The air around them crackled with raw energy, the clash between their auras distorting space itself. The ground beneath them trembled, as if recognizing the magnitude of the battle about to unfold.
Valeris flexed her crimson-black claws, her eyes gleaming with excitement. "Then prove it, my mate. Show me that you're worthy of standing beside me!"
With a mighty flap of her wings, she vanished from sight, reappearing in an instant with her claws aimed straight for Asher's chest. The sheer speed of her movement caused the sky to split apart, leaving behind streaks of crimson energy.
With a single step, he sidestepped her attack, his body moving faster than light itself. He countered with a pulse of Nether energy, forcing Valeris back as black and violet flames erupted from his form.
She smirked. "Not bad."
Spreading her wings, she roared, activating one of her signature abilities—Crimson Annihilation. A massive sphere of blood-red energy formed in her palms, crackling with destructive power. She launched it forward, the attack expanding and distorting the very fabric of reality.
He raised his hand, and for the first time, he activated Temporal Collapse, an ability born from his Chronos Dragon bloodline. The space around the sphere twisted, slowing it down midair as if time itself had frozen.
Then, with a flick of his wrist, he reversed the flow of energy, sending the attack back at Valeris at twice the speed.
Her eyes widened, but she quickly retaliated, unleashing Abyssal Devour, a void-like black flame that swallowed the attack whole.
"Impressive," Valeris admitted, licking her lips. "But I'm just getting started!"
She spread her wings wide, unleashing Dragon Emperor's Dominion, an ability exclusive to the strongest dragon rulers. The skies darkened, and an oppressive force pressed down on Asher, trying to force him to submit.
But he merely grinned.
He had been waiting for this moment.
Activating Prime Dragon's Sovereignty, his own aura expanded, clashing against hers with such intensity that the entire battlefield shattered into floating fragments of space and energy.
For the first time in centuries, Valeris felt a challenge.
Valeris's blood-red aura crackled as she hovered in the air, her crimson-black scales shimmering with raw power. "You've grown strong, Asher," she admitted, a wicked smirk forming. "But strength alone won't be enough to defeat me!"
She raised her claw, and the very fabric of reality trembled. From the depths of the void, a colossal black sigil manifested behind her, its runes pulsating with an ancient power.
The sky turned pitch-black, as if the sun itself had been swallowed. An all-consuming sphere of darkness formed above her, writhing like a living entity, its hunger for destruction limitless.
Asher felt the overwhelming pull of the abyssal force, but he stood firm. His golden-black aura ignited, tendrils of Chronos, Celestial, and Nether Dragon energy intertwining as they flared around him.
He raised both hands, summoning a technique never before seen—
"Prime Dragon's Edict!"
The ground split apart, glowing with runic inscriptions from ancient draconic dialects. A towering golden sigil materialized behind him, radiating absolute supremacy.
The moment the two cosmic forces collided, the entire battlefield was torn asunder. Shockwaves rippled through space, and the air itself screamed from the sheer force of their clash.
Valeris let out a feral roar, pushing forward as her abyssal energy consumed the light around them. But Asher matched her intensity, his Chronos energy distorting time itself as he accelerated beyond comprehension.
In an instant, he appeared behind her.
"Celestial Sundering Slash!"
A radiant blade of pure destruction formed around his claw, tearing through dimensional barriers as it descended upon Valeris.
"Oblivion Dragon's Requiem!"
Her body exploded with void energy, causing a massive black rift to rip through the battlefield, consuming everything in its wake.
The very stars above trembled.
Asher skidded back, barely dodging the spatial rupture. He wiped blood from his lip, then smirked. "Not bad."
Valeris, breathing heavily, laughed. "You really are worthy to be my mate."
Their battle had shaken the heavens themselves. And yet, it was far from over.
They were dragons—beasts of supremacy, and neither would submit easily.
Valeris wiped a trickle of blood from the corner of her mouth, her crimson-black wings unfurling to their full, terrifying span. She locked eyes with Asher, who stood tall amidst the shattered battlefield, his golden-black aura raging like an inferno.
"I see now," she purred, her voice dripping with both admiration and unrelenting dominance. "You've truly ascended beyond what I expected, Asher. But you're still not above me."
Asher smirked. "Is that so?"
Without hesitation, Valeris vanished—or at least, that's what it seemed like to any ordinary being. But Asher's enhanced Chronos perception caught her movement; she had torn through space-time itself, attempting a direct assault from all angles at once.
"Nether Void Devour!"
Her shadowy afterimages surged forward, claws coated in abyssal annihilation energy, each strike aiming to erase Asher from existence itself.
But Asher was already steps ahead.
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With a mere thought, time froze. Everything stood still—the swirling abyssal energy, the echoes of Valeris's attacks, even the trembling fabric of reality.
And in that moment of stillness, Asher moved.
He rewound himself to where she had first launched her attack, twisting fate itself to ensure that he had never been struck. Then, without hesitation—
"Celestial Judgment Fang!"
His claw ignited, divine radiance mixing with his Sunder Dragon essence, forming an unstoppable blade of destruction. He thrust forward, aiming directly for Valeris's core.
But Valeris, being the Dragon Queen, was not so easily outmaneuvered.
The instant Asher struck—
A pulse of pure void erupted from her, nullifying his strike and sending shockwaves ripping through dimensions. Asher was sent skidding back, the very space around them fracturing like glass.
Breathing heavily, Valeris grinned. "You really are something else… But I am the Dragon Queen. Did you really think you could beat me so easily?"
Asher chuckled, rolling his shoulders. "No, but it was worth a try."
Valeris eyed him hungrily. "Then prove yourself further."
With that, she launched herself forward, and Asher did the same—
Their battle was far from over.