Chapter 1975: Chapter 1975. The Only Divine
âDamn youâŠ!!â Wrath cursed.
Giant fiery claws assailed Master. Master tried his best to fight back but had to retreat every time the claw crashed into him.
Master didnât find this surprising. The power of a veteran divine being was indeed too much for a fledgling God like him. Even so, he was ecstatic. Before this, he could do nothing against such divine power. Now, he could face them head-on.
âI will wipe that smile off your faceâŠ!â Wrath shouted in fury. Her assaults became more frenzied.
âYou should watch your back,â Master uttered.
Wrath suddenly found herself enveloped by a multicolor aura. This multicolor aura turned into several tentacles that wrapped around her body. She was being pulled away from Master.
âWrath!â Greed called.
Greed, Serenity, and Love came to Wrathâs rescue. But before they could do anything, they found themselves getting washed over by the multicolor wave as well. They couldnât fight the power. They were forced to the ground below.
The wave carried all four of them and slammed them into the ground. The multicolor energy remained there, acting like an anchor which kept them grounded.
âUrgghhâŠ!â Greed tried exerting his power but couldnât free himself from the multicolor aura. His body was stiff. He couldnât move. Serenity, Love, and Wrath were having the same situation.
âHehe. It seems that you have all used up your power to halt me these past two days,â Lucifer slowly floated down to them. âAnd all of it has been for nothing.â
âDonât sound so proud about it. If not for that vile outworlder, our plan would have worked,â Wrath hissed defiantly.
Lucifer glanced at Master, who came to his side. He said, âOnly a sore loser speaks of a what- if scenario. Thing happens, and thatâs it. There was no if. You lose, and I win. Itâs a battle, not a debate.â
Greed sat on the ground. âYou are right. The outcome is clear by now. Do your worst,â he said. âAre you going to kill us?â Love asked.
Lucifer grinned at the question. âAre you afraid of dying?â He asked in return.
âJust get it over with! Is there a need to taunt us?â Serenity asked.
Lucifer caressed his chin in contemplation. He said, âTo be honest, Fear has paid for the frustration you all caused. Iâm no longer displeased. Not when everything is going well⊠for me, at least, hahahaâŠâ
âYou truly enjoy the sound of your voice, donât you?â Greed asked.
âI do,â Lucifer replied.
The four defeated Gods gave Lucifer the silent treatment. The devil was just toying with them at this stage. They refused to play his game.
Lucifer taunted the Gods a few more times without receiving any retort from his opponents. He finally said, âI see that you are all eager to end this. Very well, then. I will fulfill your wish.â
He aimed his palm at them. A multicolor wave radiated out from that palm. The wave hit the four Gods and lingered. Colorful energy continued to pour out of Luciferâs open palm. The multicolor aura bathing the four Gods intensified.
Although the four Gods yielded to their fate, they werenât willing to make it easy for Lucifer. They pumped their energies to resist. Unfortunately, they were already too weak. Lucifer laughed mockingly at their effort. The four Gods found their bodies became heavier and stiffer the longer this multicolor aura bathed them.
âThis⊠You are not killing usâŠ?â Serenity asked. She realized the oddness of their conditions. The multicolor aura didnât deteriorate their life force. It was impeding them.
âHehe. I never said anything about killing,â Lucifer answered. âI want you to watch how I transform this realm⊠from this eternal prison. Helpless and unable to do anything about it. Hahaha!â
âYou, monster!â Serenity scolded.
âNo, Iâm not. Iâm a devil,â Lucifer returned with a devilish grin.
The colorful aura continued to build. The four Godsâ bodies became so stiff they couldnât even move their fingers anymore. Their skin started to lose color, and so did their clothes. Slowly, they turned into pale statues.
Lucifer admired his handiwork. These Gods wouldnât be able to do anything. They could send their divine senses to find out what was happening in the vicinity but couldnât interact by any means. He would need to renew the energy binding them every few decades to make sure they kept being bound.
Maybe when the conquest of the upperworld was completed, he would build a throne and move these statues there. These fallen Gods would be fine monuments to remember his triumph in dominating the entire world.
He was still feeling exultant in his victory when he realized something. The rookie God, he no longer sensed that outworlderâs presence!
He was about to look around when he felt a prickling pain in his side. He turned and saw Master. The rookie Godâs hand was on the side where he felt the pain. He looked down and barely saw a small orb drilling into his body.
âWhat did youâŠâ
A blast of chaotic energy poured out of the wound, where the small orb had drilled in. The prickling pain transformed into a debilitating, intense agony that caused even him to involuntarily utter a pained cry.
On reflex, he lashed out with an energy blow that could flatten mountains. Master was blasted by this energy and flew away from the impact.
Lucifer endured the burning pain and looked at his wound. A stream of colorful energy flowed out uncontrollably from the wound. He could feel his life force flowing out with that leaking
energy.
âArghâŠ!â He covered the wound using his hand. He focused his power to seal the wound. Yet, he could only slow the leak. He couldnât stop it. To make things worse, he could feel that tiny orb was still wreaking havoc inside him.
âAhhhâŠ!! What did you do to meâŠ?!â Lucifer yelled. The ground shook from his voice.
Master, who had been blown away, stayed far away. His divine essence was hurt by the blow just now. He knew if he faced Lucifer directly, he would be defeated in a short time. Thankfully, Lucifer had also exhausted a great deal of power from his battle against the six Gods. The devil was not at full power.
âWhat is this thing inside meâŠ?!â Lucifer shouted.
âIt is your end,â Master answered. He then shot up into the sky.
âWhere the hell do you think you are going?!â Lucifer shot up as well.
The sky up there had been cleared by the battle between Lucifer and the six Gods earlier. However, when Lucifer was dealing with Greed and the others, Master secretly used his Godly power to remake the clouds. He now disappeared inside them.
Lucifer shoved his hand forward. The clouds in the sky were blasted away. As they did, Master came into view again. Or rather, his illusions. Hundreds of Masterâs copies were floating in the
sky.
âDo not think this cheap trick can save you!â Lucifer exclaimed. His body spun, releasing a radial torrent of multicolor energy.
This torrent turned into a massive hurricane that swept all the copies. However, the copies floated there unaffected. All of them displayed condescending expressions.
âStruggle all you like. You will simply accelerate your end,â All the copies said at the same time.
Master was telling the truth. Lucifer could feel it as well. His essence was leaking faster when he discharged his power. The thing inside him also got fiercer, and he couldnât stop it! âAarrhhh⊠I will kill youâŠ!!â Lucifer didnât stop. He spread his arms and shot energy blasts in all directions. These blasts traveled for miles and obliterated everything they hit.
âI must say, Hope meets his end in a much more graceful manner than you,â Masterâs copies continued to taunt.
âDamn youâŠ!!!â Lucifer cursed. âWhy canât I find you?!â
All the copies contained Masterâs presence. Lucifer had hit every single copy, but all of them
were illusions.
While divine beings had mana concealment, it was their natural state. They never truly trained for it like Jack and Master did. The mastery attained by Jack and Master was at a completely different level. Hence, when Master attained Godhood, he could push this ability further. Not only could he turn invisible, but he could also erase all his presence. Thatâs how he could ambush Lucifer using the Godkiller when the devilâs attention was elsewhere. He could also imbue all his copies with his presence, fooling even a divine being like Lucifer.
Unlike Hope, who controlled his passing, Lucifer never stopped rampaging. He continued to build up energy until it reached critical mass. This chaotic energy reacted with the Godkiller inside him. His body burst apart in a spectacular explosion.
The explosion again covered the entire region. Most of everything within the area of effect was destroyed. The terrain changed shape. Those far enough to safely witness the explosion thought the sun had fallen to the surface.
After the explosion receded, Master came into view. He was within the blast zone. He had erected a protective barrier when the explosion happened, but he was still hurt. He sensed his divine essence greatly weakened. He was not in danger, though. He would recover in time.
âHahaha⊠HAHAHAâŠ!!â
His laugh echoed throughout the sky. âFrom now on, I will be the only divine in this worldâŠ!â
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