Grey Mist

Tang Wulin was close to hitting the ground with his whole right side obliterated with even his soul being crushed.

Golden blood flowed like a river out of his body as it splashed through the air before his figure then froze.

Then it began to blur before Tang Wulin reappeared above, standing on the ground with no injuries done to him.

As if the destruction of his heart and organs, alongside his soul was nothing more than an illusion,

'Time Magic: BackTrack.'

"An interesting ability you have there." An indifferent voice rang out causing Tang Wulin to narrow his eyes ahead of him.

As right in front of him where the body of Jorgunmandr laid lying dead, a swirl of pale mist began to appear out of its body.

It began seeping out of its body before converging and forming a spiral of grey mist above Tang Wulin before a figure appeared.

The figure seemed humanoid at the very least but that was far as Tang Wulin could compare it to a human. As the figure whole body was made out of the mist; its eyes were brilliant white with two horns atop its head.

The grey figure landed on the head of Jorgunmandr, not caring it was standing on a god. As it kept its eyes on Tang Wulin, it began opening its mouth, ready to speak.

But as the figure opened its mouth, Tang Wulin's figure blurred before he appeared right in front of the figure, his fist shining brilliantly.

The fist came crashing down.

"How impatient." Grey figure only shook its head before thrusting out its hand towards Tang Wulin, the light around distorting space.

Fist and palm clashed!

A thunderous sound rang out as a tremendous shockwave blasted out from the point of impact while creating dull cracks on the island.

Tang Wulin's eyes flashed as his fist blurred before he grabbed on to the grey figure arm, to its slight shock.

'Could this be what he was aiming for? Why his attack from before felt off.'

Yet the grey figure wasn't given any more time to speak as Tang Wulin began inhaling.

As he inhales, streams of light from all around them begin to appear from the plants, grass, and even the dead body of Jorgunmandr itself.

'This!'

The figure slightly trembled as it felt a wisp of energy leaving it with all of it being swallowed by Tang Wulin.

After the last wisp of energy had gone into Tang Wulin mouth, he instantly lashed out with a kick that shined with terrifying power.

The grey figure swiftly hacks down with his arm, releasing a sharp grey light that seems to slice through everything.

As these two attacks clashed with an even bigger thunderous noise, Tang Wulin smashed down his fist as he drove the figure arm away.

The figure swiftly replies with another palm strike, but Tang Wulin opens his mouth, once again inhaling.

The grey figure felt its body stagger as streams of grey mist began to be sucked up into Tang Wulin's body. This gave Tang Wulin enough time for his fist to appear in front of the figure face, yet the figure didn't show worry.

As its eyes glowed with a terrifying light before Tang Wulin felt his body stop as he felt a claw piercing through his body.

A claw that came from the body of the grey figure, as its stomach was rotating like a rift, allowing the claw to appear.

Yet the light in Tang Wulin's eyes only got brighter and fiercer as his figure once again blurred and twisted before appearing a bit away from the claw.

'Time Magic: BackTrack.'

'Time Magic: Compression.'

'Time Magic: Red Zone.'

'Time Magic: Acceleration.'

Tang Wulin's figure began to turn blurry once again before he appeared right in front of the grey figure.

The grey figure eyes slightly narrowed as it felt something was off with Tang Wulin, no it was more like something was off with it.

But it didn't have much time to think about this as Tang Wulin a light appeared in Tang Wulin hands before he thrust out.

A streak of light shined brightly before it pierced through the head of the grey figure, causing the claw to vanish.

"So you have that much power over time, interesting. So more things are interesting about you than your past and future."Said the grey figure, not minding the golden trident pierced through its head.

"What are you?" Questioned Tang Wulin as he knew the Sea God Trident should have completely obliterated the grey figure.

Yet instead of that happening, the grey figure was able to somehow stay intact and have enough strength to keep talking to him.

"Who knows, but that is beside the point. To think you would use the power of time to rewind your death. With that power still working even after your heart, soul and organs were destroyed." The Grey figure said as it moved its hands to its chin, staring at Tang Wulin deep in thought.

Tang Wulin didn't say anything as eight rings appeared behind him, shining brilliantly as multi-colored vines shot out towards the grey figure.

Yet to his surprise, they simply pass through the grey figure causing Tang Wulin to furrow his brows in confusion and caution.

"Don't worry, he can't try anything more. As it seems its time is up." Yggdrasil's voice rang out causing Tang Wulin to inwardly nod.

As he was nodding to Yggdrasil, the grey figure let out a sigh as before glancing at its fading hand and then back to Tang Wulin.

"It was fun playing with you boy, let's do this again soon."

"I am killing you next time."

"Hahaha, it has been a very long time since I have heard those words again." The gray figure let out a hollow chuckle before it vanished from the view of Tang Wulin.

Tang Wulin's eyes were still on the place where the grey figure was standing, while slightly clenching the trident in his hand.

"That was a close one." Zeref's voice rang out as he and everyone else appeared around Tang Wulin with their eyes narrowed.

"Daddy!" Screamed Leviathan as his body moved to wrap around Tang Wulin, his head nuzzling Wulin neck with worry in his eyes.

"Human! You need to take care of yourself better!"Shouted Tao Tie but contrary to her words, she was looking at him worriedly while moving in front of him.

As if she was trying to defend him or making herself a shield in front of him if something else tries coming.

Sleipnir let out a faint laugh as she observed them but her eyes were still worried as she moved close to Tang Wulin.

They all sensed and saw Wulin's chest being blown to pieces with his body falling. It was only through Tang Wulin instincts activating his Time Magic, that he was able to rewind the damage before it was too late.

This was a testament to how insane Tang Wulin instincts have become, the one thing that saved his life from certain death.

"He is dead." Said Tang Wulin as his eyes were still staring dead at the place where the grey figure was.

To say he was pissed that he almost died would be an understatement, that sense of cold filling his body and his soul fading away.

The feeling of being unable to move his body to evade the attack even as his instincts screamed out to him. The speed of the claw was just too fast, even faster than him in his Dragon Form.

With the only reason, he knew the attack was coming because of his instincts screaming at him. But even with this, he still couldn't react to both of that grey figure claw attack.

This was something he never wants to experience ever again.

"Yggdrasil, how did you know his time was up?" Zeref questioned with a hand on his chin while gazing at the little women.

"I knew because I can tell he doesn't come from this plane and was only using the energy of Jorgunmandr to keep himself stable," Yggdrasil said with a sigh causing Tang Wulin to glance at Jorgunmandr.

"It came out of Jorgunmandr's body, do you guys think it was being controlled? Or at the very least, influenced?"

Yet none of them answered as it was something that they didn't want to believe. As Jorgunmandr was a god, a being with a divine level of mind and soul.

For something to be able to influence, let alone control it, just how terrifying would that be? Not only that but it was able to stay inside Jorgunmandr's body, without any one of them noticing until it was too late.

Not even Tang Wulin senses or Sleipnir's ability of sensing life was able to pinpoint the creature inside of Jorgunmandr.

"Since none of us were able to sense or get a wisp that the entity was inside. This may mean the entity is vastly stronger than Jorgunmandr and your Dragon God form." Zeref said after a bit of thinking.

"That would make sense, although why would they go in such an indirect way to interfere?" Questioned Sleipnir with a tilt of her head but Zeref only shrugged his shoulder.

"Who knows, maybe this was just a joke to them or maybe at the moment they can't interfere with this plane." Said Zeref causing Tang Wulin to slightly narrow his eyes.

'Why did it feel familiar?' Thought Tang Wulin as for some reason, he felt as if he had met or at the very least seen the entity before.

Now that he thought about, it felt like he had sensed this entity multiple times before but he just can't pinpoint where.

He didn't say anything to the others about his thought as he shifted his gaze to Jorgunmandr's body that was laying there, its blood still leaking out.

But its wounds were still recovering, although at a far slower rate than before, something that Tang Wulin and Zeref noted.

"Could it be that the entity was helping that snake? Or maybe there is something else?"

"Maybe, it would explain why it felt off when I was fighting it." Muttered Tang Wulin as he got close causing Zeref to raise a brow.

"Off how?"

"Well, you understand how deadly my magic is to all dragons and how terrifying it's in its dragon form. But against Jorgunmandr, it felt like something was actively healing and strengthening it, allowing it to dish out more and withstand more. At first, I thought it was its divine energy but now..."

"With the appearance of the grey figure, your thinking otherwise."

Tang Wulin furrowed his brows as he walked towards Jorgunmandr's body while Zeref only shrugs his shoulder.

"The entity might have taken some of Jormungandr's leftover energy to attack you and also appear here." Zeref said as an explanation for why but Tang Wulin only shrugs his shoulder before ripping Jorgunmandr open.

Once he found its soul, he began to devour it and within seconds. After he had absorbed its soul, the earth under Jormungand began to tremble.

As vines began to break through the soil before wrapping around Jorgunmandr and gradually bringing its body underground.

After a few seconds, the body of Jorgunmandr could no longer be seen with only Tang Wulin being the only one on the Island.

The last calamity was truly dead and absorbed by Tang Wulin.

The world would no longer be threatened by these god-level beasts, any more.