Chapter 7 – Divine Breakthrough: Eclipse Arsenal
Year 5 inside the Dimension
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The arena was gone.
What remained was a floating battlefield—massive stone shards suspended in the void, held together by glowing mana veins and divine pressure. The training ground had collapsed under the strain of Yuu's last resurrection.
He stood on the highest floating platform, shirtless, body covered in scar lines from battles that defied death.
The wind here wasn't real. It was spiritual pressure—currents of divine magic grinding against each other like blades.
And now, something new waited for him.
The Goddess hovered at the edge of the field, not smiling.
"This isn't training anymore," she said quietly.
Yuu's hands flexed. His knuckles were white.
"What is it?"
"A creature born from the souls of broken gods. A failed experiment. The Divine Chimera."
Thunder cracked far above them.
A shadow unfurled from the edge of the void.
The creature rose—thirty feet tall, plated in celestial bone and writhing tendrils of black flame. Three heads—lion, serpent, and dragon—each dripping with different divine aura. Its heartbeat alone caused the stone platforms to quake.
The Goddess spoke calmly.
"It wasn't supposed to survive the forge. But it did. And now, it waits. Just like you."
Yuu didn't move.
"Do I have permission to kill a god?"
"No," she said. "It's beyond gods."
Yuu raised his sword. "Perfect."
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Opening Clash
The Chimera moved without warning.
One moment still.
The next—boom—its lion head roared, and the air cracked open.
A divine beam erupted from its mouth, searing everything in front of it.
Yuu vanished.
Phantom Step activated.
He reappeared behind the beast, already swinging.
Sky Sever sliced upward, colliding with its spine.
The blade hit.
Clang.
It didn't cut.
The creature's hide pulsed with godsteel density.
Its tail snapped backward—serpent head launching like a whip.
Yuu raised his forearm to block.
Crack.
The force shattered bone.
Blood exploded from the impact.
He spun away—landed on a lower platform.
The dragon head exhaled.
A black mist of disintegration spilled outward.
Yuu lunged off the stone just as it dissolved under the fog.
Boom.
Explosion of mana behind him.
He was panting already.
And he hadn't even hurt it yet.
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Divine Arsenal Ritual Begins
The Goddess raised her hand.
"You're not strong enough to cut it. Not yet."
"Then make me stronger."
She didn't smile.
Instead, she unfurled a scroll made of soul-light.
"Then you must forge your first Arsenal weapon. The one that reflects your will. Your sin. And your purpose."
The scroll burned.
Light swallowed Yuu's body.
And the battlefield shifted again.
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Soulforge: Trial of the First Blade
He stood in a void of fire and memory.
Images flashed around him—his deaths, his failures, his doubts.
The Goddess's voice echoed.
"Shape your weapon. Name it. Bind it to the moment you decided you'd never lose again."
Yuu walked through the flames.
A thousand versions of himself stood in the inferno—each one a different mistake. Each one watching.
He found the anvil.
Laid his hand on the glowing steel.
And said:
"I name it Celestial Edge."
The sword formed. Long. Black and silver. The blade crackled with memory—his deaths, his resolve, his war against weakness.
And then—
He was back.
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The Final Duel – Part One
The Divine Chimera roared, shaking the heavens.
Yuu appeared before it again—eyes glowing, new blade in hand.
Celestial Edge sang with pressure.
He moved.
Faster than light. Faster than thought.
He slashed.
The blade cut deep—through the lion head's eye.
Blood sprayed.
The Chimera screamed. Its aura flared.
Boom.
The serpent lunged again.
Yuu ducked, twisted, stepped on its snout, and launched upward.
The dragon head inhaled.
It fired a spiral of annihilation magic.
Yuu spun his sword.
Gravity Veil activated.
Sky Sever exploded from his swing—cutting through the spell midair.
Boom.
Two forces collided.
The sky tore open.
Light devoured half the field.
Yuu emerged from the smoke, bleeding—but alive.
The Chimera stumbled, one head blinded.
But it was smiling.
It was learning.
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Final Duel – Part Two
Yuu went silent.
He dashed forward.
Clashed blades with the beast's claws.
Steel to bone. Light to pressure.
Each strike cratered the platform.
He cut the dragon's throat—but it regrew.
He stabbed into the serpent's eye—but it screamed and coiled his body.
Crack.
Another rib broke.
Blood poured down his chest.
He didn't stop.
Celestial Edge glowed brighter—pulling from every death he'd survived.
He jumped, flipped over the Chimera's spine, and drove the blade straight into its back.
The creature howled—then turned all three heads on him.
And unleashed all three divine breaths at once.
Fire. Acid. Lightning.
The platform disintegrated.
Yuu stood in the middle.
And whispered.
"Eclipse Arsenal. First Gate—Open."
The sword exploded with light.
A dome of black and silver energy surged around him.
The attacks collided—
Boom.
The sky shattered.
The Goddess turned away from the brightness.
When the light faded—
Only Yuu remained.
Kneeling. One arm broken. His blade lodged in the creature's heart.
It stopped moving.
And collapsed.
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Aftermath
Yuu dropped to his knees.
The blade faded from his hand.
His mana core was glowing again—no longer fractured, but reforged.
The Goddess landed beside him.
"That wasn't mortal strength," she said quietly.
"No," Yuu replied, breathing hard. "It was mine."
She looked at him—really looked.
"You're past human now. You know that, don't you?"
He nodded once.
"And I'll keep going. Because I haven't protected anyone yet."
She smiled for the first time in days.
"Then rest. You'll need it."
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Chapter End