A Losing Battle - 576

Every Path Creator watching stared in shock at the gaping hole on the left of Yhwh's body. The only sound in the Battle Universe was of Ye Li's panting.

Yhwh looked down at his left side. His arm, as well as a third of his torso was gone.

It was an attack from a Path Creator. He could heal from a lot, but this would kill him.

Yhwh spoke. "So you all will be the first. I will remember your names in my heart." 

In Universal Sector 6, there were many evil beings locked up. They had been locked up for countless years. Many had died in captivity, but some powerful ones with long lifespans remained.

Yhwh was speaking to himself, but his words were directed at a few beings in particular. One, to show his "Faith", had done countless evil things, eventually being captured.

Suddenly, he felt a Golden Thread move.

He shouted with ecstasy. "Lord!"

Then, a gaping hole appeared on the left of his body. 

He shouted again. "Yes! Anything for my lord!"

At the same time, the same injury appeared on thousands of other beings.

All died quickly.

In the Battle Universe, everyone was shocked once again.

Yhwh's body, once fatally injured, was now magically healed.

Yhwh too began to pant. This was not an easy technique to use.

Ye Li was annoyed. Of course, how unlucky.

Although Yhwh had been healed, all three beings were still shocked at the power of Ye Li's attack.

Without being able to heal, Yhwh could have died from that attack.

Ye Li jumped back as Yoha and the Buddha looked at him.

The Buddha clasped his hands. 

Two giant Buddha's palms appeared, centered on Ye Li.

At the same time, Yoha's wings flapped and he appeared above Ye Li. He pointed down, and a ray of Divinity shot towards Ye Li.

The Karmic Dao activated and Ye Li appeared outside of the Buddha's palms, avoiding the ray of light.

However, he still coughed up blood. In his current state, the attacks were not as simple to evade.

The attacks continued as Ye Li continued dodging, yet still slowly being injured further and further. Yhwh, who had been left to heal, joined in.

They knew of the Karmic Shackles, but they could not simply stop fighting. They just needed to kill Ye Li before the Karmic Shackles were filled.

Yhwh and Yoha had taken Zhou Fan's warning seriously. If it was just the two of them, who knew what would have happened, but with the Buddha, losing was impossible.

As time passed, Ye Li struggled more and more to dodge. He was waiting, and everyone here knew why.

Finally, the time came, and Ye Li was alive.

"Watch out for this." Yhwh shouted. They backed away and focused their power on resisting.

Ye Li activated the Karmic Shackles. "Karmic Shackles: Backlash".

A crack appeared on the three Path Creators wrists. 

They felt an immense power trying to erase their existence. This was as a result of their constant actions, an application of Karma that seemed above all others.

Unexpectedly, another wheel appeared as they were resisting the backlash from the Karmic Shackles. 

Yoha watched in shock as the same attack that nearly killed Yhwh was directed towards him.

A bright light glowed towards the attack, but it was pierced.

Just as Yoha believed he would be hit, a bell appeared around him.

The attack hit the bell, causing a loud ring that covered the Battle Universe.

The bell too was pierced after a brief moment, but Yoha was able to dodge the attack as a result.

The last time, it had pierced through three attacks.

Yet three attacks couldn't compare to two defenses.

Ye Li sighed. He had overestimated his current self.

He began to fade away, using Karma to hide and leave. He couldn't erase his Karma during battle as he was constantly creating Karma, but when leaving, it was simple.

Suddenly, a phantom covered the entire area. The Buddha stood, looking at Ye Li.

"Since you've come this far, don't bother leaving."

The Buddha held one hand over the other. The two hands moved towards one another, forming a hand cage.

The Phantom did this as well.

Ye Li was shocked. He could tell that within this cage, nothing could be hidden. The Buddha could see him right now.

Ye Li began to move out of the giant phantom. He was not truly trapped, only slowed down. But the main purpose of this cage was to sense him.

The Buddha turned his body and stepped forward, pushing his hand outward.

"Eliminate."

A buddhist light filled the cage, directly coming towards Ye Li. He was unable to avoid it.

Ye Li was pushed out of the cage by the attack, nearly dead.

He escaped, using the Karmic Dao to assist him.

Before anything more could be done, he was gone.

He could not leave the Battle Universe for now unless he wanted to be targeted by the powers imbued into it, including his own, but hiding was something he was able to do.

Whether the Battle Universe was empty or not was irrelevant. They could not find him because he hid his Karma. Even Zhou Fan could not find him right now.

After a few years, Ye Li was able to leave the Battle Universe. He had failed and lost.

His goal had been to take the Karma of a Path Creator, but it was unsuccessful.

Of course, they had to team up to stop him, but he would never find a time where he could truly fight a fair one on one.

As he left, he saw a being looking for him.

He wouldn't pay attention to other beings, but this one was a familiar one. The God of Death.

He was releasing his power. Everyone could see it, but Ye Li was able to see a message inside for him.

Ye Li was curious, but naturally did not go.

He spent a few billion years healing from the battle before going to the Death Universe, where the God of Death lived.