My Soul card is a Reaper

Leah charged forward with Excalibur and swung at him in a mere fraction of a second, even under 100 times the gravity environment, within the dome.

Azzy, who was taken aback by her decisiveness, still saw her movements but his body couldn't dodge in time and was struck by the sword.

The soul energy that was covering his body like a layer absorbed into the sword as a clean diagonal cut appeared from his chest to the abdomen, and his blood spluttered.

As Azzy's eyes widened in shock, at receiving such a heavy blow, Leah's kick landed on his chest, blasting him away until he crashed onto the wall and fell to the floor.

*Thud*

The earlier gravity suppression crushed his body to the floor while his soul energy started rapidly healing the wounds given by Excalibur's blade.

Leah didn't follow up with the attack and simply stood straight with hands crossed behind her, staring at him down like an expert, "Consider this a warning, human, for entering here without my permission. You seemed to have great potential. That's why I'm sparing you. Now, get lost out of my sight."

It was then the Reaper's voice echoed in his head, "I don't think I should mention it to you, Azrael. You know that wasn't your friend, Leah."

Azzy replied in his head, "Yeah, I know. It's the consciousness of Neptune's will that is talking. So, basically, it is Neptune who remembered nothing about our battle."

"Neptune is, however, loyal to Jupiter," commented the Reaper before taking a brief pause and adding a suggestion, "All you need to do is to reveal Jupiter's divine essence."

Azzy resolutely replied, "No. I think I would use this opportunity to test my strength."

"This is one battle you cannot win unless you go for the kill, Azrael," replied the Reaper, further reminding him of Leah's new powers, "Not only is she now a powerful demigod who had created seven star systems, but she also has the divine essences of Neptune and Pluto. Not to mention the fact that the Jewel of Fire fused with her soul orb. Hence, your hourglass will be ineffective against her. Most importantly, she isn't currently Leah, who will hold back herself. How do you hope to defeat this opponent without giving your best? And giving your best means you have to go for the kill…"

Azzy stayed silent without giving any reply to that.

"Human… don't test my patience…" Neptune possessed Leah furrowed her brows in displeasure as she saw the mortal was healed but not following her orders.

As Leah poured her divine essence into the sword, Azzy slowly got up and raised his hand, summoning the Death scythe into his hand. The black crown with the jewel of life appeared on his head, simulataneously, taking Neptune by surprise just as it did to Azzy's opponents many other times before.

"The Jewel of Life?" Leah's frown deepened. "Who is this human that has bonded with a cosmic jewel?"

Azzy then raised the death scythe above his head and poured his soul energy into it, "Soul skill: Arcane Wrath." A mysterious glow formed above the blade of the Death Scythe.

Azzy charged forward with the scythe and swung at Leah, who blocked it with Excalibur and swung back. Azzy flew away instead, sliding along the floor.

As he was about to halt his movements, Leah rushed at him and cut his chest.

The Jewel of Life instantly poured its life energy into Azzy, recovering his wound. Azzy, who had a true divine physique, was never worried about dying from Leah's powerful swing. It is just that some weapons had the power to cut through any defenses. Azzy knew that Excalibur could through metals with ease but he didn't expect that it could hurt even divine beings.

As a result, he put his entire trust in the life jewel and purely focused on offense.

During the next twenty minutes, Azzy might have been cut down a hundred times and healed back the same, but he never stopped swinging the death scythe, trying various foot techniques, trying to injure his opponent. However, not even once he succeeded in striking her. He couldn't help but remember the time when she struggled to hit him once.

He tried various sealing techniques, but none succeeded, not because they were ineffective but because they were intercepted before he could even unleash them.

He summoned Black Lotus and Jinn, but both of them were cut down by Excalibur without being able to showcase their prowess.

He tried Sage techniques but Leah countered with her own Sage techniques. It seemed she, too, developed a Sage core, just like Azzy.

Apart from certain soul skills, Jewel of Lightning, Tellus, Vajra which stayed outside to suppress the gargoyle statues and also making sure none disturb them, the sword of radiance, and Protos energy, Azzy had tried everything he could to win the fight but to no avail.

At the same time, Neptune-possessed Leah was also getting incredibly frustrated, unable to defeat a mortal even with the help of Pluto's divine essence. Not to mention the fact that Leah's original spirit was trying her best to block their access to the fire jewel's powers or her domain ability.

Leah's attacks were getting faster and more intense, but Azzy, too, was only focusing on offense.

For the nth time, he was blasted away and crashed to the walls of the dome. As he got up, Leah grabbed his throat, raising him high, and started pressing him against the wall. Azzy stared directly into her eyes.

The Reaper then said, "If you want to win this battle, then switch to Tellus." .net

Azzy firmly rejected the advice, "Chronos, you know that I'm not trying here to win a battle. I'm trying my strength to the max in a way this fight doesn't turn into a battle. Leah is not my enemy here."

"And you already know the result. What is there to try?" The Reaper counterargued. He further scolded him, "Just end this meaningless battle. You are only hurting Leah's soul by letting her stay as an imprisoner for your selfish reasons. Now, stop being a brat and suppress them."

"But, I haven't yet shown my full strength." Azzy cut off their connection and returned to reality as his throat was being pressed to the indestructible wall by Leah's hand.

With a thought in his head, the crescent-moon-shaped amulet appeared on his neck, and the jewel embedded in it instantly released a torrent of electricity as Leah was momentarily surprised by its appearance.

Leah pushed away and crashed to the floor. As she got up, Azzy finally let go of the death scythe and summoned the sword of radiance into his hand. Raising it with one of his hands, Azzy poured Gaia's divine essence into the sword using his left hand, empowering its strength, "Alright. Let's do this."

Leah's face hardened, "First, the jewel of life, then, the jewel of lightning, and now, the sword of radiance? This mortal surely is an offspring of one of those damned Olympians. Only they are brashed enough to do such deeds…"

At that thought, Neptune and Pluto's hatred for Olympian gods thickened their aura to the extreme. Leah tightly grabbed the Excalibur, which was brimming with the aura of darkness, "Die." She charged forward. Azzy did the same.

Both of theirs clashed, unleashing a huge amount of energy and a blinding flash of light.

*Boom*