The Invincible Full-Moon System

Roar!!

Ryze flies majestically, boasting his new form with the dark red burning sword in his hand. Shadowed by the morning sun behind him, the only feature that can be seen is his sharp yellow eyes that are glowing evermore.

Slowly, a mark appears in the middle of his chest.

A couple of fire streaks created a mark that is shaped like a flame symbol, it was the mark of one of the Heavenly Dragons from the Dragonman race. It was a noble mark bearing the power of the sacred dragon.

Even though Zero doesn't know what the mark means, he knows that it's not something good.

"Don't look down on me!"

While pointing at Ryze that is flying in the sky, arrogantly looking down on him, Zero's body started glowing again but this time a ghastly formless spirit with golden eyes appeared on his back amplifying the spirit energy that he emits.

Roaring angrily, Zero points at Ryze with his hand, "Great Pure Light Spell, Beam of Eminence!"

SWOOSH!

An even stronger beam of light was shot towards Ryze that watches this happening without any emotions on his face. Responding to the incoming attack, he flaps his wings before diving down from the sky with the burning sword pointing at the beam of light.

The temperature in many miles radius started heating up as Ryze turns into a meteor.

Ryze's body started to be stratified by heat and the flames around his body becomes even stronger by the heat generated by air and energy friction, he flaps his wings once more boosting his speed.

Upon reaching the beam of light, it was split into four directions.

Even though Zero puts everything he got into the beam of light, even stronger than the ones he fired before, the burning sword can pierce through the beam of light as Ryze keeps on descending down like a meteor rumbling the entire ground.

"B-Bastard!!", Zero shouted, he puts in more energy desperately but it was futile.

BOOM!

Just like the shockwave created by a meteor landing on the ground, Ryze and Zero collide decimating the entire place and even turning the mansion into nothing but rubble. The shockwave was devastating, cracking the ground and still spreading.

On the side, Edward got sent rolling across the ground from the huge air of the shockwave.

When the shockwave and dust receded, Zero can be seen again with a huge cut crossing his chest.

Ryze looks over his shoulder as his sturdy dark red scales are able to absorb most of the impact, he also manages to land a solid slash onto Zero which created that huge cut. But this makes Zero angrier, his eyes started to throb in anger.

"Raarrghh!!"

Clang!

Clang!

Both of them resumed their fight, brawling with each other like two ferocious beasts.

Despite never experiencing any fight in his life and moving sluggishly, the dark red scales protected Ryze from a couple of slashes that landed on him. Some of the training that he received with Kyran started to come to play.

Although he was very bad at defending, his attack was not bad for a rookie.

Most of that was caused by the draconic instinct that is now present inside of him, the overwhelming pride and arrogance help him to be confident in each of his strikes and avoid fatal attacks from Zero.

Sparks of energy were created every time their swords collided with each other.

Everything around the was in ruin but as Ryze was fighting against Zero, his eyes suddenly caught a glimpse of a group not that far from the fight. With his new enhanced vision, he can tell that it was Mrs. Greene and the others.

It seems the shockwave he created before hits them and injures some of them.

With the help of Russ and Robert, Mrs. Greene and Zelene are being helped to get up as their legs seem to be scratched by the rubbles that were like bullets, 'I need to help them, they are not going to get far like that'

Just as he thought of that, Ryze's eyes glimmered when he saw Delta dashing at the others.

Coming out of nowhere, Delta turns into a streak of white lightning before arriving at Mrs. Greene and the others. Knowing that they were in danger, Delta signals for them to ride on her which makes Ryze at ease knowing that with Delta they would be out of there in a minute.

But knowing that his focus was somewhere else, Zero's eyes flickered.

Swish!

Ryze was surprised to see Zero suddenly vanishing from his spot, he tries to look around in search of Zero but he was stabbed from the side, "Krgghh!", he grunted and quickly swipes his burning sword at Zero but missed.

With swift movements, Zero stands again in the sky.

Glancing to the side, Zero finds Mrs. Greene and the others are being helped by Delta.

"You're not getting away!"

Swoosh!

Materializing a white spear from thin air, Zero throws the white spear straight at Delta.

Upon seeing this Ryze immediately jumped into the way to block the white spear, but he was shot by a light beam before he can even reach the white spear. Ryze got sent crashing to the other side unable to reach the white spear.

Delta didn't sense the white spear until it was already very close.

Just when the white spear was about to connect with Delta's head, out of nowhere, Edward jumped and slam his shoulder to the white spear in the nick of time and tilted the direction of the white spear a little to the side.

Growl!

Thanks to that, the white spear missed but still stabbed Delta's back leg instead.

Crash!

Edward rolls on the ground weakly before he started vomiting blood, he was in a very rough shape with a previous stomach wound and half of his left arm severed. It was a miracle for him to move that quickly.

Looking at Edward's state, Mrs. Greene covers her mouth, "Edward..."

"I'm okay, just keep running", Edward replied before slowly standing up stumblingly, his strong back now starting to become frail. Looking at Mrs. Greene's worried expression, he gave her a comforting smile despite his state, "No matter what, I'm not going to let you die today"

But out of nowhere, someone crashes right beside him.

Boom!

Mrs. Greene looks at the person and saw that it was Ryze in his new form, she can still somewhat recognize him despite the immense changes from the last time she saw him. Slowly, there was a reluctant feeling appeared inside her expression.

It was a fact that two youngsters, important figures are trying to save her.

Something about that fact is unsettling for her.

Unlike her that is nearing the end of her life with probably about ten to fifteen years more to live, Edward and Ryze still have a long journey in front of them and they can also help many others with the power they had.

"Anna! Let's go!", Robert shouted from the back snapping Mrs. Greene out of her daze.

Although reluctant, Mrs. Greene ran and gets on Delta before they resume their run again. With the bleeding hind leg, Delta is limping but nevertheless, she's still faster than if the others are running on foot.

Coughing blood to the side, Ryze gets up with some of his scales seeping with blood.

Glancing at Ryze that seems to be in pain, Edward asks knowing that his mental fortitude is not strong enough for a fight like this. It was hard for a kid without any fighting experience to be thrown into a bloodied fight like this.

"Ryze, can you still fight?"

"It hurts but I still can, I've injured him quite a bit"

Upon hearing this, Edward gazes at Zero in the sky and finds the injuries Ryze is talking about.

Without being able to dodge each of Ryze's attacks due to the fire that negates Zero's favorite spell, he suffered many slashes to the body as he was not used to fighting someone that can touch him easily like this.

Panting with murderous eyes, Zero glares at both of them without any hint of mercy.

Now that it has come to this he won't stop no matter what happened, the thought of capturing them alive vanished from his mind as he was focusing on killing the two of them without mercy. Zero was filled with bloodthirst.

But out of nowhere, ten Awakened arrive at the scene.

Zero glares at the incoming Awakened and finds they were all from the UWO, "Don't get in my way!", he didn't hesitate as he conjures two swords of light before both swords started spinning and heading toward the ten Awakened.

The swords were filled with the full brunt of an eighth-rank Awakened's power.

Under such an enormous force, the ten Awakened tried to defend themselves but they eventually got sliced in half. Even though they were seventh-rank realm Awakened, they died in cold blood.

After killing the Awakened, Zero focuses back on Ryze and Edward.

"Both of you have troubled me enough, I'll definitely kill you both without fail! RAARGHH-!!"

Out of nowhere, Zero's entire body started brimming with power that cracks the entire place and wipes the heat coming from Ryze's dark red flames. He was generating energy at a ridiculous pace not holding anything back.

Just like a god of light, his body glows with a blinding light.

Not only that but Sentine inside his head instantly warn him of what's about to come, [Run! Edward, Run! That lunatic is using his permanent mana from his spirit core, and with this amount of spirit energy he's clearly using a third-circle Pneuma Spell!]

Looking at this, Edward frowns warily but he then gritted his teeth.

'Mrs. Greene, Zelene, Uncle, and the others are on my back, I can't run...'

[No! You can't, it's suicide!]

'Even if it's suicide, I'll have to at least try. I know my body well, and I'm sure I can take it'

'Get ready, I'm going to use our last move'

[If that's your decision, then it can't be helped. I'll help you along the way]

With a glint of determination flashing inside his stubborn eyes, Edward also activated his dark fire too as he also slowly extracted the permanent mana inside his spirit core. It would weaken him permanently in exchange for a one-time use of power.

The last trump card of a seventh-rank realm Awakened and beyond.

Upon seeing that Edward is trying to stop Zero from casting his Pneuma Spell, Ryze also decided to respond with the same thing. Dark red flames started to burn around his body stronger, he uses the bloodline of a Heavenly Dragon inside his veins to the utmost limit.

Ryze's heart which has now turned into a Draconic Heart started pumping blood flames.

Just like being injected with adrenaline serums, Ryze's body started brimming with power as the dark red flames cloaked his entire being. Even his wings are starting to burn with dark red fire making him the embodiment of the King of Flame.

Not stopping at that, two additional wings sprouted on his back. A four-winged Dragonman!

Rumble!

Each of their auras clashes against each other violently.

Not only that but the auras coming out of the three of them are like a sadistic earthquake that makes the ground tremble, they were going for a final clash that will determine the winner of the fight.

Zero points both of his hands forward with the intense spirit energy gathering in between.

With as much mana and spirit energy as he can gather in the span of time, Zero roared like a lunatic boasting his most powerful spell in his arsenal, "Now, Die!! Pneuma Spell, Refined Ray of Obliteration!!"

BOOM!!

A massive beam of light shot out from his hands heading toward the two.

Even the air in the surroundings got sucked into the massive beam of light and blinded everything in the surrounding, the ground started to shake even stronger the closer the massive beam of light gets to the ground.

It covers the entire sky with blinding light, the light of heaven.

Responding with the same, the mark on Ryze's chest glows as he flaps his wings aggressively.

Knowing that he won't be able to sustain the massive beam of light without being confident in his defensive ability, Ryze wiped the hesitant thought and instantly heads to the massive beam of light.

Just like before, he flew and pointed the burning sword at the massive beam of light.

BOOM!!

"Raarggh!"

Ryze feels the enormous force threatening to shatter the burning sword, he didn't even last a couple of seconds under the force. But with sheer determination, he perseveres knowing that he needs to help Edward, 'I-I need to create a chance!!'

With the determination burning inside of him, he opens his mouth a spat flames.

The burning sword that threatens to dim down and shattered instantly got rejuvenated by the dark red fire breath, Ryze started pushing back the Pneuma Spell that already traversing through his red scales wanting to destroy his body.

Not stopping at that, the spirit energy started to run rampant inside his body.

But despite every pain that he's suffering through, Ryze didn't back down remembering the kindness that Rex and the others did for him and even take care of him instead of just throwing him out as any other people would.

It was a fuel that made Ryze keep on going in this extreme moment.

Swoosh!!

Flapping his wings, Ryze pushes through the massive beam of light, penetrating it with the sword.

Zero was absolutely terrified seeing that Ryze kept on pushing and pushing under every ounce of energy that he fired, and it surprisingly didn't take long before he managed to cut the entire massive beam of light bursting from the other hand.

Boom!

"W-What... Impossible!"

The absolute shock was etched on Zero's face seeing Ryze cutting through his most powerful spell, it was his pride knowing that possessing the spell alone puts him in the upper echelon of the eighth-rank realm.

Not even high-rank Supernaturals are cocky enough to take the full brunt of that spell.

After bursting through the massive beam of light, Ryze's body sizzles as his fire dimmed quickly.

With the last bit of his strength, he swings down his sword but Zero recovered quickly and blocks the attempt. Upon contact, the sword in Ryze's hand shatters but not before sending Zero to the ground.

"I-It's up to you now, Edward..."

Swoosh!

Immediately after Ryze started falling from the sky, Edward appeared in front of Zero that was caught off guard by his sudden appearance. With eyes bulging murderously, he cracks a sadistic grin, "Dark Titan Sentinel Art..."

Edward's right fist started burning with uncontrollable dark fire stronger than before.

The spike in energy surprised Zero so much as he realized that the energy coming from him is already reaching the eighth-rank realm, not a pseudo-eight-rank realm anymore. A devastating feat unheard of in the entire Ratmawati City.

"Colossal Wrath, Plane Destroyer!!"

BAM!

KABOOM!

A thunderous booming sound was created from the punch Edward delivered.

The ground crumbles and keeps on expanding which creates a miles-wide crater that obliterates the perfect and gorgeous place of sector 2, it was devastatingly powerful that a dark fire fist was imprinted on the ground.

If anyone were to see this, they were going to guess wrong.

Nobody would expect that such a destructive force was generated by a seventh-rank realm Awakened, but that was the might created by the perfect synchronization of the Fire Titan Art, Dark Fire Element, and Pneuma Spell.

Showcase of the might of the last move of the Dark Fire Sentinel Art.