"ξ!"
"This symbol represents a formula with no solution, meaning that the subject of judgment is deemed unreasonable and must be erased."
A burst of light instantly flooded into Zane's body, and he felt an irresistible force stripping all his energy away.
Even his life force.
Bang!
In just a moment, Zane's entire body was obliterated.
Then, at the spot where Zane disappeared, a tiny point of light suddenly emerged.
The light point quickly grew larger, revealing Zane's form.
Zane was revived once more.
It turned out that Arishem, who lacked a soul, was not well-versed in the ways of the soul.
Thus, even with the use of the "Judgment Formula," he could not completely erase Zane's now abnormally powerful soul.
Then, the "Divine Realm" preserved Zane's soul by consuming a vast amount of belief power.
Finally, thanks to its effect, Zane's body instantly revived.
"ξ!"
Seeing this, Arishem called out again.
In an instant, Zane's body was destroyed, only to reappear intact once more.
"Idiot, are you trying to outlast me?"
The red glow in Zane's eyes intensified; he had noticed that each time Arishem shouted, his energy was halved.
Naturally, his end grew closer.
"Quite the persistent little pest; seeing you reminds me of a creature from your Earth."
Arishem still spoke arrogantly, but his expression shifted from calm to slightly disheveled as he stared intensely at Zane.
With a fierce tone, he continued:
"You possess something foreign to this realm. No wonder you managed to evade my 'Sphere of Punishment' at the seventh-dimensional level."
"So, you're one of them!"
…..
"The Lord of the Life Court despises nosy interlopers like you the most!"
"Now, I'm even more determined to kill you!"
With that, Arishem seemed to rally with a final burst of strength, shouting loudly:
"ξ!"
Zane ignored Arishem's words, gazing coldly at his visibly exhausted foe, who, in his eyes, was already as good as dead.
The red glow in his eyes suddenly faded, replaced by a pair of rapidly spinning, blood-red triangles.
At the moment the light from the "Judgment Formula" struck Zane, a gray soul form suddenly emerged from him.
It shot toward Arishem's head high above.
"You foolish pest, have you already forgotten the lesson just now?"
"Even if your soul remains, what good is it? Are you trying to cast another soul illusion on me?"
The disdain deeply hidden in Arishem's eyes became fully apparent as he taunted Zane mockingly.
But Zane paid him no mind.
The blood-red triangular pupils in his eyes abruptly spun at high speed.
In an instant.
A pair of blood-red triangles mysteriously reflected in Arishem's own pupils.
"Mangekyo Sharingan: Tsukuyomi!"
Swoosh!
In Arishem's moment of distraction, Zane swiftly drew his scythe and struck the vital point, ending Arishem's life instantly.
Watching Arishem's massive form gradually dissolve under the power of death, Zane spat lightly:
"Although I'm not certain if the Sharingan's eye technique is effective on Celestials like you,"
"it's worth a try on someone as exhausted and drained as you."
As it turned out, Zane's judgment was indeed correct.
The Mangekyo Sharingan, a dojutsu bloodline technique from the Uchiha clan in the Naruto world, was effective even against these soulless consciousness entities in the Marvel world.
This is because the power of the Sharingan is rooted in the brain and cast through the mental energy of its user.
In other words, the stronger the user's mental energy, the more powerful the visual prowess of the Sharingan.
Likewise, the weaker the mental energy of the target, the greater the effect on them.
By relying on his now SS-rank skill, "Divine Realm," Zane had absorbed billions of souls, acquiring their fragments to strengthen his own soul.
Moreover, with the power of faith, he had attained the title of "God of Death."
These two factors gave Zane an enhanced effect when using any illusion techniques.
Conversely, the judge Arishem from the Celestial lacked a soul. His power largely depended on stored cosmic energy, while his mental strength was relatively weak.
This left him vulnerable to Zane's "Great Prophecy" and completely susceptible to the "Mangekyo Sharingan: Tsukuyomi," which instantly disrupted his consciousness.
Seizing this fleeting opportunity, Zane swiftly struck Arishem's pre-targeted death line with the power of death, dealing a fatal blow!
It seems that since the Celestial's emergence, they have grown accustomed to relying on absolute power to suppress and destroy other species, overlooking their own weaknesses and lacking countermeasures.
This pattern is also evident on Earth in this world. Otherwise, Professor X would not have been able to single-handedly counter Magneto and his Brotherhood of Mutants, despite their earth-shattering power, and become Magneto's lifelong rival.
Zane refocused his mind. By now, Arishem's massive form had been completely consumed by the power of death, leaving only a slightly marred divine crystal floating in midair.
Zane took the crystal in hand, examining it closely, trying to understand why it contained some impurities.
This crystal was noticeably less pure than the previous two.
Could it be that Arishem had exhausted his energy, making his divine crystal less translucent?
Zane pondered for a while but couldn't determine the reason, so he simply placed the divine crystal into the "King's Treasury" along with the other two.
He believed that, even if there was an issue, the "Kings Treasury," a skill the system copied from another world would use its auto-repair function to resolve it completely.
After this battle, Zane grew more certain that the system came from a higher-dimensional origin.
Yet, just how high-dimensional it was, he still couldn't determine.
It was like how he had initially thought that the members of the Celestial were only sixth-dimensional, at most barely seventh-dimensional beings.
After all, the only references he had at the time were the Grandmaster and the Collector, who were evidently unofficial members of the Celestial .
However, after his battles with the Destruction Celestial and now Arishem, he realized that he still had to broaden his perspective.
Thus, he remained uncertain about the true dimensional level of the system.
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