The light bomb had gone off and leveled the entire area leaving only a crater. Sophia landed and looked around to find Zero’s group scattered and unconscious laying on the ground with tattered clothing. Looking surprised she said, “How is this possible I used a minimal amount of power but it was enough to wipe them off the face of this planet. Hmm, this is my mana floating in the air but there’s too much of it. Looks like someone among them was able to dispel a portion of my attack.”
Zero stood up weakly with his legs shaking while Sophia looked at him. She said nothing and shot a beam at Zero’s leg creating a hole thru his kneecap causing Zero to fall down to his knees. Zero screamed in pain as he landed on his wound.
‘Why do her light attacks work on me I should be immune to her light attacks.’
Sophia then fired beams of light at Zero shoulders and ankles to remove Zero's ability to move or retaliate. She then proceeded to walk over to Zero and grab him by his hair and ask him, “How on earth were you able to dispel my attack partially? I suggest you answer before I make you suffer even more.”
“It’s… just a weak… attack anyone… can dispel it.” said Zero as he grasp for air.
Sophia irritated by Zero's answer slammed his head into the ground and lifted it before slamming it again. She lifted Zero’s head again but a shadow lance shot out from his shadow causing Sophia to jump back to dodge the attack. As she dodged Sophia fired a light beam at Zero’s head but he disappeared into his shadow.
{How much longer?} asked Zero
{5 minutes.} answered Yoko
A shadow pool appeared where Zero disappeared and began to spread all across the ground. The shadow began to absorb the unconscious members of Zero’s group and caused Sophia to fly into the air to avoid it. When the others were gone a shadow, a hand appeared from the shadow and began to pull itself free from the shadow. Zero emerged in his shadow form but rather than his normal hazy form his new form looked clear. Zero now looked as if he were made of a black ink-like substance with dark purple flames for eyes and showing up at random places all across his body.
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Fully emerged the shadows on the ground were absorbed into Zero. Sophia looked at Zero’s new form and said in a curious tone, “Interesting you seem to be a nether creature. I’ve seen many mid-level demons take this form. But I’ve never seen a demon have purple flames mixed with their nether form. I wonder what it is?”
Zero waved his hand and spikes made of the same black ink-like substance shot out of nowhere from behind Sophia. Sophia barely managed to dodge the attack and looked up to see that the blood domain made by Azalea was now replaced by a black ink domain.
“So, you can create a domain even though you’re not even a high-rank mortal. It seems like you’re much more interesting than you made yourself out to be. Looks like I’ll have to waste quite a bit of power to beat you down.” said Sophia as a golden light began to envelop her from within.
The golden light spread and wrapped her until Sophia now looked like an angel made of golden flames with 4 wings made of white ethereal energy. She landed on the ground and flowers and grass sprout wherever she stepped. She looked at Zero and said, “Don’t be so surprised ever demigod gains a form similar to this it’s nothing special. Although I suppose you should be proud of attaining this form despite not being a demigod.”
When she took this form Zero’s domain was instantly pushed back by a golden domain. The 2 domains now each covered 50% of the area giving each side equal control of the space. Zero began to release an ink fluid from his body that slowly began to form a sword. Sophia saw what Zero was doing and used some of her flames to create a golden flaming sword.
On Zero mouthless face, a purple zig-zag outline forms on Zero’s mouth area and it split into a monster-like mouth. Zero open his mouth a roared like a monster as he ran at Sophia jumped and slashed downward. Sophia managed to block the attack and below her feet where nature grew the flowers and grass began to die before growing again only to die. The grass and flower kept repeating the cycle of life and death underneath Sophia’s feet.
Ink spikes appeared behind Sophia and attempted to pierce her but they were burned by a golden flame the appeared to block the attack to protect Sophia. Sophia pushed back Zero and attacked him with a thrust to the chest but Zero grabbed the flaming sword but the tip and the flame burned off the ink to reveal and hand. The flames continued to burn the hand but the sword was pushed to the side by Zero and the ink quickly reformed to cover Zero’s injured hand.
Taking advantage of pushing Sophia’s legs to the side Zero slashed across her chest but she jumped back only receiving a small cut above her right breast. The flames on that area dimmed and went out revealing Sophia’s chest with a cut that looked as if it had been poisoned with black veins. Sophia’s flames then returned and covered the area hiding the wound.
Zero had become a nether being and Sophia an ether being. They were now opposing forcing of life and death capable of killing each other but during this struggle, Sophia had noticed something about Zero. She noticed that his fighting style was now animalistic and rough meaning that while he had the power to transform into this form he couldn’t control it and was simply acting on instinct. The nether and ether form were deadly powers in the hands of angels and demons who could control it but when used by those who couldn’t it would slowly poison and kill the host of the ability. Zero would die whether by his own power or Sophia's sword and it was only a matter of time.