THE STRONGEST NEXULYTE

Ivan's body suddenly exploded with a terrifying wave of red energy; the explosion was so strong that it sent the red-haired man flying, and the gigantic meteor that they were standing on shot downward into space like a bullet while particles of it scattered around space.

Ivan was currently in red energy like a blazing tongue of flame, his hair fluttering widely and the blood on his body quickly dried up. His eyes were glowing white and blue as he gazed at the red-haired man who had flown hundreds of kilometers away in space.

Hercules Blaze stared at Ivan. For the first time, he did not have a casual smile on his face but a serious expression stuck to his eyebrows; the energy that was surrounding Ivan was blazing red, much more violent than Ki.

It was Nexus energy, the same energy that Hercules was using!

He didn't expect Ivan to suddenly awaken Nexus energy just when he had already defeated him, this shocked him greatly.

"It's really surprising but wasn't unexpected. After all, you got 100 percent on Ki just like me. I know it was only a matter of time before you discovered the hidden energy within you.

Since that's the case, let's see who's energy is stronger." The man said in a deep tone before equally exploding with Nexus energy and a gigantic beast with the body of a beast and a fish head appeared behind him.

The monster was so enormous and was as huge as a small planet. Ivan and Hercules were like fireflies in front of it.

With a roar, the beast suddenly shot toward Hercules before exploding into particles of light that drilled into his body.

In an instant, Hercules began to grow in size and quickly reached a height of hundreds of meters tall. His body was huge and covered in features of the beast that had just fused with his body.

"Now, let me see the might of the strongest warrior." Hercules's voice thundered like rolling lightning and echoed through space like a ripple.

Ivan was expressionless as he slowly raised his left hand as three cards appeared around him, the cards burst into multicolored light particles before spinning around him.

Two streams of light particles drilled into Ivan's body.

Woosh!!

With a deafening windy sound, two wings suddenly spurt out of his back.

A red wing on one side and a blue wing on the other side. Both wings were two meters long and were shaped like crystals and had pointy tips. Tiny particles of light fell from them like stardust and disappeared into space.

The last swirling light particle around Ivan had mysteriously vanished without a trace while his wings were forming.

Hercules stared at Ivan from behind his fish helmet, a confused and wary expression twisted his face. But he didn't retreat.

BOOM!!

Despite his huge size, he suddenly shot forward with an impressive speed that caused ripples to spread through space and sent hundreds of meteorites flying as he sped toward Ivan.

He was so fast that he covered the gap of hundreds of kilometers within a split second, and his large fist appeared in front of Ivan's body; the latter was like a small chick in front of Hercules's large fist.

Ivan suddenly moved at this moment; his red and blue wings flapped once, and he vanished; his speed was even more exaggerated, and cracks formed in space because of his speed.

With a boom, Hercules's fist pierced through the crack that Ivan had created because of his speed. His large fist immediately tore the crack wider and entered the empty void.

Fear gripped Hercules for a moment as he sensed the dangers in the void; he hurriedly pulled back his fist. Even with his level of strength, venturing into the void was a death sentence for him.

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With a silent sound, Ivan appeared behind Hercules, another crack that led to the void tore through space again because of his speed.

This time, Ivan was holding a black ball in his right palm as he gazed at Hercules's large body with his glowing eyes. It was a small black hole!

Without waiting for Hercules to turn around, he threw the black ball at him with a casual movement of his hand.

The black ball flew with a frightening speed, it was like a bullet that broke through space and landed on Hercules's back.

Immediately, Hercules's eyes widened in horror from under his helmet. He felt a strong suction force suddenly envelop his entire body and a sharp cutting pain spreading from his back, slowly shredding his tough body that could resist the full force of a planet destroyer!

Dangerous!

His eyes turned red from fear for his life, and he immediately focused all of his energy on moving away from the black ball; he only managed to escape, but he had lost an arm to the black ball.

The ball was only the size of a human head but had managed to swallow one of his arms that was as huge as an airship!

"W-what is this power?!" Hercules trembled in despair as he stared at Ivan after making a good distance between them. He no longer had the air of a powerful Senior as he usually did when he met Ivan, he could currently feel death's cold fingers gripping his throat just from staring at Ivan's eyes.

The strength of the once young boy terrified him.

"This…is the might of a wisher," Ivan mumbled softly, but his voice spread through thousands of kilometers in space. His memory of the strange dream that he had years ago was slowly coming back and he could not remember a lot of things that had happened in the dream, and the more he remembered, the more he felt like it had not been a dream.

Another card suddenly appeared in his hand before changing into a black ball, which he threw at Hercules; the latter was shocked out of his skill and ran into the distance.

But how could Ivan let him go? The black ball flew after him while Ivan flapped his wings again and vanished, another crack leading to the void was formed in his previous location.

Meanwhile, inside the labyrinth.

A wave of Nexus energy suddenly gushed out from Ivan's body and moved toward the connected tattoos and runes. Immediately after, the black aura began to move out of the statue's body and return to Ivan's body at a stunning speed.

At the same time, the change in them began to reverse. Ivan's body started to return to normal at a speed visible to the naked eye while the statue's body reverted to being a statue.

"What? No, no! This can't be, I have to do something!" The priestess screamed and rushed toward the two but before she could reach them, she suddenly felt cold. Her eyes widened and she came to an abrupt stop.

The teenager had suddenly appeared beside Ivan and was now standing next to him while looking down at the other.

The priestess's body trembled as she stared at the teenager, not daring to take another step.

…

Back in space, Ivan stood above the bloodied Hercules who had now returned to his original human appearance.

His mecha had been turned off and he was a complete bloody mess.

He coughed and spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes gazing at Ivan resentfully.

"You…you are you? Cough!"

He asked as he coughed out another mouthful of blood.

Ivan gave no resources as he floated in the air above Hercules; his face was expressionless, and he held a card in his hand.

The card suddenly burst into light particles that disappeared into space, next thing was a sudden scream from Hercules as his body was torn into multiple people.

His screams came to an abrupt stop, he had died swiftly…painfully but swiftly.

"No one…hurts my family," Ivan mumbled while staring down at the disembodied corpse on the ground.

Right after saying this, a crack suddenly appeared in the air in front of Ivan. Ivan looked up at it, thinking that someone or something was coming.

But another crack suddenly appeared beside the first crack, then another, and another. In less than a minute, the cracks covered a large portion of the sky and Ivan felt the world crumbling; yes, the world was crumbling as those cracks began to connect and spread even wider before collapsing!

"What's happening?" Ivan asked in confusion. He flew into the air but a crack suddenly appeared in front of him and swallowed him.

Darkness followed.

At the same time, in the labyrinth.

The teenager suddenly took a step back before saying.

" I'm done playing, I'll be going back now; you can continue."

He vanished immediately after saying this, the priestess wasn't able to sense him in the entire labyrinth.

A look of hate appeared in her eyes as she remembered the face of the teenager and she gritted her teeth in anger.

"Just wait; my Master will make you pay for this." She growled like a beast before rushing to where Ivan and the statue were.

Only for her to discover that Ivan wasn't there anymore, the statue was the only thing left inside the large formation on the ground.

"Where did he go?" She questioned as she looked around.

"Looking for me?"