Mara

when the dust finally settles, a huge crater was let behind and a translucent dorm could be seen around Ray and Richard who no one knew when he arrived by his side.

"good thing made this crown with the triple rebound special skill rather than the previous one of impenetrable shields"

Ray rolled his eyes at Richard cockiness, this old fart won't stop getting on his nerves every the opportunity present itself.

few steps from them is Tyler panting terribly, his figure a mess and he kept spatting blood at intervals. naturally it should be something everyone would be jumping about if not for the possibilities they've all witnessed.

exactly as thought, Tyler is anywhere far from over. his body even at the current situation is rising in energy level, "roooooooor" his deafening roar shook the floor he squat on as another spike slowly emerge from his back

"what's this abomination, it's nothing like a dalki"

"you are the genius Richard, you should have figured it out already. it has dragon blood in its system some how missed with a dalki blood or something"

"I thought you were the last of your kind the last time I checked, how the hell did some mad scientist got their hands on dragon blood

not to mention the vampire blood missed in it still isn't answered for"

"you're the only vampire in the room Richard, and the only mad scientist I believe could go the extreme for such madness.

for now I'll stick with the fact we're facing same enemy and are on the same team. but once this is over..."

Ray didn't complete his speech but the end goal was clear enough from the look in his eyes.

"let's just take down this freak first" Richard brush Ray threat away as they both prepare to face their battle

Tyler is once again back on his feet and all healed up way faster than a vampire would. "this is going to be a tough one"

"um...hum" both of them dashed towards Tyler leaving behind after images in their walk.

each of their move too difficult for ones eyes to follow, all anyone could see are flashes and constant wind breaking sound

cope with a few crashing sound and debris flying up and down all over the place

"now, now, now. I can't get left out of the fun you know, it's been a long while I've been hoping mother give me a chance to test my strength

I guess I'm not disappointed, I just hope you lot can entertain me a little more than those brute throwing fist all around like boy playing tag"

Minny gritted her teeth, the others weren't left out. this is an afront insult to earth strongest hero, they can't imagine the thoughts going through the mind of outsiders watching this.

"shadow overlord, Shadow monarch" the shadows around all races to Galen as his figure slowly transformed into a terrifying yet majestic shadow being with terrifying aura

deep crimson eyes and pruding horn on both side of his head, he looks nothing short of the god of shadow straight from the abyss.

a huge solidified shadow sword slowly emerge from the ground, hovering in front of him till he grab the hint. "shadow domain"

shadow burst forth from him like mist covering everywhere, one could barely see his or her own hands within this darkness.

"this bastard" Minny roared at him feeling all of her Qi had disappeared the moment Galen used shadow monarch skill

Jack and the others had a squinting brow also, all of them have lost their abilities the moment that skill was used.

Peter didn't bother saying a thing, he was once young and hot blooded. he can relate with Galen why he had to use this skill amongst all other skills he had developed all through the years

to say the truth, this is the second time Galen had used this skill ever. the first was when he needed to prove a point to the alien species that earth isn't weak even though Quinn is no more and the other is now

his only problem is how the skill works, it left him worried as he turned his attention to the far end of the shadows. though he couldn't see anything or year anything, he just hope those two shadows didn't race to Galen if not they are good at dead.

"oh Galen, you sure are my favorite when I was an hopeless Mara. you know growing up with nothing close to what the talen have after they help to destroy any good thing I could have ages ago

I feel so hopeless, especially when I watched how you took down entire fleet of evading aliens from another galaxy trying to dominate the milky way galaxy

that power, that boldness, that strength is nothing I can ever compete with, it always got me biting down on my rage and determination for revenge.

but here I am right now standing as your equal, no I stand corrected. your superior.

haha, oh how times changes. you have to pull out your big guns just to take a single person out, the same gun you used in taking out an entire fleet

how remarkable?"

her eyes began to glow intensely and so did her veins, the took on the appearance of when Quinn had celestial blood running inside him and it's really isn't far from the truth because Galen had a frown on his face instantly.

Galen could feel the celestial energy within him reacting to Mara for no apparent reason, he only gets this feeling when he is close to a celestial or something marked with celestial energy.

being an incomplete celestial had its perks, he is highly intune with celestial energy and now his sense is telling him he is relating with one.

Galen brandish his sword and the next second he appeared mid air beside Mara, slashing down at her with great might only for Mara's figure to disappear from its spot leaving behind an afterimage Galen sword slice through.

"teleportation ehh, pretty good move" Mara appeared beside Galen mid air two throwing a kick at him

he parry her kick with his sword, distancing himself from her while Mara figure was pushed back by the force of black lightning that suddenly appeared on the sword

"you keep amazing me, first you used teleportation which isn't the shadows usual shift skill and now the black lightning ability

if am not wrong, your shadow monarch skill not only allows your seize control of your allies shadow but also their abilities are extracted too

that explains how you made a solid sword completely out of Qi and shadow, you sure leave up to your status as Quinn son"

"you talk too much" Galen charged over with a burst of flame and lightning merged, increasing his speed exponentially

they both got locked in an intense battle of dodge, parry, strick and thus. but Mara got the upper hand due to her crazy speed

Galen could barely keep up with the use of teleportation, still the battle kept dragging on until Mara decided to get serious.

having distance herself from Galen barricade of assault, she wore a mocking smile on her face while using a sharp nails to slice open her palm.

glowing blood gush out from the wound, levitating upward till she condensed it into a glowing red staff. "now let's get even".

....

at the other side of the shadow, a complete mess of things was left behind. though one could barely see properly in this shadow domain

the level of destruction can not be missed, deep crater everywhere. blast of fiery red beam going off every now and then, cope with constant wind breaking sound

it's a clear sign this is not a battle field for the weak, one wrong move and it's game over

"damn it, that kids hide is so thick my blood slash could barely leave a mark and worse of it all, he keeps getting stronger with each damage we've dealt on it"

Richard grumbles rebounding one of those deadly beam with the help of his crown activate skill

"that's the point of it all exactly, there have to be a cap to what his body can handle, giving the delay it's taking for him to level up

I doubt he can still handle more, he is close to his limits and we won't stop till this monster is taking down" Ray responded, his eyes glue to Tyler's figure getting back up from the rubbles the rebound had blast him off to

outside everyone is anticipating the end of the battle, with the broadcast cut off by Galen shadow domain, they could only hope for the best

"what do we do Vincent, are you certain we can rail in this victory"

"do you really have to ask, it certain they are going to win for sure. earth wouldn't be as safe as it is right now if they aren't capable of defeating those two

they better do because that bastard got a lot of questions to answer from me" Russ cut in before Vincent could reply

the last sections of his speech was spoke to himself as he glue his eyes to the screen projecting the darkness with nothing to see

at that moment ripple flash through the shadow form accompanied by an earthquaking explosion that shook the entire city.

the shadow dorm collapsed alongside the powerful explosion, raising a way bigger dust that spawn way more than the eyes could see

good thing is the talen complex is kind of isolated from the city itself, if not more than half the city would have been leveled by that powerful explosion.

"what just happened? can someone get a virtual on things" Sophia urge cherry out of anxiety, the explosion had destroyed everything within the complex currently.

"I'm trying my best, every active technique in the minor has been shut down by the surge of power. I'm trying to reroute a drone from nearby to get a virtual"

cherry explained while her fingers kept typing away, her ability utilize to the outmost to get things done. she wasn't the only one sorting a way out, every broadcasting company were on their toes right now.