Victory?

Evan's expression was grim as he looked at the duo before him. He was very sure he could succeed in killing one of them, but that would inevitably lead to his death. His thoughts raced as he thought of ways to escape his precarious situation.

Unfortunately Noah and Alyssa didn't give him so much time.

Knowing that her partner was weak, Alyssa took the initiative to rush forward to occupy Evan's time, allowing Noah to rest a bit. On passing him, no one noticed that a few of the lights drifting from Noah's soul form were absorbed by her.

Dark Angel Sword: Hell's Judgment.

A large beam was launched at Evan but he was quick to raise a shield composed of fire to block the attack. He gritted his teeth and clenched his hand, risking his soul once more to execute his former techniques. "Blazing Meteor!" At his call, multiple meteors appeared above Alyssa's flying figure to strike her down.

Seeing this, she immediately chose to fully transform into her Phoenix form, utilizing its amazing dexterity to weave through the attacks before disappearing.

Evan's face twisted. He quickly tried to execute his Flame Flash but Noah had arrived to attack with his sword.

Dragon Slam. His sword cleaved down as an illusionary dragon claw materialized to slam down on Evan, disrupting his actions.

Alyssa then appeared from the Devilsoul master's shadow with the image of a dark Armored Knight behind her wielding a powerful sword. "Dark Angel Sword: Saint's Blade!"

"Aaargh!" For the first time, Evan shouted out in pain, his body twitching as he withstood the agony coursing through his soul.

It could be said that the best element meant to deal with the soul was the Darkness element. But Alyssa's former attacks weren't powerful enough to affect him much. But this did.

Unfortunately, she couldn't use it more as her Soul form visibly dimmed as a result of too much energy consumption. This was actually natural as this was the first time she had ever used the skill, it would be weirder if she could decrease the amount of energy spent on such an attack on her first try.

Noah smirked as he looked at the weakened Evan. "I must thank you for leading us here. If you had fought us in the outside world, I'm afraid we'd have no chance at fighting back at all."

Evan gritted his teeth as he glared at the boy before him. He couldn't understand why a simple soul possession could have gone so wrong. But then again, he was the one greedy enough to bring both of them into his soul world.

Thinking of this, the anger within him increased as he used another technique. "Hell Blaze Spiral!" A tornado composed of his soul damaging flames was conjured at his yell.

Noah glanced at this and readied his sword. His soul power coated it as he slashed at the air. "Violent Storm Sword, 3rd Sword: Crescent Moon." A crescent moon shaped slash filled with his soul power and compressed air left the blade and was launched at the incoming fire tornado.

An explosion rang out as both attacks actually neutralized each other.

This shocked Evan as this meant that he had weakened to the point that Noah could match him in strength. And this was without putting Alyssa into the equation. He quickly chose to use another of his techniques regardless of the damage it would cause to him. "Hell Blaze Rain."

Multiple fire balls were conjured in the air around him radiating intense might. Evan gasped as he felt his soul dim even further but he didn't hesitate to launch the attack at the duo.

Noah and Alyssa revealed grim expressions as they watched the barrage of fire balls approach them.

"Saint's Blade!" Alyssa immediately initiated her special attack once more, disregarding her dimming body.

"Crescent Moon." Noah slashed at the air releasing his attack. But instead of stopping he chose to attack two more times, sending out three crescent shaped slashes tearing through the sky.

Their two attacks managed to tear a hole in the middle of the massive fire ball formation, allowing them to run pass to meet the Devilsoul master.

Evan stood there with multiple thin strings of concentrated Soul fire waving like tentacles around him. It seemed like that attack was only a means to exhaust them.

"Tch." Noah clicked his tongue while taking a glance at his dim body that almost seemed translucent. "Void Steps, 2nd Step: Mirror Walk."

His body wavered as he teleported to Evan, appearing at multiple locations that left 4 afterimages to confuse his opponent.

"Damn you!" The Devilsoul master barely cared about Alyssa anymore, focusing all his attention on Noah. The tentacle-like strings around him flared crazily as they attacked at the five afterimages. Yet it turned out all five were fakes as the attacks simply phased through the bodies.

"Drill Thrust." The familiar whirlwind appeared once more as Noah attacked from the sky above.

"Kh!" Evan grunted as he quickly moved to the side to avoid the attack, sacrificing his entire arm in the process.

Alyssa had also appeared behind him at that point. "Dark Thorns." Her soul skill revealed itself as multiple thorns composed of concentrated darkness pierced through Evan's body to hold him down while she and Noah attacked with all their might.

The battle continued for about another hour as it ended with a stalemate. Evan was powerful but could never touch the duo, while they could never deal enough damage to kill him.

The three individuals stared at each other as each of them panted. Their bodies were near translucent, with Alyssa's being in the best condition and Evan's in the worst.

At the moment, the Devilsoul master couldn't have felt any more regret. If his Exalt Stage beast on the outside had been allowed into the palace, the two before him would have long been dead. And even if he couldn't possess their body, it was enough to heal his soul a bit. Now not only was he losing his chance at rebirth, he was also about to die.

His eyes burned with fury as he glared down at them with his soul form fluctuating. "Do not think you've won."

Noah's eyes widened as he felt Evan's intent. "Dragon Guard!" His power circulated as a dragon image appeared above he and Alyssa, it then curled its body around them as if to protect them.

Alyssa also noticed something off and executed her defensive technique, releasing a dome of darkness that appeared over the two of them and overlapped with the dragon.

Evan, on the other hand, sneered as he watched this. The power in his body became increasingly unstable as he laughed maniacally. "Haha! Do you think it's enough?! The explosion of the soul of a Grandmaster Stage Devilsoul master is much more powerful than you think, you can't escape this! If I can't kill the two of you, you can only die together with me!"

A resounding explosion rang out as the entire soul world shook at its core.

Noah's and Alyssa's defense could not defend against them in the end as their techniques shattered one after the other.

Seeing this and glancing at Noah's near translucent body, Alyssa gritted her teeth and pushed her partner backwards.

"You..." His eyes widened as he watched this but, in the next moment, the flames of the explosion swallowed them both.