[A/N: This chapter is a bit longer than usual.]
The fight erupted in an instant. With 8 Saints fighting with unity and harmony they stood strong. Now for clarification the difference in power is absolutely staggering, however what they are trying to accomplish is not impossible. From Saints to Saint Lord there isn't a big fundamental difference. Both use Mandates and Concepts, however Saint Lords have more mandates in their arsenal. This also not to mention their Titles they've gained.
Raven grinning wickedly as her blood essence begins to swirl around her.
"Your sorrow doesn't scare me. You know I've probably spilled more blood than you think." As she said these words she charged at the Empress head on. Her Mandate of the Blood Empress surging as she manipulates the blood of the Empress. She drains her strength and forces the Empress to stagger.
SLURP!!
GUSH!
Blood twists and bends, overwhelming the Sorrowborn Empress as Raven's attacks land. With her daggers in hand, instead of slashing towards her, Raven clenched her fist and punched out.
BOOOM!!
The blow so powerful it sent the Empress flying. The Sorrowborn Empress gritted her teeth as she recovered. She wiped some dark green blood from her lips as she spoke.
"You think you can conquer sorrow with blood?" Her voice echoes, and the space around her grows cold.
The Sorrowborn Empress then unleashes a wave of despair that distorts Raven's perception, but to her surprise Raven shrugs it off, draining the Empress's sorrow and forcing the wave to collapse.
WHOOSH
HUMMMM
SHIMMER
The illusionary sorrow twists but fails as Raven continued to push through.
While Raven engaged with the Sorrowborn Empress, Kaelen was the first to engage with the Demon Emperor.
BANG!
BANG!
BANG!
The two went blow for blow before the Demon Emperor landed a solid attack right to Kaelen's face. The impact sent Kaelen flying for a moment before he recovered. Kaelen stood upright and looked at the Demon Emperor in the distance.
From their short confrontation, he knew full well the Demon Emperor possessed flames that could melt even fire itself. However, Kaelen's will remained strong as his voiced sounded through the space. His dragon slit eyes glowed fiercely as he spoke.
"You are nothing but fire and fury, but I am the flame that never dies."
As he said those words he inhaled and exhaled. The moment he exhaled a massive ball of fire was launched towards The Demon Emperor.
FWOOOM...WHOOOSH
Seeing this, The Demon Emperor summons dark, oppressive flame, sending an explosive wave of molten energy toward Kaelen. The Draconic flames powered by his Mandate of Tyrant's Breath, meeting the Emperor's flames head-on.
CRACK
KABOOM
The two flames collide, creating shockwaves that ripple through space. Even knowing the difference in power, Kaelen didn't falter not once. He fought with unyielding power, his fiery breath clashing against the Emperor's dark fire, pushing him back, inch by inch.
As the battle between the two groups raged on, the others began to help out as well. Elara steps into the battle as she went to reinforce Raven. She channeled the essence of nothingness around her.
With Her Mandate of No Defense, she transforms into something like an unstoppable force, with nothingness warping around her as she steps toward the Sorrowborn Empress.
Elara spoke as she warped the essence of nothingness towards the Empress.
"Sorrow is meaningless in the face of nothingness. I will erase you."
WHOOOSH!!
An arc of near invisible energy shot out towards The Empress. Seeing this The Sorrowborn delivered a massive kick to Raven's stomach, sending her crashing into floating debris. Then in the same instant she tries to release a wave of despair, but Elara nullifies it with a wave of nothingness.
SHRRRRRR!!
With this Elara pressed the Empress head on. With Every strike, Elara disintegrates the Empress's defenses and overwhelms her with absolute power.
While Elara reinforced Raven, Isis and Thalia joined in behind her. They focused on attacking the Empress with the concepts of Nothingness, Illusions, Equilibrium, and Blood. Even with the four of them attacking together the Sorrowborn empress didn't make it easy on them at all.
On the other side, Liora moves through the battlefield with grace and deception, using her Mandate of Verisimilitude to create multiple versions of herself and attack the Demon Emperor from every angle. Not only that she brought all sorts of weapons into reality bombarding the Emperor while Kaelen focused on close combat.
Liora smiling slyly seeing her illusions take effect. "Come now, Emperor, fire alone is no match for deception." She spoke as she continued to create more and more illusions. Hearing this he began to grow a bit frustrated as he was dealing with not only Kaelen and Liora, but also two annoying transcendents.
SHIMMERRR!!!!
CRACKLEEEE!!!
He tightened his grip on is spear and swung wildly right for Kaelen's head. His fiery weapons sizzled as they cut through space heading for Kaelen. However, each strike was met with nothing as Liora's illusions were working overtime.
Isis and Thalia move as a perfect pair as they engaged with the Sorrowborn Empress. Isis, with her Absolute Equilibrium, shatters the Empress's control over her emotions, while Thalia warps her perception, slowing her reactions with illusions in ways similar to Liora.
Isis voice firm, manipulating the Empress's core as she spoke. "Feel the chaos that lies within you. You cannot sustain false despair." These words were spoken like hidden whispers. Enough for Thalia to create another illusion.
SHIMMERRR!
This illusion showed a reality where despair didn't exist. This caused the Empress to freeze again for another brief moment. Her mandates were completely useless right now as Elara's nothingness erased her every attempt. Raven's blood manipulation furthered hindered her movements making her slower. Isis power over equilibrium refused to let the disorder of the Empress exist within its perception.
And this was all while Thalia abused her realities. Her use over them could be described as masterful, she created illusions perfect for each moment. Whatever order Isis wanted to establish, Thalia would create an illusion to depict it.
Seizing the opportunity the four women all launched attacks of nothingness, blood, equilibrium, and illusions.
WHOOSHHHH
SHIMMERRRR
BOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!
A cataclysmic explosion occurred as all those powers converged on the Empress all at once.
While the four women fought the Empress, Sara was utilizing her alchemy to create explosive traps and transmute elements to destabilize the battlefield. She targets both the Demon Emperor and Sorrowborn Empress, using alchemical concoctions that turn the environment against them.
Sara smiling through the chaos spoke as she continued making pill after pill.
"Let's see how you handle a bit of alchemy."
As she said this, she tossed alchemy bombs, creating explosions that tear into the Demon Emperor and Sorrowborn Empress's defenses.
BOOOM!!!
BOOOM!!!
BOOOM!!!!!!
The explosions rippled through the battlefield, catching both Saint Lords off guard.
As the battles continued to rage on the Saint Lords showed exactly why they were Leaders of entire races. They fought outnumbered holding their own without faltering. With each major blow they received, they returned the favor. However, even with this retaliation they harmony of the Saints was just too much.
In the midst of the chaos, Raven focuses the essence of blood to the fullest, using it to drain the last of the Sorrowborn Empress's energy. She forces the Empress to stagger, using her Mandate of the Blood Empress to control the flow of power. As she focused more and more on the essence of blood, her energy began to surge overwhelmingly.
As this continued Raven entered a sort of enlightenment, while The Empress stood completely drained. Then in Raven's vision screens began to show.
{DING!}
{Raven Bloodmoon, the one who lives and dies for the thrill of blood and dominates the battlefield, through the will of blood. You have proven yourself worthy.... For this you will now be known as.... The Crimson Sovereign!}
{The Crismon Sovereign - The one who commands the blood of all.... perhaps even gods. As long as blood remains in the vast realms of reality, you will remain immortal.}
Raven smirked, her eyes glowing with overflowing pools of blood. She gripped her daggers as she felt the newfound power resonating through her.
The others watched on as she spoke.
"Take a rest, would you?" Her tone was intoxicating and in the next moment, The Empress felt her remaining energy be depleted. Once this happened, she slowly lost consciousness.
Seeing this happened no one celebrated instead they all turned and went to finish of the Demon Emperor.
The Demon Emperor weak was panting as he was barely standing. Looking at the 10 cultivators from Kalpa, he spoke.
"You think this victory will last? There will always be more darkness..." Standing in front of the crack in the World's barrier, beaten and on his last legs he refused to falter.
Hearing this Kaelen steps forward, his draconic aura still burning bright. He spoke in a stern voice, full of authority.
"You live but understand this; You are defeated, not by death, but by our will and unity."
The Demon Emperor staggered and clenched his fist as if he wanted to unleash a dying move, but a voice cut through.
"I'd be lying if I said I wasn't impressed by you guys." The voice was ethereal, and it sounded as if thousands of people were speaking at once. The Demon Emperor felt a chill down his back as he felt a hand on his shoulder.
He turned his head slowly only to see a divinely handsome man. Standing with dark brownskin and long grey hair, the man continued to speak with a smile.
"Truly after of this is over, I owe you all some gifts." This man was of course Akasha, well at least his clone. He had been watching the entire war for the past three months. Seeing the Demon Emperor wanted to die so badly he decided to oblige him.
While holding his shoulder, he simply channeled the essence of nonexistence. Then in the next moment the Demon Emperor slowly faded from existence.
The others looked with wide eyes, while his lovers simply shook their heads. Akasha then spoke again.
"Alright get things situated then move on to Lyria's battlefield. The same process as we did with the Humans, I have already bonded the Demons so everything will be fine. The others are currently holding the Devils back. You just have to explain somethings to that Empress and move out."
As he said these words he once again faded away. The others nodded hearing this and got to work.
Nine months into War and Akasha and the others had already subjugated two major factions. Things happened so quick and efficiently because of the small-time frame. One must remember wars aren't won in months, things like this takes time. This is why Akasha, and the others took advantage of this, while these factions weren't at complete full strength they attacked.
The members they sent out to the cosmic battlefield and those who were still cultivating building their strength, waiting for the apex time of war. These factions were all paying for this and would continue to pay for as Kalpa's force moved fiercely.