Chapter 518

As the 54th cycle neared its end, Rudeus, who had become childhood sweethearts with Sara, had relations with the girl earlier than in the previous cycle.

In February of the year 421, he successfully advanced his parents' generation at home, giving birth to a cute baby girl.

In March, Dragon God Orsted arrived, and Broly prepared to go to Dragon Roar Mountain to spar with him as usual, while the wives at home said they wanted to go watch together.

They prepared tea and snacks, treating the duel between their husband and the Dragon God before the cycle's time rewind as an outing for spring outing.

It was mainly to cheer Broly on; fortunately, Orsted never cared about such trivial matters between men and women, otherwise he would surely suffer spiritual damage before the fight even began.

"Rudy, are you going to watch together this time?"

Before leaving, Broly and the others came to ask Rudeus, and received the boy's answer of shaking his head.

"No, I want to stay home with Sara and my daughter."

"Alright, then what about you, Norn?"

"I want to stay home too."

In this cycle, no one in the Greyrat Family planned to go watch the fight; only Broly's family and Orsted went to Dragon Roar Mountain.

"Broly-brother, do your best~"

Arriving at Dragon Roar Mountain, which was covered in snow year-round, after laying down warming carpets and sitting on them, Roxy and the others cheered Broly on.

And since it was a pure contest of technique, not a comparison of ability values, Broly still had the risk of losing.

Although up to now, his battles with the Dragon God had maintained a perfect record.

"Fine."

Broly agreed with a sound, then looked at Orsted opposite him and reminded him.

"In this cycle, I've mastered a new trick, so you'd better be careful."

"Likewise."

Orsted removed his white outer robe, his left hand loosely clenched into a fist held before his eyes, his right hand a solid fist hidden at his side, assuming a fighting stance.

Just as this routine battle every cycle was about to begin, a red dot suddenly appeared in the sky above Dragon Roar Mountain; the red dot expanded into a sphere, and the sphere rapidly swelled.

With a boom, it suddenly fell, landing exactly between Broly and Orsted standing opposite each other, causing the two facing off and Roxy and the others not far away to all subconsciously look over.

"Teleportation magic?"

The red sphere did not disperse; complex magic circle patterns appeared at its upper and lower ends, some of which looked very similar to patterns used in teleportation magic.

This sudden change caused Broly and Orsted's cycle battle to pause temporarily—about ten or so seconds—and the red sphere of magic power began to melt away.

When the sphere completely disappeared, five figures appeared on the spot.

Among the five figures who appeared, four wore white masks on their faces and their bodies were completely wrapped in black cloaks, not revealing an inch of skin.

The last person wore a full suit of black gravity armor, equipped with two greatswords at his waist and sides, with top-grade magic crystals embedded in the sword blades, standing at the very back.

"Looks like we teleported to the right place this time."

The black-robed masked man, shortest in stature but seemingly the leader, swept his gaze over Broly, Orsted, and Roxy and the others not far away, then said a sentence; his voice sounded somewhat muffled, likely because of the mask.

"You people aren't mistakenly teleported to this side of Dragon Roar Mountain, are you?"

The five who appeared had their auras restrained to an abnormal degree; if not for their gazes being able to capture their presence, Broly would almost have thought there was no life there.

"Rude of me; allow this humble one to introduce himself. This humble one is known by the nickname 'Evil God,' and like you, also comes from an otherworld outside the Six-Faced World."

"At the same time, I am an Apostle of the Human God, the strongest kind; whether past, present, or future, there should be no other Human God Apostle who can match me."

The mysterious man who called himself Evil God politely introduced himself.

It was just that the term Human God Apostle had not appeared in Broly's ears for a long time, except for when Ariel discussed this term once in the previous cycle.

"Then, you, this Human God Apostle, appearing before us—what are you preparing to do? Surely not just to send yourself to death?"

Orsted asked; he had already regarded the Human God as the Death God. Although he would no longer specifically target the Human God in cycles where he could not reach the year 500 of the Jia Long calendar, if a Human God Apostle who didn't value his life dared to appear before him, the Dragon God wouldn't mind casually killing him.

"Send to death—putting it that way isn't wrong, but it's not me sending myself to death; it's me sending the two of you to death."

Evil God politely answered Orsted's question, and while saying this, the other party didn't show any hostility or killing intent at all.

"Just you, this guy?"

Although Orsted felt this guy who called himself Evil God was quite extraordinary, he was even more confident in his own strength.

At least within the Six-Faced World, besides the over-spec Broly, he had confidence fighting any opponent, even if this existence before him who called himself Evil God might be a god from another world, an outside-world aid summoned by the Human God.

"Don't think I can do this kind of thing? It's fine; I'll prove it to you now."

The petite Evil God raised his gloved hand and raised a forefinger toward the Dragon God.

"To kill you, I only need one move." He said, then asked, "Dragon God Orsted, are you ready to welcome your own death?"

As the words fell, Broly's pupils shrank; Evil God's figure had already disappeared, at a speed Broly hadn't even seen clearly.

Broly hurriedly looked toward Orsted's direction, only to see the vanished Evil God already standing before him, his gloved palm pressed against Orsted's abdomen.

And the Dragon God, who should be the second strongest in this world, hadn't reacted at all; his whole body was blasted away like a cannonball, smashing into the mountain body of distant Dragon Roar Mountain, his aura disappearing without a trace in an instant, as if dead.

But, how could this be possible?

"Isn't it strange? Why did Dragon God Orsted die, yet the time of this world not rewind?"

Evil God seemed to know what he was thinking, asked, then answered himself: "This is only natural, because we have already cracked the time rewind magic the First Dragon God inscribed in his own son's body."

"The Dragon God I killed is dead and gone; there's no such thing as time rewind. And you, a Saiyan from another world—your life has also begun its final countdown!"

"Finger Blade!"

The ground where Broly had been standing suddenly collapsed; he directly flashed to appear before Evil God, his right hand forming a claw, light of the Light Blade shining at his fingertips, and he clawed at the masked man before him.

"Deflect~"

To this, Evil God merely raised his hand, causing the space before him to twist, and Broly's right claw was as if twisted aside by an invisible force.

The attack missed completely, and the missing Finger Blade, its momentum undiminished, actually cut through the ground beside them like slicing tofu, plowing a terrifying gully in the ground.

"And the reason I dare say this is because I know you even better than you imagine; I know all your various abilities and tricks."

Evil God's body seemed to be pulled by an invisible force, easily dodging Broly's continuous attacks; and as he dodged, his figure suddenly vanished, only his voice continued to sound beside Broly.

By the time Broly noticed him again, the man had already arrived at his flank, his palm pressed against Broly's waist and abdomen.

"Repulsion Bullet."

This time Broly saw clearly — a small black sphere appeared at the tip of the Strange God's palm, and bizarre power poured forth from the sphere's surface toward the spot pinned beneath his hand, a terrifyingly potent force.

Broly gathered his Ki, attempting to oppose this power, only to discover with shock that the rate at which this force increased was actually faster than his own Ki-gathering speed.

In the next instant, the world before his eyes dissolved into countless streaks, flowing past at blinding speed.

Broly knew full well this was the afterimage left on his retina by the surrounding scenery streaking past during high-speed flight.

To outsiders, however, it looked like the Strange God effortlessly dodged Broly's ferocious assault, then suddenly vanished and instantly reappeared at the Saiyan boy's side; with a casual press against the boy's flank, the Saiyan boy was blown away, vanishing toward the sky horizon like a meteor in the blink of an eye.

"Broly!"

Such a turn of events caught Roxy and the others off guard; Elise instinctively shouted toward the direction Broly had disappeared.

"This place is yours to handle; I'll go deal with that guy."

The Strange God merely glanced at Roxy and the others, who were falling into some panic, then addressed the other four who had come here with him.

"No problem, go ahead with peace of mind, but remember to be careful."

One of the other three, cloaked in black robes and wearing masks, spoke in a female voice, instructing him with a single sentence.

"Mm, I will."

The Strange God nodded in reply, then floated up into the sky, extending one hand forward and one backward, condensing a black sphere in front and behind himself respectively.

The front one generated gravity, the rear one generated repulsion, and at extreme speed he pursued the direction in which he had blasted the Saiyan boy.

"It's our turn to move. I'll handle Elise and Ghislaine; the rest are yours."

The Black Knight drew the two greatswords at his waist and strode forward with large steps.

"Mm."

The two figures behind nodded in response, and staves materialized in their hands out of thin air.

"I'm not joining. My frontal combat ability is no good, so I'll stay to the side keeping the few non-combatants occupied."

The figure trailing at the rear, also draped in a black robe, spoke.

"Big Sister Elise, those guys are attacking!"

Aisha grew somewhat panicked.

"Non-combatants fall back, everyone else engage!"

Elise shouted loudly, drawing the sword she carried at her waist.

Meanwhile Roxy and Sylphy had already readied the spare staves stored in the Crystal Palace, battle-ready.

Ever since the first Shift incident in the 40th loop, they had made a habit of storing staves in the Crystal Palace in subsequent loops, and this time it came in handy.

Conversely, Nanahoshi Shizuka had no habit of storing items; before coming to Dragon Roar Mountain she never expected to encounter battle, and brought nothing.

"Shizuka, you and Aisha take Ariel to the rear."

As Roxy spoke, she cast Swamp Spell on the ground along the path of the diving black-armored swordsman.

But before the Swamp Spell could take effect, the other side covered the swamp terrain with ice magic, letting their comrades charge easily through the Swamp Spell's area of effect and reach Elise and Ghislaine directly.

In a single exchange, Elise — already a Sword King — was sent flying, sword and all: "Such monstrous strength!"

"Your opponent is me."

Sylphy tried to help, but a wind blade shot over from the distance.

Swordsman versus swordsman, mage versus mage — the battle commenced directly.

"Big Sister Nanahoshi, you stay here and protect Big Sister Ariel; I'll go help."

Little Aisha shed her cumbersome maid dress, just as she was about to join the fight.

Bang! A rock cannon shell slammed into the ground right before her.

"I advise you, little brat, to stay put obediently."

The remaining black-robed masked figure who had not entered combat now raised a hand toward this side, forcibly restraining the three here whose strength was not great.

On the other side — precisely, above the Red Dragon Jaw — Broly was blasted a very long distance before he managed to stop.

Just as he flew back, a stone pillar suddenly shot toward him.

Boom — it struck him head-on, smashing him into the mountain range of the Red Dragon Jaw.

"Strange God!"

The massive stone pillar shattered upon landing, and Broly's whole body surged with powerful Ki as he looked up at the black-robed masked figure who had also arrived in the sky.

"The life countdown continues. Let us begin round two; let me see how long you can last in my hands."

As the Strange God spoke, a large number of massive stone pillars manifested around him; the moment his words fell, the pillars smashed toward Broly on the ground as if they cost nothing.

Broly swung hand knives, the released Sword Qi slicing the incoming stone pillars to pieces, but the Strange God — whose presence he could not sense at all — suddenly appeared behind a stone pillar, clutching a black sphere, and smashed it straight at Broly's face.

Broly, though unable to sense the man's Ki, had rich combat experience that kept him prepared for a sudden enemy sneak attack whenever vision was obstructed and Ki Sense failed.

The instant the Strange God brought that bizarre black sphere down, Broly's right hand also stiffened straight, braced for the strange force's influence, and thrust directly at the opponent's chest.

However, the strange force did not manifest; instead the Strange God's body was suddenly yanked upward, flipping abruptly from head-up feet-down to head-down feet-up, evading Broly's piercing strike, while the black sphere in his hand smashed into the other forearm Broly had raised to block.

Broly was blown away again, but this time he was smashed straight into the ground, collapsing a portion of the Red Dragon Jaw mountain range below.

"This is gravity magic?!"

Experiencing the bizarre black sphere's attack once more, Broly had already reacted.

"Correct."

The Strange God floated in midair, seemingly unconcerned with the Saiyan below, who was currently using healing magic to treat his injured arm.

"As a reward, I'll tell you one more good thing."

"What?"

"I will. Not just gravity magic, but other types of magic as well."

As the words fell, a bolt of purple lightning struck straight down upon him.

The speed was so fast that even Broly couldn't react in time, and was struck directly.

Immediately after came flames, frost, storm...

The Strange God released numerous magics like a true Magic God.

And the power level these magics could reach was not something that could be described merely as God Rank in the Six-Faced World.

Yet they were able to achieve a breakdown against Broly, whose Qi was continuously rising, and actually harm the Saiyan.

Broly held nothing back, fighting with all his might, but was firmly suppressed by this mysterious Strange God.

"Foresight Eye."

Knocked down to the ground again, Broly was already covered in wounds, his body bearing injuries from various different magics, and he spoke in a low voice.

"Realized it? That's right, I possess the Foresight Eye, so I can precisely predict your every move.

Whether it's power or technique, I am above you. Now, have you felt despair yet?"

Broly's hands were hidden behind his back, pressing downward. The Strange God didn't move at all.

"Rumble rumble rumble~"

The energy bullets Broly had fired earlier but missed, at this moment silently smashed down from above, directly sneak attacking the Strange God in the sky.

But as if following the law of 'smoke but no damage', when the smoke and dust from the bombardment cleared, what was revealed was the opponent completely unscathed.

"Do you know why I didn't dodge? Because your little tricks can't even pierce the repulsion field existing around my body."

"Stop lying. You clearly didn't detect it."

"Fine, I admit I indeed didn't detect this move. But what use is it? Can you deal any damage to me?"

Broly fell somewhat silent. The guy floating in the sky was the strongest he had ever seen, bar none.

Just the powerful repulsion existing around the opponent meant only a few of his methods could pierce through.

Either close combat using Sword Qi to pierce through, or condense more Qi to manufacture stronger energy bullets to bombard.

But the former — the opponent's close combat ability wasn't weaker than his. The latter was even more easily discovered, and with the opponent's speed, casually releasing a magic could detonate the energy bullets in advance.

【What to do?】

Besides continuing to erupt with power and fight the Strange God, Broly seemed to have no other way.

"Heavy Pressure Domain!"

And unsurprisingly, the Saiyan boy suppressed in all aspects soon fell.

The 3,000-times Heavy Pressure Domain caused all creatures in the entire Red Dragon Jaw mountain range to go extinct.

And Broly, lying at the very center of the collapsed position, bore a terrifying gravity that nearly crushed his body to paste.

"Is this your limit? It shouldn't be, right? If you don't explode your body's potential soon, you'll be killed by me."

The Strange God floated in the air, bit by bit strengthening the gravity magic's effect, like a verbose villain waiting for the protagonist to explode with potential to bring himself more amusement.

"Or does death not make you explode potential, and you need even greater stimulation?"

Broly's consciousness neared unconsciousness amid his body's intense pain, and the sounds his ears could hear were also blurry.

But as a healing magic fell, his ears' injuries were recovered, letting him hear the Strange God's words above.

"Hurry up and explode your potential. If you keep dragging it out, your family will be killed off by my subordinates."

He struggled to raise his head and look at the sky. The Strange God in the sky pulled out a water screen. Some magic principle in the water screen reflected the events happening over at Dragon Roar Mountain.

The Black Armor Swordsman sealed Alice in ice with one Frost Slash. Ghislaine attacked him madly for it, but was forced back by the flaming Magic Sword in his hand.

Roxy and Sylphy were at a disadvantage in the magic exchange, now barely able to defend one-sidedly against the magic bombardment of the other two Black Robes, looking extremely precarious.

"Right now, one of your family is already dead. More will die next. You don't have much time left."

The Strange God finished speaking, then discovered the Saiyan boy below had his aura drop.

"Hmm, only this far?"

Just as he thought this, an extremely intense aura instantly surged up from within the Heavy Pressure Domain below, as if the aura drop just now was merely the sea's retreat before a tsunami.

"That's right, exactly like this."

In the Heavy Pressure Domain, Broly had already stood up again, only his eyes completely rolled white, terrifying energy overflowing from his whole body.

And at this moment his hair turned from pure black to golden yellow. If Rudeus were here, he would recognize this as the Super Saiyan state.

"Very good. Let me witness your power. Ten Thousand Times Heavy Pressure!"

The ground instantly sank further, but a golden figure pierced straight up through this Heavy Pressure Domain, rushing straight at the Strange God in the sky.

"Crack~"

With just one punch, the Strange God's repulsion field was shattered to pieces. But the scene of the villain being finished off by the powered-up protagonist, as imagined, did not happen.

On the contrary, Broly in Super Saiyan state was kicked flying by the Strange God with one kick. The opponent was strong — turns out he didn't just have magic, but physical strength too.

"Wrong. Super Saiyan power shouldn't be this weak..."

The Strange God and Broly fought fiercely, but as they fought he detected an abnormality.

The Broly in Super Saiyan state before him was too weak, only two or three times his original strength at most. Weak to the point of being practically fake.

"Bang~"

The Strange God's fist pierced through the chest of Broly attacking again. But the fatally wounded Saiyan boy didn't spurt blood — instead he turned into a puddle of water.

"Water Elemental, mimicry and Qi, manufactured a water clone?"

The Strange God began searching.

The fake Broly had been dealt with by him. So where was the real Broly?

Very quickly, he found him. Or rather, no need to search anymore.

"Impressive. Actually recovered consciousness after entering Super Saiyan, and devised this feint tactic to buy time for his true killing move?"

The Alien God praised loudly.

On the ground in the distance, Broly had already condensed a dark green Compressed Energy Bullet into shape.

After the Water Clone was taken out, he immediately fired it toward This Side.

Almost at the moment the Alien God found him, the Compressed Energy Bullet also bombarded to the front of the Alien God, leaving it with no way to dodge.

And facing the Super Saiyan's all-out strike, the Alien God only managed to make a parry pose with both hands forward.

Then, the Whole Person was submerged by the terrifying energy flow.

"Snap..."

After bombarding out the Compressed Energy Bullet, Broly knelt down, his hair color changing from golden yellow back to black; his Body had been exploited to the Limit in this battle.

"Not Work, still cannot fall down, must go to Dragon Roar Mountain That Side."

Broly climbed up, just as he squeezed his Body again to eke out a bit of Qi, preparing to fly back to Dragon Roar Mountain, the sound ringing out behind him made his Body completely stiffen.

"I'm not dead yet, where are you going?"

Behind the boy stood a boy with golden yellow hair, the other party's whole body Tattered, but one can See Through it is the Alien God's Uniform from before.

And behind the other party's Butt, also swayed a Tail identical to Broly's, even the other party's face had no Difference from Broly.

"Very shocked by my Look Like?"

"Question Identity, a special individual made by similar Mirror Magic Manufacture, or the me seized by Human God in the future?"