The battle only got more intense, I had completely lost track of time, and I didn't know if seconds or hours had passed while we were in that deadly dance.

His every movement was like the swing of a deadly weapon, his own body was a weapon forged in wars and more wars, none of my attacks even managed to scratch his body while his attacks were capable of tearing my entire body apart.

His legs were like spears trying to pierce me with each kick, his fists were like hammers trying to break my bones, his elbows were axes breaking through with pure violence and the swing of his hands was always accompanied by the shine of a sword.

He did not hesitate or doubt any blow, he did not fear any counterattack, and his eyes were like flames of war becoming more intense as the fight continued, for some reason, his presence only grew stronger throughout the battle instead of weakening With me stealing your energy, none of this made sense to me.

If it weren't for me feeling his energy reserves actually depleting because of the Curse, I would doubt my plan was successful.

Another thing to be grateful for was his stolen vitality healing my body when his blows grazed me or I was forced to receive it in some way, if it weren't for this enormous healing I wouldn't be able to continue, fighting against a Minor God really was insanity.

But luckily at some point, he started to show signs of tiredness, when one of his knees touched the ground I was tempted to attack, but I didn't do that since I wasn't capable of causing any damage to him anyway.

As time passed he became slower and his attacks were weaker, yet he continued attacking until the moment that avoiding his attacks was no longer a problem.

"It seems like I lost this time, I admit defeat."(Minor God)

"[In arena number 3 one of the competitors admitted defeat, thanks to this in an incredible turnaround Zenos magnetically achieves victory!!!]" (Malakoi)

"It was a good fight."(I)

"Yes, when you reach Divinity I will seek a new fight against you."(Minor God)

"< Release >" (I)

When I was announced as the winner I returned to normal as I approached my opponent, after a friendly handshake I released his curse before being sent back to the competitors place.

lightsΝοvel When I arrived at the competitors' area there were already 2 people, the hooded competitor from before and the other was a mortally wounded Demigod, his body was covered in holes with blue blood dripping, when I looked at the only available arena it was just to see the end of the fight.

It was my sister fighting a Minor God, she was using her Divine Incarnation when she lost her head while crushing half of her opponent's head.

Before long she was considered defeated while her opponent appeared near me, even though he was a Minor God his injuries were not healing, I noticed the fatigue in him as my vision became blurred once again as I appeared in a new arena.

"[Now the quarterfinals begin to define the 2 finalists of the Tournament, the last fight before the grand final!!!]" (Malakoi)

"[Let the combat begin!]" (Malakoi)The one in front of me was the same Minor God who just defeated my sister, he looks like a Human wearing a green cloak, but now his cloak was half burned and his body was dry as if the blood was all drained.

I could also see multiple injuries on his body, he was missing one of his eyes as well as an entire side of his head, there were claw marks and puncture wounds in several places, and in place of one of his arms there was something similar, it was a red Demon arm illusory.

"< Divine Territory >" (Minor God)

"< Teleportation >" (I)

"< Stage of the Rulers >" (Minor God)

"< Divine Incarnation: 34% >" (I)magic

This time I wouldn't wait, while the environment was still changing I used a teleportation behind him while I'm still transforming with my Divine Incarnation.

Before he could do anything I used my two claws and my tail to attack him where his wounds were, one of my claws went through the back of his head crushing what was left of his brain with one of my claws, and then the other entered through the wound in his stomach attacking from below, hitting his heart.

My Tail attacked differently, I used the blade at the tip of my tail to create Spiritual Runes directly on his column.

All of this happened in the time of a breath, in his injured and exhausted state, the Minor God was too slow to react in time, especially while his concentration was on trying to completely form his Territory.

Unfortunately, I ended up underestimating the Minor Gods once again, even without a heart and brain, their resistance was much higher than what I was expecting, taking me by surprise when their ribs bend outwards and backwards, hurting my arms.

"You're as bold as your sister."(Minor God)lights

As he spoke his Territory became ready, then several lines wrapped around his body reconstructing his clothes and at the same time his movements became more fluid, but I noticed something immediately in his movements.

He was controlling his body so that his movements would not be affected by his movements, I can do the same thing using a skill I acquired a long time ago, but he seems to use his own Territory for this.

"< Divine Puppets >" (Minor God)

Soon he jumped, standing on a web of lines that were in the air His territory was an endless city with a castle in the clouds above.

The city itself was strange and I could feel it stirring my senses, soon many human-sized dolls were coming out of the city's countless buildings, in their hands various types of weapons, from kitchen knives to giant swords.

I didn't even try to destroy one of these things as it made no difference, it was easy to see that there were infinite enemies, fighting them was a losing battle as was trying to run through the city which was a maze messing with my senses.

"You are finished, your wounds are not even healing, the effect of my sister's power is still affecting your body."(I)

"< Holy Blood Curse: Soul Taint Seal >" (I)

"Did you really think I would fall for the same trick as your previous opponent?"(Minor God)

While he was still standing on the wires or lines above, he reached into his spine before jumping outwards, the upper and lower part of his body were almost completely separated even though it didn't seem like it due to the normal shape of his body moves under your control.

He held his spine in his hands revealing the Runes carved directly into his bones by the blade in my tail.

"I'm too tired and injured to bother with a Demigod as young as you, give up child, we both know that without this curse you are not capable of beating me even in this injured state."(Minor God)

"You're right, the difference between us is too great to divide you fairly."(I)

"Then give up to save both of us an obvious outcome."(Minor God)

"I don't think you understand, I said I can't beat you fair and square, but I never said anything about giving up."(I)

"I admit it surprised me that you knew about my previous fight when you only finished your fight after me, but do you really think I would try to use the same trick twice in the same way?"(I)

As I was speaking Starfire was burning within him visible through his many wounds, the Starfire was not burning him, it was just part of my Chaos Essence acting to convert the darkness within him into a curse that directly touches his Soul.

I'm using your feelings and power to seal your Soul inside your own body, after my last mission I already understood that the best way to stop a God is to seal him in some way.

I won't even try to use the same technique as before, after almost losing the last fight, I wouldn't use the same trick twice in a row, so I changed my approach.

I knew that a Minor God would have a lot of experience and would notice my Tail drawing Spiritual Runes on his spine, so I used that as bait to get his attention so my blood was coming out of my hands inside his body.

I made my blood run close to the areas where his wounds were still impregnated with my sister's Essence preventing his healing, then I used my sister's residual presence to hide my blood moving through his body from the inside.

I used my blood to vary Spiritual Runes and Magic Circles inside his body, all the while concentrating on his spine and keeping his distance from me to notice my true attack.

"You really are Elizabeth's brother, you use the same indirect tricks as her, at least her sister Natasha fought me head on."(Minor God)

"I'm not my sister and I won't fall for your provocation, so do you give up or should I end the sealing?"(I)

"I admit defeat, you little bastard."(Minor God)

"(Fortunately he gave up, I don't know if he would be able to really seal his Soul, this is a spell that I just adapted using 8 others as a base, luckily he gave up.)" (I)

Sigh

"(What horrible bad luck, fighting 2 Minor Gods in a row, why does this kind of thing always have to happen to me?)" (I)

"[In arena number 2, we have once again a spectacular victory from him, the chosen one of the God Cratos and son of the Goddess Selene, the fourth Living Calamity, Zenos!!!!]" (Malakoi)

"(He really gets excited about his speeches, but the important thing is that there is only 1 more fight left for me to win.)" (I)