NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1529: A Battle Between Gods
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Cheng Xie's memories played out in his mind as he recalled an important talk with his grandfather.
"…Really?"
"Indeed, Dream Hearts, like mine, are the most common," his grandfather said, showing him his Dream Heart, a golden teapot. The tea he poured out was a powerful Healing Elixir. "They oftentimes embody our own Dreams, Hopes, and the Paths we take through our lives. My passion has always been brewing tea, you know? This is why, when I finally got a Dream Heart at the tender age of sixty, I got this, hohoh."
"I see…"
"However, what you have, and a few other gifted young'uns out there, is a completely different beast," his grandfather said, smiling as he opened his eyes. "You, and those other gifted children, possess not just your Dreams, but the Dreams of an entire population of people, of humanity. You carry a legacy within you. You embody a Myth itself! And therefore, this power must never be used selfishly, understand? This is the power born from our people's dreams and hopes. And what must you do to honor it, my grandson?"
"…"
Cheng Xie remained silent as he saw the destruction he caused. He felt bad, terrible about what he had done.
But at the same time, he learned a valuable lesson.
"I must protect them. I will protect the people of our country, no, even more, the people of this world. This is why I have this power. One day, I'm sure… a Demon like nothing we've ever faced will appear, right grandpa?"
"Yes… it is well known that something exists beneath the surface, a monster among monsters, speculated to be the Devil God himself. Once the day comes when you must face him, you'll be given the privilege of unsealing Nyoibo fully, Cheng Xie."
"…Thank you, grandfather."
Cheng Xie smiled in that moment as dozens of gigantic palms rushed down toward him. His eyes changed from their original color to golden red.
Fur grew around his neck and parts of his face, his tail grew longer, and fur sprouted around his arms and legs too.
His golden headband glowed brightly, becoming more majestic.
And Nyoibo responded, glowing the brightest.
F L A A A S H !
"Nyoibo, it's time… I bet you've been waiting for this moment, right?!"
As he smiled, he pushed forward, his pole moving dexterously, blowing through the gigantic palms one after another. Explosions of light erupted constantly, reaching the stratosphere itself.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
"UUUGGH?! NOOOO!"
The Original Nightmare Curse screamed, his nightmare power erupting as his Avatar rushed toward Cheng Xie, regrowing new limbs and attacking with an infernal rampage of utter destruction. The city was blown away, flattened around them as each blow Cheng Xie took shook him to his core.
R U M B L E !
The entire island trembled, and the sea went wild, shaking everywhere and threatening to drown the island. Cheng Xie panicked, quickly looking into the distance and pointing his hand at the ocean.
"{Heaven and Earth Arts}: {Northern Ocean Dragon King's Divine Palace}!"
T R U U U M !
"What?!"
The Original Nightmare Curse watched with wide eyes as the seas that would have drowned the entire island gathered in the skies, forming a massive ancient Chinese palace surrounded by dragons made of flowing seawater.
"WHAT SORT OF SORCERY IS THIS?!"
Not even the nightmare monster could believe his eyes at what he saw, even less when the palace rushed down toward him, freezing instantly and clashing against his gigantic, one-hundred-meter-tall body.
BOOOMMM!!!
"UUUGGHH?!"
As he screamed in agony, the ice pierced his entire body, while the rest exploded into tiny, harmless particles that covered the city with snow.
"Sorcery, you say?! This is no sorcery. This is the power given to me by the people! This is the embodiment of Sun Wukong's tale. His entire journey is within my very being!"
Cheng Xie leaped toward the Original Nightmare's Avatar, Nyoibo shrinking and enlarging constantly, engulfing him in an endless barrage of blows. Each blow carried potent Divinity of Heaven and Earth, their essence shattering the foundations of the Avatar and making his soul shake in pain.
"DON'T UNDERESTIMATE ME! I AM A GOD!"
The Avatar of the Nightmare Curse, cracked and unable to regenerate properly after receiving so much damage, gathered his floating palms, manifesting giant spheres of darkness that twisted and warped space and time itself.
"Know true harmony, heathen! All-Consuming Heavenly Void!"
Cheng Xie smiled with excitement against the impossible odds as eternal darkness rushed toward him and consumed him. The void power was so strong it was capable of tearing apart the fabric of space and time itself!
Only masters of the void, such as Maria, could truly counter such a technique, but Cheng Xie, what could he ever do?!
Amidst the darkness trying to consume him, his Nyoibo enlarged.
Constantly, through all of this near-endless space.
Indeed, it was only near-endless, as this anti-matter, anti-space that consumed all matter and space was limited.
Ultimately.
BOOOMMM!!!
Another massive explosion erupted. As the nightmare thought he had killed the boy, he saw the void shatter into pieces like glass, and Nyoibo emerged.
"WHAT?! ANOTHER SORCERY?!"
"I didn't need any fancy sorcery for that! Your Void or whatever is just too weak!"
"YOU DARE…?!"
CLAAASH!
Before he could speak another word, the face resembling a relaxed Bodhisattva that the Avatar possessed was kicked with immense force, pushed into the ground, and shattered the floor. Pieces of stone and debris exploded everywhere.
His face shattered into pieces as the Avatar fell to the ground. The floor broke apart to reveal magma. An active underground volcano had been awakened, and lava poured from every orifice. The Nightmare Curse smiled as he manipulated it against Cheng Xie, infusing it with his darkness.
"PERISH!"
Hundreds of serpents made of black magma rushed toward Cheng Xie. His pole, however, smashed them all apart one by one while he leaped toward his foe, his eyes glowing with confidence and fiery strength.
"{Fiery Golden Eyes}!"
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