It goes without saying that Azzy's sheer display of his Arcana spirits and also his treasure not only awed the clan leaders but also took the visitor by surprise.
The visitor didn't care about the black lotus, but he knew about those demonic but cheeky cosmic beings, Jinn. Adding on top of that, there is also a cosmic jewel.
The humans might not take it too seriously because of the high risk of death just from binding their souls to the cosmic jewels while not being able to bring out their maximum powers, but he was aware of their full potential, both Jinn and the cosmic jewel.
The visitor couldn't even bothered to hide his greed in his eyes and gathered his soul energy in his hands and conjured a dark orb, "Never mind. I'll kill you first before sending your clansmen with you to the afterlife."
Azzy inwardly rejoiced at his declaration, "Chronos, you were right. He did take the bait from the cosmic jewel. But, why did you specifically tell me not to reveal the Jewel of Life?"
*Swooosh*
A beam of energy was shot by the visitor then, cutting through the wind like lightning and reaching its target within a fraction of second.
Azzy pushed forth the shield, effectively blocking the attack but got pushed away along with the lotus beneath him continuously by its sheer force.
"Hmpf, an arrogant runt. We'll see where you can escape."
The visitor's eyes glowed for a second, instantly creating a powerful invisible dome shaped barrier within the arena.
As soon as it was launched, the spectators felt that enormous pressure on them vanished as if it didn't exist in the first place.
But, at the same time, their worries about their young master didn't reduce a bit. If anything, they grew more. Well, at least, for those who are worried about him more than themselves in the first place.
Meanwhile, the Black lightning wolf acted on its own, unleashing its strongest soul skill without waiting for its master's instruction upon witnessing Azzy being pushed back.
"Soul skill: Descent of Black Lightning"
As the target is only one, the soul skill didn't take too much time to be unleashed onto the enemy.
There was no thunder, no clouds, or anything. The black lightning bolt just descended from the sky without any warning.
The visitor's eyes did move when it descended but he didn't attempt to dodge it, letting himself be struck by the black lightning bolt.
The lightning bolt struck him directly on his head but only disappeared afterward. Not even a strand of his hair appeared damaged, greatly shocking the wolf. Its pupils constricted by the result.
"Foolish dog, I'm the Apostle of Death. I'm immune to the death energy," The visitor conjured another orb in his free left arm and shot a concentrated sphere of energy, "Die."
As it happened a few times successively without him being able to defend himself, the apostle of death was forced to stop attacking Azzy for a moment and focused on protecting his soul orb.
The black lightning wolf materialized as it landed on the ground and slid a bit before turning around with clear sense of joy described in its eyes. Inside its head, it was squealing like a little boy who was proud of his actions, "Yay... I freed Master."
The Jinn's deep voice followed afterward, reminding it of the current scenario, "Don't be so excited, Vajra. The battle is far from over."
"Yeah, I know," Vajra came to its senses right away and concentrated on the enemy, who managed to seal that specks of protos light and extinguished them down to the last one within no time.
This period of eight seconds were enough for Azzy to counter attack but he didn't move from the spot. Instead, he simply stood against the wall of the invisible barrier and stared at the enemy, conversing with the Reaper instead. Or more like trying to argue once again.
"See... he is vulnerable against the Protos energy. I think Vajra did great and I should focus on controlling the Protos energy instead of wasting time like this." Azzy seemed to have gained confidence on dealing with the enemy without even going all out.
However, the Reaper was not responding as earlier. All Azzy could hear the same whispers as the reply, "Hold and wait... Hold and wait... Hold and wait..."
"Just give me a proper explanation so that I can understand," Azzy flared up a bit. As the Reaper continued with the whisper, an irritated Azzy raised his arm and mumbled, "Fine, since you are blocking my access to the other cosmic jewels, I have no choice but to take this into my own hands."
"Vajra, return to me."
The black lightning wolf was charging at the demigod who had his back widely opened while the Jinn is gathering the Protos energy for the next attack, trying to increase the potent.
However, the order in its head instantly made the wolf deviate from its path and rushed toward its master.
The demigod, meanwhile, returned to his senses and stared at the wolf with his deepened frown. He was lost in his thoughts, "What sort of negative cosmic energy is this? I never faced such corrupted energy that could threaten the very existence of divinity. Not even the demonic energy has such power. I need to capture it and take it to Lord Thanatos.
The Lord will also be extremely pleased if I present it with the cosmic jewel. Perhaps, I would be able to use his power a few more times." The frown on his face replaced by excitement all of a sudden.
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It was then words escaped from Azzy's mouth as the Jinn got out of the wolf's body.
"Hidden Skill: Merge."
As the blinding flash of light dissipated, Azzy was standing in front of him with a black gem on his forehead.
Azzy who was fused with Vajra raised the scythe above his head, the natural energy from his core rushed out and formed a layer over the blade, before the protos energy flew from the gem and formed another layer.
The scythe was then swung down.