Razznik calmly looked around at the Twilight Wolves who had begun to gather around the crater. Rather than get agitated, his breath mellowed out as he dropped to a low stance, pulling his right leg back in an arc. He then raised both his palms, facing them towards the sky.
To all the onlookers’ shock, the aggressive Razznik had adopted a defensive stance for the first time. It appeared he had finally acknowledged the Twilight Wolves as a worthy threat. That or, he had some other dastardly plan in mind.
“ Gravitas Nullificatio Veri Corporis Translatio …”
“Damn you!” Kashi cursed through furrowed brows as he glared at the softly chanting Razznik. He wanted to wait until the rest of the Twilight Wolves gathered, but Razznik refused to play by the script. The draconian recognized the start of that spell! Nothing good would happen if he let Razznik finish.
In a race against time, Kashi could not waste a single second! The draconian pointed his hands backward and channeled his flames! BOOM! The air behind Kashi combusted in a tremendous explosion, sending the daeben bursting forward with the speed of a rocket!
VWOOSH! Kashi closed the distance between himself and Razznik in the blink of an eye. Staring into Razznik’s calm, but murderous gaze, the draconian expertly repositioned himself and launched a roundhouse kick mid-air. Only, this was no ordinary kick. A bevy of blue flames burned around his feet!
‘Tier 3?’ Razznik’s eyes narrowed as he admired the flames’ strange beauty. As expected, Kashi had also Transcended. Perhaps because he was already monstrous, Kashi’s ascension only boosted his elemental ranks by one tier without any crazy domains. Well, ‘only’ was relative. To ninety-nine percent of the population, a boost to a single elemental rank was already insane, speak less of all three.
Despite his acknowledgment, Razznik did not falter before Kashi’s might. His left palm softly pushed out. Boom! Kashi’s foot exploded on contact with Razznik’s push! The blue flames consumed the Chaos God, leaving severe burn marks, but his gaze remained neutral.
Kashi spun, adding to the centrifugal force from Razznik’s push. In the blink of an eye, he rotated 360 degrees and kicked at Razznik’s right with the back of his heel.
Boom! Another explosion consumed Razznik as he once again slapped Kashi’s right leg. The flames mercilessly devoured his flesh until even bone was visible. Fortunately, his innate healing kicked in, restoring most of the devoured flesh. However, that did nothing to stop the searing pain.
Razznik predictably ignored the pain, as he dropped to the ground before Kashi could chain another attack. He placed his palm on the ground, causing a massive dark-brown mandala to appear. Brackt! With a terrible groan, several rock spires shot out of the ground like hungry snakes, shooting toward Kashi.
Kashi quickly recognized the perilous situation. Without delay, he pointed his arm down and ignited an explosive retreat toward the sky.
Bam! Bam! Bam! Dust, smoke, and stone scattered as the rock snakes smashed into each other at Kashi’s previous location. Contrary to expectations, the spires did not shatter to pieces but instead merged into one giant snakehead that shot up toward the stunned Kashi.
Vwoosh! The snakehead suddenly crumbled just before it swallowed the draconian. Looking down, Kashi noticed Razznik let go of the mandala to deal with arrows that curved around the dense rock formations to charge at him.
Razznik’s eyes narrowed as he regarded the arrows. At his level, many would look down on these arrows, but Razznik would never. Over his life, he had learned to use a sledgehammer to smash in any nails!
Razznik smoothly danced around the crater, dodging several arrows, and then rapidly slapped out several palm-shaped ki-constructs. The palms crashed into the arrows. Pa! Pa! Pa! Without fail, the arrows shattered on impact. ‘Hm?’ Strangely, Razznik frowned. Sensing something wrong, he looked at one of the shattered arrows.
Hulululu~ Strange silver petals blossomed where the arrows shattered.
A terrible premonition struck the Chaos God. He quickly looked around, and sure enough, thousands of silver petals hovered in the areas where he destroyed the arrows.
In the distance, Leila’s eyes shone with a silver sheen. Reflected in only her eyes was an image made up of several mirror-like shards depicting Razznik’s steady gaze. A small smile tugged at the edge of the archer’s lips, but she did not hesitate to squeeze her fist. “[Flower Burial!]”
Upon Leila’s command, the silver petals first spread out to form a dome that surrounded Razznik, and then rapidly shrank! It was clear they intended to crush the Chaos God!
In response, a dark-brown mandala appeared beneath Razznik. He raised his hands, causing a stone dome to cover him. He did not stop here, however, as the dome was far from sufficient protection, evidenced by the petals shredding the stone spires to pieces on their way down. Razznik poured mana into the earthen shield, causing tiny mandalas to appear all around it. Microseconds later, a silver, metallic tint took over the brown surface.
Transmutation! Razznik converted the stone to steel. The steel would remain as so until the mana within dissipated, at which point it would return to stone. There were rumors that a treasure existed that could make such transmutations permanent, but so far, there was no evidence.
Regardless, the petal storm struck the steel dome releasing a resounding clang that echoed for miles! Despite several deep cuts along its frame, the reinforced steel dome barely hung on!
Vwoosh ! Just then, a gigantic, rapidly spinning spear shot down like a meteor. Bang! The spear drilled several inches into the dome, but just when it seemed it would pierce through, it suddenly came to a hard halt. “Break For Me!” Before anyone could react, Hektor dropped from the skies. With red, blazing eyes, a purple dragon roared above his clenched fists, which he smashed against the shaft.
BOOM! A resonant dragon roar burst out as the dome exploded on impact!
Chunks of steel scattered across the land, revealing Razznik’s dark gaze beyond. The Chaos God had attempted to use [Earth Escape] but found opposing mana in the earth. He could obliterate that mana, but it would use up time he did not have!
Lacking defense, Razznik instead, chose attack! A pair of bright-silver mandalas spun around his palms as he slapped forward. VWOOSH! A tremendous tornado burst out of the mandalas, threatening to swallow Hektor.
“Miss me?” Bang ! The tempestuous winds smashed into an earthen-mana shield, preventing Hektor from getting struck. Stryke stuck his tongue out as he peeked at Razznik over his buckler.
With the raid leader’s defense, Hektor’s eyes narrowed into slits as he danced past Stryke. A mixture of purple and red aurae exploded from Hektor as he channeled his newly-acquired dragoon aura. The young man’s aura felt demonic as he exploded forward with the spear in hand. “[Dance of the Dragon God]!” Hektor’s momentum exploded as he launched several blows in quick succession whilst disappearing and appearing Razznik.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Hektor’s illusions would have fooled any layman, but who was Razznik!? The Chaos God responded to the tiniest of mana inflections, ultimately sussing out Hektor’s position. He expertly slapped away each strike, caring not for the bouts of trojan mana destroying his arms from the inside.
Just like with Kashi’s flames earlier, Razznik could have protected himself from these rogue mana with a simple ki or mana shield. It was basic protection for any mediocre fighter. Unfortunately, Razznik decided to ignore that type of defense. Instead, he pooled every scrap of mana and ki.
“You’re still chanting!?” Kashi roared as he appeared above Razznik. The young man’s shout was engaged to distract the Chaos God, but Razznik remained unfazed. Seeing the man’s stoic gaze, the draconian snorted. “Deal with this then!” With those words, Kashi punched out.
Strangely, Kashi did not punch at Razznik as expected. Why would he? The combat pervert most likely already had several counters in mind. Instead, he flooded the area around Razznik with several punch-shaped ki-constructs.
‘That kid!’ For the first time, Razznik’s gaze faltered as a tense smile tugged at his lips. ‘He destabilized the mana around me.’ Kashi’s evil move sent the mana around Razznik into chaos. As a result, Razznik could no longer track the changes around him. The result was as expected.
“Ha!” Without a method to track him, Hektor finally broke through Razznik’s defenses. He landed a solid blow on the Chaos God’s exposed back! His spear failed to tear through Razznik’s skin, but Hektor was unperturbed. The young man’s aura focused, spiraling down his arm, to the spearhead. Hektor’s eyes narrowed as the roar of an ancient dragon echoed around the world. “[Ryuga Tenkuru]!” A majestic, purple Long dragon burst out of Hektor’s spear! The great dragon swallowed Razznik in one bite, and then shot into the sky, carrying the Chaos God along!
‘Ngh!’ Within the construct, Razznik gritted his teeth as he was savaged by the dragon’s aura. Even as his skin peeled, Razznik stubbornly waved his arms, creating a new mandala. BOOM! Unfortunately, the dragon exploded before he could cast his spell. The chaotic mana shattered his mandala, inducing a terrible mana backlash.
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The world went silent as Razznik coughed up blood!
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Emboldened by Razznik’s severe injury, Absalon clasped his hand, causing several mandalas to appear around the Chaos God. Absalon smiled when he saw Razznik’s scornful glare. He did not doubt that Razznik could withstand whatever gravity spell he induced. However, that was not his goal. With a flip of his hand, two opposite mandalas got the [Attract] properties, while the other two got the [Repel] properties.
The opposing gravitational pulls locked Razznik in place. With Razznik’s strength, it would only take a second to break free. It was only one second. The briefest of seconds, in fact. But, that was more than enough!
“[Dragon Rush]!” With an imperial shout, Kashi appeared before Razznik and delivered a devasting punch before the Chaos God could get away. With the first punch connecting, Kashi immediately linked into a never-ending combo of punches and kicks augmented by flames, wind, and lightning, until, eventually, he drew his fist back, channeling several elemental dragons into a singular gigantic fist, that then smashed into Razznik. “[Ryuso-Kesu!]!”
BANG! The elemental fist crashed into Razznik, sending him flying down to the earth with the force of a cannon! The Chaos God’s skin alternated between burning, freezing, and electrified, leaving him briefly stunned and unable to retaliate in the short term.
As Razznik plummeted, sadistic laughter erupted around him. The Chaos God could not move his neck, but he spotted the giant bat wings and the irritating vampire’s sardonic grin.
“Hey! That looks like a pretty bad fall,” Syèl taunted as he swooped over Razznik. A pair of yellow eyes twinkled teasingly as he questioned as he spread his wings and held them taut, “Need a hand?” Flap! The wings caught the wind causing Syèl to slow down, and bank upwards. The vampire’s eyes then turned red with blood as he offered with a devilish grin. “How about several!”
Pu! Pu! Pu! Twelve bloody arms shot out of Syèl’s back and then launched down toward the falling Razznik . Pa! Pa! Each arm stretched out and then wrapped around Razznik’s arm, legs, neck, and waist. Pa! Syèl severed the bloody tails to his back. With another move, he manipulated his blood to solidify around Razznik like pairs of shackles.
Syèl’s eyes lit up as he then squeezed his hand. The shackles suddenly froze, keeping Razznik suspended in the air. Just when it seemed like Syèl had saved Razznik from striking the ground, a hail of murderous arrows shot down from the sky, blasting the defenseless Chaos God!
SCRIII! While Razznik got pelted from above, Shokō rushed below him and unleashed her blade that had been screaming out for blood.
A gigantic ki-crescent sliced out of Shokō’s blade and crashed into Razznik.
BOOM! Razznik coughed up even more blood from the relentless attacks, but the madman only used them as fuel to go even further! With a roar, Razznik released a dangerous burst of ki that shattered all remaining arrows. Ignoring all injuries, he turned to Syèl with ferocious eyes.
“Ooh, don’t look at me like that.” Syèl joked as he spun his hands. “You’ll make my girl jealous!”
The blood shackles melted under the vampire’s command, turning into numerous ropes that linked together to firmly bind the enraged Chaos God.
In response, Razznik snorted as he flexed his muscles and then forcefully shattered his bindings.
“Whoo, you’re a tough one eh?” Syèl chuckled as the shattered ropes rapidly coagulated into several spikes.
Without anywhere to go, Razznik could only glare at Syèl and cover his head as the spikes stabbed him from all angles! By infiltrating Razznik’s bloodstream with his blood, Syèl hoped to explode Razznik from within. Unfortunately, Razznik deliberately incinerated all traces of Syèl’s blood that once they entered his blood. Fortunately for Syèl though, this action caused Razznik to suffer even more internal injuries. At this rate, his doom was only a matter of time!
No one knew about this impending doom more than Razznik himself. The man rapidly took in the position of everyone present, including the two combatants who had yet to enter the battlefield.
Despite the dire situation, Razznik’s eyes remained calm. The Chaos God looked down at the sharpest sword amongst the bunch and slapped down! To everyone’s shock, a gigantic fist almost thirty meters long shot out of his palm and pressed down toward the stunned swordswoman.
Shokō could not help but curse her luck. Why did it seem like Razznik was taking out all his frustrations on her with this ridiculous attack! She could not even dodge as she was still in the process of returning to a neutral position after her previous swing. Unlike in video games, it was not easy to break off gathered momentum. With Shokō’s training, she could forcefully do so, but it would result in internal injuries which would still leave her vulnerable to the palm.
Normally, Shokō would have panicked here, but the Twilight Wolf was aware of her pack. She was not alone. She did not know who, but someone would definitely bail her out in time!
‘Da! Da! Da! Da!’
Shokō’s eyes widened in shock as an unlikely partner stopped the palm just before impact. “You?”
“Heh,” Larsial revealed a wry smile as the giant spider-construct surrounding her repeatedly struck the palm-construct. Larsial quickly joined, repeatedly striking the construct with her blades until cracks began to spread across its length.
“We’ll be hitching a ride!” A happy-go-lucky Stryke roared from atop Hogosha’s back as the latter unbelievably jumped onto the palm-construct.
Larsial’s lips tugged upward at the blatant trust as she launched one final attack, striking the palm at its center! The palm lurched upward and shattered, but not before launching the duo towards Razznik in the sky.
Razznik regarded the incoming youth. Just before Stryke reached him, black mandalas appeared in Razznik’s eyes. The Chaos God’s lips spread in a small smile as he finally spoke. “Too late.”
“No!” On the ground, Kashi’s expression was a mixture of horror and frustration as he glared at the smiling Chaos God. “He finished the chant!”
Before anyone could question the source of Kashi’s trepidation, a mile-wide mandala suddenly appeared in the air with Razznik at the center.
A MILE-WIDE!
While diameter was not always in direct correlation to spell power, it was commonly accepted that the larger the mandala, the greater the spell within, whether by power or complexity.
A mile-wide construct was unbelievable! How many runes made up that mandala!? Thousands? Millions!? Every magician present almost felt the need to prostrate before the ingenious mind that created such a functioning spell!
Pop!
Then, before everyone’s eyes, Razznik suddenly disappeared from view.
While everyone searched for him, most followed Kashi’s grave eyes to the sky where the full moon shone brightly.
No, wait. Something was off. Why did the moon have a strange man-shaped shadow?
Wait—Was THAT!?
***
While the world looked up in abject horror, a lone man hovered several meters above the Thermosphere. Razznik, who had nearly quadrupled in size to resemble a giant, held a colossal broadsword in his right hand. The unconscious Chaos God should have fallen, but an anti-gravity spell kicked in, keeping him suspended for a little longer.
Chills spread along Razznik’s skin as the coldness of near-space threatened to freeze him into a popsicle. Though it knocked him out, the thin air almost also cost him his life but a small bubble of air appeared over his head like clockwork. These were all spells that were pre-cast into the massive mandala, they kicked in without any intervention on his part. Fortunately, Razznik had no intention of staying there long.
[Divine Body Hardening] [Divine Temporal Strength] [Forbidden Titan’s Strength]… Dozens of body-strengthening spells rapidly activated in the blink of an eye. With each spell, Razznik’s mass doubled, until he weighed over ten thousand kilograms!
An auto-lock spell kicked in, orienting Razznik in space so he was directly over Oni Hill.
Once he was in position, the anti-gravity spell dissipated, sending him into a free-fall.
***
On the ground, Kashi’s expression turned ugly! He recognized that spell! Inspired by old video games, Razznik experimented with creating an orbital bombardment with piledrivers. Unfortunately, during his time, Kashi’s Razznik abandoned the spell when he realized the insane amount of mana he would need to complete it. Also, he realized that the world would become immensely boring if he just dropped these city-destroying piledrivers on all his enemies so he never bothered completing it.
Well, it seemed that a thousand years of boredom was enough motivation for this world’s Razznik to finish the spell. Even worse, he modified it to work on his own body! Naturally only an indestructible god would dare fool around with something like this!
“No use whining. We need to find a solution now!”
Numerous ideas ran through Kashi’s mind in the span of a second, before settling on one. Kashi looked to the side, meeting Suzuki’s sharp gaze. Both men reached the same conclusion. This was their only chance!
“Kira, please open another connection.”
Kira’s brows furrowed. She wanted to join the fight, but from her inherited memories, she knew she could not fight in a group. Kira’sbattle-style was too widespread to allow team-ups with multiple people. Fortunately, there was more than one way to contribute to a fight.
Also, she had recovered most of her mana after nine minutes of rest. So, Kira connected to every Maggot present as they prepared their final gamble against the world-destroying meteor headed their way.
60 Seconds Left!