Abyssal Lord of the Magi World

Ira remained silent after hearing Venganza's words, but an immense desire emerged in its eyes. It wanted more than anything to reach Rank 9 and feel the universe once it broke the restrictions of its nature.

Not only would its wisdom grow, allowing it to become a fully conscious life form, but its very essence would evolve into more than just negative emotions made flesh.

That is why, no matter how futile the fight might seem, Ira would never surrender and allow the destruction of its ego.

"I intend to use you to ignite the Astral Black Hole that is part of my Bloodline Heart and Elemental Chaos Heart." Venganza did not hide his intention nor try to trick the Depravita.

Ira's eyes narrowed as his aura once again exploded, full of wrath and killing intent. Just as it was about to attack, it saw Venganza raise his hand as a sign of peace.

"Unlike I did with the others, I do not intend to erase your ego. I will allow your sense of self to remain like a part of my existence. You will still be able to grow, and when the time to reach Rank 9 arrives, you will see the universe in its entire splendor."

Venganza did not explain to Ira how he would achieve that since it would be useless. The Depravita of Wrath might have developed some wisdom but was still in its infant stage and could not understand complex magic formulas and calculations.

However, the one thing Ira understood was that it could either follow Venganza's plan and obtain a chance to live or fight and be crushed under the might of this one.

Venganza did not hurry up Ira's decision, but his eyes were cold, and he was ready to do what was necessary if the Depravita refused.

Luckily, things did not go in that direction as Ira nodded after a few seconds.

Venganza got closer to Ira before placing a hand over its head. His eyes glowed as he used the full power of the Origin Essence Wheel.

Ira felt a force reaching the deepest part of its existence and extracting the core of its essence. Unless it did something, that power would take away its ego and mind.

It was extremely easy to fight against that force, but Ira understood this was a fundamental part of Venganza's plan.

Venganza smiled as he felt Ira's essence fusing into him. The process was highly complex, and one wrong step would not only destroy Ira's ego but could corrupt him, so he needed to be careful.

Depravitas could consume their own kind, thoroughly devouring their power, but Venganza took a different direction. He allowed Ira's ego to reach an equilibrium with his' before giving it a new home.

For this to happen, the nature of Ira and Venganza had to reach a balance that would have been impossible with the other Imperial Depravitas.

The Concept of Revenge and the Concept of Wrath channeled similar forces. That was not all, as they could achieve incredible synergy.

Revenge could not dissociate itself from wrath. It was its fuel and could allow it to burn with more and more power.

And there was no greater wrath than the one born of the desire to pay back all the grievances and pain someone caused you.

After a few minutes, Ira's eyes lost their light. The body was still alive and full of energy, but the ego was gone, having merged into Venganza.

The feeling of having a foreign ego inside you was extremely odd, but Venganza kept calm. He ensured the equilibrium reached its peak before giving Ira's will a new home.

From Venganza's head, red streams of force emerged and slowly began forming a new heavenly body. It appeared alongside the Silver Stars of Origin, but its nature was completely different.

Once Venganza completed the Red Sun of Wrath, he sent Ira's body into the Astral Black Hole in his hearts and performed the Fourth Ignition.

The process went without a problem since there was no ego to fight. Ira's body melted and ignited the Astral Black Hole, granting the hearts' unique ability, improving his reserves of Astral Origin, and pushing his existence into Rank 8!

Venganza trembled as his True Doomsday Body Path of Power evolved into Rank 8, exponentially increasing his body strength and endurance.

The Depravita clenched his fist as he felt the sudden rising strength, generating space-time cracks that extended for countless kilometers.

"Boom!" A blast of power emerged out of Venganza when his evolution finished, destroying everything around him.

Venganza's Depravita's physiology and his Rank 8 constitution, thanks to the Fourth Silver Star of Origin, allowed him to acclimate to his new power very fast.

He descended to the ground and clenched his fist, channeling all his strength in it before sending a punch to Avernus' surface.

"¡BOOM!"

An explosion literally shook the entire plane as that fist landed on the ground. That attack carried nothing but pure physical might and should have marveled any newly advanced Rank 8 life form.

Nevertheless, Venganza was not satisfied. His hearts began to beat faster and faster, making a burning force fill his veins and increase his physical might.

That ability was similar to Ira's Wrathful Revolutions, but there were harsh limitations since it was only a copy. Yet, all that changed as the Red Sun of Wrath began to glow.

Venganza felt a power filling every corner of his body when the heavenly body and the hearts acted in unison. The effect was even better than what Wrathful Revolutions could achieve.

He gathered all his physical strength in his right fist and punched Avernus' surface again.

"¡BOOOOMMMM!"

The blast was more than three times stronger, making earthquakes cover the First Circle of Hell and leaving giant canyons all over it.

"Excellent!" Venganza smiled as he felt his power. He then looked into the distance before vanishing.

Issac's eyes narrowed as he felt that Depravita was looking at him. Suddenly, shock appeared on his face, and he teleported without saying a word to Salomon.