Tower of God: Sequence Strength

Chapter 106: Eve of War - 2



Something shattered.

Amid reformation, it shattered again.

Black ink dripped and leaked into the world, repairing all the damage, only to shatter once again.

Eduan had an impassive look on his face as he utilized ice shinsu to rain down hell.

The Sun, held out his hands, utilizing flames to counter the shinsu.

"God says it's ineffective." His words imposed themselves on the world, doubling down on his own power while reducing that of Eduan.

The Snake of Mercury slithered, rushing straight at Eduan.

Eduan welcomed the challenge, adopting a stance and putting forward his right foot. He held his left arm back and a spear of pure ice appeared at his fingertips!

He stabbed.

The spear tore through the cold and heat alike, manifesting itself not as a physical entity, but rather a conceptual one.

The Snake's eyes couldn't help but go wide.

At that moment, ice cracked, and Eduan's footing trembled a bit.

Whooooshh!

Boom!

The spear narrowly missed the Snake, prompting it to go ahead and take a bite out of Eduan's hand. Yet before that could happen, the spear stabbed into its jaw.

Huh? The Snake thought.

The spear was behind me to the right. Now it came from the left? Luckily, the spear grazed his scales, drawing a thin line of blood before the Snake slithered back.

Or at least tried to.

Eduan's spear expanded, getting larger and larger until it dwarfed the entire arena itself.

"Spear taller than the largest mountain." He whispered, and fired.

The Sun intervened, appearing before the Snake.

A Hiss from the Snake augmented his luck and he smiled compassionately.

The power of Justice was utilized, transforming anything he deemed to be 'just' into a stronger variant, while simultaneously, anything that may impede the venture was deemed 'unjust' and therefore suppressed!

Hundreds of suns formed before him, exploding with the force of miniature nuclear bombs, all going off at the same point!

"Stars are fueled by miniature thermonuclear explosions. This is no different." He spoke, calmly explaining the concept of his attack. Instantly, the attack's potency increased several folds!

Contract!

Eduan, seeing his ice spear blocked smiled calmly and smashed his hands together.

Then, out of his outstretched fingers, a thick cloud of darkness and frost began to gather, momentarily bursting with sparks of plasma!

The cloud instantly spread out, turning the arena inside out! Everything froze, and then shattered.

Cracks began to spread out, extending beyond the realm and spreading out into the real world!

The Snake of Mercury hissed and curled it's body mid air. With a blinding flash of light, rivaling the light from the Sun, a giant clock appeared in the air behind it, rewinding as it did so!

And with it's appearance, the cloud disappeared as if it was never there. Eduan appeared back on the ground, in his hand a small ice spear.

His face split into a vicious grin as he laughed madly.

"Hahahahaha! That's what I was talking about! Those strange powers!" He twirled the spear in his hand.

"Come on! Make me try more! Reveal more about yourself! And eventually submit to absolutely power!" He screamed.

The world again began to freeze. But just as it did, something invaded the space.

Something powerful.

And words graced everyone's ears.

"Ice shinsu is prohibited here."

Ari Han held the shinsu needle in his hand, his eyes scanning Justiciar and the White Tower. They stood still. Silence permeated the air.

Until it didn't.

Booom!

Multiple sonic booms sounded, breaking the arena like it was made out of Legos. The metal and stone crumbled under Han's foot as he strode forth, needle in hand.

His needle stabbed the air, stopping just before the Justiciar.

Yet, both of them knew how close he was to hitting him.

Wait.

Had he already did?

Spurt!

Boom!

Shaaaa!

Blood spurted, a hole blowing itself right into Justiciar's chest! The ink boundary of the realm crumbled as a building sized holed also formed behind him, directly in trajectory to the

needle!

Han pulled his hand back, instantly preparing to go for his head, yet he stopped.

"Gleipnier." The words interrupted.

Metaphysical words, letters and sentences all embossed upon pages upon pages that

crumbled into books flew out of himself and the world around him. The White Tower

expanded, appearing daunting and powerful.

"Ugly Duckling." He called out. And the spell bloomed.

Justiciar glowed with otherworldly light, growing white wings behind his back as his wound

healed up.

His eyes lit up with power and flashed with lightning.

"Urgh!" Han stumbled, holding his head in pain.

Not missing the opportunity, White Tower appeared beside him, words coalescing into a

large gun which he made no delay in pointing to his head.

Han recovered, pulling back.

Boom!

Explosions littered the area as the boundary cracked and shatter under the weight of Han's seemingly invisible barrage. Only the White Tower saw clearly what had happened. While Justiciar was up to speculate based on intuition.

Han's arm had blurred, transforming into hundreds or even thousands of needles. It was his

shinsu shape and quality. The quality of piercing while the shape of a needle. The perfect combo for a close combatant.

And before they were able to move, they were skewered with attacks.

Spurt!

Shaaaa!

Bam!

Their forms fell on the ground, bloodied and defeated-

"Useless." Han scoffed, still holding the needle in his hands.

"Going beyond the speed of sound is prohibited here."

Or so it seemed.

Han felt his movements turn sluggish, as if surrounded by a particular density.

"Blood loss is prohibited here."

"Instant death is prohibited here."

One by one, words stemmed out of Justiciar's mouth.

Such extreme commands weren't something the Justiciar could command yet. But they worked nonetheless, via a combination of deception, spell creation and luck.

Of course, the prohibition was still largely weak and prone to error. It could easily crumble

under enough weight, unlike the prohibition of a true Justiciar.

And with that, the White Tower got up.

Words trembled around him, weaving themselves into his wounds, filling them up and

healing him.

The Justiciar also got up, holding a battered paper figurine in his hand.

"You used wound transfer." White Tower berated.

"And?" Justiciar shook his head. He turned back to Ari Han.

"Shinsu quality of piercing is prohibited here."

Han, for the first time raised an eyebrow.

"That's a neat trick."

He looked at his hand and clenched his fist.

"Unfortunately, I've had it with playing around.'

His eyes glowed golden. A restless chill travelled down the avatars' spine as they instantly

leapt into the spirit world.

Yet, it was too late.

Ari Han pulled out a large sphere and shaped it into a needle.

A shinsu black hole sphere.

"Black hole spheres are prohibited here!" A voice yelled, but it held no effect.

With a calm expression, Ari Han stabbed the air.

And everything crumbled.

Shatter!

The barrier had no time to crack, shattering instantly upon contact with the attack.

The power of the shinsu black hole sphere reverberate through the entire Floor, turning the

laws inside out!

Every law that ruled the floor simply stopped, as if they had grown tired of upholding their end of the bargain. And the cracks extended along the ink, travelling through to the other side. Justiciar and White Tower, who had somehow been pierced right through the chests despite

standing nowhere near the opponent fell through the cracks into the second arena.

And as they did, Justiciar opened his mouth again.

"Ice shinsu is prohibited here."

Eduan also turned to them, as did the singular Snake of Mercury.

The cracks didn't stop, extending further until the entire realm was obliterated!

A lone Snake of Mercury sat outside the fractured realm, overlooking the various destroyed

warships and the people that had been killed.

A fair match up was the same for the entire army as well.

And truth be told, it was a bit too easy to crush them.

Perhaps they had thought they didn't need to bring any Squadron commanders or more high

rankers considering they were bringing around 2 family heads. And they would be right in

most cases. It was too bad they had met Winston.

The Snake stared at the crumbling realm, hissing as is did so.

And then, chaos instantly descended upon the world again.

Grrrrrrrrr!

Lightning flashed.

Shiiiiing!

And a needle pierced the world.

The Sun held his hands into a T pose, imposing contracts and the power of Justice.

"God says it's ineffective!"

At the same time, Justiciar and White Tower also spoke out.

"Black Hole Spheres are prohibited here!"

"Vajra Kavacha!"

Hiss!

Alas, the needle pierced through the concepts, as lightning burned through them, effortlessly

shredding the different beyonder powers they had cultivated.

Contracts, Words, Prohibition and Luck, all of them failed.

And their forms were instantly enveloped by blazing plasma and piercing light.

Shaaaaaaaaaa!!!

Silence reigned in the air, broken only by the occasional gust of wind that travelled through

their robes. "Man, that was disappointing. I was expecting a bit more considering Yirang told us about the

ability to become immune to damage. But the moment we pulled out the big , they lost all resistance." Eduan clicked his tongue in annoyance. "They talked all smack, but in the end, I didn't even get to use my spear."

"You can't expect old god worshippers to be strong enough to do so. Perhaps this 'Dominator

of the Spirit World' might be interesting." Han spoke, his tone measured and calm. "Hmm. You're right." Eduan scratched his head.

"Man. I'm pissed. That ended a bit too early. I'm getting some booze when I get back." He

said and turned to his friend.

"You wanna join?"

"I'll pass for now."

"Suit yourself."

With that, both of them disappeared in a bright flash of light, ripping apart space to travel.

Unknown to them, three individuals were beside them all along, watching without

interfering.

It was none other than Visionary Adam, Darkness and Red Priest Medici.

Adam was hidden by his psychological invisibility, while Red Priest and Darkness opted to use

Concealment.

"Tch! We should've joined in. With my powers, we might even come out victorious." Medici

clicked his tongue. Adam calmly spoke, unhurried and unfeeling.

"This was merely a test. Now we know for sure the level we stand on and the threat we might

experience."

"Seems to me that you're a little bitch." Medici snarled.

"Language." Darkness, who took the form of a woman spoke with a melodious voice.

"Now now, don't start a fight here." Adam chuckled.

"Our original powers are stronger than our manifested ones. That's a fact. With enough

avatars, we might be able to take down a family head quite easily." He continued. "But the essence lies within individual improvement. Each pathway has different things to exploit. Not to mention we have to prepare for the ritual."

Darkness nodded, with Medici following soon after, albeit with some doubts.

Slowly, his smile widened.

"I suppose I'll sow some seeds of doubt among the families. By the next year, you can expect

an all out war between different leading parties."

"Shall we arrange a meeting?"

"But the main body is on the Hell Train." Medici interrupted.

"We're all the same anyways, albeit with somewhat irregular personalities." Adam chuckled

again. "The meeting will be held in 3 days. Inform everyone." Having said that, all three of then leapt into the spirit world, travelling to unknown

destinations.

A/N: Brother, it is so very difficult to write high sequence beyonder fights.

Speaking of which, I wanted to prolong the fight, but that would have been equivalent to all of the earth gods in lotm fighting against an outer god for 3 chapters. It's just not happening. They're getting crushed in half a chapter, give or take. Maybe even a couple of sentences,

considering the way Adam suppressed Aucuses, Leodero and the third God whose name I can't remember.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Anyways, throw some stones.

And updates will slow down tremendously.

I have 3 months for the exam preparation and I really want to focus well on it. There will still

be chapters, since I'll write when I'm bored or burnt out, but they will be far and between.

Hope you understand.

Cheers~