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The earth thundered at the world Teran. As the sky quivered at the thought, it slowly morphed to a black color, the sun disappearing in fear of the man. The only light was the thunder that roared fiercely, and retreated back into nothingness. With one flash, a black outline of a man with long black wings was there. As the man touched the earth, the sky lit up in flames, a large white orb appearing above the sky, created by the god.

It gave light, shining brightly upon Teran, who was standing with his hands in his pockets. The wings on his back turned to dust, and flew away in the savage wind. The aureole that surrounded his head slowly covered the rest of his body; an air of black and white which promised conclusion. As the man stepped forward, the palpitation of the rocks beneath his feet turned into a steady tremble. With long grey hair falling over his eyes, only carmine and superbia illuminated through the hoar.

Stepping through his arena, the sand beneath his feet sunk as he stepped. Sweeping his hand, a wall of black was sent forward at the man ahead, wide enough to fill both sides of the island. He kept pushing it, as to have a strength match against the man. It was solid, almost tangible as it moved and pulsed with life. Teran kept his arm extended, to push Itazuki off the island. The wall collected sand as it quickly advanced forward, taller than a tower. The god chuckled lightly, his phonation ghastly like a devil.

Off he went, into the abyss that would lead to his death. Without wings, ones like Teran possessed, he would hit the floor with a loud thud. Certain he was dead, the god began to walk away, his blade still yet to be drawn. A deep sigh, he was disappointed at the lack of a challenge. A fraction of his power, manipulated form just a bit, was enough to defeat the man.

Dark matter smashed through the earth above him, met with the foot of the man, who smashed it back into the ground, and pushed it back onto itself. The force destroying the dark matter and causing it to explode. The entire island broke apart at the impact force of Teran's might and the destructive force of the matter. ". . . hmm" Whispers, as his wings grew from his back once more. Black sand fell like a waterfall from the multiple segments of roots that was now the island. No longer one complete place, it became a sort of jungle of floating masses of roots or rocks. With no footspace anymore, Teran was jumping between the different footrests, each were rising and falling at different rates, this arena was alive.

Spotting Itazuki where the top of the island had been before, Teran rushed forward, and shot a blast of light out of each of his finger tips, which curved through the air, dancing in verminous harmony, as they all twisted around each other, separating last moment, and focusing all on Itazuki's face. They homed slightly, and would follow him, but only to an extent. They were fast, and only as powerful as the user. Placing only slight strength into it, this wasn't a killing move, but a distraction.

All around Itazuki, the ground had been ripped apart, as darkness consumed it. The shards of roots were pushed aside, giving the man no where to jump to for at least fifty meters, about half a football field in any direction. He would have to face Teran, who was floating ominously, like a bat at the entrance of a cave.

The man had avoided the attacks coming at him so far, it was to be expected of something so pitiful it could easily be executed from the fingertips. As the god hovered slowly, it was more and more obvious of the stench. This stench of determination that radiated from the man like that of a rotting corpse, filled with maggots and spoiled blood. A soft chuckle fell from the man as he cracked his knuckles, a portal opening behind him as Itazuki slashed at his neck. Raising just a few inches, the blade caught the sword that still laid on his back. Even with all the strength from Itazuki, Teran was still as a rock. No recoil from him, or his blade, which caught the weapon as though a child had slashed at him with a twig. Not a chuckle, nor a smile caressed the lips of the defender as he swung around to his attacker, eyes blazing with emptiness. Was he really not playing; or was this man just so uninteresting he had to put zero effort into the fight? Either way, both hands were filled with a white light. Placing them outward, only a yard away from Itazuki, he launched them into his stomach. They emitted large rays, sizes of buildings at the man. This attack, unlike the one that Itazuki had launched, had a recoil, which sent Teran yards backwards, allowing him to avoid the attacks of dark matter from the black orbs itazuki had created.

One by one, the starless sky began to light with stars. "Let me show you a new attack Itazuki. . .I hope you are happy." Thousands of stars appeared in the night sky, and as Teran became illuminated in pure white, it became obvious that he hadn't used this much light in a while as his aura seemed changed. As the stars slowly began to fill the sky, it no longer looked as though they were stars, but the entire sky turned white, with only a few specks of black peeking through the veil. Teran was motionless as his power flowed, finally uttering a phrase. "Marmoreus Astrum!" The white fell. Hundreds of pure white balls fell from the sky, solid like rock. When they hit something solid they exploded into hundreds of smaller balls of energy. These balls all fell towards Itazuki and around him, in a frenzy. The pure light attack was devastating, enough to break the arena completely. As the sky regained its color, the arena was in fact nearly gone, while the marble stars broke everything, thousands upon thousands of orbs of light circling around, exploding into radiant beams. "I don't believe you have a barrier strong enough to stop that."

Teran's wings flapped a single time ominously, as his change was now even more obvious than before. He no longer looked tainted with darkness, but light, as his aura remained a white color, with streaks of black within. He was in his third stage of corruption, but of light instead. This fact made Teran discover something. "The more of the element I use. . .the corruption changes. That is an interesting fact. That means I can find a harmonious state without using Origin's strength someday." Teran's voice became booming, as his eyes became vibrant and blue.

"Itazuki! I am ready to fight you now! I will be serious from this point onward! Bring your A game and I might just draw my sword!" He chuckled, as his voice was booming, and seemingly endless in volume, almost deafening. He rose high above the arena, watching Itazuki constantly. The light had rained everywhere, his transportation attack wouldn't help him at all.

Jigoku. What an idiot. The demi god stared with a lack of interest into the lake beneath them. Itazuki, a man once strong with will was now taken over by a weakling. Teran hovered still, high above the water. letting himself smile, his power dropped a bit, as his wings turned into a white dust. This man was an acrobat, doing a flip backwards as he fell through the air, slowly gaining speed. As he fell, his arms straightened, touching the sides of his thighs. Face first, a sonic boom shot behind him, as he sped with extreme intensity towards the ground. As he got closer, another boom shot, the sound shaking the trees around them, as Teran slashed with Grim honor at Jigoku. The force of his attack was enough to break a hundred katanas with one slash, although this weapon was different, it was powerful as well, but with a slash that speed and strength, the one half unstoppable force one half immovable object ripped apart the air around them, as pure strength was sent through Teran's body and into the hollow shell of Itazuki.

Teran jumped backwards, hovering over the water slightly. A soft music whispered through the sky, as a comforting requiem played of the creatures in the area fleeing. The screaming of small demons that crawled through the ground to peek at power, and the wretched yelping of them as they retreated back to hell was the tune. Teran was still without words, as the blade materialized back into nothingness. As his wings returned to his back, his body was pure white, as the water beneath them began to glow with the force of his illuminating glory. Although no powerful effect was within, the fact that the water was white only meant one thing.

The force of it around him was so powerful, it had blocked out the sky. The clear water did not take the soft blue hue of the air, but the ineffably annihilative element of purity that Teran had mastered. His eyes remained blank, as he hovered back towards Itazuki, his hand in the air to strike him. Moving his hand forward, he let his fist fall to Teran's torso, and then forward in a jab. The jab created the same sonic boom as the one he made when he fell. Surrounded with darkness, it would stop a blade from cutting it should it be blocked by Jigoku, provided he was still alive to block at all.

The heart of the beast was crawling to the surface, only to be smashed down into the oblivious monster that had awoken. Teran observed this with a grain of salt, acknowledging that Itazuki was the stronger, only with a will of a child. Itazuki's glare was empty, replaced by the red eye of Jigoku. "What a fool you are." Teran could only utter, as he drooped his head to the ground. "Just a man without color, looking over his shoulder until the dawn comes; his eyes will not close. Wasted nights and wasted lives. Itazuki you are weak. Where are your loved ones? Isn't it cold in that place? What if the dawn is just the bitter end. Maybe it just burns like a living hell, all alone." Teran paused, his words forced, he always wanted to be harsher. "The dawn will come today dreamer."

It is all so close, the feeling of freedom. Trapped within, Jigoku was rushing forward. The trees behind him felt the damage that he wished to inflict upon Teran. He was talking to Jigoku now, and not the man who he previously referred to as a dreamer. "You wanna crush me too don't you?" Teran's face finally lit up, as he would normally act. Crazy some would call it. Unneeded confidence and flare now filled his movements. Tentacles, the stupid things of an otaku's fantasy, they were out of his hand. Such a strange creature he was turning into. He was corrupted by a creature of origin as well. "Most likely a reject aren't you Jigoku? Origin never mentioned anything of you, and I know every creature he created, I have his power. This is the power a creature of Origin must possess. I am not even using his strength!" At the end of this, the blast of dark matter left from the bleeding eye, that of Jigoku. Rushing forward, Teran's blade was now drawn, as he rushed forward.

Dark matter exploded in all directions as Teran laughed like a maniac. A barrier light surrounded him, and a barrier of dark directly after that. Another five layers of barriers surrounded him, a total of ten. As he rushed forward, they were ripped away in layers, as the force surrounded him completely. Stabbing at the eye of the creature, he launched forward a blast of extreme power. Herculean Dusk! As his power exploded through his blade, it meant to destroy the eye. The power around him expanded and Teran's voice quaked. "Whatever gets the job done faster right?!" He was unharmed, all barriers gone, but his wings remained curved around him, sheltering him. At this point, he felt it.

Darkness and light, engulfing themselves in his veins. "This is your last chance Itazuki. I am going to do it now. Activate my fourth stage. You know that none have beaten this, when you fought me before in this stage, you had two other masters helping you. I will kill you." Teran spread his feet, his irises turning black. Consumed in the darkness, he rose into the air, a few feet. The sand beneath them, on this large beach they fought at was ripping apart, and sent into all directions. The tide behind them was launched far backwards, in preparation of the tidal wave to come with the gravity coming off of Teran. "Alright. . ." Teran uttered as his bones began to crack and snap. The wrenching sound of his bones tugging and pulling at each other grew louder as his muscles bulged to the size of a blimp. Growing about three feet taller, his legs grew large and staggering. Tree trunks of gray. His arms grew large claws, as his weapon remained silent to this act of power. His wings remained the same size, yet no longer had the strength to allow flight. As he stumbled forward, his lack of understanding of this form was obvious. Resisting the urge to kill and rip the man in two, he tried to not rely solely on bloodlust and combat instincts.

"Must. . . break. You!" He uttered from his pure white lips, as he began to run. His arms were pendulums as his hulking stature ripped apart the beach with each step. Smashing his fist against the ground next to Itazuki, his darkness solidified into large spikes, all with mouths of old men, which spewed out black liquid death. Upon touch, it would burn the skin. About fifteen fountains were created around them, as the tidal wave from Teran's massive flux of strength flowed inland and smashing against them. The massive wave did nothing to the God's unmoving body.

It was out of a children's book now. Dear god, they were talking about friendship? This man was just consumed by the black, and sinking heavily, and now of all times he can reveal himself? Jigoku! You are weak! As soon as you know you are going to die you beg Itazuki for help. I will slay you! The monster was still, as he took heed at what was becoming the area around him. As the two were in turmoil with each other, struggling to take control, the god simply gave them time, a chance in which he could rip them apart. "Spine. . .soft like paper. . ." He could snap bones with a pinky, and smash this man into less than dust, something less than even the consuming dark matter could create. Jigoku was talking now, as dark matter appeared above their heads.

"Simplistic. . ." The god uttered, as his wings sprouted into a larger form once more. His muscles grew a bit more condensed, as he stood completely upright. His tail was longer and thicker than before, smashing the ground. Preparing himself as the attack swirled around the body of the beast fusion of two idiots, Teran had time to send himself into his fifth form, a strength stronger than any one man could handle. Black spikes began to crawl out of spine, and his shoulders. His right arm bulged from its large form to an even larger one, a gigantic claw replacing where his hand would normally be. His legs grew even bulkier, as a second set of wings grew out form his back. Large wings, flight was able again, at extreme speeds, yet walking was nearly impossible.

At that, a black tormenting death rained from the sky, as the hurricane smashed at Teran. It appeared as though he would die, yet he swung his large right arm in the air, stronger than a tank with its defensive capabilities. The pain it brought was immense, yet with the form only enough for him to utter silently. "Ugh. . ." He grunted as his facial features remained calm, if existant at all. As his arm swung, it sent a large amount of darkness and light at Itazuki, to kill the man. His body was shaking, as he held in his power. The trees around them were dead, sapped of all life in the overwhelming girth of the man. Stepping one step forward, an outburst of Teran's pure energy came into being. The strength would not only rival that of the attack Itazuki just launched, but near surpass it. All from one step. "Die. . . now. . ." He uttered, as his left arm reached out to Itazuki.

As his arm extended, all became clear. It was his purpose. At this point of time, Teran could only kill. The power of his attack was too much, and as he attempted to retract his arm before the man would die, it was too late. Every bit of his being was sent forward in his left arm. With enough strength to lodge Teran a few inches into the ground, a single black orb was sent out of his body, and shot forward at the speed of a rocket towards Itazuki. As it grew near, it imploded. Teran moved his right arm in front of his face, as he had no energy left to stop the attack. For the next few moments he was defenseless besides his arm, as the world shook.

The world itself began to rip apart at the force of this, as the explosion emitted from the small orb destroyed everything nearby, leaving nothing left. Teran was in his regular form again, a bit of energy around him, enough to stand and walk around, but not enough to transform. "Damnit. . .I killed him didn't I?" He uttered, as blood fell from his brow.