Clashing her knuckles together, Madison punched the ground in front of her.
*BANG!!!!
Immediately shattering the ice caps in half, the monster that the avatar was riding on lost its footing and started to sink down.
Furrowing her brows, the avatar jumped off and threw her trident at Madison.
Curling her lips into a grin, Madison laughed out loud before biting down on the trident as it passed her head.
Shattering it to pieces, Madison grabbed the two halves of the trident and narrowed her eyes.
"If just my teeth can shatter your weapon then I must say I'm rather disappointed." Madison chuckled as she threw the pieces back at the avatar.
Glaring at her in anger, the avatar jumped back and resummoned the trident. All of the broken pieces disappeared and reattached itself in her hands as she opened her mouth.
"You're in the presence of Poseidon, God of the Sea. Know your place!" She shouted out as divine energy rushed out of her body. Immediately feeling as though she was being suffocated by water even though it was just divine energy and mana, Madison quickly muttered something under her breath and drew a rune in the air in front of her.
A blue mark could be seen around the edges of her eyes as she immediately adapted to what Poseidon had done to the arena, allowing her to move and breathe like usual.
"If you don't do anything else then I'll end things quickly." Madison said as her smile faded away.
Conjuring up her Wheel of Demons, she summoned her demonic gauntlets and activated a tier 7 magic circle.
Seal of Wrath – Satan.
Her skin turned black as red markings spread out from her heart. Two horns appeared on her head as armour manifested around her before being attached to her body.
Activating one of the 72 demon pillars, Madison teleported behind Poseidon and grabbed him by the back of the head.
Punching him in the back, she pierced the avatar's flesh and slammed it into the ground while Poseidon was shocked at her power.
Even though the avatar could only hold a fraction of his power and had a weak physique, it should be more than enough to deal with a demi god. And yet, Madison managed to pin him against the ground in a matter of moments.
Feeling the anger boil in his heart, Poseidon released a burst of divine energy, pushing Madison off then slammed his spear down, activating a tier 8 magic circle.
"My name is Poseidon, tremble before my might and despair!" Poseidon shouted out as the sea started to boil. Golden armour wrapped around his body as the skies started to darken. Slamming his trident down once more, giant tidal waves rose up from the sea, threatening to drown the entire North Pole.
"Your name is Poseidon and mine is Madison. Nice to meet you. As for trembling before your might? Ha! If you want to make me tremble then be as strong as Shiro. Aside from her, I tremble before none! I fear no one! No god shall make me bow!" Madison shouted out as her own divine energy exploded out.
Shocked at the sudden explosion of energy, Poseidon couldn't help but be pushed back as Madison was surrounded by a hurricane caused by the explosion of energy. Her hair fluttered behind her as she was displaying power beyond her normal capacity thanks to Shiro's buff. As for the unique bonus that she received?
All non demonic energy in the area will be weakened! Gods are no exception!
Wrapping herself in demonic energy, Madison's body started to grow as she towered over the battlefield.
Behind her, a pair of demon wings unfurled themselves. Behind her a wheel appeared that contained the sigils of the Ancient Lords while her armour started to mutate to fit her new form. Writhing around with life, the armour hissed at the monsters and Poseidon while Madison started to float upwards.
Her body seemed to be made from demonic energy that just her presence caused those that weren't demons to have a hard time breathing.
Raising her hand in the air, a tier 7 magic circle exploded out, clearing the clouds to reveal a blood red sky where no one could see the sun or the moon.
Activating the magic circle, a black and red barrier appeared around the battlefield, preventing Poseidon's attack to reach them as a secondary layer of magic circles appeared.
Gritting his teeth in anger, Poseidon decided to burn the life force of the avatar he's occupying to reveal more of his power but before he could activate his spell, a fist pierced his chest and grabbed onto his ribs.
"The big one is just to show off, you really don't think I'm dumb enough to make myself a giant target if there's nothing to wrestle down?" Madison's voice rang out as she tore the god in half, revealing her new form.
Rather than the eye catching form she revealed to get everyone's attention, her new form was a bit simpler.
There was a demonic exo skeleton on her back, covering her shoulders, spine, waist and gave her a tail along with a set of wings. Two horns could still be seen on her head but now there were black motes of light that seemed to form a broken crown around her head.
The colours of her eyes seemed to have been inverted as the sclera was now a bloody red while her iris was pure white in colour. Her skin was now grey with blue and black markings and the armour Helion had created for her fused with the Satan armour she summoned.
With Poseidon's avatar now ripped in half, Madison grabbed the two halves and immediately converted it to energy before throwing it into her mouth.
"Tsk, too much salt. I should have mixed it with something else." Madison pouted as the demonic armour started to disintegrate into black and red particles, leaving behind the armour that Helion had created.
Once her form returned to normal, she started to make her way back to the main party since this was just a small setback. To her, she couldn't be held back by such weak gods. Her goal was to help Shiro fight the First Born. If she was hindered by a normal tier 2 God, she would be disgusted.
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Recoiling at the fact that his avatar was torn in half then eaten by Madison, Poseidon roared towards the skies in anger.
"MADISON!!!! YOUR HEAD WILL BE MINE!!!!" He shouted out as he now had to get more sacrifices to be able to descend again. This time he'll take longer to ensure that his main body can go so that he could teach her a lesson.
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Earlier, Shiro had sensed an eruption of divine energy on the surface as she had just activated Error around her arms. Confused as to what was happening on the surface, Shiro wanted to check but with the Knights surrounding the two of them, she couldn't focus on other things or else they may get seriously injured.
Reaching towards one of the Knights, Shiro sent out several strands of circuits in an attempt to wrap them but their bodies broke into several pieces to avoid the attack.
Raising her eyebrows, Shiro could see their 'fear' of Error. For other attacks, they would just take it and recover. But for Error, they avoided it like a plague.
Narrowing her eyes, Shiro had an idea.
'Don't you f*cking dare Shiro.' Nimue warned as Shiro laughed.
'Don't worry, it'll be fine.' Shiro smiled as she allowed Error to go past her arms.
Little by little, the circuits crawled across her body. From her arms to her chest, to her legs then her neck.
Struggling to reach past the neck, Shiro allowed the circuits to continue for a little longer as she channelled Error through her entire body.
Opening her eyes, there were now circuit patterns flickering with light within her iris as Shiro threw a dagger and immediately teleported behind one of the Knights.
Grabbing their shoulder, Shiro could hear a hissing sound as their 'flesh' burned from just the touch.
Curling her lips up into a menacing grin.
Digging her fingers into their body, she slammed her knee against their spin and ripped it in half. Before it could even recover, she threw a ball of circuits inside the Knights ribcage, allowing it to fester and grow before consuming the Knight in a writhing mass of circuits that transmitted information about their composition into Shiro's mind.
Understanding a little more about what they are, Shiro glanced back and could see the Knights backing off in fear as she had become their natural counter in this universe.
"Well well well, would you look at that. You are thinking that you're some hot sh*t earlier weren't you? Feeling immortal? Should I help you put that to the test? Surely you're not afraid of some circuits now are you?" Shiro asked as Nan Tian couldn't help but shrug his shoulders with a smile.
Truly, her arsenal of weapons and abilities was so diverse that she just needed a moment to solve her problem against these Knights.
However, he wasn't without ideas. Due to the nature of his class, the blessings he received and Shiro's buff, he had a small theory of his own.
While the Knights were distracted by Shiro, Nan Tian teleported behind one of them and twisted its head off.
Plunging his hand into their chest, he focused on channelling his energy to mould them into something useful.
*CLACK!
Suddenly, the armour started to disassemble itself and reassemble as a pair of gauntlets that protected his arms.
"Bingo." Nan Tian laughed. Due to his buffs and blessings, he was rather proficient in controlling light and bending it to his will. While it was detestable that it was similar to Aekari's power, Nan Tian figured that he could probably hinder Aekari during their next confrontation.
As for his plan with the Knights, since they were from the creation side of things and how their bodies were created from light and creation energy, he could use the light to somewhat control the rest of their body to help him instead.
Plus, he wasn't as attuned to destruction as Shiro was so the rejection wasn't that bad, if anything all he felt was a little sting but nothing too bad.
But what's most surprising of all was how similar it was to controlling Nanobots that Shiro had left in the city.
The control process was almost identical except for the fact that it was using creation energy.
While he could not control creation, he had walking batteries here to help him out.
Adjusting his grip on the knuckles, Nan Tian looked up to see Shiro glancing towards his direction and gave her a small wave.
"Seems like you figured a way to use them yourself." Shiro chuckled.
"Well it would be rather poor of me to sit down while you do all the work. Plus, I'm having a bit of fun doing some real time testing on new subjects and energy. If anything, you're starting to rub off on me. Who knew I liked to experiment so much without safety precautions." Nan Tian laughed, teleporting behind another Knight and transforming it into shoulder guards.
"So the normal result of spending too much time with me? Safety does become optional rather than mandatory." Shiro replied, feeling rather amused as their dire situation was turned around rather quickly. All it took was some experimenting and a hungry Error to solve the problem of fighting these Radiant Knights from the creation side. However, this was still far from properly controlling Creation Energy.
But since there were plenty of subjects, Shiro wanted to take a few home so she could understand creation a little more while also perhaps learning more about nanobots.
