Gina frowned at the mystically repulsive object. "Why? What is that slimy ball? A bomb?"Britta shook her head. "Goliath wouldn't use any explosive or destructive attacks in the ritual location. If the well is damaged irreparably, it would throw a wrench into his plans."The young woman grabbed Gina by the arm and tried to drag her away. "That thing is troublesome! We need to get out of here right away!"Tyler was too far away to hear the conversation. Besides, he had trained his senses solely on his opponent. "Is he going to attack?" he mumbled to himself, readying Indra's Vajra for the worst kind of offense."Wait, let me see what he's doing—" Kat began, but the young man was in a hurry and cut her off.Tyler took a confident step forward. "I will not sit idly by while he launches another attack. Stay here while I deal with him."Suddenly, he felt a firm, clawed grip on his arm. Kat had grabbed him roughly, almost puncturing his skin. "Wait!" she warned in an urgent tone. "Don't rus

Boom! Boom! Only a few minutes had passed since Tyler was thrown out of El Abyssium, and he was going nuts. Goliath had pulled out an unexpected trick. He had absolute dominion over his lands; no soul could stay inside without permission.The ancient man had found it convenient to ban the Seraphim King to the borders instead of fighting him head-on. After all, completing the Hetacomb ritual and triggering the apocalypse was a priority.Moreover, the young man had proved quite a challenge with Indra's Vajra alone. What other legendary weapons could he summon? It would have been unwise to proceed with a battle where all odds were unknown.Boom! Boom! Tyler's punches and kicks landed on trees, boulders, and forest floor, turning them into splinters, gravel, and pits. But no matter how much he tried, the young man could not find the entrance into El Abyssium."I'll get in somehow!" he growled in a fury. "I'll find a way!"On the inside, Tyler's sinking feeling grew darker and more painful

"Is such a thing really possible?" Tyler asked curiously. He had already browsed through all the contracts with gods and goddesses. He never found a power or ability that could manipulate or traverse through time. Butch smirked like an aged lion. "Son, you have a natural talent for cultivation and martial arts. Someone like you is born only once in an entire generation. That's why I picked you to be my heir. But you have yet to learn many things about the spiritual world." "You have no idea how powerful the Seraphim King can be," he added pensively. "You have yet to realize what your true destiny really is…" Tyler shrugged. "I agree I am clueless, master, but is that my fault? It bothers me that you didn't share much about the celestial side of existence. Even Britta was tight-lipped and elusive, always talking in riddles. I've only understood a few assorted things through experience and accidents." "An enemy killed me and sent me to the Inbetween once!" he added with exaspera

Tyler narrowed his eyes. "Are you talking about a divorce? Is that even a thing among gods and goddesses?""Yes," Ixchel replied with a sly smile. "You can call it anything as long as rejection happens. Forever. Are you very attached to Tezcat?""You even dubbed the girl with a modern human name," the goddess added with a snigger. "Normally, we don't allow our partners to cross such boundaries. I can't imagine how hard she must have already fallen for you. But nothing is forever."Tyler furrowed his brows with concern. The jaguar goddess' repetition of the word 'forever' raised many red flags. He also wondered if love could really blossom between a couple formed from a divine shotgun marriage."Modern names are like leashes, son," Butch chimed in. "Goddesses usually live in their dominions, coming down only to bless and protect their followers and devotees. Sometimes they entertain themselves with humans but never stoop to their levels.""If Tezcatlipoca really accepted your given nam

Kat landed safely on the ground, instantly turning into her pink panther form. With breakneck speed, she circled the villain, looking for an opening.Goliath was a very powerful being, but his somewhat mortal body limited him. After Tyler cut off his penile arm, he was instantly weakened and had to eat his followers to regenerate.Kat's beast paws were strong enough to damage the old man's mutated body. If she clawed at him repeatedly, he would eventually run out of regeneration juice. A beheading at that stage would probably be fatal—she hoped.Kat found a sudden opening and bounded towards her target. She pounced at his retreating tentacle to lop it off with her claws.Boom! Goliath's monstrous tentacle mutated instantly, turning into a blunt arm. It lengthened and shot out, landing a heavy punch into the goddess' midsection.Blegh! Kat crashed into the ground, cracking the hill surface. She tried to get up instantly, instead retching blood. Her internal organs were all damaged, and