DC: I am Bruce Wayne

Chapter 119: A Godly Smackdown (2)

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"Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak."

― Sun Tzu, (The Art of War)

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<(Bruce Wayne POV)> 

[Chi inhibitors deactivated] 

[Chi can now be used freely]

[Warning! Others can now detect your Chi]

A string of warnings played inside my head informing me of the changes being made throughout the suit. 

or,

I made this anti-chi detection feature into my suit a long time ago when I realized that one day I might have to sneak up on someone who is a master of chi. This stealth technology was supposed to be perfect as it was capable of suppressing and hiding my chi completely... if it just didn't have one specific disadvantage.

The chi-inhibitors in my suit didn't just completely hide my chi from others but also actively negated it as long as it was active, keeping it under a particular level, a level that could be termed as ordinary for humans. For now, this was a double-edged sword for anyone using chi... although in my case, it wasn't that much of a disadvantage since I already possessed a supernaturally strong body and a very well-made super suit. 

Hmm, now that I think about it, one can even say that right now my technique of completely suppressing and hiding my chi is like Zetsu from HXH but what I truly need to be capable of is to be able to perform something like In where I can make full use of chi even while hiding it. 

"Interesting. Something just changed in you. I can feel it..., a new power maybe, or is it magic?... Tell me, are you a demigod as well?" Ares asked, curiously tilting his head at me. 

"Hmm? Nope, just a human who wants to kill a god and go back home." I answered before firing a couple of more shots from my shoulder cannon at him. 

But this time, those shots barely did any visible damage to him as he took those shots directly on his chest without even flinching. 

"You dare challenge the God of War with a mere... gun?" Ares bellowed in a thunderous voice as he took a look at the small scratch on his armor. "You will regret this defiance." He threatened, his eyes blazing with crimson fire. 

Immediately, his war hammer which had disappeared for some time, again materialized in Ares' hands, its entire body pulsing in some sort of dark energy. Without even waiting for us to make the first move, Ares rushed at us, his weapon primarily aimed at Wonder Woman. 

He seemed to have already decided in his mind that Diana who was the demigod child of Zeus was currently a much bigger threat to him than me who was just a random human in a metal suit. Of course, that was very good news for me because it meant I would have a much easier time fighting and putting him down now that he was just considering me as mere support for Diana. 

Even though Ares' movement was barely traceable to human eyes, Wonder Woman, however, was able to somehow deflect the blow with her bracelets, red sparks flying as one divine weapon clashed against another. 

Now, anybody would think that Ares as the Olympian God of War would be an absolute beast in combat techniques and actual skill, but quite contrarily, his attack on Diana showed that his technique was full of holes. It was like he wasn't taking this fight seriously even though he knew about Diana being of divine origin. 

As the battle raged on, the clash of weapons continued to reverberate through the air. Ares, though far from his peak and severely weakened, fought ferociously. He unleashed waves of dark energy through his weapon, testing our skills and durability to see whom he could throw out of the equation first. While Wonder Woman defended herself using her bracelets, my armor protected me against Ares' brutal moves by absorbing the majority of the impacts while I countered with the All-Blades, hoping to be strong enough to slash apart his armor using Chi.

In an attempt to catch him by surprise, Wonder Woman ensnared Ares with her golden lasso. Deciding to bank on this opportunity, I too darted in, landing a series of rapid strikes on him with the All-Blades— each blow calculated, and precise. Empowered by the chi coursing through me, my reflexes and strength were further heightened. Each of my sword strikes was powerful enough to cut down even the biggest or hardest of rocks and paired with the All-Blades' fiery hot flames, it was enough to easily put quite a few deep, burnt scratches on Ares' armor. 

But unfortunately, Ares was not some ordinary foe, he was a literal god. After noticing the deep scratch on his armor, he just laughed with a sound that could easily send shivers down anyone's spine. "You fight for a world that crumbles under its own flaws. Mortals are weak and pathetic. They are easily swayed by their greed and other useless emotions. However, gods like me... they are perfect. Serve under me human and one day, you will be the strongest mortal in the world. You will have everything you will ever desire, money, power, women everything. Join me and we can conquer this land together." Ares offered while swinging his Warhammer at me, which I was able to just barely avoid in time. 

"That would have been a very good offer if I didn't have all of those already... Also, you should at least stop trying to kill the person for a few moments when you are making an offer." I advised, while mentally wondering how the guy ever managed to make a team with Hercules.

Diana who was silent till now decided to make use of the situation to try and catch Ares by surprise. She quickly took off the golden tiara from her head and hurled it towards Ares like a boomerang. Slicing through the air like a sharp blade, it headed straight for the god's throat, but before it could do its intended job, Ares effortlessly deflected it with just a single smack of his hand. 

"You two cannot defeat me, no matter what you try! Even if I haven't recovered to my peak or gained back most of my original powers as I had during the First World War, I am still a major god nonetheless, the god of war. And if you don't remember, there is a war happening right around us. I am among my element, and I am growing stronger the more we fight." He roared with a dark chuckle.

'Okay, this definitely changed things.' I thought to myself.

"You underestimate humans too much and most important of all, you underestimate me too much," I answered before deciding to stop holding back anything. I always preferred keeping a few hidden cards up my sleeves at all times, but unfortunately, this wasn't such a time. Defeating an evil god of war who just admitted that he was potentially getting stronger every second was much more important.

Deciding not to waste any more words on him, I lunged at him with blinding speed. Deciding to use raw strength rather than blades, I de-summoned my All-Blades while a huge amount of my nanobots instantly began to accumulate near my fists, forming a pair of oversized gauntlets, that hummed with energy. As I struck Ares with a chi-infused punch, he didn't even try to block me, placing his complete belief on his armor which was a major mistake once again on his part since my superhuman strength combined with my chi and the innate strength of my armor was enough to push him quite a few steps back, forcing even Ares to stagger momentarily. 

But I still wasn't done. Taking advantage of his momentary stagger, I got a couple more hits while targeting his head and neck. Each of my strikes was precise and successful, aiming for what looked like weak spots in his armor. Seeing me do so, Diana too decided to follow my cue as she again used her lasso to wrap around Ares' entire body. 

"Surrender, Ares," Diana urged, trying to use her "Jedi mind trick" through the lasso. But the god of war didn't even twitch at her words. However, even though he remained visibly calm from the outside, he was still very much annoyed by Diana's attempts to bind him. Seizing the divine rope, he began to exert his own force to counter its power, infusing it with his own divine energy in the form of sizzling lightning to actively resist its strength. 

As raw energy continued to course through the lasso, a peculiar magical charge started to build up within the magical tool, intensifying with each passing moment until the lasso of submission could no longer contain the growing power. Finally, after a few more seconds, an immense surge of divine energy erupted outward from the lasso with a resounding *Boom*, manifesting as purely chaotic lightning and thunder. 

The huge surge of resulting energy successfully pushed Diana and her lasso away from Ares, but it also created another opportunity for me as it failed to completely push me away, courtesy of the nanobots I was currently using to stand my ground. 

Rather than being overwhelmed by Ares' might, I chose to delve deeper within myself, focusing on harnessing the true power of my chi against the Olympian god. As I reached into my inner chi reserves and directed this energy throughout my body into one specific location, it accumulated in my right hand, hardening and slightly expanding my muscles there while covering it with a light, cyan-colored aura. 

"Block this, motherfucker," I exclaimed as I delivered an extremely powerful right hook straight into Ares' face, causing a mini sonic boom while forcing even his knees to buckle under the impact. Even his now slightly dented helm appeared to have loosened from his head under the force of the single punch. A blow with the combined strength of my chi, the natural superhuman capabilities of my body, and the innate strength of my armor proved too much for Ares to stop completely. It was more than about 150 tons of force in a single punch which was quite a lot for the current Ares. 

Of course, this was only effective because Ares was nowhere near his original power. Otherwise, he probably wouldn't even have flinched if I had hit him with the same strength when he was at his peak.

"Diana, now," I instructed with an urgent voice, following which Wonder Woman who had somewhat recovered from the energy explosion in her lasso, again used it to bind Ares, but this time, she had started using most of her strength from the very start compared to how she was holding back before. It looked like she had learned well from her defeat. "Here," I said as I resummoned my All-Blades and threw one of them towards her before quickly moving behind Ares. 

"What the... what are you...? AAAAHHHHH" Ares tried to exclaim in confusion but before he could understand what was happening, I had already plunged one of the fiery blades into his back seeing which Diana also understood the assignment and followed suit as she pierced her new burning blade into Ares' chest with a primal cry. 

"You yourself said that only one of divine blood can kill you, so I just made sure that there are no loopholes here," I answered with an impassive face. Both the All-Blades seemed to have pierced into the war god's heart and were actively burning his body, trying their best to destroy it to a crisp like what the pair of immortal slaying twin swords are supposed to do. 

"... HAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHHAHAHAHAHA. Do you think that you two have won? Do you think it is that easy to win against a god? No, you are far from victory. I am a god, a real god. There is no defeating me. War will always exist and as long as it does, so will I... I AM INEVITABLE."  

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