《Nova Generation》 A martial Nova Two policemen traveled to an abandoned building in New York, firearms and flashlights out. ¡°COME OUT! YOU¡¯RE UNDER ARREST FOR STEALING, ASSAULT, AND DISTURBING THE PEACE!¡± one of them yelled out. ¡°Oh goddamn it. They found me. I thought this place was police-proof.¡± said a voice. The voice sounded no less than 15 years old. ¡°Y¡¯know, I¡¯m not the only one here¡±. Another cop replied ¡°You¡¯re the one we¡¯re after, we don¡¯t care about the others.¡± ¡°Alright tough guy.¡± A teenager dropped from the ceiling, landing with no problem at all. His shadow didn¡¯t look like him at all. While the teen had a hoodie with the sleeves rolled up and track pants that were torn everywhere, the shadow was a 7 foot tall monkey man, with golden eyes. ¡°Suprised right? I was too first time it happened!¡± The cops aimed the guns at him and began to shoot. The kid started jumping from wall to wall, bar to bar, as swiftly as the wind. The boy quickly landed in front of the first cop and punched him into a wall, breaking it. He then used a spinning kick on the other cop. ¡°Impressive right? I know Taekwondo and boxing! Cool ain¡¯t it?¡±. As the boy was walking away, one of the cops shot him in the arm. ¡°You forgot to disarm us.¡± A cop replied. ¡°What the hell man!¡± the boy yelled at him. ¡°Zang I swear if you got in trouble with the police.¡± an older boy yelled. He walked up to the other boy. ¡°Sanzang, what did I tell you about stealing? I have a job.¡± the older boy said. Sanzang yelled ¡°Ajesh, that was some good pork and you know it.¡± The cops were surprised and pointed the gun at the older boy. ¡°You¡¯re his older brother?¡± a cop replied. ¡°Non-related but yeah. I make sure he doesn¡¯t get into trouble.¡± Ajesh said to the cops. ¡°You''re clearly not doing a good j ob¡± a cop laughed. And then both of their guns were destroyed. Exploded to dust. ¡°Can you guys leave? I¡¯ll make sure it won¡¯t happen again¡± Ajesh said while holding Sanzang down. ¡°IT¡¯LL HAPPEN AGAIN! I¡¯M SURE OF IT¡± Sanzang yelled. Ajesh smacked the back of his head. ¡°Don¡¯t say that to the damn cops, dumbass.¡± Ajesh scolded him. ¡°Let''s go. People know where we live now, we can¡¯t stay here for long. Pack up some snacks and clothes and we¡¯ll move.¡±If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. Souls Travel Sanzang and Ajesh hauled their own backpacks. Sanzang had his gameboy, clothes, and a bunch of chips. Ajesh had his clothes, some meat and vegetables, a few books, and a phone. ¡°Why can¡¯t I kill demons like you?¡± Sanzang asked Ajesh while they were walking. ¡°I¡¯m older than you. Also stronger. You can barely tap into your Divine Soul. I can do it almost effortlessly.¡±. ¡°Soul this Soul that. What does any of it mean? It¡¯s just a bunch of gobledguk you made up, I guarantee it.¡± Sanzang exclaimed. ¡°It¡¯s gobledguk true, but I didn¡¯t make it up. It was a bunch of the older guys who made it. Or explained it. All people with these godly abilities have an energy called Soul. If you have a god''s abilities, well mainly a benevolent god, or angels you harness Divine Soul. If you have a demon¡¯s abilities, you harness a Chaos Soul. And some of us can manifest weapons with our Soul. Unlike someone¡­.¡±. ¡°Okay man.¡± Sanzang said in annoyance. ¡°Not everyone has god of destruction abilities, and is super talented at this¡­Soul stuff.¡± He exclaimed. They finished walking and found an abandoned warehouse. ¡°Just like home, right Zang¡¯?¡± Ajesh laughed. They both went in and were immediately attacked. It looked like a bunch of the same person. A voice laughed above them. Ajesh was blowing them up like it was nothing, in explosions of dark blue energy. Sanzang was having a bit of trouble, but stood his ground. ¡°Alright oversized shirt kid! Why the hell are you killing my clones?¡± the voice exclaimed. Ajesh pointed at himself ¡°Talking to me?¡±. ¡°Of course you, who else is wearing a shirt a size above them!¡± the voice yelled in a sarcastic tone. A boy around the same age as Sanzang hung on the roof, wearing a hoodie with rolled up sleeves, and track pants with zipper pockets.. ¡°Names Ethan. User of the great sage¡¯s abilities.¡± Sanzang raised his hand and said ¡°Name¡¯s Sanzang, don¡¯t know who¡¯s abilities I use.¡± Ethan replied, ¡°Sanzang, like Tang Sanzang?¡± Sanzang answered ¡°Think so!¡± Ethan smiled and seemingly teleported behind Sanzang and patted him on the back. ¡°Guess we¡¯re both monkeys! Anyway Oversized shirt dude, I wanna fight you in specific.¡± Ajesh smiled and put his hands in his pockets, leaning back a bit. ¡°You might be the second most naive person I¡¯ve ever met.¡± Just then Ethan felt the room shift. As if 100 earthquakes were happening all at once, in this one spot. And then suddenly it just stopped. Ethan exclaimed, ¡°what the hell was that!¡±. ¡°I just used my Divine Pressure ability. Every SuperNova kid has it. I¡¯m just good at using it.¡± ¡°Whatever man. Just fight me instead!¡± Sanzang yelled while putting his hands up. ¡°Not today. We gotta move. I hear something in the distance. Sounds like a girl yelling?¡± Ajesh questioned. Unauthorized usage: this tale is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. The Monkey Boy Sanzang and Ethan ran outside to check what it was, and Ajesh stayed in to take a quick nap. They both saw a girl trying to fight an old man who was cloaked and had a missing arm.. The old man yelled ¡°Woah! What did I do?¡±. The girl was swinging her spear at him, refusing to answer. Ethan took a Q-tip from his pocket and was just spinning it around. Sanzang was confused for a second until he saw it explode into a gold red and black burst of light. Ethan called out ¡°Ruyi Jingu Bang, manifest.¡±. A small Q-tip sized staff. ¡°This is the Gold Hooped Iron Rod.¡± Ethan stated. It grew to a regular sized staff. ¡°How did it grow?¡± Sanzang asked. ¡°Being honest, I don''t know.¡± Ethan laughed. ¡°Hey spear girl! Fight me first!¡± He yelled, and pointed his staff at her. The girl looked at him, pointing the spear at him. ¡°My name is Evadne, so address me as it.¡± she scolded him. ¡°Whatever you say, spear girl!¡± Ethan yelled. She dashed towards him with the spear, stabbing it in his direction. Ethan effortlessly dodged it, and used the staff to hit her into the ground. She got up and they clashed their weapons. ¡°That¡¯s a divine spear, correct?¡± Ethan asked in the middle of fighting. ¡°Correct.¡± she answered, clearly not wanting to talk while fighting. ¡°Then which god do you have?¡± he asked, spinning his staff to deflect attacks. He clearly wasn¡¯t having a hard time, but she was getting more aggressive with her attacks. ¡°Athena¡± she answered, frustrated that he¡¯s talking in the middle of a fight. ¡°Why did I bring out Jingu Bang? I could¡¯ve beaten you with my hands!¡± Ethan laughed. Evadne struck the ground, creating a shockwave of energy, sending Ethan flying. ¡°You can¡¯t even handle energy attacks, and you want to fight me with your hands alone? Hilarious.¡± Evadne gloated. ¡°Okay so if we¡¯re gonna use energy then¡­¡± Ethan said, but then the old man clapped for both of them. ¡°Are we good? You guys can stop, you''ve successfully shown us your strength. Now can the spear girl explain why she was attacking me?!¡±. Evadne replied to the old man, ¡°You had way too much energy. I had to take care of it.¡±. Everyone was in shock except Ajesh. ¡°She''s clearly good at using her Divine Soul, you think she can¡¯t sense energy?¡±. The old man was about to get mad, but then he calmed down. ¡°Yes I do have a lot of energy because I was involved in the falling star. I have the King of the Aesirs powers. Odin.¡±. Everyone was stunned for a few minutes, and then Sanzang exclaimed, ¡°You''re an old man though!¡±Unlawfully taken from Royal Road, this story should be reported if seen on Amazon. The King Reveals Himself They all went inside and sat around. Ethan was reading his copy of Journey to the West, Sanzang was hopping around the house, and Thea and Ajesh were sitting with the old man listening to his story. ¡°I was searching for an ancient ruin 20 years ago.¡± the old man told ¡°with some of my friends. Then the star fell right next to us, and we woke up in a cave. We had no idea we got here, but we had that feeling that I¡¯m sure you felt when you first figured out you had these powers.¡±. ¡°Overwhelming happiness and hyperactive energy?¡± Ethan asked. ¡°No,¡± replied the old man. ¡°Confusion and tiredness.¡±. ¡°My friends grew corrupt with this power. They didn¡¯t think they were mortals with godly powers, they wanted to play god.¡± The old man explained. ¡°I¡¯m lucky I got away with just a lost arm. I was the weakest of all of them.¡±. Sanzang finally talked, jumping down from the roof. ¡°Alright that¡¯s cool and all but you haven¡¯t even told us your name! You could be a wanted criminal for all we know!¡± Sanzang said to the man. Before the man could say anything, ¡°You ARE a wanted criminal Zang¡¯!¡± Ajesh yelled. The old man just said ¡°My name is El, and I have to go.¡± The old man got up and started walking to the door. Before he could leave Ajesh grabbed him by the back of his collar. ¡°You have a head God. You can at least show us what you can do.¡± he requested. ¡°I would, but I don¡¯t have anything to show. To show you the full extent of my abilities, I¡¯d need a rod around 6 to 7 feet tall.¡± Sanzang ran up, carrying a 6.5 foot batten. ¡°Hey¡­I kinda broke this off the roof and I have no clue what to do with it.¡± Ajesh snatched it out of his hand. ¡°Thanks. See El? Now show me what you can do.¡± He handed El the batten. El took it and held it. ¡°Gungnir, manifest.¡± The batten transformed into a spear with a blue glow. He took the spear and stabbed it into the ground. ¡°Form, Asgard.¡±. A land with golden houses everywhere, fountains formed around everyone. And behind El was a fortress with gold pillars. ¡°This is the fortified home of the Aesir. Asgard.¡± Everyone was stunned, not knowing where they were. Sanzang was the first to speak up. ¡°Where the hell are we? We were in an abandoned warehouse a second ago!¡±. El calmly answered ¡°to outsiders it looks like we disappeared. Head gods can manifest their domains, or heavens.¡±. Ajesh looked ecstatic about this information. ¡°Alright old man, if I know one thing about heavens, it¡¯s that I don¡¯t belong in them. I will wreck this place on a whim.¡± Ethan told El. Everything dissipated, and El fell to the ground. ¡°It takes a lot of energy to maintain this place.¡±. ¡°Alright oversized shirt dude, can we fight now? I want that fight.¡± Ethan asked Ajesh. Just then Ajesh walked outside. ¡°Does this place have a demon problem? There is a lot of Chaos here. You guys feel it right?¡± Ajesh asked them. Everyone but Sanzang nodded. ¡°Yes. We should check that out.¡± Thea responded, walking outside with her spear, ¡°Spear of war, manifest.¡± transforming it into a gold spear glowing with red. Ethan jumped out. ¡°I know Chaos Soul. I partially pull soul energy from it.¡± Ethan pulled out a toothpick ¡°Ruyi Jingu Bang, manifest.¡± Transforming it into his staff, and increasing its size. He put the staff on both his shoulders, and holding his hands on it, walking towards the energy. El sat down, and yelled at Sanzang, ¡°Why are they the only ones walking! Come on, move it!¡± Sanzang replied ¡°I don¡¯t know what we¡¯re going to fight! And I don¡¯t have a weapon!¡±. El yelled back ¡°Your brother walked into the problem, why didn¡¯t you?¡±. ¡°Fine,¡± Sanzang said, walking outside, stretching. ¡°I¡¯m blaming you if I get my ass beat!¡±. Outside there was a dragon made of black and crimson energy, with a ton of demons following it. ¡°Ooh that¡¯s not good. We¡¯re completely outnumbered.¡± Sanzang said. ¡°Not true.¡± Ethan said, pulling out a few hairs from his head. He blew them into the air, and they all transformed. ¡°That¡¯s how you made the clones?¡± Ajesh questioned. ¡°Doesn¡¯t matter how he makes them, at least we aren¡¯t outnumbered anymore!¡± Thea yelled. They all attacked. Ethan and his clones were easily fighting the demons. Ajesh was blowing them up with no issues, walking towards the dragon. Thea was jumping from demon to demon, ripping them apart with her spear. Sanzang was dodging the attacks, running towards the dragon. One of the Ethan clones yelled at Sanzang ¡°What the hell are you doing? You can¡¯t fight one demon let alone a dragon!¡± Sanzang smiled and said to the clone ¡°Can¡¯t be too hard right?¡±. This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it. The First Beats Sanzang jumped onto the dragon''s wing. He climbed on top of it, and it started flying. ¡°OH SHIT¡± Sanzang yelled. He kicked the dragon''s wing, and the dragon stumbled, almost falling to the ground. ¡°That works¡­alright let¡¯s try somewhere more sensitive.¡±. He stomped its neck, causing the dragon to breathe fire onto the ground. Everyone stumbled back, trying to dodge the fire. ¡°ZANG¡¯ GET DOWN FROM THERE.¡± Ajesh yelled at him. ¡°NO NO I GOT THIS! CAN¡¯T BE TOO HARD TO KILL THIS THING? RIGHT?¡± Sanzang yelled back. He punched the dragons back, and then the dragon flipped on its back, throwing Sanzang off. He landed into the trees, and then onto the ground. Ajesh noticed and started to run towards, but then he stopped. He saw a spike of Divine Soul in Sanzang''s body. ¡°He got it.¡± Ajesh said. He walked away, and went back to fighting the demons, blowing them up. At Sanzang¡¯s body, he was just barely conscious. He was trying to get up but his body wouldn¡¯t let him. ¡°What would Ajesh do¡­¡± He thought. ¡°I barely have a connection to my abilities, how am I supposed to compete with these guys?¡± Then Sanzang remembered a song Ajesh listened to whenever he was tired and sad. ¡°How the hell did that song go? Alright I¡¯ll just hum it.¡± As he started humming it he felt strength. He got up and a tornado of wind followed. It surrounded him. Ethan and Thea looked confused, but Ajesh smiled. ¡°You should be aware how knowledge and connection to your god can make your abilities stronger, correct? That¡¯s all he knows of his abilities. A song. The monkey god¡¯s song. The Hanuman Challisa.¡±. All of the demons and the dragon looked towards Sanzang. The wind around Sanzang exploded, erasing the demons and Ethan¡¯s clones. Sanzang ripped off a branch from a tree. ¡°Gada, manifest¡±. The branch transformed into a golden mace. Sanzang jumped onto the dragon, slamming his mace into its head. He bashed the mace into its head again. The dragon roared in pain. Sanzang grabbed its horns and pulled it up to his face level. ¡°Wanna breathe fire? Do ya buddy?¡± Sanzang mocked. He slammed the mace into the dragon''s face, breaking the dragon¡¯s bones. He pushed its face into the ground and stomped on it. The dragon got back up, breathing fire onto Sanzang. He created a shield of wind to block out the flames. The dragon started hitting Sanzang, throwing him around. He punched back, in the nose, stopping it. He slammed his mace onto the top of his head, making the dragon eat dirt. He kept stomping on its head, and then Ajesh stopped him, throwing him to the ground. ¡°That¡¯s enough. You''re making it more about hurting it than killing it.¡± Sanzang kicked him to the side and kept bashing the dragon with his mace. ¡°You like fire right?¡± The dragon roared with flames, but then Sanzang took the flames with his wind and burnt the dragon''s eyes. ¡°Oops you can¡¯t see my mace? Too bad!¡± Sanzang went in for the killing blow, but then he felt his energy leave him. The mace turned back into a branch and he fell to the ground. Ajesh picked him up and gave him to Ethan. ¡°Take him to a doctor or something¡± Ajesh went to the dragon and kneeled to its level. ¡°Sorry about him. It¡¯s his first time.¡±. Ajesh put his hand on its snout, and blew the whole dragon up, destroying it. ¡°Rest easy.¡± Ajesh said. They all walked away from the battlefield. Ethan was laughing like a mad man. ¡°That mace is so much more useful than his kicks and punches.¡±This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report. Vanara Sanzang returned to his senses, in a pool of gold water. ¡°Where the hell¡­oh.¡± Sanzang said, barely knowing where he was. He saw pillars lit with fire on top. The fire was blue. And standing before him was a large monkey. From Sanzang''s view it was 7 feet tall. The monkey had white pants, gold armor on its wrists and waist. It had a beaded necklace and a monk-like shirt. It stood like a human, carrying a mace on its shoulder. ¡°You must be Sanzang, the mortal I lend my powers to. Good job using my Gada by the way.¡± the monkey being said. ¡°And you are¡­?¡± Sanzang asked the giant. ¡°My name is Hanuman. God of strength, wisdom, self discipline, and the wind.¡± the being answered. Sanzang stared at Hanuman, before asking ¡°There are monkey gods?¡±. ¡°Theres an elephant god and there can¡¯t be a monkey god? Besides, I''m not really a monkey. I¡¯m a Vanara.¡± Sanzang stared in confusion until Hanuman clarified that it means he¡¯s a human like monkey. ¡°So I¡¯ve been using your abilities? Wow that¡¯s¡­that¡¯s crazy. Why haven¡¯t you helped me all my life then?¡± Sanzang asked him. ¡°Cause I didn¡¯t see a reason to help you. You never had any principle, just fighting to fight.¡± Hanuman continued ¡°In order for a SuperNova kid to use that Divine Soul, you and I need to agree that you¡¯ll use it in a manner I approve of.¡±. Sanzang was surprised. ¡°What makes you think that I¡¯ll abuse your power? I simply fight to survive.¡±. Hanuman responded annoyed, ¡°I gave you my power and you abused a dragon?! How do you do that?¡±. Sanzang rolled his eyes. ¡°Fine. Let''s make a deal. You lend me a bit of your power, and if I misuse it, take it away!¡± Hanuman yelled ¡°What do you think I¡¯ve been doing! Listen, I¡¯ll do that with more access, but anytime you do it, you have to learn my challisa. Super simple. And I¡¯ll give full access when you''re ready. Deal?¡± Sanzang shook his hand. ¡°You got me on a subscription. Not like I got a choice.¡±. Sanzang suddenly woke up after they shook hands. The narrative has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the infringement. The Two Monkeys Sanzang woke up in a hospital, completely unaware of his surroundings. He looked around, and was surprised. The last time he was in a hospital was when he was 6. He saw Ajesh walking around, talking to the half asleep Ethan and Thea. ¡°What? Are you guys sleepy already? It¡¯s only been like, 7 hours!¡± Ajesh exclaimed. Ethan wanted to chime in but he was too tired. Thea was tired but responded anyway. ¡°I sleep for 7 hours, I just missed a perfectly good night of rest! Waiting for this idiot, oh he¡¯s awake!¡±. Sanzang was barely awake so he just waved and drank some water. ¡°What happened? Last thing I remembered was that I got knocked off that dragon. Maybe shouldn¡¯t have kicked it.¡± Sanzang asked. Ajesh was the quickest to respond. ¡°You got your rhythm in check.¡± Ajesh said. ¡°My¡­what? You realize you¡¯ve never said this word ever in my life.¡± Sanzang said. ¡°What¡¯s more to say? You kicked ass! Just try to figure out what you did to replicate it.¡± Ethan said. Sanzang got up and walked outside. He climbed to the roof and looked around. ¡°What am I feeling? Everywhere I look around I feel like there''s something. My senses feel like they are boosted to 1000%! What is this? Does this have something to do with that monkey¡­¡± before he could finish his thought Ethan surprised him from behind. ¡°Yes. It does have something to do with your god.¡±. Sanzang almost fell off the roof ¡°How, what, where?¡±, before he could finish the questions Ethan smacked him in the back of the head. ¡°I can make clones and you think I¡¯d wait for anything? I was just messing around, spinning my staff, playing solitaire, watching youtube, sleeping, y¡¯know what anyone would do.¡± Ethan explained. ¡°Alright alright, you¡¯ve gone through this, explain what happened. Why do I feel like I ate a mushroom I shouldn¡¯t have?¡± Sanzang asked. ¡°It¡¯s simple Sanzang. Like Oversized Shirt Guy said, you''re getting a connection with your god. Now you feel everywhere. The Divine Energy.¡±. Sanzang looked around, but then felt a burst of energy. Ethan and Sanzang were both stunned for a second, but then they looked into the distance. A giant explosion of fire in the distance. ¡°That feels like the Divine Soul.¡± Sanzang told Ethan. ¡°Yeah I know, I know. We¡¯re going right?¡±. Sanzang smiled and jumped down. ¡°Hell yeah!¡±.This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. Ra Revealed Ethan and Sanzang ran to the energy, jumping from tree to tree, and hopping on the air. They got to a mountain range where they saw a person in the air surrounded by flames. The fire transitioned from bright red to gold. ¡°That¡¯s pretty cool.¡± Ethan said. Sanzang stared at him in confusion, before grabbing a branch from a tree. ¡°Just to be safe. Where¡¯d your staff go?¡± Sanzang asked Ethan. ¡°Kept it safe in my ear.¡± Ethan replied and then pulled out his staff from his ear, and made its size grow. ¡°That must be useful. Wait, do you hear that?¡± Sanzang questioned. They listened closely and heard what the person was saying. It sounded like Egyptian. They couldn¡¯t make out much but they heard one word that Sanzang understood. ¡°I think that guy has the god Ra. God of the sun in the Egyptian pantheon.¡±. ¡°Oh splendid, you''re not completely oblivious for once!¡± Ethan replied. Sanzang rolled his eyes, and as he was about to transform the branch, the person floating in the air formed a fireball and threw it at them. They both quickly dodged it, and Ethan pulled out some hair. ¡°That is disgusting.¡± Sanzang told him. ¡°Does it matter? We need to survive somehow!¡± Ethan angrily replied. He blew the hair and created a direct copy of the two. ¡°This should distract him. Crazy man, he¡¯s probably part of a cult or something! Using Rhythm in the middle of the forest.¡±. Ethan and Sanzang hid behind a tree while the floating man flicked his wrist and the copies were burnt to a crisp. ¡°Damn. Thank god we didn¡¯t fight him.¡± Sanzang sighed in relief. As soon as he said that, the man looked at him, and created a massive fire ball, and crashed it into them. They sprinted away as fast as they could, and just barely escaped it. They looked back and noticed the man was missing. The forest was in a blaze. They just walked back to the hospital, and realized everyone was gone. ¡°Where¡¯d everyone go?¡± Sanzang asked the lady at the front desk. ¡°Who¡¯s everyone?¡±, she responded. ¡°Oversized Shirt Guy, Spear Girl, and Armless Old Man.¡± Ethan responded. The lady looked at him in confusion for a while, before telling him to leave. ¡°Good thing we didn¡¯t have to pay. I am flat broke.¡± Sanzang remarked before leaving the hospital. If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. The Old Novas Back at a fortress, a white haired old man with blue eyes leaned on his hand sitting on his throne. ¡°Any news? Did the dragon work?¡± He asked. ¡°No Elias¡± A black haired woman said to him. ¡°The dragon was defeated by someone we haven¡¯t seen on the database, but most of the demons were killed by one of the Nova Trinity.¡±. ¡°Well which one was it?¡± A man with brown hair and in a cloak asked. ¡°Was it N or A?¡±. He followed up. ¡°It was A, N isn¡¯t active right now.¡± she responded, clearly annoyed. ¡°Thanks Sabrina, and Miguel, calm down. It isn¡¯t that big of a deal.¡± Elias told both of them. ¡°You guys can leave now. Go talk with Haru, and ask him if he was able to access the Egyptian heaven.¡± Elias ordered the two. As they left, a ghostly figure, 17 feet tall emerged. It was wearing a toga, eyes fluttering with lightning, and hair long and white. ¡°That A will be a problem.¡± The figure said. ¡°I got it covered.¡± Elias responded. ¡°Are you sure? You underestimate how strong that boy is.¡± The figure told him. ¡°Don¡¯t worry. He may be part of the Nova Trinity, but it¡¯s not like we don¡¯t have a powerhouse of our own.¡±. ¡°Oh really? You''re finally deciding to stop his training and raiding and actually use his full potential¡± The figure chuckled. ¡°He¡¯s fought stronger. Now, I¡¯ll send him out. Go talk with the other Greek gods.¡±. ¡°Who are you to give me orders?!¡± The figure scolded. ¡°I¡¯m the one who can bring back that world you miss so much. You can¡¯t get rid of me Zeus. Not today at least.¡± He smiled. Zeus disappeared, and Elias walked down to the bunkers of the fortress. ¡°LYSANDER, I HAVE A MISSION FOR YOU.¡± Elias yelled. A 6 foot tall boy emerged from his bunker, wielding a stone club ¡°So I finally get to do something.¡± He told Elias. ¡°Where to?¡±Stolen novel; please report. 2/3 of The Nova Trinity Everyone reunited with Sanzang and Ethan, and as Sanzang was explaining what happened, El chimed in. ¡°The guy didn¡¯t happen to use Ra¡¯s abilities right?¡±. ¡°Yeah, he did! How¡¯d you know?¡± Sanzang replied. ¡°That¡¯s Haru.¡± El replied, clearly sounding like Haru would be an issue. ¡°He¡¯s part of the group of individuals such as myself to get powers at an old age. He¡¯s the youngest of us, being only 40, but he packs a punch. He must¡¯ve been trying to unlock The Land Of Punt.¡±. Ethan looked surprised, but then asked El ¡°Hey just a question, does your gang of old people include a brown haired man with the Jade Emperor''s powers?¡±. El quickly responded ¡°Yeah his name¡¯s Miguel.¡±. Ajesh was the next person to ask. ¡°Why are these people all together but you¡¯re away from them, and missing an arm?¡±. ¡°They want to unite the heavens and the Earth. And I got his arm struck off.¡± El answered. ¡°We should probably get a move on. They might be able to track where El is.¡± Thea told. ¡°So she speaks!¡± Sanzang yelled, before getting kicked to the ground. They kept on walking, and then Thea told everyone ¡°Since we¡¯re here we should go see the Statue of Liberty! I hear it¡¯s cool.¡±. El rejected the idea, talking about how he¡¯s seen it 7 times. ¡°Well to be fair, you¡¯re old.¡± Ethan told him. ¡°Sure, let''s go. I mean, we¡¯re here, might as well!.¡± Sanzang said. Ajesh replied again ¡°We¡¯ve lived here our whole life.¡¯know what let¡¯s just go. A crowded place is probably better anyway.¡±. They all walked, except Sanzang who ran all the way there. ¡°Whoo I¡¯m tired! We should order some food!¡±. ¡°Of course you''re tired, you ran all the way here dumbass.¡± Ethan yelled at him. They ordered some food and were eating, looking at the Statue and talking. Suddenly they heard a rumbling noise, followed by an earthquake. All of them except Ajesh were scared, wondering why the earthquake started, before Ajesh yelled out ¡°COME OUT NOVA. I KNOW IT¡¯S YOU.¡±. Then Lysander appeared from the rubble wielding his Stone Club, and a bear skin, almost ghostly, transparent but also physical. ¡°You must be Ajesh. The A in the Nova Trinity.¡± Lysander said to Ajesh, looking down at him. ¡°I am Ajesh, but what¡¯s a Nova Trinity?¡±. ¡°We¡¯re part of a small club of the strongest Nova¡¯s. There¡¯s me, you, and N. We¡¯re all the same age and have immeasurable potential in battle.¡± . Ajesh nodded, and asked ¡°So who sent you? Clearly you must have motivation.¡±. ¡°The king of Novas sent me. Now, I¡¯m gonna have to fight you, and hopefully kill you.¡± Lysander said, before hitting him in the head with the club, sending him flying. Before anyone could help, Ajesh yelled ¡°DON¡¯T WORRY ABOUT ME JUST TRY TO GET OTHER PEOPLE OUT OF HERE¡±. Everyone was confused, not seeing anything destructive about Lysander, with only Sanzang helping. But as they were watching, Ajesh got up, with his right arm being broken from the launch and his head bleeding, put his left arm out, and said ¡°Nasht.¡±. In an instant a wave of explosive energy was blasted, knocking everyone away destroying the buildings surrounding them, sending Llysander back. ¡°ARE YOU GUYS GONNA GO GET PEOPLE OUT OF HERE OR STAND HERE WATCHING! AND HAND ME A FIVE FOOT ROD FROM SOME OF THAT RUBBLE.¡± . Ethan handed him a rod and everyone ran to help people get away from the fight. Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit. Gods Armor Lysander dragged his club on the ground walking towards him. ¡°Did my club give you brain damage? What can you do to me? I¡¯m clearly stronger. One blast that took up most of your energy and you think you¡¯re the stronger of the two of us?¡±. ¡°That lion skin doesn¡¯t look physical, must be god¡¯s armor right?¡± Ajesh asked, before getting hit on his right arm by the club. Ajesh screamed in pain before getting sent to a wall. ¡°Less talking, more fighting more your style? Alright then. Trishul, manifest.¡± Ajesh said, The rod turned into a trident with a ribbon right below the top. They clashed weapons, Ajesh being severely limited since he could only use one arm. Lysander hit him up, grabbed his head, and slammed him into the ground. ¡°MUST MAKE YOUR WOUND BURN RIGHT?¡±. He kicked Ajesh into the air and slammed him in the head with the club. But then Ajesh¡¯s eyes glowed dark blue, before going to the ground. Ajesh stood up, and Lysander was gloating. ¡°You¡¯re weak compared to me! Y¡¯know who chose me? Heracles! God of Strength and Heroes!¡±. Ajesh looked up at the sky. He looked high. Laughing uncontrollably. ¡°I GET IT. I GET HOW TO USE GOD ARMOR.¡± Ajesh exclaimed. He then proceeded to grow two more arms on his back, both glowing blue, being somewhat transparent. ¡°BRING IT ON.¡±. Ajesh dashed towards Lysander, stabbing him in the chest with the Trishul, and then sending waves of energy with the two other arms. Then Trishul disappeared. ¡°Must¡¯ve used too much energy. OH WELL.¡±. He started punching with two of his arms, grappling him, tossing him around like a toy. He slammed him to the ground, and stomped him with a destruction filled kick. The lion skin on Lysander¡¯s head disappeared, and Ajesh put his hand on his chest. ¡°NASHT.¡± Ajesh sent an earth shattering blast causing all of the buildings in the area to fall. ¡°AGA-¡± and before Ajesh could blast him again El grabbed him. ¡°Ajesh you won. Now let¡¯s get all of us out. And take Lysander.¡±. Ajesh¡¯s arms disappeared, and whispered ¡°Alright then I need a bit of medical attention.¡± before falling to the ground, knocked out. El picked Ajesh up, and walked away looking for shelter. Sanzang Ethan and Thea all struggled to pick up Lysander and follow El. This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. Road Trip El dropped Ajesh at an old cabin, and Sanzang Ethan and Thea threw Lysander on the ground. ¡°Why is he so damn heavy!?¡± Thea exclaimed in anger. Sanzang walked outside, breathing in the fresh air. ¡°How did you know about this place?¡± he asked El. ¡°I was a nomad before the falling star.¡± He explained. ¡°This is one of the places I lived in.¡±. Ethan walked around, and was clearly impressed. ¡°We should go into the city, it¡¯s almost dinner time,¡± Sanzang told El. ¡°we¡¯re gonna have to stay here a while.¡±. Before he could walk out the house, Thea grabbed him by the arm and dragged him inside. ¡°We can¡¯t go out or stay here. They clearly know where we are.¡±. Sanzang and Thea started to argue, and before they could start a fight El interrupted. ¡°There¡¯s a car in the back that can fit a lot of people. If we can work on it, we can leave the state.¡±. ¡°Alright, that''s our plan, but where do we go?!¡± Ethan yelled, annoyed that he had to leave New York. ¡°There¡¯s a city that¡¯s been rising in the past 20 years, we can go there¡± Thea told Ethan. ¡°I was raised there, we¡¯ll be safe.¡±. ¡°How did you get here then?¡± El asked. ¡°I know what city you''re talking about, it¡¯s like 1 state away from here!¡±. ¡°Someone drove me, but then they died.¡± She told El, looking sad while saying it. ¡°Alright let''s work on the car!¡± Sanzang said, before running to the garage. They all went, and after a few hours Lysander woke up. ¡°Oh my back hurts so much¡± Lysander yelled, shaking his long hair and bangs, messing them up. Ajesh woke up from the yelling. ¡°Woah, my arm¡¯s alright!¡±. ¡°Yeah, Novas naturally heal if they aren¡¯t hurt for a long enough time. Even faster for us.¡± Lysander told Ajesh, hitting his own chest while saying so, throwing up water. ¡°Oh I got water in my lungs.¡±. ¡°Why are you acting so differently? You could¡¯ve killed me right now!¡± Ajesh yelled. ¡°I couldn¡¯t. You¡¯re as strong as me. Besides, I respect you. We¡¯ll have a rematch one day, but today is not that day.¡± Lysander explained. ¡°Who¡¯s the King of Novas?¡± Ajesh asked. ¡°Elias, one of the five Old Novas, Nova of Zeus.¡±. Just as he said this, El walked in. ¡°Elias was a rash one, I¡¯ll give him that. Lysander, do you even know what the Old Novas want to do?¡± El said. ¡°No, they just took me in after learning I¡¯m a part of the Nova Trinity.¡± Lysander answered. ¡°They want to unite the heavens and Earth, causing all Novas but themselves to be wiped out.¡± El told him. ¡°Well I don¡¯t want that.¡± Lysander told him in surprise. ¡°We just finished repairing the truck and are going to leave the state. Wanna join? You can sit in the truck!¡± El joked, chuckling at his own joke. ¡°Nah. I¡¯d prefer to go my own way. Thank you for telling me, Old Man.¡± Lysander told El, before walking out the cabin, hitting his head on the door. ¡°Rude guy.¡± Ajesh said, hiding his laugh. ¡°OVERSIZED SHIRT DUDE AND OLD ARMLESS GUY COME ON! SANZANG AND SPEAR GIRL ARE ALREADY IN¡± Ethan yelled. ¡°That¡¯s our cue. Don¡¯t worry, you can sit in the front. Sanzang and Ethan are sitting in the back, and Thea in the middle.¡± El said. ¡°Alright then. I need a break from fighting man.¡±. Ajesh got up and went to the truck, joining everyone, and then they left. Unauthorized tale usage: if you spot this story on Amazon, report the violation. Lord of Havoc A man is seen standing on a cliff. He is wearing black gauntlets with gold bracelets that expose his fingers, black pants, slippers, a black and gold monk like shirt, but it looks sort of made like metal, gold earrings, and a crimson belt. His left eye was red, and his right eye gold. Behind him is a knight in full armor, kneeling. ¡°Is it ready, Dienaar?¡± The man asks. ¡°Yes, it is. It is on top of a mountain, surrounded by blue and green trees. It shouldn¡¯t be hard to miss, sir.¡± The knight replies. ¡°Good good. I hope it ends well.¡± the man tells him. ¡°You have been a great servant. I hope you know that Dienaar.¡± The man says to him. Dienaar looks at him in worry, and tells him ¡°Are you sure about this? The people you are fighting are the strongest beings, they have supernatural abilities beyond comprehension. All you can do is martial arts, with some Soul manipulation. Are you sure you want to go head first into battle?¡±. ¡°I don¡¯t need fancy powers. They are strong, yes, but they aren¡¯t disciplined. They can fight, but without their powers, they are as good as nothing, with a few notable exceptions.¡±. ¡°Take my blade. You may need it.¡± Dienaar said in desperation. ¡°No need! I¡¯ll fight them myself. And if I die and a war is started, then I truly have fulfilled my role.¡± the man said in confidence. ¡°You know that this won¡¯t end the way you imagine.¡±. Dienaar told him in anger. ¡°Don¡¯t need it to. And if it does, the universe will know me as Varinzik, Lord of Havoc ¡±. If you discover this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. The Siblings El drove the truck from New York into Pennsylvania. In Pennsylvania, they searched for the city. ¡°You''re telling me you don¡¯t know where your hometown is? Y¡¯know how hard it is to drive with one arm??¡± El scolded. Thea responded with the same amount of anger, ¡°It¡¯s been a long time okay?! I don¡¯t remember the exact path!¡±. Sanzang was sticking his head out the window, while Ethan was struggling to keep him inside the car. ¡°I offered to drive at least 7 times now!¡± Ajesh yelled. ¡°You''re too young to drive!¡± El yelled back, clearly fed up with everyone''s talking. Ethan just gave up and pulled out his phone and searched the city up. ¡°Five Seasons City right? I¡¯ll just search it up on Google Maps. Problem solved! Arguing like monkeys, AND I¡¯M SUPPOSED TO BE THE MONKEY¡± Etha yelled. With Ethan¡¯s directions they ended up getting to the city. Sanzang jumped out like a dog getting stuck in the house and finally going on a walk. He started jumping around, from building to building, using his wind to cushion the fall. Right as he was in the middle of the air he was hit with a hammer. It had the force of an 18-wheeler, and struck lightning when hit. ¡°WHO ARE YOU ASIAN MAN¡± the boy yelled right after hitting him. Sanzang landed on the ground, clearly not having the best time. ¡°I just got here, come on!¡± Sanzang yelled while gasping for air. Sanzang ran up to him and kicked him in the head. Ethan was watching and noticed something. ¡°Was that kick imbued with¡­Divine Soul? How is that possible?¡±. Sanzang followed up his kick with a back kick in the stomach, sending the boy with a hammer back. ¡°Didn¡¯t bother to introduce yourself but still using your Nova abilities! Shame! Shame on you!¡±. The boy dashed up to him and used a supercharged hit to send Sanzang into a house. ¡°Sorry sorry. Just got sent by an ABSOLUTE LUNATIC.¡±. Thea and Ethan were watching, and decided to walk around a bit. ¡°I wonder if they still live here.¡± Thea said, saying her thoughts out loud. ¡°Which house do they live in? Wait¡­it''s that big mansion up there isn¡¯t it?¡± Ethan asked Thea. ¡°Yeah but it looks very beat up. Let¡¯s knock and see who¡¯s in there.¡± She said before knocking on the mansion''s door. A girl with green highlights in her hair answered the door. ¡°Thea?¡± The girl said. ¡°Tabia?¡± Thea responded. They hugged, and Tabia invited them in. ¡°It¡¯s been so long! How¡¯ve you been??¡± Tabia asked Thea as they sat down. Meanwhile Ethan explored the large mansion. While Thea and Tabia talked about what¡¯s happened in their lives in the past few months, Ethan went to the basement of the mansion. He saw a bunch of mechanical parts hanging up. ¡°I didn¡¯t know the Green Tipped Hair Girl was a mechanic.¡± Ethan remarked. ¡°A bunch of armor and stuff. Mech¡¯s and shit. Black gold and red. Not her colors right?¡±. ¡°That¡¯s because they aren¡¯t hers, they¡¯re mine.¡± a disembodied voice said. Ethan took out a toothpick and manifested The Golden Hooped Rod, and put it on his shoulders with his hands resting on it. A mech suit around 15 feet tall walked up, standing over Ethan. ¡°They¡¯re mine. Names Kenji, Pleasure to meet you.¡±. The mech¡¯s hand transformed into a cannon, and he pointed it at Ethan. ¡°How bout a fight to celebrate the first use of the Atlas Armor against another Nova.¡± This narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it. Metal meets Stone Sanzang and the man with a hammer continued clashing, kicks of energy and blows of thunder being exchanged. ¡°You''re good with martial arts, but in terms of brute strength you are an ant to me¡± He said, before hitting him with a thunder infused strike. Sanzang went flying, and grabbed on a window. ¡°Thor, right? The hammer that seems like Mjolnir and lightning fit. Why are you fighting me?¡± Sanzang questioned. The boy answered, ¡°You were being reckless, you would have gotten someone hurt.¡±. ¡°You wanna see recklessness?¡± Sanzang yelled, dropping down. Sanzang dashed in front of the boy, with his fist being coated in Divine Soul and Golden Wind. The boy tried blocking with his hammer, but it was too late. Sanzang hit the hammer, causing a clash of thunder and wind. A miniature storm formed, and destroyed the surrounding area. ¡°That¡¯s me being reckless. Now what¡¯s your name.¡± He asked the stranger. The boy''s hammer was broken, back into the form of a normal hammer. He stood up and introduced himself. ¡°My name is Jackson. Nova of thunder.¡±. Back at the mansion, Ethan was still deflecting blasts with his staff. ¡°WHAT THE HELL DID I DO?¡±. Kenji yelled back ¡°I¡¯M TESTING OUT THE ARMOR!¡± and transformed his hand back into a fist, but the fist was bigger. The mech suit punched Ethan, sending him through five walls. ¡°Ouch, what is that thing made of?¡± Ethan asked. The Atlas Armor walked up to him, looking at its hand. ¡°Titanium, Iron, and a new type of metal I found when I sent an android into Greece.¡±. Ethan got up and positioned his staff in front of him. ¡°Extend!¡±. At his command, the staff grew in length at rapid speeds, ramming into the mech and sending him back through the walls. ¡°Expand!¡±. The staff grew to the width of a boulder. Ethan started to push it into the Atlas Armor, while Kenji struggled to push back. Suddenly, out of his elbows, repulsors are activated, making the push back stronger. As Ethan saw that, he quickly ordered the staff. ¡°Contract and shrink! Now!¡±, and the staff shrunk. ¡°Interesting¡­how can your staff do that?¡± Kenji questioned. ¡°Power of Gods, it¡¯s that easy to explain.¡± Ethan answered. ¡°Gods aren¡¯t real. Science controls nature.¡± Kenji told him, laughing while doing so. ¡°Dude so when there¡¯s proof of gods, you''re still gonna ignore it?¡± Ethan questioned, looking visibly confused, but then the mech appeared right in front of him, cannon point blank, but before he could use it, Tabia and Thea walked into the basement. ¡°Kenji get out of the armor! He is our guest.¡±. She turned to Thea and said ¡°Sorry he¡¯s adopted, don¡¯t mind him.¡±. Thea rolled her eyes, and replied ¡°Well yeah two black kids and an asian kid I didn¡¯t know. I¡¯d like to apologize for Ethan and Sanzang too.¡±. Just as they said that Sanzang and Jackson walked down into the basement. ¡°Hey sis! Wait¡­Kenji, how is the armor doing?¡± Jackson asked. ¡°It¡¯s holding up well. I almost won if she didn¡¯t INTERRUPT.¡± Kenji replied. The three started arguing, as Thea Sanzang and Ethan talked about their experiences. They walked back out and went to pick up dinner. ¡°Dude Jackson is strong! That thunder hurt.¡± He commented. ¡°I noticed you were able to imbue your martial arts with Divine Soul, how¡¯d you do that?¡± Ethan asked, with a serious look on his face. ¡°I just focused my Soul energy into my legs and hands. And Hanuman¡¯s abilities followed. Hey look at me, I¡¯m getting better at this!¡± Sanzang chuckled. Ethan still had a serious look on his face, contemplating something. Thea noticed this but chose not to ask. She directed them to a fast food restaurant, and they picked something up. ¡°we should eat at the river! It¡¯ll be nice!¡± Thea exclaimed. Ethan and Sanzang were confused, because they¡¯ve never seen her this happy. As they sat down by the river, and opened their lunch, a giant serpent emerged from the river, and stared at them. ¡°So the rumors are true. You are back.¡±Unlawfully taken from Royal Road, this story should be reported if seen on Amazon. The Serpent ¡°Who''s back?¡± Ethan asked. Thea was awestruck, and Sanzang was devouring his food, before looking up and looking at the serpent. ¡°Woah, a big snake!¡± He exclaimed. The serpent looked at him in confusion, before saying ¡°Do you not remember me.¡±. ¡°I¡¯m supposed to remember you? Wait¡­are you Jormungandr?¡± Sanzang asked. The serpent replied ¡°HOW DARE YOU FORGET ME, AFTER ALL I HAD TO DO FOR YOU.¡±. Sanzang finished his burger and fries. And Thea intervened, but before he could Jormungandr rose higher. ¡°IF YOU DON¡¯T REMEMBER ME I¡¯LL MAKE YOU.¡±. He slammed his head into Sanzang, with Sanzang dodging. ¡°WHAT THE HELL!? THAT WAS MY FOOD.¡±. Jormungandr got back up and licked its lips. ¡°And it was good too.¡±. Sanzang grew angry and jumped up to kick him in the face, dealing almost no damage. In retaliation Jormungandr slammed into Sanzang, throwing him to the side. He went into the water and his tail came out, coming down to crush him. But right as he was about to crush Sanzang, Sanzang singlehandedly stopped the tail. Sanzang¡¯s eyes changed. His left eye turned red, and his right eye gold. He then jumped up into the sky, and dropkicked Jormungandr¡¯s tail with Divine Soul. This created a tornado of water, and then Sanzang went back to land. Jormungandr came back out and attempted to crash into him headfirst, but he stopped the attack, went up to Jormungandr¡¯s ear and whispered¡°Don¡¯t forget who let you live even when you deserved to die.¡±. Jormungandr nodded and disappeared into the river, swimming away. Thea and Ethan were stunned, but then Sanzang looked at them, his eyes the normal color. ¡°Where¡¯d Jormun go? I had questions!¡± He asked the two. They were confused, but then Ajesh walked up to them. ¡°What were those loud noises? I needed to stretch.¡±. Thea and Ethan pointed at Sanzang, who was now cleaning the dirt off his clothes. ¡°Nahh, he couldn¡¯t have caused all that noise.¡± Ajesh told them. Ethan looked around, seeing the water from the river splashed around everywhere. ¡°Dude, we¡¯re not kidding! His eyes changed colors, one red the other gold, and his kicks were destructive! I was wrong, maybe his hands and legs are effective!¡± Ethan exclaimed. ¡°I can vouch. A big serpent that Sanzang called Jormungandr came out of the river and they fought, the serpent said that Sanzang should¡¯ve remembered him or something.¡± Thea explained. ¡°That sounds crazy. We should head back into town though. It¡¯s only a matter of time before they find us.¡± Ajesh told the three. ¡°Sounds good to me, I''m super sleepy.¡± Sanzang told him, before running back into the city. Everyone followed, while talking about what happened. As they walked into the city, they saw Jackson Tabia and Kenji fighting an army of demons. Jackson was breaking demon skulls with Mjolnir, Kenji was blasting and throwing them around in his mech, and Tabia was creating illusions and throwing daggers. ¡°So Tabia has Loki. I bet she and El are gonna have a great time.¡± Sanzang remarked. ¡°Where are you learning this stuff??¡± Ajesh asked him. The story has been taken without consent; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. Overloaded Strength ¡°Yo! What¡¯s going on?¡± Ethan asked Kenji. ¡°We¡¯re just doing what we normally do. This city often gets a lot of demons, but this is more than normal.¡± Kenji told Ethan through the armor. Sanzang and Ajesh quickly jumped into the fight, killing demons left and right. Thea ran to get her spear, and Ethan manifested his staff. Ethan had no trouble, and beat them with his staff. But the energy he was using started crackling. It was black and red, like normal, but it felt more intense, like it was angered. . Every time he killed a demon, he¡¯d absorb their energy. Ajesh noticed this and ran to Ethan who was using his staff to support himself. Right as Ajesh got to him, Ethan was enveloped in the dark energy. It wrapped around him, creating a sort of armor around him. There were horns on his head extending upwards and back, waving with the wind. His face was covered in energy and an eerie smile and white eyes. The armor covered his body, like flames. And the finished transformation had a monkey tail. In a raspy voice that sounded as if there were an echo coming from him, he said ¡°I don¡¯t want to fight you nobodies, so bring your leader, and most of you demons will survive.¡±. The demons, awestruck by this being, summoned a portal, and brought a behemoth, around 100 feet tall, carrying a battleaxe. ¡°Who are you to summon me?¡± the behemoth asked, wiping off the blood of its tusks. Ethan jumped up, extending its rod to 1000 feet long. He singlehandedly smacked the behemoth with his staff, sending it crashing to the ground. Ajesh already was evacuating people before anyone could get hurt. Ethan started to beat the behemoth with his staff, not giving it room to breathe. Then Ethan shrunk the Golden hooped rod, threw it in the air, and increased its width to the size of the behemoth, and the height of it too. It crashed into the behemoth, causing it to explode. Everyone clapped, impressed with Ethan¡¯s performance. He shrunk his staff to normal size. ¡°Alright Ethan the behemoth and almost all the demons are dead. You can go back to normal!¡± Ajesh yelled. Ethan dashed towards Ajesh and smacked him with the JinguBang, sending him through buildings and out of the city, into the river. Sanzang was surprised, never seeing his older brother lose before. Sanzang walked back a few inches, scared. Thea saw this, whispered something to herself. Suddenly, her eyes turned white, and she gained a silver aura. Music began to play, a fast orchestrated beat. She started to clash with Ethan. ¡°Rhythm vs Overflow. Interesting.¡± Kenji remarked. They all ran up to help, except Sanzang. Sanzang was still confused, and he started getting memories he¡¯s never seen before. Kenji was blasting beams while punching with the force of a bus, but it had no effect. Same with Jackson¡¯s hammer and Tabias daggers. The only person making a dent was Thea. Sanzang was still freaking out, keeping his hands over his face, trying to stop the memories. He kept seeing visions of a man with red and gold eyes, launching kicks and punches imbued with his Soul, fighting. As he started to lose his mind, he felt someone tap him in the shoulder. He looked up and saw the 7 foot monkey. ¡°Hanuman? The hell are you doing here?¡± He asked. ¡°I¡¯m just a projection, don¡¯t worry. Only you can see me.¡± Hanuman replied. ¡°Listen, I just decided to pop by and tell you that those memories are important, but you can¡¯t focus on them right now. Your friends are losing a fight, your brother just got thrown like a ragdoll, your goal is to beat Ethan. No matter what.¡± Hanuman told Sanzang, and then disappeared. Sanzang was confused, but shook it off. He did a little stretch and yelled to Ethan ¡°Hey Ethan! Catch this!¡±. Ethan looked up and saw Sanzang above him. Sanzang imbued Divine Soul into a punch, then punched him into the floor causing the ground to break and the windows of the cars in the area to shatter. Thea took the opportunity to stab Ethan with her spear. Ethan quickly got up launching them away. Kenji transformed the arm of the mech into a cannon, and had Jackson blast lightning into the Atlas Armor, charging it up. Tabia then duplicated the mech, surrounding Ethan. ¡°ABSOLUTE CANNON, FIRE!¡±. All of the mechs fired at Ethan, causing a ginormous explosion. Ethan stumbled, screaming in pain like a monster. Sanzang imbued a kick with energy, and kicked Ethan in the face. Ethan crashed into a building, and struggled to get up. Right as he got up, he used his staff to break Sanzang¡¯s right arm. They clashed, both of them taking extremely harsh blows to their bodies. Sanzang was bleeding everywhere, and while no one could see it, Ethan was in pain. Sanzang then collapsed on the ground. The berserk Ethan ran up to Thea to smack her with his staff, but then he was met with another kick to the face, but it was different. Instead of Divine Soul, it was Chaos. Ethan¡¯s energy was drained from him, and he collapsed. Sanzang panted and put his left fist up in the air, causing a gust of wind that encompassed the entire city. He won the fight. Unlawfully taken from Royal Road, this story should be reported if seen on Amazon. The Two Monkey Gods Hanuman was meditating under a tree, to project himself and help Sanzang. As he opened his eyes he saw a monkey on a cloud in full gold armor with red eyes and diamond pupils, and featherlike horns on his headband, ¡°Sun!? What are you doing here?¡± Hanuman asked. The monkey replied, ¡°Just seeing what you were doing.¡±. ¡°Was just projecting myself to help my Nova¡± Hanuman replied. ¡°Really? My Nova just had his first Overflow. So how¡¯s the Trinexus?¡± Sun asked. ¡°He might come back to his old self. He started to use Chaos, and Jormun found him.¡± Hanuman answered. ¡°Well let me know if he does come too, I still need a rematch.¡± Sun responded. ¡°Well, Wukong, sorry to inform you, but I was connected to the Trinexus SPECIFICALLY so he doesn¡¯t come too.¡± Hanuman angrily answered. ¡°Bummer. Well my Nova can take care of it. I left him a surprise in China.¡± Wukong said, getting prepared to leave. ¡°What makes you think he¡¯s going to China anytime soon? They are in America and they don¡¯t have passports!¡± Hanuman laughed. ¡°Shoot. Well as long as no one like me finds it we¡¯re good. Actually I could¡­¡±If you spot this story on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. A Suspicious Fortune Teller 3 days after the brawl, Ethan Sanzang and Thea were walking around, looking around the city. They saw a fortune teller with Red eyes, diamond pupils, and a monkey tail that they could barely see. Ethan walked up to him and handed him a dollar. ¡°I¡¯ll bite. What''s my fortune?¡±. ¡°Oh you must be Ethan! I saw you and that boy Sanzangs fight 3 days ago. By the way Sanzang, who taught you those martial arts?¡± The fortune teller replied. ¡°I¡¯m self taught, I would just sit outside and copy whatever the dojo people were doing. I learned Taekwondo and Boxing this way.¡± Sanzang replied. ¡°Alright, alright, what¡¯s my fortune?¡± Ethan said. ¡°Before I tell you, would you like to enter my ticket giveaway to China? It¡¯s only 5 bucks to enter for 5 people!¡± The fortune teller said. ¡°nah I¡¯ll pa-¡±, before Ethan could finish his sentence, Sanzang threw 5 dollars. ¡°Enter.¡±. The fortune teller took the money, wrote a ticket and spun a machine. ¡°You won congrats!¡± The fortune teller said. He handed them tickets. Ethan was annoyed and left. Sanzang nodded thanks, and left, with Thea following him. They headed to the car to tell El and Ajesh. They laughed, ¡°Really, you guys wanna go to China? Who¡¯ll pay for the stuff?¡± Ajesh commented. ¡°It¡¯ll be fine, I used to live there. I have a house there.¡± El replied. Ajesh groaned and got in the car, and El got in the driver''s seat. They drove to the airport, got in the plane, and flew to China. They got to China and saw a driver with a sign that read ¡°Giveaway winners¡±. ¡°That¡¯s where we go I guess.¡± El said, walking to the driver, everyone following him. They got in the car and started to drive, but then while Sanzang was looking out the window he saw a guy flying down, with his arms covered in large blue, ghost-like bird wings. ¡°Yo who is that?¡± Sanzang asked. Then the man crashed into the car. The car rolled over into a building. Everyone was knocked out. And while Sanzang was about to lose consciousness, he saw two people, the birdman, and another bird man with large ghost-like purple wings. ¡°Let¡¯s take them home, Haoyu.¡± The blue winged one said. ¡°Got it Yuxuan.¡± The purple one responded. Love what you''re reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on. Havoc Returns Sazang woke up, tied up to a pillar. In the other 4 pillars there were Thea, Ethan El and Ajesh. ¡°Oh you woke up¡± One man said. He had black hair, was wearing two bracelets, a half sleeve shirt, and jeans. ¡°Your gods know our gods, but you don¡¯t know us, so allow us to introduce ourselves.¡± the other one said. He was wearing the same thing, except the bracelets were purple and he was wearing shorts. ¡°I¡¯m your humble taxi driver, Haoyu. Nova of Monster King Garuda. This is Yuxuan, Nova of the original Garuda. We are known as the Garuda brothers, and we were assigned to capture Ajesh. A little birdie told me that Wukong led you guys to China, so we saw a golden opportunity.¡± The purple bracelet one said. ¡°We¡¯re gonna take Ajesh to his personal cell for pickup. You guys have fun here.¡± Yuxuan told the 4. He picked up the unconscious Ajesh and walked away. When they left, a projection of Wukong near Ethan and a projection of Hanuman near Sanzang appeared. Ethan woke up, looking at the two monkeys. ¡°I TOLD YOU IT WAS A BAD IDEA!¡± Hanuman yelled at Wukong. ¡°I DIDN¡¯T KNOW MONSTER KING GARUDA HAD A BAD NOVA!? HOW IS IT MY FAULT.¡± Wukong yelled back. ¡°Oh yeah Ethan by the way I got you here your welcome.¡± Wukong said to Ethan, who was still dazed. ¡°No, no, you''re welcome!¡±. As Ethan was about to yell at Wukong both Wukong and Hanuman disappeared. Sanzang looked around, and thought to himself about what was going on. ¡°Isn¡¯t Garuda a good guy? And he uses Divine Soul, shouldn¡¯t he be nice?¡± Sanzang exclaimed. ¡°Soul doesn¡¯t define what a person is like, it just is determined by what the Nova uses. Take Ethan for example. He uses chaos, but he isn¡¯t a villain. Only in Overflow is he actually a threat.¡± El said, stumbling his words due to being half awake. ¡°Rude.¡± Ethan replied to El. Thea was still asleep, but subconsciously shaking the chains that kept her on the pillar. Sanzang was staring in the air, looking around. He heard a helicopter in the distance. ¡°Wait¡­that must be the helicopter that¡¯s gonna take Ajesh!¡± Sanzang yelled, waking Thea up. El and Ethan discussed trying to break out, but Thea was more focused on Sanzang. Sanzang was looking at the ground, mumbling to himself. Thea couldn¡¯t tell what he was saying, but noticed his eyes. His left eye was flashing red, and his right eye gold. Both of his eyes started sparking with electricity of the corresponding color. Both of the Garuda Brothers flew in with their wings on, and stayed in the air. ¡°What¡¯s going on with him?¡± Haoyu asked. ¡°I don¡¯t know, but it can¡¯t be good.¡± Yuxuan answered, but before Haoyu could flap his wings to blow a gust of wind at him, Sanzang was suddenly above and behind him, ready to kick. His left eye was red and right eye gold. He struck Haoyu with a Divine Soul imbued kick into the ground, causing a massive explosion and destroying the surrounding area of the building. He then used wind to push himself to the wall and jumped at Yuxuan, throwing him through the ceiling of the building. He landed on the ground, putting himself in a fighting stance as Yuxuan and Haoyu flew back to the ground prepared to fight him. El and Thea watched, and Ethan kept shaking his hair. ¡°I just need one hair to come out and we¡¯ll be fine.¡± Ethan said. Haoyu and Yuxuan both put their arms back and swung their feathers, launching them. ¡°Our god¡¯s armor ability? Launching feathers at the speed of sound.¡± Haoyu yelled, even though he sent less feathers than Yuxuan. Sanzang was able to deflect most feathers, but some slashed at his shirt, ripping it. He swung his leg to the side, up, and then slammed it into the ground, sending a shockwave right in the Garuda Brothers direction. He followed it up by dashing behind them and put his hand on both of their faces, slamming them into the ground. Back at Ethan, one of his hairs fell out. ¡°Hair, transform!¡±. The hair transformed into a clone, who unlocked Ethan Thea and El, then disappeared. They all got up, looking for things they could transform into their weapons, but then Sanzang yelled at them, in a commanding and booming voice. ¡°Don¡¯t try to fight! Get out and get Ajesh.¡±. ¡°We¡¯ll help, you can¡¯t beat th-¡± as Thea was about to finish her sentence, Sanzang yelled back ¡°THAT¡¯S AN ORDER. GET AJESH AND THEN GET OUT OF HERE.¡±. They all were shocked and confused, never seeing Sanzang say anything remotely like that. Right after Sanzang finished yelling, Yuxuan was above him, trying to dash down with his legs. Sanzang grabbed a leg and threw him into a wall. Haoyu got up, with his god¡¯s armor disabled, he tried to punch Sanzang, but Sanzang elbowed him in the gut, quicker than he could see. Haoyu got knocked out. As he stretched, a beat played, a super fast pop beat. ¡°For gods sake, he activated Rhythm. What a pussy.¡± Sanzang complained. Yuxuan dashed at Sanzang, slashing his body with his feathers, flying across the room at speeds barely comprehensible. After Yuxuan finished, he went back to the door to open it, disabling his Rhythm and God¡¯s armor. Sanzang was barely phased, with his body bleeding everywhere. ¡°Done already? Disappointing. Mount of Indra but you can''t last more than 5 seconds.¡± Sanzang complained. He readied for a kick. Yuxuan prepared to block but it was too late. Sanzang was already in front of him, and he hit a roundhouse kick to Yuxuan¡¯s face, causing a shock wave of Chaos and Divine Soul that shattered the windows and caused cracks in the walls. ¡°W-what? What are you?¡± Yuxuan asked as he was on the floor, struggling to crawl away. Sanzang cracked a smile. ¡°I¡¯m the Lord of Havoc.¡± he declared, before stomping on his spine, paralyzing Yuxuan. ¡°You¡¯ll be fine. Walk it off. Oh wait!¡± Sanzang laughed. He walked outside and saw everyone running to stop the helicopter that was holding Ajesh. But as they got up, they saw something get up from the ocean. A man around 6 feet tall with pure red eyes, a corrupted black and gold aura and a messed up out of sync beat was emanating from him. ¡°Lysander? Long time no see!¡± Ethan yelled, jumped down to greet him. Lysander punched Ethan into the ground, and kept on beating him down. Sanzang laughed seeing this event, and started running up the walls. Ethan got up and manifested his staff using a stick. Thea found a larger stick and manifested her Spear of War. El stayed back to watch the fight. Lysander was beating them all down, with no effort, breaking their bones. El raised his left arm, his only arm, and a large blue shockwave was sent. Lysander was paralyzed, and he fell to the ground, returning to his normal state. ¡°I was able to break his Rhythm. He might get back up, I¡¯m not that good as I used to be. But all of the electricity and machines in the area should be disabled. Go get Ajesh.¡± El told them. ¡°Who are you to tell me what to do, Old Man. I¡¯m gonna go make sure those two brothers are gone for good.¡± Sanzang replied angrily. El stared at him, filled with rage. ¡°I SAID GO GET YOUR BROTHER, WHAT¡¯S GOTTEN INTO YOU, THAT WAS YOUR ORDER DIPSHIT!¡±. ¡°THAT WAS MY ORDER TO YOU, I¡¯M GONNA TAKE CARE OF THEM.¡± Sanzang snapped back. Sanzang walked back to the building, and then collapsed in a burst of red and gold light. ¡°Alright, go get Ajesh?¡± Thea asked. ¡°Thea, carry Sanzang, Ethan I¡¯ll get Ajesh with you.¡± El instructed them. Thea quickly carried Sanzang, and when they got to the helicopter, it was empty. No one was in sight. Then in the distance they heard a roar. A dragon made of red and black energy flew into the air, with Ajesh and a woman wearing a suit with green and black hair on it. They flew away, sending Ethan and El in shock. Lysander got up, confused about what happened. His hair was messed up and scars that weren¡¯t on his body were suddenly there. ¡°Sorry guys. I don¡¯t know what happened.¡± Lysander said, struggling to stand up. As they all got down and headed for the exit, they were met with a girl that was wearing goggles and a scarf covering her face, accompanied by battle armor. She had her hand up with a fireball in it, but then lowered it and took off her goggles. ¡°Ethan¡­?¡±The author''s content has been appropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. Psycho Angel Sanzang woke up in a helicopter, surrounded by El, Ethan, Thea, Lysander and a girl he didn¡¯t recognize. ¡°Who are you?¡± He questioned the girl flying the helicopter. ¡°Name¡¯s Amane. I¡¯m an old friend of Ethan¡¯s. We used to fight together. I normally go on missions against the Old Novas.¡± She explained. ¡°Where the hell are we going?¡± Sanzang asked her. ¡°Norway. Lysander told me to go there before falling asleep like everyone else.¡± Amane answered. ¡°Really? Norway? Couldn¡¯t we go to, I don¡¯t know, New York?¡± Sanzang replied, clearly exhausted from this whole situation. ¡°I WANTED to go back home to Korea but Lysander insisted.¡± Amane replied, as annoyed as Sanzang. ¡°Wait, isn''t Amane a japanese name?¡± Sanzang asked. Before he could figure out what she¡¯s talking about they landed. Everyone woke up from the landing. They got out and saw massive mountains covered in snow, and a little path. Everyone got out of the helicopter, freezing, except Amane and Lysander. ¡°How are you guys not cold?!¡± Ethan yelled, pulling down the sleeves of his hoodie. ¡°I¡¯m the Nova of Amatarasu, I just don¡¯t get cold.¡± Amane chuckled, happy that Ethan is mad. ¡°Okay, that makes sense, but Lysander you are literally shirtless!¡± Ethan exclaimed. Lysander just shrugged and kept walking. ¡°I¡¯ll create a heat source, don''t worry.¡± Amane said, creating a little fireball in her hand. Everyone surrounded her, and continued walking. ¡°Lysander, what are we here for?¡± El asked him. ¡°Elias told me about a Nova. He would talk about how he was strong enough to go toe to toe with me. He addressed him as N.¡± Lysander responded. ¡°Speaking of Elias¡­why do you work with him?¡± Thea asked. ¡°One of the Old Novas is my mom.¡± He told her. ¡°And Elias is my uncle.¡±. ¡°That makes sense. Is it Sabrina?¡± El asked. ¡°Who else would it be? There¡¯s only one!¡± Lysander replied. As they kept walking they saw a church. They all decided to walk inside it for shelter from the cold. As they walked in they saw a man in a suit surrounded by bodies, sharpening his blade. The bodies were all placed on the church''s seats, as the man kept sharpening his blade with a rock. Sanzang, upon seeing this, immediately ran out and left. ¡°You must be N. I¡¯m-¡± before El could finish what he was saying, the man interrupted. ¡°You El. Former member of the Old Novas. Left because they wanted to play god, I get it. I hate them too. But I hate all Novas so you''re not special.¡± N replied. ¡°Aren¡¯t you a Nova?¡± Ethan asked. ¡°I¡¯m the only good Nova. There is one god, all of you are false prophets.¡± N scolded, pointing his blade at him. ¡°What Nova are you then?¡± Thea questioned, preparing for a fight by manifesting her spear. ¡°Archangel Michael.¡± N said, before using God¡¯s Armor to form ghost-like wings and a halo. ¡°Sword of St.Michael, Manifest.¡± N declared, and his sword turned gold, emanating with light. Ethan and Thea both rushed in, but got slashed at their chests, and thrown to the side. Thea dashed behind N and stabbed him through the stomach, but he was unphased. ¡°You don¡¯t belong in the house of god.¡± N said, and he threw her out of the church, right next to Sanzang, who was just playing with some rocks. ¡°I knew I was smart for not tryna fight that guy.¡± Sanzang commented. ¡°Please shut the fuck up.¡± Thea groaned while sitting down next to him. Back at the church, Ethan and Amane dashed at N, Amane blasting fire, and Ethan smacking him around with his staff. Amane did one huge blast of flames at N, and Ethan increased his staff size to larger than the church and slammed it into him. Both of these destroyed the church, and left N at its walls. Ethan and Amane both were tired, and high fived. But after Ethan decreased the size of his staff and de-manifested it, he got stabbed through the chest by N, whose eyes were wide with rage. ¡°How dare you vandalize the holy church of God?!¡± N yelled, and kicked him out the church, pulling out the sword. He then slashed at Amane, but his blade was de-manifested in the middle of it. N was then hit with a barrage of punches. As N got up, he saw the two doing this were Lysander and El. El was disrupting his Nova abilities and Lysander was beating him. Lysander then ripped a pew out the ground and started to beat N into the floor with it. N pushed it up and slashed it in two, manifesting his sword again. He took off his suit jacket and used it to wipe off his blood. ¡°You must be L. The other one of the Nova Trinity.¡± N asked him. ¡°It¡¯s Lysander.¡± Lysander replied, cracking his knuckles. ¡°My name is Noah. Just like the man who god warned of the fl-¡± before Noah could finish, Lysander punched him into the ground, and stomped on him. He then ripped off one of Noah¡¯s wings from his body, breaking part of the God¡¯s Armor. As he was about to grab the Halo, Noah got up, dashed back, and sprinted forward, slashing him 100¡¯s of times in a second. Lysander struggled to stand, and Noah was using his sword to help himself stand up. As they were about to go for another round, Lysander manifesting his Lion Skin, El put his hand out and caused a shockwave of blue, causing everyone''s powers to go null. ¡°REMEMBER WHY WE CAME HERE.¡± El yelled, keeping his hand out. ¡°Wait, what did we come here for?¡± Amane asked. ¡°Oh right. Noah I¡¯d like to request you don¡¯t get in our way, and just don¡¯t try to fight us.¡± Lysander told Noah. ¡°I wasn¡¯t planning on it.¡± Noah said as he stabbed his blade into the ground ¡°You barbarians aren¡¯t worth it. Except El you all disgust me.¡±. Lysander chimed in, asking about the bodies. ¡°They arrived at my doorstep asking for rent.¡± Noah answered. ¡°That¡¯s where we leave kids to come on.¡± El responded, and took Lysander and Amane outside. Sanzang got up and ran to the helicopter, as Thea and Ethan struggled to follow. As they walked back, they saw a tall man with snake-like eyes wearing a jacket that had a spiked hoodie and jeans. Everyone was confused but then he started talking. ¡°So you must be my brother¡¯s Nova. Much more impressive than what I thought.¡± The man said to El. ¡°I understand that my daughter¡¯s Nova is also one of you old folk.¡± the man continued. He then turned his attention to Sanzang. ¡°My son met you the other day.¡± He said, walking over to Sanzang. ¡°Thank you for humbling him. He terrorized Midgard without actually doing anything, it¡¯s about time he gets turned down a notch. The last time that happened was in the last world when he met the first Trinexus.¡± He laughed, before pausing. ¡°You''re him aren¡¯t you? You¡¯re this world''s Trinexus! That¡¯s what my brother was talking about. Well I must leave. Goodbye.¡± The man said, walking away. ¡°Oh yeah, name''s Loki! But you smart folks already knew that.¡± He said before disappearing. ¡°That was the most one-sided conversation I have ever seen.¡± Ethan laughed quietly, as he was too busy trying not to bleed out. ¡°We got medkits in the chopter¡¯ come on¡± Amane says, dragging him towards the helicopterUnauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. The Beast-Like Fighter An old man is in a cave, observing a mural. A younger man approaches him, and stares at the mural with him. ¡°Sabrina Haru and Miguel all set up the tents and I cooked the food. You can come back now El.¡± The man says. ¡°Elias, do you know what this is?¡± the older man said. ¡°A cave painting, maybe some graffiti?¡± the young man replied. ¡°Notice the drawings. A four armed blue man with a snake around his neck at the top and dancing. On his left is a bald man with ears that extend to his jaw, and on his right another blue man on a lotus throne. Below them is an army readying for battle. Four armies, one led by a One eyed man, another by a man with a long pointed beard and green eyes, another a man with a bird head, and finally a man with a toga holding a thunderbolt. Among their armies are people of so many different shapes, sizes and forms!¡± He exclaims, putting his arms out. ¡°Look at them! A man wearing a lion skin, a woman, I think, no that might be a dude, standing on fire, a giant man with a hammer, and a woman with a lion head! These are all gods!¡± He exclaims, eyes wide. ¡°Sure, this is probably just graffiti.¡± Elias told him, rolling his eyes. ¡°No one could¡¯ve done this! Besides, notice the little man at the bottom of this art. Wearing a red belt, black gauntlets that have gold bands on them. One of his arms is extending outwards with a blade coming out of it, and his leg has a golden circle around it. His back is turned against us, as if he¡¯s challenging them. Challenging the gods.¡± He says. ¡°Alright, just make sure you don¡¯t go senile Old Man. 65 old ass.¡± Elias says, walking outside. ¡°Don¡¯t forget your 35! Just wait until you''re 40 that¡¯ll do something.¡± El says to him, following. Just then a giant glowing object the size of a country falls on them, and the current El wakes up, sweating. ¡°Hey old man, have a nightmare?¡¯ Ethan asks. El is still sweating but gets up. ¡°Where are we?¡± El asks. ¡°Somewhere in the middle east. I don¡¯t know where though. Hopefully nowhere where The Old Novas are. We¡¯re refilling fuel.¡± Ethan responds. El nods and rests his head back. Outside, Lysander and Sanzang are sparring, trying out new attacks on each other. ¡°The way you attack feels familiar." Lysander tells Sanzang. ¡°I¡¯m flattered you noticed a martial art.¡± Sanzang responds sarcastically before punching him in the jaw. Thea and Amane are refilling the fuel, while struggling to figure out how it works. As Lysander and Sanzang finish up, they see in the distance a tall man in a tank-top and jet black hair, and a lion belt made of solid gold. ¡°Lysander, he looks like you, with the mussels and lack of clothing below his waist.¡± Sanzang laughs. Lysander alters his stance, preparing for a fight, but then gets punched into the ground. ¡°WHOO. HAVEN¡¯T DONE THAT IN A LONG TIME. HAVE AT IT!¡± The man says. Lysander is knocked out from this punch, and then Sanzang puts his hands up, and kicks the man in the head with a Divine Soul imbued kick. ¡°Didn¡¯t see that one coming, did ya?¡± Sanzang says. ¡°You must be Hanuman¡¯s Nova. Pleasure to meet you. Now get out of the land my kingdom once was in.¡± The man replied, and followed up by pulling his arm back and then sending a punch to the head, launching Sanzang 20 feet away. ¡°Dude you hit like a truck¡­did you say ¡®what was once your kingdom?¡¯ This place has been uninhabited for thousands of years¡­but considering I suck with maps, maybe it is but it wouldn¡¯t be a kingdom!¡± Sanzang commented. The man clenched his fists, and spoke in a booming voice. ¡°I AM GILGAMESH. OR KING GILGAMESH TO MORTALS..¡±. He then ran up to Sanzang and kicked him with a Chaos Imbued kick to the side of his body. ¡°Gilgamesh¡­wait, how would you be Gilgamesh? Wasn¡¯t your whole story about how chasing immortality is useless and it¡¯s better to live out your days happily?¡± Sanzang questioned. ¡°Yes¡­but then the Trinexus came to my kingdom, taught me his fighting style, and showed me how to gain immortality. Then I lived to see the end of my original world and lived through this one.¡± Gilgamesh responded. ¡°Your original world¡­immortality, what are you on about?! And what¡¯s a Trinexus? Wait, did you say fighting style? Like a martial art?¡± Sanzang said. Gilgamesh, in an effort to get him to shut up, responded ¡°Yes, a martial art.. I''ll teach it to you if you just shut up.¡±. Sanzang motioned, zipping his mouth closed and Gilgamesh started. ¡°The martial art is Yuddham. Yuddham is a martial art based on imbuing Soul into basic attacks to power them up, and the chaotic nature of never using an attack twice in a fight unless it¡¯s consecutively. It also uses multiple stances to do different attacks and adapt to the fight.¡± Gilgamesh put his right foot in front, widened the distance between his legs, keeping one arm by his waist and one in front of him. His hands were in a claw-like position, opened up, and in front out. ¡°This is Monster Stance. It¡¯s based on building momentum into your attacks to power them up in addition to imbuing Chaos Soul into them.¡± Gilgamesh said. Sanzang copied his stance and movements, almost perfectly. Gilgamesh noticed this and smirked, clearly impressed. ¡°Next is Human Stance¡­¡± Gilgamesh told him, keeping his legs wide apart,and arms by his side, clenched in a fist. ¡°It¡¯s quite simple. It¡¯s for defense, allows for good blocking and counter-attacking. There¡¯s no specific Soul for this stance. Sanzang mimicked it again, and it was perfect, as if he was doing it from memory. Gilgamesh then kept his posture centered. His heels were always off the ground being held up by their toes and always bouncing up and down, quickly moving. One arm was palm first in front of their face, curled like a claw, and the other was bent by the waist. Sanzang quickly mimicked the position. ¡°Looks like you got God Stance down. Speed is your friend. Keep kicking too.¡± Sanzang smiled, and asked ¡°Can you teach me more?¡±. Gilgamesh waved his hands in the air and walked away. ¡°You broke our deal, sorry man!¡± He stated, walking away. As he walked away Sanzang thanked him, and the king muttered ¡°that¡¯s 100% the Trinexus.¡±. Everyone waved to Sanzang to go back to the helicopter, and as they were flying away Lysander flipped Gilgamesh off screaming ¡°THANKS FOR NOTHING YOU SON OF A BITCH!¡±. Gilgamesh responded by flipping him off as well.If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. Mundo Theory ¡°Gilgamesh told me about his ¡°original world¡±, what do you think that means?¡± Sanzang asked. ¡°Maybe he¡¯s just exaggerating.¡± Amane responded while in the drivers seat. ¡°He could be serious.¡± Ethan said, playing rock paper scissors with a clone, tying every time. He ignored the game and de-summoned his clone, turning to El. ¡°How old are you by the way? I¡¯ve called you old man, but I never knew your real age.¡± Ethan asked. ¡°I¡¯m 80, and as for his comment about another world, there''s a theory I¡¯ve thought about.¡± El said, getting up and walking around in the helicopter. ¡°We know the existence of other gods, but think about it. So many different creation myths, world altering stories, and apocalypses. And then I realized, there must¡¯ve been a world before this one. That¡¯s where the gods originate. It¡¯s just a theory, but it¡¯s a good one. I call it ¡®Mundo Theory¡¯¡±. Then Thea asked El ¡°Then what caused that world to collapse, and make this one?¡±. ¡°I once saw a mural in Saudi Arabia, the night that star dropped. It had a few pantheons, all showing the head gods on them, and an army. There must¡¯ve been a war.¡± El answered. ¡°Then who were they fighting?¡± Thea asked again. ¡°At the bottom of the mural there was a man with black gauntlets that had golden bracelets on them, a red belt, an anklet object and a blade attached to one of his gauntlets. I don¡¯t know who it was, but he was for sure the one they fought.¡±. Just as El finished, they felt as if an earthquake had occurred, and they were being pushed down. Everyone felt it but Sanzang, who was wondering what happened. Lysander saw this reaction from Sanzang and quickly pulled him upwards. ¡°WHY AREN¡¯T YOU FEELING THIS. ARE YOU CAUSING IT?!¡± he yelled, with Sanzang blocking spit from his face. ¡°DUDE WHAT THE HELL?! I DON¡¯T KNOW?!¡± Sanzang yelled back, his anger clearly rising. Thea got up to help out, but then Ethan sat her down. ¡°Just let it happen. It¡¯ll work out.¡± he told her. Lysander threw Sanzang out of the helicopter and the earthquake stopped. Before they could go down to stop him from falling, a giant hologram like golden monkey, resembling Hanuman arose, with Sanzang in its chest. They could hear a loud beat of a song El recognized as the Hanuman Chalisa. ¡°DID SANZANG GET HIS RHYTHM?! WHAT HAPPENED?!¡± Amane yelled. The Hanuman avatar took Sanzang out of his chest and put him in the helicopter, and disappeared. ¡°Was that his god¡¯s armor?¡± Thea asked, stunned. Sanzang was fast asleep, and Lysander sat down clearly confused. After a few hours they landed in Korea. ¡°Welcome to my home guys!¡± Amane yelled, jumping out the helicopter in excitement. Ethan Thea and Lysander walked out, and El refueled the helicopter. After he finished, he grabbed Sanzang and threw him to the ground before walking away. Sanzang got up, and struggled to see. ¡°Damn I lost them.¡± he said. He then walked around, seeing the sights of Korea. He saw an auction, and decided to go closer. ¡°ONE OF A KIND ARMOR, WITH METAL NEVER SEEN ON EARTH¡± the man running the auction said. The armor was an armored-like monk shirt and pants, a red belt, sandals, and fingerless gauntlets with gold bracelets. Sanzang''s eyes glowed on how cool the armor was, and requested if he could touch it. As Sanzang walked up the stand, he put his hand on the shirt. Suddenly a flood of memories surged through his brain, and he got a pounding headache. As he took his hand off the armor, it disappeared, as if it was burnt with gold and red fire. ¡°HEY YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT! IT WAS GOING FOR 4.56 BILLION WON!¡± the man running the auction said. Sanzang quickly ran away, and found everyone eating at a restaurant. Then the mob of people that were chasing him quickly surrounded him. ¡°Okay so¡­uhhh, I know you guys are mad, but it was really bad quality anyway, so I just did you guys a favor.¡± He told them, keeping his hands up. They got closer but then Amane walked out the store. She said something in Korean and they backed off. ¡°What¡¯d you say?¡± he asked Amane. ¡°Just told them that whatever you did you did by accident because you¡¯re a dumbass.¡± she replied, walking back in. ¡°Rude, but it fits¡¯.¡± Sanzang said, walking in and sitting with everyone. After they finished eating, Amane took them to her house. It was a small apartment with food laying everywhere, a whiteboard with plans and theories, and a giant map of the world. ¡°I thought the Old Novas were in China, but they weren¡¯t there.¡± Amane explained. ¡°I think I know where they are, assuming they haven¡¯t moved.¡± Lysander told them. ¡°Where is it?¡± Amane eagerly asked. ¡°I believe their first base is in Texas. It¡¯s not their only one but it¡¯s the best shot we got.¡± Lysander said. ¡°Okay, we¡¯ll take a break for a week and then go to Texas. Good?¡± El told everyone. Everyone agreed, but then Ethan asked Lysander a question. ¡°Wait, we were in New York¡­how did you get to us?¡± Ethan asked him. ¡°I ran.¡± He calmly responded. ¡°For how long?¡± Ethan asked again. ¡°A day I think?¡± Lysander responded. On top of the apartment complex a man in some armor had his full hand on the ground and was kneeling. ¡°Miguel, is it time?¡± The man said, tapping his earbud. ¡°Yes Alaric. Blast.¡±. The man pushed his hand against the ground, causing the building to burst into flames, and all electricity to be deactivated. Amane and the others went outside the building, and Sanzang ran up to find the man standing looking back at him. ¡°Why¡¯d you do that? You don¡¯t seem that bad.¡± Sanzang asked him, going into God Stance, eager to try out what he learnt. ¡°You''re not my opponent kid, just leave. I did what I needed to do, so I¡¯ll leave now.¡± Alaric said to Sanzang, adjusting his gauntlets. ¡°Well you ruined our only day of rest in a while so I¡¯m legally required to fight you.¡± Sanzang said, charging his legs with Divine Soul. Alaric saw this and raised his hand out. ¡°Y¡¯know who I¡¯m the Nova of?¡± Alaric asked Sanzang. ¡°The avatar?¡± Sanzang sarcastically answered. ¡°Izanagi. God of creation in the Shinto Pantheon.¡± Alaric answered, but then Sanzang rushed at him attempting to kick him in the head. Alaric dodged before launching a blast of both wind and sound point blank, causing all glass within a 50 foot radius to shatter and Sanzang to get launched next to the rest of the group. ¡°I said I didn¡¯t want to fight you. Sometimes just listen.¡± Alaric said, walking off, and summoning a cloud. He jumped on it and flew away with the cloud. Ethan recognized it, and quickly told everyone ¡°That¡¯s the cloud somersault. Used by Sun Wukong. How does he know how to do that?¡±. Sanzang got up and dusted off some dirt. ¡°He¡¯s pretty strong. He sounded around 20 years old. What is he doing beating up kids?¡± Sanzang said. ¡°He¡¯s one of the 10 Centurions. They are the oldest of the generation, but they are below the Nova Trinity in terms of power.¡± Lysander explained. ¡°I remember Miguel had Alaric under his tutelage.¡±. Sanzang walked away, and everyone looked behind them to see what he was doing. ¡°Where are you going?! We don¡¯t have transportation!¡± Thea said, annoyed with Sanzang. ¡°Yeah, we barely have a plan. We don¡¯t have nearly enou-¡± before El could finish Sanzang yelled at the top of his lungs ¡°IT DOESN¡¯T MATTER I¡¯M TAKING ON THESE OLD NOVAS HEAD ON. YOU''RE NOT HELPING, FINE..¡± Sanzang yelled. ¡°It¡¯s about time someone took things seriously.¡± Amane said, leaving with Sanzang. You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author. Dawn of Reckoning Amane and Sanzang are in the helicopter, trying to find her way into Texas. ¡°Say, why were you so adamant on taking out the Old Novas. You don¡¯t seem noble or heroic, so you don¡¯t care about the damage they¡¯re causing, you clearly don¡¯t care about money judging by your clothes.¡± Amane said, causing Sanzang to scowl. ¡°So what is it? Why do you care about ending the reign of the Old Novas?¡±. ¡°Ajesh raised me for ten years. He took me in when I was five. He was seven. We were both orphans, and he needed more help than I did, but he didn¡¯t care. Despite different ethnicities we still consider each other brothers. I¡¯m repaying all he¡¯s done for me, even if it kills me.¡± Sanzang explained. ¡°So you¡¯re all orphans. Ethan was left in Korea by his parents, and we became friends. My parents decided to live in Japan, but I wanted to stay. Me and Ethan would fight demons all the time, till he was found and taken back to America, where he ran away. Lysander was completely raised by Elias, but I don¡¯t know if he¡¯s his biological father. Thea was raised by the siblings of Five Seasons City. Don¡¯t you think they hold grudges against the Old Novas too?¡± Amane asked. ¡°I don¡¯t care. I¡¯m getting my brother back.¡± Sanzang answered, annoyed. ¡°We¡¯ll be in Texas in a day. Imma take a nap, can you make sure we don¡¯t crash?¡± Amane says, and Sanzang nods. Back in Korea, El Lysander and Thea were making a plan. ¡°So you two know exactly how the base is formatted, so you guys need to find Elias and Haru. I have a grudge against mom, so I¡¯ll go against her. And Ethan wants Miguel. No reason why he¡¯s saying that though. I¡¯m assuming Sanzang will go after Elias. Actually El you know where Ajesh is getting kept, so you go after him. Everyone good?¡± Thea explained. ¡°So Athena¡¯s wisdom is useful! Good job.¡± Lysander said. Ethan was outside, practicing with his staff. ¡°Extend, shrink, expand, contract.¡± Ethan commanded, causing the staff to follow them. Ethan made it as long as normal, and started spinning it. ¡°What did Wukong want? Why was it so important that I was in China?¡± The staff transformed back into a toothpick. ¡°I¡¯m losing my touch. It¡¯s getting harder to manifest Jingubang. It takes too much Soul. I¡¯ll need to fight with my hands soon. Maybe if I could master my Overload. Actually¡­¡± Ethan continued his practice, but his technique became more refined. He manifested his staff again, and his movements were more like someone who specializes in staff martial arts. ¡°I¡¯ve seen someone do this before, but I don¡¯t remember who or when.¡± Ethan commented. ¡°If I focus less on using my spells and more on my staff, I should be able to control it for more time.¡±. At Five Seasons City Kenji was working on his mech, fixing it with new metal. Jackson went down to the basement to ask what he¡¯s doing. ¡°Thea sent a voice memo. She said they needed help to take down the Old Novas.¡± Kenji explained. Tabia ran down the stairs and yelled ¡°THEA NEEDS HELP TO GO TO TEXAS!¡±. Kenji and Jackson looked at each other then at her. ¡°We know.¡± they both said. Kenji took down the mech from its chains and went in it. ¡°Atlas Armor VX in motion. Fitted with the mystery metal from Greece. Now let¡¯s go.¡± Kenji said, walking to the stairs, before realizing the armor was too big. ¡°Can one of you guys send the jet to Korea and activate the elevator so I can get out?¡± Kenji asked them. They did as instructed and the jet was sent and Kenji went in the elevator. ¡°I¡¯ll go find Sanzang and Amane. You guys go with the jet.¡± Jackson said, going into the chariot. ¡°Ay, you''re using something I made, pay up.¡± Kenji said. Jackson pressed a button on the chariot, sending five bucks to Kenji, and going with the jet out the mansion and trying to find the helicopter. Sanzang was driving and saw a projection of Hanuman next to him. ¡°What do you want?¡± Sanzang asks him, annoyed. ¡°Why are you seeking revenge? You aren¡¯t like this normally.¡± Hanuman asked. ¡°You don¡¯t get it. You¡¯re a god.¡± Sanzang replies. ¡°I get it, but you know that if you waited you could¡¯ve gotten your friends to help.¡± Hanuman explains, but Sanzang looks away. ¡°Impossible to convince you huh? Fine. Don¡¯t come crying to me if you get hurt.¡± Hanuman says, before disappearing. ¡°Amane! We¡¯ve arrived.¡± Sanzang yelled, waking her up. When they arrived at a large military base surging with Soul, they got down and went in. While they did that, Thea, Lysander, El and Ethan were all in the jet above them. Sanzang and Amane went into the base, expecting the worst. And then they were met with Alaric. ¡°I¡¯ll deal with him, go take care of Elias.¡± Amane said. Sanzang nodded, rubbed some dust off his torn shirt, and ran through the base. Did you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator. The Mayhem of Novas Amane and Alaric fought. Amane tried hitting him with fire, but he summoned water and froze her in place. They fought, Amane¡¯s flames constantly getting hotter. ¡°Hey sun girl, match this heat!¡± Alaric said, before hitting her with a lightning strike while she was frozen. Amane used her flames to try blocking it but to no avail. As Amane was losing, a bunch of Tabias were summoned. ¡°Need some help?¡± Tabia asked. ¡°Who are you?¡± Alaric and Amane asked. "The Trickster Nova, Tabia!¡± She responded, overwhelming Alaric with clones. Lysander dropped from the ceiling and ran down the halls, looking for Ajesh. Lysander found a cell where Ajesh was, and freed him. Ajesh was still unconscious, but Lysander picked him up and walked away. But then, as Lysander thought he was in the clear, Haru appeared, surrounded by flames. ¡°Corrupted Rhythm Activated.¡± Haru said, and Ajesh woke up, eyes red, aura black and red, and an out of sync beat playing. ¡°I¡¯m not in the best shape, so Ajesh will fight you now.¡± Haru told Lysander. ¡°And you''re fighting me.¡± El said, revealing himself from behind Lysander. ¡°If it isn¡¯t my mentor, welcome back to your home El.¡± Haru said arrogantly. ¡°Yeah yeah just get to scrapping.¡±. Thea dropped from the jet with Kenji and met Sabrina, who was sitting on her throne, legs crossed and sharpening a sword. ¡°Hey mom!¡± Thea yelled. ¡°Your daughter is here for revenge!¡±. ¡°What revenge? You can¡¯t beat me! I am Sabrina, Queen of The Old Novas, and Nova of Hel.¡± Sabrina answered, her hubris clearly showing. ¡°You''re the queen because you''re the only girl here.¡± Kenji said, unbothered by the power his suit was detecting. ¡°Arrogant little child, FACE MY UNYIELDING WRATH.¡± Sabrina yelled, summoning hundreds of demons. ¡°God¡¯s armor and manifest Spear of War.¡± Thea said, getting adorned in gold ghost-ish armor and changing her normal spear to the Spear of War. Kenji charged up blasts and shot the demons, while Thea started ripping them apart with her spear. Finally there was Ethan, who jumped down, and saw a man with brown hair and a black cloak with jade highlights was standing there waiting. ¡°Hello Ethan, I¡¯ve been expecting you. Care to sit?¡± The man asks. ¡°Cut the crap Emperor New Clothes, Jade Nova, whatever.¡± Ethan said, touching a pillar. ¡°Ruyi Jingu Bang. Manifest.¡± He uttered, causing the pillar to transform into Jingubang. ¡°Contract.¡± Ethan ordered, shrinking the staff. He held it out, and rushed towards him. As he got near, an army of golden beings surrounded him. ¡°Boo.¡± Miguel said, ascending in the air. ¡°Get down here!¡± Ethan said, sweeping the golden beings. He then pushed himself up with his staff ¡°EXTEND.¡±. Back at Amane and Tabia, they were fighting Alaric, catching up to his level. Amane was using a green sword and Tabia was slashing him with daggers. Tabia¡¯s clones overwhelmed him, and Amane stabbed him in the stomach. Alaric fell and they left to catch up with the others. Thea and Kenji were about to get overwhelmed, but then Thea used her God¡¯s Armor ability. A giant explosion occurred, causing the demons to die. ¡°My God¡¯s Armor saves up hits and causes an explosion of them.¡± Sabrina scowled and went down, summoning 7 glowing green blades, and shot them at her. Thea parried their spears, and Kenji charged a blast. Thea clashed her spear with Sabrina. Thea was starting to lose, and then her Rhythm activated. She began to get the upper hand, and Kenji blasted Sabrina, sending her crashing into a wall. She pinned Sabrina to the ground and told her ¡°I¡¯m sparing you because you''re my mother. Kenji, make sure she doesn¡¯t escape.¡± Thea deactivated her Rhythm, and walked away, but just as she left the room, Sabrina transformed into a bird and escaped. Stolen content warning: this tale belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences elsewhere. Ajesh and Lysander were fighting. Ajesh wasn¡¯t even trying, and Lysander was struggling. He picked up a rod and manifested a stone club. Then he activated his god¡¯s armor. Ajesh took a rod of his own and manifested the Trishul. Ajesh threw his Trishul and it went through Lysander¡¯s stomach and back to his hand. Lysander smashed his club into his head. ¡°Y¡¯know the thing about Heracles is that he¡¯s the master of all weapons.¡± Lysander said. He snatched the trident from Ajesh and stabbed him with it. He dropped the club on him and stomped Ajesh on his head. Ajesh was knocked back unconscious. Haru blasted El with fire and he went flying. ¡°Hurting an old man? That¡¯s not what I remember.¡± El laughed. El¡¯s left eye glowed blue, and he muttered something. ¡°The Warrior.¡±. El was able to summon Gungnir and fight with Haru. El tripped Haru and stabbed him in the liver. ¡° The Wise.¡± he uttered. ¡°Yeah, you¡¯re down. Now Ethan and Sanzang gotta be good.¡± and as El was walking away he saw a mechanical prosthetic arm. He picks it up and attaches it to himself Ethan was clashing with Miguel, and he got launched to the wall. ¡°Alright I¡¯m tired of this.¡± Ethan said, taking off his hoodie and tying it around his waist. Ethan expanded his staff, to the diameter of a house and the length of a mansion, sending Miguel flying. Miguel summoned golden flaming spears and launched them all at once. Ethan shrunk the staff but was slashed all over. ¡°It¡¯s over. Then Elias will kill Sanzang-¡± Miguel tried explaining but then Ethan suddenly experienced a surge of Chaos Soul. He wiped the blood off his face, and his scars started flaming black and red. His body was enveloped in this energy, as if he was in flames, he grew a monkey tail and white eyes, and two long feather-like horns that blew in the wind came from his head as a crown formed. Suddenly he experienced an Overload. Miguel saw this and suddenly saw a vision. He felt the fear as if he was someone else. ¡°The Jade Emperor¡­is¡­afraid?¡±. Ethan seemingly teleported to Miguel and slammed him with his staff into the ground. He jumped up 100 feet in the air. ¡°JINGUBANG. EXPAND AND EXTEND.¡± He said in a distorted voice. Jingubang grew in size and length and crushed Miguel. He shrunk the staff and landed, and started to beat him with his staff. But every hit a bit of gold formed on his head. And after a while a golden headband formed. Miguel created a portal and escaped while Ethan came out of his Overload. A golden headband started shrinking on his head, and gave him a headache. ¡°Sanzang¡­just do your job properly. For once in your life¡­¡±. Sanzang, after an hour of running around, found Elias, wearing a cheap shirt and pants, sitting in a large field on a rock. ¡°So, Sanzang, you retrieved your brother. I¡¯m impressed. Your tune is out of whack yet you find yourself strong. Care to explain?¡± He asks him. Sanzang ignored the question and asked his own, one that had him confused for a week. ¡°Why Ajesh?¡±. ¡°That I cannot answer.¡± Elias replied. Sanzang went for a kick to the head, imbued with golden wind and Divine Soul, but Elias pushed him away. Every attack Sanzang attempted, he was just pushed away by a force. He even grabbed a reed, manifested Gada, and tried but to no avail. "Here¡¯s one strike for arrogance.¡± Elias said, opening his hand and motioning his arm, causing Sanzang to get hit with lightning. ¡°Here¡¯s one for foolishness.¡± he said, striking Sanzang with lightning, causing the Gada to de-manifest. ¡°And one for insanity.¡± he said, landing the final thunder strike on him. Sanzang got up, shirt almost completely ripped and pants jammed up. He tried using his god¡¯s armor but he was struck again. Sanzang kept getting up and getting struck. ¡°YOU ARE NOTHING. JUST A FOOLISH NOVA WHO STEPS OVER HIS LEVEL. I BET AJESH WOULD BE DISAPPOINTED TO SEE YOU LIKE THIS.¡± Elias yelled, hitting him with the biggest one yet, but Sanzang got up and stopped it with his hand. He threw the bolt to the ground and went into his God Stance. His eyes glowed Yellow and Crimson, and he looked ready to fight. He kept on dashing, kicking him from all directions. Elias was knocked around and looked at him. ¡°So Zeus was right. You have reincarnated.¡± Elias said. ¡°Damn right I have. But I am the Trinexus of this world. I am Sanzang, but I also am the Guardian of Freedom, the Lord of Havoc, and the God of Fighting.¡± Sanzang said. His body began to be engulfed in red and gold flames, and formed armor. A black monk-like shirt and pants that had metal on them, a red belt, and gauntlets with golden bracelets on them. ¡°Varinzik.¡± Elias said, but the voice of Zeus was also heard. They clashed, teleporting from place to place, Sanzang striking with his legs and fists, and Elias responding with a fist full of thunder. ¡°Getting tired Old Thunder?¡± Sanzang said to him while attacking constantly. Then when they teleported back where they started, Sanzang got into a position ready to kick the ground. As he imbued his leg with Chaos and Divine Soul, he said something. ¡°Consider this attack, my formal declaration of war to the Old Novas.¡± Sanzang told him, kicking the ground and sending a gigantic shockwave of energy in Elias¡¯s direction, causing him to lose his power. As Sanzang walked up to him, a portal formed under him and took Elias away. Everyone was bruised and saw Sanzang there. ¡°Oh hey guys!¡± Sanzang said, but somehow they could tell it wasn¡¯t him. Sanzang was about to say something more, but fell to the ground in exhaustion and his armor burnt away. ¡°Alright, let''s just go back to Korea.¡± Amane said. ¡°Agreed. I have a massive headache from the fight with Emperor''s New Clothes.¡± Ethan said. Champion of Freedom Varinzik stood on the head of a giant serpent, and it dashed through the waters while he was on it. ¡°So you really want to fight the gods?¡± the serpent asked, confused about his plan. ¡°Jormungandr, for centuries mortal destinies have been decided by a string. I was the one who cut that string. But the Greek, Norse, and Chinese gods made sure that they would interfere in their fates. What humanity needs is freedom from the gods.¡± Varinzik said, adjusting his gauntlets. ¡°While a lot of gods don¡¯t interfere, and are good people, corruption in the Heavenly Realm is growing increasingly. The Greek Pantheon started this trend, but it¡¯s becoming troublesome. Someone needs to try and stop it.¡± He continued. ¡°What about the Sovreign Gods, such as Tathagata or Shiva?¡± Jormungandr asked. ¡°They wouldn¡¯t interfere in my conflict. They are above our conflict. Even god with a capital G wouldn¡¯t interfere. They can make mistakes, but they will amend them. Those are respectable gods. I wouldn¡¯t fight them.¡± Varinzik answered. Reading on Amazon or a pirate site? This novel is from Royal Road. Support the author by reading it there. ¡°So you¡¯ll take out Odin? And release my father?¡± Jormungandr asked. ¡°I already released the trickster. I can¡¯t kill gods, but I can stop them.¡± he replied. Jormungandr reached a large island with a massive mountain on it. Varinzik got off Jormungandr. ¡°I¡¯ll see ya.¡± Varinzik said as the serpent left. Varinzik climbed the mountain, killing every demon and angel he saw, till he got to the top. There was a golden portal in the shape of a hexagon. Varinzik summoned a golden hoop that glowed red and put it around his ankle. Then he summoned red brass knuckles that glowed red and attached it to one of his gauntlets. He went through the portal and saw an army of gods and angelic warriors. One army was led by a 17-foot-tall man in a toga with white hair and blue eyes. Another was led by an old man with a spear and a missing eye. The last army was led by a tall man in a robe with a long pointed white beard. Varinzik saw this. ¡°Jade Emperor, Odin, and Zeus! IT¡¯S BEEN A WHILE!¡± he yelled, going into a monster stance. The Stone Monkey of This World On the jet to Korea, they were all trying to figure out where the Old Novas went. El was playing with his new arm, and Kenji was trying to help him figure it out. Amane and Thea were talking about their fights, and Tabia was on a call with Jackson because he got lost. Ethan was trying to pull off his headband. Ajesh and Lysander were playing Go Fish with the cards they found in a drawer, and Sanzang was still asleep. ¡°Hey Amane, how far from Korea are we?¡± Ajesh asked. ¡°We¡¯re in the airspace of an island near China, so I¡¯d say an hour or so.¡± Amane responded. ¡°Good good, so one more game?¡± Lysander asked. ¡°Sure. I wish ¡®Zang were up. He¡¯s fun to play with. He¡¯s dumb but smart with cards.¡± Ajesh said. As they were flying, they got hit with an object. ¡°WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?¡± Thea yelled, looking at Amane. ¡°HOW THE HELL WOULD I KNOW?!¡± Amane yelled back. The jet began to go down, and El tried to help it get back up, but it was for no use. The plane crashed, and they all got out. ¡°Anyone hurt?¡± Ajesh asked. Everyone nodded, except Sanzang, who had just woken up. They were surrounded by monkeys. ¡°What the hell? Where are we? These guys are too smart.¡± Ethan said, confused. Ajesh charged up a sphere of dark blue energy that sparked, but Ethan put his hand down. ¡°Just wait.¡± Suddenly, a man in a baggy shirt and pants, a bear loincloth, who had a prayer bead bracelet, emerged between the monkeys. He had blue eyes, a monkey tail, and he was holding an iron rod with golden ends. ¡°Who are you humans?¡± the man asked, putting the rod on his shoulders and keeping both of his hands on it. Ethan took a step back after seeing him, and Kenji went to repair his armor. Ajesh tried blasting him, but his energy just got negated. ¡°Divine Soul doesn¡¯t work here. Too much energy will just turn itself off.¡± the man said. The tale has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation. ¡°My name is El. These are some Novas, who are gonna sit out. Except Ethan, who is the Monkey Nova, and Kenji, who is not a Nova. But it looks like he¡¯s having trouble, so just Ethan.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t volunteer me! Volunteer Sanzang!¡± Ethan yelled. Sanzang got up and went into Human Stance. Ethan followed, manifesting Jingubang. Ethan ran forward and tried hitting him in the head with his staff, but the man stopped it with his own. ¡°Introductions are in order on my end. I am Jinshu, the Stone Monkey of this world.¡± the man said, kicking Ethan away and thrusting his staff, extending it and hitting Ethan in the gut. ¡°And this is Ruyi Jingu Bang. Jingubang for short. But you knew this, didn¡¯t you, Ethan?¡± He then swept the staff and hit Sanzang, but Sanzang blocked it. While he blocked it, he was still swept to the side and went flying. Sanzang was immediately knocked unconscious. Ethan expanded and extended his staff, but Jinshu hit it with his own staff, de-manifesting it and turning it back into a stick. ¡°Alright then¡­¡± El said, picking Sanzang up. ¡°See, we need to get to Korea, and as you can see, everyone here isn¡¯t doing their best. So could we just leave?¡± El asked. ¡°Fine, the monkeys will help you repair the jet. It¡¯ll take three days. In the meantime, this¡­ Monkey Nova stays with me. Also Sanzang.¡± Jinshu replied. ¡°Armless Old Man, I swear if you agree, I will¡ª¡± Ethan tried saying before El agreed. Jinshu grabbed Ethan by the headband and cloud somersaulted to a waterfall. They went through the waterfall, and Jinshu threw the staff outside. ¡°Jingubang, Extend and Expand.¡± he said, making the staff as large as a building and as wide as a mountain. ¡°You¡¯re the one Sun said has the right to the Ruyi Jingu Bang once you get rid of that Tight Fillet Headband.¡± Jinshu told him. ¡°So I was right, it is Jingu! So how do I get it off?¡± Ethan asked eagerly. ¡°Based on past experience¡­ become Buddhist and gain the title of Buddha.¡± Jinshu told him. Ethan¡¯s expression quickly turned sour. ¡°When I find the person who put this thing on me, I swear¡­¡± he mumbled to himself. ¡°Alright then, we¡¯ll practice fighting for the next few days.¡± Jinshu said. Back with everyone else, Sanzang was practicing his kicks while using Yuddham. But then he saw a ghost-like figure practicing the same kicks. ¡°So I can reach you!¡± the ghost figure said. It had the same type of armor Sanzang had in the fight, plus red and gold eyes. ¡°My name is Varinzik, and this might be the last time you see me. I am the Trinexus, but I¡¯m not the only one here.¡± he told Sanzang. ¡°Why would this be the last time?¡± Sanzang asked. ¡°Because I am dead. And you are my reincarnation. Sort of. You are another Trinexus, but you are also another version of my soul. A Trinexus is a being that is ? God, ? human, ? monster. It allows me to use both Chaos and Divine Soul.¡± Varinzik told him. ¡°If I¡¯m ? God and ? monster, why do I get hurt like a human, and I don¡¯t have scales?¡± Sanzang asked again. ¡°No clue. All I know is I¡¯m gonna help you learn my techniques so you can fight for yourself.¡± Varinzik told him, getting into God Stance. ¡°I want to be my own person, not a reincarnation.¡± Sanzang said, going into Monster Stance. ¡°You won¡¯t become me. You¡¯re a Nova, a Trinexus, and a martial artist. Now, are we gonna train or not? Because I¡¯m on a three-day limit, and then our souls go back into being one.¡± he replied. They both began to practice kicks, punches, and different techniques for the next three days. Ethan and Jinshu practiced how to use a staff and skills using Jingubang¡¯s unique properties. Everyone else worked on repairing the jet. After they were done, Jinshu waved goodbye, and as everyone got in the jet, he told Ethan something. ¡°I know you were wondering why I¡¯m a stone monkey yet I look human. Humans experimented on me, trying to take the stone I¡¯m born from and turn me human. So when I was born, I killed them, and Wukong took me to this island paradise.¡± Jinshu said. ¡°Too much info, but I¡¯m sorry¡­ must¡¯ve been hard.¡± Ethan replied. Jinshu waved as he got on the jet, and Ethan waved back. Sanzang and Varinzik finished a sparring session, and they both simply put up a peace sign as Varinzik disappeared. The Centurions The Old Novas all gathered in a base, with 4 high thrones.They each sat in one and pressed a button on them. A gate opened and there came ten people in armor. ¡°You all know who you are. The 9 Centurions. Hand picked by us.¡± Miguel told them. ¡°We¡¯ll introduce the ones we individually picked. I¡¯m going first.¡± Sabrina said. ¡°I picked Ryan, the Warborn Nova and Vessel of Tyr, who can alter his weapons and empower his strikes.¡± Sabrina said, pointing to a man in light cloth like armor with a shield and sword on his back, ¡°and Liza, the Abundance Nova, Vessel of Sif, she can multiply items to as much as she likes.¡± Sabrina continued, pointing to a woman wearing cloth and armor on her shoulders. ¡°I picked the Moon Nova and Vessel of Khonsu, Martin, who can envelop beings in darkness,¡± Haru said, pointing to a man wearing a hoodie and gauntlets. ¡°And the Disorder Nova, Vessel of Seth, Valeria, who can summon sand winds and storms.¡± Haru continued gesturing to a girl in a thick jacket. ¡°Alright guess I¡¯ll go. I picked Fang Shu, the Rage Nova, Vessel of Erlang Shen. He doesn¡¯t have great access to his Soul, but he can cancel out other peoples Chaos Soul.¡± he said, pointing at a man in formal Chinese clothing and armor, who was currently messing around smacking Ryan in the head a couple of times ¡°ignore that¡­and Mizu, the Dragon Nova and Vessel of Ao Guang, he can summon and control water, and call upon dragons made of Divine Soul.¡± Miguel said, showing them a guy with long hair and blue eyes in a long cloak and armor. ¡°Alright, finally it¡¯s my turn.¡± Elias said. ¡°First, Alaric. We¡¯ve all seen him in action, he can pick one element, and it links to another, for example fire and lightning.¡± he said, pointing to Alaric. ¡°Then our wild card, Chance, who goes by Bi Bi for some reason. Casino Nova and Vessel to Tyche. He has luck manipulation.¡± Elias told them, pointing to a guy wearing normal clothes. ¡°Finally Tyler, Inventor Nova and Vessel to Hephestus.¡± Elias said, pointing to someone in a blacksmith suit. ¡°Wait, we picked literal Novas of disaster, war, and creation. And you picked a lucky Nova and a blacksmith Nova?!¡± Haru questioned. ¡°Don¡¯t underestimate them, especially Tyler. Ya remember Kenji, the guy who kicked Sabrina''s ass? Yeah, he could match that level of technology.¡± Elias answered. ¡°You all can go now, plan the next attack.¡± Miguel ordered, opening the gate and letting them leave. Outside, Fang Shu approached Tyler. ¡°Hey, black boy!¡± Fang Shu yelled, startling Tyler, who whispered to himself ¡°Wait, he¡¯s black too. Or black and asian I can¡¯t tell¡±. If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. ¡°You¡¯re a blacksmith, that¡¯s it? Sure you have Divine Soul but that¡¯s it.¡± Fang told him. Tyler got up and tapped his ear piece. ¡°Vulcan, bring in Project Vesuvius.¡±. A chime was heard, and a large black robot with windows that were glowing orange was up in the sky and dropped in. ¡°This is the current state of Project Vesuvius. It has destroyed Behemoth level demons with ease. I built it. I also created Vulcan, an AI. It blasts lava, fire, and when I¡¯m in it, Vesuvius can harness my energy for stronger lava, and even metal.¡± Tyler explained. Fang grabbed Tyler by the neck and raised him in the air ¡°What do you think you are to me?¡± Fang yelled. Everyone began trying to break up the fight but the Vesuvius Robot punched Fang to the ground. ¡°Alright listen up. I¡¯m in charge. We¡¯ll make a plan. Right now, just get to know each other. If you fight, Vesuvius melts you to ashes. Got it?¡± Tyler explained. ¡°Okie Dokie.¡± Chance responded. Valeria and Ryan were talking. ¡°So how would we fight them? Sanzang beat Elias!¡± Ryan told her. ¡°True, but we outnumber them. Ethan is currently in a limit, and Sanzang isn¡¯t trained. We could beat them.¡± Valeria said. Mizu and Martin talked about plans. ¡°So what if I created the Divine Dragons, and you enveloped them in darkness so they can¡¯t be seen.¡± Mizu explained to Martin. As Martin was about to say something, Chance interrupted. ¡°Hiiii my name is Chance, I¡¯m really lucky so I basically can¡¯t die!¡±. Alaric was in the corner and approached by Liza. She sat down next to him. ¡°So, you fought Sanzang Amane and Tabia. What was that like?¡± She asked him. ¡°Tiring. Sanzang was the easiest. He wasn¡¯t trying though. Amane and Tabia both relentlessly fought me. Cloning and shit.¡± Alaric explained. ¡°Wow¡­I can multiply things too.¡± Liza said, grabbing his glove and creating a second one. ¡°I can¡¯t alter its properties though. So I¡¯ll just multiply your other glove-¡± Alaric grabbed her hand and stopped her. ¡°It¡¯s fine, don''t worry about it. I can just buy another one.¡±. ¡°No no I insist.¡±. These two said these phrases for the next ten minutes. Chance walked up to the two and started taking pictures of them. ¡°When you two get married I¡¯ll show these pictures to everyone!¡± he proudly declared. Alaric waved his hand and sent a strike of lightning to the phone. ¡°No you won¡¯t.¡± Alaric stood up. ¡°We aren¡¯t getting married and you''re not showing that photo.¡±. ¡°Yeah no¡­my phone is still working.¡± Chance said, showing him the phone screen completely intact. ¡°You could say I¡¯m lucky!¡± Chance laughed. Liza got up and multiplied a knife in her pocket and threw them at Chance, but he wasn¡¯t hit. ¡°You have a terrible aim. How¡¯d they hire you of all people.¡± Chance told her, chuckling. Alaric saw her getting mad and patted her on the back. ¡°He just got lucky, it''s fine, he can¡¯t win a fight with skill if he tried.¡± he told her. She nodded and smiled. Chance laughed, commenting on how it was true. Fang Shu got up and walked up to Ryan and Valeria. ¡°Hey, we can beat them. I can beat Ethan easily.¡± He told them. Ryan and Valeria looked confused, before grinning, realizing that the three of them could make a good team. Haru entered the room they were in. ¡°Alright guys remember, we are becoming a public organization. We need all of you to have your best faces for this picture.¡± he told them. Chance was excited by the opportunity, but everyone was mad that they had to do this. Wanted Everyone in the jet landed in Korea, and while Tabia and Kenji stayed in to go back to Five Seasons City and meet with Jackson. While Lysander Ajesh and Thea followed Amane to her house because they were tired of fighting, Sanzang and Ethan walked around, talking about their mentors. ¡°So, your¡­past life/the only other one of your¡­species? Still confused¡­came from the dead as a flaming ghost to help you train in Yuddham?¡± Ethan asked. ¡°Yep. Jinshu isn¡¯t better by the way. He¡¯s a stone monkey but looks human. And that¡¯s because of a science experiment?¡± Sanzang replied. ¡°He just dropped that on me. I still don¡¯t know what he was on about,¡± Ethan chuckled. As they walked around, they saw a girl around their age walking around, but something about her felt off to the two. As they approached her, she looked at them and a giant flash of light occurred. She was using light to lift herself up. ¡°Normally gold is Divine Soul, right?¡± Sanzang asked, using a golden wind to propel himself into the air and follow her. Ethan ran, keeping up with Sanzang. ¡°Yeah, she¡¯s using Chaos,¡± Ethan said, manifesting Jingubang and summoning a cloud. ¡°Yeah, Jinshu taught me cloud somersault. Pretty sweet right?¡± Ethan remarked. Sanzang rolled his eyes as he fell to the ground only to jump up again. ¡°Yeah. Y¡¯know, I asked Ajesh, and Hanuman doesn¡¯t use wind. He can control it, but he¡¯s not a wind god. His father is a wind god. It makes sense since Hanuman is just strong, but he has plenty of other cool abilities!¡± Sanzang ranted. ¡°You''re yapping, shut it.¡± Ethan replied. Sanzang rolled his eyes, before finding the girl in a cave. They both landed and went into the cave, trying to avoid suspicion as the girl looked around. She went down into the cave and illuminated it with light. They looked at each other in confusion. ¡°What are the chances we die/get seriously hurt down there?¡± Ethan asked with a smirk. ¡°50%, 80% if she¡¯s not the only one,¡± Sanzang replied. Ethan nodded and jumped down. ¡°We¡¯ve been through worse!¡± He yelled as he fell. Sanzang followed him down. There, they saw the girl sitting down next to a tall man with a gold helmet on. He almost looked like he was made of gold. ¡°Is it too late to go back?¡± Ethan asked. Sanzang smacked him in the back of the head. ¡°We don¡¯t wanna hurt you guys, partially because we probably can¡¯t, but we just want to ask some ques-¡± before Sanzang could finish, a blast of light was shot at him, sending him into the wall. He jumped up and went into Monster Stance. He imbued his fist with Chaos and pulled it back, hitting the wall. Suddenly, he was in front of the golden man. As he punched him, the entire wall that was behind him came with the punch, and were all thrown with the attack. The man fell back, but got back up. ¡°The Alysida really took a toll, didn''t it?¡± The man said. Sanzang was confused how he brushed off the attack. ¡°What¡¯s a Alysida, and why are you still standing?¡± he asked him. If you find this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the infringement. ¡°I am Hyperion, Titan of Divine Light, and she is my Nova. Her name is Eve,¡± the man said. Sanzang looked in astonishment. ¡°Wait¡­why are you here?¡±. Hyperion¡¯s eyes narrowed as he replied ¡°The Titans are bound to the Earth as punishment for joining the God of Fighting in a rebellion. I never was able to get to the fight for rebellion. None of us are. And for why I¡¯m in a cave, she wants to be trained by me.¡±. ¡°Okay. We''ll just leave Mr.Titan sir,¡± Ethan said, summoning his cloud and flying out of the cave. Sanzang followed, summoning wind and flying out the cave, but before he did, he looked at the two, trying to remember their faces. When they got back it was time for dinner, and they all had a hardy meal. Afterwards, Ethan and Sanzang told everyone about Eve and Hyperion over a fire and marshmallows. They didn¡¯t believe the two but bought into it anyway. After a few days, Ethan Thea, El, Ajesh and Sanzang walked to the helicopter, saying their goodbyes. Lysander chose to stay in Korea to practice using his abilities. They all said goodbye, but before they left Amane surprised them with new phones. ¡°It has our phone numbers on it so we can talk across the world. But buy your own data plan.¡±. They thanked her extensively and flew back to New York. When they reached though, they saw billboards for a company that they recognize. ¡°Is that mom?¡± Thea asked. ¡°The Supreme Alliance? Really? This has evil villain written all over it!¡± Ethan yelled. Ajesh connected to a nearby wifi and searched them up on his new phone. ¡°So, the Old Novas made a corporation centered around¡­protecting the world? They kept the 9 centurions in different areas of the world,¡± Ajesh explained to them. ¡°Which one is for America?¡± Thea asked. ¡°Here it¡¯s this guy named Ryan. The Warborn Nova,¡± Ajesh told them. Sanzang looked disappointed which Ajesh immediately noticed. ¡°Why the long face?¡± Ajesh asked. Sanzang responded immediately ¡°I wanted to fight that Alaric bastard, not this random!¡±. ¡°Alright let¡¯s not get ahead of ourselves,¡± El told everyone, grabbing the phone out of Ajesh¡¯s hands. ¡°That''s Tyler? I thought they said they wouldn¡¯t use him for battle,¡±. ¡°Why wouldn¡¯t they use him for battle?¡± Ethan asked, confused. ¡°He¡¯s a fucking blacksmith. He made an AI and mech, sure but he has no actual fighting experience,¡± El exclaimed. As they entered the city, they saw a man in light leather armor with a sword and circle shield on his back. He took the shield out and put it on his armor and held the sword. He pointed the sword at them and asked them ¡°What are you criminals doing here?¡±. Only then Ethan looked at a billboard and saw that they were wanted in 9 countries. ¡°This can¡¯t be real right?¡± Ethan asked, pointing to the board. Ajesh walked up to Ryan and summoned a small dark blue ball of energy and hid it behind his back. ¡°Listen, I know Zang¡¯ declared war on the Old Novas, but this is our home so we¡¯d really appreciate it if we could just leave,¡± He explained to Ryan. ¡°I¡¯m a Centurion. I don¡¯t make exceptions for criminals,¡± Ryan responded. Ajesh rolled his eyes and threw the blue ball of energy at him, exploding and sending Ryan flying into a building. Ryan barely blocked it with his shield. Ajesh motioned for everyone to move, and he followed. They saw a truck with an open door. Sanzang and Ethan looked at each other and nodded, but El and Ajesh immediately dismissed the idea, shaking their heads. ¡°We can¡¯t take it! We¡¯re already wanted in 9 countries!¡± Ajesh exclaimed. ¡°If we¡¯re so wanted, we might as well steal it! It can¡¯t get worse!¡± Sanzang retorted. ¡°I guess Thea is the deciding vote,¡± El told them. ¡°Screw it, let¡¯s steal it,¡± Thea shrugged. ¡°Can¡¯t be too bad.¡±. El and Ajesh sighed and got into the driver seats. Thea, Sanzang, and Ethan got into the back. ¡°So, where to?¡± Ajesh asked El. ¡°An old friend of mine¡¯s place. He always said if I became a wanted criminal, he¡¯d help me out. He was probably joking but I¡¯ll take him up on that offer,¡± El replied, driving the truck as fast as possible. ¡°Woah slow down!¡± Ajesh yelled. ¡°Why, we¡¯re already wanted!¡± El yelled back. ¡°No, because there are people in the back!¡± Sovereign Nova A week later they arrived at a little hut in the middle of nowhere. ¡°Okay, El, you haven¡¯t told us where we are,¡± Ajesh said, getting out of the car, ¡°Or why we¡¯re here. Just answer one of those questions.¡±. ¡°It¡¯s pretty warm here. As if it¡¯s July,¡± Thea commented. ¡°Fine, fine, I¡¯ll answer the question,¡± El said, knocking on the hut¡¯s metal door, causing a loud bang. A boy in a tank top and baggy blue pants wearing white wrist bands and one earring on his right ear opened the door with his eyes wide. ¡°Metal arm. So that¡¯s what caused the bang.¡± the boy remarked. ¡°Sovreign God Nova, I assume?¡± Ajesh asked, startling everyone. ¡°Yeah, you too?¡± the kid responded unphased about how he knew. ¡°Shiva projected himself and told me. But you seem stronger somehow,¡± Ajesh told him. ¡°Come in, grandpa isn¡¯t home right now. He went out to buy food to cook dinner. Ajesh, we¡¯ll talk more later,¡± the boy said. ¡°By the way, names Kai.¡±. As they walked into the home, Kai asked El about his reasoning for coming here. ¡°Akamu owes me. We were friends back in the day.¡±. ¡°So, in the stone age?¡± Ethan asked. El rolled his eyes and sat down on the couch, with everyone following and Kai passing out water. ¡°Sup, names Sanzang,¡± Sanzang said, extending a handshake. Kai shook his hand and asked ¡°Sanzang, like Tang Sanzang?¡±. Sanzang looked at him and looked at Ethan. ¡°Are you two brothers?¡± Sanzang questioned in confusion. ¡°I¡¯m literally black and he looks to be¡­.¡± Ethan stuttered, before Thea chimed in. ¡°Hawaiian. He¡¯s Hawaiian.¡±. ¡°How do you know that?¡± Ajesh asked. Thea yelled, annoyed with his question ¡°Have you not LOOKED AT THIS HOUSE? IT HAS SO MANY HAIWAIIAN THINGS!¡±. Sanzang flinched and Ajesh looked back at Kai. ¡°So, I know that you¡¯re the Nova of a Sovereign God, but who exactly?¡±. ¡°The Honored One, or The Buddha.¡± he said, shocking everyone. ¡°First question, why aren¡¯t you bald?¡± Sanzang asked. ¡°I like my hair,¡± Kai shrugged. ¡°More important question, why do I feel you''re stronger than me?¡± Ajesh inquired. ¡°I have this thing called Perfect Rhythm. It¡¯s a stronger version of Rhythm, plus I don¡¯t get a personality change. As if I had Rhythm constantly going. Also, no booming music,¡± Kai explained. ¡°So, what the God¡¯s intended Rhythm to be?¡± Ajesh remarked. ¡°Exactly. Hey Ajesh, wanna go outside for a quick fight?¡± Kai said. You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story. Ajesh got up and walked outside, and Kai followed. Ajesh stretched and Kai put his hands together and muttered a few words. Suddenly his eyes glowed a bright gold with his earring shining in the sun. Ajesh narrowed his eyes, and a dark blue and purple aura surrounded him. ¡°This is the same feeling I felt when I fought Lysander¡± Ajesh thought. He grew a large smile and charged forward with a spinning ball of dark blue energy in his hand. He slammed the ball into Kai¡¯s stomach, and it caused a shockwave of energy, sending Kai flying 20 feet away. ¡°Something''s wrong¡­¡± Sanzang said. ¡°What do you mean?¡± Thea asked. ¡°He only smiles like that in two situations. When he¡¯s losing in a card game, but has something really good to make a comeback,¡± Sanzang explained, pausing, as if he¡¯s remembering something. ¡°And what else?¡± Thea demanded. ¡°When I was five and he was seven, Ajesh fought a boy who was 3 years older than him. That¡¯s the only other time I saw him smile like that.¡±. Kai dusted off his tank top and was about to launch his own attack back, but then Ajesh was already there, launching an explosion sending Kai back 15 feet. ¡°I thought my abilities failed me!¡± Kai remarked, before running back to Ajesh and sweeping him off the ground. Kai kicked him in the gut right before he was about to fall, sending him flying. Ajesh picked himself up and activated his god¡¯s armor, growing two blue ghostly flaming arms. He was about to attack, but then Kai palmed him in the chest, causing him to stop. ¡°Now for the next 3 minutes your soul isn¡¯t part of your body!¡± Kai yelled in joy, but then he was punched by one of the flaming arms to the ground. Ajesh¡¯s eyes were black, without life, but he kept attacking. Kai kept getting knocked back, and then he got punched in the face. Kai only got knocked back a few feet, but he was surprised. He wiped the blood off his mouth and asked Sanzang a question. ¡°His soul is out of his body, how is he attacking?¡±. Ajesh took the flaming arms and grabbed Kai''s head, slamming it against his knee. Sanzang laughed, before answering ¡°I guess Ajesh loves fighting strong people he¡¯ll fight even if his soul is out of his body!¡±. Kai got up, but he looked unphased. Kai punched Ajesh and then kicked him in the face. Kai then pulled his hand back, bringing Ajesh¡¯s soul back. Ajesh summoned 9 spinning circles of his destruction energy and launched all of them. Kai got sent flying 25 feet and looked confused. ¡°Okay I need to explain. My ability allows me to gain pain tolerance and heal to certain attacks quicker. I basically use the Four Noble Truths to adapt. But your attacks have been bypassing them,¡± Kai told Ajesh. ¡°I also have a Sovereign God y¡¯know. Shiva. His Nasht is sort of an anti-heal.¡± Ajesh said, charging a blast, but then a car approached them. A tall muscular man got out and told Kai to get inside. The man walked up to Ajesh and asked ¡°So you all came to fight my grandson? Well you get to fight his grandad too,¡± The man said. Ethan pulled out a toothpick from his pockets and manifested Jingubang, and Sanzang got into God Stance. El walked out the house and yelled ¡°AKAMU! These kids are with me!¡±. ¡°Woah, metal arm? Where¡¯d you get that from?¡± The man asked. ¡°Long story, but I need a favor. Remember how you said you¡¯d shelter me and some friends if I ever became a wanted criminal across the world?¡±. Akamu answered ¡°Yeah, I did. And I knew you were coming. That¡¯s why we¡¯re moving back to Hawaii. I saw the news. My house is too remote for the Supreme Allies to find us.¡±. ¡°So where are we now?¡± Thea asked, tapping Ethan and Sanzang to get out of the fighting stances. ¡°Florida.¡± Akamu told them. They were all surprised, except Ajesh who was too tired to give a reaction, so he just went and joined Kai inside. ¡°Okay, so how do we get there? Not like we have a private jet,¡± Thea told everyone. Ethan summoned a cloud and sat on top of it. ¡°I could just fly there,¡± he said. Kai saw from the hut and got out, summoning his own cloud and sitting on it. ¡°So can I!¡± he said. Ethan rolled his eyes. Akamu nodded and they both left at the speed of sound. Everyone sighed. ¡°Y¡¯know what, let¡¯s just get a flight,¡± Thea said, but Sanzang interrupted. ¡°Hey! It might be slower than a cloud somersault, but I think I got something!¡± Sanzang told everyone. He went to the shore and called out for Jormungandr. After 10 minutes the serpent arose from the waters. ¡°Jormun, remember when you agreed to always help the Trinexus? Well guess who¡¯s the Trinexus?¡±. The serpent sighed and they all got on Jormungandr¡¯s head. Jormungandr yelled and threw them all off, except Sanzang. ¡°Trinexus only!¡± Jormungandr told them all. They all sighed and Akamu told them ¡°I got a flight for tomorrow to Hawaii, we¡¯ll be there later.¡±. The Masked Man Fang Shu landed on an island with a giant mountain on it near China, getting out of the plane and blowing a goat horn, causing the birds to fly away and the monkeys on the island came towards him scowling. ¡°Where is your leader?¡± Fang Shu asked, with them jumping to a waterfall. He followed them, pulling out a small hand axe from his back pocket. He entered the waterfall on the mountain, and saw a small Chinese castle, with Jinshu sitting on top of it holding Jingubang. He jumped down, and rested his staff on his shoulders, keeping his hands on the rod. ¡°What do you want? I feel the presence of Erlang. You must be his Nova,¡± Jinshu told him, spitting on the ground. Fang Shu bowed and started to speak. ¡°My name is Centurion Fang Shu, Fang for short. On the behalf of the Supreme Alliance I have been instructed to claim this island as theirs.¡±. Jinshu laughed. Fang began to narrow his eyes, and yelled out, ¡°I am the Nova of Erlang, God of Justice and Warriorhood! I will not be disrespected like this!¡±. He took his hand axe and uttered ¡°Manifest, Axe of War.¡±, and the axe glowed red, and turned black with its blade gold. Jinshu thrusted his staff, and it extended, puncturing Fang in the chest and sending him out of the waterfall. Fang Shu threw his axe in the air and increased its size to the height of a mountain, throwing it at Jinshu. Jinshu increased the width of his staff to a rice barrel, and the same height as the axe. He ran out and smacked the axe away with his staff, shrunk his staff to normal size and hit Fang to the ground. Jinshu summoned his cloud and checked if Fang Shu died. Just as he got close enough to see, a portal was summoned and he was sent through it, and he was in the middle of an ocean, with a volcano close by. He then saw Miguel, and sensing the Jade Emperor, he increased his staff 1000 feet tall and 100 feet wide and tried to crush him. Miguel dodged and put golden energy chains on Jinshu, and Jinshu disappeared. He tapped his earpiece while summoning a portal and Fang Shu fell out. ¡°The Stone Monkey has been sealed,¡± Miguel said, walking towards the giant pillar that is Jingubang. ¡°I¡¯ll take this thank you very much.¡± he said, trying to create a portal, but the staff burst in energy and sent him back a couple of feet. Miguel scowled and summoned a portal to take him and Fang back into their base. Back in the present, Ethan and Kai, they already got to Hawaii, and they were talking about their Novas. ¡°So, you have the Buddha? I have multiple questions, let¡¯s start it off with the easy one. If Tathagata is a Sovereign deity, how is he Vishnu¡¯s Avatar?¡± Ethan asked. Kai laughed and answered his question calmly, ¡°The Honored One is the only one who became a Sovereign God. I guess he got promoted and then got freed from being an avatar.¡±. Ethan shrugged and silently accepted that answer. Sanzang was sitting on J?rmungandr, thinking about Alaric and how he looked as if he didn¡¯t want to fight on the side of the Old Novas. As he was thinking, Jormungandr spoke. ¡°I know you think you''re just gonna end up being Varinzik, but you have to remember that you''re not just his reincarnation. You¡¯re a Trinexus that Varinzik attached his soul to. Do you know what the Alysida is?¡±. Sanzang shook his head and Jormungandr told him ¡°The Alysida is a chain on your soul. It limits your true potential. You can only temporarily break it as of right now. Maybe you can learn to permanently break it or to break it on purpose, but for now, just know it¡¯s not your fault you''re weak.¡±. Reading on this site? This novel is published elsewhere. Support the author by seeking out the original. ¡°Thanks a lot jackass,¡± Sanzang said. They got to Hawaii and Sanzang jumped off Jormungandr, thanking him for the ride as the serpent left. ¡°Hey! Still waiting on the others?¡± Sanzang yelled out to Ethan and Kai, who both nodded. ¡°Y''know, since we¡¯re here, let¡¯s take a walk around. I¡¯ll show you guys this really massive volcano I visit,¡± Kai excitedly told the pair. Sanzang and Ethan looked at each other and nodded, running ¡°Race you there!¡± Ethan yelled. ¡°GUYS IT¡¯S THE OTHER WAY!¡± Kai told them, and they both stopped and ran towards Kai. As they walked towards the volcano, they saw Jingubang in its pillar form, just staying right next to it. Kai and Ethan ran up to it, with Sanzang admiring the volcano, oblivious to the situation. Ethan put his hand on it, wondering why it¡¯s here. ¡°Jinshu is supposed to have Ruyi Jingu Bang. Why is it here?¡±. Sanzang looked up at the staff and noticed a man with black armored jacket, gold boots, and armored wristbands. He had an arsenal of items, from weapons to a hair pin. The man had a white mask with two diamond eyes. ¡°HEY! GET DOWN FROM THERE! IT¡¯S DANGEROUS¡± Sanzang yelled out, grabbing the attention of the man. The man slid down the pillar and jumped down. ¡°My name is Saingan,¡± The man said, taking out gold bells from his pocket. Ethan took out a toothpick and manifested Jingubang, and Kai activated Complete Rhythm. Sanzang got into his God Stance. Saingan put the hand with the bells in the air ¡°I hate you Novas. So arrogant because of your abilities. Humanity rules the world now, the gods should stay out of it.¡±. Sanzang dashed towards Saingan, attempting to kick him in the head, but Saingan slammed the bells onto the ground causing an explosion, throwing Sanzang away. Sanzang barely caught himself, and as Ethan prepared to attack, Saingan shook the bells again, causing another explosion in his direction. Kai teleported in front of Saingan and palmed his stomach, pushing his soul out. ¡°Alright guys I¡¯ll take care of him!¡± Kai said, side kicking Saingan. Sanzang caught him and threw him to the wall. ¡°You want the honors?¡± Sanzang asked Kai, but then Ethan extended his staff and hit Saingan into the city. Ethan spun his staff and shrunk it, putting it in his ear. ¡°Saingan had a bunch of tools from the gods,¡± Ethan told the two. Kai nodded but Sanzang already was running. ¡°Where are you going?¡± Kai asked, but Sanzang was too far away to hear. ¡°He¡¯s gonna go meet the others at the airport. I saw the plane,¡± Ethan told him, summoning a cloud and following Sanzang. As they were running a golden hair pin approached Sanzang, and before he could react the pin started to slash all over his body, causing his shirt and pants to get ripped up. ¡°OKAY WHAT THE HELL-¡± Sanzang yelled, before Saingan dashed in front of Sanzang with his triple edged spear and tried to stab him. Sanzang dodged and punched Saingan in his mask with a chaos infused attack. He got launched back and the hair pin sped towards Sanang¡¯s head, but just then Sanzang¡¯s body burnt in gold and crimson flames. His eyes crackled red and gold and turned into that color. The armor that he wore when he fought Elias summoned itself. ¡°NOW IT¡¯S A FAIR FIGHT!¡± Sanzang yelled, grabbing the pin and throwing it to the side. Saingan¡¯s mask repaired itself and he took out his bells, but as he shook them, Sanzang was in front of him. ¡°Nice bells,¡± he said, before kicking them out of his hand. Saingan stabbed Sanzang in the chest, but the spear bounced off the armor. Just as Sanzang was going to punch him again, Saingan summoned a bow and arrow. ¡°One shot,¡± he said, pulling the bow and shooting it, pushing Sanzang back and slightly puncturing his armor. Sanzang ripped out the arrow. ¡°You think that¡¯s all it¡¯ll take to kill me?¡± Sanzang exclaimed, snapping the arrow in two. ¡°That arrow had the blood of the hydra on it, which is the deadliest poison known to man and god alike.¡± Saingan arrogantly told him. Sanzang¡¯s eyes widened, but he still teleported in front of Saingan and used a divine soul kick in the head to knock him down. Sanzang then ran towards the ocean, gradually slowing down as he did. Ethan followed on his cloud and yelled from up high ¡°WHAT¡¯RE YOU DOING?!¡±. Sanzang screamed back ¡°I¡¯M WASHING UP TO GET THE POISON OFF ME!¡±. Ethan shrugged as Sanzang dunked himself in the water. Sanzang got out of the water and his gauntlets and boots turned dark silver, and his clothes had golden lining. ¡°So I might¡¯ve washed the armor, but the poison isn¡¯t completely out. Go get that masked man!¡± Sanzang yelled, but Kai walked in. ¡°Bad news, Saingan is gone.¡± Sanzang put his hand on his face before laughing. ¡°When I don¡¯t need him he¡¯s here, when I do, he¡¯s gone!¡±. His armor burnt away and his eyes went back to normal. ¡°Let¡¯s go welcome Ajesh and the others to this insane place.¡±. The Sun Vs A Gambler In Korea, Amane and Lysander walked into a large, destroyed building. ¡°This is where the Old Novas base was in Korea. I burnt it to the ground, but there should be some more information,¡± Amane told Lysander. ¡°We need to know more about their plan. All I know so far is that they want to fuse the Heavens and the Earth. But now that I think about it, they never mentioned anything about becoming an organization. The Supreme Alliance doesn''t ring a bell.¡±. ¡°You¡¯re right. They have to be planning something,¡± Amane replied, summoning a small light that brightened the building as if it were day. ¡°That¡¯s useful,¡± Lysander commented, grabbing a metal pipe and handing it to her. ¡°Why did you give me a pip-¡± Amane asked, before getting punched to the wall by Chance. ¡°Sup. I¡¯m the Centurion for Korea, Chance. But you can call me Bi-Bi,¡± Chance told the duo. ¡°Manifest, Kusanagi no Tsurugi,¡± Amane said, transforming the pipe into a bright green grass cutter sword. ¡°Alright then Bi-Bi, let¡¯s see you try that punch again!¡± Amane yelled, engulfing the blade in flames and going in for a slash to Chance¡¯s head. Chance enveloped his hand in green Divine Soul and punched Amane, barely dodging the slash. ¡°You burnt my favorite shirt! That¡¯s not cool man!¡± Chance yelled. Lysander sighed and put his hands up, activating his god¡¯s armor, equipping a lion skin that¡¯s slightly transparent and flaming. Chance laughed and activated his Rhythm, his eyes glowing green and getting a green aura. ¡°Is that pop music?¡± Amane asked, commenting on the music that played with the Rhythm. Chance teleported to Lysander, punching him 100 times in the chest. Only after 80 punches did he start to feel the pain. ¡°That¡¯s a cool trick, but let me show you something,¡± Lysander said, pulling back his fist. Just as Chance was about to run, Lysander landed his punch, causing the surroundings to break, and everything to collapse. Chance was sent flying, landing into a lake. Amane dashed to the lake, and slashed the lake, causing it to split. ¡°The water¡¯s gone!¡± a nearby person yelled, running away with other people Amane jumped into the now empty lake and ran up to Chance, engulfing her blade into flames again. She kept slashing, and with every slash, Chance dodged and punched back. This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. Finally, he punched her into the walls of the empty lake, dragging her across the whole lake. After he finished, she stumbled backwards. A shamisen started to be played, but Chance couldn¡¯t tell where. Suddenly her eyes glowed gold, and she gained an aura. Lysander was watching and laughing. ¡°Rhythm Vs Rhythm? This ought to be good,¡± he said. Amane engulfed her blade in golden flames, and she stabbed it into the ground. ¡°FORM, TAKAMAGAHARA!¡±. Chance and Amane were transported to a place with hills and mountains, and everything was bright. Chance looked surprised, and just as he looked to see where Amane was, she was gone. Amane was above him, and slashed down with her sword, causing large golden flames to follow. Chance got burnt and slashed. Amane slashed at Chance one last time, causing a large inferno of flames to follow. Chance got sliced in half, but regenerated before it could settle it. Amane fell to the ground, collapsed, and Takamagahara disappeared. ¡°I guess Amane is finished with this battle,¡± Lysander told the very confused Chance. ¡°She might¡¯ve collapsed, but her flame still lingers. If you regenerated slower, the flame would¡¯ve cooled down. But now for the next 3 days her flames are in your body. You¡¯ll be fine by day 3 though.¡±. Chance¡¯s eyes widened and he jumped towards Lysander, but Lysander kicked him into the ground. ¡°You¡¯re lucky, I¡¯ll give you that. You can activate Rhythm at will and have unstoppable regeneration. But you lack real strength,¡± Lysander told him, jumping down and grabbing Amane. Chance deactivated his Rhythm and grabbed his shoulder. ¡°I need Mizu to heal me now. Alaric could do the trick, right? Whatever, I¡¯m gonna leave,¡± he said, climbing out the empty lake and walking away. Lysander went in the opposite direction, and back to Amane¡¯s house. As he was about to open the door for the apartment building Saingan was next to him. ¡°I see all your weapons. I don¡¯t want a fight right now. Just let me get this girl back to her house,¡± Lysander requested, but was met with Saingan trying to stab him with the triple edged spear. Lysander grabbed it and threw him to the side, dropping Amane into her home and locking the door. Lysander threw Saingan out of the building and crushed him jumping down. Saingan put his middle and index finger out and teleported out of Lysander¡¯s grasp. ¡°BITCH,¡± Lysander yelled, charging at Saingan, but he was stopped in the middle of running, and was unable to move. Saingan summoned a plantain fan and waved it, sending Lysander flying 50 miles away. He got up and was met with Saingan slashing at him with a katana. He summoned his God¡¯s Armor and punched him away. Lysander grabbed a log and manifested his stone club. He slammed the club into Saingan¡¯s head, breaking the mask in two. The mask fused itself back together, barely showing his grey eyes and just as they were about to fight again, a loud grumble was heard under them. Saingan dismissed the fan and began to walk away. ¡°HEY! WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU¡¯RE GOING?! WE HAD A FIGHT!¡± Lysander yelled, but Saingan snapped back ¡°THE THING UNDER US CAN KILL US AND CAUSE THE DESTRUCTION OF EARTH. WE CAN FIGHT ANOTHER TIME!¡±. ¡°You still have to send me home though!¡± Lysander yelled. Saingan shook his head and raised his fingers, teleporting away. ¡°I¡¯ll walk back on foot. I never got that asshole¡¯s name,¡± Lysander muttered to himself. He walked away, disappointed and angry. At the house, Amane woke up and rubbed her head. ¡°I wish I could still talk with Thea. Wait, I gave them phones!¡± Amane exclaimed, grabbing her phone and calling Thea. Thea picked up and with a disgruntled voice asked ¡°What is it? I¡¯m in Hawaii and I¡¯m picking out contacts.¡±. ¡°You have contacts?¡± Amane asked, slightly confused. Thea sighed and told her to meet them there since they found something that she¡¯ll like. ¡°Alright, as soon as Lysander gets back, we¡¯ll come! But while we¡¯re on call, wanna talk¡­?¡± Amane asked, but Thea hung up. Worshippers ¡°So, you met a masked man, fought him, thought you won, and then got poisoned by an arrow?¡± Ajesh asked Sanzang while they were outside a glasses store. ¡°Yeah. His name was Saingan,¡± Sanzang answered. Thea got out of the store and put in her contacts. ¡°You guys talking about that masked man?¡± She asked the two. ¡°Yeah, how¡¯d you know?¡± Sanzang answered. ¡°Amane told me that Lysander fought that guy. Got sent 50 miles back by a fan. Both of them are gonna be coming over soon.¡±. Sanzang silently got excited, fist pumping the air. Ethan saw it and smiled. ¡°Someone likes Amane!¡± he teased, glancing at Sanzang. ¡°Is it Ajesh?¡± Kai asked, causing Ethan to look at him in confusion before shaking his head. ¡°First things first, let¡¯s get Sanzang cured. Somehow,¡± Thea said, walking out the store. ¡°How do we do that, genius?¡± Ethan asked, annoyed. Akamu walked back from a hot dog stand with El laughing. El saw everyone watching and coughed, returning to his normal state. ¡°I think I have an idea on how to figure out the way to cure Sanzang,¡± El told them. ¡°Well tell us then!¡± Ajesh yelled, angered by El¡¯s leniency. El¡¯s left eye burned blue, and he muttered, ¡°The Wise.¡±. As he said this he stood in place for a minute before waking up and his eye went back to normal. ¡°Kai, guess what?¡± El asked, but Kai just shrugged. ¡°You¡¯ll be of use. Since you can heal, you could possibly heal Sanzang¡¯s poisoning, and Ajesh can help, with Shiva being the master of poison and medicine.¡±. Ajesh and Kai nodded and put their hands out in front of Sanzang. As they began to use their Divine Soul, energy began to surround Sanzang. But as they were about to finish using their abilities, Chaos Soul surrounded him. Sanzang raised into the air, transforming into a large 15-foot-tall monster, with black and crimson claws, and large horns on his head. He had Red lifeless eyes and a dragon tail. He was in an overload state, with this form being made of pure Chaos Soul. Ethan took out a toothpick and manifested his staff, and Thea grabbed a sign and manifested her Spear of War. ¡°SINCE WHEN COULD HE OVERLOAD?!¡± Ethan yelled, pulling out some hair and summoning clones to tell them to evacuate everyone nearby. The Overloaded Sanzang dashed towards El and punched him, sending him flying. Akamu kicked him in the head, sending him back, and Thea stabbed him in the gut. While the spear was in Sanzang, Thea used it to explode Divine Soul. Ethan thrusted his staff, extending it and hitting him in the chest, throwing Sanzang back. Ethan contracted the staff, bringing him to Sanzang. As they clashed, fist vs staff, Akamu brought back his leg. Thea looked at him and felt some energy gather. Akamu ran up to Sanzang and used his energy-charged kick, sending the monstrous Sanzang crashing into a building. Just as Sanzang got up and walked up Akamu Ajesh and Kai both palmed Sanzang, Kai with Multicolored Divine Soul and Ajesh with his Nasht. Sanzang got sent flying, and Ethan walked up to Kai. ¡°What was that Divine Soul?¡±. ¡°It was Dharma,¡± Kai replied. Sanzang was in the air but was still in his Overload. Ethan hopped on to his cloud that he summoned and flew up to Sanzang, thrusting his staff and extending it. Sanzang got hit and flew through the air. Sanzang landed in a random forest and Ethan followed to get him. He tried to find him but couldn¡¯t. This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there. Ethan flew back to tell the others. ¡°So¡­I lost Sanzang¡­¡± He told everyone. Ajesh¡¯s eyes narrowed, and he charged up his Nasht, while Kai couldn¡¯t stop laughing. Sanzang woke up, his shirt torn and pants ripped. ¡°God¡­where am I? Shit, I left my phone at Akamu¡¯s safehouse!¡± Sanzang yelled as he woke up. He walked away, limping. As he walked, he heard yelling. Sanzang didn¡¯t understand what they were saying so he walked towards the sound. He saw people in cloaks talking loudly in a cave, and in the cave was some art of Varinzik. Or what he could understand was Varinzik fighting something and then putting his hand on the ground, creating land. ¡°Hey! What¡¯re y¡¯all doing here?¡± Sanzang asked them. They all looked at Sanzang, and Sanzang noticed how different they were from each other. Different races and some monsters like humans were in the crowd. A man with grey eyes, an earring on his left ear and a black jacket with normal clothes walked up to Sanzang. ¡°We are the followers of Varinzik. I am their leader and an immortal from the past world. I was one of the first humans from the Divine United World. My name is Sekutu,¡± the man explained. Sanzang looked around and chuckled to himself, trying to not tell them that he¡¯s the Trinexus. ¡°I know you''re the Trinexus. I met Varinzik when he was in his prime. I recognize the energy,¡± the man said, smirking. ¡°His teachings were recorded on tablets, exactly how all world religions entered this new world. I learnt Yuddham from them, the root for all martial arts,¡± he told Sanzang. ¡°Okay then. If he¡¯s the next Trinexus, he needs to prove it. You and our leader should fight only using Yuddham,¡± a monstrous man said. Sanzang smirked and walked outside. ¡°Come on! Will we fight or not?¡±. Sekutu followed him and they found a flat plain to fight him. They both went into a monster stance and pulled back a punch. They clashed and used their Chaos Soul imbued punches against each other and everything in the surrounding area was destroyed. They kept clashing punches, but then Sanzang dashed back and went into God Stance. He imbued Divine Soul into his leg and kicked Sekutu in the face. Sekutu got launched back, but his face looked unharmed. Sanzang looked confused, but he continued his assault, grabbing onto Sekutu¡¯s arm and throwing him into the now destroyed forest. Sanzang grabbed a branch that was on the ground and manifested Gada. ¡°Been a while since I¡¯ve done this. Hopefully this goes better than last time!¡± he exclaimed, slamming Gada into Sekutu¡¯s face, and causing a small cyclone that lifted the trees in the air. Gada disappeared, and everyone in the cave started clapping, exclaiming ¡°???!¡±, ¡°¦°¦Ñ¦Ï¦Õ?¦Ó¦Ç?!¡¯, ¡°????????!¡± and ¡°Prophet!¡±. Sanzang saw all this and yelled, ¡°Woah woah! I¡¯m no prophet! I can¡¯t even drive yet!¡±. Sekutu got up and told him, ¡°When they call you prophet, they¡¯re saying you''re the one that¡¯ll fulfill the prophecy.¡±. Sanzang looked at him and laughed, before saying, ¡°What prophecy? I¡¯ve never believed in that type of stuff.¡±. ¡°On one end of this world there is a recollection of Varinzik¡¯s war with the Gods, and on the other end, where we are now, is a mural of what will happen. A prophecy that a Trinexus will create the Honored Land, a place where people of all variations can live,¡± Sekutu told him. Sanzang looked at him confused and dismissed the idea. ¡°I could never do that. I¡¯m not ready. I barely know how this whole Soul System works, and you think I could create a land mass?¡±. Just then, Sanzang saw a thunderbolt strike the ground, and Jackosn emerged wielding Mjolnir. ¡°I finally found these damn monsters!¡± Jackson yelled, walking up to Sekutu, about to strike with his hammer. Sanzang grabbed his arm, but Jackson threw him back. ¡°There are monsters in this cult Sanzang! I¡¯ve been trying to hunt them down for a while!¡±. ¡°It¡¯s not a cult, well it sort of is, but the monster-like people aren¡¯t necessarily evil!¡± Sanzang yelled back. ¡°Why do you want to defend them?¡± Jackson yelled. Sanzang narrowed his eyes and went into God Stance, his left eye turning red and right gold, his armor equipped itself. Sekutu¡¯s eyes widened. ¡°The Oppr?rer Armor?¡±. ¡°Give up while you¡¯re behind Sanzang. I¡¯m stronger than you,¡± Jackson said, charging his hammer. Sanzang put his hands up, ready to block the hit. When Jackson hit, lightning struck Sanzang, but the hammer bounced off. Jackson looked in confusion yet tried again. And again. And again. Sanzang started to get tired of Jackson, so he kicked him in the chin, using Divine Soul and Divine Wind in harmony to send him flying. Jackson dashed to the ground, striking it with lightning. Sanzang ran through it and punched him. Jackson was about to swing his hammer, but Sanzang grabbed it and threw him into the air. ¡°I¡¯m going to go. Some people are looking for me,¡± Sanzang told them, using wind to levitate himself and flying away. The Gods ¡°The Trinexus is realizing his truth?! Finally! Maybe he¡¯ll be as strong as me!¡± Sun Wukong yelled while laughing. Loki shook his head in disappointment while holding back a laugh. ¡°The Trinexus barely knows he is one! You should¡¯ve seen the look he gave me when I mentioned the word Trinexus!¡± he told him, rubbing his goat horn. Hanuman stood up and picked up his golden mace, resting it on his shoulder. ¡°Sanzang is doing well. He just found the Followers of Varinzik. I hope he can surpass the precedent set by Varinzik,¡± He told the two. Just then a bald man with ears that extended to his jaws in a kasaya appeared in a flash of gold light. Hanuman and Wukong kneeled, but Loki didn¡¯t move. The man gestured for the Monkey Kings to rise, unbothered by Loki¡¯s disrespect. ¡°Tathagata, what brings you here?¡± Wukong asked. Hanuman glanced at Loki for not kneeling, stating, ¡°Loki you must kneel to the Sovereign Gods in a show of respect.¡±. Loki shrugged and said, ¡°I don¡¯t care that Buddha is a Sovereign God. He was human once, and an avatar no less.¡±. Buddha shook his head and told them, ¡°I don¡¯t care about kneeling or bowing. I came here to ask how Ethan and Sanzang are doing.¡±. ¡°Ethan is doing well. I had the Jingu placed onto him so he can learn restraint. Once he¡¯s freed from it he¡¯ll be able to use Jingubang.¡± Wukong told him, causing Buddha to look at him in confusion. ¡°First of all, who gave you a Jingu, two, you know better than anyone how badly it pains, why give it to your Nova?¡±. ¡°Guanyin taught me how to make one, and Ethan will only wield my staff once he earns it through freeing himself,¡± Wukong told him. Tathagata nodded and turned to Hanuman, asking, ¡°How is Sanzang?¡±. Hanuman replied, ¡°Sanzang is doing well. He recently Overloaded but was able to pick himself up. He should be able to figure out how to free himself from the Alysida very soon,¡± Hanuman replied. The Buddha nodded and exploded in light, teleporting away. ¡°Loki, question, how were you let in Mount Meru?¡± Hanuman asked, resting his Gada onto the ground. ¡°Snuck in disguised as you,¡± Loki told him, smirking. At a mountain above the clouds, Zeus and a woman sitting on a peacock sat next to each other on thrones. ¡°Hera, Elias is close to fusing their world and our realms.¡± Zeus told her. You might be reading a stolen copy. Visit Royal Road for the authentic version. ¡°I¡¯m still mad at you for cheating on me with that mortal woman 13 years ago! Fusing Modern Gaia and the Heavenly realms won¡¯t fix anything!¡± Hera yelled at him. ¡°It¡¯s not about that Hera! I¡¯m trying to make Modern Gaia ours again!¡± He yelled back. ¡°Olympus will be one with Gaia once again. What will you do after¡± A fish-like man with a crown wielding a trident asked Zeus. ¡°Dear brother Poseidon, we¡¯ll be relaxing. I make Elias king of Modern Gaia like we discussed, and his friends become other important roles, and then we rule like Sovereign Gods!¡± Zeus exclaimed, raising his fist into the air. In an area with golden castles and the sky shined, a large man in a spartan helmet with a large sword on his back approached the gates to the largest golden fortress. The gates were opened by a large red headed man in armor, with a bear skin on his shoulders and blue eyes. The man with the bear skin smirked and grabbed his hammer, trying to slam it into the spartan¡¯s head. The spartan man pulled out his sword and blocked the hammer, causing an explosion of lightning and fire. ¡°Rival Thor, I don¡¯t wish to fight. I wish to make an alliance,¡± The spartan said, putting the large sword back on his back and the large man dropped his hammer. ¡°What do you mean Ares?¡± Thor asked. ¡°The Trinexus is back. While this is good news for me, for you Aesir, you¡¯ll be in massive trouble,¡± Ares told Thor, extending his hand for a handshake Thor¡¯s eyes widened, but he nodded, shaking hands with Ares. ¡°Is the Trinexus one of the Novas?¡± Thor asked Ares, to which Ares responded with a ¡°correct¡±. ¡°The prophecy is true then. We must prepare ourselves,¡± Thor said, walking into the fortress. In the highest part of heaven, there were 6 thrones, all in a circle. Buddha sat on a regular seat, with his hands joined. A blue man with four arms, a crown, a flower necklace, and gold pants sat criss cross on a lotus throne. Another darker blue man with four arms, a snake around his neck, a third eye, and a third eye with his hair tied back sat on a normal throne, leaning on his arm. An old man with 3 heads and baggy white pants sat in the same way as Buddha. Finally, there were two people made of energy, one with a beard and another without, both silent in large thrones. ¡°What should we do about this new Trinexus?¡± The Buddha asked, breaking the silence. ¡°Well he isn¡¯t Varinzik. He doesn¡¯t seem wrong or naturally malevolent. Give it time,¡± The blue man in the lotus throne told the others. ¡°Vishnu, you fail to understand that Varinzik reincarnated with the new Trinexus. He only just now stopped manifesting when Sanzang temporarily breaks the Alysida,¡± the three headed man said to him. ¡°Brahma, you do realize that Varinzik is trying to make the new Trinexus not him? He wants the Trinexus to be a symbol of freedom,¡± Buddha calmly expressed. ¡°Tathagata is right,¡± Vishnu said. As Brahma and Vishnu bickered, the last dark blue man yelled, ¡°SANZANG HAS DONE NO WRONG SO FAR, SO WE SHALL NOT DO ANYTHING TO HIM? UNDERSTAND?!¡±. ¡°Lower your tone Shiva. We can¡¯t have your Avatar wreaking havoc on Earth,¡± The Buddha said to him, gesturing for him to calm down. Vishnu laughed and remarked, ¡°I feel like if Shiva¡¯s Avatar wreaked havoc, everything would get interesting again. But for now, we wait for Trinexus''s awakening.¡±. Souls Awakening Everyone that was still in Hawaii walked to the airport at night. Ethan was looking away from Ajesh who was giving him a glare. Kai was walking normally, with El asking him thousands of questions. ¡°What was that charge kick?¡± Thea asked Akamu, curious about how he kicked Sanzang¡¯s Overload so hard. ¡°Well¡­¡± Akamu stuttered, not wanting to discuss it. El looked at him and nodded, smiling. ¡°I¡¯m a descendant of Maui.¡±. Everyone but Kai and El¡¯s eyes widened. ¡°AS IN THE ONE FROM THE DISNEY MOVIE?¡± Ethan yelled. Akamu nodded, with a hint of disappointment that he was associated most highly with a Disney character voiced by The Rock. Suddenly the ground begins to rumble. ¡°Don¡¯t worry about that. It happens every so often,¡± Kai told them. They all nodded, except Ajesh. ¡°I feel something. Anger.¡±. Thea and Ethan rolled their eyes, and Kai laughed. ¡°This is Hawaii,¡± he said. ¡°The state of volcanoes? Of course the ground often rumbles,¡± he further elaborated. Ajesh shook his head and kept walking forward, getting to the airport. As the plane landed and came to a halt, Ethan and Ajesh walked up to the plane. The doors opened, with Lysander and Amane walking out and towards them. ¡°Who¡¯re the new guys?¡± Lysander asked, throwing his suitcase at Ajesh. ¡°We¡¯ll explain later,¡± Thea told the two, gesturing for them to follow her. The ground shook once more, with Ajesh looking more disturbed as he carried the suitcase. ¡°Where¡¯s Sanzang?¡± Amane asked Ethan. Ethan mouthed ¡°told you¡± to Kai and responded ¡°He¡¯s in a random ass place in the world. I have no clue where he is, but he¡¯ll get here eventually.¡±. Amane looked disappointed. The ground finally rumbled, and a giant dark blue arm arose from the ground, picking itself up. Ajesh dashed back, while everyone looked in shock. A giant blue man with six arms, long black hair, and a chain of skulls on his neck. ¡°Thank god it has some type of pants,¡± Ethan said, pulling out Jingubang from his ear. Thea rolled her eyes and spun her spear. Ajesh walked back, charging up a Nasht in his hand. The giant blue monster tried to crush Kai, but Kai dodged it, and jumped up. Kai ran up the monster and slapped it with Dharma Divine Soul. The monster stumbled back, but it was mostly unphased. It punched Kai with what El recognized as Nasht. Ajesh launched his attack, throwing the large energy blast into the monster''s face, causing it to stumble backwards. The monster tried to crush him with his hand, but Ethan jumped up at the monster and extended his staff to the size of a building. Striking the monster in the head, the giant fell down, causing the ground to shake violently. Ethan changed Jingubang¡¯s width and height to one of a mountain, and dropped it onto the giant. Standing on top of the enlarged staff, putting his hand in his pocket, he grabbed a hair and blew it into the air. The hair transformed into a clone, and jumped down to examine the blue giant, but Ajesh stopped him. ¡°HEY, OVERSIZED SHIRT DUDE, GET OFF MY CLONE!¡± Ethan yelled from the top of the staff. Ajesh sighed and disintegrated the clone with his Divine Soul Nasht. ¡°This is Veerabhadra. An avatar of Shiva who trampled over Indra,¡± Ajesh told everyone. They were all astonished, until Veerabhadra grabbed the pillar of a staff and threw it to the side. Ethan dismissed his staff before crashing into a building. Amane ran to grab something she could manifest into her grasscutter, while Thea ran up the monster and stabbed it in the chest with her spear. She activated her god¡¯s armor as she braced for a punch from Veerabhadra¡¯s fist. Just then, Amane jumped in with her blade on fire, slashing at the giant. As Thea thought she was in the clear, Veerabhadra used his other arms to crush her and throw her to the side. It turned to Amane slashing and began to try punching her, but she was too fast. Ethan and Thea both ran up to Veerabhadra, Ethan with his staff and Thea with her spear and armor. Ethan summoned his cloud and jumped on it, and Thea grabbed on. She jumped off as he got to Veerabhadra¡¯s head, and she stabbed the spear into its shoulder. Ethan went full speed on the cloud, slamming his staff into Veerabhadra¡¯s head so hard it stumbled back a couple miles away. Thea stabbed the multi armed beast and burst in energy, releasing all the energy that she absorbed from the punch. Just as the beast was about to fall, Ajesh used a full power Nasht. Veerabhadra fell to the ground and disappeared, leaving imprints of his destruction all across the city. Ajesh and Thea collapsed, and Ethan caught his breath. As the dust cleared, Saingan appeared, holding his palm out. ¡°Before you attack, let me explain myself. What you just saw was a prime example of the danger of gods. The gods destroyed my old world, and I was brought into this one. I awoke in the prime of Hellenism, and seeing all this worship for the gods that brought havoc in my world sickened me. Now, all you Novas exist, taking their powers. You can all surrender and give up your abilities, or you fight and lose your abilities. You make the right choice either way.¡±. El turned to Akamu and Akamu nodded. Lysander and Amane noticed and got ready for a battle. ¡°Your funeral,¡± Saingan said, before throwing a spinning gold sphere that turned the night sky to a bright gold. Lysander, Amane and El all felt their energy getting drained. Akamu saw this and noticed that Ethan was out of breath, not able to fight, Ajesh and Thea were out of commission, and Kai was too far away to fight. He sighed and went into a fighting position. Saingan¡¯s mask eyes glowed and he summoned his triple edged spear, runned towards Akamu. He tried to stab Akamu, but he was thrown off. Akamu grabbed his head and slammed him face first into the ground. He then flipped him over and saw the mask broken, seeing Saingan¡¯s grey eye. Saingan stabbed Akamu¡¯s arm, and dashed back. The mask repaired itself and Saingan dismissed it, and summoned a bow and arrows. Akamu ran towards him, deflecting the arrows being shot at him, and went in for the final punch. Just then, Saingan summoned a flaming spear and threw it at him. Akamu tried to dodge it, but the spear turned and hit him, causing an explosion. He got up, dazed, seeing a chunk of his body missing. He coughed up blood, and saw the flaming spear return to Saingain. Find this and other great novels on the author''s preferred platform. Support original creators! ¡°This is the Agneyastra. The weapon of Goddess Agni that never misses,¡± Saingan explained. Akamu got up wearily and balled his hand into a fist, charging energy into it. ¡°If you think that¡¯ll work¡­¡± Saingan sighed, and continued his sentence. ¡°We¡¯ll call it natural selection and move on.¡±. Saingan summoned a shield and ran up to Akamu, trying to bash him with the shield he summoned. Kai slowly walked back, seeing the sphere in the sky. Then he saw his grandfather. Kai tried to run up to the two but he tripped. Saingan got close, and Akamu released the energy of his punch. Saingan felt the force of the punch and tried to block with his shield, but Akamu broke through the shield and landed the punch right to his face. Saingan¡¯s mask broke and it couldn¡¯t regenerate. He grabbed his face and yelled ¡°That was Athena¡¯s Aegis! How did you break it?!¡±. Akamu chuckled to Saingan¡¯s frustration. El saw this with wide eyes, knowing what Akamu just did, but was unable to do anything. Akamu collapsed, and Saingan could hear his heartbeat stop. ¡°In a way, I feel bad. A descendent of Maui, dead right in front of me. I have no idea his name, but he was the most determined human I¡¯ve ever met.¡±. As Thea and Ajesh woke up they saw Akamu¡¯s body on the ground, bleeding. Everyone wanted to help but they couldn¡¯t. There was a silence that to them felt as if it lasted an eternity. This silence was interrupted by roaring flames. Saingan raised the Agneyastra and prepared to use it at full power, but suddenly a being crashed in the center of the battlefield in golden, crimson, and black light. As the dust settled they saw it was Sanzang, in his full armor and his eyes red and gold. ¡°Like the new look Saingan?¡± Sanzang asked, dashing towards Saingan, attacking him with a Chaos Soul infused kick. Saingan dodged and tried to summon a new weapon, but Sanzang transferred the Soul from his first kick into another kick. Saingan was launched backwards, and saw the fragments of the half of the mask that Akamu broke glow. Suddenly Divine Tools rained from the sky. ¡°So that mask is how you''re able to store all your weapons. Smart,¡± Sanzang commented, clearly impressed. They ran up to each other and clashed. Saingan grabbed his fan and his bells, and used them both to create a storm of fire and smoke. Sanzang flew back from the explosion and grabbed a red gourd. He held it out and it glowed, sucking in the Divine Tools. ¡°What good reason could you have this? It doesn¡¯t even suck in people!¡± Sanzang yelled, dashing at him for a Divine Soul punch. Saingan was hit and thrown back. He chuckled, and grabbed a pair of tambourines. Sanzang jumped back and grabbed a small wood piece. Saingan threw the cymbals at Sanzang and threw his Agneyastra. Sanzang jumped back and threw the wooden piece above Saingan, which turned into a large boat and crushed Saingan. The flaming spear hit Sanzang, not damaging his armor but causing burns on his fingers, legs and his face. The cymbals enlarged and trapped Sanzang, slowly crushing him. ¡°That¡¯ll end this quickly. Now is the Bhramastra ready for detonation?¡± Saingan said, looking up at the spinning sphere. He saw it and shook his head in disappointment. Sanzang was dizzy in the cymbals, and in his mind he saw Varinzik, chained up. Next to Varinzik was Hanuman, who looked saddened. ¡°Where are we?¡± Sanzang asked. ¡°This is your soul. Varinzik is chained up by the Alysida, a limiter placed upon by the gods. Now you are faced with a choice under the immense pressure of Yellowbrow¡¯s cymbals. You can either switch places with Varinzik and he takes over, or you fuse with him, destroying his soul and making it yours, chaining yourself up¡± Hanuman explained to Sanzang. Varinzik smiled and laughed, looking at Sanzang, seemingly knowing the answer he¡¯ll choose. ¡°I¡¯d rather die than rely on someone else to fight my battles. The victory against Elias wasn¡¯t my victory, and I refuse for the next battle to not be mine either,¡± Sanzang told Hanuman. Varinzik smirked and Hanuman smiled and nodded. Outside the tambourine Saingan approached, wanting to take it back, but then it exploded into bits. Sanzang bursted out with giant skyscraper sized wings and landed on the ground. His right wing was gold and of a bird, and his left wing was red and black and one of a dragon. ¡°The Wings of Eternity and Void. You may very well surpass Varinzik.¡±. The wings shrunk to as large as a car and the left wing turned gold and like the right wing. ¡°Now, we¡¯ll be finally evenly mat-¡± Saingan said, before being interrupted with Sanzang grabbing his face and dragging it through the ground. Sanzang flew into the air, threw him into the sky and grabbed his leg. Sanzang flew down at maximum speed and slammed him through a building. As they reached the ground Sanzang looked down on Saingan, disappointed. ¡°You hate Novas. You hate gods. And while hating them is wrong in itself, why worsen the world by trying to destroy them? All these Divine Tools that you¡¯ve stolen can help improve this world.¡±. Saingan got up, tired, and punched Sanzang in the chest with Chaos Soul. Sanzang was knocked back a few feet but was otherwise unharmed. ¡°You don¡¯t get it. I¡¯m from the past world, the first United Divine World. The gods controlled everything, and the one who preached freedom was defeated. I had a family, a life, and it was taken when the gods wanted to destroy that world,¡± Saingan told Sanzang, frustrated. ¡°I think the weapon has enough Soul absorbed. Well let me explain what killed you in your last moments. The Bhramastra absorbs Divine Soul from the whole state, at least now. It used to use the whole world but, and he¡¯s gone,¡± Saingan tried explaining, but then Sanzang flew up. He reached the Bhramastra and covered it with his wings, curling up so no explosive energy gets out. ¡°? ??? ???????? ??? ? ????? ??????? ?????? ??????, ?????? ????? ?????, ?? ????????? ???? ????, ????? ?????? ???? ????, ???? ????, ???? ???? ??? ??? ?¡± Saingan murmured, causing the Bhramastra to glow and explode, turning the sky black once again. But no destruction was caused. Sanzang appeared before Saingan could even comprehend what happened and grabbed his throat. Sanzang took him to space and used wind to create an air bubble around the two of them. ¡°Any last words?¡± he asked. Saingan shook his head. ¡°May you attain Moksha,¡± he said before flapping his wings causing a wave of destructive Divine Soul to be launched. Suddenly they were both in a white area, with Sanzang in no armor and Saingan in no armor and missing his mask. ¡°Don¡¯t explain, I know your wings can absorb energy and dish it back out,¡± Saingan said. ¡°That gives me more time to reveal that I knew your real identity, Sekutu.¡±. Saingan/Sekutu smiled and nodded, before they both walked away in different directions. On Earth, Saznang fell to the ground. Everyone walked towards his body, Ajesh looking sadder than the rest. Then Sanzang woke up and raised a thumbs up. They all looked relieved. ¡°Armless Old Man, should we go somewhere? Maybe? Hopefully?¡± Ethan asked, and El looked at him mad. ¡°We¡¯re holding a funeral for Akamu, and then we¡¯ll go to Denmark.¡±. ¡°Why Denmark?¡± Thea asked. ¡°He always wanted to visit. I feel like we should honor his death by going,¡± Kai told her, looking sadder than normal. ¡°Then it¡¯s settled. Let¡¯s go to Denmark,¡± Ajesh said, walking towards the airport. ¡°Hey! Oversized Shirt Dude! Forget the funeral? How are we doing that by the way? Cremation or like a casket or what?¡± Ethan yelled. War Begins They landed in Denmark, and walked out, looking at the sights. ¡°Thanks again for helping with the cremation Ajesh,¡± El told Ajesh. Ajesh nodded and saw Sanzang running into the city. ¡°Don¡¯t worry I got this,¡± Ethan said, summoning his cloud and flying off with Sanzang. ¡°They just ran off to rob someone didn¡¯t they?¡± Ajesh asked. ¡°Yep. I swear I¡¯m the only responsible one out of the three of us,¡± Thea answered, running off to stop them. Ajesh sighed and put his hands in his pockets. Lysander and Amane walked to a bakery in hopes they could get a free sample, and El went to an ATM to get some money so they could pay for the food. Thea reached them and saw Sanzang put something in his pocket. Thea ran up to him and grabbed his arm. ¡°I¡¯ll take that thank you!¡±. She took it from his hand and saw a bunch of fragments of Saingan¡¯s mask. They glowed as she held them and they fused together into a bracer on her right arm. She looked surprised and tried to summon a weapon, but to no avail. ¡°The Divine Weapon side of the mask was evaporated, that¡¯s the Divine Tool side,¡± Sanzang told her. She smiled and summoned the gourd. ¡°I¡¯ll take all the food you robbed,¡± she said, holding the gourd out so it could suck in all the food in their pockets. Ethan looked disappointed yet proud at the same time. ¡°I wonder what would happen if you released everything in that gourd,¡± Sanzang told her, quietly reaching out for it. She jerked her hand back and slapped him in the back of the head. ¡°Nope, not today.¡±. She dismissed the gourd and walked away. Alaric stood on top of the tallest building he could find, in new black armor and a blue cloak over it. He saw Sanzang running around, and then spotted Ethan on his own Cloud Somersault. Alaric decided to confront them, holding his hand out. Slowly, lightning surrounded the two as Alaric balled his hand into a fist. Suddenly, lightning struck them, and Ethan flew out, dodging the thunder. Sanzang barely dodged it, and saw Alaric on top of the building. Sanzang¡¯s left eye turned crimson and right eye gold, and flames of the same colors covered him, transforming into The Oppr?rer Armor. Sanzang activated his Wings of Eternity and Void, and they transformed into the golden bird wings as he said ¡°Eternity.¡±. Sanzang quickly flew up to Alaric and grabbed his face, and threw him to the ground, causing a massive explosion. Alaric got up and Sanzang was right in front of him. Sanzang kicked him, imbuing Divine Soul into the strike. Alaric enveloped his fist in flames, and punched Sanzang, throwing him back. Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon. He enveloped his other fist with ice and struck again. He continued this onslaught, and Sanzang began to block with his wings. ¡°You¡¯re stronger than this,¡± Alaric said, stopping his onslaught and charging lightning in his hand. He tried to launch the lightning, but Sanzang flew above him and flapped his wings, launching a massive amount of Divine Soul at him. Sanzang landed and began to strike him with a flurry of kicks and punches, each with an unstable amount of Divine and Chaos. Alaric tried to kick him but Sanzang grabbed his leg and threw him into a building. Ajesh saw this and looked confused, seeing Sanzang not enjoying a fight, just trying to end it as quickly as possible. El and Thea were both also confused with this new behavior of Sanzang. Ethan looked excited, and tried joining in. Amane grabbed him before he could. Sanzang¡¯s wings disappeared, but he didn''t notice it as he kept on attacking Alaric. Sanzang then charged up a kick using Chaos Soul, and kicked Alaric in the face, sending him crashing through buildings. As he landed that kick, he grabbed his own head. Chaos started to surround him and he almost overloaded, but then plants grabbed Sanzang and dragged him to the ground, as the earth around him sunk. As he reached six feet into the ground Alaric closed the ground. He walked up to the ground and charged a thunderbolt in the sky, but then Sanzang bursted out of the ground in a flash of Divine Soul. He grabbed Alaric by the face and threw him into the sky, and used wind to propel himself forward, following him. Before the others could catch up they were gone. ¡°ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!?¡± Ethan yelled. ¡°Calm down. Sanzang will be back quickly,¡± Thea told Ethan, hiding the fact she¡¯s also mad. ¡°Y¡¯know, we should do something about the Centurions,¡± Amane told everyone. ¡°Well, this is a time to respect Akamu¡¯s sacrifice,¡± Kai replied, slightly mad that she was just brushing over this. ¡°Kai¡¯s right. But we have to do something, don''t we?¡± Ajesh asked. ¡°You guys make a plan. Kai and I will stay. There¡¯s one thing we must do. Also, Kai, Akamu would¡¯ve wanted us to deal with these Centurions,¡± El said, firm in his decision. ¡°Let¡¯s go to the hotel and plan our attack,¡± Thea told them. They went to the hotel and all met up in their room. ¡°Alright first question, how are we supposed to find every Centurion?¡± Ethan asked, in a genuine way for once. ¡°They have it on their website,¡± Amane told them, raising her phone and showing them the website. ¡°I¡¯ll go to America!¡± Thea said. ¡°Dibs on Canada,¡± Ethan told them. ¡°I got Brazil!¡± Lysander yelled. ¡°Ukraine is safe, right?¡± Amane commented. ¡°I want to go to Egypt,¡± Ajesh told everyone. ¡°Well it¡¯s all settled. That just leaves England. We¡¯ll meet there after we beat them,¡± Thea said, stretching. ¡°How do we get there though? Not all of us can summon clouds to travel everywhere!¡± Amane asked, glancing at Ethan. Ethan rolled his eyes and took out his phone. He called someone and put the phone to his ear. ¡°Yo, Metal Man? Yeah I need¡­¡± he paused to count everyone and then told the person on the phone, ¡°4 of those carrier clouds you told me about? Alright thanks!¡±. ¡°Who¡¯s Metal Man?¡± Ajesh asked, seemingly already knowing the answer. ¡°It¡¯s Kenji isn¡¯t it?¡± Thea said, spinning her spear in boredom. ¡°Think so,¡± Ethan responded, walking outside. An hour later, a gold droid that looked like a person landed, with 4 small flying pedestals following. In a robotic voice that they recognized as Kenji, it told them ¡°You each get one. They have full entertainment systems, and location coordinates. They can extend a chair out so you can sit.¡±. They nodded and each got on one, flying off to their country. Weapons of Battle Thea landed in Las Vegas, manifesting her Spear of War and jumping down. She saw Ryan, dragging his sword on the ground. ¡°Oh hey, wanted criminal! Funny to show up in, a place you''re wanted in? Totally smart yeah¡± Ryan said arrogantly, taking his shield from his back. ¡°How¡¯d you know I was here?¡±. ¡°Figured someone as arrogant as you would stay here of all places,¡± Thea told him, readying her spear. Ryan kept his shield in front of himself and banged on it with his sword, calling in a pack of wolves made of Blue Divine Soul. Thea dashed to Ryan and tried to stab him with her spear, but a wolf bit her and he crashed into her with his shield. She gritted her teeth as she got up. Ryan threw his shield at her, which she banged to the ground with her spear. ¡°Thought you were Captain America or something?¡± She said, before he slashed at her with his sword. Her arm was cut, but she managed, summoning the plantain fan and blowing him away, with her crashing into a Eiffel Tower. She jumped down and jabbed her spear into the ground causing a burst of energy. Ryan was thrown back, but he ran back with his sword, clashing with her spear. ¡°You must know of the War Deity Weapons, correct?¡± Ryan asked, pushing down with his blade. Thea shook her head and pushed back. ¡°Let me show you the second weapon of war. Longsword of War, Manifest,¡± Ryan yelled, transforming his sword to a longsword with a dark purple hilt and a black blade. He overpowered her, making her stumble. Before she could retaliate, Ryan struck her side with the sword, and it felt almost blunt. She was thrown back, crashing through a casino. Thea used her spear to support herself, and activated her god¡¯s armor. He dragged the longsword as he approached Thea. ¡°The Weapons of War are the tools of war deities, made specially by their blacksmith gods. First was Erlang¡¯s Axe of War, a handaxe that can change size and cause devastating damage. Most of the gods don¡¯t know who made his, but it¡¯s said to be a dragon deity. Then was Tyr¡¯s longsword,¡± Ryan explained, spinning his blade. ¡°This longsword can change from blunt to slash in seconds, and summon a manifestation of the wolf Fenrir. It was forged by Brokkr and Sidri as a compensation gift for him getting his hand chomped off by the said wolf Fenrir,¡± he said, finally keeping the blade on his shoulder. ¡°Then was the Spear of War, a spear that can cause bursts of energy and can siphon life force. Of course, you wouldn¡¯t know the second part because Athena abandoned that ability when she got it. You of course know she isn¡¯t the original wielder,¡± he said, causing her to step back in surprise. This story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. ¡°That can¡¯t be true!¡± Thea exclaimed in disbelief. ¡°It¡¯s true. It originally belonged to Ares, created by Hephestus. But when Ares fooled around with Aphrodite, Hephestus took the spear and gave it to Athena, the Olympians favorite child.¡±. Thea¡¯s eyes widened in surprise, but she couldn¡¯t fully comprehend it before he slammed his blade into her chest like a bat, sending her flying. He kept the longsword on his shoulder and walked towards her. All of the wolves followed him and fused into a giant dark blue wolf with purple eyes. Thea felt the energy as if a hundred earthquakes shook at once. She clashed with him, blade to spear, barely holding her own. Her God¡¯s Armor got slashed, and began to crumble and break. The large wolf tried to bite her but she exploded in light, destroying her armor but also destroying the wolf. ¡°You killed Fenrir! congrats! Now let¡¯s see if you can keep up the good wor-¡± Ryan tried to say, but he fell, being tripped by Thea. Thea tried to stab him but Ryan parried it, throwing her spear away and de-manifesting it. She was surprised, but before she could think of a plan Ryan bounced up and started slashing at her. She dodged, getting slightly cut and punching back. ¡°Maybe,¡± she coughed, ¡°maybe I should hear Sanzang out on Yuddham.¡±. Thea¡¯s bracer glowed and she ended up summoning her gourd. ¡°Well it¡¯s worth a shot!¡± Thea released a chain with a blade attached. ¡°Great, I¡¯m a spear person and I got a chain blade.¡±. She grabbed it and swung it wildly. She ended up growing comfortable with every swing, and she wrapped it around Ryan, stabbing him. After a minute, Ryan burst out the chain and went in to stab her, and she sucked his blade into her gourd. She left the chain on the ground and sighed, dismissing the gourd. Ryan punched her, and then kicked her in the face, throwing her back. Thea frowned and summoned the plantain fan and bells. She clapped them together, creating a firestorm launching Ryan back into a building, knocking him out. ¡°God¡­that took longer than it should,¡± she said, dismissing the tools. She sat down and laughed. On top of a building was a camera, and on the other side of that camera was Sabrina with her arms behind her back. ¡±Going against her mother. Well she always was a disappointment. Too bad her grandfather is on her side. Back when we first got these abilities he might¡¯ve convinced her to join us. I would¡¯ve personally made her a centurion! Well, maybe not. El you sick bastard, developing a soul convinced you that we¡¯re evil!¡± she said to herself. Miguel walked in and looked at her tired. ¡°Sabrina, why are you so obsessed over your daughter not being on your side? You can always have another one.¡±. She looked at him and smirked. ¡°That wouldn¡¯t be too bad right?¡±. He made a portal and walked through it, avoiding whatever else she might¡¯ve said. Sabrina rolled her eyes and changed cameras, sitting down and crossing her legs. She started sharpening a dark green and black blade in boredom. On the other side of America, a long black and white haired serpent-like dragon with bright gold horns flew to Canada, seeing a mountain and instinctively flying towards it in excitement like a little kid. Rage vs Arrogance Ethan jumped down from his cloud and landed on a mountain. As he got up, he felt a surge of Divine Soul. ¡°Ethan! I¡¯ve been expecting to fight you, but not so soon!¡± Fang Shu yelled, manifesting his hand axe. He threw it in the air and made it the same size of a car. He slashed it at Ethan, and Ethan pulled out his staff, making it the width of a barrel, blocking it. Fang Shu shrunk the axe and grabbed it. Ethan turned his staff back to normal and then stabbed it into the ground, extending it. He jumped into the air and slammed the staff down, hitting Fang Shu in the head. Ethan extended the staff and hit him again, but Fang Shu dodged and struck him with his axe. Ethan began to bleed, and he clutched his arm. "That was almost as easy as sealing that monkey, what was his name? Jinshu yeah!¡± Fang Shu said, clearly knowing this would piss Ethan off. ¡°Where did he go?¡±. ¡°Miguel just sealed him, I don¡¯t know where.¡±. Ethan immediately started to form Chaos Soul around him, but then his headband tightened, and he got a headache. Fang Shu saw this as an opportunity and tried to strike, and Ethan barely dodged the axe. Fang Shu kicked him away and Ethan fell. He stood up, supporting himself with Jingubang. Chaos Soul began to surround him again, and despite the headband tightening he almost entered an Overload state. Just as he almost snapped, a small girl in oversized clothes with two big gold dragon horns and black hair tugged on the hoodie on Ethan¡¯s waist. He suddenly snapped out of it and noticed the little girl. ¡°Why the hell are you here?¡± He said, setting his staff to the side, and picking up the girl. Fang Shu ran up to Ethan and tried punching him in the gut with a Divine Punch. Ethan threw the kid in the air and tried blocking the hit with Chaos Soul. Fang Shu cancelled the Chaos and knocked him back. Ethan ran up and slid down to catch the little girl. ¡°Alright just get on my back and I¡¯ll do the heavy lifting, got it?¡± Ethan said, keeping the girl on his back and grabbing Jingubang. He extended the staff to the size of a bus and slammed it into Fang Shu''s face. Did you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator. Fang Shu was thrown back and Ethan thrusted his staff at him. Fang Shu punched it with Divine Soul, de-manifesting Jingubang and turning it back into a toothpick, breaking his left hand. Ethan was surprised, and the girl let out a small laugh. ¡°I¡¯m gonna kill her first just for that!¡± Fang Shu yelled, levitating his axe and throwing it at the little girl. Ethan jumped back and grabbed a bit of his hair. He blew it and summoned 7 clones. The clones all manifested their own Jingubangs and began to fight Fang. ¡°7! The same number of demons who killed your family, correct?¡± Fang Shu commented, struggling with the clones. Ethan¡¯s eyes widened and a bit of Chaos sparked in his left eye. ¡°How do you know that?¡±. ¡°I saw it on the news when I was 10. Miguel told me that it was because a ton of Chaos Soul was in that house,¡± Fang Shu explained while killing off the clones with his giant handaxe, only making Ethan angrier. Ethan grabbed one of his toothpicks and manifested Jingubang again. He threw it above Fang Shu and expanded it to the size of a mountain, and he used his Cloud Somersault to fly on top of it, pushing it down and trying to crush Fang Shu. Just then, the staff de-manifested and Fang Shu was glowing gold. Ethan fell down and saw him. Fang Shu showed him a gold stone and explained, ¡°This is a Titan stone. It holds the powers of a Titan. This is the stone for Hyperion. A girl named Eve gave us this one, and we got all the others to make the Supreme Allies the strongest!¡±. ¡°You¡¯re so damn childish,¡± Ethan said, jumping down and kicking Fang Shu in the leg with Chaos Soul. He spinned back and hit him with the back of his hand. Before he could use too much Chaos Soul his headband tightened. He clutched his head in pain and Fang struck him with his axe in his ribs, almost slashing through his whole body, but then the little girl tried punching Fang Shu. Fang turned to her and increased the size of his axe and struck her, with her barely dodging. Ethan took the time to regenerate and think of a plan. Just as he thought Fang Shu kicked the little girl off the mountain. Ethan¡¯s eyes widened. ¡°WHAT IN BUDDHA¡¯S GOOD NAME IS WRONG WITH YOU?! SHE DIDN¡¯T EVEN LOOK A FULL 10 YEARS OLD!¡± he yelled, punching Fang Shu with as much Chaos Soul he could. Fang wasn¡¯t affected by it, and he tried striking him, but then a giant beam of gold light appeared and a black, white haired eastern dragon with long golden horns emerged from it. It charged at Fang and picked him up by his hair. It threw him in the air and charged up a blast of gold energy. ¡°That can¡¯t be good,¡± Ethan said, walking back. The dragon blasted him, sending Fang flying into another state. The dragon turned into the little girl and fell down without a problem. ¡°That''s¡­weird. But I¡¯ve seen worse, ¡± Ethan commented. He picked her up and put her on his back. ¡°You remind me a lot of my little sister. Y¡¯know what, maybe Buddha did me a favor here,¡± Ethan commented. He summoned his cloud and stood on it, flying off, muttering, ¡°I need to find and tell Sanzang about those Titan Stones.¡±. He pulled some hair out and summoned a few clones and sent them off to look for them, and one clone to find where Jinshu was kept. God Of Fighting Varinzik¡¯s armor was covered in blood, gauntlets turned from black and gold to red, right eye gone. He was walking through the slaughter that he caused. The wings of eternity and void activated but torn. Heracles, Heimdall, Sekhmet, and Nezha were all down, bruised and barely able to walk. Varinzik clutched his broken arm, seeing if he could regenerate it with Soul. The Divine Armies were all destroyed, a shell of what they were. His weapons were gone, destroyed in the battle. Odin, Zeus, The Jade Emperor and Ra all stood, impressed seeing Varinzik¡¯s power, but ready to kill him. Zeus raised his arm and summoned his thunderbolt in his hand. As he was about to strike him down with full force, Buddha teleported in a beam of golden light, surrounded by Shiva, Vishnu, Brahma, and the monotheistic gods, including Yhwh. ¡°You have done good, Varinzik. You gathered the help of gods that thought like you, that wanted to support your cause. Pilgrim Sun, Anansi, Loki, and Ares,¡± Buddha said, gesturing towards them. Wukong whose body was covered in bruises and scars. Anansi, who was supporting himself with his spear. Loki, who was laughing like a madman, and Ares, who looked rageful and exhausted. ¡°We have heard of a new prophecy of Ragnar?k where a new Trinexus will bring about the end of the Norse Gods, at least temporarily, as when you kill a god their soul still roams until resurrected,¡± Buddha said, causing Varinzik to look annoyed that he told him a fact he already knew. ¡°We decided that this world must be destroyed so that a new one can rise. One ruled completely by humanity like you want. We will have some play but it will still have a world ruled by humans. Now, Varinzik, before we bring everyone back into heaven and Shiva does his Tandav, any last requests?¡±. Varinzik fell, unable to bear his wounds from the war. ¡°The next Trinexus will be born among humans. I want to be reincarnated with the next Trinexus until he learns his truth, and then I become one with him if he chooses. Lastly, I want my teachings of Yuddham to be passed down to this new world,¡± Varinzik told him. Zeus and Odin looked disgusted, and Odin yelled, ¡®IF YOU KNOW THAT THE TRINEXUS WILL COME BACK AND BRING UPON RAGNAROK, WHY WOULD YOU LET IT HAPPEN?!¡±. Vishnu turned to Odin and told him, ¡°The Trinexus was created from unity. The Trinexus is born of balance. Ragnar?k is inevitable. You can¡¯t stop it.¡±. Zeus snapped back, ¡°THE GODS WILL ALWAYS RULE! THIS CREATURE IS NOTHING COMPARED TO US!¡±. Wukong laughed and yelled at him, pointing his staff at Zeus, saying, ¡°IT HAS BEEN PROVEN THAT GODS CAN BE TAKEN DOWN! SO AS LONG AS A TRINEXUS IS IN THIS UNIVERSE, YOUR RULE WILL EXPIRE! THE GODS MAY LIVE, BUT YOUR RULE WILL NOT!¡±. Love what you''re reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on. The Jade Emperor gritted his teeth but kept calm. ¡°There¡¯s no point in fighting. Go to your heavens, and spectate the destruction,¡± Shiva told them sternly. Ra nodded and The Jade Emperor created a portal for all of them. ¡°We must create a seal for the next Trinexus to prolong Ragnar?k. A chain to his soul. The Alysida I created for Ares, we place on the next Trinexus,¡± Zeus told them. They nodded and went to their heavens. Ares fell and supported himself with his great sword, telling the other rebellious gods, ¡°We¡¯ll come back to support the humans. We may be chaotic, rageful, and insane, but we serve the right cause, on the side of our sworn brother, The God of Fighting.¡±. Loki with a grin from ear to ear told them, ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I have a plan to guarantee that we¡¯ll win. It involves someone who hates us, but we¡¯ll win no matter what.¡±. They all nodded as they saw Shiva in the sky, performing a dance and shaking all of the realms. Modern Day, October 15th, 2045, Brazil ¡°This is too easy!¡± Lysander yelled with his God¡¯s Armor on and his stone club in his hand. Liza created multiple knives, and Mizu created 3 water dragons and shot them at Lysander. Lysander swiped his club once and broke all of them at once. ¡°TRY HARDER I¡¯M BORED AS HELL!¡± he yelled, grabbing Mizu¡¯s head and slamming his club into it 9 times. Mizu was knocked out, but he summoned 10 water dragons, and Liza multiplied them until there were a 100 as he fell to the ground. ¡°This? This is your last act of the fight? I¡¯m disappointed. Both of you combined are almost twice my age but can¡¯t keep up? Shame on you. And they call you the best of the best?¡± Lysander said. The dragons all crashed into him, but he came out unscathed. Liza ran around him hoping to find a weak spot. Lysander walked up to Liza and charged his arm with the energy he stored, and slammed his club into Liza, knocking her out instantly. She was thrown through multiple buildings and finally crashed into a car. "This? These are the Centurions? Everyone should be having an easy peasy lemon squeezy time.¡±. Modern Day, October 15th, 2045, Ukraine Amane had her grasscutter blade engulfed in flames, as she slashed at Martin and Valeria, not getting any slashes in. ¡°Come on, try harder!¡± Valeria yelled, summoning a gust of sand and wind, blowing out her flames. Martin punched Amane in the face with white Divine Soul and then went into darkness. Before Amane could figure out where he was, Martin appeared behind her and grabbed her. He threw her against a wall and walked up to her. She blasted him with golden fire, throwing him back, but then Valeria grabbed a stick on the ground in the forest and manifested a black spear with a dark blue edge. Valeria stabbed Amane and threw her to the side and Martin yelled ¡°This is too easy!¡±, dashing in for another attack. ¡°I was severely overestimating my abilities to take a 2 on 1,¡± Amane said before getting uppercutted by Martin. Sun and Moon Amane landed in Ukraine in a quiet forest and was approached by Martin and Valeria. Martin cracked his neck and his knuckles with a large grin on his face, and Valeria created a tornado of sand to surround the three of them. ¡°Now you can¡¯t call for help!¡± Martin exclaimed. He ran towards Amane and pulled his fist back, charging white Divine Soul into his fist. Martin punched Amane in the face, causing a destructive explosion of energy. Valeria jumped in the air and blew thunderous wind at Amane, throwing her into the sandstorm. Amane quickly pulled out a small pole from her pocket that extended into a cane. She used it to manifest her grasscutter blade and jumped down with a gold flaming slash. Valeria was slashed by this and thrown back. Martin disappeared in darkness and appeared above her. He slammed his fists onto her head with his Divine Soul. Valeria was right behind her and punched her with a lightning charged fist. Amane blocked it with her sword. She threw her fist to the side and Amane slashed at Valeria¡¯s stomach, burning her. Amane kicked her to the side and turned her attention to Martin, who was gone. ¡°Oh my god why can¡¯t he just stay in one place! He¡¯s in full white why the hell can I never find him!¡± Amane yelled to herself. ¡°It¡¯s because I disappear in the darkness,¡± Martin said, reappearing and kicking her in the arm. Amane had her grasscutter blade engulfed in flames, as she slashed at Martin and Valeria, not getting any slashes in. ¡°Come on, try harder!¡± Valeria yelled, summoning a gust of sand and wind, blowing out her flames. Martin punched Amane in the face with white Divine Soul and then went into darkness. Before Amane could figure out where he was, Martin appeared behind her and grabbed her. He threw her against a wall and walked up to her. She blasted him with golden fire, throwing him back, but then Valeria grabbed a stick on the ground in the forest and manifested a black spear with a dark blue edge. Valeria stabbed Amane and threw her to the side and Martin yelled ¡°This is too easy!¡±, dashing in for another attack. ¡°I was severely overestimating my abilities to take a 2 on 1,¡± Amane said before getting uppercutted by Martin. ¡°I¡¯d like to thank you. You have made my day oh so much better. I needed someone I could beat the soul out of,¡± Martin said, keeping his hands together. He dashed towards her and slid on the ground, tripping her and then stomping on her head. Amane screamed in pain and got up, dizzy. Valeria tried to stab her, but then Amane slashed at Valeria with all the firepower she could. Valeria was thrown back and knocked out. This story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. ¡°You finally got that nuisance out of the way. I hated her. Y¡¯know, I always felt she was afraid of me, but all the Centurions are. Even that asshole Bi Bi or whatever was afraid of me,¡±. ¡°Oh, I fought that guy! Beat him too!¡± Amane exclaimed. ¡°Of course you beat him. I did too. He¡¯s a terrible fighter. He¡¯s lucky and strong in his Rhythm but has no skill. I¡¯m the opposite, unlucky but skilled. The only Centurion who actually ever respected me was Mizu,¡± Martin said, laughing to himself. ¡°Have you ever considered therapy?¡± Amane asked. ¡°Enough times.¡±. Martin ran towards Amane and disappeared. Amane slashed her blade behind her, but she hit nothing. He appeared in front of her and grabbed the collar of her shirt. He punched her again and again, grinning. She engulfed her blade on fire and slashed at Martin, burning his hoodie. He let go of her and started to hit her with a barrage of punches infused with Divine Soul. He ended it with a kick that sent her flying back outside of where the sand tornado was. From the pocket of his hoodie, he pulled out wireless headphones and put them on. He played a song and then ran towards Amane. ¡°This jackass,¡± she said, tired from all the fighting. She slashed at him, cutting his hoodie and his phone. Martin kept on the assault, completely ignoring the recent slash. Amane kept trying to keep up, deflecting the punches with her blade. Amane ignited her blade at full force and slashed it at Martin¡¯s head. ¡°THAT¡¯S MORE LIKE IT! FIGHT TO KILL!¡± Martin yelled, smiling, blocking the blade with his forearm, but the blade sliced through it like butter. Amane got angrier and as she got more rage filled her flames got darker and darker, until they were blood red. Martin started not being able to block the slashes, and he began to get slashes all over his body. He pulled his hand back and jabbed at Amane, aiming directly for her chest. She blocked it with her sword. The sword broke in half and de-manifested, but Martin¡¯s hand was severely burnt. ¡°FINALLY, IT¡¯S LIKE YOU¡¯RE FINALLY TAKING IT SERIOUS-¡± before he could finish Amane chopped his neck, knocking him out. ¡°That¡¯ll heal eventually,¡± she commented on Martin¡¯s missing arm. She limped away, hoping to find her aircraft. She heard loud explosions and looked up, seeing someone with red and black dragon wings and someone in a coat fighting. They ended up flying away and she rolled her eyes and kept walking, and she saw a hulking man in armor and a bear skin. He had red hair and blue thunderous eyes. He had a hammer in his right hand and a beer jug in his left arm, drinking it in big swigs at a time. He was sitting on the aircraft, spinning his hammer. ¡°Hey, sir, could you get off my aircraft thing?¡± Amane asked him. He stood up and she backed up. ¡°Don¡¯t you know who I am?¡± he asked her in a booming voice. ¡°A raging alcoholic?¡± She said, slightly smiling but trying to hide it. ¡°Correct, but I am Thor, God of War and Storms!¡± he yelled, chuckling when he said correct. ¡°You have the spirit of a warrior, small child, but you lack power. Don¡¯t use your mind to predict, use it to attack. We Aesir believe every part of the body is for fighting. Those flames could burn water. Use it for what you want,¡± Thor told her, patting her shoulder. She widened her eyes and nodded, walking to the aircraft. He got up and spun his hammer, walking towards Martin. ¡°I¡¯ll give him a longer lecture when he regenerates and wakes up. I¡¯ll give him some beer too,¡± he laughed. She smiled and set the location for the aircraft. She whispered to herself, ¡°Gods can get drunk? But he¡¯s Thor! He¡¯s supposed to be the best drinker!¡±. Destroyers Avatar Ajesh arrived in a desert in Egypt and saw a giant black mech with glowing orange eyes walking around. He looked up and smirked, knowing that this was the Centurion he needed to fight. ¡°YO! WHICH CENTURION IS THIS?!¡± Ajesh yelled, catching the mech¡¯s attention. Tyler opened the stomach to the mech and whispered to it, ¡°Summon the Olympians.¡±. He jumped down and said to Ajesh, ¡°My name is Tyler, the Blacksmith Nova. I build robots and armors. I can forge weapons in an instant and control lava and metal.¡±. ¡°Quite the resume! Let¡¯s see what you¡¯re like without that big robot,¡± Ajesh told him, jumping up and launching a Nasht at it, destroying it. Tyler looked disgusted, but he shrugged it off. ¡°Alright then, I just have to stall,¡± he said, summoning metal and launching it, and throwing waves of lava. Ajesh activated his God¡¯s Armor and used the arms to dodge it. He extended his hand forward and launched an explosion, knocking Tyler back. Ajesh ran forward and started to brawl with Tyler, clearly outmatching him in terms of strength. He jumped back and put all four of his arms together and charged up a ball of dark blue energy. He blasted it, causing a tornado of sand around him. Tyler was knocked back and was severely damaged from the attack, struggling to get up. Then, 5 android armors, all in different colors, arrived in the air, flying through the use of jet boots. ¡°This is the Olympian set. Like the style?¡± Tyler asked as one that was black with red eyes and a red core floated down, equipping itself onto Tyler. The armor¡¯s hands turned into red blades, and he began to slash at Ajesh, cutting him multiple times. Ajesh¡¯s arm got slashed and his forehead too. Blood ran down his face, but he smiled. Tyler was surprised, but before he could fully comprehend the reason Ajesh smiled, he was hit in the face by the arm on his top right, and a blast was sent by his arm on the bottom right. Ajesh grabbed his head with his arms and kneed him in the head and threw him to the ground. He stomped on his armor and then destroyed it with a singular Nasht. Tyler¡¯s armor was broken, and he got up, taking off whatever was left. He then called on another armor, this one black and blue. Its left arm was simply a cannon. Tyler extended that arm and launched a constant blast of fire, brutally burning Ajesh. Ajesh began to push back with his God¡¯s Armor arms, and he broke through it, punching him, and mixing in a few blasts of destructive Divine Soul in the assault. Ajesh grabbed the helmet and crushed it, and he ripped off the cannon arm. He headbutted Tyler and threw him to the ground. Tyler¡¯s armor was destroyed and he called in another one. This armor was white with gold eyes, and it was bigger than the others. Ajesh got into a fighting position and smiled, knowing what this armor was supposed to be. The narrative has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. He started to punch the armor, quicker and faster, breaking it off. Tyler grabbed Ajesh¡¯s God¡¯s Armor and ripped it off. Ajesh charged up Divine Soul, and put his hand on Tyler¡¯s armor¡¯s chest, and blasted it, turning it into bits and pieces. Ajesh began to look tired, and he wiped the blood off of his forehead, but then Tyler adorned another armor and immediately began to attack Ajesh. This armor was purple and eyes of light pink. His movements were sluggish, like a drunkard fighting someone. Ajesh was able to dodge, but one clean hit landed on his face, throwing him back 5 yards away. Ajesh ran back and ripped off the arm of the armor, which contained a wire. Ajesh tried bending the wire to manifest his Trishul, but Tyler got a new armor, core blue, eyes blue, and armor gold, and he punched it out of Ajesh¡¯s hand. Tyler summoned a thunderbolt and threw it at Ajesh, who barely blocked it. There was a constant onslaught of thunderbolts, and Ajesh responded with his constant onslaught of Nashts, overwhelming Tyler. One thunderbolt hit Ajesh¡¯s shoulder, and his arm flew off. Ajesh screamed in pain and fell down, but he picked himself up. Ajesh charged up a Nasht, and he blasted Tyler with an explosion, wiping out Tyler¡¯s armor. Ajesh smiled in relief as he started to regenerate his arm, but then a loud rumble was heard. Just as he finished regenerating, a giant mech the size of a skyscraper came down. It picked up Tyler and put it in its head. Ajesh sighed and started to climb the giant mech. He got to the top and jumped, launching a dark blue Divine Soul explosion. It blocked and grabbed him, and threw Ajesh to the ground. He tried stomping him, and Ajesh barely dodged, but the shockwave still launched him far. Ajesh was almost knocked out, but he got up, and his eyes glowed blue as he entered a Rhythm state. He gained a blue aura and had purple rings on his ankles and wrists. His aura raged, like a wildfire and reached the same height as Tyler¡¯s mech. The mech stepped back and then Ajesh yelled, turning the aura into a giant four armed being, with flowing hair, a snake wrapped around his neck, azure with the purple rings around his arms. The being was as tall as his mech, and in its core was Ajesh. He fought with Tyler, exchanging blows. They threw each other around, exchanging punches and blasts till they reached west Africa. The mech grabbed his head and slammed him to the ground. Ajesh charged up a giant blast and threw the energy, making Tyler go back. He jumped up and grabbed the mech and threw it to the ground. He summoned the Trishul made of flames and stabbed it into the robot, causing an earthquake that shook the continent and caused a wave of Divine Soul that destroyed the mech. Ajesh fell to the ground, and Tyler was knocked out. A man with 8 eyes, black hair with dreads, and a tattoo of a cartoonish spider walked up to him and sat down, crossing his legs and smiling. ¡°What do you want?¡± Ajesh asked, getting up and cracking his neck. ¡°So, you won? I mean, you are one of the strongest characters in this story, but you don¡¯t really get to show it. This chapter was just the author¡¯s way of showing you off,¡± the man said, confusing Ajesh. ¡°I feel like another character was going to get that ability, but they gave it to you as a way to make it more general.¡±. Ajesh shook his head and walked to the shore, confused about how to get out. ¡°You gotta get to London, right?¡± the man said. ¡°Before I get you out of here just tell Sanzang, Anansi sent you.¡±. The man tapped Ajesh¡¯s shoulder and teleported him out of there. Anansi looked at you, and said, ¡°Just make sure to read the next 9 chapters. Especially you, Joyous One. Azero is getting sick and tired of telling you too, so he got me to do it.¡±. Laughter Kai approached a fountain with El, and they looked saddened. ¡°He didn¡¯t deserve to die,¡± Kai said, stopping himself from crying. El smiled, and Kai hit him, pushing him to the side. ¡°Why are you smiling!? He was basically your brother! He died to protect us and you''re smiling?¡± he yelled, angry at El. El laughed and told him, ¡°I was able to work something out with Odin. Your grandfather is now in Valhalla. And he¡¯s able to visit the Hawaiian Pantheon whenever he wants.¡±. Kai smiled but he still had a bit of a frown. ¡° When we were young, after the war, we visited this exact fountain. We had a bit too many drinks and threw two pure gold coins in there and wished we could have a good life. We both got what we wanted, but I feel like he had a better life. He got you, his wife, his own kids. He¡¯d be proud of you,¡± El told him, taking out a third gold coin. ¡°This isn¡¯t pure gold, or an actual coin of worth. But make a wish,¡± El gave him the coin. Kai was still sad, but he took it. He admired the shine of it. It wasn¡¯t gold but he valued it like an artifact directly from his grandfather. He flipped it into the well, and muttered a sutra to himself. ¡°Akamu had one phrase that he loved. The strongest man in the world is one that can come out of the worst situations laughing. And remember you''re not just the Nova of the Buddha, you''re the Nova of all Buddhas,¡± El finally told him, patting him on the back. ¡°They didn¡¯t go to London. That¡¯s where you have to go,¡± El said. Kai summoned his cloud and rode it to London. He landed and found Chance looking outside a bakery. ¡°You¡¯re a Centurion?¡± Kai said, jumping down. Chance laughed and looked at him, ¡°You must be that Prodigy, the one of Buddhas. You currently have the pre Sovereign Buddha, from when he was still an Avatar of Vishnu. At least that¡¯s what Elias told me,¡± Chance told him, charging Divine Soul. Kai ran to palm him with his Dharma, but Chance dodged. He activated his Rhythm and started to fight Kai and was winning. Kai was only able to block, and he palmed him in the chest. Chance wasn¡¯t able to dodge, but the soul expulsion didn¡¯t work. ¡°What do you mean about prodigy?¡± Kai asked, dashing back, dodging Chance¡¯s attack. ¡°There are three prodigies. You, Prodigy of Buddhas, that one girl¡­Prodigy of Gaia, and that one kid that Alaric supposedly killed. The Prodigy of Angra Mainyu,¡± Chance explained. Love what you''re reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on. Chance ran up to Kai and grabbed his face. He threw him into a building, and teleported behind him, grabbing his leg. He started to slam him on the ground again and again. He finally let go of him and kicked him to the side. Kai got up, and he felt his Divine Soul building up, the flames of his power raging. Then the words El told him echoed through his mind. He stood up and smiled, thinking about the good memories he had with Akamu. He began to laugh, confusing Chance. Chance heard his laugh echoing through the city, and Kai kept his hand over his eyes. Chance ran up to him and ripped his hand off his eyes, but then he saw Kai¡¯s eyes glowing gold, and an upbeat song played from him. ¡°Shit.¡±. Kai was smiling ear to ear, and he jumped at Chance, punching him to the ground. He then grabbed his leg, laughing, and threw him through a couple buildings. Kai pushed himself onto the ground, and jumped towards the buildings, causing the ground to become like a trampoline. He found Chance and dropkicked him into a car. Chance was knocked out of his Rhythm immediately. Kai backflipped away and kept laughing. ¡°I¡¯m all for a good time but shut up!¡± Chance yelled, running up to Kai and trying to punch him. Kai dodged the punch, and he punched him in the face, throwing him through buildings. Everyone started to watch the fight and saw Kai¡¯s inhuman smile. As if he had no problems in life and was enjoying just breathing. ¡°Kid! What¡¯s wrong with you?!¡± a bystander yelled. Kai looked at them and said, ¡°Nothing¡¯s wrong! The only thing that¡¯s wrong is that you''re not smiling!¡±. Chance ran up to Kai and Kai jumped over him and turned the ground into a trampoline-like feeling. He jumped down and punched him with a surge of Dharma. Chance was knocked out immediately. Kai laughed and went out of Rhythm. He looked at the bystanders. Among them were Thea, Ajesh, Ethan, El, Amane, and Lysander. ¡°Oh, hey guys!¡± he said. They were all surprised, looking at him and his new power. ¡°So how were your fights?¡± Kai asked, before noticing the girl with horns on Ethan¡¯s shoulders. ¡°Woah, where¡¯d you get her from?!¡±. ¡°Long story Budai kid,¡± Ethan told him, rolling his eyes. Kai walked to Chance, but he teleported away. At the Supreme Allies base, all the Centurions were gathered, except Alaric. Chance was knocked out. Elias was in front of all of them, with a disappointed look on his face. ¡°Sloppy. All of you failed me. You lost to the criminals. I should punish you all,¡± he said, but then Haru entered the room. ¡°All of the Titan Stones have been hooked up to the power allocator at the Supreme Allies Temple. Just in time for Dionysia,¡±. Elias¡¯s expression changed immediately. ¡°Well then that¡¯s perfect!¡± he said, clasping his hands together. ¡°First, we have a party to celebrate Dionysia! We¡¯ll invite everyone in Greece!¡± Elias told them. They all looked shocked by the sudden change of mood. Elias and Haru left and Haru told him, ¡°Since El took the arm, we need him to give us that power. That primordial energy that his Nova hides.¡±. ¡°It¡¯s not time for that. With the power of the Titans, we won¡¯t need it.,¡± Elias said to him. They walked out and saw Sabrina and Miguel. Elias nodded and Miguel asked, ¡°When should we start?¡±. Confliciting Souls Sanzang and Alaric were fighting in the air, and Sanzang rushed him into a forest causing an explosion. Sanzang¡¯s dragon wings disappeared, and he went into God Stance, and Alaric jumped up, summoning Divine Soul in his hand. Alaric pushed his hand to the ground, and ice rushed the ground, causing a glacier to form. Sanzang jumped back, narrowly dodging the attack. His leg surged with Divine Soul, and he sprinted up to the ice, kicking it as hard as he could. The entire glacier shattered, but Alaric wasn¡¯t bothered by it, transforming the ice into fire, causing raging flames to fall onto the ground. Sanzang dodged the falling fire, jumping from tree to tree. He jumped above Alaric and dropkicked him, causing Alaric to have to block it. ¡°You''re holding back!¡± Alaric yelled. Sanzang switched from Divine Soul to Chaos Soul and pushed down harder, breaking the block and kicking him in the face. Alaric was knocked back and Sanzang jabbed him in the throat, causing him to stumble. Alaric noticed the Chaos Soul that Sanzang used was unstable and uncontrolled. Sanzang punched him in the jaw with Divine Soul, again unstable and uncontrolled. Alaric summoned a hand made of the earth out of the ground and grabbed Sanzang. Alaric squeezed his hand and the earth hand squeezed at the same time. Sanzang broke out of the hand''s grip and slid on the ground, grabbing Alaric¡¯s face and slamming it on the ground. ¡°You want me to stop holding back!? Alright!¡± he yelled, throwing him against a tree and running up to him. He punched him with Chaos Soul, and then with Divine Soul in the gut. Sanzang continued the alternating assault, not giving Alaric any breaks. Alaric transformed the flames into lightning and struck them all at Sanzang at once. Sanzang stumbled in pain, but just as Alaric was about to escape, Sanzang grabbed his arm and threw him away. ¡°You don¡¯t fight like this, at least not like how I remember it.¡±. Alaric charged lightning in his fist and punched Sanzang, throwing him back, but the armor absorbed the lightning. Sanzang dashed up to him and did a spinning kick imbued with Chaos. He seemingly teleported behind Alaric and grabbed his head, slamming him against the ground. They clashed, Alaric using his elements to his advantage, and Sanzang punching through them. Sanzang began building up Divine Soul, and Alaric noticed, dodging all of his punches and blasting a soundwave, disrupting Sanzang long enough for Alaric to launch a flurry of lightning, fire, ice, and wind. You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author. As they fought, the Chaos Soul Sanzang used began to become more and more unstable until he entered his Overload state. But his eyes were gold. The Overloaded Sanzang and Alaric fought, Sanzang grabbing Alaric and kneeing him in the back. Sanzang then grabbed his leg and slammed his face into the ground, again and again. He then threw him into a tree, and de-transformed back into normal. He dashed to Alaric and kneed his stomach with Chaos Soul. Sanzang continued his attack, and Alaric began to bleed more and more. His gauntlets began to chip away from the impacts. Alaric broke free and began to use lightning and ice to punch back. Alaric was able to punch him far enough so that he could punch his fist into the ground and summon a glacier, trapping Sanzang. Then Alaric transformed into a glacier of flames, burning Sanzang. He walked towards Sanzang, but for some reason he couldn¡¯t move. He felt as if an earthquake was happening. Then Sanzang appeared in front of him. Sanzang punched him into the ground with all the Divine Soul he built up, breaking his right gauntlet into fragments and breaking his arm. Alaric was down and Sanzang grinned, but then his smile turned into a frown. He grabbed his head in agony, and began to scream, his eyes raging with energy. Alaric got up, feeling his head almost broken and a pounding headache. Alaric stumbled back and felt the Soul. ¡°You okay¡­?¡± Alaric asked. Sanzang stumbled as if he were carrying weights on his shoulders. ¡°I feel disgusted at myself. I just fought to kill. Varinzik and my Soul are colliding. As if we¡¯re not getting along. All of his memories flood into my mind. I used to like fighting, feeling the blood rush made me excited. Now I just wanna finish things. It¡¯s Varinzik¡¯s nature. He fought for survival. This is a war I don¡¯t want to fight. I broke my own arm just to kill you in that frenzy,¡± Sanzang told him, flames enveloping him and making his armor disappear and his eyes go back to normal. Alaric looked at him, adjusting his armor. ¡°You know, my Nova wasn¡¯t originally mine?¡± he told him, causing Sanzang to look at him in surprise. ¡°As a kid I was taken in by the Old Novas. They wanted to perform an experiment on me to give me a Nova. Another kid with the Nova of Isanagi was brought in. He was going to die in a week, so they used him as a subject. After the experiment, he died. I feel like I killed him, but since I got these powers I felt as if I owed Elias a favor. Elias made me destroy the house of a small family with a thunderbolt. It was the house of a prodigy. They were proud, but I wasn¡¯t. I don¡¯t want to be a Centurion, but I have to,¡± he continued. Sanzang smiled and told him, ¡°Do you have to, though? Elias made you a murderer. If anything, he owes you. You can take them down with us. You¡¯d really help. Someone on the inside would be perfect.¡±. Alaric smiled and sat down, Sanzang following his movement. ¡°Dionysia. It¡¯s happening soon. They¡¯re setting up a power allocator using Titan Stones to make them stronger. They¡¯re setting up a party to celebrate. Everyone is invited. They aren¡¯t scanning ids. It¡¯ll be easy to get into,¡± Alaric told him. Alaric stood up and tapped his ear. ¡°They have us install earbuds for communication and teleportation.¡±. Sanzang smiled and stood up. ¡°Alaric, you¡¯re back! Are you ready to be teleported?¡± A voice said on the other side of the speaker. ¡°Elias, there¡¯s nothing left for me to do. I¡¯d like to formally announce my retirement by telling you to GO TO HELL.¡±. Alaric grabbed his earpiece and crushed it. ¡°Great! It would''ve been good to have a mole though,¡± Sanzang said.