chapter 1955: their relentless efforts

the savage sun flare veneable glanced into the skies, his many eyes widening across his soul as he realized surtr was already on the last stages of ascension! he was sure that the wimp of a dragon wouldn't even be able to get midway through, but he was already about to finish?!
"i can't let that happen!"
he rapidly conjured dozens of arms from the ground, rushing towards surtr at full power while the young fire dragon cried, completely unaware of his surroundings.
rumble!
"i'll crush you like the bug you are, bastard!"
the venerable laughed, as he kept andromeda busy, but andromeda rapidly moved from where she was in an instant!
"{system spirit goddess arts}: {teleportation}"
flash!
she disappeared and appeared in front of all the hands, rapidly swinging her hand in an instant, as her aura grew to a gigantic size out of nowhere!
"i will not let you harm the boy!"
"{system spirit goddess arts}: {skill: dragon guardian}"
"roooaarrr!"
the roar of a mighty dragon echoed as an aura guardian materialized resembling drake, punching every incoming arm and hand made of stone and flames, crushing it into pieces. craaash! craaash! craaash! craaash!
the dragon guardian constantly pushed back the venerable's attacks, helping surtr continue his ascension. she noticed thousands of dragon souls flying into his rings at the same time as the venerable.
"t-this is...?! the fire dragon souls inside of the draconic record! w-what are they doing?!" she was flabbergasted, incapable of believing the fire dragons took the united decision of sacrificing their very souls for a single dragon.
perhaps because it was the last of their kind, and because fire dragons were among the most united of dragon families...
"those bastards are insane! are they really sacrificing themselves for that wimp?!"
the venerable was shocked at what he saw as well, even noticing asmodeus among them, an old friend, or more like a rival.
of course, asmodeus was within his inheritance and played an important role on surtr's growth and development.
he had agreed to this because of old time's sake, but the venerable never imagined he would ultimately get this far and become a threat to his ambitions.
"asmodeus! you bastard...! is this revenge because i killed you?!"
although they were friends and rivals, their rivalry was deadly, and ultimately ended with the venerable ultimately defeating him in their last battle and killing asmodeus.
yes, he was a savage even to his own friends, a monster that didn't know anything else but to kill. to him, showing respect and love was also through the act of killing.
"tch...!"
a hint of remorse emerged within the venerable's rotten heart, for a moment, he felt... slightly sad. that asmodeus would betray him this way, that he would choose his family over him.
he didn't understand that to asmodeus he was a monster, perhaps he was once a friend... but asmodeus knew his old friend had to be stopped, he had already fallen into an endless abyss of insanity long ago.
but to the venerable, he was being betrayed because of resentment!
"friendship... it simply does not exist, huh?"
underground, rushing towards surtr!
"eat that brat! hahaha! what will you do now?! gahahaha!"
as he laughed viciously, andromeda disappeared from where she was. her barrier was gone, but then reappeared after using teleportation, the snakes quickly hit her massive barrier and exploded as white flames consumed them!
booom! booom! booom! booom!
"she can teleport, right! she synched the teleportation and moved faster than i could harm her after she turned off the barrier, only to turn it a second after to block my serpents?! she's good! dammit!"
the venerable, however, smiled.
it didn't matter anyway, what he had prepared was already here!
rumble!
the ground broke open, as a massive eruption of dozens of volcanoes emerged, covering the
entire sky with burning magma and flames everywhere.
andromeda could only cover a certain area around her barrier, but not every single angle
around surtr!
"you're done for, woman! hahahaha! and that brat too!"
as he laughed once more, the burning magma was about to reach surtr, whose ring was still
not done yet!
and...
"{divine spiritual twinkle star shower}!"
suddenly, the skies became a beautiful cosmic, starry view, as the stars themselves fell from
the skies at lightning speed.
boom! boom! boom! boom! boom!
the venerable's deadly attack was destroyed before it could reach surtr, as his eyes widened, noticing a huge giant made of several combined elements appear.
"what?!"
he glared into the distance, to the west, as the giant, composed of the aura of several powerful dragons and gods, started walking forward, conjuring combination magic capable of stopping his own temporarily.
its appearance? a colorful gigantic machine! overflowing with the powers of both kate and yuki, creating a new type of machine and spirit altogether.
its form was humanoid and rather bulky, each of its limbs had a different color, containing the divine aura and soul essence of a different person.
its right arm was red, the left arm was blue, the left leg was black, and the right leg was white.
the torso was silver and red colored, and the head black and purple, and it even came with a pair of gigantic mechanical wings, encompassed by black and purple flames...
and the aura this construction released? utterly tremendous!
"we're not just going to sit and watch anymore!" kate said. "yeah! we're beating your ass, motherfucker!" yuki roared. the ultimate fusion of powers and abilities was here!