Kisuke was constantly whittling down Chaos, but the latter could also see that the former was already at his limit.
Chaos also noticed that the army Kisuke had brought didn't have any intention of bringing down the Deities despite having the apparent advantage and it didn't take too long for him to figure out why 'They want to preserve as much of this world as possible. How arrogant. It'll be their own undoing.'
Chaos was already tired and most of his powers were already drained by Kisuke's modification ability, however, this was only a minor problem for him as he could also replenish everything back and he had multiple ways of doing it. Not to mention, even if he was defeated here, his plans would only be delayed by a century or two.
'But that's still a bit too long.' Chaos thought to himself and turned his gaze towards the Deities that were struggling to bring out their whole power because most of them didn't know how to actually fight, 'How useless. I can make them useful but this will delay my acquisition of Null for a few years.'
'But if I can remove this man now, a few years of waiting isn't not bad.' Chaos weighed his options and smiled, 'Yes. As long as I can remove this man, everything else will be smooth sailing.'
Kisuke approached Chaos with five-bladed fingers slashing at him in all five directions while asking, "How nice. You still have the leeway of thinking about something else. Must be nice to be a true immortal, huh?"
Chaos sneered at him even while being cut into six parts, "You know you can't kill me, so why the wasted effort? If your aim is to delay me for some time then I applaud you for trying your best. Nonetheless, I won't make it easy for you and your companions. I'll make sure to bring a few of them to the afterlife."
"With how exhausted you are? I'd like to see you try." Kisuke divided him into even more parts while studying the composition of his body. However, that's the limit of what he could do. He can only study the substance and nothing beyond it or why he's unkillable in the first place. As of now, Kisuke could only poke holes through his vessel so that he could whittle away his power source.
Confidence returned to Chaos as he smiled widely, "Then behold and despair."
As soon as he said that, a few hundred Deities started shrieking in pain and convulsed uncontrollably.
At that moment, the whole flow of the battlefield stopped to watch the black nerves on the Deities of Chaos' side expand and cover their whole skin before slowly melting into a black goo and shooting toward Chaos.
Only silence reigned as Kisuke himself went into a defensive stance to see what was going on, hiding the glee he was feeling behind a poker face.
"Fuhahahaha!" Chaos' laughter filled the silence as the black goo reached him and fused with him seamlessly and giving him a feeling of extreme ecstasy. And while all of these are happening, everyone could feel the weakening aura of Chaos begin to climb up to peak once again, as if he was not exerting himself at all.
The Deities on Chaos' side watched in horror with some of them fleeing the battlefield. Without any more will to fight, they all wondered if their fate would be reduced to mere 'food' too.
As soon as he recovered, the first thing Chaos did was erect a barrier around Kisuke and himself against outside interference. Chaos knew how this would result in them stopping this war after he 'ate' them and secured their perimeter to prevent Kisuke's helpers from assisting his opponent, "Shall we begin the next round?"
With renewed vigor, Chaos rushed towards Kisuke and created at least a hundred 'arms' from his back with their tips as sharp as a razor blade.
Kisuke gritted his teeth and retreated while defending himself from numerous blades that could prove fatal. He still tried modifying the 'arms' but Chaos could create them faster than Kisuke could destroy them because without a doubt, he was really already at his limit and the majority of his ability was already dedicated to keeping himself alive.
[To survive this, you have to get back what was stolen from you. You don't have to defeat him, just get what you need first!] Benihime reminded him.
[As much as I'd like to, I can't find it. He's not something I can fully understand with just a few minutes of clashing.]
[Didn't you research those strange beasts from his void? Didn't you get anything from it?]
[I did, but I already used my knowledge of that on something.]
Benihime became confused and wanted to ask when. However, she kept her question as she saw something more confusing. Chaos still had this wildly excited and crazed expression on his face as he brandished his weapons at Kisuke. What's confusing is that he's slow and to someone on a similar level of perception as Kisuke, Chaos' movement had become slow and was still slowing down.
Kisuke guessed what Benihime wanted to ask before and grinned, [Before it all began.]
Chaos also noticed the discrepancy but from his point of view, Kisuke suddenly became faster and faster until he couldn't keep up by creating new 'arms', '...What's going on? How does he have enough energy to move like that?'
So when Kisuke decided to disengage, Chaos let him go since he didn't understand how he was still losing, 'I'll use that again. I doubt he still has the energy to modify that.'
But just as Chaos was about to cast the technique that had almost killed Kisuke for the third time, he saw Kisuke grinning at him while pointing at him.
Confused, Chaos followed where his finger specifically pointed but as soon as he saw it, Chaos' mind froze.
Without his knowledge, his left leg had fallen off and the stump was melting, "!?"
Chaos immediately tried recreating his leg and wondered when he was hit but just as he did that, he saw his right arm and right leg detach themselves and fall, "...What?"
Soon, it wasn't just his humanoid form but also his 'arms' were slowly melting and Chaos couldn't do anything to prevent it as he finally noticed that he was being drained faster than before and there was no sign of it stopping.
Kisuke didn't let go of this chance and cut him into pieces. Chaos wanted to defend, but found that he was too fast for him, 'What happened!?'
He tried regenerating but he couldn't seem to put himself together effectively, "What's happening!!!?" Chaos' head was flung off yelling in anger.
"Poison~" Kisuke gleefully answered him.
"...Poison?" After some effort, Chaos managed to get a semblance of himself, "Impossible! I removed the poison from those Deities!"
Kisuke chuckled at him and said, "You really are an idiot. Removing the poison from the food doesn't mean the food is safe to eat. It's a poison that's specifically crafted to create another poison. You're just dumb for not thinking of the possibility that your food may have gone bad even if you cleaned it."
Chaos wanted to curse at Kisuke, but he couldn't keep his form anymore. And as he slowly melted into black goo, Kisuke continued, "Your next move, Chaos-san~ Or is it already checkmate?"