Chapter 231: Battle of Giants
Suddenly, a huge amount of magic energy began to revolve around Axel.
"Enough of you." At the same time, the plants which were supposed to be giving him unimaginable pain by sucking his life force along with water and magical energy, suddenly burst into smithereens without being able to put up any resistance.
But, Axel didn't stop there. The sphere of water surrounding him grew larger and larger, and larger… until it was the size of a football field in a matter of seconds.
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On the other hand, Zeta was left dumbfounded, not only by the fact that Axel managed to survive, but also how casually he did it. Moreover, not only does he seem to be able to still function properly, but he doesn't seem to have gone through any pain at all.
It was like this guy was constantly trying to prove him wrong in the most humiliating way possible.
"How?!"
Having your life force sucked out of you is painful. Extremely so. At first, when Axel didn't react or scream, she thought he was in pain. But then he pulls this. So, HOW is this possible?!
Axel rolled his eyes at the woman. "And here I thought only the women with big boobs were dumb. You do have blonde hair though, so there's that."
Had it been Aslot who had such amazing abilities, he would have knocked the shit out of Axel by now. But Zeta doesn't seem to be able to even understand his abilities, let alone give him some real damage.
Those plants had been absorbing "water" from him. And even if it had already been absorbed by the plants, it was still, HIS, meaning he had complete control over it. How difficult can it be for him to blow them up?
Zeta was so offended that her stormy grey eyes widened, her mouth hanging open like a fish.
"You.. You—!" She choked, covering her chest with one hand, pointing the other at Axel.
She was Aetherian Royalty for Entity's sake!
"How DARE you speak to me like that!"
A colossal amount of magic began building up in the surroundings. Zeta spread her magic, the magic intensifying. "You're going to regret it."
"Radiant Pulse!"
Suddenly, every tree, every leaf, every blade of grass in the surroundings lit up, emitting light radiation.
Waves of radiation were being produced from every direction, combining and colliding to create chaotic heating. The temperature in the surroundings suddenly skyrocketed as the clearing actually became a miniature sun.
The water from the giant sphere heated up, quickly starting to turn into vapor. Not only that, but rays being radiated were actually harmful, being from a special light spectrum containing powerful radiation.
In response, the size of the water sphere began decreasing at a rapid rate. But, it was not because of evaporation, but because of compression.
Axel was forcefully compressing the molecules closer, holding them together. The water near him turned into crystals.
The compressed water stopped evaporating. As for heat, the ice was taking care of it for him.
"You were saying?" His voice echoed out, traveling unabated through water.
Zeta was angry upon seeing her powerful attack being wasted like that. But what could she do? That huge amount of water surrounding Axel was difficult thing to get across.
The sphere of water continued to shrink rapidly while the movement inside the water increased.
The shrinking continued, and the water sphere started to radiate a scary energy.
It was only then that Zeta began to understand that something was wrong.
The world tree behind her shook as a huge amount of magical energy was siphoned from it. Zeta started to shine pure gold as the energy started to build inside her.
"I do not know what you're trying to do, but since you're becoming more and more annoying by the minute, I'm not interested in finding out." she said, aiming her hands at Axel.
An extremely high powered light blast was released from her hands, hitting the water sphere instantaneously.
BOOOOOOM
There was a huge explosion when the beam collided with the water sphere, showing just how powerful it was. But… when it collided with compressed water, instead of piercing straight through as expected, it instead actually slowed down, completely stopping before it could even go deep.
The compression in water was no joke. And now it compressed to the point that the light attack couldn't pierce through it.
Zeta was frustrated.
"You are such a coward, hiding behind that water. And it's just water! Aside from hiding in it, what else can you do with all that? Water my trees?" She mocked.
"You don't know half the things that can be done with water." Replied Axel, his voice traveling unabated through the water.
Under his control, the water molecule grew tighter and tighter. The veins of Axel's forehead bulged out as the sphere condensed to the point that it was now almost half its previous gigantic size.
The water darkened and swirled violently as it compacted, storing immense energy within its ever-decreasing volume.
Simultaneously, Axel initiated a rapid acceleration of the water's flow inside the sphere itself. He manipulated the kinetic energy of the molecules, increasing their velocity to create a swirling vortex.
A converging nozzle was erected at the base of the vortex, extending outward, pointing straight towards the world tree.
It was only then that Zeta figured out what Axel was trying to do.
But, it was already too late. The alignment of molecules was adjusted to make them frictionless, and Axel finally released his forceful compression at the base of the nozzle, instead pushing the water there.
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What then?
What happened was, the pressure was extremely high. The water was raring to decompress, while also in an extremely fast motion due to the vortex.
And when this pressure is released at a certain point and the flow is also directed there…
Well, even Axel didn't know what to expect.
SWOOOOOSH!!!
Axel didn't see exactly what happened. He only saw the results. It was a giant hole being blown straight through the world tree, also blowing through any other tree that came in its way.
The ground itself shook greatly as the world tree suddenly moved, its branches swinging and its giant roots coming out of the ground.
A strange rumbling echoed throughout the area, which seemed to be its voice of pain.
But Axel's super jet continued to move, mercilessly tearing through the tree's body. After cutting through the whole tree, the jet continued to move in a complete circle, tearing through every tree in the whole forest.
The compressed water finally ran out, and Axel just stood there panting, as uncountable trees fell throughout the whole forest.
"Holy shit…"
Axel didn't expect the jet to be this powerful.
"Daphne is going to kill me if she saw this," he muttered.
That nature lover who is always cursing muggles for clearing forests would simply freak out if she saw this scene of mass deforestation.
As for Zeta, well, standing right behind him and the world tree. Soooo…
Bitch probably didn't even know how she died.
Should be over now, right?
??
But before he could celebrate, he detected movement from the huge world tree, which was still in the process of falling.
"COME ONNN!" He exclaimed, cursing under his breath.
Tentacle-like wooden ropes emerged from each and every one of the trees, reconnecting the cut parts, and more and more kept emerging, making for a really creepy scene. the base, reconnecting with the broken part. Similar tentacles appeared everywhere, at every tree.
Axel just stood slumped in mid air with his hand on his hips and teeth grinding together.
"Seriously?"
Even that wasn't enough?
Not only was the world tree still alive and reconnecting, but also, the huge body began to reshuffle, huge branches twisting together and the huge stem separating into two.
Axel suddenly got the chills as he realized what was happening. And it was happening very quickly.
Very soon, he was facing a colossal humanoid giant, the rest of the tree in the surroundings also crawling over to join it.
Zeta emerged from the giant's chest, her body still connected to the tree.
"I've had… ENOUGH OF YOU!." A giant hand woven out of branches stretched out, heading towards Axel with a huge force. It was so big and so fast that it was rupturing space.
A looked at the Giant hand heading his way. It was so powerful that the space itself was compressing, making it difficult for him to move.
"So, that's how you wanna play?" A giant hand of water materialized in the air to meet the tree.
BOOOOM
A huge shockwave was generated with the collision, as the tree almost broke through half of the hand. "You're trying to stop the "World Tree" with water?" Zeta mocked, as the water could hardly even retain its shape, let alone stop the swing.
And as if one wasn't enough, the other giant hand was also swung at Axel, breaking the atmosphere and causing turbulence in the space itself.
"Killing you three times wasn't enough to make you keep your mouth shut... was it?"
Axel raised the Trident as he accessed the magic present in the water.
[Harden]
Immediately, the rest of the hand got reinforced by hardened ice muscles, followed by compressing and a solid layer covering the top.
Another hand manifested and fought with the other hand of the tree, wrapping around it.
When the hands started to fall back, a giant leg made of water materialized, going up from the ground to connect with the two hands to brace them.
When the leg started to get crushed, another leg formed, Increasing the support.
"No matter what you do, it's useless!" Said Zeta as the branched wound around the giant's hands and shoulder tightened, increasing its strength even further and pushing Axel's avatar's skeletal frame to the ground.
"Just wait for it," muttered Axel as he struggled to hold on, his own muscles flexing.
A Giant torso formed around the connection between the hand and legs. The back got filled up with well defined muscles made out of compressed water, which flexed in order to push back against the world tree.
In the Giant avatar, Axel stood with his hands outstretched, using all of his concentration. "Now, let's dance."
Nozzles popped out from his back-shoulder and triceps.
"SWOOOSH!!!"
And water jets shot out, pushing him forward with fierce momentum and he was finally able to push back the huge world tree, making it take several steps back. But just before it fell, its roots dug deeply into the ground, stabilizing it.
With finally some room to breathe, Axel summoned more water, increasing the size of his avatar.
"That trick won't work anymore!"
The Giant lunged at Axel again, its body extending kilometers in seconds. The water avatar was pushed back, sliding the soil which had become muddy.
"Gotta fix that."
The Avatar's feet were enclosed in hardened ice with spikes growing at the soles, and his backthurster fired the water jet again. killing his backwards momentum.
"You are the single-most annoying person in the world!"
Just as Axel stopped sliding back, wrestling with the Giant, a third fist grew out of his side, punching Avatar in the abdomen which shook it to the core.
Before the Avatar landed the second punch, solid abs appeared over the Avatar's abdomen, which then got covered in a hardened ice armor.
"You know what? I can also have more hands," said Axel aa his avatar also grew another hand, fully reinforced.
"But can yours do this?" He asked as a giant sword of water extended from his new hand.
Axel was feeling… indescribable right now. He knew that Aslot couldn't bring out the full extent of the Trident's powers. But this… even after all this, he just wasn't able to see the limits yet.
[Ruler of Water increased]
Fresh knowledge just kept popping up in his mind, opening up endless possibilities.
So, he didn't stop there. The blade got heavier and heavier and slimmer as Axel increased the water while also compressing it. He then accessed the magic present in the water blade, making it lit up. He used the magic to enchant the blade, making it sharper, stronger and smoother.
Finally, the water molecules inside the blade started to vibrate, causing the blade to release magic fluctuations until a dangerous resonance was formed at the edges as the blade finally stabilized, only releasing an ominous thrumming sound and an eerie blue blow.
"What… is that?" Zeta muttered, as the World Tree shurk back.
Axel casually ran the blade through the air, casually tearing open the space.
"That… is my fantasy, and your worst, nightmare."
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A.N.: Powerstones! Today and Tomorrow
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