Levi's mind raced. This Dark Priestess as well as the sub dean was an Astral Lord, a being so far beyond his current capabilities that the gap might as well have been infinite. If actually fought here, it would only be his funeral and not even the Sun-dean would save him.

Without hesitation, Levi detonated one of his remaining golden elixirs.

"BOOM!"

The concentrated energy exploded through his meridians, flooding every cell with an astonishing amount of energy.

His tiger-human form surged with insane strength, and he immediately turned and exploded with Thunder step!

Sub-Dean Scarlet's eyes literally ignited with flames, burning so brightly that they looked like miniature suns set into her skull. Her voice dropped as she spoke.

"You won't be able to take a single treasure from this place, Leina. I'll make sure of that even if I have to burn this entire inheritance ground to ash."

Leina laughed, a sound like breaking glass mixed with distant screams. "Oh? You're willing to fight me here, now, with that little ant of a student still present? If we truly clash with our full power, that boy will undoubtedly die from the impact of our battle."

She paused deliberately, letting those words sink in before continuing with a soft tone. "How about this, why don't you let me take just the top treasures, and then we can continue our battle in another dimensional where there are no witnesses or collateral damage? That seems like the reasonable solution, doesn't it?"

Sub-Dean Scarlet's gaze flickered toward Levi for a brief moment. She recognized him immediately. The F-rank talent student who had somehow climbed to the top of the examination leaderboard, and had displayed combat power far beyond what his ranking.

Her eyes met his for a second that seemed to extend for more than a minute.

Then without hesitation she turned away.

"BOOM!"

Her aura surged explosively, and she attacked Leina directly without warning or further words.

The massive flaming phantom behind her, the Eternal Inferno Monarch manifestation of her Astral Soul, thrust forward with both burning hands extended.

Pure concentrated fire energy compressed to absurd density, as it firmed a massive spear and then stabbed forwards.

The Dark Priestess's laugh cut off abruptly as she was forced to defend. Her own dark phantom, that sinister crowned female figure with the massive fork, raised its weapon as it also stabbed forwards.

"KA-BOOM!!!"

The air exploded and the void shattered.

Tears of space appeared around the points of impact like paint stained on a white cloth.

The collision between fire and darkness created massive shockwave so destructive it was as though a missile had been dropped in that direction.

The shockwaves spread outwards as it destroyed everything wishing a mile radius to smithereens.

Even as she deflected Scarlet's assault, Leina's voice rang out loudly, projecting across the entire inheritance ground with perfect clarity.

"Kid! If you manage to survive this battle, I will personally extend you an invitation to join my Ancient Ground of Dark Matter! I'll even make you a scion of my house, grant you resources beyond your wildest imagination! All you have to do is live through the next few minutes!"

Levi's face immediately went pale as he figured out the double threat within her voice.

The Dark Priestess was essentially painting a target on his back. Even if he somehow survived the after shock from this battle between Astral Lords, Sub-Dean Scarlet would likely kill him afterward to prevent any possibility of him actually accepting that invitation and betraying the academy's secrets to the enemy.

It was exactly what Levi himself would do if he were in the Sub-Dean's position. An F-rank student who possessed power and had been offered a place among the dark cultivators? That was too much of a security risk to allow to survive. Better to eliminate the potential threat before it could materialize, no matter how talented the student might be.

The battle between the two Astral Lords intensified dramatically as Levi fled down the stairs. Scarlet and Leina stopped holding back, and began unleashing techniques that warped the very fabric of reality around them.

The stone stairs began cracking under the pressure of their clashing domain alone, and the void space itself started to fracture like glass under too much stress.

"KA-BOOOOOOM!!!"

A massive shockwave rolled outward from one of their exchanges, a visible wall of compressed air and conflicting energies that swept over everything in its path.

"BANG!"

Levi was boated backwards by the force as he was sent flying.

He felt the skin on his back begin to fry and blister as the intense heat washed over him. Even his buttocks weren't spared, the flesh cooking like meat on a grill. His magnificent white mane of hair caught fire, burning away to ash.

The pain was beyond description, but Levi gritted his teeth and forced himself to keep running even as his flesh charred. His regeneration was working frantically now, rebuilding destroyed tissue even as it continued to burn, creating a horrific cycle of destruction and healing that pushed his regeneration skill to its absolute limits.

Levi continued his desperate flight down the staircase, as lightning crackled underneath his feet as riding on lightning.. But the battle above him was escalating beyond anything he had witnessed.

An even more powerful blasted through the entire inheritance ground, coalescing into a massive hurricane of fire and ice as it blasted through the surroundings like a wild fire!

"BOOM!"

Levi sensed it coming with his danger sense and he immediately drew Severing Abyss saber and channeled both his Inferno Slash and his thunder bolt into the blade simultaneously.

"Inferno Lightning Strike!" he roared, as he slashed downwards toward the incoming shockwave.

The blazing crimson lightning erupted from his saber as he slashed at the approaching destruction, wanting to cleave it in half!

The flame and lightning slash arc collided with shockwave and actually managed to slice a bit through the shockwave before it collapsed.l sms shattered, the residual force blasted into Levi's chest directly!

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