Ch - 49

Age 778, January 2.

Multiple explosions occurred around the Arena as Ryuu and the Mythical Beasts fought each other for many months. Ryuu kept catching up with every time he fights as his power kept getting stronger and stronger and reached the 6th stage of Godhood. The Transcendent God, upon reaching this stage, Ryuu turns the favor of the fight into his plaything as if he is fighting numerous babies with a bat.

" Ryuu wins! Now, for the second trial! The Gods and the Beasts shall fight together" Chaos said, grinning like a maniac.

The Gods grumbled but comply as he is the boss and they would be gone extinct if they didn't do their job. Ryuu looked at his opponents with cautiousness when a sudden lightning bolt strikes his body, frying him inside out. Rapid regeneration occurred with screams in tow. Ryuu was in great pain the whole time until the lightning bolt stop.

" Fcking Zeus! That hurts!" Ryuu shouted as his body healed.

" Well, sorry about that but what can I do. We have to do this to see if you are worthy of ruling the ####. Oh right, you can't hear that yet as you have to finish this trial first" Zeus said and Poseidon with his trident, smash it to the ground and created a massive wave of water toward Ryuu who jump out of the way as he flies.

Ryuu mixed his Ki and Magic to create a blast equivalent to a Super Nova and throw it into the arena. The Gods who have the highest defense blocked the attack with ease while the other Gods who are fast like Hermes attacked Ryuu at a high speed that cannot be seen with naked eyes.

The Mythical Beasts who lost the first trial teamed up with the Gods as rides. Making the situation complicated since some Gods use an illusion to confuse Ryuu.

While Ryuu defended his all and got cornered every time he did something. His opponent's stages range from 5 to 9 stages of Godhood, making it harder for him to defeat them. Despite all the things happening, there is one thing Ryuu didn't use the whole time, and that is his original transformation called G.O.A.T, God Of All Transformation. For the first time, he finally used it and making him stronger by a million.

But despite using the transformation, all it did is making him peak 6th stage and can't break through to the next level. So, for the whole month of using transformation. He was getting thrashed by the 7th to 9th stages Gods, making him stronger but at the price of getting mauled by those Gods.

" I can't defeat them like this! I need more strength. A strength that's my own and exclusive only to myself. A strength where it would grow with me for the rest of my life." Ryuu mumbled while getting beaten up, he kept looking for an answer while defending his life on the line.

As for the Gods and the Mythical Beasts lower than the 7th Stage, they are already been eliminated by Ryuu as he throws them out of the rings.

Ryuu kept trying and finding an answer. Until a blinding light occurred as it wraps around the body of Ryuu and his consciousness spread all around the multiverse, he saw how life was born and how it ended in just a matter of nanoseconds.

" I see, so this is the power of reaching the 7th stage, Omnipresence. My presence is all around the multiverse at the same time. A power I acquired but this is not it. This power is not the thing I wanted, this is just the beginning and there is still a long way to go." Ryuu slowly rises from the ground as he looked around and saw the 7th to 9th stage God's true presence finally being seen.

He also feels the power radiating around their bodies and can differentiate their skill levels, power, etc. Sensing that he is more powerful than the minority of the Gods, he teleported right next to the weak Gods and defeated them in one punch. The only reason they survived was that their true presence is not known when the lower stage God fight the 7th stage like in the past and when Ryuu finally achieved the 7th stage. He now knows the true location and most of them are just chilling.

Sensing the sudden power up of Ryuu, the Gods become wary of him and become serious as they know that they will be next. The 8th Stage Gods who are also known as Omniscience or all-knowing formulated a plan of how to defeat Ryuu who attacks like a bull on a rampage.

But the plans they created don't work on Ryuu who just attacks them like a madman and the omnipotence who is said to have unlimited power didn't know what to do but to attack Ryuu who tanked the attacks and kept healing while getting more skilled and stronger every time.

Ryuu who was getting a hang of his new power finally decided to mop the floor of the 8th Stage Gods. The reason why 7th to 9th stage Gods are somewhat weak is that they are getting nerf by Chaos and only in the current stages they are in can they use their power like Omniscience can use their infinite knowledge but they cannot use the previous stage power, Omnipresence. It applies to 9th Stage Gods, Omnipotent who has unlimited power or strength in them.

Making the ordinary Gods with unlimited power. As for Ryuu, this does not apply to him at all and can get the Omnipresence, Omniscience, and the Omnipotent as he reaches those stages. Of course, Chaos is also an exemption from this rule since he already reached the highest level, Omni God.

The fight continues for a decade and Ryuu reaches the peak at the 9th stage and defeats all of the Gods and Mythical Beasts.

" Congratulations, you succeeded in finishing the 2nd Trial in just a decade which is the fastest record that surpasses mine. If you want to know my record, it's 5 decades. Now, for the final trial. Ryuu, I challenge you to this fight and the loser who loses shall have all their friends, families, memories, etc. Transferred to the Winner." Chaos sinisterly grins and immediately attacks the shocked Ryuu who composes almost immediately and retaliates against the attack of Chaos. A heavy strike shattered the Arena, creating a massive explosion and creating a hole in the space.

" What the fuck! So this is all your plan?" Ryuu angrily said.

" Kekeke, of course. Having your potential is the thing I desired and what's better than having you work for your power to the peak and consume you. If not for the fact that it is forbidden to consume a soul who's not strong enough is illegal, I would've done consuming you ages ago. But here we are, I can finally have your potential" Chaos said and attacked Ryuu multiple times which he dodges and sometimes blocked the attacks.

While this is happening, Eris who was waiting for Ryuu outside had a warning sign beeping in the spaceship. Indicating a danger to the universe and all warriors must assemble to fight.

" Ryuu... Please come back already" Eris silently cries as she waits for Ryuu and multiple portals open to where she was currently staying, surrounding her.