*Flash!*

“Hm?”

Raven who was flying through the air in his dragon form, saw a pillar of light pierce the heavens.

He stood in place and stared at it.

“Miko is trying to end this. He must've met some unforeseen trouble.”

He then looked around at the wasteland he was hovering over.

“Ah.”

He saw two persons laying on the ground.

He descended from the sky and landed in front of them.

“Nova.”

He stooped down and flipped Nova on his back.

“Looks like you overdid it.”

He hooked his arm under Nova and lifted him off the ground, and carried him under his arm.

He then looked at the unconscious Neo.

“While it would be better to just finish her off here, Nova would lose his mind if I were to kill her.”

He wrapped his tail around her and lifted her off the ground.

“Sigh. This is such a waste. If I could kill her, it would deal a big blow to Pandora and might even cost them their place in the top 3 hero organizations.”

Saying that, he flew off.

Not too far away from there.

*BOOM!*

A silhouette cut through the air like an arrow and crashed into the ground.

“Cough?!”

It was Krow whose entire body was covered in bruises.

He unsteadily got to his feet and stared at his opponent.

“Is that all the power you possess?”

Said Nero, as he looked down on Krow coldly.

“If so then you must've been delusional to think that you could compete with me.”

Unlike the heavily damaged Krow, Nero was practically without a single wound.

“This is impossible!”

Krow roared.

Up until a few minutes ago, Krow believed himself to have the upper hand. But everything changed when he used Indra’s Vajra thunderbolt to attacked Nero.

Nero destroyed his attack with a simple shot from an arrow.

After that his strength reached an unbelievable height. He merciless manhandled Krow and beat all around the world.

Krow didn't have what it takes to fight back. He was completely suppressed.

“You bastard! You hid your true strength all these years!”

That was the only explanation Krow could think of.

Nero hid his true strength and tricked everyone around him.

But if this was true, then it wasn't a joke.

Nero was already considered to be the top of branch with only Krow, Nova, Raven, and Kroc as his sole competition.

If he already achieved that while using only a part of his strength, then his true strength was monumental.

“I am the man who broke the laws of the world and paved a new path for mortals. Do you think I could've done that with the level of strength I showed early?"

Nero spoke with an arrogant tone, but there wasn't a trace of smirk or smile on his face.

“Krow. This is longer an event to pass the time.”

He popped up in front of Krow and gripped his neck.

“This is an interrogation.”

*BOOM!*

Krow hit Nero's elbow and broke to free himself.

He leaped back to create some distance.

Nero just shook his arm as if was nothing.

“Looks like I need to break your will first, before I'll get the answer I want from you.”

“[Ruler’s Contract: Wild Hunt]!”

*BOOM!*

A storm of black wind formed around Krow.

Strong winds could be felt all over the area.

*Howl!*

Nero looked and saw demonic red eyes appearing in the storm, along with the howling of wolves.

*Neigh!*

He could also hear the neighing of horses and clanging of armor.

He could then see hundreds of armored skeleton horseman and thousands of wolves appeared behind Krow.

No matter how you looked at it, it was an undead army.

“Odin’s Wild Hunt, huh. So you even came in contact with Stein. Looks like you've really been busy.”

Said Nero.

He stared at the undead army without a hint of fear.

O“I heard that anyone who witness the Wild Hunt will be dragged to the underworld.”

He finally smiled again.

“Then come and try it, Krow! I'll show you that nothing you do can beat me!”

“Start the hunt!”

Krow angrily ordered.

*Neigh!*

The huntsmen of death rushed past Krow and headed towards Nero.

Nero smiled savagely.

“Let's me show you true dominance!”

His body grew and underwent severe changes.

His skin became scaly.

His teeth turned into fangs.

His nails turned into claws.

His eyes turned reptilian.

A pair of giant wings spurted from his back, as well as a tail.

And finally a pair of black horns grew from his head.

He had transformed into an azure and purple dragon.

*ROAR!*

The sky itself shook under Nero's mighty roar.

He rushed forward and clashed with the skeleton Huntsmen head on.

*BOOM!*

Countless of the huntsmen were instantly destroyed from the collision alone.

*BOOM!*

Nero swung his claws and rip dozens apart.

*BOOM!*

He was hit by a hammer across the face.

When he turned around, he noticed that a lot of the huntsmen were carrying powerful weapons.

*BOOM!*

A huntsman turned into strong gust of wind and slammed into Nero's chest.

“Roar?!”

His chest was pierced and blood leaked out.

“Hahahaha! No matter how strong you are, no one can win against death. Each huntsman is a personification of disaster, let's see how you fair against them!”

One of the huntsman jumped off his horse and swung his sword.

The sword cut through Nero’s skin without any resistance.

“Roar!”

*BOOM!*

Nero destroyed him and several others with a swing from his tail.

*BOOM!*

He then released an enormous breath of fire which destroyed countless more huntsmen.

However, the number seemed like it was still increasing.

*BOOM!*

They started circling around him while firing arrows.

*Clang!*

A chain was then wrapped around his neck.

The huntsman slap his horse and made it run along the air and dragged Nero along.

“Tch. Annoying.”

“?!”

The horse suddenly came to stop and was unable to move any further.

The huntsman looked back and saw Nero back in his Human form holding the chains.

“If this all you guys can do then, [Vanish]!”

When Nero’s command reached the huntsmen's ears they all turned into dust and disappeared into the wind.

“He used [Rule] to defeat them?!”

This shocked Krow. And it should.

[Wild Hunt] was supposed to be a sure-kill technique that renders the target helpless against the huntsmen of death, resulting in them losing their souls.

But Nero overcame that with a simply command, after he became bored with fighting them.

“What else do you have Krow? Don't tell me that, Odin was the strongest god you made an agreement with.”

Krow gritted when he heard Nero's taunt.

As someone who regards himself as untouchable, being mock was the last thing he would accept.

Because of this, Krow decided to use his most powerful contract.

“[Ruler’s Contract: Gandiva]!”

“?!”

A radiant double curved bow appeared in Krow's hand.

When Nero saw it, shock covered his face.

Gandiva was a bow that was said to unbreakable and possessed 108 strings. It was able to fire 5000 arrow with a single draw. This bow has slain heroes and gods alike possessing an almighty power.

“….I never excepted for him to have made a deal with Brahma’s Proxy as well…..This could be troublesome.”

*BOOM!*

Just a single pluck of one of the strings by Krow caused a loud explosive sound which made the earth quiver.

“Honestly I never thought I would've needed to use this on you, Gamiko.”

He aimed the bow at Nero and smirked.

“Let's see what you can do!”

*BOOM!*

Krow pulled the strings and thousands of radiating arrows appeared.

“Die!”

*BOOM!*

5000 arrows rained down from the heavens and rushed towards Nero.

“Shit!!!”

Nero roared and started punching the arrows.

*BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!*

Even though his hands were moving incredible fast, in the end there were too much.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!*

The arrows were like messengers of the apocalypse as they brought armageddon upon the earth.

There was nothing that wasn't instantly destroyed under their overbearing power.

“…….”

Krow silently looked down and waited for the dust to clear.

*Swoosh!*

A silhouette suddenly appeared beside him.

“Heh.”

But he had already anticipated it and fire another round of arrows before Nero could come close.

*BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!*

The arrows hit Nero head on and heavily wounded his body with every strike.

*BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!*

The arrows ripped up his body and forced him to the ground, where they continued to destroy his body.

After a while the arrows ceased and Nero laid on the ground heavily wounded.

“Cough! Cough!”

Blood leaked from his mouth, but it couldn't compare to the amount that was leaking from his body.

*BOOM!*

He heard a loud sound as if it was roaring thunder, and saw that another bombardment of arrows was falling towards him.

He quickly dragged his broken body to its feet.

A savage look appeared on his face.

He covered his body with black Qi. Black wings appeared on his back as he shot towards the sky.

“Hahahahahahahaha!”

*BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!*

Nero crazily challenged the arrows and threw thousands of punches.

*BOOM!*

An arrow blew a hole through his chest.

*BOOM!*

Another ripped off his leg.

*BOOM!*

Another destroyed his right arm.

*BOOM!*

His head was blown clean off.

Because he was a Qi God, Nero can continuously recreate his body, so he didn't pay attention to the destroyed body parts and continued to challenge the arrows. Because they would just regenerate and be destroyed again.

“Tch!”

Seeing this irritated Krow.

He gritted his teeth and fire several more rounds of arrows.

*BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!*

The increase in arrows caused Nero's body to be destroyed faster than it could regenerate.

This placed Nero in a dangerous position.

He was in no way immortal. He can die if you destroy his soul and deal enough damage to completely destroy him.

This onslaught of arrows was enough to destroy him completely.

But it was because of this why Nero started to feel a sense of excitement again.

For him, a fight where he can die at any second was extremely rare, that's why he gladly accepts one whenever he can.

*BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!*

The arrows mercilessly rained down for more than 10 minutes.

When it finally stopped there was no land remaining. Just pure lava. The land had long been destroyed.

“…….”

Krow silently searched the sea of lava for Nero's figure.

To be honest, not even Krow knew if anyone could survive his attack. But he had to acknowledge that Nero was a freak of nature.

*BOOM!*

“?!”

After five minutes of searching, a section of the lava exploded and someone could be seen crawling out of it.

Instead of sinking, their hand use the lava surface like it was ground and climbed out.

Nero stood on the lava surface and looked up at Krow.

He had a big smile on his mouth as he opened his mouth and spoke.

“Man, that was fun. I can't remember the last time I've actually felt like my life was at risk. But I’m still kicking.”

He then pointed at Krow.

“As reward for your efforts, let me show you the power you crave so much. The power worthy of a God!”

The moment he said so the sky started to behave strangely.

*Crack!*

A section of it cracked.

*BOOM!*

A section of it caved in and everything underneath it started to raise up to sky.

There were even ripples as if the sky had turned into a water surface.

A feeling of dread covered Krow as he witnessed these changes. He didn't know what was happening but he knew that it wouldn't be anything good.

Nero smiled sadistically when he saw Krow's panicked expression.

He then spread his arms open and shouted.

“[Gospel Of The Demon Dragon God]!”