Chapter 420 The Blood That Calls the Name — Rui and Joanna’s fight
The Battle of Will
She was merely the silent backdrop of two wills that now repelled each other, calling out, attacking one another. The ground where they stood had turned into a path of curses, filled with traces of blood and burnt incantations.
Rui stood with a body that was beginning to lose its human form. Her skin was dark-veined, like a river of sin bursting from her pores. Her eyes no longer recognized Joanna. All that remained was the voice of Qayin, the first murderer.
Joanna stood across from her. Her breath was heavy, her robe torn, her wings partially broken. But the fire of her will still burned.
This was not a battle between good and evil.
This was a battle between recognition and rejection, an unavoidable struggle where identity and desire met in a chilling chaos. As Rui raised her hand, a terrifying darkness enveloped the sky, as if the buzzing wind united with her rage, blowing away fragments of shadows that surged from the night creature trapped in sorrow.
Rui lifted her hand, the voice that emerged from her mouth like the rumble of thunder breaking the silence. "Awaken, dormant power!" In an instant, a red light ignited from her hand, forming swirling vessels of energy like a storm.
With every movement, waves of heat spread, creating an illusion of a battlefield that vibrated around her. This was a power that could change the course of fate, a spell that called forth evil forces to flow into her. In this world, everything was governed by symbols held tightly.
「逆命刃・血盟終断」
Gyakumeijin: Ketsumei Shūdan
(Sword of Reversed Fate: Blood Oath Breaker)