Iwa's entire body begins bubbling with earth-brown Cursed Power again, as Iwa grabs the chain of the Shadow Sickle piercing through his eyes again, and gives Daniel another mighty yank. This time, the Shadow Sickles that Daniel has piercing through the ground shatter the golden floor of the temple, causing Daniel to get dragged towards Queen yet again.
Rēzā presses her hands together, charging up yet another emission of Cursed Power, and once Daniel is directly in front of her, Rēzā opens her hands up, thrusting her psalm towards Daniel as an emission fo Cursed Power explodes into him at point blank range. Daniel is wrapped up in yet another explosion of Cursed Power and smoke, further scorching up his body.
But when the explosion subsides, Daniel…is no longer standing where he once was.
"What?! Where did he go?!" Queen desperately cries as she frantically looks around for Daniel.
"My ace in the hole…" Queen then hears a voice whisper, as Queen turns and peers over her shoulder to where she heard the voice, seeing Daniel swiftly emerge from Queen's shadow, like one of his sickle blades.
"SHADOW SICKLE: GHOST DRIVER!"
Daniel then thrusts his arm towards Queen, attempting to stab her with the Shadow Blade wrapped around his wrist, but before Daniel can pierce Queen, Iwa jumps in the way, reinforcing his entire body with his earth-brown Cursed Power, -which then begins to solidify- forming a rocky shield barrier around Iwa's entire body, like Mikey's Crimson Coat. So when Daniel's Shadow Sickle makes contact with Iwa, it bounces right off of his rocky body. Rēzā then fires another emission of Cursed Power Daniel's way, who dives back into Queen's shadow to dodge. Daniel then rises back out of a shadow a couple of dozen of feet away from Queen.
Daniel's Shadow Sickle limbs had dissipated back into his black and dark gray Cursed Power to increase his mobility, so Daniel reconstructs his Shadow Sickle legs and tail, while panting heavily.
"I've overestimated the opponent. I thought I'd be able to win after a singular attack," Daniel comments. "This will be a difficult battle."
"Puppeteer: Slayer Iwa, Geomancy!" Queen shouts as Iwa slams his fist into the ground, causing dozens of stone spikes to rise out of the ground in front of Iwa. Iwa then reinforces his fists with his earth-brown Cursed Power and punches outwards, shattering the stone spikes. Dozens of chains -each one armed with a long, curved blade- then wiggle their way out of Daniel's shadow, aiming each sickle blade at Queen. Rēzā then shoots a blast of Cursed Power at the spikes, sending them flying towards Daniel, who -in turn- sends an army of Shadow Sickles flying back towards Queen.
"Shadow Sickles: Chain and Sickle!"
"Puppeteer: Slayer Rēzā, Laser Beam!"
Daniel's and Queen's attacks collide, trading a Shadow Sickle per stone shard, or a Shadow Sickle per emission of Cursed Power. The two attacks cancel each other out completely.
"Shadow Sickles: The Betrayal of One's Own Self!" Daniel shouts as he spawns a Shadow Sickle out of both Iwa's and Rēzā's shadows. Queen doesn't bother to defend as Daniel's lone Shadow Sickles slice their bodies to bits, carving off heads, and limbs. Because once Daniel is done and his shadow blades retracts back into the shadows, Queen does as she did before with her own body, spawning more of her Cursed Power threads to piece her puppets back together perfectly.
"As I was saying earlier, you're not the first to attempt destroying my puppets, either," Queen smirks.
"Little attacks don't work. If I am to finish this battle off -despite being uncouth of me- I'll have to do so with a bang," Daniel says to himself. "Shadow Sickles-" Daniel then continues as he prepares a Primal Chain Coil.
` "Puppeteer: Corpse Fusion Ruiner!" Queen shouts as the bodies of Iwa and Rēzā to break apart at the points where Daniel cut them off. By using her Cursed Power threads, Queen manipulates the body parts of her corpse puppets and brings them together, forming a giant two armed, two legged, and two headed beast of a corpse puppet. Daniel watches in horror. "My Rule Breaker ability!"
"This is disgusting…" Daniel growls. "Disrespecting the dead like this."
"As you said, I would also stoop to any lows to achieve my goal," Queen smirks. "PUPPETEER: GEOMANCY LASER BEAM!"
"PRIMAL CHAIN COIL!"
Queen's corpse fusion lets out a roar then aims both palms at Daniel, firing off a mighty blast of red and brown Cursed Power as well as boulders and shards of stone. In turn, Daniel fires his Primal Chain Coil Queen's way, and the two attacks fly towards one another. The two attacks collide in an explosion of red, earth-brown, black, and dark gray Cursed Power, struggling for dominance. But slowly and surely, Daniel sees that his Primal Chain Coil is slowly getting overpowered. Until bam! Queen's Geomancy Laser Beam blasts right through Daniel's Primal Chain Coil and explodes into Daniel in a rush of rainbow Cursed Power.
Queen cackles as she wiggles her fingers, sending her mutant abominations stomping across the ground towards Daniel. "This is the end for you, Black Demon!" Queen cackles once her corpse puppet is standing directly above Daniel. But when the dust and smoke from the explosion subsides, Queen sees that Daniel -yet again- is gone.
"When I used this move earlier, I knew that it wouldn't work. I just wanted you to get into the habit of knowing that I'll never try a melee attack," Daniel begins to explain, and Queen spins around to where she hears the voice, seeing Daniel swiftly rise out of her shadow, just as before.
"What?! Again?!" Queen cries.
"I also know that your attack would overpower my Primal Chain Coil earlier. This plan is risky because I had to tank your attack to shourd myself in the explosion before diving into the shadows to make my way over to you. I also needed you to send your corpse puppet towards me, so that you don't have time to bring it back to you to defend. If you had kept your puppets separate, you could have sent one towards me and kept one back for defense. But fusing your puppets? Now that was your downfall," Daniel continues, and Queen notices that Daniel's entire body is soaked in blood and wounds, and Daniel is no longer standing in his full Black Demon form, only his half Black Demon mode, where only the right side of his veins remain glowing black. Daniel then forms another Primal Chain Coil, this one directly behind Queen. But rather than firing his Primal Chain Coil outwards, Daniel grabs the base of his chain drill, and yanks it off of its chain stand.
"And one more thing: you are right, Queen, that this is the end. But the end of who, you're asking? Now that part you got wrong."
"This is the end…FOR YOU."
"PRIMAL CHAIN COIL!"
"Iwa! Rēzā! Come back!" Queen desperately pleads, but she had sent her puppets too far away from her, so Queen doesn't have enough time before she's stabbed by Daniel's SHadow Sickle in an explosion of rainbow Cursed Power. Queen screams in pain, and when the explosion subsides…Queen limply flops to the ground with a bloody hole in her chest, defeated.
As for Daniel, he limply flops to the ground as well.
"I haven't…the strength to deal the final blow…" Daniel pants weakly, before slipping unconscious as well.
***
"NOOOO!!!!!" King shrieks. "MICHAEL HAKAN, WHAT DID YOU DO?!"
"Relax, he's not dead," Mikey sneers as he yanks his fist out of Luis' stomach, the black flames ignited around Mikey's fist extinguishing in the process. Mikey then crouches down and picks up the conscious Luis, slinging him over his shoulder. Mikey then begins walking towards the Almighty Torch. As he passes by King, Mikey notices Ace place a hand to his bamboo sword out of the concert of his eye. Mikey pauses. "Chill out, I'm not gonna do anything," Mikey sneers as he continues approaching the Almighty Torch. Once in front of the Almighty Torch, Mikey drops Luis' limp body to the ground. "Tell me, will the portal to Hell open even if the half demon holding the Almighty Torch is unconscious and half dead?" Mikey asks as he turns to face King.
"Um…the Necronomicon doesn't specify," King nervously answers.
"Well, we're about to find out," Mikey replies as he turns back to the Almighty Torch. Mikey then holds his palm out to the Almighty Torch, and shoots a small black fireball itself, causing the top of the torch to engulf in a black flame. Mikey then reaches down and grabs the unconscious Luis' hand, bringing it up to the Almighty Torch. "I'm doing you a favor. Luis would rather die than pick this thing up," Mikey explains. "Are you ready? Because the portal to Hell is about to open." Mikey then clutches the Almighty Torch with Luis' hand, yanking it free from its pedestal and holding it into the air. And then…the Earth begins trembling. It rumbles, and rumbles, like a mighty earthquake spreading across the ground. "Is that good?" Mikey asks.