"A scratch…"
A soft voice rang resounded as the wave of energy settled down.
"How…
"How the hell can my full power attack only leave a scratch on your body you cheater!"
Zesshi's voice seemed beyond deranged as she exclaimed her disbelief. Even when she attacked with her full power, all she managed to do was slightly scratch the surface of Sebas' scales. Even though she had released her power to the extent that she was surprised how well her body was holding up, she was still inferior to her opponent by such a large margin.
Seeing that his opponent was wide open, Sebas used the opportunity to launch a quick punch aimed straight at Zesshi's head. This punch contained no special power of ki, but if allowed to hit, would easily lop Zesshi's head from her shoulders. But Zesshi still managed to once again block the attack despite her disorderly mental state.
As it took everything she had just to try and block the dragonoids' punch, Zesshi felt a chill up her spine as an unfriendly aura appeared behind her.
Now that she had unleashed her hybrid legacies, she had developed a kind of zone similar to the martial technique field where nothing inside was beyond her notice. And yet somehow a presence had breached this zone, and from nowhere had appeared the black goat demon that was standing behind the dragonoid not a moment ago.
"Aspect of the archdevil [Arch Devil's Claws]. End of the line for you, little hybrid!"
The goat spoke with a slightly more nefarious tone and voice than before as it transformed one of his hands and made it sprout vicious looking claws which looked sharp enough to cut through steel like butter. Even with her sacred armor and helmet, there was no guarantee that they would be able to stop claws that looked that menacing.
Faced with this kind of peril, Zesshi was backed into a corner and had no other choice anymore.
"Damn you for making me use this skill! [World Guard]!"
Zesshi's Helmet began to emit a faint white light that covered her entire body from head to toe with a thin mystic veil. Just as the demonic claws seemed to strike at Zesshi's guard, instead of the sound of flesh tearing a rather hollow sound rang out as they bounced off from their prey. The price she paid for using this power was not small either, as she could only use the power of this helmet once a day and its defensive power would plummet afterwards, but considering she was able to prolong her life with it a little longer, it was more than worth it.
Not letting this opening slip, she used her scythe to pole vault over the goat demon and make a graceful landing behind him as she was able to show off her successful escape from his clutches… literally.
Zesshi was breathing heavily as she still stared in shock at the two abominations that she had been put up against. With just the tiniest fraction of a second that she had been given to react, she was able to narrowly escape defeat. But if things continued like this it would be only a matter of time before she was beaten to the ground.
Zesshi could no longer afford to hold back even the tiniest bit of power as it would cost her dearly. Even if it could wreck her body and the whole corridor with it she had to use her greatest attack, exerting everything she had and pouring all of her two energies into this move alongside her heart and soul. This would be the final move.
Having collected her thoughts, the aura around Zesshi became much darker as an unseen amount of killing intent burst forth from her body alongside an even greater stream of the two energies that gushed forth like a geyser. Zesshi waved her hand as she commanded these two powers to fuse with the blade of her war scythe once more, only this time the amount infused dwarfed that of the simple attack from before.
"Take this! With the full power of my legacy unleashed! Legacy martial skill [ECLIPSE SLASH]!"
As Zesshi roared and swung her scythe towards Demiurge and Sebas the corridor, no… the entire sanctum seemed to tremble as her unleashed power hurled towards them. An air slash as wide as the corridor propelled forward infused with the full power of Zesshi's divine and negative energy streams. If not stopped, it would tear through everything in its way all the way to the end of the corridor right down to the treasury.
Zesshi knew that she could not hold up her foes any longer as her power paled in comparison to theirs. The only reason that she was able to keep up with the two of them in the first place was because of her armour combined with the fact that in this underground corridor they had to suppress their power to prevent it from crumbling. Not even her unleashed strength could change that.
All she could do now was go all out or bust. With her full power unleashed to even beyond a point that she thought she could push herself. The combined power of her two legacies, her various martial skills and her divine weapon's special ability to create air slashes. This was everything that she had and she sent it straight at Sebas and Demiurge who did not look like they were going to dodge anytime soon.
As the air slash approached, neither Demiurge nor Sebas said anything as they merely exchanged glances before both readying their stance.
The air slash was rapidly approaching as the wave swept down column after column and was not ten meters away from the two of them and closing when…
"Looks like I'll have to get a little serious too."
The white dragon reaffirmed his stance and pulled back his scaly fist as he tightened his grip until cracking noises could be heard. Like he had done when he took down the reinforced door, he gathered white energy into his right arm and fist as he prepared to strike. The only difference was that the amount of Ki that gathered this time far surpassed that of the last time.
"Eight immortal blows [Greater Yin Strike]"
As his fist struck out towards the incoming attack, the entire corridor shook as it if could collapse at any second. From Sebas' fist, the sound much like a massive cannon exploding rang out as the concentrated Ki inside his fist burst forth and transformed into an actual stream of concentrated air pressure that made the destructive power of cyclones pale in comparison.
This massive wave of air pressure shot towards Zesshi and her approaching attack and eventually collided in a deafening explosion in the middle of the long corridor.
The blowback caused Zesshi and the two guardians to widen their eyes in astonishment. Neither side expected that the other side's attacks would be a match for their own. They could but watch as the fearsome stream of wind and energy pushed back against them.
The two powers both tried to push the other back as if the two attacks had become sentient and refused to give way and yield before the other. This power struggle only lasted for a short moment though as a clear superior became visible…
"Impossible, my full power that I have never unleashed before that contains enough strength to kill a dragon lord is actually being pushed back by just one punch."
Zesshi witnessed as her attack was being broken apart by the horrendous air pressure canon that her foe had seemingly created by just punching his fist once. Now she could but watch as the stream of air pressure tore through her attack and headed her way with no chance for her to dodge.
To think that after all this time when I finally let loose, immediately I get destroyed haha…
The air pressure finally slammed into Zesshi's body and blew her off her feet like a leaf caught in a hurricane. Not even her mystic armor or helmet could protect her from the force of the blow as she was sent flying all the way to the entrance through which Sebas and Demiurge and Ainz had come in. The force of the blow was so great that it even ripped apart the walls around the entrance and burst through further into the inner sanctum, causing mayhem deep within its halls.