# Chapter 369: Clash and Observation
A pure white radiance flashed before Michael. A Six-winged Angel's phantom appeared before Michael, reaching out to make the sign of the cross across her chest, expressing her devotion to the Lord.
"Lord Michael! Lord Gabriel, Lord Raphael, and Lord Uriel are on their way! The Lord wants you to hold back these heretics! But do not attack rashly!"
Michael swept a proud gaze over the messenger before him, not taking her words to heart. He said in a low voice, "Wait for Gabriel and the others? Tell them not to come. I have enough strength to annihilate those heretics who blaspheme against God."
A faint, pure white sacred fire rose from Michael's body. As the white blazing flames flowed over his twelve pairs of wings, the white light feathers behind him directly transformed into twelve pairs of wings made of blazing flames.
The scorching white sacred flame burned the surrounding Chaos Void, causing it to boil. At this moment, Michael, clad in divine armor, was like a lighthouse in the Chaos, illuminating a patch of light in the chaotic Void.
The blood-colored light pillar and the white holy light complemented each other, also illuminating the misty protective membrane not far away. That membrane, existing between illusion and reality, was the protective membrane of a World.
It was precisely because of the existence of this tough membrane that a world could be preserved in the vast and boundless Chaos Sea.
Without this protective membrane, if a wave from the chaos surged, this island, not much larger than a reef, would instantly become empty.
A blood-colored light pillar, like a phantom, pierced through this membrane and merged into the chaos, extending somewhere unknown in the unseen.
At this moment, thousands of high-rank angels had The Void attached to their entire bodies, transforming into Things shimmering with blue electric light. Their strength condensed into one, gathering in Michael's palm, turning into a crimson divine might that burned crimson, transforming into the Sword of All Things' Collapse. Michael held the longsword, sweeping it across The Void, slashing towards the Blood-Red Altar Passage.
Compared to the Heavenly Kingdom Vice-Regent Michael of the Marvel World, the Archangel of the DC Universe at this moment displayed strength that was even stronger than the God of the Marvel World.
Michael's sword sliced through Space, froze time, and seemed capable of turning everything into dust in an instant.
As if sensing the terrifying destructive power contained within the divine might of wrath, within the rippling blood-colored light pillar, a blurry humanoid silhouette emerged halfway. With a burly body and two black snakes on his earlobes, the Gonggong True Form's body seemed to pass through a mirror woven from blood-red crystal. He guided various probabilities and rules, undergoing seemingly static but actually extremely turbulent changes. The great halberd in his hand met the crimson divine edge in Michael's hand.
Instantly, at the apex of their clash, a terrifying tremor spread out. The very fabric of Space that constitutes The Void here moaned under this unexplained tremor.
The vibration spread, instantly sweeping across countless Worlds in the DC Multiverse. This shockwave, after spreading across an unknown number of Dimensions, suddenly collapsed and reversed, beginning to contract inwards.
Crack! In this burst of ultimate strength, the black great halberd in the Gonggong True Form's hand directly couldn't withstand the aftermath of their clash and turned into dust.
The Gonggong True Form looked at the two black pythons on his arm that were shattered by the tremor. The malicious thought visualized by Tang Song surged into his heart. He roared, directly grabbing into the blood-colored light pillar behind him. Swaths of blood mist condensed into a black great halberd in his hand.
He met the crimson divine edge in Michael's hand again. The previous clash made the Gonggong True Form realize that his strength was inferior to the opponent.
This time, he simply extended his entire body out of the blood-colored light pillar, stepping on two black dragons, and began a mobile combat with Michael in Void Space.
A silent combat. In a single instant, the great halberd in Gonggong's hand was cut into pieces over a thousand times by Michael's crimson divine edge, but relying on his water control ability, the great halberd still condensed into form in Gonggong's hand.
After absorbing part of the strength from this blood sacrifice, the Gonggong True Form possessed a cultivation base no less than a Nascent Divinity, but he was still far off from Michael, a peak Skyfather.
However, although his strength was not as great as Michael's, his combat technique greatly compensated for this shortcoming.
In an instant, the two clashed thousands of times in Void Space. The black great halberd in Gonggong's hand was also severed millions of times. Every time their weapons clashed, every single spark that collided out was like a Star exploding in The Void.
Fortunately, this was the edge of the World, far from those Parallel Universes and Dimensional Realms. Otherwise, with the aftermath of their clash, a few rounds would likely be enough to tear apart a Star System.
Perhaps because the place of their battle was located at the Multiverse's membrane, the commotion of their clash also attracted the attention of quite a few powerful entities.
In a certain Universe within this Multiverse, a blue naked figure sitting cross-legged on The Moon seemed to sense something and raised his head, turning his gaze towards the horizon.
At his brow, a symbol representing the atom emitted a pale blue radiance.
However, this figure, emitting a pale blue energy flow from his entire body, seemed completely uninterested in everything. Regarding Michael and Gonggong's clash, he had no interest. He slightly raised his hand, and thousands of miles of Ring Mountains transformed before him like building blocks, turning into Castles, Palaces, Buildings, tanks and combat vehicles. Even where he occasionally glanced up, a meteorite several light-years away directly turned into dust in the Universe in his gaze.
"Michael!!"
In the deepest part of the Multiverse, the location known as the Heart of Darkness, within a dark Nebula, a silver giant floating within it sensed Michael's energy fluctuation and let out roars of rage.
"Michael, The Spectre, and Gabriel, I, Eclipso, will return! I will repay the insults against me tenfold, a hundredfold! Just you wait!"
Powerful sound wave energy echoed in the Heart of Darkness, being devoured by the darkness.
"Hmm, it seems my dear father has met a rival!"
In the Heaven of the DC Multiverse, a black-haired girl wearing a black suit, shorts, and leather shoes completely ignored the disapproving gaze from the Angels standing beside her, resting one leg on the throne symbolizing God's divine authority.
She pulled down her sunglasses, a golden Cross silhouette flashing in her eyes, and clicked her tongue, seemingly having seen extremely interesting things.
"Master Belloc! Although I mean no offense, that is merely a projection of Michael in a Parallel Universe! The God there is merely a projection left behind by the Lord! Furthermore, as far as I know, He has been very active recently and is also coveting the name of the Most High!
Master Belloc, The Most High Lord has left the Multiverse for a long time. As far as I know, some enemies in the Parallel Universes are also stirring. You need to quickly obtain the name of 'The Most High God'!" Raphael looked at this "niece" who was utterly undignified with a headache. As the Creator of the entire DC Multiverse, ever since The Most High God left this World, quite a few evil beings who feared Him were all stirring.
Among them were a few evil beings whose strength was second only to The Most High God. Even with God's wrath and The Spectre, the Incarnation of Revenge, they couldn't deter them for too long.
Not to mention others, just that Eclipso, who was expelled from Heaven, is a big trouble.
Fortunately, this daughter Michael left behind before his passing possessed strength that shocked even him.
She possesses atom manipulation, magic, immortality, omniscience and omnipotence, and other abilities close to The Most High Lord's abilities.
In Raphael's view, this was the gift The Most High God left for Heaven. Unfortunately, his old friend, Gabriel, also one of the Four Great Archangels, didn't agree with his view. After failing to challenge Belloc, she resolutely and decisively took a group of Angels who supported her and left the Most High Heaven. This undoubtedly greatly weakened Heaven's strength.
However, what gave Raphael a headache was that his niece, Michael's daughter, Elaine Belloc, after defeating Gabriel, had no intention of succeeding the Lord or becoming The Most High God.
"Alright, Uncle Raphael, don't call me Master Belloc, call me Elaine. We'll talk about annoying matters later, I'm going to watch the show!"
Without waiting for Raphael to speak, the suit-wearing girl upon the throne of Heaven waved towards Raphael, and her entire being instantly vanished from Heaven.
"Come back soon!" Raphael only had time to shout, and before his eyes, Elaine Belloc's figure vanished.
In the DC Multiverse, most Parallel Universes have the existence of Superheroes like Superman, Batman, The Flash, etc., it's just that their identity might be somewhat different.
In certain Parallel Universes, Bruce Wayne might merely be a normal rich second generation, but could also be The Batman Who Laughs, possessing abilities that surpass Parallel Universes!
Similarly, in these Parallel Universes, there are also Heaven and Hell. In most Worlds, whether it's those hellish demon gods or that "God," their strength cannot exceed the boundary of a Parallel Universe.
According to the Marvel World's classification, which is Single Universe Level, the formulator of this rule is The Most High God. He created the entire DC Universe. He is the supreme existence in the entire DC Universe, transcending all things.
However, Elaine Belloc knew that this old man had already a long time ago left this Multiverse He created, otherwise, there wouldn't be the birth of those few existences who broke the rules.
"Fortunately, I ran fast!"
Elaine Belloc arrived at the DC Universe of Earth-28 in a flash, patting her ordinary chest with lingering fear.
She was still young and didn't want to so early become Heaven's laborer. What's so good about being The Most High God? Maintaining the balance of the entire Multiverse isn't that something a miserable programmer should be doing!
After getting rid of her clingy uncle and arriving here, no one would obstruct her from watching this spectacular battle up close. Although one of the two battling was her own "father," it didn't affect her watching with great interest at all.
Regarding these counterparts from Parallel Universes, Elaine Belloc didn't have much sense of identification. Even if the Heaven of this Universe was destroyed, it would be the same.
In The Void, a figure emitting golden light was also quietly watching this combat with arms crossed. His iconic S-shaped armor, the slightly curled S-shaped hair curl on his forehead, although he was in The Void, his entire being was like a Star, emitting endless light and heat there.
"Long time no see, Clark Kent! How have you been lately?" Elaine Belloc walked forward with familiarity and greeted this figure emitting golden light.
The man was precisely Clark Kent, the most famous existence in the DC Universe. It's just that compared to that Superman who died at Doomsday's hands, this Golden Superman came from a certain Parallel Universe. Unlike counterparts in other Parallel Universes, deeply understanding Gou Dao, he cultivated in the sun for 15000 years. He had already reached the High-Dimensional Being level, possessing abilities surpassing time and space. He not only resurrected his wife Lois Lane but also resurrected the entire Krypton and all life on Krypton, finally traveling to Heaven, Hell, and other places humans cannot understand.
As one of the few existences whose strength could rival his own, Elaine Belloc naturally knew Superman. Ever since the old man transcended out of the DC Multiverse, Superman was also one of those few who broke the rules left by the old man, becoming one of the Multiversal Existences.
He could be said to be one of Elaine Belloc's few 'kindred'!
"What are you looking at?" After patting Clark Kent's shoulder, Elaine Belloc noticed the value in Clark Kent's eyes. She followed Clark Kent's gaze and only saw the scene of Michael in this Parallel Universe clashing with his enemy.
The fighting was indeed very intense, but in her eyes, the strength of the two was just so-so. For someone whose strength reached the Multiversal Level like her, erasing the two was just a matter of lifting a hand.
With a wave of her hand, she could shatter the two at the atomic level.
"I'm looking at his combat technique!" Golden Superman's Super Brain was rapidly operating. He was computing in his brain how long he could last against Michael, substituting himself into Gonggong's role under the same strength.
The more he watched, the more surprised Clark Kent became. The strength gap between these two battling was very obvious, like a child battling an adult. But that man holding the great halberd yet stubbornly relied on combat technique and fought Michael to a draw.
Their clash, in a single instant, that black great halberd was cut into pieces over a thousand times by the crimson divine edge in Michael's hand, but still condensed into form. In others' eyes, it was merely just weapons clashing, but Clark Kent, relying on his eyes that could pause time, saw clearly,
If it were himself under the same strength, he definitely couldn't achieve the level of the man holding the halberd.
As a Kryptonian, even if Clark Kent didn't like combat, the hot-bloodedness in Kryptonians' bones couldn't help but make him start secretly learning Gonggong's combat skill.
The more Michael fought, the more surprised he became. This Heretic before him, his strength was barely acceptable, but that martial arts technique, he himself was not a Rival.
Every time they clashed, the trajectory of his sword of the Fire God seemed to be grasped by the opponent.
That great halberd's attack often came when his new strength hadn't been born and old strength hadn't ceased, making his parrying very difficult. Moreover, although this Heretic's strength wasn't strong, he was durable, and that black great halberd that seemed made of water and could recover at any time made it so he couldn't take down this guy whose strength was far inferior to his own for a while.
(end of chapter)