Artemes'' grin widened as he observed the mortal before him. "You''re intriguing, I''ll give you that. But don''t mistake my interest for leniency." His tone was calm yet filled with menace as the Nine Heavenly Moons spiraled behind him, gathering energy so immense it dimmed the very Sun, bathing the world in their blinding luster.


    The chaotic motion of the moons intensified, the power surging into his Nine Heavenly Moon Sword, which glowed brighter, almost unbearable to behold.


    "You survived once, but let''s see how long you can endure."


    With a flick of his wrist, Artemes unleashed another wave of shes. This time, they roared through space like divine judgments, their force splitting the air, leaving behind trails of obliterated matter in their wake.


    Aengus, hovering in his draconic form, grimaced. He could feel the colossal energy radiating toward him, each sh easily twice as powerful as before. His soul, already strained from devouring thest attacks, warned him of the risks.


    "If I try to devour them all, my soul won''t survive," Aengus muttered to himself. But he couldn''t back down. He only needed one. Just one attack absorbed into his Omni-Devour to tip him over the edge and reach the coveted level 1,000.


    Summoning every ounce of his will, Aengus opened Omni-Devour once more.


    "Come!" he roared, the ck void spiraling to life with a ferocity that matched the iing assault.


    The first sh hit.


    "GULP!"


    The ck hole consumed it, but Aengus shuddered, his soul groaning under the immense strain.


    The second sh was iing, burning brighter, faster, deadlier.


    Aengus roared again, breaking the devouring skill just in time to maneuver his titanic frame out of the path. The sh tore through the space he''d just vacated, carving a canyon into the world below.n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


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    The final sh came, streaking toward him like a sharp divine meteor.


    Aengus charged forward, attempting to escape, but he couldn''t avoid it this time. His massive dragon body was hit directly by the radiant sh, striking just below the waist.


    Aengus'' lower body—legs and tail—was severed cleanly, and his colossal form crashed into the ground once more.


    "Boom!"


    As Aengusy amidst the debris of the crater, he felt the excruciating pain and the rapid blood loss. The massive pool of blood created ake spanning kilometers, because of the scale of his dragon form. It quickly submerged him in the blood pool. Yet, despite the agonizing wounds, Aengus refused to scream.


    His upper body still submerged began to shrink, reverting to a smaller, humanoid dragon hybrid form. Meanwhile, his severed lower body floated lifelessly in the big, blood-redke above.


    "Haha..."


    Artemes grinned wickedly, his eyes gleaming with triumph as he stood over the fallen mortal.


    "You shouldn''t have picked a fight with the gods, mortal. If you''d been obedient, you wouldn''t have to die so early—at least, not yet." He shook his head mockingly, pretending toment the situation.


    "It''s a shame I couldn''t bring you alive to Her Excellency, as she ordered." Artemes sighed with feigned sadness, but the tone of superiority in his voice was unmistakable. "Oh well, I suppose your dead body will suffice."


    He smirked, his divine aura intensifying as he prepared to im his prize.


    However, Aengus wasn''t dead. His Immortal Regeneration (SS) skill kept him alive like an indomitable force, repairing his shattered body at a miraculous pace. His mind remained fully conscious, keenly aware of every moment.


    As his lower body began to regenerate, his eyes locked onto his level: 1000.


    Finally, the time hade. To use the Divine Stone.


    But before he could wield its incredible power, he needed to make a critical decision: Which skill should be upgraded to SSS Rank?


    Time was slipping away, and Aengus''s brain kicked into overdrive. With Manas amplifying his cognitive abilities, the outside world slowed to a crawl, each second feeling like an eternity. In his hyper-enhanced perception, he noticed Artemes walking on the surface of the bloodke, oblivious to the transformation brewing beneath him.


    "Master, please—you must choose a skill now!" Manas urged, desperation in its voice.


    "I know..." Aengus responded, his voice calm but resolute.


    Aengus quickly initiated the Synthesis Process,bining all his most destructive SS skills into one ultimate ability. He focused on pure offensive power, knowing that his survival hinged on his ability to unleash devastating attacks against a god.


    As the skills merged, a surge of creation and destruction began on his Soul. The chosen path was clear. Aengus would create a being of absolute destruction.


    Synthesize: [ Abyssal zing Dragon (SS) + Primordial Beast King (SS)+ Sr re Dome (SS)+ Fire Dragon King Transformation (SS) + me Lord''s Domain (SS) + Thunderstorm Maniption (SS) + Storm-Bringer Kraken Transformation (SS) + Chaotic Maelstrom (SS)+ Meteor Breaker (SS)+ Crimson Tempest (SS) + Apocalypse Awakening (SS)+  Thunderstorm Maniption (SS) + Voidbreaker sh (SS) + Oblivion Horizon sh (SS) + God Kairos Doom Fusion (SS) + World Corrosive Venom (SS) + Seven Elements Chaos Maniption (SS) + World Corrosive Venom (SS) + Dimension Slip (SS) + Reflective Scales (SS) + Ice breath (A) + Lightning Roc''s Skybreaker Dive (A) + Golden Wyvern''s Scales (A) + Elite Human Transformation -29 (A) + Inferno Warlord''s Rage (B) + Ravenous Stonebeast (B) + Arctic Bear''s cial Shield (B) + Aqua Serpent''s Vortex (B) + Phantom Mirage (B), Hurricane Gale (B)+ Unlimited Bloodlust + Shadow Monarch''s Dominion+ Void Cloak+  Fiendish Dream Weaver + Scorching Wrath + Hellfire Nova + Death Spiral + Eternal Damnation + ck me Judgement + Incubus Drive + Avarice''s Grasp + Hell''s Gate + Cage of Torment + Moloch''s Stampede + Abyssal Armor + Fiendish Resilience + Wings of Perdition + Fiend Regeneration + Hellstorm + Shadow Bind, Call of the Abyss + Demonic Dominion + Blood Lord ]


    [ Your Synthesis was sessful. ]


    [ Your skills have been synthesized, but due to world limitations, its effects has been suppressed to SS Rank. ]


    [ Synthesized Skill: World-Destroying Chaos Monarch. ]


    ss: SS+ Tier Entity


    Nature: All Elemental Chaos Overlord, embodying absolute destruction, maniption, and creation of catastrophic forces.


    ---


    "Still SS, huh?" Aengus muttered with amusement.


    "World limitations?" He scoffed at the absurdity.


    Still hebined almost every destructive skills and abilities to increase the potential of his ascension to SSS Rank after using the Divine Stone.


    "Just you wait... Once I shed these limitations, nothing can stop me..."


    Aengus said with suppressed fury as he took the Divine Stone, which illuminated the blood-redke where Aengus was submerged in hot blood.


    Without any second though, he put it inside his mouth with cold resolve.


    ---


    "What''s that?"


    "This....No, this cannot be... He cannot... How?" Artemes'' voice was trembling on the spot after seeing the divine radiance where the mortal was supposed to be facing death..


    Artemes seemed as if he had gone mad as he charged towards the spot to stop what was happening.


    The blood-redke began to boil over, as if soon, chaos would be unleashed upon this world.


    "Ba-dum, ba-dum!"


    The ominous heartbeat of an World entity echoed, shaking mortals and gods alike through dimensions.


    Every being was alert, as those heartbeats, like the birth of a creature defying thews of existence, resonated with each and every living creature, striking fear into their hearts.