With the appearance of these powerhouses, even the confident Danilo couldn't help but constrict his pupils. Stomping on the ground, he made a defensive stance as Mathias flicked his wrist towards his direction.
Space collapsed around Danilo and a Spatial Tear inadvertently swallowed him, sealing him into an independent space separate from reality. It took longer to describe but it happened within a split second. Dan's eyes widened in astonishment and shock as Mathias descended and said.
"You did well surviving against a Divine Ascendance Realm Expert..." He glanced at the former and instructed his subordinate, "Place him into intensive care, make sure that not any hidden nor internal injuries are left when he's healed..." His tone cold and frosty, filled with a dignified might that didn't allow for refusal.
A middle-aged woman from his side bowed her head and walked towards Dan's direction. Opening her palms, space collapsed around the latter's body and it swallowed him like what happened to Danilo. Securing him into an independent space where no further harm would happen along with his wives.
"The rest of the Elders, all of you handle the Golden-Clawed Guards, leave the Emperor to me, there's no way that you can even help if you joined me anyways..." Mathias's tone contained deep arrogance and conceit, yet none of the Elders dared to call him out for it. Nodding their heads, they flew towards the horizon and chased after their enemies.
Sweeping his gaze at the scene of destruction that occurred within the Entertainment Block. Mathias couldn't help but feel his blood boiling from anger. Each and every building, and every lives within his territory was something precious to him. Their destruction from another's hands was something that he couldn't accept.
A sound akin to glass breaking reverberated and a Spatial Tear manifested, revealing the figure of Danilo who lightly smiled at the sight of Mathias.
"Old Stinky Bones, you're finally here? I was thinking about how I can lure you out of your basement..." Danilo said with a mocking voice that contained deep-seated resentment and indignance.
"Bastard, is this really what you want to happen? A war between the two of us? Don't you understand how much destruction and casualties will happen from our fight?"
Mathias sighed, his countenance looked somewhat aggrieved and hesitant. Mathias had ruthlessness running through his veins, but he disliked useless fighting. If an option to solve everything peacefully was present, he would try his best and resolve those problems through that way.
"The Imperial Clan has been enduring these past decades, Mathias... Because of that, your disciples seemed to have thought that we are that easy to bully. Actually killing a direct descendant of mine without thinking about the consequences, do you really think that I'll just stand by and let your disciples kill my own?"
Danilo replied with a voice that resembled absolute frost, his eyes sparkled with the desire to battle and slaughter. His sword of [Absolute Purification] emanated a divine brilliance that stung the eyes of those that dared to stare directly at it.
Mathias heaved a deep sigh and mumbled into the air, "Since you're that adamant to settle everything in a bloody way, there's nothing that I can do other than to forcefully send you back to where you came from..." Mathias stretched his hand into his Independent Space and took a Soft Sword within it.
Experts at the level of the Divine Ascendance Realm had transcended the limits of mortality, acquiring basic control of the Laws of the Heaven and Earth, they could easily tear a hole through space and establish their own independent spaces where they could place anything including living beings.
The Soft Sword within Mathias's hand shone with an ethereal and dreamy light and emanated coldness that contrasted his cultivation method that conformed with the Element of Fire. Upon seeing this Soft Sword. Danilo's countenance turned solemn and pensive, as if staring at his greatest nemesis.
[Slither of Absolute Frost] Forged personally by Mathias within a deep ice cavern at the Northern Tip of the Continent, combining the might of dozens of Heaven Grade Artifacts, Mathias managed to create a superposition effect which ultimately resulted to the monster whom he considered as his personal prized treasure.
When it emerged, the atmosphere considerably cooled down and paired with Mathias's cultivation method that manipulated the Law of Fire. Space itself distorted as the land within a kilometer around him turned into a fiery inferno that sometimes shifted into absolute frost, creating a strange phenomenon that mortals couldn't possibly understand.
"Slither of Absolute Frost..." Danilo muttered, his breathing turned somewhat rough. Assuming a defensive stance, he took a deep breath and his eyes flashed with the renewed light of conviction and determination. No matter what, he would take revenge today!
"Shall I attack first?" Mathias stared at Danilo with complete indifference and coldness within his eyes, compared to the previous sparkle that shone within his eyes, Mathias lacked the hesitation that he previously displayed. Right now, he has prepared himself for Danilo's reckoning.
"Or should you attack..." Disappearing from his initial location. Mathias reappeared behind Danilo along with the fluctuations of space as his Slither of Absolute Frost transformed into a malevolent snake that lunged at Danilo's nape.
"First?!" With a shout, a deafening boom reverberated as dust flew towards the skies. Danilo seamlessly parried Mathias's attack as he redirected the force and counter-attacked with a stab.
Peng!
Sparks flew and the Slither of Absolute Frost twisted into a weird angle that's completely impossible for a normal sword to do. Its sharp point turned around and slapped Danilo's sword away as the two powerhouses took a step backward and retreated.
What happened just now was a simple exchange of three moves yet everything around them had turned into dust and ruin. The buildings that stood mightily promptly collapsed when Mathias unveiled his prized treasure and when they exchanged moves, none of the buildings remained standing.
That's how devastating a fight between two experts was. Those below the cultivation of the Divine Ascendance Realm should step away as far as they could lest they got struck by the shockwaves from the battle and die an unjustified death.
"Absolute Frost!" Mathias blurted out and the Slither of Absolute Frost gleamed with a dreamy light that turned into a wave of frost that swept towards Danilo's direction. Wherever the wave passed, everything turned into ice that could never melt under normal circumstances.
"Light of the Infallible!" Danilo's eyes constricted, with the speed of the wave, he knew that he didn't have any chances to evade so why would he? Rotating his cultivation base, his sword exploded into a golden brilliance that looked gentle and mellow to the touch which eventually transformed into light flakes that descended towards the tsunami of frost.
The tsunami of frost versus the flakes of light. When the two forces clashed, not even an explosion occurred as both powers collapsed under their own strength. With a flash of a bright light, the tsunami of frost disappeared along with the light flakes.
Everything turned calm, but before anyone could relax their tensed nerves. Mathias appeared like a ghost beside Danilo with his Slither of Absolute Frost pouncing at his neck like a snake. Danilo coldly snorted, under the heightened senses of someone of his caliber. Mathias's movements looked as slow as a turtle as he stabbed out with his sword.
His sword pierced straight at Mathias's heart, yet the latter smirked despite the incoming danger. With a will on his end, the Slither of Absolute Frost's blade wrapped around his body while its sharp point lunged at Danilo's heart as if it had a spirit on its own, capable of decisions.
Danilo clicked his tongue and his armor exuded a subtle sheen that deflected the Slither of Absolute Frost away. Stomping on the ground, he flew backward and assessed the situation. One of the reasons why it was so tricky to fight against Mathias was because of his Slither of Absolute Frost that was capable of independent thoughts.
Though they were the same Heaven Grade Artifact, the Slither of Absolute Frost stood at the absolute limit of the Heaven Tier and could possibly break through the mortal coil. Unfortunately, it never developed a true spirit that could become tangible so it lacked the final requirement for that inevitable breakthrough.
Nevertheless, the Slither of Absolute Frost was a weapon that could never be underestimated. Gripping the hilt of his sword, Danilo could sense his sweat dripping down his back with his heightened senses. Lifting his head, he dashed at Mathias with his sword raised to the air for a downward slash!
"Attacking so blatantly like that, how naive!" Mathias coldly snorted and flicked his weapon like a whip.
"Hmmph, do you really think that you're the only one that has improved for these past decades?" Danilo smirked and waved his hand in front of it causing space to collapse. The Slither of Absolute Frost that flew at his direction went inside that collapsed space as Mathias's eyes widened in astonishment.
Before Mathias could retract his weapon. Danilo forcefully closed the collapsed space with a wave of his hand and circled around Mathias with a horizontal strike directed at the latter's neck.
"Eat this, you old geezer!"
It took longer to describe but each movement happened within a fraction of a second. Wind whistled and consecutive sizzling noises of space being torn apart reverberated out as Danilo's attack landed squarely on Mathias's nape.
Bang!
But instead of smiling. Danilo revealed a pensive expression on his face and his sense of imminent danger told him that he should immediately retreat. Leaping backward, a tower of fire consumed his initial location as Mathias's figure appeared with a faint smile on his face.
"You're not the only one that has Defensive Artifacts, old bastard..." Above his right hand floated a fireball which distorted air itself while within his left hand was the Slither of Absolute Frost shining in a dreamy light that emanated the peak of coldness.
"You... What are you trying to do..." Danilo's voice trembled in shock. As someone among the peak existence within this continent, nothing could easily cause such a violent reaction from him but Mathias's action of holding both his palms parallel to each other made him utter such words in a disgraceful tone.
His reaction was inevitable for Mathias was doing such an incomprehensible act. And that was forcefully fusing energies at the polar extremes together!
It has to be known that fire and ice absolutely abhorred each other. Just contact alone could provoke catastrophic reactions that was tantamount to suicide, yet Mathias was actually doing something like that! Is he trying to kill himself?!
Danilo lightly smiled, his expression relaxed, though he still assumed a defensive stance, he didn't interrupt Mathias's fusion process. Instead, he stared at him with a disdainful expression on his face. Since Mathias wanted to die that much, then why would he bother exerting effort on killing a suicidal man? It should be much better to witness his final regrets on trying to commit such a miracle!
Mathias's lips lifted into a small smile when he witnessed Danilo's actions. Calming himself down, he activated his Defensive Artifacts just in case that the old geezer decided to attack.Taking deep breaths. His chest heaved violently and the atmosphere turned murky with the presence of these two opposing energies.
When the heat from Mathias's cultivation method made contact with the Slither of Absolute Frost. It pulsated chaotically as if wanting to break free from its shackles. Suppressing the fire with his will, the Frost from the Slither of Absolute Frost tried to take advantage of this opening but was immediately suppressed by Mathias.
Danilo who saw everything that happened couldn't help but shake his head in disappointment and disdain. It was already an hour after Mathias started his hopeless journey of fusing both extreme energies together, yet the only progress that he made didn't look that promising.
"What a foolish endeavor, trying to do something that only Divine Emperors could possibly do... Has this rival of mine finally gone senile?" Danilo blurted out, not even suppressing his tone as he sheathed his sword and crossed his arms together. Observing Mathias for a so-called miracle.
Mathias heard what Danilo said but he never took it to heart. Concentrating on his movements, he slowly inched his palms closer to each other while equally suppressing the two energies as they gradually melted into each other. The crimson flames of the Paradyne Clan's cultivation method and the dreamy frost of the Slither of Absolute Frost began to blend together and just as Danilo's pupils constricted, it suddenly erupted into a chaotic mess.
"Shit!" Mathias's expression paled and Danilo couldn't help but lightly chuckle. However, little did he knew that as soon as the concoction in between Mathias's palms surged, the former's eyes started shining with a sly light.
Space wantonly collapsed and wind surged into a tempest as Mathias's figure at the middle of the storm transformed into a bedraggled middle-aged man with his robes tearing at its edges. Danilo who saw the miserable appearance of his arch nemesis silently took a Profound Imagery Stone and recorded the situation as he said.
"Bwahahaha, look at your miserable appearance, old bastard! I will make sure to record each and every expression of yours so that everyone in this entire continent will understand how foolish you really are, Mathias Paradyne!" Danilo boisterously laughed and roared out loud.
"Is that so?" Mathias coldly replied and opening his palms, the chaotic concoction of two polar energies transformed into a beam of concentrated energy that flew towards the direction of the astonished and pale-faced Danilo!