The Fusion Reaction Beam pierced through, severing several of the Giant Octopus's tentacles before detonating at the center of the battlefield. Their protective and deflecting Authority shattered like paper, and the scorching shockwave swept through them without resistance. Temperatures surged past a million degrees, cracking flesh and softening armor as the crab's shell glowed red and carbonized, while the dinosaur howled in flame.
The Giant Octopus suffered worst, its vast body burned and charred, even giving off a smell as the white-hot blast continued to swell. By the time the energy faded, darkness had descended on the center of the fight. Three pairs of blood-red eyes opened as Belial stepped forward, sniffed the air of Void, and nodded in satisfaction.
"Smells decent," he said. His massive jaws opened wide, black mist spreading wings no smaller than the others, drool dripping with hunger. "Now let's see how it tastes."
A sudden roar and a muffled cry rang out as something launched a sneak attack and jumped straight into the middle of the three. Acting with extreme arrogance, Gorolion reacted first and opened its mouth, preparing to unleash a roar filled with black waves. It clearly meant to crush the intruder head on.
Ganymede refused to fall behind, swinging its claws while releasing vast amounts of dreamlike bubbles that could melt almost anything. Their two Divine Kingdom nearly slammed into each other, both of them pushing their power toward the Belial standing in the center. Neither showed the slightest hesitation in pressing down on him.
Light vanished as Rift split open everywhere, revealing blackened land that smoked as it cracked. Ruined worlds sealed inside bubbles came crashing toward Belial from all sides. Everything converged on that single point.
Standing at the boundary where the two Divine Kingdom overlapped, Belial was hit by immense pressure. The Authority of both sides tore at his body at the same time, trying to pull him apart. Anyone who dared jump out to fight three at once was clearly not something simple, so going all out was only natural.
This was supposed to be a hot blooded combined attack, but the result was very different. A massive fist wrapped in scorching energy and flashing with lightning slammed into Gorolion's face with a thunderous impact. The shockwave spread outward in rings, blowing everything back.
A powerful Space Blast Punch sent its hundreds of millions of tons of mass flying across its own Divine Kingdom. A deep trench was carved into the land as it was thrown away, its head ringing in complete confusion. It barely understood what had just happened.
At the same time, a glowing Crystal tail tipped with a sharp spear whipped around like a spinning top. It smashed into Ganymede and flung it away, sending its entire body spinning through its own Divine Kingdom and crushing countless stranded wrecks and ruins. The impact echoed again and again.
Countless bubbles rose up, rolled, and burst as they were torn apart by Rend. Faint cries and shrieks leaked out from within them, while cracks and glowing burn lines appeared on Ganymede's shell after being blasted away by Crystalline Detonation Tail Spear. The damage spread fast and deep.
Both Crimson God were completely stunned. Their defenses felt like paper, pierced with ease and offering no real protection at all. For a moment, they even wondered if this was some kind of illusion.
Belial shattered that fantasy without mercy, stepping forward with heavy strides and a savage grin. He spat disdainfully and closed the distance bit by bit. His contempt was clear in both posture and expression.
"Clueless trash," he snarled. "Two small fry daring to attack the Lord like me. Where did you get the nerve?" Even at only forty or fifty percent of his former strength, he was more than enough to pin them down and beat them senseless.
Gorolion looked like the better target, and it was also the more famous one, so he stepped first into Gorolion's Divine Kingdom. The moment his foot touched the ground, Crystal ecology began spreading again. The land responded to his presence.
Recovering and sensing its territory under threat, Gorolion roared and forced itself upright. It glared at Belial, who was nearly twice its size, then pushed off with its hind legs and charged. Rage drowned out its fear.
Black light wrapped its entire body, seeping even between its scales with destructive intent. The power was so violent that even its own Divine Kingdom could not endure it, splitting open with blockbuster black lines. Destruction poured outward without restraint.
It opened its mouth and fired a black roar that condensed into a Light Cannon, then followed with claws, fangs, and tail in a relentless assault. Belial was hit head on, the attacks splashing across his face and body. He did not dodge at all.
He endured the corrosive black glow grinding against his scales and smashed forward with a headbutt. The impact left Gorolion reeling, its senses thrown into chaos. The exchange was brutally direct.
Raising his right fist, Belial drove another Space Blast Punch straight down at its head. The upper and lower jaws were slammed together and forced into the ground. The destructive light detonated inside its mouth.
The explosion did not just injure its mouth but erased tens of thousands of miles of land beneath it. Gorolion never imagined someone would fight this way, refusing to evade and simply trading blows head on. The shock left it completely unprepared.
As Belial prepared to finish it, dreamlike bubbles suddenly flooded in from behind. Turning his head, he saw Ganymede spraying those strange bubbles again. They filled the space with unsettling colors.
From his earlier observation, those bubbles could absorb mass far beyond their apparent volume, like miniature black holes. What happened inside them was unclear, but Belial had no interest in finding out up close. Caution did not mean hesitation.
"Clueless trash, internal radiation," he said coldly. Brilliant light flared along the spines on his back as a shockwave like Spiral Heat Ray, mixed with electromagnetic force, blasted out. The bubbles were shattered into Shard instantly.
Ganymede froze in disbelief. Those bubbles should not have been countered by something as simple as High-Temperature Heat Ray combined with an electromagnetic field. If it were that easy, it would have died long ago.
Before it could think further, searing pain tore through its body. The tail spear formed from Belial's Crystals pierced straight through a previously wounded spot and sank even deeper, sprouting thornlike barbs inside. The pain was immediate and overwhelming.
With a violent pull, Belial dragged Ganymede toward himself, forcing its Divine Kingdom to move as well. Black devastated land collided with the bubble-wrapped unknown world, and the clash of different powers and rules triggered even more chaotic effects. Dreamlike colors bloomed near the boundary.
Crystal corrosion spread to both sides without resistance, accelerating rapidly. Ganymede tried to cut the tail with its claws, but it was slammed away and thrown down. A Spiral Heat Ray then blasted near Gorolion, leaving the two stunned beings staring at each other in disbelief.
Before anything else could happen, a welcoming spiral Fusion Reaction Beam slammed into Gorolion. Ganymede was caught in it as well, and both were blasted away together. A massive fireball lit up the battlefield once more.
The two Crimson God screamed again in pain. Belial was about to follow up with Heat Ray when several barbed tentacles filled with teeth and claws lunged at him from behind. It was a sneak attack from a lurking enemy.
With a flap of his wings, he controlled gravity and moved himself away. It was not fear that drove him back, but disgust. He could accept grilled squid, but not living tentacles crawling on his body.
"What are you staring at, you are coming too, do not think you can run," he said sharply. Ecological Crystal Domain spread into the ruined deep sea temple of the attacker. Even if it fled, failing to remove Ecological Corrosion would still expose its location.
At this point, escape was no longer a real option. It knew that facing Belial alone meant certain death. The only reason three of them were still alive was because they kept jumping in one after another and blocking blows.
Running would only lead to being hunted down one by one. The only chance was a shameless three on one fight, or at least turning the battlefield into chaos to find an opening. Without words, Gorolion and Ganymede understood this after their beating.
They recovered quickly and formed a triangular formation around Belial. He glanced around once, calm and unbothered. His confidence did not waver at all.
"Oh, a group fight," he said casually. "That is fine, come at me." He had seen worse, even Godzilla had been swarmed by lesser monsters before.
In the past, he could have answered this by pulling out ecological Clone and overwhelming them instead. Back then, he was the one who excelled at group fights. Now his strength was divided, and his progress in eroding multiple domains was not enough.
Most of his power and Clone were still outside conducting guerrilla actions. Still, he had another option. He silently ignited himself.
Using molecular acceleration, his body temperature surged. Lava-like light seeped from between his scales as energy was driven into an overclocked state. His entire body entered a burning mode.