A furious voice echoed throughout the entire space. As the formation started to break apart, the beast grabbed the scholar's hair and tried to escape along with Tsukuyomi's body.
The whole formation collapsed, shards of the illusionary world flickering like stardust, and there at the very forefront of the crowd was a Goddess of the Null rank.
Behind her are about a thousand Guards and three other Void Gods. With the formation broken, they've finally returned to the outside world.
"What's going on?!" The beast questioned, utterly confused as he saw many Gods wearing black and red armour stopping him in his tracks to escape.
The God Guards have aimed their swords towards the humanoid creature. Preparing themselves to engage in battle.
Around it, the beast saw the remains of the other parts of its body and a few high Gods like Tsukuyomi barely breathing right down below surrounding the crater.
Ganesha, Shangdi, Acintya, and the other remaining high gods who were trying to seal it have suffered major injuries not any less than Tsukuyomi and have even suffered 1 casualty.
While looking around, it turned to using Tsukuyomi as its shield. It lifted him in the air tightly holding his hair."COME ANY CLOSER AND I'LL DEVOUR THIS GODS SOUL!"
*DRIP*
*DROP*
The Moon God's blood kept dripping down below. With every drop of his blood, their surrounding areas grew even more fertile.
*FLASH*
The Goddess of the Null rank accelerated her speed and instantly took hold of Tsukuyomi without the beast's knowledge.
The creature took a look at its hands and saw that the God he had been holding onto all this time had disappeared!
It then turned around at its rear and saw the back of the Goddess which was in front of it a few seconds ago!
"HOW?!!"
While the beast was in a state of confusion. Silently she ordered her guards as she looked back at the beast with a furious look in her eyes."Kill that beast. Hang him at the depths of the underworld. Never perishing. Never living. Only give the "best" treatment of the underworld to that demon."
The thousand high Gods shouted in unison.
"WE ADHERE TO YOUR COMMAND. GODDESS OF THE UNDERWORLD, IZANAMI-NO-MIKOTO SAMA!"
Upon receiving the order, the guards of the underworld took up a stance for combat.
*BAM*
The sound of their swords and armour vibrated throughout the skies. Due to the time still at a halt, only those inside it can hear its sounds and tremors.
Upon giving the orders for execution, Izanami looked at the sorry sight of her eldest son with an affectionate expression her tears started to flow down her eyes.
In a low voice, she spoke."Ah... My child. We've finally met again..." She then started caressing his pale face, deeply looking at his closed eyes, which were flowing with tears of blood.
"Hic... To think our first meeting after so long. That I would see your half-dead body... Hic..."
On the other hand, a thousand guards have been engaging in combat. Battling the last beast.
"GROAAAR!"
The creature let out a deafening roar as its battle cry. The thousand high Gods were a bit shaken towards the roar and unknowingly retreated.
A few High gods started talking to each other.
"Kugh... Just how powerful is a 3 tailed beast...?"
"That's not an ordinary beast... That's a beast that even the Imperial Gods deemed as a threat to their existence!"
"That's right. From what I know, when I've read the records of the first underworld God. That beast even managed to survive a blow from a being that only existed from the very beginning of the birth of this planet"
"Wait who's that?"
"From what I know... It's a being that created the very existence of this world.
That's right! That person is called the "God of Humanity!"
"The God of Humanity?! Is there even such a thing?! A much more powerful God than the God of Creation itself?!"
While the muttering voices echo like gossip, the creature starts to shine once more, as if it's trying to enter a new realm of evolution.
"Guh! My eyes!"
All the high Gods, excluding the void and null, got blinded by the purplish light of evolution.
"It's trying to evolve! Stop him!"
As the blinding dark purple light engulfed the place, the creature started laughing, mockingly looking at the sight of the High Gods."KUHAHAHAHAHA! FOOLS! YOU THINK A FEW THOUSAND HIGH GODS AND SOME FEW VOID AND NULL GODS CAN STOP ME?!"
Izanami didn't make a move and only transmitted an order towards the Captain of the Thousand Underworld soldiers.
'Use that thing to imprison it'
The High God General respectfully replied.
'Understood, Lady Izanami.'
The General then commanded the rest of the soldiers to stay put.
"EVERYONE! STAY IN FORMATION! AND DON'T MOVE NEEDLESSLY!"
The 999 high god soldiers stomped their feet and replied in unison.
*STOMP*
"YES! GENERAL!"
The High General walked forward, slowly approaching the beast.
"Heh? What do you think you're doing?" The beast questioned as it was trying to evolve. Swallowing the remaining Divinity of its remnant parts.
*VANISH*
Its remnant parts, which were lying down below, started to vanish. But before the final phase of its evolution, the General finally approached it face to face.
He lightly touched the beast's forehead and immediately retreated to the formation upon successfully doing so.
Due to its arrogance, the beast didn't hesitate to let the General come close to him without retaliating back to see what they had up their sleeves.
"KUHAHAHAH! IS THAT IT?! I EVEN LET YOU ATTACK ME ONCE! AND THAT'S IT?!"
Finally, the beast has finished evolving, and the blinding light immediately vanishes. Upon finally merging with its remains. The originally huge beast at the threshold of the Null rank emerges.
Due to the insufficient amount of dark energy, the beast who was once at the peak rank of the Null has been reduced to that of the peak Void rank.
"GROOAR!"
Once again, after transforming back, it loses its intelligence and former domineering appearance and energy. Its size has also significantly diminished and has only covered a few regions.
When the beast roared, a mark appeared on its forehead in the form of Ancient Katakana.
The symbol 死 which means "Death" is menacingly glowing. Etched on its forehead it didn't seem to notice it.'My Lady, it is done.' The General transmitted.
Upon hearing the news, Izanami commanded the 3 Void Ranks in her ranks."Kin, Po, and Nam. Kill yourselves"
The three obliged."As you command, Lady Izanami"
*STAB*
The three simultaneously pierced their heart.
"ARISE!" She uttered this word while looking back still holding onto her son.
Izanami's eyes released a menacing glare. Her eyes started shedding blackened tears.
An abrupt thunderstorm and black ashen clouds appeared in the middle of the day breaking the barrier of time. The 3 Gods have transformed into black spheres of water bubbles and begun merging.
The thousand soldiers braced themselves and conjured a layer of barrier below, to avoid having the mortals suffer in their fight.
With the time continuing its flow once more, the entire people of Mindanao have begun to operate, blind to what was occurring just above them.
The only things that they see are the dark, cloudy skies and thunderstorms, which they take as a sign of an incoming heavy rain.
"GROOAR!"
As the Beast roared, the deafening sound of thunder echoed throughout the entire vicinity.
Concurrently, the black ball of sphere started to take shape."General Abzos, take all the soldiers away"
General Abzos turned around and replied with a worried look on his face."What about the young lord and the severely wounded high gods below us, Izanami-sama?"
Izanami coldly replied."Leave those pathetic gods who can't even protect my children. As for my child, Tsukuyomi. Take him to Izanagi. Tell him, I'll repay him after receiving the "penalty."
Abzos lowered his head and replied with the utmost respect."As you wish."
*APPEAR*
General Abzos appeared right in front of Izanami, kneeling on one knee with his right fist below on the same wavelength as his kneeling knee.
She looked at the kneeling Abzos. While kneeling, he offered up his arms and hands. The Goddess stared at him and gave him the half-dead Moon God.
"Take care of my child, else, I'll have you lockdown in Tartarus."
The General silently nodded and as he received the heavily wounded Tsukuyomi, he immediately went away in a flash.
The other soldiers followed suit and disappeared quietly in thin air. Now the only ones left are Izanami and the Beast.
While walking towards the merging black sphere, the beast silently stared at her, showing its huge teeth and fangs.
As if it was unable to move and could only open its mouth, roaring like a wild cat.
She continued to walk, staring down at the Beast. Her expression was filled with malice.
Finally, Izanami arrived at the very front of the black fluid like mercury. As she closed the distance, the Goddess closed her eyes and spoke with an ominous voice."Siettir."