Chapter 440 (1/2)
Chapter 440: Chapter 440
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Bang, ka-boom—!
Cruuuunch, whoosh—
Su-hyeun no longer fought long range. He instead actively closed in and ceaselessly pressured Ares.
If the latter raised the shield to block, Su-hyeun would mercilessly pound on it, and when an opening presented itself, his hand shot out to grab Ares’ arm before throwing the God of War and Destruction around like a rag doll.
Slam—!
“Kuh,” Ares could only grunt softly after he crashed to the floor.
It felt like every bone in his body was screaming in pain. Even then, he wasn’t given time to stew in his stupefaction.
Crouuuuk—!
Su-hyeun’s sword roughly scratched the floor, and Ares urgently rolled his body to the side to get out of the way.. However, right at the last second, fierce flames exploded from below.
Ka-boom—!
Hiss, sizzle, crackle—
Ares’ figure became airborne; after rolling on the ground, he kicked the floor beneath him to quickly jump up.
“Rain down!” Almost at the same time, countless spears suddenly floated in the air above the Temple of War Declaration. They were the same type of spears that Ares used to throw around.
He then assumed the spear-throwing posture despite not wielding any spear, and when he finished getting ready…
Fwhooooooosh—!
All those countless spears spread out in the sky above rapidly descended to the ground.
Stab, staaab, bang—!
Stab, puk, bang—
However, the tens of thousands of spears that rained down were easily blocked off by pure-white clouds.
“Dammit—!”
Ares’ fluster didn’t last for long.
Whooooosh—!
Storm winds blowing up from below threw Ares off balance, causing him to stagger greatly in the air.
Swhoooosh—
Ares’ figure spun around as he continued to be pushed up farther in the air. Powerful and razor-sharp wind pressure nicked and wounded him all over, but he still tried to minimize the damage to him by getting into a fetal position.
Pazzzzzzik—
Su-hyeun watched all this unfold and then generated a Thunderbolt that boasted a far greater destructive power than any others that came before.
“With this, it’s over,” eyes gleaming sharply, he assumed the spear-throwing posture.
FLASH—!
And so, just as a streak of lightning spear left his hand while flashing blindingly…
RUMBLE—!
A similar type of light accompanied by a thunderous roar flashed powerfully from a completely different direction.
Rumble, kurururururu…
The Thunderbolt was disintegrated in the middle of its flight.
In the meantime, Ares, being helplessly buffeted around by the winds, was wielding a massive spear that reached at least four meters in length. However, he wasn’t moving an inch.
More correctly, he couldn’t even if he wanted to. The same thing applied to Su-hyeun as well.
“Let’s end this battle here, shall we?”
“Oh,” Ares lowered the hand that held that huge spear and mouthed a word with some difficulty, “Father?”
“If it’s Ares’ father, then…” Su-hyeun thought as his gaze quickly shifted over to an old man with radiant golden locks who had suddenly appeared in the air over the Temple. “Zeus?”
He ended up inadvertently blurting that name out aloud.
Zeus’s gaze landed on Su-hyeun next upon hearing his voice. The latter was jolted awake from surprise and then, while clamping his mouth shut in a fluster, bowed his head slightly.
Zeus, the head god of Olympus and one of the strongest gods in existence, the father of all the gods as well as mortals below, the god of the skies—these were among the many flashy and majestic titles that best described what kind of god he was. However, the ranks of gods including Su-hyeun knew of another title to refer to him as, a more awe-inspiring title.
Zeus was none other than the god among the Five Godly Sages—one of the five strongest and mightiest gods in all of the realms out there.
“My apologies, but our greetings will have to be delayed for a little while,” Zeus smiled rather warmly. His smile was quite blinding, despite him not even emitting any light.
Ares hurriedly went down on his knees and deeply bowed his head in Zeus’s direction, “Father, what brings you to this—?”
“I have to say, I’ve been treated to quite an entertaining spectacle, a first in a long while,” Zeus replied as he locked his gaze on Ares below. “You have lost this one, Ares.”
“Father! But that—”
“I’m sure you want to say that you haven’t lost yet. You still have your Giant Spear, after all.”
Ares maintained his silence as he faltered from Zeus’s scrutiny.
From the sound of it, Zeus must have been watching the battle for a long while.
“If you two continued, then one of you would have died today, and that would have been you, Ares.” Zeus turned his head and asked the seemingly empty air, “Isn’t that right, son?”
“Yes, most likely so.”
Ruuumble—
That was when Apollo revealed himself between Su-hyeun and Ares. He had been getting ready to intervene just in case the battle reached its climax.
His eyes were peering into a future not too far ahead. His Insight was acknowledged to be not any worse than the Five Godly Sages. Rather, his was actually better than theirs at this point.
He might have been the God of Fire, but he was also known as the God of Prophecies.
“Did I really lose, father?” Ares asked, and Zeus nodded without hesitation. The God of War and Destruction pondered this for a moment and then also began nodding, “I see.”
His boiling excitement instantly cooled down. Ares calmly analyzed his situation from earlier and then stored the huge spear in his hand away.
He then walked over to Su-hyeun and extended his hand, “That was fun.”
“I also learned a thing or two from you today,” Su-hyeun held that offered hand and shook it.
After they shook hands, Ares patted Su-hyeun on the shoulder, “If it’s possible, let’s have another round before you depart from Olympus. The thing is, calling it a finished business with my defeat leaves a rather sour taste in my mouth.”