The barrage of gunshots never stopped, but it became less effective as the Dragari King learned how to counter it. He also had some of Edward's memories; in the past, he treated it as toys and didn't think too much of it.
But now, looking at how Alex used it, he started copying his method. He created a similar gun, then shot bullets against bullets.
The sky was filled with many lights, making it look like fireworks.
The clash was equal at first but then started to change as the Dragari King began winning.
"Haha, boy, challenging me in an inner world battle, you are digging your grave. It's only a matter of time till I extinguish your soul power. Don't underestimate me!
Do you think I became immortal because of your father? No, it's because of me!
I am the one raising his cultivation in one go."
Hearing this, Alex's mind started pondering, 'He doesn't have access to my father's skill, and he says he raised this body's cultivation to be immortal?'
If Alex knew his mother had been cultivated by his father, he would have been able to guess what was happening. Unfortunately, he didn't, so he could only make a random guess.
The fight continued as Alex's situation worsened; they finally landed on the ground after falling for some time.
The area was not much different from the one on top; it was a barren land, cracked with nothing growing on top of it.
The surroundings were completely dark, with occasional lightning barely lighting up the area.
'Deep inside the inner world, but still barely any changes.'
If the lightning came from the Dragari King's attack, Alex would still understand it, but he could tell it wasn't. Otherwise, it wouldn't just strike randomly.
'Does every single possessed one look ?' Alex wondered, but he quickly shook the idea as he remembered Luciel was not.
In the case of the Dragari King, he didn't have any control over the world.
Even before, when Alex forced his souls to gather together, he could tell the Dragari King's presence was just large, making him look like he was spreading around the inner world.
Alex started considering the possibility that his father's soul was not in the body at all or in some other part.
But where? He ran out of ideas. His father's body now was like a broken, empty vessel.
"Do you regret it now? If you had just acted in your place from the start, your life would have been spared longer.
But now it doesn't matter. I will take over your body after I extinguish your soul."
The Dragari King grinned as he could see Alex now looked paler than before. His body also became more transient, a few signs of someone starting to exhaust their soul power.
"Enough playing," the Dragari King mumbled. He stopped his barrage of attacks, and so did Alex. All the guns dissipated.
Alex covered himself with crimson armor while wielding a hammer. The Dragari King, meanwhile, grew in size and turned into a huge dragon.
Its scales gleamed in an iridescent crimson color. There were four horns on top of its head, with four huge wings coming out from the back.
He stood on his two legs and then let out a roar.
The roar had a weird effect that made Alex feel like his whole being was being shaken now.
BAM! Alex's hammer grew in size and hit the dragon right in the head, but it barely showed any effect.
The Dragari King's confidence soared as he felt he had already won the battle. He swiped his claw, launching Alex crashing to the ground. Alex's body rolled like a rag doll.
The Dragari King then raised his leg, wanting to stomp Alex flat. Alex pointed his hammer upward; it then grew even larger to block.
His hammer croaked under the weight, but Alex poured more energy to strengthen it. As this stomp didn't work, the Dragari King changed his attack. He lifted up his leg and instead kicked it forward, shoving Alex toward the air.
Alex barely blocked it by using his blood wing to create a makeshift shield. Now that he was in the air, the Dragari King used the moment to launch another attack.
This time he poured a serious amount of energy, as he didn't want to stay too long in the inner world battle. He didn't want Stel, or Clara, to come in and ask some questions.
His plan was to separate his soul into two and then control both of their bodies. He would then return to Alex's world and use their status and network to conquer the planet.
He would use them as his own army to take revenge. Edward may have triggered the destruction of his plan, but he was not the real perpetrator.
The Dragari King opened his jaw. A pure destructive energy began to gather, and then it shot forward like a huge laser, completely engulfing Alex in the process.
The blast didn't last long; it quickly dissipated, leaving behind Alex's body that fell to the ground.
The red armor was half destroyed, and the same thing happened with his wing. He lay on the ground expressionlessly, looking up toward the huge dragon that was still coming at him.
"Still have that look on your face, huh? Let's see how long it will last," the Dragari King said with annoyance. Alex's calmness made him feel triggered, as that reminded him of Edward.
No matter what kind of situation he was in, he never lost his cool.
The thought of finishing the battle quickly changed. The Dragari King wanted to see Alex filled with terror.
With the current situation, all his deliberation of Alex disappeared.
His sharp claw raised upward, creating many small spheres of fire shooting toward Alex's body.
Meanwhile, on the upper level of the inner world, MingYue was now standing, looking down toward the deep abyss.
She couldn't see what happened since it was far away, but with how close they were now, she could tell Alex's situation.