Landing on a barren hill without any inhabitants around, Jupiter stood straight and had his gaze on the sky.
He didn't have to wait for a long time though.
Azzy and his Arcana spirits reached the location, Vajra, the black lightning wolf sitting on top of the Black lotus, took a leap from the sky as soon as it saw its enemy.
It was the first to land on the ground and bared its fangs at its former master.
Jupiter couldn't help but look at the wolf affectionately, "Your form might have changed and your loyalty might have changed, but it doesn't change the fact that your soul was a part of mine. Open your eyes and recognize your true master, Vajra."
"Grrrr..." Vajra responded with a growl; its face looked like it wanted to shred this God into pieces.
Jupiter didn't seem like he was angry at the wolf. Instead, his frown was aimed at Azzy, who landed behind it.
"Before we begin our fight, tell me your full name, mortal," said Jupiter, conjuring an energy weapon shaped in the form of concentrated lightning in his hand.
Azzy answered, "Azrael Crescent Garcia."
"No wonder you didn't find it weird when I said your name earlier," Jupiter muttered under his breath. He then raised three fingers, "Alright, Azrael Crescent Garcia, when you are ready, you may proceed. For the debt we had from your past life, I will give you three chances to attack me. I will not evade them."
Azzy was aware that this Deity was looking down on him, because of obvious reasons.
But, he decided to take it as an advantage and accepted it, "Since you insist, then, don't go back on your word."
He raised the death scythe above his head and mumbled, "Soul skill: Slice of Death."
Azzy unleashed the very first soul skill he mastered and swung the death scythe vertically, creating an arc of death energy that was only as big as him but was too dense. Jupiter sensed it too but he stayed calm. There was no change in his facial expression.
The Arc of concentrated death energy made its way toward Jupiter, who raised his hand and stretched forward. Azzy expected him to conjure a barrier shield to defend against the attack but there was no such thing happened.
Jupiter's hand was struck by the attack.
His palm had only bruises while the death energy entered his system, only to be dissipated rapidly.
"What?" Azzy's eyes widened in surprise. He expected the demigod to be strong but didn't know it was this strong. "Chronos, didn't you say Death energy even works against the Gods? He wasn't even in his real form and possessed the body of a demigod."
Within the next second, the Reaper's words then echoed in his head as a reply, "Death energy doesn't work effectively against three types of beings. One, if someone is far stronger than you. Two, if someone possessed death energy too. Lastly, it doesn't work against cosmic jewels."
His Divine energy erupted from him and formed a layer over his skin, increasing its toughness by several folds.
Just as he managed to stop it and mumbled, "One more to go", Azzy, who was watching the scene, turned the hourglass upside down, "Time Stop."
Everything in the world stopped moving.
Jupiter also couldn't move but he could see around and he could sense the time freeze.
It was then Azzy leaped from its head and slid across the golem's arm before flying toward Jupiter at his peak speed.
At a speed of mach 8, he struck Jupiter's chest with the Spear of Death and the release of tremendous energy from his attack pushed him away while unfreezing the time.
Meanwhile, Jupiter's body slowly started turning into stone and his expression was frozen in bewilderment, followed by gritting his teeth. "Argh..." For the first time, he let out a roar.
Flames suddenly erupted from his body, removing the fossilization and also negating the death energy in the process.
By the time Azzy found his balance and stood on the ground, Jupiter was bathing in flames with lightning bolts dancing around him.
With his eyes remaining closed, he raised the lightning-bolt-shaped weapon above his shoulder, "Your three attacks are over. Now, it is my turn."
"Goodbye," Jupiter motioned his arm back and then threw the lightning bolt at Azzy, who stood there in silence.
Just as the Lightning bolt weapon was about to strike Azzy, a wooden shield appeared in the latter's hands.
The brown jewel, embedded in the center of the shield, glowed brightly and transformed the wood into the purest form of adamantium, the strongest metal in the universe.
The lightning bolt struck the shield and released a tremendous amount of energy, which was absorbed by the shield.
"The Jewel of Earth, no wonder he was so confident," Jupiter motioned his hand. The lightning bolt returned to his hands.
Lowering down the shield, Azzy stared at his opponent, "So, my assumption was right, after all."
"Yes, no doubt about it, Azrael. It is the Jewel of Fire," replied the Reaper. After a brief pause, the latter added, "Fortunately for you, you have exactly something that could suppress its power."
"Protos energy?" As Azzy wondered, the reaper answered, "No, look above."
Azzy didn't have to raise his head to understand what this deity was trying to say. He could sense a being who was flying around randomly. He mumbled, "Leah's Izarok."