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"Not bad, not bad. In you, I see the shadows of two supreme beings..."

The aura around the Destruction Celestial flickered. He took a step, and in an instant, appeared beside Zane.

His massive head stared meaningfully at Zane, whose gaze was now level with his. "It seems like you're the seed she planted."

"After all, she's done this many times before..."

Clang!

The Reaper's Scythe was gripped tightly in Zane's hands, radiating an eerie, surging flame, making it seem as if it had expanded hundreds of times over.

"Did you come all this way just to hand me your head?"

"Don't you think that massive head of yours is perfect for me to slice off?"

Red light flickered in Zane's eyes as he swiftly swung the scythe towards the enormous head of the Destruction Celestial, covered in fiery red armor.

"Well then, I guess I'll cut it off first as a greeting!"

"You think I'm as weak as Eson?" the Destruction Celestial sneered, looking down at Zane, whose head was barely larger than his eye sockets. His eyes were full of contempt.

"I am one of the top fighters among the Celestials. How could anyone compare me to part-timers like them?"

Boom!

"Destruction!"

The fiery giant turned his head towards the scythe, his eyes shooting out a beam of light, striking it directly.

The black flame entwined around the scythe collided with the beam of destruction in mid-air, producing a deafening explosion...

Immediately after, the blade of the scythe vibrated at high speed, generating dense ripples that spread rapidly outward. In an instant, the fine particles of dust visible to the naked eye in the area were pulverized into nothingness.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The two clashed in mid-air, exchanging countless blows.

Zane and the Destruction Celestial fought as if they were battling atop an endless drum, each collision causing waves of dust to be shaken off the surface, each fragment becoming smaller and smaller under their terrifying power.

"Surprisingly, it hasn't been destroyed by my power of destruction."

"This scythe is something to be proud of."

The massive figure of the Destruction Celestial floated in the silent void of space. Surrounding him were fragments of destroyed stars, orbiting him slowly like the lost souls of dead stars, drawn to him but afraid to come too close.

It was both eerie and strangely harmonious.

"Zane Sy, I didn't expect someone born on Earth to have such mastery over their power."

"Every one of your strikes seems like you're using all your strength, yet not a single ounce is wasted."

"To be honest, even I can't achieve that."

"But how many more strikes can you make with that scythe of yours?"

"You should know, as a Celestial, all my restraints have been removed. I can now draw upon the power of universes at will..."

"So, what do you have to fight me with?"

After hearing the Destruction Celestial's words, Zane smiled indifferently and said, "The power of the entire universe?"

"No problem, I'm not afraid of a long fight."

The flames in the Destruction Celestial's eyes suddenly flared up, and he asked in disbelief, "Could it be that you have 'Omnipotence'?"

"Hmph, you arrogant boy. Omnipotence is something even the Celestials can hardly attain."

"Don't think that just because you killed one of the Celestials you can get cocky!"

"No, it wasn't just one. I killed Ego too."

Zane replied nonchalantly.

"And you, Destruction Celestial, will be the next member of the Celestials I, Zane Sy, will kill!"

Zane gripped the gleaming black Reaper's Scythe in his right hand, staring up at the Destruction Celestial, who was nearly a thousand times his size, without a trace of fear.

"Hahaha... You Earth boy, you really don't take me, the Destruction Celestial, seriously, do you?"

The Destruction Celestial threw his head back and laughed, his entire body trembling with the force of it.

He had never imagined that Zane, whom he considered a mere ant, would not only challenge him but also dare to boast about killing him. It was like a tiny insect trying to topple a giant tree, completely unaware of its insignificance!

"Little bug, I'd better squash you now, before you say anything more ridiculous and make me hesitate to kill you!"

With those words, the Destruction Celestial extended a massive hand, pressing down toward where Zane stood.

In the midst of the dark and desolate galaxy, the only light came from the fiery red flames on the Destruction Celestial's armor.

Zane watched as the giant hand holding a fireball approached, growing closer and closer. Even the deep black scythe in his hand began to glow red and heat up from the reflected firelight.

When the Destruction Celestial had first awakened his power, Zane hadn't been present, so this was his first time facing the intense heat directly.

The overwhelming heat made Zane feel like even dimensions like time and space could be incinerated by this kind of energy.

Seeing the discomfort on Zane's face, the Destruction Celestial's eyes once again filled with disdain. He casually tossed the fireball above Zane's head, mockingly saying:

"I've already told you, my power is vastly different from those two weaklings you killed."

"For example, the heat I'm releasing now is drawn from the nuclear energy of the shattered star cores around us."

"It's about a hundred times hotter than the maximum temperature of the star your Earth orbits!"

"The fact that you've survived this long is a testament to your strength as a newly ascended seventh-dimensional lifeform..."

Boom!

The fireball, emitting intense flames, plummeted toward Zane at high speed. The extreme temperature scorched the air, making it roar as it fell.

Yet Zane stood there, unmoving.

"Has the heat fried your brain?"

Just as the Destruction Celestial was watching Zane, ready to be incinerated by the fireball, Zane suddenly stirred. He raised his black scythe high and plunged it into the center of the fireball.

The wild flames swirled around, rushing along the blade of the scythe and spiraling toward Zane.

And then—

Like cold water splashed onto searing hot iron, the moment the flames touched Zane's body, they evaporated into wisps of smoke and vanished.

"This energy tastes pretty good," Zane remarked casually. "So heat energy counts as magic too."

Hearing Zane's words, the Destruction Celestial was momentarily stunned and slowly said, "Energy conversion, is it?"

"Well then, let's see how much energy you can convert!"

With that, the Destruction Celestial stood firm in the void of space, and visible waves of energy rippled outward from him.

The star fragments orbiting him began to disintegrate, shattered again and again by the endless waves, until they could no longer take form.

Seeing this, Zane imitated the moves of the Searcher Eson, summoning a transparent barrier around himself.

He knew his newly learned technique wasn't on par with Eson's, but it should be enough to withstand these waves.

Because he could sense that the Destruction Celestial wasn't aiming to destroy with this attack.

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