Zeus tried to move, but his body remained frozen.
The sheer weight of his existence made the fabric of time groan.
Even his smallest movement sent ripples through the frozen air.
Yet, he couldn't do much.
Right now, it had become a battle of quantity versus quality.
Zeus stood at the peak of Stage 6.
Normally, no Stage 5 God could affect him, no matter how strong their techniques were.
But Neo wasn't using a normal amount of energy.
The amount of energy he poured into his time-stop was enormous, so much that even Zeus was being slowed.
"You think this is enough?" Zeus finally spoke, his tone calm and steady.
His energy began to stir.
A faint pulse shook the frozen field, and cracks appeared in the still air.
Then his energy surged.
Neo's eyes narrowed as he felt the shift.
"You learned my Loan and can already use it? No… you improved the efficiency of the technique."
He wasn't shocked.
In fact, he sounded almost impressed.
