional...]
"SHUT it Guidance i don't need your advice"
Sereph then looks at a certain direction with worry in his eyes
"Jaress is energy frequencies are chaoticly changing"he thought
While Sereph was distracted Shadow appears next to a delivers a powerful side kick to his side but Sereph paid no mind as he slides slightly from the blow
"Damn it I can't even hurt him with a full powered kick...wait"
As Shadow observes Sereph he notices a small concentration of energy where he kick Sereph and it clicked
"He's using essence refinement to make his body stronger...but even if i know that hows that suppose to help me...heh got it"
Shadow closed his eyes and everything around him darkens
Sereph glances at him and thought
"I could simply kill him now but why do I feel I'll die if I tried to....hmmmm very annoying"
As Shadow concentrated images of everything his been through ever since he got reincarnated here when he snaps his eyes opens and glares at Sereph with new confidence
"Sereph was it?"
Sereph stayed silent
"I'm going to beat you and you'll regret underestimating"
As Sereph heard those words a glint of killing intent flashes in his narrowing eyes
As Shenky walks through the battlefield enjoying his ramen he passes plague doctor who's holding a weird vile of black liquid
"Plague doctor"
"Shenky"
The two say casually while passing when seconds later Plague doctors vile is shot by a metalic purple coated arrow
As plague doctor looks at the ruined vile stayed silent as a Foot soldier shoots an arrow to his head but it simply turned into black mist
While Shenky saw this he chuckles to himself when a random plague mutants leap towards him and slashes at his hands but they remained unharmed but as for his ramen bowl it corrodes a way in his hands
Both Plague doctor and Shenky's arms went limp as the both murmured
"My...my...ramen...it's...it's ruined"
"My...my...vial...it's ruined"
The war suddenly froze as everyone went silent feeling an impending danger and the next moment
"MY RAMEEEEEENNNN!"
"MY VIAAAAAAAAAAL!"
Both Shenky's and Plague doctors energies erupted in fury
Reailty began warping and cracking
[National system shusjskoa....Prompt"
The system message was glitching frantically barely able to make out a message and the game began failing
[Do to do do ddo dodododododododo...dodo....to teo...exiaenstecccccis....#####@&@<@...gigigifgame sever crcrcrccrcrcra...]
Everything went dark as a system message Shimmered in the darkness
[System prompt]
[Sever has crashed due to the influx in essence magnitudes]
[Commencing restart]
[World improvement]
[Reality reinforcement]
[Completes]
[Game file capacity]
[Increased]
Resuming world
Everything brightens up as Shenky and Plague doctor are seen with there ramen and vial intact
The two let out a sigh of relief as they continued walking away
Silence filters through the atmosphere but seconds later the war resumed with shouts,roars and explosions
The seen shifts to Shadow who now on the ground on both knees
Something in side him cracks yet again but this time it was more sever as he pukes out blood
"Damn"
Serephs expression shifted from surprise to Dullness he thinks
"Well it seems Jaress is ok now...so that means"
Sereph glares at the crouched down Shadow
"Im might as well end him to go assist Jaress"
Shadow now covered in his spirit flames thinks while getting up
"I really have to get a hold of..."
Shadows pupils dialtes as he sees a fist glowing red about to smash into his head
"Craaaaap"
Sereph fist lands cleanly on Shadow's face as he his sent flying across the battlefield when he hits the mountain it instantly switches to Jaress slamming into the mountain puking out a mouthful of blood
Jaress smiles towards the Doshi
Who is covered in pink flames menacingly walking towards Jaress
The ground melts with each step she took
"Shadows energy frequencies are getting dimmer and dimmer by the second but I need to deal with her first"
Doshi takes a step and launches towards Jaress and she readies up a devastating punch but before she could land it the seen shifts to Sereph on Shadow punching him repeatedly in the face with emotionless eyes
"I guess...agh....both...agh... of us...agh...are worried about that...agh...battle"
Sereph stops as he says
"You're not making any sense"
"Why would I to you if I'm making you feel so worried"
"Huuuh you're not even worth the attention"
"Then why haven't you killed me yet...is because...your venting your frustration about perhaps Jagik or Plague doctor"
Sereph expression twist in surprise but also dissatisfaction
He throws another punch but Shadow blocks now with blue energy enveloping his body
"Hey damn system"
[Yes sir]
"Have i taken enough of beating for me two learn stage two of essence refinement"
[Based on the repeating damage and recovery you've received,estimations of learning essence refinement stage 2 is 100%]
Shadow smiles as his grip became stronger
Sereph stares at him with a mix of intrigue and annoyance
End of chapter 19:My RAMEN!