Silva managed to find an opening through the flurry of punches, and he immediately used it to strike a counter. His blade cut through Code Zero’s chest.
But just like that arm, it healed up as well in no time.
Code Zero recognized that Silva was a threat tougher than anything it had faced, but its nature was to destroy, so it would keep fighting, adapting, and fighting more.
Its hand transformed into blades, and it flew toward Silva, activating a combo of attacks. Silva parried the attacks easily, then he forced an opening and stabbed through Code Zero’s chest.
He didn’t stop after stabbing; he lit his sword ablaze with abyssal flames, engulfing Code Zero from the inside out.
“Arghhhhhhhhh!” Code Zero screamed in pain, grabbing hold of the blade and trying to pull it out, but Silva pushed it in deeper and deeper.
The struggle continued for a bit, until Code Zero tried something—it shot black tendrils from its back to hit Silva and make him let go.
Silva saw the tendrils and increased the intensity of his flames, making it impossible for the tendrils to pass. Code Zero couldn’t do anything.
And that was when Silva heard the sound of cracking inside Code Zero. After the cracking sound, its entire energy changed completely.
Code Zero started transforming, its new tense muscles forcefully pushed Silva’s blade out of its chest.
It became twice its original size, with extremely long arms and legs. Its teeth were sharper and far more numerous.
Silva could feel its power swell; he tried to use Dragon Eyes to see the stats, but it didn’t work. It seemed this being wasn’t supposed to exist, like an abomination, yet not quite one.
Also, the power didn’t seem constant, so it was likely these things that made Silva unable to see the stats.
Now that it was bigger, it charged with even more speed and attacked Silva with a swing of its hands. Silva blocked the attack, but the force sent him flying into one of the tall buildings of the academy, smashing through the walls.
Silva got up from the rubble and dusted off his clothes. Code Zero had already approached and was attacking again. Silva smiled when he saw this and spoke.
“You may be strong, but you still have to know your bloody place.” Silva roared and used Will Enforcement through the sword. The sword elongated by several meters as he swung it.
Code Zero was not expecting that and had to create a shield to block the attack, but Silva’s attack was too powerful—it tore through the shield and slashed right through Code Zero.
Though it didn’t kill him, it was a good attack. Silva immediately followed up and used Cross Lock. He pinned Code Zero in place.
But it seemed Code Zero had powerful will and strength, as the Cross Lock had started cracking. But Silva didn’t mind; he would land his attack long before it shattered.
He used Flash Step and stabbed Code Zero inside the time lock, then activated his abyssal flames before releasing the lock.
Code Zero burst into another set of grotesque screams, but it managed to regain control and charged at Silva.
It raised its arm above its head as it charged toward Silva. A black energy ball formed over its head and grew in size until it was as large as a human, then it fired it at Silva.
Silva could tell that this energy ball would be deadly, so he immediately transformed completely into his dragon form and blasted the ball with a huge stream of flames.
The flames consumed the energy ball, but immediately after Silva transformed back, Code Zero was already behind him.
It stabbed its hand through Silva, but it didn’t feel like a real body—and it was right. The afterimage vanished, and the real Silva was already behind Code Zero.
Silva placed his arm on Code Zero’s shoulder. “You’re really not giving me enough,” Silva said, then he released a powerful burst of flames on the shoulder, destroying it, but code zero still reacted after that
Code Zero grabbed onto Silva and threw him over its shoulder. Silva spun in the air and broke out of Code Zero’s grip.
He spun around and sent a kick to Code Zero’s head. The head snapped to the side, pushing it back, and Silva immediately charged at Code Zero.
He prepared for his final attack. Silva transformed into the Joker, and all his clones emerged to finish off Code Zero.
All of his clones entered the Joker of the Abyss state and drew cards—all eleven of them drew the same card.
Card of Chaos. A surge of chaos exploded from the cards all at once and flew toward Code Zero. Code Zero couldn’t react at all; the chaos slammed into it and caused a mighty explosion.
Code Zero’s body shot out of the chaotic flames caused by the explosion and flew toward the ground.
It slammed into the ground and created a massive crater. But Silva knew this wasn’t over, as he could still sense energy flowing through Code Zero.
So Silva and all his clones transformed into their full dragon form, and all of them blasted their flames at Code Zero.
The flames ate through it faster than Code Zero could heal, burning it into ashes. In the end, Code Zero was indeed strong and a terrifying weapon, but to Silva, this weapon was nothing more than a slightly strong monster.
It was a toy to Silva, and after he toyed with it for a bit, he decided it was time to destroy it. A toy that had lived through many hundreds of years was destroyed by Silva with such ease.
“At the end, this kingdom had nothing to offer. I commend their greatest weapon, but it’s far from enough. It might have been able to steal the sword and also capture a dragon, but that was all it was good for,” Silva said. He remembered that he left that dragon underground and immediately flew there to check on it.
He had left the dragon after he met it, he wanted to finish his battle first before he would release the dragon and question it.