My Soul card is a Reaper

The Adamantine blade tore its flesh apart like a knife cut through a tofu block; its blood gushed out and spilled all over Azzy and the black lotus.

The beast flew past Azzy while letting out a painful groan, but Azzy heard another groan beneath him. It came from the black lotus as the blood smeared on it transformed into golden specks of light and left behind tiny holes in the black petals.

Azzy, on the other hand, didn't get affected by those specks of light. If anything, they gave him a sense of familiarity.

"No doubt about it. This is divine energy, although very weak. If only this beast would be of celestial grade, I would probably face some trouble. However…" Azzy then shifted his gaze to the weapon in his hands, "Dr. Mac wasn't exaggerated. This blade could cut through any defenses.

Not even a pseudo demigod is a match for a blade made of adamantium."

Meanwhile, the winged lion that flew past through a bit far healed its wound before making a U-turn and charging toward Azzy at its peak speed.

As if he had eyes on the back of his head, Azzy evaded its attack once again with a timely jump and shot an energy orb at its back.

The winged lion's tail deflected the attack with a simple wave, but instead of hitting elsewhere, as soon as it was struck, the energy orb exploded and released a wave of energy; the winged lion blasted away a few meters.

Azzy didn't wait for it to recover. He was aware that every fraction of a second was important in this high-speed battle. He swiftly conjured six Protos spears while simultaneously ordering the black lotus to attack their opponent with its own soul skill, almost extinguishing his soul power entirely.

The winged lion's eyes widened as it saw the formation of the spears one after another. "This… so dense and more corrupted than even demonic energy. What kind of cosmic energy is this?" Its soul trembled at the sight of those spears made of pure Protos energy.

Directly gazing at Azzy with its ears pinned back and its legs stiff, indicating its seriousness, the winged lion mumbled, "An evil entity like you is a menace wherever you go. You should be eliminated at all costs…"

It motioned its head back while taking a deep breath and went for a big move.

The black lotus turned into a black crystalline dragon; spreading its wings, it raised its forelegs to protect its master from the sea of golden flames, breathed out by the winged lion.

Azzy gently pushed his leg against Ruby's back and landed on its head before throwing those Protos spears one after another.

The first Protos spear cut through the flames and struck its target's arm, stopping its assault at once.

As the winged lion pushed away the corrupted energy that invaded its system, another one struck it.

"Graaa…"

Letting out another painful groan, the winged lion flapped its wings to move away as more such spears chased it.

"Damn it… I underestimated him…"

After negating the effects of the second Protos spear, it conjured a barrier to protect itself.

However, the third Protos spear made the beast realize that its efforts were futile against its power by breaking through the barrier and wounding it once again.

Watching his opponent couldn't handle the Protos spear, Azzy couldn't help but smirk as he was absorbing natural energy from the surroundings in a rapid manner, "Those Protos spears are no longer the same as the past. Each of them is strong enough to kill a supreme realm expert. The fact that you have divine energy is only detrimental to you. The Protos energy hates you even more.

I can feel it…" he closed his eyes for a moment, "I can hear its scream… For some reason, I feel like I got closer to the Protos energy lying in my soul orb."

Meanwhile, the winged lion dealt with the fourth and fifth Protos spears that locked onto its body by creating energy clones and sacrificing them to the attacks.

While it was dealing with the final Protos spear, Azzy made his next move. "Ruby, go…"

The black crystalline dragon flapped its wings and flew toward its enemy. Azzy, meanwhile, stretched his arms forward.

By the time the winged lion dealt with the final Protos spear, it met with an attack from the crystal dragon.

*Roar*

Leon's mighty roar echoed in the snow-capped mountains, paralyzing the crystal dragon for a moment.

Leon took this opportunity to strike it with a golden fireball. Filled with divine energy, the fireball started melting down the crystal dragon as soon as it struck it. Ruby started crying in pain.

"Ruby, you are dismissed" "Soul Absorption"

Just as the winged lion decided to focus on its real target, the crystal dragon disappeared and a powerful suction force emerged through Azzy's palms.

"Wha… What's going on…" The winged lion saw its soul energy leaving its body at a rapid rate.

Leon flapped its wings and dashed toward him. With its mouth widely opened and displaying its sharp canine where its remaining soul energy is concentrated, Leon lunged at him.

Azzy's facial expression changed as their distance reduced to a mere five meters, "tch… too slow…"

He was forced to dismiss his soul skill and flew upwards at his maximum speed.

Leon missed him and raised its head to look at him. "You want to escape. Dream on…"

It went on absorbing the natural energy from the mountains at a rate that can only be described as unimaginable.

It lost over 4 billion worth of soul power, but that was recovered in five mere seconds.

The absorption was so fast that it melted down the snow in the surroundings, greatly surprising the spectators. The winged lion then used the absorbed energy to conjure a dense fireball. Leah couldn't help but stare at the sky in worry. "Azrael…"

However, in the next instant, something else happened. Azzy stopped flying as he reached the tip of the mountain and stared down at the lion that looked like an ant from such a far distance.

"Now, it is time to test the final move that Master had prohibited me from using it against equal or weaker opponents and also where there is a settlement. While I have no intention of harming the innocents, but then again, they aren't my people anyways. We will see if this beast have what it takes to protect them."

Azzy motioned his palm back and poured all the natural energy in his body into his palm.

"Divine Palm of Death"

A giant golden palm resembling that of a human-made its appearance in the sky, covering several kilometers in area.

"That's the divine palm," mumbled Leah.

Lord Ra remembered the divine palm he saw a while ago, "This looks a lot bigger and feels like..." He couldn't help but pause as he commented.

Leah, who heard it, gave a nod, "Yes, Azrael had reached Tier-9. At such a level, the divine palm would be as powerful as a strike from a genuine demi… Hmm…"

All of a sudden, the palm that looked like an attack from the heavens suddenly changed its color.

It changed to black and the eerie atmosphere filled the area that was under the palm.

"This is…" Leon stared at the sky in shock, seeing the illusion of a giant reaper with a scythe behind Azzy as the latter pushed the palm toward the ground.

The palm first came into contact with the tip of the mountain and it just disintegrated into dust with a touch.

"You… evil fiend…" Leon roared in anger, filled with rage. It quickly transformed the fireball it was supposed to conjure into a giant wall, applying another layer of security to the barrier that covered the village.

"This attack…" Leah was stunned for a moment, going down into a memory lane.

In the world dominated by lava and toxic gases, Leah was hiding behind a rock and observing Azzy's sparring session with the guardian god. She saw the black divine palm leaving a scratch on their master, who is as powerful as a true god.

Meanwhile, far away from the mountains;

In an underground settlement, a place that looked like a large tavern, a demon in royal attire seemed to be in the middle of drinking while girls were feeding him fruits or massaging his shoulders and body.

There were small demons with insect-type wings gathered around a large plus-shaped platform where girls were seen dancing. All of them seemed to be enjoying drinking and watching the show.

The people in robes and hoods were simply standing behind the demon king, just like bodyguards.

Everything seemed peaceful, but then, all of a sudden, the demon king rose to his feet while turning serious, alerting the hooded men and scaring the girls. The demon soldiers went stiff and looked at their lord. The dancing girls stopped dancing.

"Hahahahaha"

The entire place fell into silence as the demon king suddenly started laughing in a crazy manner.

One of the hooded men came forward and asked politely, "wha… what happened, Milord?"

"A demigod and the power of Death… hahaha, a worthy opponent. Now, I'm interested in your request, Anuzida. Gather your men."

The elderly man's eyes widened in shock and he swiftly fell to his knees; the others followed the suit as they collectively spoke, "We are in your service, Lord Beelzebub."