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Hearing this, Ryan's expression shifted slightly. After trying it out, he found that he really couldn't use Ghost Woman's molecular-level intangibility ability anymore.
That meant he wouldn't be able to phase in the upcoming battle!
"We have always been fair, so the Yemiya program is not just targeting you, it also targets me, I will no longer be able to use the 'intangibility' ability in the upcoming battle with you..."
Arishem the Judge's tone was calm, as if he were an impartial referee rather than a contestant currently fighting an enemy.
This actually made Ryan admire him a bit.
Although the Celestials always liked making rules that nobody liked, one had to admit that they truly followed the rules themselves and extended this 'fairness' to everyone.
Including themselves.
In Ryan's view, this behavior was simply...
"Stupid!"
Ryan didn't feel grateful at all. Instead, he felt that Arishem the Judge had too much time on his hands.
Just like that brain-dead Peter in the Sacred Timeline, a simple incident that could have been resolved with an Obliviate was forcibly turned into a Multiverse incident because of his own idiot operations!
If he didn't slaughter a few more Gods today, he wouldn't be doing justice to Arishem the Judge's generosity!
Ryan grinned. "Since nobody can cheat with damage immunity anymore, let's hack and slash for real and see who has more health!"
As his words fell, Ryan raised the all-black the necrosword in his hand. The power ring on his right arm began injecting infinite destructive power into the all-black the necrosword, and he slashed towards Arishem the Judge with a single sword stroke.
But before this sword strike could land on Arishem the Judge, Ryan's Spider-Sense was frantically sounding alarms behind him!
This forced Ryan to switch his offense to defense, blocking the attack coming from behind him!
Boom!!!
A purple spiked club struck, crashing into Ryan's all-black the necrosword, instantly sending Ryan flying away like a baseball!
The one who struck was a purple giant whose size was no less than the Eradicator's!
Ryan smashed through several Planets along the way before finally stopping.
Glancing at the slightly trembling all-black the necrosword in his hand, then looking at the five giants standing together, the smile on Ryan's lips widened. "Did you finally fail to hold back and resort to your habitual shameless gang-up tactic of ganging up when you can't win alone?"
Arishem the Judge said calmly, "The Celestials only care about the result, not the process. We are enforcers, not duelists. Everything we do is solely for..."
"Shut up!"
Ryan impatiently interrupted Arishem the Judge, "From the very beginning, you've been yapping endlessly. It's really annoying!"
"If you want to gang up, let's gang up. Let's make it snappy and end this boring fight quickly, OK?"
Arishem the Judge was silent for a fraction of a second, then raised his hand. "As you wish..."
A dot of orange light bloomed from Arishem the Judge's hand within the pitch-black Universe.
In less than 0.1 seconds, that point of light expanded to the size of a Sun!
"I can create the Sun that Earth life depends on for survival, and I can also create the Sun that destroys Earth life..."
Arishem the Judge aimed the Sun in his hand at Ryan, blasting it toward Ryan like a Tailed Beast Ball!
"A Sun that destroys Earth is far from enough to destroy me!"
Ryan's gaze turned cold. Instead of retreating, he advanced, transforming into a streak of silver light that cut through the starry sky as he slashed down with the all-black the necrosword!
A linear red light flashed across the orange Sun!
The next moment, the Sun split open!
With a single sword strike, Ryan split the Sun, bursting out from within it. His sword light was like lightning, continuing to slash toward Arishem the Judge!
But just as the all-black the necrosword was about to touch Arishem the Judge's head, the familiar weightlessness washed over him, and he was teleported away by the blue giant once again!
But...
A Saint Seiya won't keep getting beaten by the same move!
Neither will the Monarch Spider!
Swish!
Ryan wasn't surprised at all about being teleported away. Instead, without the slightest hesitation, he fiercely slashed the all-black the necrosword beam amplified by the Power Stone toward the blue giant!
The blue giant's reaction wasn't slow either. It immediately raised its hand, a blue flash in its palm instantly teleporting that lethal sword beam away just like Ryan himself.
But...
Because its attention was focused on the sword beam for that moment, it failed to notice that Ryan's figure was already gone from the spot where he had originally been!
"For objects and attacks of the same tier, you can only unconditionally teleport one at a time, right!"
An ice-cold voice came from behind the blue giant's neck.
It turned out that Ryan was holding the all-black the necrosword high, aiming straight at the blue giant's neck!
The blue giant sensed the danger, but it was already too late to turn around and use spatial shifting on Ryan.
Danger!
But as a group, the Celestials naturally couldn't just stand by and watch a teammate be in danger!
Therefore, at the same time Ryan moved behind the blue giant, a purple giant also silently appeared behind Ryan, swinging a massive spiked club capable of shattering a Planet with a single blow toward Ryan!
Right now, Ryan seemingly had two choices.
Either slash off the blue giant's head with one sword and then get hit by the purple giant, a trade of one for one.
Or, give up attacking the blue giant and instead block or dodge the purple giant's attack.
But there was another possibility...
That was, Ryan's target from the very beginning was never Arishem the Judge, nor was it the blue giant; rather, it was precisely the purple giant attacking from behind!
Pchhh——————
The purple spiked club stopped halfway through its swing, because faster than the purple giant's club was Ryan's backhand-stabbing all-black the necrosword!
The moment the purple giant appeared, Ryan stabbed backward with that single sword strike, causing the Symbiote sword to instantly extend and burst forth, piercing straight through the brain of the purple giant behind him in one go!
Swish————
As Ryan upwardly slashed with his sword, the purple giant's head, pierced by the all-black the necrosword, was directly split into two halves, revealing the semi-mechanical, semi-biological structure inside!
The purple giant representing power was dead!
It had been caught off guard and slain by that single sword strike of Ryan's, which outwardly looked like an attack on Arishem the Judge, seemingly targeted at the green giant, but actually intended to kill the purple giant!
Not to mention the other members of the Celestials, even Arishem the Judge didn't react in time!
Ryan grinned, pointing his sword at Arishem the Judge. "You Celestials' thinking and tactics are really not ordinary levels of easy to guess!"
"Seemingly complementary abilities and teamwork, but actually a single-minded tactic where each member fixedly assists one person!"
"Among you five, that blue guy is responsible for assisting you, the purple guy is responsible for assisting the blue guy, and another of the remaining two assists the purple guy, sequentially forming a seemingly perfect mutual support chain, am I guessing right?"
Following Ryan's words, the remaining four giants opposite him all fell silent.
Previously, the Eradicator's death could still be attributed to the Celestials giving Ryan a fair dueling chance, which allowed Ryan—just like Odin—to slay a God, purely due to a combination of a bit of strength and luck.
But now, during their gang-up fight, Ryan easily figured out the logic of their mutual assistance through a brief clash and once again effortlessly killed a God right in front of them. This had zero relation to luck; this was pure strength combined with a high battle IQ!
"We underestimated you. Not only are you stronger than Odin back then, but you are also even more unpredictable and difficult to deal with. Your level of threat even reminds us of Knull before the birth of the Universe..."
Arishem the Judge's voice remained calm, but it lost a fraction of its ease and gained a fraction of heaviness.
Facing the praise, Ryan wore a look of disdain, an insolent smile rising on his face. "Usually, the things I deal with are just trash; I can't even be bothered to think, brute force working wonders is the end of it. Today, I finally managed to run into something challenging, you guys don't just have this little bit of capability, right?"
"If this is all the extent of your abilities, then I'm afraid today's crop isn't quite enough for me to hack through!"
"So can you get me some Brazilian chicks!"
Facing Ryan's arrogance, Arishem the Judge raised his hand and said calmly, "Very well."
But this time, he wasn't creating a Sun to attack Ryan.
Instead...
Hum———
Hum——— Hum———
Hum——— Hum——— Hum———
...
Black holes of different colors appeared.
Members of the Celestials of various colors appeared within this Universe.
Until these Gods densely covered this starry sky, a rough count showing at least over a thousand of them.