Chapter 628 Praise The Sun

Chapter 628 Praise The Sun

[Plasma Expansion: Purple Sun]

Plasma gushed out of Eris's body, condensing around her into a massive ball akin to a purple sun, releasing so much heat that the cave started melting.

[Void Expansion: Devouring Void]

Darkness gushed out of Arad's chest, clashing with the purple sun and engulfing it in the blink of an eye.

Unlike their previous clash, Arad had expected Eris's expansion and smiled. Her purple sun hadn't grown bigger since the last time he saw it, probably due to her being unable to keep it stable more than a lack of power. And so to prevent it from exploding and tearing his void, he started crushing it with gravity magic instead of trying to eat it.

Eris could feel the ground around her purple sun disappear as Arad consumed her into the void. That had made it harder for her to feed the sun matter to expand it, but it wasn't a problem. She already had it big enough.

[Burst]

They expanded rapidly, pushing against Arad's gravity. He clenched down on it with all his might, and it exploded in a brilliant flare. At the same time, Arad used his void to suck as much as possible of the gases and matter released from the sun as quickly as he can in an attempt for preventing his stomach from bursting.

The sun faded, exploding inside Arad's space, shining brightly as it died. Arad smiled as the sun disappeared, holding his aching stomach as he dispelled his expansion.

"Nice try, but I already saw it once. You won't get me twice." He looked at Eris, who stood in place, sweating buckets.

Eris giggled, wiggling in place and barely managing to stand.

Arad stood, taking a deep breath. He never felt such pain before, the only thing topping it when Eris actually burst his expansion open. "You're really impressive. I fought adult dragons who can't output this much power,"

Eris stared at him with a crazed smile, "Arad, do you remember?" She lifted her hands up. "This is a fight of domination. No one would lose like this," She extended her hands up in a Y shape. "Praise the Sun!"

Arad blinked, confused.

[Holy Expansion:...]

Eris's body flashed golden, the light washing Arad's vision, painting it white. New novel chapters are published on

Arad stood there, staring at her with his eyes glowing green and purple. A thick layer of cursed stone engulfed his body, shielding him from the holy magic.

"How long can you last?" Eris growled, staring at Arad as he looked like a statue standing before her. But suddenly, her head got pulled toward the ground, smacking her nose on the stones.

She tried to stand but felt heavy. Her face, knees, and hands cracked as she got pulled toward the ground with an even greater strength. Amplified gravity from Arad had brought her down, and she was forced to stop the expansion.

As the holy magic dissipated, Arad looked at Eris as she panted on the ground. "Magic grows stronger depending on how much mana, thinking, and refining you put into it. Stand up, and I'll admit defeat,"

"No, I give up," Eris growled, "Stop it,"

Arad nodded, canceling his magic, letting her breathe, "Are you okay?"

"The gravity pulled my blood down, and I wasn't able to heal," She rolled on her back, "I could use holy magic, but I feared you might think it's an attack and increase the output of your magic. Either way, I would have died,"

"You fought well," Arad looked at her, getting his massive head closer to her. "Especially witchcraft. You wouldn't have lasted half as long if you relied on an arcane focus."

"That what impresses you? Not the holy magic?" Eris chuckled.

"Holy magic is a borrowed power, not something you own. I hate that kind of power," Arad replied. "Witchcraft is a power you own. I'll praise that more even if it was weaker,"

"The nail polish was worth it," Eris sighed, "I'll tell that store lady that my husband loved it," She looked at Arad.

"You don't mean that," Lifted an eyebrow.

"Of course, the store owner didn't know what she was celling," Eris replied, "No use telling her," She sat up, her wounds healing, "So, what do you say, should I get some tattoos? Ones that hold magic scripture for mana recovery and capacity. I heard they even make transparent ones that glow blue when using magic,"

"I don't know," Arad scratched his chin, "Can they be removed? So you can exchange the effects."

"They should, but I need to look more into them," She extended a hand toward Arad, "Would you fund my witchcraft research?"

"As much as reasonably possible," Arad shifted back into his humanoid form, carrying Eris. "For now, rest,"