Tournament of the Gods

The one is truly better

Change'e couldn't help but smile as she stared at the monkey king, the Jade rabbit which has impersonated her physique had disappeared and Sun Wukong stood on the bare space, he was clutching his sides, he was bleeding profusely but yet he had a sly smile on his face.

"I have had that bastard beat," Change'e thought to herself.  "Why yet does he still smile like he's atop the situation, it can't hurt to be careful but this life force resonance, there's no mistaking it, it's that of a 2A being, it's definitely Sun Wukong, he's done for, there's no way he can heal."

"Your next line is," Sun Wukong began, still smirking evilly.  "Why the silly grin on your face, you have no chance of a comeback."

"Why the silly grin on your face, you have no chance of a comeback," Change'e stopped talking almost immediately as she had begun, she was shocked.  "This is impossible, how did he know what I was going to say next."

"Uncertainty is a concept that has never existed to me," Sun Wukong grinned as he pulled the blade out, the wound made by the weapon began to heal, Change'e was even more astonished as she left her mouth wide opened, she was also shuddering, Sun Wukong noticed that but he paid no matter as he continued.  "I had predicted every outcome of every events before the events even took place meaning that I even predicted the events themselves, immediately Hou Yi's head was thrown in the heavens, right at that moment, I had hatched a plan that predicted you getting angry, convincing the gods about the tournament, getting you agitated, even up till this moment and past this moment," Sun Wukong grinned as he began to make his way towards her.  "Before you became a patron, you were a woman, you were born in a poverty stricken family, you had to fight and hustle daily to make ends meet, thanks to how you were brought up, you knew what it meant to suffer and be tough, as a result, you became witty, it was thanks to your wit that you became a patron and eventually a goddess, you are shrewd and very calculable in your decisions, when you found out I wanted to destroy the rest of the gods, you thought I would have anticipated you going to the other gods or the Jade Emperor himself," Sun Wukong scoffed as he now stood still, he was a few metres away from her position.  "Truth is, if you had been able to relay the message to any God, it would have been more troublesome for me and I wouldn't have been able to set my plans in motion the way I did, I guess for that, I have to appreciate you."

"Don't get so cocky," Change'e finally blurted out.  "When I met Pangu, I slipped one of my jade bunnies inside his pocket, it will reveal and tell him all of your sinister plans, knowing you, I knew you would eliminate me at all costs, that's why I had to set my priorities straight, my main priority wasn't to live seeing as there was a monster like you loose, it was to stop you and my life is a small price to pay for eradicating you."

"If that's the case, then it means you paid the price in vain," Sun Wukong laughed as a small pink bunny materialized in his right arm.  "Pangu didn't get your message because he never saved you, I disguised as him and played you like the fool that you were, I had rigged your body in a way such that if you had tried to tell any one about Zhangshun Shan or my plans, the riders of dark would instantly track and eliminate you, I wanted to catch a bit of fun with you so that's why while my riders of dark had pinpointed your location, I had joined them, I have to say, you weren't completely disappointing, you were a bit of fun, I was observing your every action from the time you told a mortal about Zhangshun Shan, you did it in such a way that I am not even sure whose mortal you revealed it to, it could have been one or more..."

"So that's the reason he kept me alive," Change'e thought to herself.  "He's completely clueless about the mortal I revealed that information to, that's why he hasn't killed me, I have to find a way to tilt that fact in my favor but until that, I have to buy a bit of time," Change'e put up a demeaning smile as she said.  "That still doesn't explain why you can replicate the secluded abilities of the other gods and why the haxes of the riders of dark don't affect you."

"Who said they were the riders of dark," Sun Wukong grinned as he snaps his fingers, immediately, an army of the riders of dark surrounded him.   "You had seen my showdown with Xiwangmu earlier meaning that some part of you felt that this beings were capable of even overcoming omnipotence, that's why I disguised a few of my doubles like them, tweaking with their life force resonance, I made it similar to that of the dark riders, the times you thought you couldn't manipulate reality and had lost omnipotence was never because of them, it was because of you, you were the one who was limiting yourself because you were easily swayed by what you saw."

"What's happening?" Change'e said, she could feel sweat breaking off her forehead, she was clearly shocked as she began to doubt herself.  "I thought that I could use this to delay him while I hatch up a new plan but now, I am even more conflicted than ever and I can't even think straight, I am pretty sure I tried to demonstrate reality manipulation and it failed, it didn't seem like it was of my own volition but now it does, it's like I am getting mind-f****d, I am unsure of my actions, what's happening?"

"Are you thinking about what I said?" Sun Wukong smiled cheekily as he began to move in her direction.  "Don't bother thinking about it, you will never arrive at the truth, you shall be confused forever, it's not something your fragile mind can handle."

"Something is wrong," Change'e thought as she took a closer look at Sun Wukong.  "His life force has dwindled though very mildly, he must have found a way to nerf the powers of the riders of dark because he needed me alive, he was lying when he said they didn't exist, they actually did, he said what he said earlier just to throw me into confusion, he knew I was hatching up a plan, f**k, I was too late, I should..." Change'e had tears in her eyes as she felt a blade penetrate her from behind and appear directly behind her stomach, directly behind Change'e was a big white bunny which was roughly the same height as her, if held a sword and had an evil smile on her face.   "But how?"

"I can replicate any ability I see even the secluded ones, it's how I was able to replicate Xiwangmu and Guanyin's abilities, though I wasn't confident I could replicate Xiwangmu's abilities perfectly, that's why I had it tested and sent the riders of dark to the fifth omniverse and their results were beyond satisfactory, you must have figured out I was lying about them not being riders of dark, if I didn't tell you that to distract you, you would have hatched one of your annoying and infuriating plans, it's not like I don't know what you'd think of next, it's just that I am sick of playing this game of tag with you, it was time I ended it," Sun Wukong grinned as he placed his right palm on Change'e face, he was touching it tenderly, he could spot a tear dropping from the right eye of the woman as she looked at him, her eyes brimming with hatred and anger, if looks could kill, the monkey king would be six feet under.   "I knew you'd try and keep distance away from me once you found out my plans, that's why I already rigged you so if you tried to tell anyone about me, my warriors of dark would destroy both you and the person you told, be it man or god," Sun Wukong grinned evilly.  "And now from the tears in your eyes, how your eyes had suddenly sparked up when I mentioned Hou Yi, I knew who you told about me, you just made it f*****g glaring," Sun Wukong said as the nails on his palm begin to grow longer, it began to imprint on the goddess skin ripping it apart as it burrowed internally.  "You told one of the women he was married to, that makes the list of my target easier, it's either Qui Si or Sui Wenyan, that's the only thing I didn't account for in my plans, you telling a mere mortal, I had really hoped you would have seen that even though I would expect you to tell a god, it was the best decision you could have taken."

"How can this be?" Change'e thought, tears escaping her eyes.  "I was sure to try my best, I thought if I did my best and was cautious at all times, then victory was immediately guaranteed, why is it that despite all I did, I still ended up as a laughing stock..."

"I don't mean to intrude on your dying thoughts but if you were wondering how my wounds were able to heal despite the fact that I was hit by the weapon of a warrior of dark," Sun Wukong smirked confidently as he removed the robe he wore, there was a chest plate which was coated in dark miasma.  "I had some protection from the same warriors of dark, you see, what you stabbed wasn't my skin, it was this breastplate, in order for you not to suspect my trick, I had simply made blood appear so you'd think I had actually been hurt, you were never an hurdle or a challenge for me, hell no, you are worth even lower than a pig's bowels, a mere tool of cruise for me to just play and toy with as I desire," Sun Wukong ends evilly as he outstretched his right arm, his nails grew about nine inches longs, raising it till he got to a particular point, he began to swing it towards Change'e's neck.

Change'e could see the arm coming slowly for her neck as she looked around, though there was nothing she could do, she thought about the life she had lived, she remembered times as a kid when she would steal bread and other road-side foods just so she could eat something for the day and she would constantly be chased around her village by other adults who despised her stealing habits, she remembered when she became a patron, she remembered Hou Yi, how he brought her flowers and was constantly there to take care of her, he married her and even though she betrayed him by taking the immortality elixir, Hou Yi's love for her never wavered.  "I am very sorry for all I did," Change'e thought, tears dropping from her right eye, this didn't seem to be tears of sorrow but rather, it was one of satisfaction.  "Even though a piece of s**t like me didn't deserve any iota of love, Hou Yi, you were always there for me, I found love in your prescence, thank you, Hou Yi, for loving me..."

Those were Change'e's last thoughts as her head flied freely from her body, the head and body fell and almost immediately as it did, it began to vanish rapidly.

"And that's a wrap," Sun Wukong grinned evilly as he began to stretch his back as if he had just done ten laps, looking over in the direction of one of the human skulls.  "Though I just came here to take care of Change'e but I see the first friends I ever made in my life are here, wouldn't be bad to pay them a visit," Sun Wukong snickered.  "It's as they say, nothing hits better like a reunion after a kill."

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The middle-aged man had a neutral expression on his face, Mui Li despite how gruesomely injured he was didn't stop, even though his legs were losing strength, he kept walking forward, even though his hands were trembling due to loss of energy, he kept a tight grip on his weapon.

"My legs, move," Mui Li began as he started to walk towards the man.  "My hands, don't give way, keep holding my sword, my body shall not falter not when I am yet to achieve Victory, until I have successfully defeated you, I shall not die," Mui Li kept grunting in pain and as he walked, he left a trail of blood.

"This is pathetic and hilarious," the man smiled to himself as he stretched his hand, the giant log of wood he was holding turned into a steel object which was in the shape of a cuboid, it's dimensions were 50cm by 40cm by 40cm, as they appeared, He leaped from the ground towards Mui Li who kept clutching his sides.

"You were a nice entertainment but for a man in his thirties, you are quite retarded, you should know bpy now it's not about who's strongest in the real world, the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong, just because you are the fastest doesn't guarantee you'd win every race and also, just because you are the mightiest doesn't mean every battle will end up as your win, the strongest don't always win, victory is a very alluring and tempting fruit and naturally everyone wants to savor a taste, that's why people who aren't the swiftest, win races and those who are one of the weakest overcome wars, it's because all creatures have been able to overcome their weaknesses through one trait they all shared, the mind, it's what had caused every creature to evolve past thier weakness and do things that should be impossible, that's why intellect is the most important thing in all of existence, one who's stupid will die, the quote only the fittest survive wasn't referring to the strongest, it's retarded to think that, it was referring to the smartest," he finished as he brought out down the giant steel upon Mui Li, "goodbye, young chap," he said but he realized mid way that he couldn't drive down the steel weapon any further.

"What??!!!"

Mui Li despite his weakened state was holding up his right arm, he was preventing the steel was coming any further down with his sword, he had one of his eyes closed as he was bleeding profusely from his right eye.  "There's more to a man than just intellect, what really causes a man to evolve isn't intellect, if that was the case, then I wouldn't have been able to defeat those self absorbed bastards that I did in the past, a man is as strong as his will, if I decide to face your Brains with brawn, if my will is strong enough, then I will succeed, that's how I know I will suceed because I have a will and that will will give me strength I never knew I had and will cause me to overcome every hardship and pain I might face," Mui Li said as he sharply looked over in the middle -aged man's direction.  "That's how I know I will win, because I believe I can, a man is all about will and beliefs as that what makes up the shape of every man's personality and I have the personality of that of a winner," Mui Li screamed as he tore through the steel with his sword, screaming as loud as he could, he tore through the steel like paper as he began to run towards the position the man was.

"This young chap sure does never gives up," the man bit his lower lip.  As he thought that, the torn steel that Mui Li had tore began to rearrange itself as sandy spikes, it was raining down on Mui Li.

"Martial arts : useless dummy arc 2," Mui Li said aloud as he kept running, almost immediately as he had spoken, several clones of him appeared at his sides, they each held a long sword, as fast as they could, they began to swing their weapons, intercepting every sandy spike and preventing then from reaching Mui Li, two of the clones placed thier palms on Mui Li's two sides, with all the strength they could muster, they launched him towards the Middle-aged man, the Middle-aged man gritted his teeth as he saw the figure being launched towards him, Mui Li readied his sword as he swiped at the middle-aged man as he got to his position, the old man stepped backwards, raising his arm, he swiped a sandy spike from the sky, the sandy spike reconstructed itself, it then looked like a sandy scimitar, Mui Li swiped at him again but this time, he was intercepted by the man's weapon, Mui Li looked at him, anger apparent in his eyes.

"The look in his eyes, he doesn't hate me," the old man thought as he began to exchange several blows with him, their weapons clashing with each other.  "He's angry about my outlook on the world, how I think it's those that are the smartest survive, that's what keeps him going, he won't let himself die until he has me proven wrong," the old man chuckled internally.  "He will learn that there's a limit to the will of a man, what a stubborn kid but that doesn't mean I'd hold back just because he has a few stupid ideals."

"First and foremost, before this was a fight," the middle aged man said.  "This was a race, what happens when your vehicle, the donkey dies, my guess is you get disqualified and all that you have been doing since becomes for naught," he smiled and as he did, the sandy spikes which were once heading for Mui Li's doubles disappeared and reappeared above his donkey, then it began to shoot down at an alarming speed.

Crouching his body down and holding his weapon tight, Mui Li said.  "Martial arts style : beyond light arc 2," as he said that, his body was enclosed in a yellow light, dashing over to the place where the sandy spikes were falling towards his donkey, he was about 1.6 miles away but yet he covered that distance in exactly 0.0005 attosecond, he saw the old man running after him, he had readied the scimitar he held as if intending to kill, he had delibrately set those sandy spikes at the donkey not just to take Mui Li off his case but also to distract him so he would land the finishing blow.   "Martial arts style," Mui Li continued.  "Useless dummies arc 1," as he said that, hundreds of donkeys appeared around the area, the middle-aged man was clearly amazed as he found himself standing on top of a donkey.

"I am going to protect all those I love, just because I am dumber than you," Mui Li said as he pointed his weapon at him.  "Doesn't make you any better than me."

The old man paid what he said no mind as he lifted a donkey from the ground and threw it towards his direction, Mui Li slashed his blade forward ripping the donkey in two, causing blood to spill everywhere, the old man got to where the donkey was spilled, scooping some of the blood in the air, he flinged it towards Mui Li's good eye, it was a perfect aim as it landed, Mui Li's two eyes were now blinded, the Middle-aged man even though it was for a moment couldn't help but relish the fact that he had actually won, he ran towards the blinded Mui Li, he was hoping from horse to horse, he jumped above, his weapon outstretched and as he was about to land the finishing talk.

He heard Mui Li say something.

"This will be the first time I land a clean hit since we started fighting, it would have been impossible as you are way smarter than me and could easily evade everything I threw at you but now that you have come this close to me was your f**k up," Mui Li smiled, even though his eyes were closed, he continued.  "Martial arts style : raging inferno."

The Middle-aged man looked astonished but before he could react, great flames materialized from Mui body and burnt the middle-aged man to crisp, while he burnt, he looked over at Mui Li.  "I guess I lost then, I was wrong for thinking there was nothing more to man than his intellect, it was thanks to this battle that I was actually able to grow and mature, I hope my friends win this, it's necessary, I know he'd take care of my wife once he returns, it's a good thing I had friends."

Those were his last thoughts before he finally succumbed to his death.

The flames Mui Li created suddenly disappeared, he had consumed so much Krigo energy, also he had lost a lot of blood and now, his breathing was tagged, he fell face down to the ground, he fainted!!!