1531 If I am Not Winning, No One Will Win!With the portal to the eternal kingdom sealed, Asna's core couldn't absorb celestial energy even if it wanted, leaving Felix without an ounce of energy to study.The only thing left was this bizarre ever-burning black flames and he knew that copying its effects would help him in the long run.So, he spent months and months studying the black flames until he could reproduce a decent copy...Alas, he wasn't too satisfied with the results."Is my lack of understanding of the celestial energy the reason?" He thought out loud as he stared at the burning Lucifer whose screams engulfed the entire consciousness space."If you had brought back some of that celestial energy, I could have run some experiments on it and figured it out." Lady Sphinx shared.
She was quite fascinated by the celestial black flames after hearing that they could burn forever without needing any connection with the owner."I don't know what you guys are on about, isn't it working just fine?" Thor asked with a confused tone as he listened to Lucifer's cries keep intensifying.Felix shook his head and anwsered, "The effect is quite similar, but I don't feel any sort of celestialness from it.
It feels like a man-made product and I know that the illusion domain can copy anything in reality to perfection.
So, if I truly managed to copy the real celestial black flames, I would know it straight away.""Well, you can figure it out later on.
I think the demon is ready to cooperate." Jörmungandr said while pointing his finger at Lucifer.He had screamed so loud and hard before, his voice was barely audible now...Still, Felix and the others managed to read what he was mouthing in silence."I...Will...Do...It.""That's the spirit."Felix released Lucifer from the torture with a snap of a finger, causing him to drop into the ocean and remain lying on its peaceful surface without a single twitch.His face was absolutely drained out of color like he had just survived a trip to the ninth level of hell."Now, let's start all over." Felix crouched next to him and asked.
"Shall we begin the ascension process?"Lucifer nodded his head a little, having no energy to speak or fight back.The black flames had burned his soul to an absolute crisp and he could not muster an ounce of energy to even stand up, don't even mention fighting against Felix in the merge.'Is this really my destiny, Mother?' Lucifer murmured with hazy eyes, 'Answer me...How was I ever supposed to win against him and ascend? You always knew everything, was this in your vision as well?'Doubts began to appear in Lucifer's mind about his mother's true motives...Ever since she created him, she always told him that he was destined to be the demon god and rule over the universe and its realms.All he had to do was possess his twin soulmate's body and the universe would be his own.But, in both battles against Felix, he recognized that he wasn't even close to his strength...There was such a clear disparity between them, that he doubted if he ever had a chance at all.Even the illusion resistance was deemed futile against the celestial black flames due to the pain of being in a different realm.So, how could this be his true destiny?'Is this how my life was always supposed to end?' Lucifer glanced at Felix from the side and thought to himself.
'Was my destiny to merge with him and get erased, allowing him to ascend? Mother, answer me!'As much as Lucifer was somewhat of a lunatic, he wasn't an idiot in the slightest.
He realized that his mother was never on his side and everything she spewed at him was pure utter bullsh*t.In his mind, if she was on his side, she could have done much more to prepare him against Felix.After all, she was the paragon of sins and there was no way she would send him to his damnation unprepared unless she wanted it to happen!'If this is how death shall come, then I will gladly make sure none of us win anything from this.'In a last-ditch effort to thwart Felix's plan of ascension and to spite his mother's, Lucifer summoned all the dark, malevolent power he could muster.His eyes burned with an unholy fire as he channeled his spiritual prowess into one final move, one final action...<nullb>Soul Implosion!A surge of chaotic energy emanated from Lucifer's form, and his very essence seemed to tremble with the malefic force he was about to unleash.<nulli>Whoosh! Whoosh!The peaceful consciousness ocean was no more as waves raged back and forth in response to this insane gathering of spiritual energy."No!" Felix yelled with a livid expression as he tried his absolute best to void Lucifer's attempt at self-imploding his soul.