Chapter 2358: Do not underestimate him. |
"Oh~ The boy’s scary because he defeated me~
As if that’s supposed to make us serious."
Ul’Thakar mocked Zylarith.
Then, he looked at the one who was once called the Strongest Infinity and with a cold, cruel tone—
"You lost because you were weak." .
He spoke directly, his crimson eyes shining with a bright light.
"Not because the boy was strong."
"The boy is strong.
As much as I hate to admit it, if this were a fair, one-on-one battle, none of us here would have been able to defeat him."
"I am not trying to trick any of you, I am saying this because I have seen it with my own eyes. I have seen the boy fight, he wasn’t as strong when he fought against me, in fact, he was weaker than me, so much so that I was looking down on him, just like you are right now.
But he pulled through.
He got stronger the more he fought, till the point I didn’t even realize when he surpassed me.
That is who this boy is.
His strongest suit isn’t his strength or the tricks he has up his sleeves—
It is the rate at which he grows."
Zylarith paused, he looked into Nux’s eyes with... genuine admiration before he turned back to the Infinities and—
"There is a reason a Universe chose him to be its God and in case you are forgetting—
The boy is barely a few thousand years old.
That was all the time he needed to grow from a weak mortal human, to stand in the presence of the Five Strongest Beings in existence and not quiver one bit.
A silent wave spread all over the battlefield, the stars around them dimmed and... the battlefield disappeared from the Universe’s perspective.
When Zylarith sensed it, he looked at Orravyn, somewhat surprised, Orravyn just chuckled.
"You didn’t think we’d be facing him just because you told us to, did you?
We are not your subordinates, Zylarith Chaosveil."
Zylarith looked at him, then he looked at Nux and then at his own hands. Since the Universe couldn’t sense anything that was happening in here, it meant he could use his powers without any restrictions, just like he could back in Nux’s Universe.
It meant he was given a second chance to face Nux and this time, he wasn’t alone.
"That is acceptable."
Zylarith grinned as dense chaos gathered around him and the violet in his eyes shined with a cruel glint.
Nux looked at it, then at Orravyn and his face turned solemn as he realized it.
He wasn’t facing Four Infinities...
He was facing all Five of them.
"You sure prepared a lot to fight a mere child."
He mocked, trying to get a reaction, to buy a few more minutes of time but—
"Prepared?"
Orravyn just laughed with a pitying look on his face and—
"You have no clue, do you?"
That was when Nux’s focus, that had been on Zylarith’s memories, returned to the battlefield all at once.
He clenched his fists, straightened his back and took his battle stance, probably one last time. The Infinities sensed his readiness, and they moved as well.
Seraphielle vanished and appeared right in front of him. Nux blinked in surprise, he didn’t sense any change in the Space around him, that alone told him that the woman did not teleport—
She... moved physically, so fast that even Nux’s eyes couldn’t keep up. Her palm moved towards his chest, light gathered around her, ready to burn him alive—
Nux barely twisted his body at the last instant and teleported a few meters away, his eyes never once left Seraphielle during the entire exchange.
"Hmm? You reacted faster than I expected. I am impressed."
Seraphielle chuckled, a beautiful, almost hypnotic smile appeared on her face, but just then—
"!!!"
SLICE
Her eyes widened in horror as suddenly Ul’Thakar arrived right next to her, blocking an attack that would have cut her head off otherwise.
Or more accurately, blocking the result of an attack that hadn’t happened yet.
An attack whose result arrived before the action.
An impossibility made... possible.
And if it wasn’t for Ul’Thakar arriving at the last second, Seraphielle would have been wounded.
"Hmm.
You were slower than I expected.
I am not impressed."
Nux smiled, looking into her eyes as if he was judging her.
And in an instant, the amused, easy look on Seraphielle’s face changed. She finally realized what Zylarith was talking about, why this monster was... what he was.
Nux didn’t care.
His eyes had already shifted to Ul’Thakar and—
BOOOOM
He punched.
The force struck Ul’Thakar’s chest but his body simply dissolved into mist and the force moved past it, not hurting Ul’Thakar one bit.
Ul’Thakar became solid the next moment.
Nux narrowed his eyes.
Then—
"I am not impressed either."
He heard a voice that came from behind, Nux frowned, he didn’t sense anyone behind him, but as he strengthened his senses, at the very last second, he noticed a very minute mist particle hovering right behind him but by the time he realized what it was—
Ul’Thakar’s body reformed through that mist and he punched.
BOOOOOM
The impact sent Nux flying across the void.
"Khawwwrrkkk!!"
He coughed blood before he spun in the air and stopped himself.
Then, his eyes fell on Ul’Thakar and this little exchange between them was all he needed to understand it.
This one was going to be a problem.