Reborn As A Ghost: Time To Build My Undead Army!-Chapter 1904: Maria VS Odin [2]
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Maria clicked her tongue and swiftly transformed into her Outer Goddess form!
Manifesting her Dominion, she managed to yank Odin backward.
But hundreds more of Odin’s hands surged forward, crushing her and pummeling her into the sky.
"I WON’T STOP UNTIL YOU DIEEEEEE!"
"Bastard!"
Maria fought desperately while the formation below relentlessly pressed against his barrier, straining to shatter it.
"Not only was this entire damn world a lie, but you went this far?!" Maria shouted in fury. "After everything you’ve done to this world, you still couldn’t stop yourself, could you?! You’re the worst!"
"HEHEHEHE! EHEHEHEHEHE!"
Odin laughed like a lunatic as he assaulted her. Her sword soul heart sliced through his manifestations in rapid succession, yet more formed instantly—he endlessly regenerated himself before her eyes.
"YOU CANNOT BEAT ME! I AM... INVINCIBLEEEEEE!"
"What are you even talking about? Invincible?! Hah! HAHAHAHAHA!"
Now it was Maria’s turn to laugh. She gathered all her power and compressed her Dominion into the Heavenly Realm itself, fusing with it.
"You’re not invincible—you’re a decrepit old man! A pathetic, broken bastard with a shattered mind!"
"GYAAAAAHHHH!"
Odin screamed in torment as Maria’s Dominion burrowed deep into his "body." At the same time, she seized his light and forged it into her own hands!
FLUOSH!
Divine Light.
Thunder.
And countless other elements!
Using her crafting skills, Maria turned Odin’s own manifestations into raw ingredients and temporarily forged a colossal sword of rainbow light.
"Haaaah!"
With a furious roar, she drove the sword—made from Odin himself—straight through his barrier, finally shattering it and allowing the Ark Formation to break through!
CRAAASH!
The barrier exploded. The entire Empire of Light slammed into Asgard, obliterating half the golden city in an instant.
"AAAAAAGH!"
Odin’s agonized scream shook the world.
But their battle was far from finished.
Stone, dirt, and mountains fused with forests, grasslands, and volcanoes.
The ground trembled violently as Odin’s faces appeared everywhere, accompanied by gigantic arms and hands lunging toward everyone.
"YOU CANNOT STOP ME! I AM EVERYTHING! I AM THE SOIL YOU STEP ON, THE AIR YOU BREATHE, THE LIGHT YOU TAKE, THE DARKNESS OF THE NIGHT AND THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE STARS! I HAVE BECOME EVERYTHING! I AM THE GREATEST GOD IN EXISTENCE!!!"
"Not for long, old man!"
Maria charged toward the capital, crashing through the castle and shattering its barriers with her divine sword, a fusion of Odin’s power and her own.
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!
With a deadly sword dance, everything parted before her, revealing Odin seated on a golden throne, his divine spear Gungnir aimed directly at her.
"You may call me an old man all you want, but you will never achieve what I have done! HEHEHEHE! GUNGNIR!!!"
The spear blazed with blinding light, enveloping Odin in golden armor as he launched himself at Maria in a head-on clash.
TRUUUM!
RUMBLE!
At long last.
Maria and Odin.
Stood face to face.
And the first thing they did—
Naturally—
Was fight to the death.
"You’re the cause of all my suffering!" Maria screamed.
"And you are the cause of my madness! YOU! YOU! YOUUUU!" Odin howled.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Explosions tore through the castle. The grand structure rapidly crumbled and detonated into fragments.
Outside, those battling Odin’s manifestations watched two blazing stars streak into the sky.
Then a third crimson star joined them.
"Don’t forget about me! ODIN!!!"
Sirius surged toward the god.
The power of his children fused into his body—Hercules’ martial arts, Annette’s magic—all condensed into their father’s soul, heart, and flesh.
"HAAAAH!"
With a thunderous roar, Sirius drove a devastating kick into Odin’s face, sending the god king hurtling downward in a massive explosion of magic and divine force.
BOOOMMM!!!
Odin crashed into the ground, carving an enormous crater and fracturing the entire continent of Asgard. It began to collapse into the endless sea of clouds below.
RUMBLE!
"You! That damned vampire who has been infiltrating my human empire this entire time!" Odin roared. "Oh, I am going to enjoy tearing you limb from limb!!!"
Odin leaped back into the fray. Sirius and Maria attacked him simultaneously, unleashing everything they had against the mad tyrant god.
"I am honored you recognize me, oh great Odin!" Sirius laughed. His body swelled larger and more muscular to withstand Odin’s overwhelming divine might. "You may have devoured the other gods, but that doesn’t mean I’ll be easy!"
He unleashed a barrage of precise, devastating techniques, tearing through Odin’s defenses and beginning to crack his orichalcum armor while carving deep wounds!
"Amazing! Sirius can really keep up!" Maria said, astonished by the sight. "Alright!"
She blitzed behind Odin, striking with a storm of spells and swordsmanship.
She was already in her Outer Goddess form, yet even then her strength barely reached half of Odin’s current power.
He effortlessly intercepted her attacks with his spear and inflicted deep wounds across her body and soul.
"Gungnir, shine with the brightness of ten suns!"
FLAAASH!
As if the situation weren’t absurd enough, Gungnir—a monstrously powerful divine artifact—multiplied Odin’s strength a hundredfold.
Its attack was simple yet devastating, piercing Maria’s defenses and barriers with ease, digging deep into her flesh and soul.
And when it shone...
"Ugh!"
Maria felt her entire body being boiled and incinerated!
Yet she refused to yield.
She merged with her sword, peeled away her own burned flesh, and regenerated anew.
Then she closed the distance, seized Odin’s face with all her strength, and slammed him into the ground.
BOOOM!
"Aaaagh!"
Odin’s face shattered as Maria drew her blade and stabbed his neck repeatedly, trying to decapitate him like a savage.
"DIEEEEE!"
"NNGAAAAH!"
Both screamed at each other with pure madness burning in their eyes and hearts.
Gungnir pierced Maria’s chest and hurled her toward a nearby mountain.
BOOOMMM!!!
It detonated with the brilliance of ten suns, burning and attempting to disintegrate her on the spot.
And yet...
"Compressed Dominion!"
She raised her hands and compressed her Dominion around her entire body, cloaking herself in immense power.
CLAAANK!
With a single punch, she knocked Gungnir aside, sending the spear soaring into the sky.
But the intelligent weapon immediately turned and pursued her once more, obeying its master’s will.
Odin, however, had no time to recover.
Sirius was already there, punching, kicking, and unleashing dozens of magic spells.
"Where do you think you’re going?! Fight me, Odin!"
Sirius drove another kick into Odin’s face, followed by a flurry of piercing crimson spear-hand strikes that impaled the god dozens of times.
While Maria kept the deadly spear occupied, Sirius aimed to end the tyrant right here and now.
His attacks were razor-sharp and precise.
There was no way he was weaker than Odin!
And yet...
"HEH!"
Odin suddenly unleashed more of his aura.
"...?!"
Sirius felt the power of dozens of gods radiating from him.
The old god king had been holding back this entire time!
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