- Heaven's Last Breath -

Carrying the Torch

- Death -

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"I'm not the same man you beat all those years ago Cerberus." I kept my eyes fixed on the colossal three headed dog, "We were never in the same league but you could never accept that."

Two heads snarled at me, the other staring me down with fierce intent. Six hazel green eyes stared back to me, unfazed by my words. There was no response from my opponent as a smirk crept onto my lips.

"I'm done holding back against you now."

I closed my eyes for just a moment, feeling my Incarnate powers surging through my body. The blade of my scythe became a dull pitch black, reflecting my glowing cerulean eyes as I flexed my newfound power.

With one giant leap, I was high above Cerberus, looking down to the three headed dog. I aimed my scythe, readying my attack.

"Time: Heh's Endless River!"

As I swung down with my scythe, a huge torrent of pitch black water came crashing down from the sky. The jet stream surrounded Cerberus, dwarfing him in size as he was unable to evade in time. Within seconds, my opponent was surrounded on all for fronts by an encasing waterfall.

But an animal was most dangerous when backed into a corner. Now that Cerberus had nothing to lose, I felt his aura grow darker and more sinister.

"Olympian Thunder!"

There was a deafening explosion from above and as I looked up, the sky had had parted. A bright white lightning storm coursed through the air, being funnelled by the pitch black waterfall surrounding us.

"Time: Iah's Temporal Rewind!"

At the last moment, I threw one arm up in the sky, letting my powers flow through my body as time was reversed by a few seconds. The bursting lightning storm disappeared in a flash, Cerberus left speechless by what he had just witnessed.

But I wasn't done there. I spun my body in mid air, facing my opponent below as I readied my next attack. As I thought, Cerberus wouldn't stand by, refusing to let me have my way even with the commanding lead I had taken.

"Wrath of Hades!"

"Chamber of Ouroboros!"

The ground beneath Cerberus' feet began to fall away, a heavy black smoke rising high into the air. A loud rumbling sound followed, several skeletal limbs bursting through the cracks in the floor. Not long after, a horde of ghouls had poured through, floating high into the air as they followed the direction of their summoner.

I began to plummet through the air, falling toward Cerberus and his army of ghouls. I felt my scythe resonate with my energy as I focused it into the blackened blade. A piercing shriek echoed for miles around, a giant red-scaled serpent descending from above, in sync with my every movement.

The giant serpent's eyes glowered fiercely as it opened its gaping jaw, swallowing the oncoming army of ghouls whole. Even as they kept coming, the huge snake's stomach had no end, devouring everything that came its way,

With nowhere to escape, Cerberus was rooted to the spot. The Ouroboros serpent extended its jaw even wider, engulfing the three headed dog in one swoop. At the same time, the surrounding waterfalls came crashing down as the ghouls stopped flooding the battlefield.