Chapter 1006: Give Me!

Michael found himself fighting more recklessly as time went on. He is at the top of the game, knowing how nobody in the Supreme Human Alliance could easily stop him at this point. Michael could kill whoever he wanted to see dead and devour planets as he pleased. Nobody stopped him. His Divinities were growing quickly, but while that was great, not everything about it was good. His Divinities pulled more attention to him, and it came as no surprise when stronger Demi Gods in pairs or even larger groups appeared to fight him.

The Supreme Human Alliance wanted to see him dead, and they were willing to weaken their defenses to hunt him down and end their misery once and for all. But the forces weren't enough. Michael's Divinities, Soultraits, and curse power were too potent and lethal. The Demi Gods inflicted severe wounds to Michael, but most wounds were inflicted intentionally. Michael would allow the Demi Gods to injure him and have them feel like they were about to win in one of the next few moves, only to retaliate with full power and counterattack when their excitement overwhelmed their guard and vigilance. The tactic might have been dangerous, but Nature Heart and River of Vigor did an extraordinary job protecting Michael. No matter how severe the wounds were, River of Vigor's supreme healing serum would mend him quickly. The Nature Heart further augmented his regeneration while ensuring his organs would be quickly pushed back to their peak state.

However, Michael's high time was never supposed to last forever. He should have been more careful and used Slipstream more often to travel to new locations all over the Supreme Human Alliance's outer regions. But Michael didn't do that. He was too confident nobody in the Supreme Human Alliance could kill him that his teleportations through the SHA's territory turned into something others could predict. There was a pattern in his movements, and he was found out.

One day, Michael teleported to the inner region of the Supreme Human Alliance alone to wreak havoc with a bunch of Divine Lifeforms and possibly destroy another Divine Academy with a few quick and deadly attacks, but he was already awaited. To be precise, someone stepped out of a large bridge when Michael appeared from Slipstream.

The man was also alone and had long golden hair, bright ruby eyes, and a perfectly lean physique. His skin had been tanned in the sun for a long time, but there was more to it. Michael felt odd about what True Vision saw in his skin. Something merged into his skin.

[That's Essence. This guy is a God. No, not really. He was a God, but only for a short period, and must have pulled his Divinity apart. He still feels like a proper God, but if you look at his Divinity, you can see that God pulled parts of his Divinity apart.] Fenrir explained as they inspected the God through Michael's Eyes.

They could see a lot with Seer and True Vision active at full power. The God's Divinity looked like a molten ball that had been cut open and pulled apart. It looked like an ugly flower made in a child's metalcraft workshop. Though, despite being ugly beyond recognition, the Divinity was powerful. It was large and must have been nourished for decades.

"So... you are the kid with multiple God Curses? How about you give me Jormungandr's Power Authority, and we leave it at that? I don't really care about the Supreme Human Alliance's fate. They have been annoying me for centuries and deserve a good beating." The God offered, but Jormungandr hissed angrily.

[He must have stopped the completion of his Divinity when he heard about you. The SHA seems to have found out about Fenrir and Jormungandr, and now he wants your Authority to strengthen his Divinity before it is too late to make changes.] Hel laughed, enraging Jormungandr even further.

"How about...no?" Michael responded with squinted eyes. He couldn't give the God his Authorities even if he had wanted to, which was not the case. The Power Authority was unique and already intertwined with the World Serpent. Michael might be able to use it through his Divinity, but that was because the World Serpent was part of him. They were one entity and couldn't be distinguished at this point.

"If you don't care about the Supreme Human Alliance, how about you let me destroy it first?" Michael asked, knowing the answer wouldn't be pleasant.

"You don't want to give me the World Serpent's Authority?" The God asked again, the Essence within him stirring. A membrane of viscous dark-red Essence coated him.

"I cannot do that. That would kill me. So, nope. I am not giving you anything," Michael affirmed while slowly infusing large batches of SoulStar Fragments into his Aethyr. More Aether formed within the Aethyr, but Michael wasn't sure if that was enough to deal with the God.

'Fortunately, ordinary injuries harm Gods as well. All I have to do is to hit him hard enough.'

Michael exerted Foundation Break by conjuring energy Soullife Energy before also activating the Perfect Heavenly Beast Physique technique. The Serpent Seals were also activated, pushing his physical power even higher as the Serpent Seals unlocked more of Primordial Vessel's full potential. Last but not least, Michael used Soul Tears to augment Primordial Vessel and Greater Enhancement with several layers on his physique.

He considered using Curse Fusion for a moment but decided against it. Instead, Michael used Slipstream to appear beside the God with the Power Authority activated. His hands transformed into a blade as Emperor Qi, enhanced with Unlimited Enhancement, and a Soul Tear shrouded it. Michael didn't hesitate to coat the Emperor Qi Blade into Aethyr, which was mostly made of Aether at this point. The God might notice the Aether, but he would have sustained an injury by the point he realized what was going on. At least, that was what Michael had been hoping for. The Emperor Qi Blade whisked past God's chest as he turned around smoothly. The only damage inflicted was a minuscule scratch, which severed the essence around the area of impact. The God instantly realized that something was off about Michael's attack, but he couldn't see the silverish Aether as Michael retracted it almost instantly.

Still, the God was enraged, shot toward Michael with shocking velocity and grasped his shoulder. A flood of magma burst from his hand, burning Michael's arm in seconds.

Michael cursed but acted quickly. He was in the God's grasp and couldn't change that as long as the God held onto his arm. Thus, Michael cut the burning arm with a quick slash. A moment later, Michael used Slipstream to move away from the God.

[Are you sure you want to fight him? You could use Slipstream to get away.]

'I won't start running away after everything I've gone through.'

[Okay. Go for it then,] The God Curses said simultaneously. They sounded excited. Even more so because they knew Michael better than most. The God Curses were full away of his attitude and that he wouldn't start running away.

But was he strong enough to fight a God until the end? Would he emerge victorious?