David and Edwin continued to gauge each other. Edwin soon reverted to his true form, where his muscles had shrunk to their original size.


    Edwin had a feeling that he had to fight seriously or else he might even regret it.


    David''s aura was slowly rising to its peak as he remained in his position. ording to his battle instincts, the man ahead was far beyond any opponent he had ever faced. If he was even slightly careless, he would suffer greatly!


    David soon raised his hand and pointed his finger at Edwin. He ordered, "All of you, get away. This will be my fight!"


    Andre''s guards were surprised to hear those orders. They looked in Andre''s direction and saw their master nodding in agreement.


    Edwin noticed that David was building up a great amount of Gold Elemental Energy within that finger.


    "<strong>Golden Sr Finger!</strong>"


    An intense golden beam of pure Gold Elemental Energy wasunched at Edwin. It was quick and possessing a piercing power!


    Edwinunched towards David as he created a Wind Sphere to block that beam from striking his body.


    When the Gold Elemental Energy struck that Wind Sphere, Edwin experienced a massive shockwave.


    He increased the energy he used in the Wind Sphere and moved towards David.


    David Valliadis frowned as he saw Edwin pushing past his Golden Sr Finger. He realized this attack wasn''t enough to deal with this enemy.


    He unfolded two more of his fingers and pointed them in Edwin''s direction.


    "<strong>Twin Golden Sr Finger!</strong>"


    Soon enough, the two more beams of pure Golden Element wereunched at Edwin. These beams were thicker and appeared to be as intense as the Beamunched previously.


    Edwin''s eyes widened slightly as he couldn''t create a durable defensive barrier in time.


    He controlled the Aero Dragon that immediately appeared and blocked those two beams for Edwin.


    Although these two golden energy beams pierced the Aero Dragon''s Body rather easily, their direction was slightly deflected and failed to strike Edwin''s body.


    The Aero Dragon soon dispersed after it was struck with those Golden Beams.


    Currently, that Majestic Golden Lion''s Avatar was rushing towards Edwin with a ferocious look on its face.


    "…I was arrogant to think I could win against you just by using my wind element," Edwin whispered to himself.


    Hell mes released from Edwin''s body as he immediately whispered the name of his next technique, "<strong>Hell Dragon!</strong>"


    A long dragon of pure Hell mes was formed. As soon as it was formed, it shed against the Golden Lion.


    When the two shed, no shockwave urred. The shocking thing was that the Majestic Lion''s body had begun to shatter.


    David Valliadis and Andre Valliadis were shocked to see those mes. They eximed at the same time, "<strong>Demonic mes!</strong>"


    Edwin''s body was enveloped by a great amount of Hell mes, and he immediately rushed towards David.


    David couldn''t block him using those Sr Finger attacks. Instead, he fixed his feet on the ground and readied his body to fight against Edwin in closebat.


    The Gold Element was considerably strengthening his physique. The Gold Element''s increased power, along with his Bloodline Ability, quickly bridged the gap between his Ardor and Edwin''s.


    Edwin threw out a punch at David, which was quickly blocked. David thenunched a double kick at Edwin while rotating his body.


    Edwin blocked those two kicks by raising his left arm. He was waiting for thebo to end before he could counter-attack.


    As soon as he felt David''s second kick striking his left arm, Edwin unleashed a massive quantity of mes from his right foot.


    Edwin then whispered, "<strong>me Wheel!</strong>"


    Edwin''s entire body rotated as heunched multiple kicks at David. David had no choice but to block them while stepping back.


    He found these Hell mes quite strange. They would break his Gold Elemental Armor easily, and he would have to consciously reinforce it with his Ardor, or else he would be gravely injured by a single kick from Edwin.


    Edwin finished that me Wheel attack by kicking David''s chest.


    David was pushed back by ten or so steps. Some blood leaked out of his mouth as he tried to shrug off the pain.


    Edwin then soon moved forwards, increasing his speed with the Hell mes around him.


    The momentum was on his side, and he could defeat David if this continued.


    David was aware of this fact as well. So when he saw Edwining towards him, he strongly pressed the ground.


    Multiple Golden Beams wereunched at Edwin. They were so quick that Edwin had no time to react.


    They immediately pushed Edwin away and prevented him from reaching David''s body.


    David''s motive for using this attack wasn''t to harm Edwin. He knew that an attack of this caliber wouldn''t be able to aplish that. He just wanted some time to catch his breath.


    A couple of secondster, Edwin had already managed to pass those Golden Beams.


    Meanwhile, Edwin''s Hell Dragon had already defeated that Majestic Golden Lion Avatar and was now charging towards David.


    David closed his eyes as he concentrated deeply. He had already estimated the time it would take for Edwin and his Hell Dragon to reach him and was prepared.


    "…<strong>Vermillion Lotus!</strong>" David''s eyes snapped open as he stared at Edwin. There was a red-colored me lotus forming ahead of his hands.


    Edwin''s eyes widened in shock as he saw those Vermillion mes! He immediately recognized them ''<em>The Phoenix''s mes?! Not just the Gold Element, but he is even a Phoenix''s Inheritor?!</em>''


    The Vermillion Colored Lotus was expanding rapidly. Soon, it wasrge enough to form a shield ahead of David.


    Edwin and his Hell me Dragon shed against that Vermillion Colored Lotus. Edwin sensed thews of his Hell mes shing with thews present in that Vermillion mes.


    Thews returned to nothingness after shing.


    ''<em>…Phoenix mesbined with this irritating bloodline and that Fate Energy. A very annoyingbo this is.</em>''


    ''<em>Humans have developed by leaps and bounds, really. To think some humans can inherit Phoenix''s mes. My knowledge and abilities are outdatedpared to these Royal Bloodline Inheritors. Just who is behind this evolution?</em>''


    While fighting, Edwin didn''t know why he was thinking about these random things. But he was bing very curious about this now.


    David suddenly spoke up at this moment, "This Lotus won''t hold out for long. But I am curious… Why were you attacking my brothers? What sort of grudge do you have against us?"


    "…I had nothing better to do," Edwin shrugged in response.


    "…You killed my brother and then attacked another because you had nothing better to do? That was your reason?" David''s voice turned cold for the first time since he had arrived.


    Edwin noticed that furious look on David''s face. He grinned sinisterly and spoke, "That''s right. I got to say, the Third Prince managed to endure the torture for quite long before he died. I was wondering how long the fifth prince would survive."


    David''s aura became calmer in response to Edwin''s answer. He whispered calmly, "Very well, this means I don''t need to feel guilty about crushing you."


    An even oppressive aura was released from David''s body in response to his words. He was absolutely serious now!


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