After a long delay, the fourth and final duel was ready to begin.
Both sides were already prepared to fight. They had no further demands and had no excuses left to postpone this inevitable fight.
Many observers watched closely as they placed their hopes on one Ascended Giant or another.
The Oscillating Fist began to rub his large gauntleted hands against each other.
This odd motion generated mysterious energies that shook the surrounding space.
The fact that he was able to do this just with a casual motion hinted at much greater power if he started to get serious.
Ves and the Dark Apostle knew that they could not afford to make any mistakes this time.
“This will be a true life-or-death struggle.” Ves seriously spoke. “Nobody will come to save us if we are in trouble. We have agreed to participate in an honorable duel out of our own choice. We have no one else to blame but ourselves if we have grossly overestimated our strength and underestimated our opponent.”
The Dark Apostle refused to think about losing. “We will not lose. Our equipment is too powerful and we have adopted the right strategy. Allowing us to borrow the power of design spirits is a death sentence to the Oscillating Fist. He does not have a good enough understanding of how much this matters.”
As he communicated with his other self, the Ascended Giant carefully retrieved fire hyper blast lance from his back and gripped the long polearm with a bit of nervous tension.
Despite his confident-sounding words, he knew better than to take victory for granted. The Oscillating Fist certainly did not look like he was intimidated by the prospect of facing design spirits.
After both duelists transmitted a signal that made it clear that they were ready, a projected countdown appeared in the center.
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The Dark Apostle began to draw upon the Sacrificial Spear Throwing Method to prime his blast lance for explosion.
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A large amount of fire hyper energy converged upon the lance.
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The Minor Demon locked inside the D-arm desperately tried to break out, but was unable to do so due to wielder’s strong control.
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Flames and the illusion of flames started to flicker on the surface of the blast lance.
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At the same time, Ves had been calling for a certain spiritual entity to descend upon Blinky.
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It took a few seconds to forge the connection, but the other party finally picked up on his request.
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The good news was that the spirit in question found his cause to be worthy enough to lend as much aid as she could.
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Blinky’s manifestation started to shift from a furry purple cat into a more reddish humanoid form.
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As the companion spirit turned into the vessel of a different being, Ves felt his consciousness being pushed to the side as a much more powerful being took control!
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[START!]
The Dark Apostle immediately turned around and blasted off into the distance!
Instead of charging straight at his adversary, he preferred to build up speed while continuing to prime his lance to explode!
The Oscillating Fist knew what his opponent was after and tried his best to chase after the upstart that had insulted him multiple times.
While the Oscillating Fist actually proved himself to be almost as fast as the Fiery Axe, his flight system and his ability to form a warp bubble around himself was not enough to make up for the difference!
The modern high-quality linear flight system that Ves had especially designed for this final confrontation only needed to do one job well, and that was outspeeding the Oscillating Fist!
“COWARD! FACE ME, YOU HUMAN WORM!”
The Dark Apostle laughed as he continued to frustrate his opponent. “I am a lancer now! It would be stupid of me to charge at you straight away! If you want me to come to you sooner rather than later, then let me build up more speed.”
The incumbent leader knew that he could not catch up to his opponent under the current conditions.
He eventually ceased his pursuit and began to assume a defensive posture.
He knew that he needed to wait for his opponent to come to him before he could land a good punch onto the Dark Apostle.
In order to make this brief moment of contact count, the Oscillating Fist began to charge his two fists. His gauntlets began to glow and vibrate as they slowly accumulated an ominous amount of power.
Meanwhile, the Dark Apostle calmly began to circle around while building more and more speed and momentum.
It was not necessary to build up the highest possible speed before charging at the Oscillating Fist as he did not rely solely on kinetic energy to punch through the stronger Ascended Giant’s defenses.
He just needed to close in fast enough to make it difficult for the Oscillating Fist to evade his charge attack in time.
He also needed to moderate his speed and make it a little easier for him to perform last-second course corrections in order to ensure the lance struck the right spot.
This was why the Dark Apostle began to straighten his flight path after completing a few revolutions.
He made sure to start his final approach with plenty of distance between himself and his adversary.
As the blast lance in his hands became filled with fire energy, it looked like it had turned into a demonic flaming weapon!