Chapter 466
The golden domain spread violently.
It pushed back the domains of Paragup and Keboruak, creating Taesan’s own sacred ground.
[Don’t be ridiculous!]
Keboruak resisted fiercely.
His domain rose up, trying to suppress the divinity. Paragup also raised the earth to resist.
［A being who has stepped outside of his own world! You would dare to claim dominion within mine? Unforgivable!］
“So what?”
To their cries filled with denial, Taesan responded lightly.
In an instant, the golden world engulfed everything.
［Y-You……］
The domains of Keboruak and Paragup did not vanish.
But under the pressure of the sacred ground, their size and stature as domains noticeably shrank.
“With just the sacred ground alone, I can suppress an Immortal’s domain to some extent.”
Since this sacred ground was unleashed not on Earth but here, he had wondered how effective it would be. At this level, however, there seemed to be no problem against Immortals.
“This is convenient.”
The difference between a Transcendent and an Immortal—what level was it?
Even Taesan did not know precisely. He intended to find out now.
“You.”
Paragup gathered his strength with a grim expression.
Kuwoooong!
The earth rose like a tidal wave, trying to swallow Taesan whole.
Paragup hurled his massive fist toward him. Taesan also clenched his fist.
Kwaaaaaang!
The shockwave echoed. The one pushed back was Paragup. Taesan shook off his hand.
Keboruak, enraged, swung his domain. The wind and sky stirred. It surged from all directions, trying to tear Taesan’s body apart.
Kugugugugung!
Taesan moved his fists and feet, shattering Keboruak’s power.
The melee continued. Paragup’s face hardened.
Taesan was not using any powers at all.
He was simply relying on his body and the weight of his own stature to counter their attacks.
It was like fighting barehanded on a battlefield without any equipment.
And yet their attacks could not harm him.
“This is impossible.”
Paragup muttered words of denial.
The earth rippled like waves.
It became a massive surge that crashed down on Taesan.
Kuwoooong!
Taesan braced his entire body. The anomalous power shrouding his flesh quivered.
Calculating the expenditure, Taesan murmured,
“So this is about the level against Immortals.”
[Transcendence. Immutable Self.]
A skill that denied all interference made of laws. But each time he blocked an attack, the Immutable Self wrapped around him was slightly consumed.
The attacks of Diana and Beldenkia, who had not reached Immortality, had barely consumed it.
But against an Immortal, each blocked strike noticeably drained it.
‘At this rate, I could still withstand more than ten full-powered assaults.’
His test of the Immutable Self was complete.
Next was his own stature and power.
[You have activated Great Collapse.]
A sphere heralding the ruin of all things appeared. Paragup stretched out his hand roughly to seize it.
Kuwoooong!
With an explosive sound, Paragup let out a small groan.
But his armor did not break. The destroyed portion was instantly restored.
Paragup was a top-tier Immortal.
He wielded authority focused on defense.
Before Taesan’s Transcendence, he would have needed black power to pierce that authority.
But now?
Could he pierce an Immortal’s authority with pure magic and black magic, without relying on black power or divinity?
[You have activated Magic Stacking.]
He created three Great Collapses simultaneously and overlapped them into one.
The aftermath alone distorted and threatened to collapse everything. Keboruak hastily burst out winds, but the stacked Great Collapse did not waver.
[You have activated Magic Liberation.]
The Great Collapse surged toward Paragup.
Paragup hesitated for a moment. His instincts screamed in warning.
That must not be blocked.
It must be avoided.
“……Don’t be absurd!”
But Paragup denied his instincts.
In hundreds of years of battle against Keboruak, his authority had never once been pierced.
To him, his authority was the firmest in the universe, an absolute defense no one could break.
Even a Transcendent could not pierce it in a single strike.
Paragup believed in his authority.
And he paid the price for that faith.
Kugugugugung!
Paragup’s armor and the Great Collapse collided.
And at the same time, the armor crumbled like a sand wall. His eyes widened.
He hurriedly gathered his stature.
He concentrated the power of his domain, wrapping it around his entire body. He reinforced his armor and accelerated its restoration.
But still, he could not match the pace of destruction.
The Great Collapse pierced through his armor.
Kwaaaang!
“Keheuk!”
Paragup coughed blood as he was hurled away.
Since becoming an Immortal, his authority had never once been broken. Now it was shattered.
[You bastard!]
Keboruak, enraged, gathered the power of the sky. He cloaked himself in his domain, amplifying the wind.
Then he charged straight at Taesan.
Keboruak, the one who ruled the sky. If Paragup could fashion the strongest armor from the earth, Keboruak could push his speed to its extreme through the wind.
Piiiiing!
In an instant, he was upon Taesan. His speed far surpassed normal, many times over. He had not seen Paragup’s defense pierced, but believed Taesan would be no different.
He closed in to strike.
But then Keboruak realized.
Taesan’s eyes were fixed on him precisely.
A chill ran down his spine.
But it was already too late.
[You have activated Baal’s Surge of the Sevenfold Black Space.]
Darkened space surged forth.
Black magic swallowed Keboruak. He tried to shield himself with wind, but the darkness tainted it black.
The wind meant to protect him twisted in an instant and turned against him.
[Kaaaak!]
Keboruak screamed as he was flung back. Taesan’s lips curled upward.
“It works.”
It was confirmed.
Without black power or divinity, pure magic and black magic alone could pierce the Immortals’ authority.
That alone meant he could defeat them.
The two Immortals staggered back to their feet.
They had taken considerable damage, but their fighting spirit did not waver. With denial and rage, they attacked Taesan once more.
Taesan welcomed them gladly.
They must not fall easily. They had to stand as long as possible and serve as his test subjects.
He gripped his sword.
Kwaaang!
This time he used nothing else. Only his swordsmanship.
With a deflection, he flowed past Keboruak’s concentrated sky.
The sword of the Storm Scar at its peak shredded the armor apart.
Kwaaaang!
“Keuk!”
Paragup was slammed into the ground once more. Though he ruled the earth itself, he could not absorb all the damage.
Keboruak fared no better. He resisted desperately, trying to counterattack. But divinity and Immutable Self blocked him.
They were driven mad.
Taesan wasn’t even being serious.
As if experimenting on them, he rotated through various powers one by one.
It was humiliation. They wanted desperately to exploit a gap and crush his arrogance.
But it was impossible.
Even his casual strikes threatened them, and their full power could not endanger him.
The disparity in stature was overwhelming.
They could not accept it.
[Unacceptable!]
Keboruak cried in denial.
Both Immortals shared one belief.
That they were the strongest.
That no one could defeat them.
For hundreds of years they had fought to become gods, each believing they were stronger.
But Taesan, before their eyes, was indisputably above them.
They could not accept that.
[Do you know what I sacrificed to reach this place!]
Keboruak gnashed his teeth.
He had killed his own family.
He had massacred his kin. He had burned his body. He had survived death thousands of times.
This was the power he had won! No one could touch him! He was the strongest!
Taesan reached out carelessly to the void at his furious cry.
“So what?”
[You have activated Blade of the World.]
A massive sword fell into Taesan’s grasp.
He swung it without hesitation. Paragup and Keboruak joined forces to block.
But their defense shattered. They spewed blood as they crashed to the ground.
“This too can pierce Immortals’ authority.”
Taesan nodded in satisfaction and released his strength again.
[You have activated Frozen World [Divinity].]
Crackle!
A wave of golden ice swept forth.
Magic brimming with thick divinity. Keboruak burst the winds, and Paragup armored his body.
Kwaaaang!
And all of it broke.
The attack infused with the highest divinity shattered all their efforts and strength. The ice froze and cracked Paragup’s earthen armor, leaving deep wounds on his body. Keboruak’s wings froze and he plummeted.
[Krrrk!]
“With divinity magic, I can completely crush them. I like it.”
Overwhelming.
Nothing more, nothing less.
Keboruak staggered to his feet.
[I… I sacrificed everything……]
“All the countless mortals you killed also strove in their lives. And you murdered and brainwashed them all.”
For their own desires, they trampled the efforts and lives of people.
“So you should have expected your efforts to be trampled by someone stronger than you.”
Taesan spoke emotionlessly.
He had confirmed all he needed.
As he was now, even against several Immortals, he could prevail.
It was time to finish it.
He intended to confirm one last thing.
Black power seeped out. The sacred ground covering the world darkened into pitch black, turning to ash. Paragup, who had been trying to rise, froze.
“……This, this is……”
This was their domain.
For centuries they had poured their strength into trying to kill each other. As a result, Paragup made the earth his domain, Keboruak the sky.
And now those domains twisted.
This was not merely strength or stature. Their very domains, as if they had never existed, were being devoured by ash and erased from this world.
‘What is this.’
Paragup trembled in fear.
What he had built, the fruit of his existence, was vanishing. As if it had no value.
He was afraid. For the first time in his life, he felt fear.
[You have activated Domain of Chaos.]