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"So, he has a grudge against Ancestor Hongjun. Does this mean I have to abandon this clone?"
Listening to the explanation given by the old man standing opposite him, George felt a pang of reluctance in his heart.
Losing a clone wouldn't cause him any fatal damage, but every single clone was hard-earned and precious.
In the future, when his numerous clones eventually fused together to help him advance to the Multiverse Level, having one extra clone would mean adding the power of an entire Single Universe. It would elevate his strength to a completely higher tier.
Therefore, unless it was absolutely unavoidable, he did not want to lose a clone.
He was now beginning to regret his carelessness. The smooth success of his previous two endeavors had caused him to lower his guard. Otherwise, he would never have entered the temple so easily, nor would he have stepped into the sacrificial ritual.
If he had simply charged out of this world and fled into the Chaos the moment trouble started, even this old man—a Multiverse Level entity—would have found it extremely difficult to catch him. By utilizing the unpredictable dangers found within the Chaos, there was a very high probability that he could have escaped.
"Eh? Wait, something isn't right about his strength!"
Just as George felt like he was done for, a thought suddenly struck him. His spirit jolted, and he immediately extended his mental perception to probe his opponent.
"As I thought, his current power isn't actually that strong."
Under normal circumstances, a Multiverse Level Creator who possessed four worlds—and magical worlds at that—would be far beyond what George, who had only just advanced, could handle.
Even if George were to borrow the soul power of his main body and all his other clones to perform beyond his limits, it would still be impossible. The gap between them was simply too wide.
However, if this old man was suffering from severe, unhealed injuries and was unable to mobilize the power of his own worlds, then the situation was not entirely hopeless.
First of all, the old man definitely did not know that George could borrow the soul power of his main body and clones.
Secondly, the old man likely didn't know that George possessed a universe of his own.
Iluvatar had once told him that as long as he didn't actively utilize his own world, other Creators would be unable to detect that he possessed one. Since George had only just advanced, he hadn't yet had the time to use his world's power within the Fairy Tail world.
Therefore, it was extremely likely that the old man assumed George was a Single Universe powerhouse who had advanced through individual bodily refinement, rather than a Single Universe powerhouse who had created a world.
There was a massive difference in strength between a Single Universe powerhouse with a world and one without.
Moreover, George was a unique existence who possessed both qualities.
Since the old man couldn't use his own world's power, if George could catch him off guard, there was still a hope of winning. And even if he couldn't win, as long as he wasn't completely powerless to resist, there was a chance to escape.
"I have to try. Sitting still and waiting for capture isn't my style!"
George waved his hand, unleashing a terrifying blast of light magic that smashed viciously toward the old man—it was the Super Magic, Fairy Glitter.
Cast with his Single Universe level strength, the power of this spell was enough to obliterate a planet.
However, the old man simply waved the magic staff in his hand, erasing the Fairy Glitter instantly. He revealed a faint, cold sneer.
"Using magic from a world I created to attack me? How naive. With your current level, even in my injured state, I can easily deal with you. Give up. Stop resisting!"
"Even if I die, I'll take a piece of you with me!"
George feigned a look of utter madness, continuously hurling various high-power spells at the old man.
Super Magic, Lost Magic, Dragon Slayer Magic, God Slayer Magic... he cycled through almost every form of magic available in the Fairy Tail world.
Finally, he even transformed into his Dragon form, drastically boosting the potency of his magic, and rushed in for close-quarters combat.
Unfortunately, the old man's expression didn't change in the slightest. Merely by waving the wand in his hand, he blocked every single one of George's earth-shattering spells.
"It seems you have more strength than I imagined. Not bad. Devouring you like this will allow me to restore even more of my power."
The strength George was currently displaying was indeed significantly higher than the old man had anticipated. Back when the old man had first created his own world, he hadn't been as powerful as the dragon before him.
"It seems your injuries are more severe than I predicted."
George didn't stop his attacks, but a judgment was forming in his mind.
Although the old man appeared to be blocking the attacks with ease, George could sense that the opponent was actually struggling slightly.
Thus, George began to gradually incorporate modified magic from other worlds, no longer relying solely on the magic of the Fairy Tail world.
The magic from other worlds possessed fundamental laws that differed from those of Fairy Tail. Consequently, the old man could no longer dismantle them as effortlessly as before, and he even began to make dodging movements.
"Hmph, time to end this!"
Feeling the strain, the old man stopped merely defending and finally made his true move.
He waved his wand, and the temple immediately erupted with powerful laws. A crushing pressure descended upon George's body, rendering him unable to move, while the power of his magic was instantly suppressed by more than half.
Although the old man's injuries were too severe to mobilize the power of his four worlds, using the temple to suppress an enemy was still within his capabilities.
"Life and death are mine to control!"
Having pinned George down, the old man began to concentrate the energy within his body, preparing to use his laws to strip George of his soul and devour all his power.
"Now!"
At that moment, pinned to the ground and seemingly struggling on death's door, George's dragon eyes suddenly lit up. He activated Soul Sharing.
The souls of his main body and all other clones were transmitted over simultaneously, causing his mental power to become unprecedentedly powerful.
"Mind Control!"
Using this terrifying mental force, he unleashed a psychic ability that enveloped the old man. It instantly interrupted the old man's casting, leaving him frozen in a daze.
Seizing the split second that the old man was stunned, George's body erupted with powerful World Power. He blocked the temple's suppression from his body and charged straight at the old man.
He didn't attack the old man directly. He knew that his current attacks wouldn't be enough to insta-kill a Multiverse entity, and the pain of an attack would only snap the old man out of the Mind Control.
Even injured, the old man was a Multiverse Level powerhouse; controlling him for even a few seconds was incredibly difficult.
So, George directly opened his own internal world and swallowed the old man inside, entering it himself immediately after.
"You actually created a world as well!"
The moment he was pulled into the world, the old man used his tyrannical mental strength to break free from George's Mind Control. When he realized he had been dragged into another world, his expression changed drastically.
Previously, when he sensed the change in George's aura, he thought the dragon had merely advanced his physical body to the Single Universe level. He never expected that the opponent had actually created a world of his own.
But this didn't make sense. If the opponent had truly advanced by creating a world, it would have been impossible for the old man to miss the signs of advancement.
What he didn't know was that the advancement of George's world hadn't happened in this dimension, but in the Middle-earth world. The perfection and advancement of this clone's small world were entirely due to synchronization with the main body, so there had been no special omens in this location.
"Correct answer, but there is no prize!"
George didn't waste words. He immediately activated the power of his world, summoning chains of law to bind the old man, and unleashed a frenzy of attacks once more.
(End of Chapter)