Rizevim said, "Damn it, they're not on the same level at all."
"I agree with that."
Ladon, who had been deciphering the barrier, raised his claws and tore open a spatial rift in front of him.
"We can't fight this, let's retreat."
"Well done. I knew you were useful."
Rizevim's eyes lit up, and he immediately darted into the spatial rift.
However, just then, a figure appeared in front of the spatial rift first.
"Did you forget about me?"
"Rizevim-sama! I'll hold him off!"
Euclid shouted, radiating surging demonic power as he actively charged towards Tatsuma.
But in the next instant, he flew back at an even faster speed, crashing into the barrier and falling unconscious.
[Congratulations on successfully defeating Euclid Lucifuge, obtaining the red trait: Pure-Blooded Devil.]
"Trash should know their place."
Tatsuma looked at Ladon and Rizevim, who were fleeing left and right, and his figure flickered, appearing in front of Ladon.
"I knew you'd come for me."
Ladon reacted instantly, summoning hundreds of barriers to cover himself and Tatsuma. After that, a vast energy rose from within him, emitting a terrifying aura.
"Seal plus self-destruction? That's a bit of an idea."
Tatsuma saw through Ladon's intention at a glance, mobilizing Time energy to form a barrier.
"But unfortunately, in front of me, you don't even have the right to self-destruct."
Affected by Time energy, the energy circulation speed within Ladon continuously decreased.
On the other hand, Tatsuma's already extreme speed saw further improvement. Everything in his vision slowed down, and he appeared in front of Ladon, raising Gram.
The fused energy rose on the blade, erupting simultaneously with the holy purple flames.
At point-blank range, Ladon was instantly engulfed by the slash, following in Grendel's footsteps.
[Congratulations on successfully defeating Ladon, obtaining the red trait: Barrier Creation.]
[Barrier Creation (Red): Consumes a certain amount of energy to form a barrier. The more energy consumed, the stronger the barrier formed.]
Accompanied by the sound of the prompt, the slash that destroyed everything, with its momentum undiminished, shattered Ladon's barrier and continued forward.
The earth cracked, space shattered, and everything in front of the slash was swallowed up.
In just a single second, this slash arrived before Rizevim.
"They're all useless! They can't even buy me a little time!"
Rizevim let out an angry roar, mobilizing all his demonic power to block in front of him.
As a Super Devil, Rizevim was not much weaker than Sirzechs. Under his full power burst, he actually managed to block the slash with a barrier.
"Tatsuma! How about we stop?!"
Being slowly pushed back by the slash, Rizevim, who had gained a moment to breathe, spoke loudly, "We don't necessarily have to be enemies! Wealth! Power! Strength! I can give you anything you want!"
"I don't need you to give it to me, I can take it myself."
Tatsuma chuckled lightly and swung his sword again.
The second slash fell horizontally and merged with the first slash. The two slashes formed a cross shape, and their power was further enhanced. This time, even the fully powered Rizevim could no longer block it.
Bang!
The cross slash engulfed Rizevim and severed the edge of the battlefield.
[Congratulations on successfully defeating Rizevim Livan Lucifer, you have obtained the Gold trait: Sacred Gear Canceller.]
[Sacred Gear Canceller(Gold): Consumes a certain amount of energy to nullify the ability of a Sacred Gear. The more energy consumed, the higher the upper limit of nullification.]
Tatsuma's mood was great.
He threw the newly acquired trait into his inventory and flickered, appearing at the edge of the battlefield.
Scanning the surroundings, he looked at the holy grail in the corner that was emitting a golden-yellow light.
"Its vitality is quite tenacious."
Tatsuma reached out and picked up the holy grail, his gaze piercing through the surface to look at Rizevim's soul inside the holy grail.
Under normal circumstances, being hit by his attack just now, even a Longinus would definitely be affected. The reason this holy grail was preserved intact was because Rizevim sacrificed his physical body at the last moment.
With the power gained from sacrificing his physical body, Rizevim saved the holy grail and indirectly saved his own soul. However, this little trick naturally couldn't escape Tatsuma's eyes.
Surging natural energy rose, and Tatsuma prepared to extinguish Rizevim's soul within the holy grail.
[Tatsuma, wait a moment.]
Just as Tatsuma was about to make his move, Yahweh's voice suddenly echoed in his mind.
"What is it? Is something wrong?" Tatsuma looked up at the sky above.
The disposable barrier that formed this battlefield was given to him by Yahweh before they set off. At that time, Yahweh had said that if he encountered trouble, she would provide remote assistance. Therefore, hearing Yahweh's voice, Tatsuma wasn't too surprised.
[How about letting Rizevim go for now?]
"Reason?"
[According to my observation, Rizevim has the souls of other Evil Dragons in his hands besides Ladon and Grendel.]
[If you kill him now, we will lose the clues to the other Evil Dragons and can only passively wait for them to appear.]
"I have to say, you've convinced me." Tatsuma thoughtfully stroked his chin.
He didn't care about what problems losing the initiative would bring to this world. For Tatsuma, what was truly important were the traits.
From the battle just now, it could be seen that the traits dropped by Dragon King level Evil Dragons were at least red.
If he was lucky enough to get a few gold traits, he might have a chance to get another Rainbow trait.
"What are you planning to do?"
[Simple, just leave a mark.]
Cracking sounds echoed across the battlefield.
Affected by Tatsuma's attack, the barrier that had reached its limit began to shatter, emitting a large amount of holy light. In Tatsuma's sight, this holy light gathered in the sky, transforming into a cross that merged into the holy grail.
[It's done. Now, throw Rizevim's soul into the Dimensional Gap.]
"Dimensional Gap? That will injure him, right?"
[He is a Transcendent after all, he won't be so fragile that he can't even withstand a dimensional storm.]
"Alright, I'll do as you say."
Tatsuma tore open a spatial rift and took out Rizevim's soul from the holy grail.
However, before throwing Rizevim's soul in, he thought for a moment and mobilized the energy inside the holy grail to set up a protective shield on the surface of his soul.
[Strange, why do I feel like you care more about Rizevim than I do?] Yahweh's voice was full of confusion.
What's with this situation?
One minute he was cutting him down, showing no mercy to Rizevim's plea for mercy. The next minute he was meticulously protecting him, afraid that he would be injured and unable to reach his destination.
This change before and after was too great.
If she hadn't been watching the whole time, Yahweh would have thought Tatsuma had been replaced.
"You don't understand, he's not Rizevim anymore, he's my backup hidden energy source."
[I really don't understand, can you explain?]
"We'll talk about it when I have time in the future."
[This 'in the future', how long exactly is that?]
"Starting from one year, with no upper limit."
[Alright, it seems you're not planning to tell me.]
Yahweh understood and didn't continue to press Tatsuma about his secret. Instead, she changed the subject and started another topic.
[Tatsuma, there was something I didn't tell you before.]
[The situation of this generation's Sephiroth Graal holder, Valerie Tepes, is quite special.]
[Unlike past hosts, the Sephiroth Graal held by Valerie is a variant, with a total of three holy grails within her body.]
[Although Rizevim stripped one out, this is still not enough to make her...]
"I understand what you mean."
Tatsuma interrupted, "Just tell me Valerie's location."
[Twenty-nine kilometers south, Tepes Palace.]
"I understand."
Tatsuma released his senses and probed towards the south.
A few seconds later, a town 70% similar to the Carmilla Faction's territory appeared in his senses. In addition, a large number of Evil Dragon auras appeared in his senses along with the town.
"Interesting."
Tatsuma activated a Teleportation Magic array and directly arrived at the Tepes Faction's territory.
Perhaps preparing to change their base, Rizevim also deployed Evil Dragons in the Teeps Faction before leaving.
Although there were no Dragon King level Evil Dragons like Ladon and Grendel leading the charge, these mass-produced Evil Dragons also possessed great power. Under the combined attack of over a thousand Evil Dragons, the vampires of the Tepes Faction were steadily retreating.
At this moment, these vampires were defending in front of the palace, using the palace as a stronghold for their offensive and defensive battle.
A strong smell of blood permeated the air as the vampires fought desperately to kill the Evil Dragons.
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