Epoch: A Berserker's Rise

Chapter 218: Fighting the strongest Olympian

Adam looked at Zeus with a small frown. Another major reason he had killed Poseidon so easily was that the later wasn't in his domain.

As he mastered water skills, Poseidon would have been much more powerful in the ocean, and thus much harder to kill.

On the other hand, Zeus' domain was the sky, which was exactly where he was right now, and he was also stronger than Poseidon in term of raw power.

But after a second, Adam's frown disappeared, his expression easing up. While the sky was Zeus' domain, Adam mastered the sky even better than him. Actually, in Yang Adam's body, who was unable to use the Water Concept, fighting Poseidon in the water would have been much more bothersome.

Adam slowly flew out out of the dome of fire he had created and looked at Zeus who was in a bad shape. Without a word, he suddenly took out a blade from the Blood Tower.

It was a Greatsword he had taken for himself in New York. It was only a normal sword, but it's not like it would break even if he used it. In many novels he read in the past, the weapons would shatter in pieces or even turn into dust when used by a strong person.

However, in reality it was quite the opposite. A strong swordsman wouldn't destroy a sword with their energy, but instead turn it sharper and stronger.

Something Adam had discovered was that he could actually temper his sword using his understanding of the Sword Concept, which would slowly turn it stronger over time. This though, was something that was only possible in the real world.

In Epoch, it was impossible to nurture a sword, probably due to the system. If Adam was right about his earlier assumption that the Gods actually made the system so that no mortal would rise to become a god while they were away, then they probably made nurturing a weapon impossible in fear a mortal created a Divine Weapon and threatened them.

Of course, those were only hypothesises.

Adam hadn't had the time to strengthen his sword for a long time, but due to the strength of his Qi and his high understanding of the sword, the weapon had already become strong enough to cut steel without applying energy onto it.

Adam used his [Sword Aura], making a thick red layer of Qi appear around his sword. In Epoch, his Aura was blue because he was attuned to water, but on Earth it was red because he was attuned to fire.

Zeus' eyes narrowed as he felt danger emanate from the sword, and began attacking. Black clouds began forming all around the two, and one could see arcs of electricity dance among the clouds.

At the same time, Zeus flew at a high velocity as a bolt of lightning appeared in his hand. Strangely, the bolt looked like it was confined to the area around Zeus' hand, and straightened to form a kind of gladius.

Zeus was not only adept at using lightning, but he was also a great short ranged fighter Well, according to Earth's standards. As he neared Adam, the later couldn't help but snear.

Maybe it wasn't to others, but it was to him. Zeus obviously hadn't opened the 4th Gate, meaning he did not possess perfect equilibrium.

Humans were not made to navigate on a three dimensional terrain, the average human already struggled to master their movement in a two dimensional battlefield, so including a third dimension of height made it very hard for them to control their movements.

That's why, although Zeus' speed in a straight line was his maximum speed and thus quite high, the moment he tried to turn he would be greatly slowed down.

In comparison, Adam had opened the 4th Gate and could move as he wished in the sky, making complex trajectories in the sky was easy for him.

Since he had such an advantage, he naturally wouldn't waste it. Instead of attacking Zeus, he began circling around him at top speed while he sent lightning bolts after lightning bolts into the surrounding clouds.

From a glance Adam had understood Zeus had summoned the surrounding clouds to store and strengthen his lightning in them. A simple way for Adam to go around this was to simply switch the ownership of those clouds by flooding them with his own lightning, which meant flooding them with his Qi and will, giving him control over them.

Zeus quickly understood his plan backfired, and outmanoeuvring Adam in the sky was going to be impossible, so he switched tactics and came to a stop. At the same time, the lightning gladius in his hand was glowing brighter and brighter.

Adam didn't intend on letting him prepare an attack, so he rushed at Zeus from his back, preparing himself to slash him down.

But as he grew closer and close to the God of the sky, the later revealed a sneer as a shield appeared in his hand, which he turned toward Adam.

On that shield was a head, a beautiful woman's head. Well, that would have been if her hair was real hair, instead of snakes.

Adam didn't have time to look away as his gaze locked into that woman's own eyes, and Adam felt something attack his mind, stunning him.

Adam's mind was very powerful, but even he wasn't able to shrug off the effects of that mental attack, resulting in his stun. Even though it lasted no longer than an instant, it was more than enough for Zeus to stab Adam's chest with his lightning gladius.

Adam woke up from his stun, and he could feel his body was sluggish, and his bones, muscles, organs and tendons were all solidifying. He quickly put a stop to it, but as he did hundreds of lightning snakes travelled through his body.

They all came from the lightning gladius that pierced into his body. Thanks to his body's terrifying natural defence, and the weapon not being a stabbing kind of weapon, it only pierced through a very small layer of his body, not even reaching his organs.

However, it allowed the lightning bolt to send numerous lightning bolts directly inside his body, ignoring his external defences.

Zeus had a triumphant look in his eyes as he felt victory was his. Not only did lightning do a lot of damage, it also paralysed those hit by it. As a result, anyone stabbed by his lightning bolt would find themselves unable to move.

The only person who had ever managed to resist this was his father, Kronos. But then, much to his shock, he saw a hand grabbed the lightning bolt directly.

One had to understand that his weapon was an actual lightning bolt that had been solidified, meaning it was as powerful as a natural lightning bolt. He could touch it because the weapon was his, but anyone else who touched it would be touching a lightning bolt.

Adam felt his hand was burning and blackening, but he face did not show as sign of pain, and was instead terrifyingly cold. He used all the strength in his body to push the lightning gladius out of his body, and then growled "I underestimated you"

His expression turned savage as he continued "You managed to anger me. Fine! Time to die."

Adam let go of the lightning bolt and slashed down with his sword. The sword seemed to cover the entire world in Zeus' eyes as it attacked him from point blank. He didn't have the time to use his famous shield, Aegis, as the sword light hit his chest.

Had it been any of the other Olympians, they would have been split in two by that attack. Although Zeus avoided this fate, a terrible looking gash appeared on his chest, from which blood erupted in a geyser.

The next moment, Adam appeared in front of Zeus, and this time his sword had disappeared, and a ball of ultra condensed fire was in his left hand.

Adam's left hand moved toward Zeus open wound, and the flames were so hot and concentrated that even before touching it his wound began cauterising. Feeling the fireball was a threat to his life, Zeus hurriedly put Aegis in front of it.

Unfortunately, Adam's right hand came down onto the arm holding Aegis, in the form of a palm shop. Adam's hand passed through Zeus' arm with no effort at all, slicing through it. Actually, it not only sliced through his arm, but also space itself. It was a spacial skill renowned for it's cutting potential.

This second attack though slowed his fist attack, leaving Zeus enough time to dodge by quickly flying backward. However, the strongest Olympian now lacked his left arm.