533. Transcendent (1)
Excited….
There was tension.
My heart is beating violently and my fingertips are trembling slightly.
The immortality of the ancient godhead unlike that of the transcendental was not a symbol of true immortality.
‘Both that guy and I are borderline beings who have surpassed the status of ancient gods. ‘Loss in competition means death.’
Winner takes all.
If you win you have everything but if you lose you lose everything.
But why?
I don’t hate it.
Pisik-.
no.
Rather fun.
After the War of the Gods I was reborn as an absolute powerhouse that surpassed the three ancient gods and it was difficult to find any opponents even throughout the universe.
Becoming stronger always comes from fighting an enemy whose victory cannot be guaranteed. Therefore not being able to fight against the strong meant that the path to ascension was blocked.
But not anymore.
‘….’
God of chaos.
The true form of the being who has been called the god of despair fall and madness exudes strength that is completely different from the original.
The level of divinity and soul that surpassed me stronger than the three ancient gods was a power close to the symbol of a quasi-transcendant.
Unlike this side which coveted power and repeatedly expressed envy and jealousy it did not appear to be biased by emotions in important situations.
Moreover as he regained his true form as the God of Chaos his emotional agitation also noticeably decreased meaning that his opponent’s weaknesses had completely disappeared.
Although it may not have the same power as the Tower of Trials the size and scale of its power were formidable.
‘Is he the strongest….’
I am.
They are competing for the position of transcendental against the most powerful deity in history.
‘That’s fun.’
That became a stimulus.
“Let’s get started.”
I took a step forward with a wicked smile full of excitement.
[As a user I encountered a strong opponent that was difficult to handle.]
[Skill ‘Indomitable Will’ is activated.]
[….]
[The conditions for activating the exclusive spell have been met.]
[The exclusive spell <Contempt of the Strong> is activated.]
[All abilities and all skill efficiency increase by 100% until the end of the battle.]
[….]
[The myth <The Hero of Reversal> is activated.]
[All abilities increase by +3000.]
[The special buff <Adversary of Chaos> is activated.]
[All types of damage inflicted on the God of Chaos increases by +10%.]
A power that could not even meet the conditions of use for the ancient gods of the pantheon is activated.
[Divine <Fighting Spirit> meets the conditions and is automatically used.]
[With the divine <fighting spirit> challenger Han Seong-yoon receives a significant buff in proportion to the level of fighting spirit.]
[※With Holy <Fighting Spirit> the recovery speed and total amount of recovery increase by 100 times.]
[※With divine <fighting spirit> all physical abilities become 100 times stronger.]
[※Attack speed is accelerated by 100 times with Holy <Fighting Spirit>…]
[※Divine <Fighting Spirit> increases external nova resistance ability by 100 times…]
and….
[Transcendence Myth <Forced Acceleration> is activated.]
[From now on challenger Han Seong-yoon’s movements will be subject to the divinity effect of <Superlight Speed>.]
[※When activating the divine <Fighting Spirit> depending on the user’s capabilities movements reaching the speed of light can be achieved.]
[▶ This effect has a cooldown of one week immediately after activation.]
[From now on the divine effect of <Force> will be applied to challenger Han Seong-yoon.]
[※It becomes possible to forcibly activate a specific ability no matter what the situation or condition is.]
[※However if the activation of a specific ability is close to impossible the closer the situation and conditions are the greater the recoil from use of the effect.]
[▶ Immediately after this effect is activated you will pay the price for going against the existing providence in some way.]
Next moment.
───.
‘I can see it.’
Gray world.
I captured the god of chaos moving in the field of vision forming at the speed of light.
The God of Chaos moved and moved his mouth as if nothing had happened in the gray world.
━Huh…. You are mine. It is an inevitable fate that you will become mine. Challenger.
As expected.
Gray world. It is following the movement at the speed of light. The prediction was correct.
…I responded briefly with my mouth still full of laughter.
━I will kill you.
With that the conversation ended.
───.
In the gray world I activated my accelerator ability again and began to move forward and the God of Chaos also walked silently.
‘….’
But…
‘Why…?’
It was strange.
‘Why am I faster?’
Because I was the one moving the fastest in the gray world and the God of Chaos was not that fast.
It was a sneak attack that went beyond the scope of recognition for the deadly blow that the God of Chaos had struck me just before killing the God of Pride.
I couldn’t help but have doubts as this was a fatal blow based on the premise that it was faster than it was moving.
But he did not let his guard down.
‘We cannot rule out the possibility that it is psychological warfare. …Don’t think that I have the upper hand in the speed battle.’
I thought I knew something about the power of the God of Chaos but not anymore.
What I saw while climbing the Tower of Trials was only the power of the ‘God of Despair Fall and Madness’.
There was a high possibility that the God of Despair Fall and Madness that I knew was a false image of the God of Chaos before he regained his true form.
‘If that is what the God of Chaos saw as he said then the power he displayed as the God of despair fall and madness cannot be used as a reference in battle.’
In fact this means that the power he showed when he was called the god of despair fall and madness was only a small portion of the power that the god of chaos had.
‘Knowing the opponent’s strength comes first. Uncover the hidden power of the God of Chaos. Let’s focus on that for now.’
The only time the God of Chaos showed off his abilities was when he killed the God of Pride following the moment of the epiphany.
In order to find out the strength of your opponent you will have to push yourself to the point where you have no choice but to exert all your might.
In the gray world I displayed explosive acceleration while activating the power skill ‘Wind’s Grace’ to its maximum.
It becomes the beam of light itself and heads forward.
───.
and.
━Do you know what?
Even after seeing this the God of Chaos continued speaking leisurely in the gray world.
━I know what it means to be transcendent. That’s why I gained power close to transcendence. Like my friend at the Tower of Trials.
….
‘It’s highly likely that it’s part of psychological warfare. Even if you try to pay attention your concentration will only be broken. I have to do what I can.’
I ignored it.
There is no time to worry about such nonsense.
In the gray world I raised the sword in both hands and began striking.
━Chaos is despair fall and madness… ‘I’ is a being that symbolizes the wrongness of things and phenomena themselves.
and….
━This is about the concept of divinity which consists of the subjectivity of an object. However ‘I’ went further and realized that everything being mixed up is also chaos.
Next moment.
━The concept of subjectivity is moving towards the concept of objectivity.
….
━The transcendent is a being that deals with the concept of objectivity and the concept of subjectivity at the same time.
He raised his right hand and made a blade of it with a joyous smile on his face.
━It is a being that most completely realizes all the meanings of objects and phenomena and redefines all meanings.
That was it.
━ ‘I’ have acquired the power of the transcendental even though it is only a small part of it. That’s why it’s strong.
however….
━The concept of ‘chaos’ expanded the divinity into the objective area rather than the subjective area and differentiated the objective area into the subjective area.
A sense of crisis came over me.
━The objective realm of ‘chaos’ was relegated to the subjective realm of ‘despair’ ‘fall’ and ‘madness’. In order to avoid the powerful spell of causality.
I naturally realized that regardless of causality I was bound to lose the game.
━But now the chains of causality no longer bind me.
That’s not all.
━Furthermore I regained the objective realm not the subjective realm. As the ‘god of chaos’.
God of chaos.
The fact that the ancient deity lived as a ‘god of despair fall and madness’ was merely an expedient way to avoid the constraints of causality.
At this point when the manifestation of the original body has completely ended and the bond of causality has disappeared the power of the strong who have lived for nearly eons far surpasses common sense.
━So.
Next moment.
━Let me personally tell you how vain a dream it is to want to become a transcendent. Challenger.
The world was immersed in chaos and faced destruction filled with despair.
***
[He died.]
***
….
***
Tick tick tick!
[Returner’s Old Wristwatch (SSS+) exclusive effect ‘Death Reversion’ is activated.]
[Reverts the world’s time back to 10 minutes from the time the life was lost.]
[Returner’s Old Wristwatch (SSS+) exclusive effect ‘Death Return’ has a cooldown of 30 days.]
***
Goooooh.
[The God of Chaos chuckles and laughs at the challenger’s appearance.]
[It looks overwhelming. Why are you dissatisfied because things don’t go your way? Didn’t you say that? Challenger. ]
The God of Chaos landed on the ground looked at me and sneered.
[The God of Chaos is confident of victory and feels an uncontrollable appetite.]
[In the end your arrogance will cause you to lose everything. That’s what he must have said. ]
Without answering I lay half down on the ground and caught my breath.
‘…I was so determined to respond to the next blow but it was impossible.’
It was a misjudgment.
The reason the God of Chaos has been acting as the ‘God of despair fall and madness’ was simply to avoid the constraints of causality through expedient means.
From the beginning the God of Chaos used the concept of ‘chaos’ as the basis of his divinity.
‘Despair’ ‘fall’ and ‘madness’ were merely by-products that were differentiated from a single concept and this was possible because the concept of ‘chaos’ was raised to the realm of objectivity rather than subjectivity.
It’s so powerful.
‘It’s different from me.’
The skills are different.
Among the opponents who fought to become ancient gods there are quite a few who discussed their strength by discussing the length of time they had lived.
They cried out that they could not be defeated by a child who had lived for less than a hundred years but they were all defeated by me and faced death.
However the author is different.
‘Is this… the first candidate that the Tower of Trials judged to have the talent and qualifications to become a transcendent?’
The length of time we have lived together seems to have been divided into a large wall.
Just as I have become stronger by climbing the Tower of Trials the author has also become stronger by crushing many strong people.
Not only does it know what I don’t know it also has overwhelming power giving it the upper hand in all areas.
The author is different.
‘Although the God of Chaos could not reach the realm of ascension he gained a slice of transcendence by elevating the concept of divinity to the objective realm rather than the subjective realm.’
It had overwhelming power and skill commensurate with its length and size.
As a god of despair fall and madness the fact that he has shown himself to be unstable has only been the price he pays for splitting the foundation of his deity.
The part of the transcendental person who manifested his true self and regained his true form as the god of chaos is the strongest being in the universe.
‘I am weak.’
Even with the exclusive effect ‘Death Return’ of ‘Returner’s Old Wristwatch (SSS+)’ I could not be completely revived.
‘It’s a fatal wound. We won’t be able to fight much longer. Then I will be defeated in the final battle and be devoured by the God of Chaos… and that is how I will die.’
Drip drip drip….
I looked blankly at the blood drops falling to the ground and seeping into the dirt and suddenly burst out laughing.
“under.”
I know.
I was deeply mindful of the fact that I might end up as a loser rather than a winner in the final battle.
It may have been foolish. I don’t want to make excuses for that fact. Even if I die the thought of doing that will never occur to me.
But still my heart doesn’t change.
widely!
Even though I stumbled I did not give up and struggled to get up.
“…Go…Go.”
[ ? ]
“…I will…”
[….]
Okay.
There was one thing I wanted from the beginning.
“I….”
I want to become strong.
“I will win.”
It was like that even before climbing the Tower of Trials.
“I will win. There is no such thing as defeat. …God of Chaos.”
I want to become stronger than anyone else.
I don’t want to be oppressed by anyone.
I want to become a strong person and reach the peak of power that no one has been able to reach.
“You… said I would be yours right? “I’ll give that horse back to you.”
From the moment I seized the opportunity I have been running non-stop just for that purpose.
[The god of transcendence and death shows his will to win with a laugh full of defiance.]
[ …I will win. In the end everything you thought was yours will come into my hands. God of chaos. ]
therefore….
Kick───!
[The God of Chaos laughs at the foolish challenger and bobs his head to provoke him.]
[ good night. Give it a try. Because you are a challenger after all. …come and see. ]
I will definitely change that ridicule into astonishment and gain the realm of transcendence that no one else can reach.
‘There’s no place to retreat anymore.’
certainly.
‘I have to bring out all the strength I have.’
It is time to take a gamble.
….
With my eyes closed I opened the door to ascension and unleashed my hidden power.
Keyeeing───!!
The law of precognition <Revelation> is activated and the priestly symbol engraved on the body and soul bursts into bright light.
Coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo co!
That means only one thing.
[The law of precognition <Revelation> is activated and ‘false omnipotence’ is applied for 10 minutes.]
At this moment I had acquired quasi-transcendent power that surpassed only a small fraction of the omniscience and omnipotence of the God of Chaos.
