On the battlefield: END

"YOU FUCKING BASTARD!!!!"

Piotus threw his sword to the side as he took on a battle stance.

Seeing his transformation Azazel felt a little wary but instantly smiled as if remembering a good memory.

"Oh? You intend to use your Beast Art? With your past injury you think you can maintain that form for long?! Gahahaha!!" Piotus snorted at his words and said,

"I can last long enough to claim your life!!" Azazel gave a disdainful smile and retorted, saying, "We'll see about that!"

Piotus smashed his claws down the moment Azazel finished talking. Azazel had zero intentions of taking such a heavy attack head on. He sidestepped and quickly dodged the claw launched at him. 

With his bulging body he clenched his fist and shot a punch at the unguarded arm. Piotus sneered and instantly coated his arm with his Metal Affinity. He took the punch while shifting his body to divert the extra weight of Azazel's attack.

Before Azazel could send another punch to him he spun around and raffed him by his neck before coating his claws with Beast Mana and slamming his head into the ground. A giant crater formed on the spot as his head sunk deep into the hard ground.

Piotus grinned evilly but a sudden light stunned his smile. A bright red glow covered Azazel's body before expanding and stretching out onto a great margin of the battlefield. Piotus noticed a change in his aura and immediately cursed himself for being careless.

He jumped back a great distance but it was still a tad bit too late. Azazel shot out like a bright light and instantly appeared before Piotus. He held a fierce gaze and released a matchless killing intent as he screamed,

"Fallen Stars!" 

His body twisted and churned before splitting into multiple blinking stars. They charged towards Piotus making his facial expression change once again.

He placed both his arms in front of him and formed an x guard with his arms, and took all the incoming attacks. He groaned in pain before finally changing his strategy. He couldn't take it so he started to dodge.

He felt like there was no other option remaining as he ran through the formation of aerial attacks. Stopping in his tracks his tall and bulky bear body started to quiver. A golden light enveloped him as he clasped his hands together. He gazed at the oncoming attacks condescendingly and shouted,

"Beast Art: 64 Palms Of Buddha!!" The golden light stretched and blanketed the area before morphing into 64 giant palms. He released his clasped hands and shot out his paw in a palm striking motion.

The incoming attacks were instantly blown to smithereens. The palm continued and suddenly slammed against an invisible force. The air rippled before Azazel was sent flying and tumbling through the air. 

His face was slightly pale but he soon slammed his giant feet onto the ground, decreasing the speed he was flung at.

He pitched off the ground a few times but with his giant feet at his service he immediately got back his foothold on the ground. He glanced at the now 63 palms behind Piotus warily for a split second before covering it up with a mocking smile.

"Piotus you bastard..! To think you'd use such an attack! But looking at your current state and your ragged breathing, the force of this Beast Art has decreased by almost half! Gahaha let's see if you can force me into such a position again!"

Piotus's face was pale and a few threads of blood were currently leaking from the corners of his mouth. His breathing was as Azazel stated, "ragged" yet he still kept a confident gaze. He simply wiped off the blood and said,

"Did your brain get damaged with that last attack? Did you forget that you couldn't even take 3% of this Beast Art's attack force in the past? With it being half of its original it's still more than enough to claim your life!!"

Azazel flinched at his words. He knew he was right but still kept a sneer on his face.

"People change Piotus! With you not being at your peak and me being able to reach up to your strength after so many years I wonder if the results would still be as you just said!"

Piotus snorted coldly towards his words. Both City Lords readied themselves for their clash once again.

As their clash continued, the two humans at Azazel's side had started making their own moves as well. They were currently hiding, sneaking towards the Magic Tree. 

At the location of the tree were several monsters fighting for their City Lords but with them being occupied in such a task there wasn't a single soul focused on the Magic Tree. Or so they thought.

They soon appeared behind the tree and took out six grey diamond shaped stones and placed them in the soil of the Magic Tree. They made hand seals and immediately the stones all lit up. 

They floated upwards and started rotating at a inconceivable speed. The surrounding monsters were completely dazzled by the light even to the point of forgetting that they were at war.

A giant bubble appeared and swallowed the tree. The tree was then uprooted with the bubble carrying it. However the moment they were about to take off with it a Demi-Human from the Steel-Fist City interrupted saying,

"Thank you for your hard work fellas!" The sudden voice startled both humans and their control over the bubble was also affected. The Demi-Human placed his palm in front of it and injected his mana. They both instantly lost control over the bubble.

They looked at the newcomer only to be shocked. "It's you!!" One of the human pointed his finger at the Demi-Human but instantly regretted it after. 

The Demi-Human sunk his foot into the human's gut and sent him flying. He slammed into several monsters from Water Gate City breaking their formation.

"Brother!! Boroc, how dare you!! Do you think because you're the younger brother of Vice Leader Birsha my family won't make a move on you?!" Boroc only sneered to his words and said,

"Solax! You and your brother betrayed our Steel-Fist City, we are now mortal enemies!! Take your worthless fucking sissy looking brother and get the hell out of my sight!" His words caused Solax's face to contort with multiple emotions invading it.

He hesitated for a short minute but soon turned his back to Boroc and ran off in his brother's direction. Reaching a far enough distance he turned around and shamelessly declared, 

"You're lucky that I'm not powerful today you damn bastard!! Next time I'll have your head!"

His words caused a scornful expression to find itself on Borox's face. He controlled the bubble holding the Magic Tree with one hand and took out a red coloured stone with the other. 

The Water Gate City monsters finally snapped out of their stupor. They were about to rush towards Borox when suddenly several squads of monsters blocked their paths. One of them felt annoyed and screamed,

"Dammit!! Move the hell out of our way Steel-Fist City's bastards!"

"Fuck off!! You think we'll let you rush Master Borox when he's so vulnerable?! DREAM ON BASTARDS!"

Borox crushed the red stone, ignoring their bickering.

"City Lord, I've already got the tree. I shall head back to Steel-Fist City!" 

At the sight of the clash…

Piotus smiled ear to ear as he listened to the words of Borox. He glanced at Azazel before suddenly increasing the speed of his attacks. 

"Enough of this cat and mouse game Azazel! Die!!" Piotus moved his giant paw to the side and instantly a golden palm shot out aiming towards Azazel's rib cage. He grew flustered by the sudden change of attacks but composed himself once again.

He clasped his hands together and started to conjure his Beast Mana. He formed O's with his fingers as a resplendent light immediately shone from within them. He took a deep breath in before moving his fingers in odd yet mystifying motions.

A three headed water dragon suddenly appeared behind him, glaring at the now 24 golden palms of Buddha. It surged out of his body and wrapped itself within the sky. Azazel was going all out and Piotus understood this very well since he too wanted to end this match as quickly as possible.

Piotus moved both his paws and several afterimages followed behind. The 24 palms shuddered and instantly wrapped together forming a mountain sized golden palm. 

Both City Lords had a stare off before soon taking their battle stances. 

Swoosh!

Their bodies vanished and quickly appeared before each other. With voices laced with killing intent they both shouted their techniques names.

"BEAST ART: BEAST GOD'S DESCENT!"

"SEA KING'S GUARDIAN!"

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Their fists met. A monstrous boom escaped from their clash quaking the entire battlefield. Everyone stopped their fighting and covered their ears with a bellowing pain endlessly ringing about.

"AHHHH!!"

"MAKE IT STOP!!"

"PLEASE!!! ARRRGH!!"

Monstrous sound waves were sent out. They were so thick and dense that they evenly sliced several mountains in half. 

Jay had long since reached the battlefield and by the time he had gotten there the final clash between both City Lords had rang out. So he was also affected by it. He acted on instinct and coated his entire body with his Grim Reaper's Killing Intent.

Although it worked it was only a slight effect. He started to bleed from his tear ducts, ears and nose. Only through gritted teeth did he push through. Finally after what felt like an eternity the sound waves died out and the constant booming faded with it. 

He gulped a Healing Potion and continued to rush forward claiming many monsters' lives.

At the place of the clash…

Both City Lord's stood with slightly arched bodies, both fists lodged deeply into each other's chest. 

Blegh!

They both vomited mouthfuls of blood. Their eyes drooped with exhaustion yet their stubborn rivalry kept them awake. Piotus twisted his paw and grabbed at a still beating organ. 

Beads of sweat and buckets of blood covered their faces. Azazel felt conflicted and was about to grab Piotus's heard when he suddenly sneered. He looked at Azazel and said,

"What? Afraid? Kill me if you dare!"

Azazel didn't dare do anything and just accepted his fate at that moment.

He grimaced and was about to say something when Piotus suddenly ripped his heart out.

Azazel couldn't believe he had died so quickly but soon he embraced the loving arms of death as a warmth overtook his consciousness.

Piotus reverted back to his normal beast form which was smaller than his Beast Art's beast form. He was about to fall over when suddenly a giant Black Lion came up from underneath and supported him. 

Jay bought the same golden pill he had fed to Sven and fed it to Piotus. His heart pained seeing another three million system credits disappear.

He unlodged Azazel's now shrivelled up hand and the healing quickly took its place.

After several hours his body finally recovered, full of vitality once again. He glanced at Jay with an indescribable gratitude and hurriedly bowed thanking him.

Jay smiled, shamelessly receiving the bow. What? He saved his damn life. He wasn't going to be all modest. 

Piotus glanced at Jay before following up with a question that placed a smile on his face.

"What do you want as a reward Squad Leader Abaddon?" Jay looked at him and answered, "Lemme get three of those Spirit Fruits on the Magic Tree!" 

Piotus expected this but he was quite surprised when he heard the amount Jay wanted. With a raised brow he asked, "Squad Leader Abaddon wouldn't one be enough for you? Would you like something else?"

Jay wanted to smack the shit out of this oversized Charmin Bear looking motherf*cker. He held back his urge and answered with an emotionless face.

"City Lord, not everyone is as lonely as you ya know? I have a wife and a daughter. And about wanting something else? Yeah I do, I want this bastard's body!"

Piotus's mouth twitched. He wanted to smack the annoying brat in front of him but he held back his urge since Jay had saved his life. 

But he did feel some shock hearing that Jay wanted Azazel's body but just numbly replied to him as if too frustrated to know the plans of the brat in front of him.

Piotus noticed a smug smile on Jay's face and instantly a vein bulged on his forehead. "Damn brat!" He lost it and chased after Jay who kept on teasing and taunting him every now and then as he ran for his life while looking at his status.

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Name: Abaddon (Jay)

Gender: Male

Age: Four years and 3 months old (Adult)

Race: Zeriphe ||Zerophite Descendant|| (Ancient lion variant)

Level: 98/100 (Needs 11,000,000 exp)

Affinities: Darkness Grade 3, Fire-Grade 3, Metal-Grade 4 and Lightning-Grade 4, Light-Grade 2

Cultivation: 6th rank of the Sky-Realm

Gear: Soul Ring(Not Equipped), Space Pouch(Equipped)

HP: 1270/1270

MP: Full

ATK: 1270

DEF: 1270

Speed: 1274

Active Skills: ||Cleave||- LVL MAX, ||Sprint||- LVL MAX, ||Ghost||- LVL MAX, ||Divine Pride|| LVL 4, ||Zerophite's Roar||- LVL 4, ||Hell's Misery|| LVL MAX, ||Dragon's Cry|| LVL 4, ||Purgatory Flame|| LVL 3, ||Shadow Bind|| LVL 4, ||Enhanced Vision|| LVL MAX, ||Planetary Revolution|| LVL 1, ||Dragon's Pillar|| LVL 2, ||Soul Curse|| LVL 1, ||Soul Domain|| LVL 1

Passive skills: ||All Heavens Breath|| LVL MAX, ||Poison Resistance|| LVL 2, ||Grim Reaper's Intent||-(Not a level based skill)

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Looking at the needed amount of exp Jay couldn't help but scream out, "FUCKING BASTARD!!" Piotus had several bulging veins as his anger peaked. 

"Damn brat!! I'll show you how to be respectful to your elders!"

His words caused Jay's face to distort before replying, "W-wait..!! Old man calm down!!"

Piotus started launching several claws attacks his way.

The surviving Steel-Fist City monsters all had faces of shock yet they couldn't hold back their laughter at the comical scene that was being displayed before their eyes. 

Piotus stopped to catch his breath and heard the laughter of his men. He smiled widely as he transformed back into his Demi-Human form. He instantly noticed that the injury Azazel had mentioned healed. His excitement soared and he easily decided to reward Jay once again when they returned.

Jay walked up to him and smiled before saying, "You're welcome old man." Piotus smiled at his words before shaking his head.

"Hehe, damn brat. When we return I'll give you an extra reward."

Jay nodded with a calm expression but laughed excitedly inside. They then did a head count as they regrouped.

With all that being done Vice Leader Birsha turned towards the remaining soldiers and ordered, "Okay men! Let's return!"

"YEAH!!!!"

TO BE CONTINUED!!