Child of Destiny

Boom!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The next few exchanges between the two sides were so intense that the already ‘modified’ map was further destroyed.

With such a colossal body, it was quite easy for the Empyrean Talons to throw their attacks at it. It was such a huge target that missing was impossible.

Arthur rode his golden dragon pet to fly around the golden giant while attacking from a different angle. With the difference in sizes, Arthur looked more like a mosquito or a bee stinging full full-grown man.

However, the might of his attacks was so strong that it could blast any other person once it landed cleanly.

Fortunately, the defense of this golden giant was so strong and tough that Arthur would most likely have to land clear strikes for at least dozens of times.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Boom!

Leonard was in a similar situation. But since he was not right, a flying pet or mount, he was not moving as freely as Arthur.

However, his speed was still quite fast, especially when he was skillfully jumping from one floating platform to another. At times, he was even utilizing the nearby stable void gates. He was jumping into them and appeared on another side, which was still within the main battlefield.

They had truly cracked the secrets of these void gates because they seemed to always know which one would lead them to their desired location. They seemed to be in full control of them instead of being the supposedly random gates.

On the other hand, the members of God’s Paradise fully utilize the size of the Fallen Golden Immortal to their advantage, particularly the large area that their attacks could cover. With such a massive body, the range and scale of their attacks far surpassed anyone.

Even with Arthur’s aerial mobility and Leonard’s crafty utilization of the void gates, dodging such large-scale attacks would still be very hard.

Moreover, this Fallen Golden Immortal was also capable of casting powerful spells that were capable of destroying everything that it wanted.

Fortunately, there was Shin and his Eclipse Dragon, who restrained the golden giant to a certain extent.

Shin was commanding the Eclipse Dragon quite well, utilizing the innate power of the dragon race and their natural control over mana to counter the Fallen Golden Immortal.

Roar! Roar!

Boom!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The two colossuses repeatedly clashed against one another, creating great devastation in the surroundings.

On top of this, Cloe was not idle either. She kept on casting one spell after another from the back of the Eclipse Dragon. She was either using healing or buffing spells to support everyone, particularly the huge dragon underneath her feet.

Her spells were also very advanced that they could even affect the Eclipse Dragon to a great degree.

Even if the Fallem Golden Immortal possessed very powerful healing capabilities because of Lia, who fused with it. It also had a very strong defensive prowess that Kallavan and Keir further augmented during the fusion process.

The offensive prowess came from both Ashura and Susanoo, which hurt the Eclipse Dragon well during the exchanges.

Fortunately, Cloe’s healing prowess was quite powerful on their own, particularly the more advanced spells.

With all these together, the two sides were stuck in a deadlock once again, regardless of the stunning show that they were providing everyone.

During the battle, Shin and the other noticed something about the Fallen Golden Immortal that they were fighting. They felt that despite all the powers that it possessed, it was still lacking something.

They were not sure what it was, but they could at least feel that it was lacking a certain factor.

Thinking about it, Shin could at least guess where this missing piece was. From what he could guess, it was most likely the other member of God’s Paradise, who was currently stuck fighting against Diablo.

Thinking about this, he immediately sent a message to Diablo, telling the latter not to let Dio reach the main battlefield at all costs.

Shin could tell that a terrible disaster would fall on them once Dio regrouped with his teammates and even fused with the Fallen Golden Immortal, completing its perfect state.

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Bang! Bang! Bang!

On the other side of the map, right at its center, Diablo and Dio were currently engaging in an intense battle, where neither side was gaining a clear upper hand.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Boom!

Both sides were already giving their all, exchanging their best moves against each other.

Diablo had already activated his version of Elemental Spirit Possession to the fullest alongside his special ability to control the shadows, particularly forming the Shadow Equip – Divine War Robe.

Not only did his speed greatly increase, but he was able to meld with the surrounding shadows with quite an ease, moving quite freely to whichever place he wanted.

On the other hand, Dio was currently at his peak power. He activated his Ascended Abilities, which let him undergo a metamorphosis.

His current appearance seemed to be closely related to dragons or demons or both due to the pair of horns sticking out of his forehead and other special features that he currently had.

There was a reptilian tail sticking out behind him while his arms were filled with tough scales alongside razor-sharp claws. Even his pair of legs seemed to be from a scaled beast, which was most likely from the dragon race.

The spear that he was holding also grew a bit larger and gained similar draconic features. In a sense, he was more like Arthur in draconic form, but with a slightly different vibe.

After their exploration of the Frozen Kingdom, God’s Paradise was able to gain quite a lot of things.

Among them, Dio had managed to convert his current in-game race to Draconian and even changed his religion to Dragon Worshiper, which was one of the main religions within the Frozen Kingdom alongside the Moon Believers, which came from the Vampire Race, and the Northern Barbarian Tribes of the Barbarian Race.

As for his class, he had chosen the Draconic Fighter, which had quite a lot of variations depending on which path the player wanted to take.

Since he specialized in spearmanship and was quite known for it, he naturally chose this path, which further enhanced his overall powers.

During their last battle, especially that time they had a scrimmage against the Empyrean Talons, Dio was being suppressed by Diablo most of the time.

The main reason was the gap between their respective class and races. He was also being gapped by Diablo’s fighting style, which was quite tricky to deal with when it came to Team Competitions.

Now that he had converted to his current class and race, he was quite confident in this match-up, which was immediately proven through his actions and the current scene that everyone was watching.

The match was quite even between the two, showcasing their respective battle prowess.

Unfortunately, this was not a solo battle, but a team competition formation. Dio had to group up with the rest of his team to further augment their Unified Skill.

He was among the core components of this Unified Skill, particularly when he gained his current race.

His main goal in this battle was to regroup with the rest of the team and complete the fusion to reach the most perfect state of the ‘guardian’.

Unfortunately, the opposing side was also fully aware of his thoughts. Diablo was not giving him any opportunity to get away and was constantly engaging in intense clashes.

Even if Dio wanted to utilize the void gates to his advantage, Diablo was always ahead of him.

Diablo always prevented him from jumping into any void gates, preventing him from going anywhere. Every attempt that he tried would always put him at a great disadvantage.

Diablo was even using his line of thought against him. This sly assassin was baiting him to get near these void gates before launching a deadly ambush.

Diablo had almost taken his life after falling into this trap. If not for him being a Draconian, then he would have most likely been killed in a single cycle of Diablo’s deadly combo.

Fortunately, he was quite fast with his reflexes, activating his defensive buffs and such to survive that attack. He even used one of his lifesaving skills at the last moment, barely able to escape from such a predicament.

It was at this moment that Dio realized that his line of thought was completely wrong. He could afford to focus on regrouping with the rest of the team when facing such a crafty and highly skilled opponent.

If he wanted to leave this place, then he had to first think of a way to deal with this opponent, who was quite ahead of him in terms of combat experience.

Even though Dio was confident about his current strength and skills, he was still a bit behind compared to the veteran before him.

Diablo might not have that much fame within the experts’ circle of the virtual world, but quite a lot of people had acknowledged him, especially after getting the information about him being a part of the mysterious Pandemonium Descendants, particularly being the former commander of the so-called Sweepers.

Sensing the change in the atmosphere surrounding Dio, Diablo knew that this guy had most likely regained himself and realized what was happening.

Flipping his shortsword and twirling his stiletto, Diabo gave the latter an inviting gesture. “Come!”

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