Boom!!

A rippling wave of crimson flames surrounded Azazel and at the same time, a huge silhouette of a cross appeared behind, causing him to seemingly appear holy at the same time... demonic.

“The book of Psalms,” Allen frowned. The Holy Spell of Golgotha!?

As Allen was about to move, “———?!!”

A chill went Allen’s spine, he twisted his body making an immediate judgment.

A golden spear pierced where his chest was just a moment before.

Were his reaction be delayed by even a second, he would be already dead.

Behind him, was Azazel holding the golden spear.

“How!?”

“Good instinct… as expected of the mortal king…” Azazel sneered as he continued to wave the golden spear, trying to pierce Allen with it. “I noticed a while ago that even though I managed to cut you with my sword, it only passed through. For some unknown reason, you became intangible that my sword wouldn’t cut your body…”

!!? If Azazel was calm and not berserk, he was really terrifying. Allen furrowed his brows as he tried evading the long spear. He felt that being stabbed by that sword would cause him a bone.

Allen immediately transformed into lightning and disappeared.

He then reappeared a few dozen meters away from Azazel. “That spear…” Allen’s face changed. “The Longinus!? Why did you have that thing!!?”

[ Longinus ] usually known as the Holy Lance, or Holy Spear. It was also called the Spear of Destiny as according to the legend, it was the lance that had pierced the side of Jesus Christ as he hung on the cross.

It was drenched in the blood of the Son of God… giving it unimaginable sacred power that can pierce and kill even a God!

“This isn’t the real Longinus… however; it still has the same power as the original.” Azazel said calmly.

“I didn’t want to use it since the backlash caused by the sacred power was extremely powerful but still, it’s not as if I can’t use it. I’m still, after all, an Angel, even though a fallen.” Azazel sneered. “No matter what kind of body you have, you will still die under the Holy Spear!”

“Is that the reason why you invoke the spell of Golgatha!? To power up the Longinus!? Are you insane!?” Allen cried out in anger. “Azazel, the Holy Spell of Golgatha, only a pure Holy man can invoke it! Or else with that kind of demonic body, you will perish from the sacred power!”

“And so what?” Azazel wasn’t fazed. “I invoke it so of course, I know full well what it means to use the holy spell. But so what? Defeating you Dante… is it not worth it?”

“Azazel! Just why do you hate me so much? Is it just because I’m a necessary fragment of Virgil?”

Azazel paused for a moment. Then he stared at Allen, his gaze calm and indifferent. “That Pierrot will die by my hands as well~”

“What?!” Allen was shocked. Isn’t he working at Virgil?

“You and that Pierrot… both of you will die by my hands!” Azazel declared. “Why does the Son of God love you? Why does the Son of God care for you deeply…” Azazel’s eyes were filled with envy, hate, and anger.

??

“I was the one who made a huge sacrifice for all humanities sake but yet… what? What did I end up with? Castaway like some sort of old broken doll!”

“I was never a demon… I had never liked to be one! But why? Why have I become a demon when I did all those crimes for the sake of humanity?”

“… …”

“I gave them knowledge! The knowledge that had led them to what they had become now! Flying in the sky! Flying into space! Cross the lands and even the seas! All their lives had become comfortable… who made this possible? It’s ME!!” Azazel roared. “It’s ME!! The Almighty Azazel!!!”

“I taught them how to protect themselves! How to become even more beautiful!! How to live life in pleasure!! I gave them the eternal secrets which men were striving to learn!!”

“Humans lived comfortable lives because of me! And yet, look at what I had become! Cast away from where should I have belonged!”

Azazel pointed the Longinus at Allen. “And yet you! You who had betrayed the Son of God were actually being loved by him!? Why? Your sin should have been the most grievous of all sins and yet… why!? Tell me Dante!!”

“Why is it that I am inferior to you!!?”

Azazel’s words caused a ripple on Allen’s face but after a moment, he returned to his usual calm.

“Indeed, I have made a grave sin in the past… but that doesn’t mean you can judge me for who I am today! You don’t even know the whole story!”

“Shut up!!” Azazel’s eyes flashed with a cold look, and then he instantly transformed into a blaze, as radiant as the sun, while at the same time, an unremarkable series of black lights flashed amidst his radiance.

Allen had also moved at the same time.

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… …

Tonight, the night sky was covered by thick clouds, giving the battlefield a very gloomy aura.

The Monster Kings, as well as Baishe and the others, watched the two with solemn expressions. They felt the heat and fierceness that seemed to only belong to them – already forgotten their existence. All they could do was stand aside and watched as the two clashed again and again, in a never-ending battle.

Boom! Boom!

Terrifying sonic booms could be heard, as each time Allen and Azazel streaked through the sky at high speed, there would be an eardrum-rupturing sonic boom coming from behind them. The power of those sonic booms in the sky was so great that even the Monster Kings who was watching from afar felt the invisible force slightly pushing them.

Gales of wind caused everyone’s hair to begin to float upwards.

The Monster Kings stared fixedly at this spectacle, hoping they could clearly see what was happening in the battle.

Clang! Clang!

Each time Allen’s Rebellion clashed against Azazel’s golden holy spear, the Darkness-style and light-style bursts of energy would repel each other like oil and water, causing explosions.

Boom! Blood splattered.

Allen looked down at the hole in his left shoulder. Blood spilled into the sea.

Allen then noticed that the wounds he got were slowly healing, completely unlike before. Even his [ Flawless Restoration ] was being restrained by the curse inside the Longinus…

However, that was the only thing.

Holy Spell of Golgatha – that increase the user’s power tremendously while at the same time generating a massive amount of Holy Power. This might also be the reason why Azazel can keep on using the Spear of Longinus even though he was already a Celestial Demon.

Though he wouldn’t be able to keep on using it for long… but the problem is –who would give up first.

Azazel’s body… or Allen’s body.

From what Allen had remembered from Solomon’s memories, the Holy Spell of Golgatha invokes the feelings of hatred and despair from Jesus Christ's lamentation when he died on the Cross at Golgatha.

And thus, it gives the user the power beyond his limitations to overcome tribulations – in most cases, fighting a God or a Deity!

And with Spear of Longinus that has the power to pierce through even God, Azazel was now holding the advantage.

Allen stared at Azazel who was looking down at him from above.

This had become troublesome… in front of the Holy Spear that rendered any Supernatural Power useless; Allen’s Logia body is completely useless. Even if it was just a replica, its power was real!

And even the Devil Physique as well as [ Osiris Power ] would certainly be at disadvantage against its holy power…

Seriously… A fallen angel holding the relic of God… what a tasteless joke.

Too bad, he can’t revert back his devil physique. Now his body was extremely vulnerable against Azazel.

What a bind…

The only thing he can use now is…

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