Chapter 142 - Round 1

"Hum!" Paul looked up "Hahahahaa!" Paul started laughing loudly. "You really are still too naive. Did you really think for a moment that I would take your hand and that we both will happily cooperate like two good brothers? That we will advance with the power of friendship?" Paul said in mockery.

"Don't joke around!" Paul shouted angrily. "You don't know a thing! You don't know anything about me! How could you dare to try to change me?" Black aura shot from Paul pushing Bai away.

Bai hurriedly invoked his sword again, covered in white aura protecting him from Paul's aura.

"I hate you" Paul said calmly, his aura started flowing slowly but continued being powerful "And of course I hate myself"

"How could you even hate yourself?" asked Paul surprised.

"I am not a true person, Bai. When you had all these memories" Paul signaled his forehead two times "Even if it was unconsciously, you decided to discard them to maintain your happiness, in fright of being find by your loved ones. How could I not hate everything? I am born from it, all your negative feelings pushed away with past life memories to preserve your own happiness"

"Even if this was your birth, you have grown, Paul. In the future, you could also find your own happiness" Bai tried to convince him "If we work together, we could accomplish"

"Shut up!" shouted Paul "Your thoughts are impossible to accomplish. I was borned by your negative feelings, your wrath, self-contempt, sadness... Do you know what I enjoy?" asked Paul.

Bai shooked his head and lowly said "No"

"I enjoy slaughter!" Paul said opening his arms "Only by killing I experiment the thrill that can be confused as enjoyment. I don't mind what the other thought, I don't love anyone, I don't have friends and continuing normally this won't change. I am a fuċkɨnġ sociopath!"

"B-but" Bai said hesitant "You care about my family, Rongrong, dad and mum"

"Being sincere, I don't give a fuċk about them, their death or suffering won't cause any feeling in me" He clutched "If the fell under my sword maybe a smirk from my part but..." he paused "...nothing else. It was only an act"

"Then why did you tried and help them?"

"It's because I am intelligent enough to know that I will have a bad ending. Continuing like that, I have two endings. Or someone kills me or I will everyone, trying to experiment the thrill and even in that case I suppose that even I will become bored of all the slaughter, the only pŀėȧsurė of my life disappearing, I might finish suiciding" Paul calmly explained.

"But!" Paul signaled at Bai "You are the solution! Absorbing you, I will obtain your feelings and maybe even learn empathy, being capable of living, becoming a complete human being!" he shouted "In that case, it would have been a pity if after absorbing you, I started to worry for your family only for them to be already dead. The true Paul, the one who lived in another world, never had a family, I'll like to experiment one and feel something for them"

"You're mad!" Bai said in contempt. Bai pointed his sword at Paul "Someone like you should never exist. I will destroy you! I won't try to even absorb you!"

"Haaahahaha" laughed Paul "This is how it should be since the day of my creation we were destined to fight to the death. You're one light being, it's normal for you to try to extinguish darkness, while darkness try to take your warm"

Both charged at the same time. Swords met each other, sparks flying from their contact. After some clashing between both swords, they found themselves equals in technique.

Paul stepped back "You did well trying to keep up with my power" He grinned "Let's upgrade this fight". From Paul, a vicious black aura was emitted "<Sword Domain: Slaughter + Deathgod>" The aura covered all their surroundings, suppressing Bai at the same time that increasing Paul's power.

Cracks started forming around Paul, expanding all around the white and black world. From the cracks exuded grudge, sadness, and fury. The world started contorting, becoming one completely different. The colors didn't change, keeping its black and white, but the greeny forest was replaced by asphalt streets with tall rectangular and uniform buildings with many floors that Bai could recognize from the time against Shi Nian, where he took a glimpse of Paul's memories. The world exuded sadness and death, with human silhouettes made of blood walking around.

"This really reflects better my mind space" Paul said looking around "That fuċkɨnġ society" he spatted.

Bai sensing he was suppressed, he lifted his sword "<Sword Domain: Life + Protection>!" White aura exuded from his sword.

Bai's white domain clashed with Paul's domain, a very unusual situation forming. Instead of both domain fusing, creating a pseudo-combination where both domains are active, both domains crashed and broke apart, forming a strange space were pieces of each domain were scattered around. It must be known, that sword domains are very compatible, whereas two sword domain clash, they will join, becoming for both swordmaster possible to use their own domain, creating a co-existence. Like when Paul fought against the water sword user Ripper at Slaughter City, both domains overlapping.

Bai's and Paul's domain were so different, each the complete opposite of the other, that they were unable to join, both domains breaking apart. Even when both domains broke, it could be seen more black fragments, Paul's domain being stronger thanks to the god-given domain. Nevertheless, Bai could protect himself from the suppression.

"I can also influence my surroundings!" shouted Bai. Cracks started forming around him, this exuded a warm and calm feeling. They expanded around the sky, the sky changing to a multicolored one with a glassy feeling.

Bai and Paul comprehension clash created a white and black city with a multicolored aura at the sky. Creating for both, the perfect condition to maximize their power.

Paul and Bai pointed at each other, powerful aura from their sword, much greater than before "Round 2" grinned Paul. Both charging to the other.