The enormous demonic dragon, flapping its wings above in the cubic dueling room, swoops down, dark demonic energy trailing behind it.
None of the Warlords move a muscle, and the Noble Demon closes its eyes, digging deep within its mind to unlock its Noble Bloodline Transformation.
It is the only technique on its status that doesn't use a system command; it has to be unsealed naturally. This is what sets many Noble Bloodlines apart from all the other Lords in the Upper Realm.
As its eyes open, waves of dense Ether and demonic energy imbued with natural intimidation ripple through the room, causing the gravity to increase by dozens of times.
Ember gives a slight nod, releasing the relaxed, crossed-arm grip he held before to take up a fighting stance. The three 1st Class Lords to his left take this cue to release their full power and continue the plan they've agreed upon.
Torvak immediately bursts with thick bolts of lightning surging all over his body and Soul Weapon. He jumps upward as his greater form grows around him, increasing his range and size by over ten times.
Around Asic, the air starts to smell sour, like blood. Dark red, almost brown crystalline structures begin to form around his being, and sharp fragments of this dark rock summon from thin air to cover his dual-bladed axe.
A dark energy form grows around the High Orc, creating the imagery of a dark knight's armor. He jumps upward as well, right beside Torvak.
The Demon still on ground level doesn't even bat an eye as the two massive, growing figures soar over him, on a direct course for the demonic dragon swooping down their way.
Zashen, the Berserker Giant King, on the other hand, lets out a sadistic laugh and begins spinning while twirling his blades.
While his movements look chaotic and emotional, the extremely sharp eyes of this killer never leave his target despite the show of excitement he's putting on.
The grey-skinned, green-eyed, sharp-toothed creature summons more and more wind magic around his being as he spins, and his figure begins to glow with a sharp white light.
It's equally imbued with pure mana-based wind magic, fortified by newly refined Ether coming straight from the depths of its mind, where it has been lying dormant for over ten thousand years.
As Zashen grows in size and the swirling wind around him increases in strength, while he waves his white glowing longswords, the Noble Demon's body begins to grow as well.
The black and purple demonic mist expands to keep up with the Demon's bulging muscles, growing horns, and expanding flesh.
Ember has seen a transformation like this very recently, within the throne back in the human world, when another Noble Demon began unsealing its bloodline.
The end result of that was a monstrous form nearing two kilometers in height.
Every Demon's bloodline transformation is unique. However, for everything to go as planned, he's going to have to step in and use far more power than he did in the fight against the 1st Class Demons.
While exposing his silver threads and full dragon form would make this fight a blowout, that would have far worse long-lasting consequences that outweigh the immediate needs of this public stunt.
If any Lord of the Five Great Families' Demons die, all of the Family Heads are notified, no matter the cause, even a natural death of old age.
Whatever happens here will be thoroughly investigated after the fact. Even though the Citadel is locked down, surveillance is still being recorded, and public records are continuously shared between all four of the Citadels once a month in the Green Zone of the Upper Realm.

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