Thud... Thud...
As the rules of the Colosseum of the Gods officially took effect,
the male angels who had been flying in the sky moments ago plummeted downward like dumplings being tossed into boiling water.
Raising clouds of dust, they forced Havoc and Norn, among others, to cover their mouths and noses.
Across the massive arena,
on the empty northern ground, a replica of The Ancient One emerged slowly. Clad in an ochre sorcerer's robe, bald-headed, he appeared gradually.
With his right hand folded across his chest, he bowed slightly to the over 8,000 enemies standing before him.
"I shall show you the wonders of magic."
"Who the hell are you?! You wanna fight just like that?! Let me out! I quit!"
The Titan, a universe mercenary who looked like just another kid, holding a huge iron staff, angrily pointed his weapon at Kei Yamanaka standing on the high platform.
The words barely left his mouth when the Decay Concept, accelerated by Time's influence, enveloped the Titan.
Before his arrogant expression could fade, his body rapidly withered and slumped forward, collapsing into a pile of foul, rotting flesh within mere seconds, crashing onto the ground.
"What the hell!"
Those universe mercenaries who knew how powerful the Titan was all looked terrified, instinctively stepping back in unison!
Titan, nicknamed "Square Root of Two,"
was equipped with a Third Generation Super Warrior's body, wielded two advanced dark energy weapons, possessed immense strength and durable defense, and was both offensive and defensive.
His strength was said to rival the sacred wings of Guy.
Yet under this so-called "Corruption Penalty," he couldn't last five seconds before his corpse started to stink?!
[Mirror Dimension]
The Divine Chaos Mage replica of The Ancient One curved the corners of his mouth into a warm smile.
He swept both hands forward in a sweeping motion.
Space twisted and flipped like mirrored surfaces all around them!
The heavens and earth inverted; the ground rose vertically, transforming into walls while the sky now appeared where the ground used to be.
Gravity had been completely rewritten.
The surrounding walls fragmented into countless mirrors, randomly joined together and rotating throughout the space.
In the group of over 8,000 individuals, many fell from the sky without warning, plummeting upward toward where the sky had once been. Within twenty seconds, they were crushed into meat pulp.
Most others, relying on their extraordinary physical abilities, barely managed to cling to whatever they could reach, narrowly escaping a deadly fall.
Their faces filled with horror and dread as they stared at the chaos unfolding before them.
[Vatum Wind]
The Ancient One extended both hands forward, releasing violent gales that surged ahead, rushing directly toward those barely stabilized figures.
"What the hell are you all standing there for?! Try taking on that bald crone first!"
Havoc shot a nervous glance at Shinigami Kal beside him, urgently barking orders at his men.
He had secretly tested earlier.
All his previously obedient dark energy had completely vanished, and the Black Hole Engine within his body had nearly shut down.
Without dark energy backing him, he couldn't even summon the strength to strike someone!
Much less create a black hole!
Now their only hope lay with Kal cracking this space open!
"They said it's the first boss... there's gotta be more ahead, right?"
"You think if you surrender, they'd just let you go?"
"Come on, please~ We're just doing our job for the cash. Can't we just abandon this mission?"
"The Titans have already been reduced to Gray-Rank!"
"L-let's give it a shot! Those ranked last ten for team contribution should at least pretend to do some damage. Survive this one first, or we'll all end up as rotting meat."
A group of universe mercenaries, already scared out of their wits, exchanged a few words with each other.
Seeing those angels and Tao Tie and Giant Wolf Warriors under Shinigami Kal's command charging toward that bald woman using the rotating, puzzle-like terrain and structures,
they immediately followed suit without further hesitation.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Numerous angels carrying bows took position under Ruoning's leadership, drawing their arrows.
A sky-darkening rain of dark-alloy arrows whistled through the air toward The Ancient One!
"Rotate!"
With a finger sweeping before her, The Ancient One opened a spatial gateway crackling with golden sparks, instantly swallowing all incoming arrows.
The next moment, over a hundred spatial gateways precisely targeted those angels positioned at the rear of the enemy formation.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Blood splattered everywhere while blades pierced flesh repeatedly.
Many angels whose genes had stagnated since millennia ago were directly impaled by their own dark-alloy arrows!
[Faltine's Flame!]
Hands folded before her in strange mudra, The Ancient One incanted.
Wild flames surged around her, instantly reducing to black ashes all angels, Tao Ties, and Giant Wolf Warriors who had charged close enough!
[Red Magic Bands of Setorak], [Vishanti's Unnamed Flame], [Ice and Fire Curse], [Ikon Illusion], [Energy Whip], [Blood-red Chains], [Sacred Sword], [Borsato's Thunder], [Lag-Gadol's Ring]...
It was as if she were showcasing the dazzling legacy of magical arts.
Every spell she cast was unique; she never repeated any spell she used, nor did she bother to unleash full power.
But these effortlessly cast spells—each demonstrating only a fraction of their true might—
effortlessly neutralized countless attacks.
Whether it was Tao Tie and Giant Wolves from the Styx civilization, or angels from the old era, all were swiftly annihilated by her relentless magical onslaught!
"Kal! How much longer are we gonna wait? The real one hasn't even shown up yet! Some copy shows up, and we're already about to get wiped out! If you don't hurry, we're all gonna get wiped out!"
Havoc clung to a relief carving, barely managing to stabilize his form on it.
Ruoning, Sno, Nusa, and others simultaneously turned their gazes toward Kal upon hearing this.
"The space we're currently in doesn't belong to any location within the known universe—it's inside their dimensional realm. Big Clock needs time to calculate. You guys should focus more on defeating this opponent first."
Kal struggled to maintain his link with the Big Clock.
His expression remained calm, but inside he was already losing his mind.
Without dark energy support, plus chaotic space-time laws, his Illusionary Body now resembled mosaic-like distortion.
Havoc was anxious—but Kal was even more frantic!
But even after Hikaku ran calculations for hours, he still couldn't find any breakthrough within this dimensional realm that exceeded the scope of the known universe!
"Damn it! I'll just run this bastard Kal-El through with my blade! You really think I can take down that bald old witch?"
Havoc raised his Void Weapon, ready to slash at Kal-El.
Ruoning standing by his side grabbed his arm.
"Hold on a little longer!"
Ruoning looked stormy. While holding Havoc back, she gestured toward one side of the battlefield.
There, Mutou, the cosmic bounty hunter bound by mysterious blood-red energy chains around both wrists, suddenly pushed off with his feet. Using the chains binding his hands, he abruptly yanked The Ancient One off the ground and sent her flying toward him.
Beside Mutou, dozens of mercenaries simultaneously swung their weapons at The Ancient One.
The Ancient One's primordial form!
Butterflies filled the sky.
All those who'd attacked The Ancient One—alongside their weapons—morphed into swirling, vibrant butterflies, scattering in all directions throughout the space before quickly melting away, vanishing like snow under the sun.
A scene that should have been breathtakingly beautiful.
Yet the attackers surrounding The Ancient One all involuntarily gulped hard.
"Maybe you should just stab Kal-El after all."
Ruoning released her grip on Havoc's wrist.
Sure, Mutou wasn't a big name, but he was a real apex-tier Third Generation Super Warrior!
And just like that—blink and you'd miss it—Mutou turned into butterflies and vanished!
Gone!
That was an apex-tier Third Generation Divine Body!
This wasn't some delicate flower that couldn't take the wind!
Damn it!
Forget the fact they couldn't use dark energy now, and their internal Void Engines were effectively scrap—at full strength, none of them stood a chance against that old woman!
Is this even a team fight? A first-stage boss?!
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