Chapter 163: Chapter 163: Haru vs Shiva
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The massive hand of Power of Destruction, spanning half the sky, clenched into a fist and hurtled towards Haru.
Haru grinned, the Dirac Heart within his soul space pulsing, a torrent of negative energy enveloping him.
He drew back his right arm, then, with a sudden burst of speed, unleashed a punch—a fist the size of a sandbag—meeting Shiva's colossal attack head-on.
The moment Haru's fist connected with the giant hand, the destructive energy that had darkened the sky began to dissipate, like snow melting under the scorching sun.
Pop!
A sound like a cork being pulled from a bottle echoed through the air as the hand of Power of Destruction exploded, scattering like a dissipating storm cloud, leaving only a few lingering sparks.
"What?!" Shiva's eyes widened in shock.
As the destructive energy vanished, Haru appeared before Shiva, his speed so great that he seemed to have teleported.
A fist, wreathed in black flames—Shiva's own Power of Destruction—grew larger and larger in Shiva's vision.
Shiva, reacting instinctively, focused his divine power, his body hardening, turning a deep shade of black, preparing to withstand the blow.
Just then, a crimson dragon, a hundred meters long, materialized around Haru. Its eyes flickered, and with a powerful beat of its massive wings, it roared,
"Penetrate!"
"Damn it! The Red Dragon Emperor's penetration ability!" Shiva cursed, his eyes narrowing.
Haru's fist, imbued with both Penetrate and Power of Destruction, smashed through Shiva's defenses, striking him squarely in the face, sending him hurtling towards the earth like a meteor.
BOOM!
A thunderous roar echoed through the air as Shiva crashed into the wasteland outside Lilith, a massive mushroom cloud of dust and debris billowing skyward.
The earth trembled, the ground cracking and collapsing as a crater, miles wide, formed.
The shockwave from the impact rippled outwards, striking Lilith.
Unlike the Gods, still caught up in their fantasies of dividing the spoils, the Four Great Satans, who had been watching the battle intently, reacted instantly, their faces slick with sweat as they activated Lilith's protective barrier, pouring their magical energy into it.
With a combined effort, they barely managed to contain the blast.
The Devils within the city, still paralyzed by the earlier display of power, looked at the shimmering barrier with tears in their eyes.
They had seen the mushroom cloud rising above the wasteland. If that attack had struck Lilith…
The thought filled them with terror.
"Thank goodness… the Maous reacted in time… The barrier held…"
Then, another tremor shook the city, and their faces paled. "Not again! Please, spare us! We'll do anything! Just… don't hit us again!"
In the wasteland, Shiva, his third eye wide with horror, stared at Haru, whose hand now covered his eyes and nose, the burning heat of Power of Destruction searing his skin.
"Why… why can you use my power?"
Haru grinned, his expression cruel. "Want to know? I'm not telling."
He raised his hand, a faint gray light flickering around it, annihilating the surrounding energy.
"This is my power. I can annihilate any energy-based attack and analyze its underlying structure, its very essence. In other words, I can see through your power, understand its fundamental nature."
Shiva's face contorted in disbelief. "Impossible! Even if you could… see through it, you couldn't use my power! The difference in energy levels is insurmountable!"
Haru's smirk widened. "It was insurmountable. But unfortunately for you… I recently mastered the conversion of matter and energy. All I have to do is analyze your power, then convert my own…"
A third eye appeared on Haru's forehead, black flames of Power of Destruction blazing within it.
Shiva's third eye's pupil constricted. He stared at Haru's eye, a familiar, terrifying sight—his own unique ability.
He had once used that eye to unleash a torrent of destructive flames, annihilating three cities built by Youkai, Devils, and Fallen Angels, along with a powerful God, earning him the title "Destroyer of the Three Demon Cities".
And now… this human possessed the same power?
"How… how can such a power exist?!" Shiva's third eye flared, unleashing a blast of annihilating flames.
Simultaneously, his four arms swung, the trident, conch, water pot, and drum—all Divine Artifacts—hurtling towards Haru.
Haru stretched his neck, his joints cracking. Demonic energy surged from him, forming four massive hands, each wielding a replica of Shiva's weapons.
Black flames erupted from his third eye, meeting Shiva's attack head-on.
Their powers clashed, locked in a stalemate. Haru, his left hand casually in his pocket, his right hand gripping Shiva's face, lifted the struggling God and slammed him into the ground.
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
With each impact, Shiva's head began to deform, black, divine blood oozing from the wounds.
His attempts to resist, to counterattack, were met with equal force, his own power turned against him.
Shiva, his screams echoing through the wasteland, felt a wave of despair as his head met the unyielding earth.
The Gods, hearing his cries, trembled, their eyes wide with terror as they watched Haru's relentless assault.
This was Shiva, the God of Destruction, the third strongest being in the world, who had effortlessly subdued Hades, the eighth-ranked God of the Underworld, with a single touch.
He had dominated Indra, the Heavenly Emperor, for millennia, training him into the obedient, pacifistic leader of the Buddhist pantheon.
And now… this God, this world-class powerhouse, was crying like a child.
As the Gods stared in disbelief, two terrifying figures, radiating the auras of creation and order, materialized in the sky above.
They were about to intervene—
When Shiva roared, "Don't attack! We surrender! We surrender!!!"
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