Chapter 508: Chapter 508

Currently buried inside thick fluffy clouds, Sun Wukong was treating his surroundings like some ocean to float around on lazily.

Aaargh, seriously He then rubbed the back of his hand while muttering in irritation, I was having so much fun, so what the heck was up with that interference just now?

A beam of green energy flew out of nowhere and smacked him in the head, causing him to fly far, far away. But that wasnt the only energy beam. Many more beams flew out without any warning to completely flip the battlefields situation on its head.

The green rampage forced not just Thor and Loki to halt their fight, but even other Predators and Sun Wukong had to stop and be on standby for the time being.

Was that b.a.s.t.a.r.d, Osiris, responsible for this?

Su-hyeun didnt use an ability like this.

He displayed some magic talent, but that was nothing more than an ancillary ability to help him out occasionally. Indeed, his primary method of attack was using a sword and throwing a bunch of spears.

Which meant that it had to be Osiris that fired all those green rays.

And he fired so many of them, too.

Sun Wukong frowned while still feeling the numbness at the back of his head.

He got hit only once, but the impact force was considerable enough to throw him so far away. He even hurriedly summoned some clouds to protect his head, too. Yet he still ended up in this state.

The green beam was also too quick to dodge properly, while its power seemed a bit too much to block without him getting hurt.

In the end, it was the same as attacks that were utterly impossible to block and dodge that rained down like crazy.

Little bro Will he be alright?

Sun Wukong knew all too well that the tangled thread of fate belonging to the ancient past lives needed to be undone by the parties involved.

Su-hyeun requested for it, after all. Sun Wukong, wanting to honor that request and show his trust in his little brother, chose to turn his attention away from Osiris.

However, with things like this, he couldnt help but worry.

Even now, the battle between Su-hyeun and Osiris down on the ground was causing all sorts of explosions and ear-splitting noises to burst out.

Tsk. Still stuck in a dilemma, Sun Wukong smacked his lips and turned his head away.

But right at that moment

Rustle!

Hul

Sun Wukong shot back up to his feet and looked to his side, ceasing his lounging around on the cloud.

Pazzik, pazzzzik

He had spotted a particular spear floating in the air, with its shaft enveloped in azure lightning energy.

Kkyaaaaah!

It soon a.s.sumed an image of a dragon before rapidly descending to the ground below.

KA-RUUUMBLE!

Pazzzziii, bzzzzzz

Rumble

The azure lightning poured down below.

The lightning currents condensed, then condensed some more, eventually resembling a ma.s.sive azure pillar of light. In the middle of the pillar was Osiris, standing still as if he had become a magnet that was sucking in all those lightning currents.

Wow, Su-hyeun watched this scene unfold and exclaimed quietly to himself.

This would be his first time witnessing such highly concentrated electrical currents on a ma.s.sive scale. Even the Thunder Dragon Zeus used in the past shouldnt have been this strong.

This was the combined might of the thunder Zeus possessed, the G.o.dhood of Sky, and the weapon crafted by Brahma and wielded by Odin until recently, Gungnir.

Even so, this is well beyond even my expectations.

Su-hyeun worked hard to set up the stage just right to land this one shot.

He held himself back from direct close quarter attacks, then tried to match Osiriss pace by sticking primarily to ranged attacks instead.

And the result of his patience was this.

This might have been what he intended, but the destructive power on display felt several times greater than what he had antic.i.p.ated.

Is this because of Gungnirs effect?

The armament Gungnir was personally crafted by the Primordial G.o.d, Brahma.

It might have been a weapon that symbolized Odin, but even so, the actual implication behind it was not what one would typically expect. After all, it was a weapon made by a Primordial G.o.d.

Because of its origin, this weapon was bound to possess some extraordinary power, just like the divine artifacts Palm Leaf or the Somersault cloud that had existed since the beginning of time itself.

But Gungnir seemed to possess an even greater killing power than Palm Leaf or the Somersault cloud.

Pazik, bzzzz

The azure currents slowly grew fainter.

The electrical storm lasting for around 10 minutes receded, finally revealing Osiriss figure from within.

Bzzzik, sizzle

The remnants of azure currents sizzled, rising from his body like hot steam.

Gungnir fell from the sky to impale him straight through the chest. His whole body was now charred black, making it almost impossible to tell whether it was an actual person or a lump of charcoal that happened to resemble a person.

His state was indescribably wretched. Even so, Su-hyeun didnt feel confident about Osiriss death.

Is he really dead?

Osiris was the ruler of h.e.l.l.

King Yama continued to rule over many netherworlds despite experiencing several destructions and subsequent rebirths of the universe. But then, Osiris managed to take away one thousand h.e.l.ls from someone like that and ruled over them as his dominion.

He was fundamentally on a different level compared to someone like Hades, who ruled over only one h.e.l.l.

Therefore, someone like that dying so quickly seemed rather unbelievable.

Sure enough

Pa-sususu

Crack, split

Starting from his head, Osiriss charred body began to heal gradually.

The burned skin regained its previous color while his hair grew to fill the charred and barren scalp.

Only his clothing was not regenerated, leaving him buck-naked.

I almost died just now, Osiris muttered before staring down at his chest. But I guess Im already half-dead?

Looks like you cant regenerate that? Su-hyeun asked while staring at Osiris, who was busy regenerating his body except for his chest, where Gungnir was still impaling him.

Osiris managed to heal himself to the point where he didnt look injured at allother than Gungnir still impaling him in the chest, of course.

No matter how many lives he exhausted, he couldnt heal the fatal wound inflicted by Gungnir.

Indeed. You accurately pierced my heart. Your skill is quite commendable.

Since you can still talk, you must be feeling pretty good.

Im glad that you think that way.

Grab

While retorting, Osiris grabbed Gungnir from his chest.

Crimson blood began trickling down from Osiriss wound as its shaft slightly moved around.

He yanked the spear out and chucked it far into the air.

Dribble

Quite a considerable quant.i.ty of blood poured out from his wound.

The moment Osiris yanked Gungnir out, he wobbled and worked very hard to maintain his balance.

Whoooosh

Grab!

Gungnir flew back into Su-hyeuns grasp once more.

Can you throw that again, I wonder? Osiris suddenly asked. Because it cant be that easy even for you.

Plop

He then plopped down on the ground. Despite his whole body covered in cold sweat and blood and looking like a horror show at the moment, he was maintaining that permanent grin of his.

Even Odin could not throw that spear several times in a row. And lets not forget, you didnt directly throw the spear just now, too.

Dont worry. I can throw it as many times as I want.

Well, even in my current condition, I can still dodge an ordinary thrown spear, you know. So the question is, can you accurately hit me? Osiris pointed at his head. Are you confident of hitting me, old friend?

Su-hyeun didnt answer and simply furrowed his brow deeply.

In all honesty, no, he wasnt confident.

He had to work pretty hard to make sure that Gungnir landed where he intended just now, and he had exhausted quite a lot of his energy in doing so.

Throwing Gungnir just once required a surprising amount of stamina and energy.

If he failed to end the battle even after throwing the spear several times, the one in trouble would have been him, not the other party.

Well, its not like I have no other avenues available, but

He got this far already, so he wasnt keen on taking another gamble.

He couldnt think of a reason to do so in the first place, Youre already dying, anyway.

No. I wont die from something on this level, Osiris only half-agreed with Su-hyeuns a.s.sessment. But I might need a long time to recover, thats for sure.

Regardless of what, it was certain that the balance had tilted in Su-hyeuns favor.

Osiris was grievously injured, his healing speed too slow to keep up. On the other hand, Su-hyeun wasnt critically injured at all.

He simply had exhausted most of his strength while his stamina had almost run out. A little bit of rest should be enough to recover from the fatigue of this level mostly.

I dont think Im the one in the tight spot, though? Su-hyeun asked back, feeling a little confused.

Since Osiris figured the situation out and brought it up first, he mustve been a.n.a.lyzing the flow of the current events in a relatively composed mindset.

But judging from how relaxed he sounded or acted just now, could it be that he had already come up with another scheme?

It didnt seem that way at the moment. Su-hyeun was continuously glaring at Osiris through Insight, but after getting impaled by Gungnir, the latter was not making any conscious movements.

Osiris replied, Youre right about that.

Have you given up or something?

You were curious about what happened, werent you? Osiris tried to continue the conversation.

He was dragging things out.

Although obvious, Su-hyeun would also benefit from this as his strength would recover in the meantime as well. He crossed his arms and made an expression that implied, If you want to say something, go ahead.

Osiris continued, Do you still remember it, old friend?

Remember what?

How you and I ended up being wors.h.i.+ped as G.o.ds and when that happened, too.

Su-hyeun mulled over Osiriss question, but he couldnt recall it properly.

The only thing he remembered was

Wasnt it because we possessed different powers from everyone else?

That was the extent of it. That was all he could recall.

Osiris and Set were two men born with extraordinary strength. They were extraordinary but also remarkably different from everyone else in the worldmaybe other beings in countless many other dimensions even.

That was why the two of them came to be known as G.o.ds. Afterward, the two friends began protecting other people as if they had become G.o.ds, too.

Thats right. Just because we were different from everyone else, just because we were much stronger they called us G.o.ds. Even though they didnt know what we looked like or what kind of powers we had.

Why are you suddenly bringing that up?

But did you know? Osiriss eyes suddenly became bloodshot. The G.o.d they had been talking about, in the end, it was no different from the monster in their heads.

Su-hyeun listened on.

What those b.a.s.t.a.r.ds wanted was an existence strong enough to protect them, a thing that could be used as a weapon. If you dared to show just a tiny bit different opinion from theirs, they would start labeling you as a monster, not a G.o.d.

Something like that happened to you?

A large-scale conflict took place in the past, Osiris began talking about an incident from an ancient world that Set was unaware of. Naturally, I tried to stop it. I believed that was my duty, after all.

Did you fail, then? Despite knowing that it was not possible, Su-hyeun still asked back.

That conflict probably didnt start with the alliance of G.o.ds, and regular humans couldnt have stopped Osiris, anyway.

But the incoming reply wasnt what Su-hyeun expected.

No, well, result-wise, I did stop them, but

Result-wise, he said.

He didnt directly say yes or no. Meaning something problematic mustve happened.

The two sides combined forces to kill me. How laughable that was. There I was, trying to protect both sides, yet they were trying to paint me as an evil deity or something.

Something like that really happened?

Thats right. After that event, I began remembering your tale.

Osiris and Set used to hold completely opposing ideals.

But after that event, Osiris finally came to understand Sets viewpoint. The viewpoint that this world was too corrupted to be protected anymore.

You asked me why I changed, didnt you?

Shu-ruru

Green energy began writhing ominously all around Osiriss surroundings.

Youd have felt the same way if it was happening to you. Just because you were!

Youre right.

Whoooooosh

Stab! Stabstabstabstab!

Thousands of spears rained from the sky to slam into Osiriss figure.

[Dragon Slaying Spear Spear Barrage]

The spear bits ripped right through Osiriss body, turning him into Swiss cheese. His aura that was trying to writhe instantly died down. Su-hyeun activated Earth Shrink Technique to appear right in front of Osiris.

He then spoke up, It would have been the same with me, sure. No, wait, if it were me, Id have turned much sooner than you.

If so, why?

If you are asking why I cant sympathize with you, then, isnt it too obvious? Su-hyeun spat out a groan. Thats because what happened to you is your business. I do feel sorry for you. I think you got a raw deal, but thats about it.

Su-hyeun stopped there, then raised Gungnir high up as if there was no more need to explain himself.

You already knew that, dont you?

Swish!

Osiris watched the tip of Gungnir rapidly closing in and recalled the words of certain someone.

Sorry about this, old friend. I feel sorry for you, and I think its not right, but thats about it. I still cant understand where youre coming from.

A somewhat familiar voice said those words.

I was the one that said those things, wasnt I?

The moment Osiris finished recalling those words

CRUNCH!

Gungnirs shaft was thrust deep into Osiriss skull.

Osiriss vitality turned out to be incredibly tenacious.

Despite Gungnir impaling his head, he was still alive. Sure, he was barely breathing, and his injuries were not healing due to Gungnirs influence; the fact remained that he was still alive.

Now that was incredible.

Even though Su-hyeun restrained Osiris and impaled his head, to think that he was still breathing like this

Wait, maybe this is for the better?

Su-hyeuns goal was to either kill or incapacitate Osiris. Thinking about what he wanted to do after the battle, he supposed this result was better for him overall.

Shu-wuk

Su-hyeun reached out to Osiriss head where blood was still gus.h.i.+ng out.

Bubble, sizzle

The flowing blood suddenly began to boil over. Osiriss blood had started reacting to Su-hyeuns hand reaching out to it.

Sorry about this, but

[Predation will now begin.]

Shu-wuwuwu

Osiriss blood traveled past Su-hyeuns fingertips and began dyeing his arm crimson.

Its my win, old friend..