Rise of the Cosmic_Emperor

*Bam!*

Melinda had angled her kick so that it launched Eder upward rather than backward and while he was still in mid-air, she clenched her fist and not only coated it with a compound of her white and gold flames but also the dominance of her Dao.

*Pow!*

Higher up Eder went and higher up Melinda followed as she began to mimic flight by releasing a controlled burst of flames that lifted her into the air and as she did, she punched Eder.

*Bam!*

*Pow!*

*Bam!*

*Pow!*

*Bam!*

*Pow!*

*Bam!*

*Pow!*

Those underneath look up in awe while the members of the Flame Guild had a look of fear and utmost respect on their faces.

They feared for their leader's fate and they responded with respect to Melinda's prowess.

Melinda was not punching Eder with a smile on her face or with a relaxed pose... No, not at all.

Yes, the battle was quite easy for her but she was fighting and giving her all to absolutely destroy Eder short of killing him.

And so it went on for a few moves and they got even higher in the air...

At that point, Eder was no longer trying to find a way to retaliate and was only trying his best to escape Melinda's wicked hits but he was trapped.

He could not even speak and plead as Melinda always hit and stopped his words before he could.

He had no choice but to endure all she had to dish out.

And then Melinda grabbed him by the ankle right in the air and swung him back down.

*Whoosh*

As he descended in quick speed courtesy of Melinda's toss, Edee rejoiced a bit as he saw this as a chance to escape... mostly by yelling to the Officials that he was done with the battle and wished to be saved from Melinda's hands.

He never got to chance...

Before he could open his mouth to yell while he ignored the fact that every single part of his body was hurting like hell, he was hit by a large firewall of white and gold flames that Melinda had sent after him right after she swung him.

*Boom!*

The fireball exploded against Eder and it accelerated his fall to the ground and provided the final nail to the Coffin of his consciousness.

The irony was that, right before he was completely unconscious, the block on his bloodlike flames finally melted away.

Eder even had a split second to see a flicker of golden flame spark out of his body right before he hit the ground and cracked it with his entire body which resulted in the shattering of almost every single bone in his body...

*BANG!!!!*

A second or two after Eder hit the ground, Melinda landed beside him and cast a look at the body before looking over at the other members of the Flame Guild who flinched.

There was no need for the announcement of a winner and anyway, Melinda did not wait for one to be announced.

"Let's go," she said to the members of the Sapphirine Guild who gulped at such a display of power, and resiliency coupled with an absolutely impressive display of stamina.

***

Meanwhile, A few minutes earlier at the Sensual Guild headquarters,

*Bang!*

Hal was facing off against a winged opponent...

You can imagine Hal's surprise when Akon Silva revealed that there was a reason he was absolutely confident of defeating him.

Akon was quite sure that, even if Hal had not already been in a fight today, he (Akon) would still have won and the only reason he was attacking right now was to even further solidify the likelihood of his victory.

All this, Akon said proudly after he had unleashed the true extent of his cultivational pressure and used it to form a thick shield around himself. A thick shield that Hal found hard to penetrate.

Seeing Hal get repelled against the shield was funny to Akon and he wondered how Hal had even been able to defeat Atricia.

Akon had a skill... A flying skill that granted him wings composed of Cosmic energy just like a Peak stage Cosmic Semi-Saint.

Of course, his wings were not as strong and nowhere near as fast as that of a Cosmic semi-saint but they were definitely powerful in their own right.

Akon explained briefly that, just like the powerful Duchy-Ruling family that they were, the Silvas possessed special gifts but it was just that their bloodline gifts were subtle.

Thu did not produce powerful flames or cast impressive spells... Thief gifts were an increased potency in their Cosmic energy.

Every Scion of the Silva Family possessed the gift of Cosmic potency and the degree of potency was what separated genius from average in the Silva family.

The main family members themselves boast even more potency but as with every family, they had their own bad sheep in the form of Pierre who was not as potency gifted as other main family members such as his father, Elder brother, or Younger sister.

On a side note, Hal learned that Pierre eventually made it into the Silver Ax Guild but it was mostly because his sister stood up for him.

Anyway, Adeline was a genius with Cosmic potency and it explained why she was capable of battling above cultivation stages by sheer force of will and Akon admitted his Cosmic potency was not on her level but it was capable in its own right.

The flight skill he was using was the type that no normal cultivator should be able to use for long without completely depleting their energy reserves but thanks to Cosmic potency, Akon could use it as though it were an extension of himself.

With his Cosmic energy being more potent than normal, the energy he expended to keep the wings active was minimal and definitely a resource he could afford to use.

In other words, he not only had to advantage of flight, but Hal could also not wait him out and would have to deal with the problems of facing an opponent he could not reach.

Adeline narrowed her eyes but she was looking at Hal as the realization dawned on him and she found that she was a bit glad to see that he was not panicking.

Glad that he was mostly ignoring the taunts and the jibes made by Akon while he looked focused and seemed to be calculating what should be done next.

She was wrong though...

Hal was not calculating anything...

There was nothing to calculate and he already knew what to do...

His expression that she took for focus and calculation was actually him being deep in thought and wondering if he looked as much as a dick with his Devil wings as Akon looked right now with his fake wings.

Eventually, he shook his head,

"Nah impossible," he said before looking up at Akon just in time to see the Silva man shoot a Cosmic Aurora before tossing his Ax.

Hal quickly surrounds himself with Cosmic energy in defense and Akon dove in to kick him in the chest.

*Bam!*

The kick connected but just as it did, Hal used his Sovereign Aura but it was not enough to command Akon's cosmic energy as the Silver Ax Guild leader wrenched himself away quite easily which Hal took to be an effect of Cosmic potency.

*Bam!*

*Bam!*

*Bam!*

Over and over, Akon punched Hal and forced him to step back while using Cosmic energy and his sturdy body in defense.

Then Akon swung his Ax at Hal but Hal was quick to intercept the weapon with his sword and he parried the hit but Akon followed up.

Hal was more than fast enough to parry all the hits but not fast enough to parry all the hits as well as a kick from the Guild leader who was a few inches above the ground thanks to his fake wings.

This time around though, Akon did not let Hal go back and he grabbed his collar to pull him up with him into the air.

What Akon never realized though was that, so far, Hal had testing something...

He was testing just what level of intensity of his Dao was effective on someone who was a whole realm. above him and possessed a Bloodline gift.

It was clear to Hal now that normal use of his Sovereign Dao would not cut it and it was why when Akon grinned in mid-air and clenched his fist to punch Hal down from much high up, Hal smirked and said softly,

"Sovereign Law" 

His voice was so soft that coupled with the wind blowing in the air, Akon did not quite catch the words but he definitely saw the magnificent scepter that appeared beside Hal in mid-air.

"What..." Akon began but Hal just said,

"Seize" 

Instantly, power was seized from Akon, and his Cosmic energy became impotent.

His bloodline ability of Cosmic potency tried to fight against the effect of Hal's Sovereign scepter as it had done with the ordinary implementation of Hal's Dao but it failed.

This resulted in the fading of Akon's wing skill and he fell out of the sky.

Thanks to him still being physically capable, Akon was about to stick the landing with minimal injuries, and Hal landed barely a second later with the Scepter floating beside him.

His presence was like that of the Sovereign monarch that he was.

Akon eyed Hal with worry as he was still reeling at the lack of potency of his Cosmic energy.

He still had cosmic energy and he could still use it... It was just Powerless.

Hal chuckled and then grinned,

"You never had a chance"