Chapter 496 - 496 (1/2)
Su-hyeun wasn't surprised or flustered by Osiris's entrance. He already knew that the Predator was watching the three of them some time ago.
”Hmm...” Osiris rubbed his waist without saying anything else. That was where the wound inflicted by Odin was. ”Not bad.”
The sacrifices from a second ago helped heal the wound just a little more. Osiris smiled in satisfaction and grabbed the other floating eyeball.
He then began slotting this eyeball into his eye socket previously covered by his eyelid. Su-hyeun frowned at this rather unpleasant sight and generated a Thunderbolt in his hand.
Flash—!
Rumble—!
He threw the lightning spear, and it flew instantly toward Osiris.
For a greeting, it certainly was a bit on the nasty side. Su-hyeun fired this attack, thinking he needed to gauge how tough Osiris was as an opponent.
Sure enough...
Bzzzzz—
Osiris easily defended against the Thunderbolt with his bare hand, then grabbed it casually, ”Isn't this a little over the top for a welcome?”
”That's because I'm just so glad to see you.”
Pazzzik—
Su-hyeun retorted and generated yet another Thunderbolt. This new one was noticeably bigger than the previous lightning spear. He planned to wage reconnaissance warfare by gradually amping up the firepower.
”I'll use Gungnir later,” he thought.
If it was at all possible, he didn't want to use Gungnir, which was currently mounted on his back.
Su-hyeun spotted the wound on Osiris's waist as soon as the Predator made his appearance.
That was the kind of injury you'd get after getting stabbed by something. If that wound resulted from fighting Odin, it must've been inflicted by Gungnir.
An existence on the level of Osiris should possess a powerful healing ability, yet the wound was still there. It could only mean that Gungnir was definitely capable of fatally wounding this creature.
”At the very last second, I'll use it to bring him down for sure.”
Su-hyeun had already strategized on how to fight Osiris for quite some time. Now was the time to put it to good use.
But then...
”Expand—!” Sun Wukong suddenly appeared right behind Osiris and swung his staff down. ”Ruyi—!”
KA-BOOOOOM—!
Ruyi Jingu Bang grew as big as a mansion and slammed down on Osiris's head. Sun Wukong tutted in irritation and muttered lowly, ”He dodged?”
”Third Brother!” Su-hyeun hurriedly called out to Sun Wukong. The latter looked like he had lost his mind during that sudden attack.
Sun Wukong shrunk Ruyi Jingu Bang, slung it around his shoulder, and then looked back at Su-hyeun. His eyes began burning in murderous intent as soon he spotted Osiris, probably because of Master Subhuti's matter.
His eyes glowed in a crimson color; the Fiery Golden Eyes had been activated. Also, the golden fillet had revealed itself on his forehead.
After awakening the two supernatural powers signifying the Great Sage Heaven's Equal, Sun Wukong yelled back at Su-hyeun in a booming voice, ”What?! What's wrong now?”
”I'd like to deal with him by myself.”
”No, hang on. First of all, I should—”
Grab—!
Sun Wukong couldn't finish his sentence courtesy of a hand gripping his throat from behind.
”Is this punk the so-called Great Sage Heaven's Equal? Now that I've taken a good look at you, it seems you're much more like a vicious little monkey, aren't you?”
Cough, kek!
Sun Wukong struggled mightily to break free from Osiris's hand.
Su-hyeun couldn't make a move. Even though he wanted to, Osiris's other hand pointed at where Sun Wukong's heart was.
”I didn't come here to fight. I only came to talk.”
”In that case, why don't you let him go first?”
”I'd love to do that, but this one seems not very keen on that idea. It seems you're the same, too,” Osiris replied while maintaining that permanent smile of his.
The current situation was indeed advantageous for Osiris.
”Even if he's an immortal, I'm quite sure he wouldn't be able to move around for a long while after his heart is pierced. I wonder, what will happen if I rip him into thousands of pieces and send them to different hells under my care? Now I'm getting rather curious.”
”You said you wanted to talk, isn't that right?”
”That's right, talk. It looks like you've finally calmed down enough for a—”
”Hey.”
Squeeeeze—
Osiris's grip was gradually coming loose. Still caught in the Predator's hand, Sun Wukong had begun prying off the fingers from his neck.
”How dare you look down on me?!”
Crunch—!
Osiris's fingers were bent in the opposite directions. Sun Wukong finally freed himself, but then, he spun around right there and punched powerfully behind him.
Smaaaack—!
Osiris, struck firmly on the chest, was flung far away. At the same time, Sun Wukong aimed with Ruyi Jingu Bang, ”Expand, Ruyi!”
KA-BOOM—!
Ruyi Jingu Bang slammed Osiris straight into the ground. Sun Wukong held the staff in one hand while bending over. He then began coughing explosively.
Su-hyeun was concerned about Sun Wukong's condition, so he hurriedly approached his Third Brother, ”Are you alright?”
”Seriously now. That guy is super strong,” Sun Wukong managed to answer before coughing some more.
Su-hyeun agreed with Sun Wukong's assessment and nodded.
Up until now, he had never seen Sun Wukong lose to someone in terms of pure physical strength. Sure, he might lack a bit in the ”techniques” department, but Sun Wukong never lost to anyone in strength or hand grip. This fact remained true from the very first moment they met until now.
One only had to look at how he easily wielded that heavy Ruyi Jingu Bang as if it didn't weigh anything. The staff was so heavy that one wouldn't even need separate strength training since lugging it around would do the job for you anyway.
”The Third Brother did lower his guard just now. Still, someone like him got suppressed by only one hand,” Su-hyeun thought.
It could only mean that Osiris's grip strength was truly extraordinary. To make matters worse, he wasn't even specialized in physical combat like Sun Wukong.
According to the illusory recreation performed by Buddha, Osiris was more like a magician.
”Whether it's the physical or magical combat, I mustn't let my guard down.”
Although everything happened very quickly, Su-hyeun still learned a few things just now. Besides, Sun Wukong also managed to land an attack on Osiris.
”Maybe it'll be better to leave it to Third Brother,” Su-hyeun thought.
”I can't do it,” Sun Wukong suddenly held up both of his hands.
Now that was an unexpected response.
Until only a second ago, he had been baring his murderous intent at Osiris, the culprit responsible for tormenting Master Subhuti for such a long time. That was why Su-hyeun couldn't help but feel puzzled by Sun Wukong's declaration of surrender.