With a constant array of attacks raining down on her, Alice tried her best to redirect the attacks using her blood mirrors while taking cover when she could.
However, the Reaper was akin to a Lord of the Void, it was able to open up rifts to rain down attacks no matter the angle.
An all seeing beast who was out to kill her.
'Why did you have to take their entire soul!!!' Alice cried out in her mind while using Void Flux – Cleave to cancel out one of the beams that was about to hit her.
'I'm sorry! I got hungry!' Alyss cried back as she couldn't do anything in this situation. It was entirely up to Alice to survive this as the Void was sealed off thanks to the reaper.
'If you got hungry eat some spicy skewers! Why the hell did you piss him off !?' Alice complained as she took a deep breath and activated her partial Bloodline release.
Gritting her teeth, she could feel a bigger surge of power greater than before due to the fact that she now owned the body of an Abyss Lord!
Alyss's beast form manifested behind her as dark hands exploded out from the ground around her.
Clashing with the pillars of energy, the hands grabbed hold and began to corrupt!
Dark spots appeared along the energy that travelled towards the source.
Seeing this, the Reaper narrowed its countless eyes and cut off the connection before raining down another barrage of attacks.
'Got any ideas to help us out of this? Any Sigils I can replace?' Alice asked as one of the beams bore into her shoulder.
Gritting her teeth to stop herself from letting out a scream, violet flames burned across her wound as flesh began to twitch and stitch itself together.
'I'm looking! It's not exactly easy to find one since he's blocked off the Void. It's either we kill it or we stall, pick your poison.' Alyss frowned as she was currently filtering through the countless beasts they've consumed during their time in the Zenia family.
Even though she hoped there was a strong beast that could come to their rescue, the highest quality blood they got was still just six stars. For the current era, six stars represented the pinnacle except the outliers who were able to reach lord level.
The Zenia family was no exception. If they had Lord level blood, they wouldn't waste it on feeding Alice. No, they would use it for themselves rather than in an experiment.
Letting Alyss filter through the beasts, Alice twisted her body and released an upward slash. Using this gap, she activated her Resonance.
As the crown manifested above her head, Alice could feel a strange power, just beyond her reach. So close yet so far.
'Is it because a passage was opened to the Will?' Alice thought to herself but didn't want to experiment.
Right now, her main goal was to survive!
Creating a mirror in front of her, she threw Void Fang into the Void as the exit appeared above the beast.
Snapping her fingers, she traded places with her blade and then teleported it back into her hand.
She needed to 'blind' its eyes if she wanted an easier time. And right now, all of the beams come from one source. The eyes!
Transforming her blade into a spear, Alice jumped towards the Reaper's back in an attempt to stab the eyes.
But just as she landed, a giant maw erupted from its skin, biting down on Alice's right side as she could feel her bones being crushed between its teeth.
Glaring at the maw with bloodshot eyes, Alice erupted in a mass of violet flames.
Gathering countless motes of light towards her palm that was inside the beast, she fired a Void Flux within the beast and created a hole through the maw.
As the extension of the Reaper fell limp, Alice dragged her mangled arm and leg out from the beast as her flesh began to regenerate.
'Sorry, the best we've got are the Abyss Lords we've killed recently and Tiamat. And even if we turn them into Sigils, I don't know what kind of abilities they have aside from what they've shown.' Alyss apologized as their access to Abyss Blood was limited right now.
There was the option of Null but they were already using its powers.
Hearing this, Alice frowned before widening her eyes.
'I have a target in mind and we've seen them fight a bunch.' Alice spoke as her lips curled up into a grin.
'Who- Wait… How did I not think of that. The fragment is small so I'm not sure how much of her power we can emulate. But… It's definitely possible.' Alyss furrowed her brows before realising who Alice was talking about.
'Replace my first, sixth and seventh Sigils. We can't replace Tiamat for my fifth since it's already locked in.' Alice laughed as the Sigils across her body began to glow.
'You got it twinnie. Remember, finish it quickly since I don't know how long we can keep it up for. Once it disappears, you'll be back to having just four Sigils.' Alyss warned.
Nodding her head, Alice could feel countless knives carving across her body, imprinting the power of the one who's been guiding her all this time.
Allura! Executioner of the Abyss!
A radiant flame erupted from her body as it began to merge with her Violet Flames.
Taking a deep breath, Alice twisted her body and gathered her energy into her fist.
Sparks of fire melded together as she slammed her fist into the flesh of the Reaper.
A shrill cry erupted from the beast as its muscles began to tear apart.
Blood oozed out while countless rays of light erupted from its body in panic.
Trying her best to dodge the attack, Alice jumped up into the air before closing her eyes.
Allura's Sigils radiated a pure refined path of destruction. A power to breach and sever everything in its path.
Opening her eyes, Alice could see the strands of energy connecting the Reaper with the Will of the Abyss.
Unlike the phenomenon caused by her Void Flux, the impact of Nova Core was far greater! A swirl of power, beyond what Alice could accomplish on her own.
The fabric of space surrounding her, warped from the gathering of energy as flames danced across her blade to form a single edge radiating with power.
Twisting her body, Alice released the slash downwards as Void Fang screamed out from the power coursing through its obsidian form.
Allura's sixth Sigil exploded with power on Alice's body.
The slash, transcending space to reach its target without a chance of missing.
And at that moment, the realm was split in two. A single line, bisecting the land and sky at the same time.
As for the Reaper, the front half of its head was cut off cleanly as it didn't even realise it had been cut. Once the head hit the ground, blood poured out from its wounds as it released a shrill cry once more.
Gritting her teeth, Alice pulled her blade back for a second attack.
As she gathered energy once more, Alice widened her eyes. The flesh along her arm was torn apart as she could feel her body teetering on the edge of destruction.
One slash was all it took for her body to break down from the influx of power!
'How the hell does Allura keep up with this?!' Alice cried out in her mind.
Even with her insane regeneration, it struggled to keep up with the damage.
Seeing the gathering of energy in front of the Reaper, Alice understood that it wanted to finish her off in one go. Yet she had no strength to move her body. Alyss wanted to take over to get them to safety but it was too late.
A ball of flames appeared beside the Reaper,
With a single bunch, the beast was sent crashing to the ground as the mountains collapsed from its side.
"That was reckless Alice! My Sigils aren't something you can brute force a battle with!" Allura shouted out as she ran away from her fight to cover for Alice.
Twisting her body, she released a slash to block Shura's attack before catching Alice who was falling towards the ground.
"Sorry… Kind of didn't have a choice." Alice forced out a laugh as more wounds kept opening up despite her healing.
The rampant energy from the attack was shredding through her flesh with each passing moment. Thankfully, she was able to balance the destruction with her healing. But as it stands, she wouldn't be able to rejoin the fight any time soon.
"Reckless girl. And here I thought I was the bad one." Allura sighed.
Focusing on getting Alice out of the area, Allura dodged the attacks sent by Shura while the Reaper was recovering from her sneak attack.
"But… With everything said and done, I'm proud of you. That was a hell of an attack." Allura smiled as she patted Alice on the head.
"Now leave the rest to me okay? Just take this time to rest up. You've done plenty."
Nodding her head, Alice enjoyed the head pat as Allura set her down by the same cliff.
Wrapping them in a barrier of flames, she blocked the onslaught of attacks released by both the Reaper and the Abyss Lord of Destruction.
Each of Shura's attacks would destroy her flames but new embers would take their place.
Taking a deep breath, Allura stood up and massaged her neck.
"Now let me show you how you should fight against Abyss Lords." Allura grinned.
Seven Days of Execution – Sixth Day!