“Divine Domain Declaration.”
Barbatos slammed his right foot down hard on the ground.
“Shura Path.”
The moment Barbatos finished speaking, the world beneath his feet twisted.
Kuuuu───wuuung
Yuma looked around. The world didn’t manifest separately. It seemed that a domain was declared over the land of the Astes Empire, just like the [Ending] created by God Incrinew above the temple.
Divine Domain.
A unique territory possessed by the gods.
The [Shura Path] boasted a dominion with a radius of 500 meters.
“As long as I, Barbatos, don’t die, this domain won’t crumble. I, a god from the Divine Realm, have established these rules on this land.”
“Is that so.”
Yuma replied nonchalantly.
Then he put his thinking cap on. It looked distant compared to the Divine Domain that God Incrinew had unfolded, [Ending]. Unlike [Ending], which was a technique to eradicate enemies, this [Shura Path] seemed to function as a field for ability enhancement.
As the Shura Path unfolded, Barbatos’s momentum grew even stronger.
Originally, a human swordmaster’s protective energy had already been far beyond the norm. But now, it felt like the very earth itself was blessing Barbatos, as massive flames flickered.
“This is your execution ground, human.”
Yuma half-listened to Barbatos’s words while gazing at the scenery of the Shura Path.
Graves towering over a hundred stacked high were visible before him. And surrounding the graves were thousands of weapons stuck into the ground.
The effect of [Shura Path] was straightforward.
If Barbatos had enough residual divine power, he could amplify his original strength several times over. Speed and energy circulation increased dramatically.
And he felt no pain whatsoever. While not feeling pain, all other senses were sharply maximized.
For Barbatos, it was an environment where he could fight without hesitation.
Moreover, the immense aura of death contained within the Shura Path confronted anyone entering the area, freezing their thoughts and even driving them mad. But for Yuma, who possessed the immunity skill [Dread Resistance] against all mental invasion techniques, that was a moot point.
Thud-thud-thud- thud-
Barbatos slowly flexed his shoulders, loosening up his body.
‘That guy can’t possibly unleash an attack beyond his current level of understanding time and time again.’
Not knowing the effects of [Absolute Counter], Barbatos couldn’t help but think this way. The mysterious darkness that spread from behind Yuma just now had enough power to shake even the divine energy of a rank-one god like him.
I couldn’t help but think. The mysterious darkness that just spread from behind Yuma had a power so immense that it could shake the very divinity of a tier-one god like him.
There was no way such strength could be used consecutively.
Barbatos thought so.
The truth was that his own unleashed attack was far too powerful. He couldn’t fathom that an attack ten times that strength would obviously go beyond comprehension.
‘I’ll hunt you down, Yuma.’
Swoosh─
Barbatos summoned over fifty [Formless Swords] into the sky.
A mere human shouldn’t be infected with the fear of death.
‘Before you can unleash that much power again.’
Each of the rising purple swords contained absolute power.
‘I’ll kill you first.’
Thanks to the recent battle, the setting had shifted closer to enormous mountains than an outdoor training ground. Barbatos swung his right hand forward.
Towards Yuma standing before him.
A colossal sword that seemed capable of wiping out an entire royal palace rained down like lightning.
Rumbleeee! Rumble──!
With roughly fifty of them, Yuma gazed at the raindrop-like onslaught of swords. While it was clear that the front ones would impact within the area of effect, the ones in the back posed a risk of going beyond that and hitting the royal palace.
‘I’ll deflect them.’
<Blink>
Deflecting the back swords was the priority. Yuma’s body initially blinked into thin air.
Kugugugu!!!
The form of swords mercilessly jabbed where Yuma had been.
And with the power of the flying magic-inscribed armor, [Magical Armor], snatched from High Elf Luine, he glided through the air.
He continuously used Blink.
Yuma’s body flickered with bursts of light, teleporting again and again.
Bang bang bang bang bang!!
The swords poured down in a diagonal trajectory.
Shrrrrrrrr──
The massive trees lined up were all split in half diagonally.
Yuma’s body, having dodged all the fallen swords with air-blinking, was flung backward. He’d had enough practice with [Magical Armor] for a week. He thought it should be useful.
Sky.
Four lightning-like Formless Swords descended upon Yuma, who had been soaring in the skies for an extended period.
Yuma raised Balmung.
He wasn’t the only one with extra lives. With his magical armor [Magical Armor], and the defensive gear made by Dwarves, graced with the gods’ power, [Guardian’s Armor]. Plus, he still had the [Miraculous Aegis], which could definitely block five deadly attacks.
So right now, I’m able to focus on the current situation.
– There’s no attack that can’t be parried. Every attack has a parry point.
Holding firmly to those words I’ve defined for myself.
Ka-ga-a-aang! Ch-jor-eo-eong!
Duke Yuma swung Balmung through the sky. The four distorted intangible blades traced arcs and reversed their course.
Gwa-rururururururinnn!!!
The thunderous roar that tore apart the atmosphere struck the ears of the palace people watching the battle with blank faces.
Kwa-a-aang!
Barbatos soared up, gazing at Yuma walking in the sky. Endless purple currents rippled across Barbatos’ whole body.
Barbatos swung his right arm, heavily charged with divine power, toward the rushing intangible blades. But there was no way to block it.
It was ten times the intangible blades unleashed at [Suraldo]. The intangible blade mercilessly obliterated Barbatos’ right arm and pierced through his upper body.
Puh-buk─! Pu-hwaak─!!
The four reversed intangible blades simultaneously jabbed into Barbatos’ body.
Barbatos’ red eyes temporarily turned pitch black.
Zze──gak
The purple clock moved its minute hand.
Time Reversal.
Dududududuck!
The intangible blades that pierced Barbatos’ body scattered, and his whole form in the sky was restored to its original state.
Available uses of time reversal power remaining.
2/3
Two-thirds.
“Kwa-a-a-a-a-a-k!!!!!!”
Ch-jor-eo-eong!
Barbatos let out a beast-like roar, treading through the air. The wave of tearing atmosphere spread messily, creating a sonic boom that hit the ears of the onlookers once again.
The divine form of Barbatos appeared before Yuma.
“Die─!”
Barbatos’ outstretched palm glimmered with a golden hue aimed at Yuma.
<Blink>
Yuma’s divine form blinked again.
In the side of the Buddha’s form, Yuma’s body appeared. Then he promptly slashed upwards at the tip of the Buddha’s palm.
Ch-jor-eo-eo-eo-eo-eeng!
The golden wave spread widely in a circular shape.
<Absolute Counter>
Hoo-ook.
Barbatos grimaced as he faced the Buddha’s tenfold-Absolute Counter targeting him.
‘Is this even possible?’
All the understanding, common sense, and concepts built up as a deity twisted into chaos.
The sun. Common sense. Concepts have all been twisted upside down.
KWA───────────ANG!
A massive silver palm struck Barbatos’s entire body.
THUD— WUDDUDDUDDUK!
Every bone shattered.
KWAZIK!
His right eye burst.
JJEOR-EOK!
His right leg couldn’t withstand the pressure and was torn off, plummeting to the ground.
CHA-AK!
Barbatos, folded like a shrimp, was sent flying endlessly backward, toward the massive mountains behind.
THUD!
The god’s body scraped the ground, sliding endlessly. His innate defense and protective divine powers turned the terrain into a disaster zone.
Barbatos, embedded in the ground, continued to be pushed along. Trees struck his back, all of them shattered. Cliffs crumbled to dust.
KWA-KWA-KWA-KWA-KWA-KWA-KWA!
Dust clouds surged wildly. Rocks shattered into countless pieces.
One of the mountainous regions surrounding the Empire was swept away by Barbatos’s body, struck by the God of Patience.
Literally, Barbatos’s body, reduced to rags, was enveloped in light.
JJE────KAK!
A purple clock moved its hands.
Time reversal.
THUD!
Limit on time reversal ability usage:
3/3
The last use of the power was exhausted.
Barbatos’s limbs were completely restored.
But Barbatos couldn’t easily lift his sprawled body off the ground.
PLOP—
Footsteps were heard.
“What are you, human Yuma?”
It was the sound of Yuma’s footsteps.
Raising his upper body, Barbatos gazed blankly at the approaching Yuma.
“What on earth was that palm strike you just unleashed without even moving?”
“I told you it was that treasured martial art of mine.”
Yuma took another step closer.
He walked slowly across the ground, which looked like it had been ravaged by a disaster.
PLOP—
“Prove your martial arts, Fallen God.”
Barbatos no longer saw Yuma as merely a human.
