Zi Hua hid inside her mass of creatures she summoned. Those that managed to momentarily adapt to Yasenia's Celestial Dragon Breath were multiplying, becoming a larger percentage of the whole by the second. If one thing was true about parasitic beings, it was their adaptability.
Regardless of the host, they would change quickly, becoming a suitable being that the "host's" subconscious wouldn't find threatening. Pushing that quality to the extreme meant that they could adapt to even future hosts.
As she hid inside her mass of creatures, Zi Hua allowed her body to float around them, feeling at ease. Many small insects were currently on her chest wound, eating the waste and regurgitating healing mixes. It took no longer than a few seconds before her body became as pristine as before.
"Bad Dragon… You hurt me. [World Devouring Wave]."
Her energy surged, mixing with the endless parasites and transforming into a sky-shrouding wave. At that moment, most of her enemies wore fearful or disgusted expressions, but to her surprise, the dragon woman looked at everything with a calm smile.
"[Tyrant Warlord Intent Domain Level Three]."
BOOM!
The air around the dragon woman exploded, creating a vacuum where no other living beings but Yasenia could stand. Any of the parasites trying to approach would explode, their tiny bodies unable to bear the weight of her pressure.
As she observed her, Zi Hua had doubts. 'Level Three? So weak?... Huh? What is happening to the sword?'
The sword in Yasenia's hand melted, transforming into a pair of gauntlets with a red orb on the back of the hand. The blue-scaly gauntlets ended in sharp tips, and they were far from bulky. As Draheart transformed, the gauntlets fitted her like an elegant second skin.
As the wave descended, Yasenia extended her left arm, her palm facing the descending monstrous wave. Meanwhile, the right arm recoiled slightly, her fingers tightly clenching together as her torso twisted.
"[Grand Cosmos Martial Arts, First Form…"
Energy burst from her body, and as she punched, everything was swallowed by a wave of light.
"...Stellar Burst]."
BOOM!
The wave exploded, a hole tearing through it and revealing the hidden blue sky beyond. Zi Hua was stunned, but that was just the beginning.
After that punch, Yasenia didn't stop. Her tyrannical momentum shifted from the right arm to the left, and she punched at another section of the black world.
BOOM!
The bodily strength combined with her martial arts exploded in another Stellar Burst, a second hole appearing in the black mass. Zi Hua waved her hand, moving everything to attack her.
However, the dragon only smirked, her golden eyes shining. With a perfect half-step, she turned around and punched violently, then another movement, and next an equally strong and violent one.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM BOOM!
Each punch was as thunderous as a volcanic eruption, creating massive visible shockwaves around Yasenia. Moreover, everyone could see that with each punch, her speed was increasing.
At first, most could keep up, but the arms began blurring, and the speed became increasingly stupefying. Zi Hua's face turned incredulous as she could sense the number of her parasites decreasing, even as they actively multiplied at all times.
With thousands of attacks, one of the random directions the dragoness chose hit the jackpot.
BOOM!
A hole burst through another black wall, and Yasenia noticed Zi Hua's body. Even when she was quickly enveloped by the parasites again, the dragoness' golden eyes saw her. "Found you. [Pegasus Gallop]."
The floor below her feet sank as she pushed against it, her body fearlessly barreling into the black mass where she thought Zi Hua was.
The impact was brutal, revealing Zi Hua once more. The woman was panicking; she had never seen such a reckless disregard for her parasites. After all, even if one managed to enter Yasenia, things would instantly change.
She changed her tactic, summoning everything toward herself and commanding them to attack Yasenia as she fled back. "[Endless Parasitic Spears]."
Yasenia saw the masses forming giant spears, shooting at her at ridiculous speed. However, she didn't care; the [Fairy Moon Steps] helped her movement, and she was agile yet tyrannical, moving through the barrage as she punched, dodged, and rushed forward. "Haha! What more do you have to offer, Zi Hua? I've barely started my warm-up!"
A strange, stifling feeling appeared inside Zi Hua. Since birth, no one had ever looked down on her, and that caused her eyebrows to furrow. "You are… annoying. [Parasite World Disaster]!"
The parasites around stopped attacking Yasenia, gathering together and devouring each other at a ridiculous speed. Some of them kept attacking Yasenia, but most of them continued the strange show of cannibalism.
Yasenia looked around, but she was not here to show Zi Hua how to fight. "[Celestial Dragon Body], [Celestial Cosmos Dress]."
Her two Innate Skills flared up into existence. The blue dress transformed into a long celestial gown adorned with images of stars, moons, and galaxies. Simultaneously, her blood awakened, strengthening basically everything.
Her aura skyrocketed faster than whatever the parasites were trying to do, and the world around her trembled under her tyrannical strength.
"[Shattering The Heavens]."
Yasenia jumped up, and then she punched.
When her punch landed, the world shattered in front of her, together with a terrifying explosion. Celestial energies barreled through the endless mass of parasites, destroying everything and reaching in front of the stupefied Zi Hua.
Thankfully for her, the Intent Domain she had was a level higher than Yasenia's, having crossed a qualitative level. So, right as the attack was about to land, her body exploded.
Yasenia was startled, but she didn't lower her guard. Focusing on the place Zi Hua exploded, she noticed that the parasites were devouring her flesh and blood. A second later, she reappeared from the mass, completely naked. Of course, a second later, many parasites crawled up her body, reforming her "dress".
The process was not something Yasenia had wanted to observe, because her sharp eyes noticed that the "dress" didn't just cling outwardly. The dragoness shook her head, forgetting that image, and then refocused. 'How many times can she do that? Looking at her face, it seems that what happened is far from pleasant. Moreover, she is looking at me with some anger.'
"You… My [Parasitic Life Butterfly] died because of you! I won't forgive you!"
Yasenia wanted to attack again, but whatever the cannibalistic parasites were doing seemed to come to fruition finally. 'Tsk, my bad. I could've attacked a few more times, but I got distracted because of the reforming of her dress.'
Looking around, she saw around 1,000 larger parasites, each around 5 meters in size. Their magnified bodies only highlighted their horrendous appearances, as their mouths gurgled and showed extremely sharp teeth dripping with who knows what liquids.
"Devour her!"
The 1,000 creatures moved, and Yasenia saw a blur. 'Fast!'
She punched to the right, [Celestial Sunder] blooming like a blue rose. The impact created a shockwave, sending three of them flying. During that small time frame, a few were just a few meters behind her.
Yasenia's tail waved, terrifying golden flames enveloping it. "[Scorching Sword]."
A wall of golden flames enveloped the parasites behind her, making them screech sharply. Then, Yasenia stomped forward and barreled into the belly of another one, her fist squarely landing below its head.
BOOM!
The physical strength ripped the parasite's head off, and she moved toward another without a moment of delay.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Her figure was like a blur, while her war sense guided her actions efficiently. Even as 1,000 creatures equivalent to Fourth Level Mythical Core Realm Beasts attacked her in a group, she wasn't even sweating.
Zi Hua's face paled a bit, her energy constantly nourishing the Intent Domain to replace the lost parasites. Still, with each of those 1,000 made out of almost 10,000,000 parasites devouring each other, it was not easy to replenish numbers.
Her hand moved to the side, and the black mass moved to devour the forest and all creatures inside, multiplying quickly.
Yasenia noticed. "Do you think you are free to do as you please? [Empyrean Galaxy Domain]."
The sky changed.
In what felt like the blink of an eye, a cosmos manifested above them, with a galaxy rotating made of hundreds of thousands of gigantic stars. The galaxy, spanning several kilometers, was circled by an equally gargantuan Sun and Moon, creating a sight that awed many.
With a single thought, even as she battled the 1,000 parasites, stars rained around her, decimating the parasites trying to spread.
Zi Hua bit her lip, her eyes turning red as nothing seemed to work. While she was pouring her energy into the parasites, she noticed that Yasenia had transformed the gauntlets back into the form of a giant sword.
Once she did that, her movements became even more aggressive. The giant sword flashed, moving as if it didn't have weight. Together with it, huge arcs of celestial energies extended, created by countless [Celestial Sunder].
The group of 1,000 giant parasites was reduced quickly, because while their strength was on par with Fourth Level Sixth Realm beasts, they lacked Intent Domains to defend themselves. In just a few minutes, the one thousand beasts were reduced to a few hundred, while the galaxy in the sky bombarded the surroundings, slowing down her parasite multiplication to a crawl.
The stalemate continued for a little bit, but Yasenia continued fighting with the same strength level. Everyone was already astounded by her strength, not knowing that she was far from showing her peak.
It was when Zi Hua looked away for a fraction of a second, trying to find a solution, that Yasenia acted. With a quick acceleration, she used [Cosmic Air], the fourth form of her martial art, and she slipped out of the encirclement in a second.
Zi Hua noticed and quickly turned, prepared to use a defensive technique. Yasenia didn't care, though. Draheart flared up with energies, and the space before her trembled.
"[Soul Dividing Tyrannical Cleave]!"
"[Torment Living Wall]!"
SLASH!
The wall didn't budge, and spectators thought that Yasenia's attack had been blocked. That only happened for a fraction of a second, though. Zi Hua's eyes bulged in pain, and right after, she screamed in agony.
"AHH!!!!"
Yasenia's soul attack struck her like nothing before, making tears fall in agony. The parasites were quick to surround Yasenia again, but the dragoness's lips arched sinisterly. "[Celestial Dragon Roar]!"
ROAR!
A blue shockwave spread out, and an instant later, Zi Hua's eyes widened.
RIIPP!
Her body burst into blood, the soul wounds appearing in her flesh with violent repercussions. Not having expected nor prepared her mind for such agony, Zi Hua shook her head and shouted while sobbing. "No more! No more! I surrender!"
An instant later, Yasenia saw the woman's body become limp, the parasites around her following suit.