Part 4:

The first thing I noticed about Superbia was not his wild look nor the sinister aura he let out but his mischievous smile.

"How shall I address you?"

I asked since Ira wanted to addressed a certain may be might also want that. I didn't ask Lux because he was too engrossed with swords to care.

"How about big bro? I'm not as respectable as Ira-san so I like less formability. But to ask such a questions means you've guessed a certain portion of this test, right?"

"After going through three times how could I not?"

Whenever I defeated one of them I inherited their legacy. Along with that I fulfilled their wishes/regrets.

"Enough of the speculation little bro it's time to kill each other!"

With a twisted smile he tossed his sword away and donned a pair of gauntlets.

"So that how you want play. No problem big bro can accommodate you. [Tsumi] form change."

[Tsumi] was covered in light as she transformed from sword into a pair of gauntlets that resembled the dragon heads.

I adopted a fighting stance and awaited his strike. Defence was not my specialty but charging recklessly was not a bright idea.

In a mere blink of an eye he was already I front of me, not even foresight could keep with that speed!

The heavy blow to the face blew me away. I instantly regretted my choice as I nearly lost consciousness.

Collecting myself mid flight I was ready for the next blow. [Avalokitasvara] was not effective anymore. Superbia was simply too fast for the foresight eye to capture.

Though it was premature I needed to push my power to its limit or I wouldn't even be a match for Superbia.

"[Avalokitasvara] is the god that peers down onto the earth from the heavens. The Bodhisattva that is known as the lord who looks down, forever watching the earth. The lord who watches the past present and future of the world. The possessor of universal vision. [Avalokitasvara Final Form]!"

The final form of [Avalokitasvara] gave me full access to universal vision, along with a powered up version of each form. It gave me ability to capture everything with my eyes.

But along with it comes a large strain on the brain. The information that is being processed is so numerous that if I attempt to use it for large periods of time, I'll technically think myself to death.

When I opened my eye I was assaulted by a never ending torrent of information. Taking a deep breath I focused all my vision on Superbia.

When he moved it looked like he in slow motion. That unbelievable speed came from this strange flame- like aura that resembled an aurora around his legs. The heavy impact came from the same thing that was attached to his hands.

I could tell that this was a form of ki and aura but my lack of knowledge made me unable to process it.

Superbia was cautious at a new power being activated but nevertheless he still attacked.

Just because I could see him in slow motion did not mean I got faster. It allowed me to react and counter attack.

Parrying his fist, I halted his movement by stomping on his foot and drive my elbow into his face.

My sudden movement caught him by surprise and I didn't give him any time to calm down as i laid down the pressure.

From the elbow I went for a shoulder charge that was followed by palm strike to his undefended chest , that sent him flying.

Taking off with my wings I intercepted him with an axe kick that sent crashing to the ground.

"Black heavens lightning strike!"

Several powerful bolts of black lightning crashed down on him as he was buried into the ground.

"How ferocious little bro~ I almost died back there~"

Superbia's carefree voice came from the crater. When he crawled his body was charred and bent the wrong way in sever placed. In fact his ribs were piercing through his back. Yet he looked completely calm, carefree and a tad bit excited.

I could only widen my eyes in surprise as his body regenerated at ultra high speeds. Returning to perfect condition under a few seconds. His regenerative abilities completely outclassed mine.

"Are fucking immortal big bro?"

"I am a devil king after all."

His immortality was extremely troublesome. I had only two ways of killing him now, and first method was beyond my skill set. The only method was to kill him faster than he can regenerate. Have the damage surpass his immortality and break it or his mind. Whichever came first.

I had to settle this fast as the strain from using universal vision was increasing and the time limit was rapidly approaching.

"I call upon the cursed earth that is the final resting place of life, the final cursed cage to hold them until the end. Deliver us the final piece of lifeless and that entrap the living. Give us the shrinking cage of death that withholds all screams. I desire the curse of the earth as it traps all, ending it life along with all others. World End Garden: Primal Decaying Core."

Thousands of stone arms grew out of the ground and pinned Superbia. All of them overlapped together and prevented all movement as they crushed his body under that immense weight.

The surrounding earth rose and created a massive cage around Superbia. The earthen cage was air tight and held no air inside.

Superbia was struck they an immense pressure that was strong enough to crush his internal organs. The pressure just growing and growing as the cage began to shrink.

No matter how much he struggled, no matter how he screamed in pain, nothing could be felt from the outside. He was all alone as he suffered under the wrath of my magic. Words could not express the suffering he was put under.

Just as the cage reached the size of a speck it imploded. Unable to take the pressure it created it exploded, sending a mixture earth, blood, mushy body parts flying in every direction.

There was utterly no trace of Superbia being alive, his crushed remains were sent flying everywhere.

Did I get him?

"Seriously big bro, that wasn't enough to kill you?!"

All the scattered chunks gathered together in an instant and Superbia was standing there again without a scratch on him.

He looked rather bothered with the disappointment I was showing.

"I know we are in the middle of a death match but can you not talk to your big brother like this! You spoke a lot better when you were fighting Ira-san."

"I'm only respectful to beautiful women."

I simply retorted in a matter of fact manner.

"....That is a severely limited mindset...."

Both us stopped our words and clashed again. Fist versus fist, kick versus kick. Due to his injuries I could exchange with stroke for stroke.

AS we fought our battle changed from a clash of polished techniques to muddy fist fight, that held no resemblance to our previous clash.

Blood flew in every direction and bones were broken as we pummelled each other, both of us vying for supremacy.

Only with universal vision could i avoid the attacks coated in the aurora, I let everything else go through.

"what's wrong little bro? That one looked like it hurt."

Superbia laughed loudly as he managed to sneak an aurora coated fist into my gut, though it was weaker than the others. that hit pushed me back several meters.

"Son of a bitch...."

The blood rushed to my head as I went berserk and did something really reckless.

Blinded by my rage I unknowingly attempted to combined my mana, ki and aura together. A genuinely insane act. Combining two clashing forces held crippling consequences and now I was combining three.

Blood vessels all along my burst, nearly exploding. It felt as if my arm was filled with fire and was burning from the inside out.

At the end of the bloody arm, coating the fist was a dark gold flame-like aurora.

Superbia's eyes widened in surprise as I stole his technique, despite being incomplete and creating through sheer power. Skill was temporarily made up for with my vast stores of power.

I could only maintain it for one strike and that strike was ungodly powerful. With a single punch I gouged out a massive gaping hole in his chest.

He survived nut nonetheless his regeneration was noticeably slower. The damage was finally settling in.

Now it was time to finish this. Without holding back I'll end him.... if not I'll be killed by my universal vision.

"Kurogane Shōmatsu ryu: Space smashing divine fist!"

Ripping through the concept of time my fist slams into Superbia who was several meters away from me. The attack completely took him by surprises and opened up his defences.

"Kurogane Shōmatsu ryu: Time smashing divine fist!"

I closed the distance instantly and rapidly tapped him several times instead of using my fists. Just before he could counterattack I already jumped back several meters.

Just as Superbia was going to attack he was suddenly struck by numerous heavy blows all over his body. The invisible attacks halted his movements again, as well as inflicting heavy damage.

"Kurogane Shōmatsu ryu:...."

"Little bro if you do that I might die!"

Superbia panicked when he sensed the attack that was incomparably more powerful than the previous ones coming.

"...Time and space shattering divine chaos fist!"

My fists slam into his chest and abdomen simultaneously. Superbia's body was unable to handle the sudden impact and was blown away, leaving his lower body partially intact.

Time and space shattering divine chaos fist was a high level move in my arsenal but it was not at the top. In fact it was the gateway technique for a combo that ends with an ultimate technique.

"This the end big bro!"

Superbia didnt respond back, in fact his expression completely changed. His wild appearance was now in different and gave an icy feeling.

"...!"

With power surpassing what he showed earlier he counterattacked. That heavy kick completely killed my momentum.

"Seriously what the fuck big bro?! How the hell did you get such broken immortality??!!!"

Superbia's immortality's weakness is that it can be overcome by killing him enough, he basically has a set limit of lives. It weakens each time the number of lives decreases. But the broken thing was that each time his immortality weakened Superbia got stronger. The longer I fight him the more stronger he going to become.

It's to the point that he could easily overpower me if I didn't have universal vision, which only had a minute and a half left.

In the next minute twenty nine seconds I needed to turn off universal vision or I will die.

SI needed a plan and Superbia wasn't going to give me any time to think. His moves become incomparably more sharp, to the point that I was barely dodging.

Instead of getting cautious I just got more and more pissed off. I hated things that don't die when I kill them.

"Kurogane Shōmatsu ryu; Vermillion inferno!"

An improvised technique utilizing a power I did have control of, the previous aurora. The original technique's powers were greatly augmented by it but the duration was super short.

Superbia was also preparing a finishing move. The one who survived this clash would become the winner.

Both of us charged at the same time, Superbia surpassed me physically, but I had the upper edge in a straight forward encounter.

When there was only a meter between us both of our fists shot out.

*BOOM!*

A large explosion rang out as our fists clashed, blowing us both away.

"Y-y-you...?!"

"......?!"

Superbia was staring blankly at *it*, the object that should never be seen.

My was frozen since I knew immediately what he was looking at, but before he could talk the effect of Vermillion Inferno kicked in.

All the rampant energy that was forcefully stuffed into his body ran wild. His insides boiled as all the veins in his body burst.

The rampant aura served it's purpose by crippling him.

"Do it [Tsumi]."

At my command the gauntlets changed back to its true from and flew at the crippled Superbia at high speeds. Stabbing his heart.

The was slain...

Part 4.5:

My situation was extremely dire.

Universal vision was deactivated barely in time and I was now suffering the consequences. The massive mental strain caused a massive migraine along with a temporary reduction of mental abilities.

Along with that I had suffer for my recklessness. My right arm was a mangled mess, barely still attached to my shoulder but dangling unresponsively. Various part of my body were several bruised and I had several broken bones, though most of the bones were accidently broken by me.

Thank god I was wearing armor...

Bur Superbia saw *it*.

It was something that no should be allowed to see.

I was confident that I managed to hde it fast enough but I'll bet that the other two already noticed the abnormality.

"Little bro we need to talk."

When Superbia showed he was super serious.

"How many know about your "condition" and are you aware of what *that* is?"

".........."

For a moment his face twisted with an extreme amount of anger when I refused to answer, but he kept his cool. Instead he simply glared at me for a while in silence.

"Fine, I'll put that matter to rest."

He said the reproach and reluctance.

"Originally i planned on explaining my power o you and giving you legacy normally but after seeing "that" I changed my mind. I now you want you discover it yourself, find my legacy. Only then will you able to inherit it. The only hint I'll offer you is, in your blood lies the answer. Hopefully you'll find something in my castle."

I silently accepted his change of mind.

"My legacy will tell you control that aurora like power. The most I'll tell you is that it the ultimate outer energy offence method."

He grumbled a few thing after words but they were too quiet to be heard.

"Finally I will give you warning. The path you are treading on is perilous. Especially with your "condition". Whatever you do never let that out without proper control. I don't want to see another tragedy like that ever again. Please promise me this little bro."

"I will try my best big bro..."

Those non-confident words were the best I could give. It was impossible for me to relieve him of his worry. It was a problem that was beyond our control.

In reality I was already like a ticking time bomb. All that was needed was a trigger, no matter how small.

"All that matter is that you will try, I hope you found your light."

It was gloomy conversation that was not fit for the current situation.

"I now we encountered an obstacle at the end but I pray for you success, little bro."

With a worried but content smile Superbia fades into nothingness.

In mere seconds afterword my next opponent has already arrived.

The entered the fray.