The Crimson Exarch glanced toward the two Curse Eaters standing in the void.
Their combined killing intent was overwhelming. It spread across the battlefield like a dark storm, heavy enough to make even powerful warriors tremble.
Yet the only reaction it provoked from Noah was a wide smile.
In the next second, he took a single step forward.
His body dissolved into streams of golden light.
Jason and Elizabeth frowned imdiately as Noah vanished from their sight. Their minds were deeply attuned to the currents of space-ti, yet they felt nothing-no distortion, no displacent, no ripple in the fabric of reality.
It was as if the man had simply ceased to exist in their plane of existence.
"On your six."
The quiet voice echoed behind them.
Both Curse Eaters reacted instantly, spinning around to face the
source.
There stood Noah.
Calm. Smiling. Completely relaxed.
Jason and Elizabeth silently glanced at one another.
For the first ti since arriving on the battlefield, tension began to creep into their hearts.
The situation had changed.
They were no longer the ones who confused and srized their opponent.
Now they were the ones wondering what kind of power they were facing.
And things were about to beco even worse for them.
A brilliant streak of light flashed through the void.
ylin returned to the battlefield.
Her sword glowed with imnse power as she arrived beside Noah, her wings radiating the aura of Original Sin.
Elizabeth had managed to overpower ylin earlier, but the battle had not been easy in the slightest. The Curse Eater had been forced to use a trendous amount of power to secure her advantage.
Facing the mysterious newcor in that condition would make things far more difficult.
Yet just as it seed the two travelers from the Crimson World would confront the Curse Eaters of the Tenth Empyrean Worlds together- Noah suddenly spoke.
"Go into the Worlds of the Root," he said calmly. "They will need you more than ."
ylin's eyes widened slightly.
But she did not hesitate.
She gave a brief nod before diving downward through the massive hole in the Wall of Flesh and Fire, disappearing into the depths of the corrupted world below.
When the Curse Eaters saw that, anger and humiliation flared inside their hearts.
They were being underestimated.
Blatantly.
Still, as humiliating as it was, there was also an advantage to it.
If their opponent truly underestimated them, that mistake could cost him dearly.
Imdiately, the aura of the two Curse Eaters began to rise.
Higher.
And higher.
Soon, the void itself trembled beneath the pressure of their power as
a cataclysmic wave of spiritual force spread outward.
Noah watched the dark tide rushing toward him.
Then he took a slow breath.
His own aura exploded outward.
Golden radiance surged through the void as the two forces collided
like opposing oceans.
Light and darkness clashed violently, illuminating the battlefield like eternal day and night battling for dominion.
A deep frown appeared on the faces of the Curse Eaters.
Due to their racial gifts, Curse Eaters possessed extraordinarily powerful energy reserves and soul force.
And Jason and Elizabeth were far from ordinary mbers of their
race.
They were mbers of the High Council of the Tenth Empyrean
Worlds.
Yet despite that-
They were being matched by a single man.
The two glanced at one another and nodded.
"CRACK!"
"CRACK!"
The sounds echoed from within their bodies as though seals were
breaking deep inside their souls.
Their auras surged violently.
Multiple streams of soul force began to emanate from within them.
Several Depravita Auras erged simultaneously, each perfectly synchronized, as though their bodies were vessels containing more than a single life force.
Behind Elizabeth, three terrifying figures appeared.
One was a woman wearing a dark crown, her eyes radiating the cold
essence of death.
Two more shadowy entities stood beside her, each embodying a
terrifying aspect of annihilation and oblivion.
But Jason's manifestation was even more extre.
Behind him appeared not one or two figures-
But hundreds.
Thousands even.
Individually, their auras were weaker than the three dark queens
behind Elizabeth.
But as their numbers stacked upon one another, their power reached
a terrifying critical mass.
Imdiately, the dark spiritual wave erupting from the Curse Eaters surged forward.
The force was so imnse that it began pushing back the golden radiance surrounding the Crimson Exarch.
Noah could see the darkness advancing.
Closer.
And closer.
If it reached him, its power might break his defenses for even a single
second-and that would be enough for the duo to land a devastating,
perhaps even decisive strike.
But Noah did not waver.
Instead, his smile widened.
He inhaled deeply.
In the next mont, his Order Wings pierced into the fabric of reality
itself. Golden radiance exploded from his Red King Eyes.
Then sothing incredible happened.
A massive scar appeared in the void behind Noah.
And from that fracture-
A torrent of golden brilliance burst forth.
It surged outward like a raging flood breaking through a shattered
dam.
The mont it collided with the dark spiritual wave of the Curse Eaters, Jason and Elizabeth felt their hearts tremble.
Because within that current, they sensed sothing profound.
A power that connected all things.
A force that flowed across the entire universe without beginning or
end. Using the Power of Order, his Neo-Angel Core, and his mastery over the Flow, Noah had reached beyond the boundaries of the battlefield.
With the help of his Red King Eyes, he had opened a pathway to sothing far greater.
He had drawn upon a stream from the Endless River of the Flow-the cosmic current that linked all existence.
And he unleashed it upon his enemies.
The golden torrent shattered the darkness like the first ray of dawn
piercing through endless night.
Jason and Elizabeth clenched their teeth, pouring every ounce of their power-and the power of the Curse Eaters within their souls- into resisting the attack.
But it wasn't enough.
They simply lacked the strength to oppose sothing drawn from
that dinsion.
At last, the golden current crashed into them.
The impact shook the void itself.
The two Curse Eaters were blasted backward through the emptiness
of space, blood exploding from their mouths.
Every orifice on their faces began to bleed under the imnse
spiritual damage inflicted upon them.
Noah's smile widened as he watched them fly.
And then-
He rushed forward.
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