A Rank 3 Transcendent who was more or less 900 UPL against me who could barely reach the upper reach 650 UPL even after all my buffs.
This kind of match-up was naturally imbalanced. In the wide Universe or to those places I'd managed to reach, it was one in which an almost infinite number of living beings in every world could bridge the gap and emerge victoriously.
However, in this desolate World Zone and with a Sage World that was still considered not fully awakened, one already made that impossible feat and another one was also on its way.
"Impossible!" Longi shouted after seeing me not being affected by his repulsion force from his ability.
No one, even Yumiko, managed to withstand it easily.
However, for me, it's just a matter of understanding how his ability works.
My Companions were watching me so… I wanted to show off to them.
Understanding the underlying properties of his Magnetic Field, I just needed to somewhat mimic what he could do with the use of my overwhelming control.
It was basic science that even this modern Earth understood. The same poles of a magnet would result in repulsion and different poles would result in attraction.
By working around that common knowledge, instead of being repulsed by his Geomagnetic Field, I was pulled towards him instead, saving me the effort to force my way through.
As five of my clones and four Pillar Guardians appeared alongside me, Longi weaved his Energy to reinforce his control of his Magnetic Field.
When I saw that, I instantly shot a compressed Nullification Bullet to the middle of his chest resulting in a lapse in the activation of his Ability.
"Nothing is impossible," I answered him alongside the Willful Sword stabbing through his shoulder.
As his blood trickled out from the wound, Energy Explosions and the corrosion from the Dark property of the Willful Sword ensued.
Amidst the pain he was feeling, Longi compressed the Domain he activated to only protect his immediate vicinity. No longer was he trying to contest my five-stacked Domains supported by the Bulwark of Invulnerability and Sanctuary of Protection.
He learned the hard way that… despite being from someone weaker than him, all my Domains were complementing one another. His Rank 3 Transcendent Domain that was on the verge of becoming something like Remilia's Graveyard of Blades Domain couldn't break open it.
Naturally, it was only possible now that I progressed to more than half of the 5th realm of my Mortal Pathway.
If this was before when we were fighting them more than two weeks ago then I would immediately lose.
In my memories, I have fought different Sage Realm experts who had already completely merged, if not all then most of the other Pathway properties to their main Pathway.
And among those experts, I had my fair share of victory and defeat.
My Energy Control back then wasn't as strong as today or wasn't as overpowered as today because of what I did to my original Energy Control as a Divine Stage. I was completely relying on my main Pathway and through those experiences I accumulated, as long as I reached the prerequisite UPL or information about an opponent, I could either defeat them or bore them to death because they wouldn't be able to kill me even with the gap in UPL.
As for what's happening this time, I had the means to thoroughly defeat this Rank 3 Transcendent that my Companions had a hard time defeating.
"What's wrong? Are you done trying to control me through your Ability? Come on, show me the supplementary Pathway you're merging with your Psyche-type Pathway."
I waved the bloodied Willful Sword and sent a crescent Energy Slash towards his direction.
While trying to stop the bleeding from his almost destroyed shoulder, Longi gritted his teeth and heeded what I said.
From behind him, he once again gathered a metallic structure. However, unlike when he used it to block Reinys' two gigantic fireballs, the structure was compressed to the point that it became a set of armor and a longsword.
The armor instantly covered Longi's body and the sword gripped tightly on his hand.
With his fight with Yumiko, he failed to use this or he didn't have the chance to do so. Yumiko never left his side to muster something that could turn the situation in his favor after all.
Upon seeing that, my four Pillar Guardians excitedly lunged towards him.
Lith with her speedy visage as she traversed the distance while leaving behind a trail of fire to stab through his new armor.
Kael with his brute force that charged towards Longi like a bull to red cloth.
Lan with her spear so sharp that it could probably pierce through the toughest steel sending a flurry of spear attacks to the long-nosed Transcendent.
And lastly Delian with his armor-piercing, blazing arrow showers all aimed at one point.
When he saw the four charging towards him, Longi swung his long sword, meeting Lith's dagger before it could stab him and deflect her. The Pillar Guardian burst in flames to try and burn him before she was sent away but it was like a flicker of a candle when it was blown away by a stronger force.
Kael, who could somehow withstand Avelin's brute force, was then stopped by Longi's leg that kicked in his direction. It created a shockwave that sent the Pillar Guardian away like Lith.
Lan's flurry of spear attacks was either deflected or dodged with precise judgements. When it ended, Longi grabbed her spear and hit her with the blunt end of it.
And lastly, Delian's blazing arrows were met with shards of metal that cut through them. Following that, his position experienced a metallic storm, piercing the Pillar Guardians body by more shards which incapacitated him.
But that's not all, as if he's waiting for it, Longi swung his sword once more, attacking another silhouette that was about to appear in front of him.
"These… Pillars are interesting but they're useless against me." He confidently said as his sword vibrated loudly that it seemed the whole Virtual Simulation would experience an earthquake and get destroyed by his attack.
What he slashed at was my supposed location. However, what appeared there was my Avatar that instantly disintegrated into a few wisps of energy.
Using that chance that his back was wide open, I instantly appeared behind him, grabbed his head, raised it and slit his neck in one swift motion.
Despite his thick armor that seemed to ooze out with his Ability and Physique-type properties, there's no way he would let himself be restricted by it.
Using that point, his weakness was his neck and the joints connecting the parts of his body.
Longi tried to swing his sword behind him and explode with another outburst of Energy.
However, before that could happen, a colorful Energy Explosion ensued from his neck.
Apart from the Bedevilled Outburst, I layered it with Mastered Aether and other Elemental Spells of five nodes and above, resulting in a firework-like explosion.
During these two weeks, I didn't only focus on completing our pathways, I also focused on expanding my arsenal of skills. Despite having already a lot, I merged some of them to create more diversified and stronger Abilities and Skills.
Alongside Longi's death throes and angst by losing against someone sufficiently weaker than him, the long-nosed Transcendent surely realized this time that… even ants he could defeat easily could also kill him if given the chance.
Well, it was hard to mimic what I did here. However, there would always be an exception in the whole wide Universe.
If I was existing right now, for sure, there were more monstrous individuals out there, even more of a monstrosity than me who was relying on my attainment from my previous life.
Even though my girls were already rejoicing from where they were and they're itching to jump towards me and ask me how I accomplished what I did, Longi, who recovered back to his original state after the false death in this Virtual Simulation, flew back towards me.
"H-how?" He asked, his eyes filled with confusion.
"Don't tell me your memory got hit as well? Nah. That's impossible in this space."
I shook my head and dismissed that possibility.
"No… I'm aware of how I lost. But how did you bypass every defense I set up?"
Defenses, huh? He meant his compressed Domain and some kind of Force Field being emitted by his armor preventing someone from approaching without him noticing.
"Energy Control," I smirked and showed him a very precise work I did from wisps of energy existing around us. In less than a second, my Avatar that should be destroyed and needed some time to be created again reformed in front of his eyes.
Well, it's not just Energy Control but also Energy Molding that I picked up from watching my genius Companions.
With his mouth open for a long while, the long-nosed Transcendent eventually lowered his head and bowed in front of me.
"I lost completely. Perhaps if this is the real world, I will be dealt with by you alone in less time you use here."
That's of course, if we're outside, I wouldn't shy away from using the World's Will's authority. That's my privilege, it's a way not to use every overpowered skill that I have.
"If you want to reach Rank 4 Transcendent, thoroughly pledge yourself to our world. Your subordinates are still not being used as fuel, you still have a chance to redeem them and become another shield for this world. I know your loyalty to your world but you won't have a world to go back to soon enough. This Overworld Serpent your world had joined in… I will dismantle it."
It was a big word coming from me but as someone who reached the Divine Stage, I wasn't bragging. Given time, I would be able to let that organization kneel in front of me.
They're a small obstacle compared to that Divine World… the Celestial Garden.
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