Playing In One's Palm

His five hands all seemed to contain a world on those open palms that faced the large red sun as a red ball of energy began condensing on it. On the other hand, Saber, who sensed a great threat couldn't just watch as someone prepared an attack on himself...

...

...

BOOM!!

A deafening explosion of flames flared as Saber's whole body was instantly engulfed by the red flames making him seem like a humanoid figure on flames, unable to see anything else as the face of the three-headed man all smiled creepily.

HAA!

Saber's humanoid figure suddenly released an even more powerful aura though, dispersing the flames in an instant, to the great shock of the three humanoids present.

When his figure could be seen, he now had short spiky hair that held all types of different colors including blue, silver, purple, gold, red, and white plus more.

His eyes were purple and in the shape of stars as he had entered his True Star state.

'Luckily, I transformed just in time otherwise those flames would have burnt through my skin and even killed me before I had the time to register it in my mind!!'

THRUM!

Saber thought while feeling a shudder running down his spine... Unexpectedly, in his first battle after entering the Fourth Floor of hell, he had already almost faced death..!

BAM BAM!!

Yet, he didn't have time for such thoughts... the other two cloaked figures not giving it to him and instead attacked with great speed and brutality sending him flying back the five hundred meters he had covered at the beginning of the battle.

Skidding across the surface of the desert, he finally managed to stop himself while coincidentally appearing next to Adrianna who was rooted in the spot due to the shock she had felt from witnessing such a scene of power which was many times higher than her level.

Hehe...

A sadistic smirk appeared on Saber's face when seeing Adrianna who wasn't paying any attention to him and had her guard completely down as he decided that the time had come for him and Adrianna to work together in battle.

Seeing his foes rushing toward him at inhumane speeds, Saber immediately grabbed Adrianna by the neck and then flashed through the field of sand, appearing in a moment, in front of the first of the three five-meter humanoid figures who had six arms and three heads.

Seeing how he had carried his ally like that resulted in this humanoid figure's shock as it was in this moment of unintentional shock that Saber grasped an opportunity that was normally hard to come by in these types of battles...

With his left hand gripping Adrianna's neck, and his right hand already cocked back, Saber's eyes lit ablaze as his right fist was instantly coated with flames that rode on three ice spikes that protruded through his skin!!

Puchi!!

An unexpected situation and with it came a head blasting into a golden mist of blood and brain matter...

In that instant, the humanoid body seemingly lost control before falling limply at Saber's side, or more like the side of Saber's afterimage as Saber had already flashed past the fallen body a long time ago as he approached the second humanoid who, like his comrade, was shocked too, but, his anger was much more present as he didn't hesitate like his now fallen comrade!

Cocking back all right three fists and coating them in an intense flame, he sent a powerful punch that was soo fast that Saber, even in his True Star state, was unable to dodge!!

But...

BOOM!!

*Splatter*

Saber smirked since he didn't need to dodge when he had a human-sized shield in his left hand.

Bringing Adrianna's body in front of his own, she took on the full brunt of the attack as her body exploded into smithereens and blood splattered all around Saber's face.

Yet...

Even after experiencing that, Saber remained steadfast and focused on his goal as the humanoid who had just used a shit-ton of force to send that punch couldn't react in time as Saber sent a kick straight to the chin of the humanoid.

Well, at least, it seemed as if he couldn't react in time but the humanoid easily dodged the attack and prepared to send another attack that would this time land on Saber's body.

Swoosh!

His three left fists sliced through the air causing arks of light to form as he sent powerful punches each capable of destroying a Solar System on its own, toward Saber's body...

Swoosh!!

These three fists went straight through the body of Saber, yet no blood splattered as Saber's body seemed almost illusionary before completely disappearing in a puff of darkness which caused the humanoid's face to morph into an expression of confusion!

WAA!

Behind the humanoid, Saber's real body appeared already sending a kick similar to the first time as his foot was coated in a cold icy blue light which quickly reached the neck of an unsuspecting humanoid entity as he couldn't prevent his neck from being sliced completely off and his golden blood rushing to the skies!!!

Hehe...

All this time, the smirk on Saber's face continued growing wider and more crazed as he didn't stop there with a sliced-off neck. In one motion, his foot landed on the ground only to propel him closer to the humanoid as a cold icy blue illusionary sword appeared gripped in his hand and already slashing at the other two heads of this humanoid!!

*Grrrr*

BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!

But, just as he was about to officially kill his first target on this Fourth Floor, six powerful flaming arrows condensed with intense heat crashed into his body, sending him flying thousands of meters away...

The third and final humanoid figure not stopping to appreciate the grand explosion that took place when his fire arrows exploded when Saber was a certain distance away as he instead quickly threw both his comrades over his shoulder before...

Strategical Retreat!!

He didn't hesitate to turn tails and run when understanding the power of the one known as Saber who had just shot out of a sea of flames in the most horrifying scene of sky-high flaming walls.

Hehe... Want to run...

As the six-arm humanoid was in the middle of fleeing, he suddenly felt as if his vision had blurred and the speed at which he flew suddenly began slowing down at an incredible rate.

Even though his aura burst forth in a desperate effort to return to his peak speed, he felt no difference as a deep fear slowly began creeping into his heart!

Hehe...

A slight chuckle from an evil entity entered the six-armed man's ears as golden blood exited his seven orifices... or well, twenty-one orifices.

Saber slowly approached from behind as only he could see the massive silvery blue dome that covered tens of millions of kilometers...

It was like this from the moment he had transformed into his True Star State as his Destiny Element which he had devoured from his previous counterpart's heart had indeed guided him and also showed him this same situation...

Even though he seemed to have been a crazed and bloodthirsty killer, it wasn't ever like that. Even in the first confrontation, being pushed back and skidding across the sand till he was in reach of his human meat shield...

All of it was within his expectation and everything had played out as he planned!!!