Grand Ancestral Bloodlines

Ryu raised his hands to the skies, his aura growing greater and greater. The stronger he grew, the more violently space cracked and shook.

This was the first time Ryu was facing someone with a control over space that was comparable to his own. When his Heavenly Pupils were taken into account, Lu'card was on a level all his own. In the younger generation, it was likely that there was no one that was his match, and he would only get stronger as time went on, especially since until Ryu, it was unlikely that Lu'card had undone all 999 seals in his Blackhole Pupils.

However, Ryu didn't just have a Space affinity, he had a Spacetime affinity. And not only was his Spacetime affinity exceptional, but when it came to his other elements...

He was likewise on a level all to himself.

The scenery could only be described as a work of God. Ryu stood, arms open wide beneath his Immortal Sakura. High above that was his Silver Star, and above that was his Birthed Phenomena that seemed to have encompassed the world in its palms.

Ryu's body was wrapped in blue steel armor and gorgeous blue flames. With every dancing flicker, the world froze over more and more as blossom petals fell from the skies.

Then...

BANG!

The world erupted.

Reality exploded like a ball of glass, endless darkness spreading out in all directions and erasing their laws.

Then, a world layered on top of it, one with a stream of milky whiteness and Spiritual Herbs that painted an array of colors.

And then all those gorgeous colors vanished.

"[Rob the World of its Color]."

Ryu realized that just defeating Lu'card wasn't enough. He had to crush him.

In that case, he would truly go all out.

The Dragons continuously retreated, their hearts beating out of their chests.

Just how sturdy was the space in the Ninth Heaven? Just what was happening here? Without Lord Control, one shouldn't be able to shake it so severely, and without God Control it was impossible to project a world like Ryu was doing.

Was this really a fight between Omniscient Realm experts?

No, this wasn't true. Lu'card had suppressed himself to the False Sky God Realm while Ryu had only entered the True Sky God Realm due to his Pupils.

How was any of that possible?

Ryu's raised hands pressed together. His Birthed Phenomena made the same movement as [Lines of Fate] reflected in his eyes.

"As a show of respect, Lu'card... I will crush you with absolute strength."

A hum came from Ryu's lips. The world around him rattled and the Spirit Herbs swayed in a silent wind.

He and his Birthed Phenomena suddenly moved at once, their palms grabbing out and compressing the world.

Lu'card's expression changed and he hurriedly flapped his wings, his blackholes pushing out against him.

However, nothing he did could stop it.

Heavenly Patterns were suddenly drawn in the skies. No, onto the very time and space itself. In that moment, Ryu fused the bounds of his world with the Heavenly characters of the Phoenix Race and forced it into the form of a cage.

Lu'card found himself frozen in space and time. Every time he tried to rip his way out forcefully, flickering ice-blue Heavenly Phoenix Patterns would appear. It looked almost like a glitch in reality, as though they were playing with the laws of the world itself.

"[A God's Brush]..." Ryu spoke lightly... "... [Earth]."

BOOM!

Lu'card's body was suddenly pressed into the ground.

A heart rending roar came from his maw, a violent whirlwind of blackened void rushing out in a torrent. But it didn't change a single thing.

Heavenly Tribulations fell and Ryu's stance changed once again.

It looked like he wasn't even sure what shape this technique of his should take. The first time he used his Lightning God Talent to draw with a brush of judgment. The second time he used it he raised a palm, seemingly drawing with his hand alone. But this time, his thoughts changed once again and he began to form hand seals.

Hand seals weren't uncommon in the cultivation world, but they weren't ubiquitous either. Usually, they were used in techniques that required a great amount of mental focus. The changes to the hands would direct the qi while the mind could focus on other things. It was essentially akin to a Visualization technique, in a quasi sort of way.

But Ryu was indeed just testing out various things. A self-created technique should be refined again and again...

What he didn't expect was that the moment his Birthed Phenomena began to form hand seals, the world would fall into silence.

Every time the Birthed Phenomena moved, the qi in the surrounding hundreds of kilometers would all respond.

Ryu suddenly began to feel a great amount of pressure. The Heavens seemed to be trying to force his hands apart, trying to stop him from forming the next seals.

His arms exploded and his gauntlets shattered. Blood rained down from the skies but Ryu's gaze remained indifferent as he forced his fingers together again.

"[Heaven]."

BOOM!

Lu'card's blackholes shattered and scattered, his scales erupting and fissuring as the skin beneath whined and groaned.

Even after the first attack, Lu'card hadn't been harmed. The only reason he was suppressed was because he was restricting his cultivation Realm, but this time, he was truly injured. Inwardly, he was absolutely shocked. How was this possible?

"Do you give in?"

Ryu's voice echoed and seemed to fuse with the corners of the world. Blood flowed from his arms and the cracks in his armor. Despite the cold, his blood seemed to run so hot that even the Ice Flames couldn't freeze them over.

The crimson droplets fell from the skies. Every time they clapped against the ground, deep craters would be left behind, only for them to quickly freeze over into ponds of ice.

Lu'card looked up when he heard Ryu's question, a fiendish grin spreading across his lips.

Ryu nodded, not needing to say anything else.

Without a word, he forced his hands to separate.

"[Rebirth]."