Chaos and Order - A Multiverse Fanfic

Chapter 487: Joyless Slaughter



Kai took a deep breath, and breathed out, his breaths taking the color of blood.

In a fraction of a second, a red, skin-tight armor began covering him, starting from his right hand.

 It streaked up his elbow, rushed past his shoulders, and covered his chest, face, and left arm entirely.

Then it went down.

Waist. Thighs. Knees. Feet.

The armor of blood flames, representing his Spiritual Prowess, covered him entirely.

Two curved horns rose on his head and his old eyes glinted red behind the eye slits, his long, white hair flailing with stormy winds.

Total Concentration - Constant!!!

Kai had already achieved Constant Breathing 50 years ago.

Now, he could maintain Selfless Breathing even while asleep.

However, shockingly, the Proficiency of the Selfless Breathing Ability hadn't budged a single percentage after becoming an Advance Ability.

At first, it had puzzled Kai. Not anymore.

Now, he knew what he had been missing to improve the Ability.

Suddenly, his shadow rippled, his white hair turning red.

Murasame thrummed, gripped in Kai's left hand.

In his right hand, Sounga let out a sigh. The marble at its hilt glowed purple in broken flashes as if the evil dragon wanted to say something.

Kai's fingers wrapped around its hilt, making the spirit sigh again.

The transformation, though, had yet to finish.

His helmet gained a bronze tinge, and then, with a bang, a hole appeared in Kai's chest. A purple crystal materialized in the hole, rotating and bobbing up and down.

Normal Forme would let him regenerate any wound or missing limb instantly, he knew.

However, the enemy had figured out the weakness, deliberately targeting the crystal in that case.

At this moment, Kai didn't need strength the most, but time as the Supreme Generals were far stronger than him.

So, Deoxys-Kai assumed Agility Forme…

… and poured all his Mana in its Skill.

Extreme Speed!

 Strength: 30 (+10)

 Agility: 45 (+23)

 Stamina: 34 (+12)

 Perception: 30 (+7)

Kai let out a breath, his Spiritual Pressure rippling the space around him.

He could feel everything slowing down in his eyes, time becoming irrelevant.

Now stood the Emperor in front of the four Supreme Generals of the Apocalypse Alliance.

No one could tell if he was old or young with the blood flames coating on him. No one could see the look in his eyes or the vanished smile on his face.

"Come."

Boom!

A knee struck Kai's back, sending him flying toward the darkening sky.

When had the Goddess Xenomorph moved? Who could spy on her existence? No one.

The Night Lord appeared over Kai, wielding a longsword made of ice, and hacked.

The entire world failed to heed Kai's command, refusing to shift, no matter how much he commanded it.

Kai traced the path of a red blur and found Mewtwo appearing in his path, his eyes glowing blue.

It was as if the weight of an entire mountain landed on Kai's chest.

The red armor cracked, sending Kai flying like a missile in the other direction.

"Avadaaa Kedavraaaa!"

A massive green lightning bolt hurled out of Dumbledore's Elder Wand.

Cursed tattoos squirmed on his skin where the armor had cracked.

Kai blurred, dodging the spell, and appeared over Dumbledore's head.

Goddess Xenomorph's kick arrived first, landing right on his temple.

Boooooom!

~ You must not make haste, son. ~

His mother had said; the memory was as fresh as the taste of blood in his mouth.

~ A decision in haste is an enemy for life. ~

Mewtwo's psych attack.

Bang!

~ For power, men tend to become someone they once hated the most. ~

Jon Snow's slash.

Shriekkk!

~ Aim for stability, son. That's the only way to avoid this cycle. ~

Dumbledore's spells.

Crack!

~ A snake must learn to wait. It must wait as long as it is needed, and more ~

And Goddess' punch.

Boooom!!

~ You must never reveal your thoughts, son. Never. ~

Bang!

Shriek! Crack!

Booooommm!!!

A force field disintegrated his armor.

An ice sword hacked off his right arm and Sounga roared in anger.

A Spell hit him on the chest, broke his bones, flesh splitting apart, blood splattering like a fountain.

A punch landed on his face, on his left eye.

BOOM!!!

Silence.

"One against four?" Goddess Xenomorph's voice penetrated the darkness of thoughts. "You never stood a chance, False One."

"Cough! Cough!" Kai, old and broken, crawled out of the crater, and somehow pushed himself up, coughing out black blood.

Gone were platings of his proud armor, in minutes.

Gone were his right hand and left eye.

And gone were his breaths.

He looked at the sky, whatever little he could look at, panting for air; for something.

In the distance, he felt the Super Abominations overpowering Cersei.

One against dozens?

She never stood a chance.

Even far, he could sense Selene getting hit by dozens of spells.

He could hear her defiant hisses, her longing.

One against scores?

She never stood a chance.

~ Life is full of ironies. ~

"Yes… mother," Kai said absentmindedly, making the Supreme Generals frown. "It sure is."

He took a step.

Stumbled, but held on.

"Kill… Kill… Kill… Kill…" Kai sang, his long red hair sticking to his face, drenched in blood. "One way. One path. One winding road. That's… all I saw. The only way to… reach to the top."

Kai gulped.

One more step.

Something, somewhere, broke, blood seeping out of his mouth.

"Kill… Hahaha!" He laughed, but it lacked substance. A crucial thing was missing. An emotion. "I wasn't right. But… I wasn't wrong… either. I must kill more. I must… kill… all."

~ Put your heart into it, son. If you want to run; If you want to jump; If you want to learn; And, God forbid, if you want to kill… then do it with joy in your heart. You must. ~

"Today—I want to kill, too, mother," Kai said, smiling, looking up; dying. "But… Today…

"… Today I will kill without joy."

Selfless Breathing: Second Transformation —

Two yellow crystals danced in Kai's eyes.

In the distance, quite far, where a bloodied Selene was fighting Abominations abominations, something strange happened.

All the Abominations at whom Kai had looked, before praising Dumbledore for their strength, suddenly trembled.

In their eyes, in those hideous pupils, two Yellow Crystals flashed, bobbing up and down, rotating on their axis.

One moment, they were attacking like beasts at Selene.

In the other, they turned on their fellow soldiers, killing one each instantaneously.

Your mind cannot handle the pressure of the Ad Infinitum, Samurai Jack had told him. Your consciousness will break down. You must support it with an external variable. Like… your physique.

Cersei had already gone blurry, almost on the brink of vanishing.

It was then four Super Abominations trembled, the same ones at whom Kai had looked—Snape-Articuno, Lily-Latias, Voldemort-Tornadus, and Daenerys-Drogon.

In their eyes, two Yellow Crystals flashed, one each in a pupil.

Voldemort, Snape, and Lily cast a killing curse, instantly killing three other Super Abominations.

Daenerys became a ray of sunlight, ripping apart another two by herself.

You must achieve Constant Breathing first, Samurai Jack had added. You will also need at least 100 Crystals in your subconscious.

Mewtwo was still registering the shock of the sight he was looking at, when a long tail penetrated his chest, ignoring the psych field around him.

On the other side, a shard of Dragonglass shot out of the Elder Wand and entered Jon Snow's throat.

The Night Lord crumbled in an instant, his cold eyes wide open to the last moment.

The two dead Supreme Generals left behind Goddess Xenomorph and Dumbledore, four Yellow Crystals flashing in those pairs of eyes.

Only then you can bring out the truest potential of the Ad Infinitum, supported by your Selfless Breathing, Samurai Jack had finished.

It was an absolute slaughter.

This slaughter had arrived so suddenly, and so unexpectedly, that when it was over, the entire world gawked with its mouth open, failing to believe what just happened.

Kai's one eye moved up toward the sky; that vastness.

Slowly, he rose, gliding up and up, the wind licking the blood off his face, drying his bloodied, red hair.

The stagnant Proficiency of Advance Selfless Breathing shot up, rising along with him.

3%…

5%…

10%…

25%…

50%…

The sun had all but set, a touch of redness peeking over the horizon. Kai looked at it, taking a deep breath of air.

"Peak… of… Absolute Power…" he mumbled, smiling with Calm. "Beautiful indeed…"

— Joyless Slaughter!!!

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