The ten-meter-long phantom blade swung down fiercely, colliding with the sinner's stone spike, and in an instant, lightning flashed, the flames on the bronze pillar erupted, instantly burning the phantom blade into scattered starlight that vanished.
Seeing this, Nakano Yu was not surprised; his previous attack had only been an attempt to test Excalibur's power, and the phantom had merely been formed from the enormous cursed energy within his body.
After all, Excalibur's ability, "Oath and Victory," could only be activated at the pinnacle moment of the entire battle.
After shattering the phantom blade, Prometheus did not stop; instead, he activated all his power, spun the burning bronze pillar, and with a sudden release, the sinner's stone spike, wrapped in flames, shot toward Nakano Yu.
Facing Prometheus's relentless attack, Nakano Yu showed no panic; he activated a hurricane to swallow the sinner's stone spike, then instantly moved and appeared near Prometheus.
Since the sinner's stone spike was being dragged by the powerful wind, Nakano Yu was not worried that the spike would suddenly turn around and attack him.
As for raw strength, Nakano Yu also possessed the Bull of the Eastern God of War; purely in terms of strength, although he could not guarantee a certain victory against Prometheus, the Titan God, he was definitely not far behind.
That was also the reason why Nakano Yu dared to approach Prometheus.
"I am the strongest, the one who breaks through all obstacles!"
With a loud roar, the Word of Power of the Bull came out of Nakano Yu's mouth; the moment his voice fell, golden radiance appeared all over Nakano Yu's body, and a terrifying, indescribable power surged within him.
Slash!!!
With a furious roar, Nakano Yu once again mobilized his cursed energy; the blade of Excalibur shone with faint golden light, and the phantom of a giant sword appeared once more.
The moment the phantom appeared, Nakano Yu swung toward Prometheus's head without hesitation.
He knew that this attack absolutely would not kill Prometheus, but in battles against a Heretic God, every attack of Nakano Yu was aimed at slaying a God; even if there was only a trace of hope of killing the opponent, Nakano Yu would never give up!
"Hmph..." However, facing Nakano Yu's killing attack, Prometheus not only showed no intention of dodging, but even looked at the young man and the phantom giant sword with a mocking smile.
Seeing Prometheus like this, Nakano Yu's heart sank; he knew that his current attack had once again been foreseen by Prometheus, but so what?!
Fate is determined, but he is not!
Thinking this, Nakano Yu flipped his hand, and the golden sword, Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, appeared in his hand.
Without hesitation, Nakano Yu summoned the Twelve Shining Swords, and under his command, the Shining Swords all attacked Prometheus.
"Indeed, I already know everything about you!"
But how could this avoid Prometheus's Prophecy? He was the Titan God of Prophecy; even the God-King Zeus could not avoid his Prophecy, so how could Nakano Yu be an exception?!
Immediately, Prometheus flipped his hand, and the sinner's stone spike, which had been restrained by the hurricane, was directly pulled back by Prometheus through pure strength, charging toward Nakano Yu.
The burning bronze pillar was unbelievably fast, giving Nakano Yu no chance to react, and the heavy strike hit Nakano Yu.
Boom!!!
With an explosion, accompanied by the eruption of flames and the shattering of the twelve Shining Swords, Nakano Yu was directly blasted away by this strike.
Bang!!
The young man's body tumbled far across the sea, then sank into the ocean.
"The power of Prophecy is really useful." Pushing away the seawater with a powerful wind, Nakano Yu's somewhat disheveled figure surfaced.
At this moment, the young man's mouth was stained with blood, his upper clothes had been burned away, and tiny sparks were still flickering.
Prometheus's previous strike had not caused him too much damage; at the last moment, Nakano Yu had mobilized the Twelve Shining Swords to block in front of him, then turned Excalibur to strike the sinner's stone spike.
But even so, it had only neutralized fifty percent of the Titan God's power; under the impact of the remaining fifty percent and the explosion of divine fire, Nakano Yu was blown away.
Floating in the air, Nakano Yu's eyes shone with emerald green light, and he cleanly cut away the damage he had just suffered; after a moment of dizziness, the young man's body returned to its peak state.
However, the recovered Nakano Yu looked at Prometheus again, his expression becoming serious.
He had seriously underestimated Prometheus's strength; he had never intended to constantly drag the sinner's stone spike with a hurricane, nor had he expected the hurricane to completely control the sinner's stone spike.
But Nakano Yu had thought that even if he could not completely control it, controlling it for one second, or even half a second, should still be possible.
But... not even half a second, no, not even a quarter of a second, was restrained.
In reality, Nakano Yu's hurricane could restrain the sinner's stone spike; after all, it was a hurricane, with an unimaginably terrifying pulling force.
But unfortunately, Prometheus was a Titan God, and a Titan God who had already been prepared.
The moment Nakano Yu activated the Bull, Prometheus already knew all of Nakano Yu's next moves; he had already accumulated strength in his hand, and the moment Nakano Yu prepared an attack, he would quickly counterattack Nakano Yu with one hundred and twenty percent of his power and speed.
The facts also proved the success of Prometheus's actions; this strike had directly injured Nakano Yu.
"Don't lose focus, Campione!" At that moment, Prometheus's figure flashed, appearing above Nakano Yu; the Titan God spun the sinner's stone spike, and the flames traced a halo across the night sky.
Looking at Prometheus, Nakano Yu did not dare be careless; he dodged the moment Prometheus threw the sinner's stone spike. This time, Nakano Yu learned his lesson and did not approach Prometheus, instead keeping his distance.
But even so, Nakano Yu still could not avoid Prometheus's attack.
"I already knew!"
Prometheus roared, then, with a pull of the chain, the sinner's stone spike tied to the other end of the chain suddenly turned around, charging toward Nakano Yu from an inexplicable angle that defied physics.
Seeing this, the prepared Nakano Yu mobilized moonlight and powerful winds to form a shield in front of himself, tightly gripping his sword, cursed energy surging, and slashed toward Prometheus.
And Prometheus remained unmoving, not dodging; he swung his other hand, and the iron chain instantly extended, intertwining to form a shield in front of Prometheus.
"Boom!!!" The sinner's stone spike and Excalibur struck each other's defenses at the same time, and the sky full of fire exploded, illuminating the night sky.
However, neither the sinner's stone spike nor Excalibur managed to break through the opponent's defense, and the situation fell into a stalemate for a moment.
"Break for me!!!" Seeing this, veins bulged all over Nakano Yu's body, and with a furious roar, the Excalibur in his hand suddenly emitted dazzling light.
The light flashed and vanished, and then the blade of Excalibur suddenly expanded, transforming into a hundred-meter-long sword of light in a single breath.
"Justice! Show me the power you carry!"
Prometheus had already foreseen Excalibur's change, but he did not dodge; he could dodge, but he did not want to avoid that sword representing Kingdom and Hope. As a God of Prophecy, Prometheus had his own plans.
As Prometheus's words fell, Nakano Yu exerted force, and the defense formed by the iron chain instantly shattered, while the sword of light, without losing momentum, cut through Prometheus's enormous body.
"Buzz!!!" With the buzzing of the sword, Excalibur returned to its original form, and a diagonal bloody wound appeared on Prometheus's body.
"Bang!"
Prometheus took two steps backward, then his feet failed to find footing, and he heavily sank into the sea.
Even the flames on the sinner's stone spike completely disappeared due to Prometheus's severe injuries, and it too sank into the sea.
Everything looked as if it was over; Prometheus had been slain by Nakano Yu's attack, and Nakano Yu had won.
But was that really the case?
Nakano Yu did not think so; Prometheus was a Titan God with high attack and massive HP, and the burst of Excalibur's power earlier had definitely been within Prometheus's Prophecy. The fact that he had not dodged meant that single strike could not kill him.
Therefore, Nakano Yu was certain that Prometheus was not dead yet, and at the same time, Nakano Yu had crucial evidence!
That was the fact that his 'Gou System' still had not issued a notification!
Looking at the calm sea, Nakano Yu's expression darkened; something was wrong, Prometheus absolutely would not receive his strike for no reason.
A sense of unease arose in Nakano Yu's heart; to be safe, Nakano Yu rode a powerful wind high into the sky, trying to avoid the possibility of Prometheus ambushing him later.
While ensuring his own safety, Nakano Yu also summoned moonlight, transforming it into hundreds of moonlight spears; with a wave of his hand, the spears, like ten thousand fired arrows, flew toward the place where Prometheus had fallen earlier.
However, the moment the moonlight spears touched the calm sea surface, all the moonlight spears seemed to hit something unimaginably hard, like steel, and shattered into scattered moon dust.
Seeing this scene, the bad feeling in Nakano Yu's heart grew even stronger.
But... he could not remember Prometheus having any connection to the sea; he was the Titan God who stole fire! How could he possibly be connected to the sea...?
Wait?! The sea?!!
Suddenly, Nakano Yu realized something.
Indeed, Prometheus had no connection to the sea, but Nakano Yu had overlooked one thing, and that was Prometheus's mother—Clymene.
Clymene was the Goddess of glory, but also an Ocean Goddess among the second generation Titan Gods!
However... Nakano Yu did not know what kind of help the sea could provide to Prometheus; because of Prometheus's Prophecy, Nakano Yu now did not dare to act rashly; he knew that every one of his moves had already been foreseen by Prometheus.
At that moment, a small whirlpool suddenly appeared on the sea.
The whirlpool grew larger and larger, and in the next second, an enormous pillar of water erupted.
The pillar of water shot straight into the sky, as if... challenging the authority of the heavens!
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