eurekapd Chapter 248 Artesius's Gift
Chapter 248 Artesius's Gift
Chapter 248 Artesius's Gift
Where are they?
Artesius was puzzled; he did not believe his divine strike was effective.
"It's here."
Broly answered Him, somehow appearing behind Altshus. As he spoke, his hand was already on Altshus's lower back, and green energy shone brightly.
"Boom!"
The coastline, already ravaged by a divine attack, was hit by an even more powerful Saiyan energy blast. The passage that had been blasted out was now extended, thickened, deepened, and doubled in size.
Artes was blasted away, and when he crashed to the ground, the back of this war god was charred black.
Half of its eighteen wings were gone, leaving only eleven broken feathers hanging behind it, making it look extremely pitiful.
However, Broly, who was floating in the sky, did not easily approach the fallen Altshu, simply because the aura on the other's body was rapidly increasing, and he soon caught up again.
If a high-level battle power detector from the Dragon Ball world were present at this moment, it would be discovered that Broly's battle power has reached 190,000, while Altosh, who is lying on the ground below, has a battle power that exceeds his, reaching a little over 190,000.
The concept of "strongest" is extremely tricky. Although the enhancement effect of this concept cannot be achieved in one step because Bro does not use spirit power.
Even if it requires fighting and getting stronger, as long as Altshu's stronger attacks cannot kill him, they will only allow this God of War to gain even greater power.
Of course, while Altshu's power was increasing, his injuries did not disappear; they continued to accumulate.
Compared to Altshu's current miserable state, Broly had received a valid attack, namely the punch he had accidentally taken earlier.
The punch didn't even cause him a minor injury; he just had a bruise on his lip and bled a little.
"Should we continue?"
Broly asked.
If he had just increased the power output of his air slightly, the God of War might have been reduced to ashes.
Why not?
Artesius got up; half of his wings had been destroyed, and the Elven Corridor was in a state of partial damage.
However, Altshu felt good; the renewed strength made him sense something different.
He raised his hand, energy swirling around it, and a ball of energy condensed within: "Is this the power you use?"
Broly's energy blast severely injured Altshu, but in the process of injuring him, it was absorbed by Altshu's divine body, allowing another of Altshu's conceptual abilities to come into play.
This is somewhat similar to how the Machine Gundam analyzes other people's attacks, except that Altshu's ability comes from the concept of the "God of War".
At this moment, a large amount of information about the use of Qi appeared in Altshu's mind. It was the combat skills information copied from Broly by the concept of the "God of War" that allowed Altshu to quickly master the use of Qi.
He tore off his badly damaged wings and pounced on Broly again without hesitation. This time, Altshu's flight method changed from manipulating his spirit power to being propelled by the powerful energy within his body, and his speed was almost as fast as when Broly flew towards him by his head.
. . . .
No one knows exactly how long this battle between the Saiyan and the God of War lasted.
Those on the battlefield only knew that about half an hour after the two terrifying beings left, the ground began to tremble.
This wasn't an earthquake unique to this region; rather, it felt as if the entire planet had been forced to tremble as if someone had pointed a giant fascia gun at it.
This tremor lasted for more than half an hour before it suddenly disappeared.
. . . .
The God of War was immersed in the joy brought by the fierce battle.
His power grew stronger and stronger during the battle.
His opponent was like an unfathomable abyss; no matter how much stronger He became, His opponent could always unleash a power even greater than His increased strength.
Just when Altshu thought this battle would continue until his opponent couldn't help but unleash his full power to finish him off, Altshu thought...
"Click~"
His left leg, however, suddenly crystallized and broke off under a heavy stomp.
As his body collapsed, Altshu realized that his battle was over.
"Unexpectedly, it was my very essence that succumbed first..."
The essence is the body of a deity, and it is incredibly hard while the deity is still alive.
But everything has its limits, and this applies to the process of accumulating injuries and increasing strength.
Artesius's essence finally gave way when his combat power reached 530,000, just like Broly's.
"Aren't you going to give me the final blow?"
Broly's fist stopped in front of Altshu, which puzzled Altshu.
"You've already lost, haven't you?"
In Broly's perception, Altshu was like a deflated balloon, with the air inside him rapidly decreasing.
"Yes, I've already lost, but I'm a little curious, just how much power do you still have up your sleeve?"
"There's probably about half left."
Broly wasn't quite sure either; it was the first time he'd ever fought someone like this in real life.
Upon hearing this, Altshuu was taken aback, then gave a wry smile.
"I didn't expect that even with all my strength, I could only force you to use half of your power. I'm really sorry I didn't let you have your fill."
"It's okay, I don't really like fighting anyway."
"Don't like fighting?"
The God of War's lips twitched, clearly wanting to complain, but Broly asked the question first before he could.
"Now that the battle is over, you, as my creator, shouldn't stop Jibril from becoming my wife, right?"
"That's actually what you're concerned about?"
"I don't care about this or that, that's the most important reason I'm fighting you."
Artes was somewhat speechless. Of all the gods who had been defeated throughout history, He was probably the one whose reason for defeat was the most bizarre.
"Alright, I won't stop trying to stop Jibril from becoming your wife."
Altshu gave an affirmative answer.
Broly clenched his fist, pleased that he had cleared away any potential obstacles to inviting Jibril to join Crystal Palace.
"Can you get up by yourself?"
After his initial excitement subsided, Broly turned to Altshu on the ground and asked him a question.
"What's wrong?"
Altshuu was puzzled by the question.
"The seawater is coming in from over there. If you can't get up by yourself, I'll take you away."
The battle between Broly and Altshu pushed the eastern coastline of this continent thousands of kilometers inland.
Now, the black seawater is surging in from afar, filling the low-lying areas that have been created, but at a slower pace than the two of them had created those areas.
"I can't get up anymore, but it doesn't matter whether I leave here or not, because I'm going to die soon."
"The God of War replied."
"Um?"
Broly looked at Him in confusion.
"Judging from your expression, you probably don't know about the death of a divine species. As long as the external divine essence is destroyed, the divine species dies."
"After fighting you, my essence has collapsed. When my body completely crystallizes and shatters, my consciousness will fall into a long slumber."
"Then how can I save you?"
"Save me? Why would you save me?"
"You gave Jibril life, so you must be Jibril's father. Your death might sadden Jibril, and I don't want her to be sad."
As Broly spoke, he began releasing his life energy at Altshu, but it was to no avail.
At this moment, Altshu's body was like a funnel, constantly overflowing with various energies. The energy he poured in could at most slightly delay Altshu's consciousness from leaving his divine body.
"I'm sad..."
Artes pondered. To put it bluntly, the Skywings were the killing weapons He created. He never thought that his own death would have any impact on the Skywings, such as Jibril.
"It's no use, the collapse of the divine essence is irreversible, but if possible, please take me back to Abant Heim..."
Feeling Broly's attempt at healing, Altshu shook his head. In his final moments, he suddenly longed to return to Avant Heim and see his creation.
Broly agreed, but without stopping the infusion of life energy, he picked up Altshu from the ground and returned to the battlefield.
"The God of War has been defeated..."
The sight of Broly carrying the God of War back caused some commotion among the forest elves and goblins who were still on the battlefield, but they dared not make any move.
Upon witnessing the tragic state of the God of War, the Skywing races who were his followers gathered around. A group of Skywing races, still in their child form, appeared wary of Broly, yet also wanted to approach him.
"The battle is over. I have been defeated. He brought me back; he is not your enemy."
Altshu's words temporarily calmed the Skywing race's hostility.
"How could this be, Lord Artesius? How could you possibly be defeated?"
The group of Skywing girls who had gathered around could hardly believe the news of their god's defeat.
"Why is defeat impossible?"
Artes asked a question in return.
"You are the strongest god who possesses the strongest concept."
Azriel said.
"Indeed, but unfortunately my essence couldn't support my concept to the point of completely surpassing the opponent's strength. My defeat was simply because Broly was stronger than me, nothing more."
"Wait, Lord Artesius, what happened to your spirit marrow?"
"It's nothing, I'm just about to break down."
Artes said very calmly, as if to say that a mere fatal wound was nothing.
The Skywing creatures who heard His words were initially taken aback, but after realizing Altshu's situation, they became somewhat anxious.
"Lord Artesius, are you leaving us?"
"I couldn't stop the collapse of the essence; there was nothing I could do about it."
"Then please let us go with you."
Why?
"We are your wings, we are your blades, our existence is meant to serve you, but now that you are about to leave this world, we, the Skywing race, have no reason to continue existing."
Artes is the creator of the Skywings, their father, and the meaning of their existence. Now that He is about to die, all the Skywings seem to have the will to die to serve the god.
After Azriel made her statement, Broly's face was practically filled with question marks. He quickly looked in Jibril's direction and found that her face was also full of sadness, and her happiness level was predictably plummeting.
"God of War, pull yourself together! You can't just die like this!"
Upon realizing that Jibril might die suddenly, Broly immediately knelt down and increased his output of life energy to Altshu, who was lying on the ground. In just one moment, Altshu, who was on the verge of death, sat up and seemed to have recovered.
However, this was merely a temporary respite; the opponent's vital energy was still rapidly dissipating.
As Artes looked at the group of sorrowful Skywings around him, thinking of the long years they had spent with him, those memories filled him with a sense of reluctance.
Artesius moved his lips, just as He was about to give His final command as Creator, to command His retinue to live, when He suddenly saw Broly beside Him, sweating profusely and more tense than when He fought Him, increasing His output of life energy. Suddenly He had a better idea.
"Ahem, listen to me, you still have a reason to exist."
Upon hearing this, the Skywing race all looked at Him.
"You served the strongest god, but now I have been defeated, while the strongest god has not."
As Altshus spoke, under the watchful eyes of the many Winged Ones, he actively extracted the strongest concept from his body.
"From this day forward, he is the strongest god, and he will become the new god you serve."
Artesius slapped his strongest concept onto Broly, then brought the boy in front of the group of Winged Race members and began to introduce him loudly.
Broly: "???"
[Obtained the world-class rule 'Strongest Concept', a rule given free of charge by the God of War Althu from the low-dimensional world of M12.]
Upon obtaining this rule, the host will automatically acquire the identity of the strongest god in the M12 world and receive the power of the strongest god.
This rule will be weakened after leaving the M12 world, but the characteristic of becoming stronger when facing stronger opponents will be retained.
World-class rule 'Strongest Concept': When encountering a stronger enemy, automatically amplify the power of the individual holding this rule.
The power amplified within the M12 world is permanently retained, while the power amplified outside the M12 world exists only temporarily.
The amplification effect increases as the battle continues, until it surpasses the level of a powerful enemy.
This is the first time that Crystal Palace has proactively provided information to an entity that is neither its host nor its wife.
Broly suddenly acquired a passive concept skill that might be of little use to him, and he stared at the group of Skywing races who looked like little girls.
"Lord Artesius, this is the man who killed you! How can you expect us to serve our enemy?"
Azriel immediately objected. If she hadn't clearly known that she couldn't defeat the guy who had defeated Lord Altshu, she probably would have chosen to attack Broly directly.
"Enemy? I don't think so."
The long years I have lived since my birth have been spent waiting for such an opponent to appear.
It was because of his appearance that my long life as a god had meaning.
I feel a little regretful about my own slumber.
But I am grateful to him.
Azriel, can you understand how I feel?
Some of the Skywing races, such as Azriel, resisted the command to serve the new gods and were unable to answer their own deities' questions.
"If you can't understand, then try to understand. This is my final order to you."
With a mournful cry from the fantasy species Avant Heim, the God of War's consciousness left his very essence and vanished with the wind.
(End of this chapter)