Tournament of the Gods

New York

Zhangshun Shan walked as briskly as he could along the pavement beside the busy road of newyork, there was a ragged black beggar who sat a few feet away from him, there was a cap at his side which had a few dollars in it, he wore a shirt which wrote "I❤️NY".  Zhangshun Shan wore a serious expression on his face as he began to contemplate how he could gain an audience with the gods so he could finally achieve his goals, also he had to find out who sent the riders of dark against his Omniverse.

"Playing with that child is a waste of time," Zhangshun Shan thought walking forward.  "I need to concern myself with other matters, the world I was before my encounter in Excalibur  contained thousands of kingdoms, each of those kingdoms having at least a mystical art which connected them to the supernatural, if I could find out one of the mystic arts residing in this world, I would be able to ascend to the supernatural and perhaps find out the truth about the god of this omniverse."

"You never change," came a famillar voice behind him, Zhangshun Shan turned behind him, and standing behind him were three individuals, Sui Wenyan, Qui Si and Wenren Yu, each was dressed in a local Samurai wear.

"There's no use dealing with organisms that will prove zero use to my cause," Zhangshun Shan replied adamantly.

"Did you once see me as a useless organism?" Sui Wenyan began pouting her lips.

"It's not like I still don't see you as one," Zhangshun Shan mutters coldly.

"What?!!" Sui Wenyan shouted aloud, her face red with annoyance.

"I am just trying to be honest here, " Zhangshun Shan grins.   Sui Wenyan was about to lash at him but she was held back by Wenren Yu.

"Hurry up and bring us back, can't wait to have a centillionsome," Wenren Yu says all teary-eyed.

"Centillionsome, is that even a word?" Qui Si asks.

"It is now, I want to f**k a centillion ladies at once, I have had decillionsome, tresvigintillionsome and untrigillionsome," Sui Wenyan says proudly as he beats his chest, everyone had turned at him each having disturbed looks on their faces.

Qui Si was the first to break the silence.

"I don't want you to abandon Ashley," Qui Si has an air of defiance.

"And why is that, she's utterly useless and pathetic, she's an embarrassment to my godlihood," Zhangshun Shan responds.

"That was also how I was viewed by my parents, they saw me as a freak, I wanted to be a soldier and that was forbidden for females, I also had lots of impossible fantasies and my parents were never one to encourage me," Qui Si began wiping tears away from her eyes.  "It was also the same case when I became a soldier of Baselda kingdom, many times, I would hear soldiers speak scornfully about me behind my back, I know what it feels to be left out and frankly, many times, I felt like I should just end my life but knowing there was someone who cared about me was the only thing that kept me going."

"Awwwwn," Wenren Yu said with a teary expression.

"Not that I am jealous or anything," Sui Wenyan began haughtily.  "But I am sure I am loved more."

Zhangshun Shan wore a cringy expression as he heard that, he was about to open his mouth to speak but the three individuals who now stood before him were bleeding from their mouths, he looked closer and upon inspection, he found a strange spear coated in dark miasma piercing through their bellies, their bodies were turning pale as they each had fearful looks on their faces.

"Qui Si," Zhangshun Shan began, his face overrun with worry, as he said that, he left his position and ran after them but almost immediately, they vanished before his eyes and standing where they once stood was now a figure, it was the dark rider Zhangshun Shan had first seen.

"I shall make your life a living nightmare," it said with a shuddering expression.  Zhangshun Shan grins as he puts his hands to his nose.  "Get a mouthwash, it's just 2 dollars per bottle in the city of new York, your mouth is smelling and also, I don't recall asking to make my life like yours."

"You insufferable simpleton," it said aloud as he ran over to Zhangshun Shan, Zhangshun Shan grinned as he evaded to the left but as soon as the dark Spearman got to his position, it turned as he lunged his weapon in his direction, Zhangshun Shan barely evaded the attack, as fast as he could, he raised his right feet and kicked the rider in between his legs.

"That should hurt," Zhangshun Shan grins. 

"Only for those with testicles," the fiend replies as he stretched his weapon giving Zhangshun Shan a hit to his face and sending him sprawling backwards, as Zhangshun Shan was still in the air, The dark Spearman dashed at him, grabbing him by the face, he brushed him against the ground vehemently before stopping at a point and throwing Zhangshun Shan high in the air, the rider disappears from his position and appeared above him, charging up his spear, he releases an outburst of dark energy hitting Zhangshun Shan and sending him to the ground coughing out blood as he landed, Zhangshun Shan tried to get to his feet but almost immediately, the spearman landed on his body hitting him harder and sending him to crash against the ground.

Zhangshun Shan spits off more blood as he stared into the eyes of the emotionless creature which now stood upon him.  "Your ugly and disgusting body is an eyesore."

"Your opinion doesn't matter, I shall obliterate you without a trace as you are utterly irrelevant."

"I don't recall asking for truths about your life," Zhangshun Shan said with his most devious smirk.  The dark creature growled as he brought down the spear upon Zhangshun Shan but as it was about to penetrate him, it stopped a few inches from the Asian's neck.

"What's happening?" It gasps.

"Did you really think you could put me in an illusion for even a miniscule fraction of time and I wouldn't notice," Zhangshun Shan begins.  "I have understood myself so much to the extent I know how my mind works, both the conscious and unconscious part, visions, trances, nightmares, dreams and daydreams are as a result of thought pattern, mind perception and what the mind entails itself, I never for once tried to know what Wenren Yu really wanted but regarding the rest, it was what I deeply wanted so obviously, one would think I was dreaming but what gave the entire s**t away that it was an illusion was that I was caught off guard, I am Zhangshun Shan, I am in total control of every situation around me and everything exists for one sole purpose, my benefit," As he said that, a wave escaped Zhangshun Shan, it hits the spearman and sent him several feet backwards, Zhangshun Shan got to his feet with his most devious smile on.  "I have properly analysed and understood my mind so much that I can predict the dreams I will days, weeks, months even years from now, I am so much in sync with my mind I know what I would think before I even think it so really how the fudge did you actually think you will put me in a f*****g unimpressive illusion, do I look so stupid to you?" Zhangshun Shan ends as he stretches his hand at him, the rider could feel it's body pressing and squashing internally as he was raised above the ground.

"But this is impossible, even in this illusion, I am meant to be invicible and have limitless power and every thing you face here should damage you," the spearman mutters.

Zhangshun Shan chuckled lightly as he spoke.  "If I was an average creature, yeah but I am no average one, this is a technique you didn't use on me while I was in my original Omniverse, I realized that when the other dark riders threw their weapons, one of them didn't as I had prepared an infinite amount of miasma balls, I am guessing you are responsible for the dark skies which plagued the entire Omniverse, you couldn't attack me then as you realized I had left one miasma ball in my essence as if you had touched me then, you would have been a goner, that was why you improvised and sent a plague that destroyed the fifth Omniverse also dwindling my immortality and omnipotence," Zhangshun Shan ends with his most demeaning smile, the dark rider was visibly scared.

"How is this possible?" the dark rider thought.  "How did he analyse it this far and be so accurate about everything, just who is the God slayer?"

"God slayer huh, y'all must have called me that after I bitched the b***h called Renkui," Zhangshun Shan grins evilly.

"How did he read my mind?" The dark rider thought in fear.

"And now, you must be thinking I am reading your mind, funny shite is I am not, I am just analyzed your personality thoroughly and now know you even more than you know yourself," Zhangshun Shan ends with a chuckle.  "I am aware you could read minds and since I had lost my Omnipotence, I was an even more endangered prey, so that's why I convinced myself to think that I didn't know what had happened and that I had actually killed all the dark warriors but really all I was waiting for was you to coming to attack me, if you want to know how I am able to even beat you in your own illusory realm, the answer is obvious."

"What do you mean obvious, it's impossible, all that's happening is supposed to be impossible, how can you mask how you feel and plan so ahead without actually thinking about it, it's even impossible for the gods."

"With Zhangshun Shan, nothing shall be impossible," Zhangshun Shan grins cruelly.  "And in regards to what you asked, I shall take you back to the past, the reason why you hadn't attacked me earlier was because you knew that I was infusing the other dark riders' weapons with miasma balls, you also noticed that I had one with me and you knew if you had tried to attack me then, you would have been destroyed, that was why you created the plague and the black skies, you had kept a watch on me and  finally saw that at the time I vanished alongside with the black cube, the misama ball embedded in me was gone, you were happy because you thought your stealth and careful planning had worked out but what you didn't know was that I already sent the miasma ball inside the last living creature in the Omniverse which was you but for it to activate, it had two conditios, the first condition being that you had to be close to me for quite a while, that was why I was trying to buy time, I wasn't taunting you because I had no sleeve, on the other hand, I had already subdued the battlefield even before you got on it, and the other was that it's would slowly work in your body, that was why it took this long before you got affected," Zhangshun ends with most sinister smile, the dark rider's face was a mixture of fear and amazement as his body slowly faded away.  "Before it even began, I had predicted your prediction that predicted my prediction."

As Zhangshun Shan ended that, the dark rider faded completely away into nothingness.   Zhangshun Shan smiles as the ground he stood began to tremble, in the skies above him, there were cracks on it and the cracks kept spreading until it had gotten to the entire scenery and almost immediately, the entire illusory world shattered and Zhangshun Shan now stood on the streets of new York City, there were several people walking about, vehicles moving on the road moving according to the whims of the traffic lights but the skies were getting grayer.

"Based on the Outlook of the sky, it's reasonable to assume that the moon being attracted to this planet's magnetic field is 76.49% done with it's present rotation therefore affecting the astronomical setup of this part of the world, taking that into account, the time should be exactly 6:31 PM in this region," Zhangshun Shan thought as he looked at the sky, walking forward, he continues thinking.  "Now, I can think freely as I have successfully eliminated every warrior of dark, I have a date in 29 minutes, what the dark rider didn't notice was that I was using Ashley as bait to lure him out and the bait worked successfully," Zhangshun Shan couldn't help but put a sly smile on his face as he thought about that.  "Now, I have to find out which of the gods sent those warriors of dark against me, since that God didn't act till now even though it had been several years since I put Renkui out of commission, it's reasonable to assume the other omniverses have a mutual event coming up, if I am to take a guess, I would say they are trying to appoint a new god and they destroyed the fifth omniverse because they didn't want to run in with the one who slaughtered Hou Yi," Zhangshun Shan kept thinking as he moved forward.  "But it still doesn't add up, if the gods are half as intelligent as a simpleton, they should have noticed Renkui's essence was completely gone meaning that whoseover killed him must have found a way to siphon it and it concludes that my point is proved, the warriors of dark is purely a one god decision as with the power I had attained, I could have easily gotten to another omniverse if I so wished," Zhangshun Shan ends as he looks up at the skies.  "I have to find out whatever the events the gods are planning, get into it and from there, I will take it step by step until my goal has finally been achieved and until I get what I truly desire, I shall not stop not like anything can stop me, even me can't stop me as truly, I am the ultimate being that was ever been conceived." Zhangshun Shan couldn't shake the feeling but he felt something was wrong as he looked around.  "When I entered here, I felt a distinct aura, it was shocking because it didn't resemble that of the dark rider, there's someone else and he's watching me carefully."

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Ashley had tried on the sixteenth dress in her wardrobe, her room was a mess, the bed was littered with several oversized shirts, long trousers, short skirts and big sweaters while the ground was littered with shoes, at the moment, Ashley was wearing a skinny jeans with a brown shirt inside and a red jean jacket to match, she had taken care to braid her always messy hair making her look like model despite the glasses she wore, quickly skimming through the floor, Ashley rummaged one brown sandals and hurriedly put them on, Ashley looked at the wall in her room, it was 6:50.

"Damnit, I am going to be late, Zan is gonna be here any moment," Ashley mutters as she quickly ran in front of the mirror to check herself, she threw some flirty winks at the mirror but the way she squeezed her face showed she was a noob at this as it was a turn off, she tried severally to strike a sexy posture but each time, she toppled on her feet and fell to the ground.

"Ugggh, I suck at this," she mutters to herself after falling for the seventh time.

"Where do you think you are going, young lady" came a deep, rough and gruff voice, Ashley's face turned into one of fear as she turned to the direction of the voice, it was her father, he was about 5'10 tall, he was balding, in just plain underwear, he held a bottle of beer in his right arm and there was an obvious boner showing in his underwear.

"I thought you would be at the club," Ashley mutters, she was shivering but she tried her hardest to mask it.

"Same here but then, I remembered that f*****g a b***h would cost me 4 bucks," her father said as he took a sip from his bottle, his body movements were uncoordinated as he staggered towards her.  "Then I realized I had a 17 year old virgin p***y back at home, I have never seen you dress so well before and since you are now, I see you are looking forward to the same thing as me, getting laid," her father ends as he takes a slouchy posture.  "Let Zaddy teach you how to fuck."

"I am good," Ashley mutters trembling as she staggered backwards.  "Thanks but no thanks."

"I am not asking!!" Her father growls as he dashed after her, Ashley sat at the ground as she put her hands to her face screaming but as her father was about to get to her position, he was suddenly bounced back a few feet away, he hit the wall vehemently before finally passing out as he dropped to the ground, Ashley was amazed as she got to her feet.

"Queen Ash," she heard a deep barritone voice behind her which brought smiles to her face and made her legs jelly, she turned and behind her was Zhangshun Shan who was dressed in a white checkered suit, his hair had taken a more silver color, he looked truly dashing "Would you accompany me to dinner?" Zhangshun Shan asks with his most charming grin.