But it was already too late.
The space had finished forming.
Neraxis' voice echoed—deep, ancient, absolute.
"Fractured Eternity."
The Throne of Neraxis erupted.
Mirror shards burst outward, screaming through the air, cutting and exploding into Novaerion's body.
SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!
Starlight was torn apart. Flesh followed.
Novaerion was shredded in an instant—light flickering, blood scattering like broken constellations.
That's bad…
What should I do—what should I do?!
A spark ignited in his mind.
Novaerion lashed out instantly.
Stellar Rip.
A condensed beam of pure starlight screamed forward.
ZUH!
The Throne shattered apart as Neraxis barely dodged, fragments dissolving into the void. Novaerion shifted into luminous phase once more—his body becoming pure light—repositioning at impossible angles, firing beams from every direction even as shards continued ripping through him.
The Supreme Expansion cracked.
Then shattered.
Novaerion barely survived.
I have to fall back… I need to heal.
He retreated with infinite speed, light streaking across the battlefield.
Neraxis laughed.
"I'll make a guess," he muttered. "West."
Hellfire erupted from his hands, condensing into a burning arrow. He launched it without hesitation.
THUD!
The west side of the battlefield was completely eradicated—plains reduced to blazing nothingness.
Novaerion hesitated mid-flight.
I can't pass through that…
He rematerialized.
ZZNGH! THUD!
A Yellow Flash.
Neraxis appeared with terrifying precision. The strike landed clean.
Novaerion coughed blood as his body convulsed.
Then he felt it.
My VF— it's draining?!
His eyes widened in realization.
It wasn't just the Yellow Dash… he used a forbidden VF-draining technique through the opening.
His reserves plummeted.
Novaerion shifted into luminous phase again, tearing free. From the sky above, he descended in a blazing arc.
THUD!
"Descent Kick."
He rematerialized at the moment of impact.
Neraxis' arms trembled violently as he tanked the blow, the ground beneath him collapsing inward.
Then—
ZZNGH! THUD!
"Yellow Dash."
Neraxis muttered, grinning like a maniac.