My Soul card is a Reaper

When Claire displayed her power in the international tournaments, due to the low density of her soul energy, the Church regarded her as the descendant of some Cardinal.

But, the Pillar of Light is something that is purely made of divine energy. A Cardinal often gets contacted by the minions of the Goddess of Light and would be aware of it.

As a result, Ophanim went into a trace for a while as he tried to resist in vain. Instead, all he could only move his head to take a look at Claire who was standing a couple of hundred meters far away. "What is a celestial being doing in this world?"

It was the last thought that appeared in his head before a death spear appeared before his sight.

Of course, it wasn't just any normal death spear that Azzy used to kill beasts or people. There's a thick layer of translucent energy surrounding it. With the Reaper's assistance, Azzy somehow managed to pour all the natural energy he absorbed into the Death Spear after summoning it.

And once he landed on the ground, Azzy threw it toward the Cardinal who still appeared to be in a trance.

As soon as the Death spear struck the target, the energies of the Death and Protos invaded his body, eating up everything. Even his so-called holy energy couldn't fight it and his body turned into black-colored stone before collapsing into powder form after Agatha dismissed the Pillar.

Originally, Azzy would never let Agatha summon those pillars and gain unnecessary attention from the Angels but upon learning that she is the daughter of Michael, he brought her into his strategy.

Watching the mighty rank-8 expert had fallen just in 30 seconds, everyone's mind was instantly occupied by fear. Some Priests even started running away, abandoning their positions. The two 7-star Arcana Masters who brought Azzy and Claire to this place were the first ones to flee for their lives.

Azzy then placed his sight on the people who were standing outside the barrier. One of the Archbishops mustered up the courage and shouted, "Everyone, stay in your positions and hold up the barrier. I will inform the Headquarters and ask for help. Until then, don't let them escape. We can't let the death of his grace in vain."

Azzy's eyes turned cold once again, "Originally, I planned to leave you guys if you ask forgiveness but I guess you guys don't deserve my mercy."

He dismissed the remaining skeletal werewolf and Vajra before stretching his hands wide, <strong>"Soul skill: Soul Absorption"</strong>

Within a few moments, people started falling unconscious one after another without being able to resist it. Priests who are below the 6-star realm had their soul orbs destroyed. Bishops who are below the 7-star realm had their soul orbs cracked.

And three of the five Archbishops who are in the 7-star realm only had all of their soul energy leave their body, temporarily draining their stamina and making them fall on their knees.

Only an Archbishop with a platinum grade spirit and another Archbishop with 95 million SP managed to resist the effects of Azzy's overpowered soul skill. The peak-rank-7 expert, who tried to keep everyone together, no longer dared to stay there after seeing everyone's state. He escaped by using a random teleportation card, abandoning his subordinates.

The other Archbishops also followed the suit, not intending to commit suicide by staying there.

Azzy then used the absorbed soul energy to create a bunch of Protos spears one after another, throwing them at the barrier. Upon contact with the Protos energy, the holy barrier started to disintegrate into specks of light. Eventually, it was gone and both of them started walking.

As they confidently exited the place without caring whether there is an ambush lying in wait or not, the cold air hit Azzy and Claire. The snow is falling from the sky and there's an abundant amount of snow everywhere.

Azzy then saw a familiar tower, located far away.

"Hey kid, that tower looks familiar somehow." Agatha commented as she too stared at the 'W' shaped building.

"You must have remembered seeing in the examination paper," replied Azzy causally before adding, "It is the headquarters of Westro group and we are right in the middle of Snow City, Freyles. Anyway, let's go. Before someone arrives at the scene, we should hurry up to the Portal point."

Both of them started to fly with Azzy on the Black lotus and Agatha using her wings. Without facing any more issues, they returned to Central City. Once they got out of the portal point, Claire and Agatha swapped back to their places. Claire immediately hugged Azzy very tightly.

Caressing the back of her head, Azzy tried to cheer her up by praising her instead of consoling her, "I should actually thank you for the assistance. You have been a lot helpful. If Agatha couldn't summon those Pillars of light, I would have thought of escaping from the place instead of defeating him."

Claire's mood improved a lot and she said with determination, "Agatha once told me that I could do it too when I break through to rank-7. At present, I have no choice but to depend on her but one day, I will surely help you with my own hands."

Azzy nodded, "Sure, I will be looking forward to that day. Now, let's go. I have a match, tomorrow."

Soon, they boarded an Arcana taxi, which is a carriage pulled by a blue grade (second-lowest grade) Rhino of rank-1. They reached the hotel in about half an hour.

"Here, we are." The carriage stopped and both of them got down. Once the carriage left, Claire let out a sigh of relief, "We finally returned. Can't believe that we just went through that."

Azzy just grabbed her hand in response. They started walking toward the entrance.

After a brief amount of silence, Claire once again spoke, "You know what, when Agatha summoned that pillar of light, I remembered my father. I mean not exactly his face because I don't know what he looks like.

My mother once told me that he is a handsome man and I got my blonde hair and blue eyes from him. From time to time, I try to imagine him when I was conscious of my dreams. However, today, I just thought of him unconsciously. Maybe, I thought subconsciously that we will die? Is that why? Sigh… who knows… Anyway, it doesn't matter… Hmm?"

Azzy suddenly stopped walking and freed her hand. Claire turned around and looked at him, "what happened?"

"I need to tell you something." Azzy wasn't sure how Claire would take the news but he, for some reason, felt like he should tell the truth, now.

Claire looked at him curiously, "What is it?"

"Your father…" Azzy was about to reveal Claire's birth story to her but before he even started, he stopped speaking and turned around swiftly, sensing some strange but familiar power. He furrowed his brows, "Hmm?"

"Rael?" Claire called him out.

Azzy looked around warily but found no one. He activated Aura sensing and instantly, he raised his head to look in the direction of the tallest building, located more than 1500 meters far, where a hooded figure is standing with something on his shoulder that looked like a smoothbore cannon.

Claire followed his sight and asked, "What is it? Is it an enemy?"

Just as Azzy was about to answer her, the hooded figure clicked on the trigger, shooting a projectile. Seeing that it was coming in their direction, Azzy immediately warned, "Claire, careful."

He was about to create a shield made of soul energy but then, the Reaper's elated voice echoed in his head, "No, don't try to resist it. Embrace the power."

"What power?" Just as he wondered what the Reaper is talking about, something like a metal ball appeared in his sight, going straight for him. Azzy sensed great danger from it but he didn't move from the spot.

Just before the metal ball accurately struck his chest, it disintegrated into nothing, revealing a shiny black crystal, which is the size of a fist.