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However, they soon understood.
One red light and one white light flew over from the distance.
A powerful dragon aura shocked every god present.
That was only natural.
Those two dragon souls basically possessed transcendent-level strength, and at this moment, both dragon souls had fully awakened.
Dragon Kings were stronger than ordinary Satans, and Heavenly Dragons were stronger than ordinary transcendents.
This had basically become common knowledge.
Even if the dragon soul of the Red Dragon Emperor had been made into a Sacred Gear, once that Sacred Gear's power was pushed to its limit, it could still obtain transcendent-level strength.
"The Red Dragon Emperor and the White Dragon Emperor!"
Most people recognized those two beams of red and white light as the Red Dragon Emperor and the White Dragon Emperor.
Now it seemed that the one capable of drawing out the dragon souls of the Red Dragon Emperor and the White Dragon Emperor was definitely that person.
"The dragon souls of the Red Dragon Emperor and the White Dragon Emperor have been extracted. Does that mean the current Red Dragon Emperor and White Dragon Emperor in the present world have already lost their combat power?"
Some people thought of this.
Indeed, some gods had coincidentally arrived here. Others had simply investigated and concluded that this was where the red sphere had descended.
A large portion of them, however, had been drawn here by the power of dragons.
The clash between the Red Dragon Emperor and the White Dragon Emperor.
Now it seemed...
Had their dragon souls been reclaimed by that person?
But soon, someone noticed that something was wrong.
The auras of the Red Dragon Emperor and White Dragon Emperor, which they had just begun sensing, seemed different from before.
Originally, they had only been at the level of transcendents.
Now, however, they seemed to have received a certain amplification, already surpassing ordinary transcendents.
Just as they thought, by the time the Red Dragon Emperor and White Dragon Emperor arrived around the Sacred Cross, they had completely regained the power they possessed in their prime.
What appeared before them...
Were the Heavenly Dragon-level Red Dragon Emperor and White Dragon Emperor.
"I never expected that we would be able to meet again with the strength we had while alive, or perhaps even power beyond what we had in life, Albion."
Beneath the Sacred Cross, Ddraig looked at the white dragon across from him and spoke.
"Indeed. Even considering that person's power, this is an extremely miraculous thing."
Albion nodded.
This could truly be called a miracle.
They had originally thought turning them into Sacred Gears capable of existing eternally was already a miracle.
They had not expected that even restoring them to their original time and posture was possible.
Although this was similar to a spell that materialized the soul, its combat strength was far beyond what they possessed as mere dragon souls.
This was one of the effects of the Sacred Cross.
The Sacred Cross itself was a specialized version of [Incinerate Anthem], and it originally possessed functions similar to [Incinerate Anthem].
Different users would produce different effects when using [Incinerate Anthem], but there were several basic effects.
The first effect allowed the host to release cross-shaped purple flames, and the released flames possessed extremely scorching heat.
In addition, they were filled with powerful purification force. To races such as devils, grim reapers, vampires, and monsters, even touching a little of it was a deadly threat.
Anos had used this effect to easily kill Katerea, who had been strengthened to peak Satan-class by a snake.
The second effect allowed the user to capture powerful souls and nail them to the cross, allowing [Incinerate Anthem] to release even greater power. For example, capturing half of Yamata no Orochi's soul allowed the user to summon a flaming Yamata no Orochi.
Walburga, the second Witch of the East from the magical nation of Oz in the dimensional gap, possessed powerful magical ability and was one of the wielders of the Longinus [Incinerate Anthem]. She could manifest her Sacred Gear as a giant of purple flames and was known as Walburga of the Purple Flames.
Walburga's successor, Lint Sellzen, inherited the Longinus [Incinerate Anthem].
Its Balance Breaker was the tyrannical flame judgment delivered by the final judge.
Originally, the form of this Balance Breaker was a purple flame cross boasting a size of two hundred meters. However, because it contained half of Yamata no Orochi's soul, the flaming cross became a flaming Yamata no Orochi.
Later, after [Incinerate Anthem] was retrieved by Heaven and its host became Lint Sellzen, her Balance Breaker became the purple-flame angel of love.
She could use purple flames to create two male angels representing Siegfried and Freed, as well as one female angel representing herself. She could also combine those three purple-flame angels into one enormous purple-flame angel.
As for Anos's Sacred Cross, it used the dragon souls of the Red Dragon Emperor and the White Dragon Emperor, displaying a form that neither the Red Dragon Emperor nor the White Dragon Emperor had ever shown before.
The materialized dragon-soul form.
The Sacred Cross's ability was not to create things like a flaming Red Dragon Emperor or flaming White Dragon Emperor. Instead, it could directly achieve something similar to the resurrection of the dead through soul materialization.
In this posture, although dragon-slaying power would still be effective against dragons, it would certainly not be as devastating as when both soul and body were being destroyed together.
Most of the effect dragon-slaying power had against dragons was aimed at the body.
Just like when Issei Hyoudou was infected by Samael's poison, his armor completely collapsed and his body was easily corroded. However, his soul survived under the protection of the lingering wills of his predecessors, which later gave him the chance for a second reincarnation.
Aside from increasing their resistance to dragon-slaying power, their bodies and forms were no longer completely restricted.
In certain situations, erupting with power beyond what they had in life was not a problem.
That was the current Red Dragon Emperor and White Dragon Emperor.
They were very satisfied with their current state.
Because...
This was already something similar to immortality.
Not only could they live forever, they could also keep fighting their opponent, and they were doing so with physical bodies.
Where else could such a good thing be found?
If not for the absolute awe they now held toward Anos, they would have already been impatient to start beating each other up.
Right now...
They clearly still knew what mattered more.
They could fight anytime.
Previously, inside the World Dragon's Jewel, they had already spent more than enough time fighting.
What mattered more was completing Anos's instructions.
After all, he was the existence they both recognized, the one who had successfully driven the power of dragons.
"I will leave it to you."
The young god within the sacred light smiled as he spoke.
Behind him, the figure of a dreamlike crystal dragon faintly appeared.
The crystal dragon radiating starlight of salvation gradually revealed its form, quietly releasing a powerful aura that did not lose to the Red Dragon Emperor or the White Dragon Emperor at all.
If they truly fought, Savior Star Dragon would not fear the Red Dragon Emperor or the White Dragon Emperor.
After all, the most terrifying part of Savior Star Dragon was its powerful suppression ability.
Although it was limited when facing superior existences, there was no suspense when facing existences of the same level or below.
"Heavenly Dragon! An unknown member of the Heavenly Dragons!"
Three dragons circled the Sacred Cross.
Among them, the most radiant Savior Star Dragon drew the attention of most of the gods.
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