# 1815
Chapter 1808: Hand of Royal Power
That day,
He was finally too exhausted to run from his pursuers.
That demon-like human chopped off his limbs with a blade, dragged his body to the peak of a mountain, and nailed him to a metal divine frame!
That human sliced open all his blood vessels, letting his divine blood flow from the mountaintop. No matter how he begged for mercy, there was no sign of forgiveness. The eyes that looked at him held only endless coldness.
He would never forget the despair of that day, never forget the void and powerlessness as his blood was drained drop by drop...
When his crimson blood had dyed the entire mountain red, at the brink of death, that human finally spared him.
"This time, killing you would be too便宜你了."
"Later, I will come find you from time to time. Every time I find you, I will drain all your blood... From now on, you will forever live in fear of me."
"Remember, Poseidon, before me... you are nothing."
...
Inside the [Sea of Two Wheels],
Poseidon gazed at Lin Qiye's face, and a fear rooted deep in his heart for thousands of years surged uncontrollably from the depths of his soul!
"It's you! It's you?!" Poseidon's pupils contracted sharply.
That momentary hesitation gave Lin Qiye the opening he needed. His form turned into afterimages as he dodged Poseidon's palm. The blade of [God's Calamity] flashed repeatedly, carving a crimson "cross" mark across the giant's immense chest!
Had it been before, this strike could have severed half his body, but now the size difference between Poseidon and Lin Qiye was simply too great. This slash could only cover the area of his chest at most.
The Sea God's laws were partially dispelled by [God's Calamity]. Poseidon's aura rapidly weakened. The pain of this strike also jolted Poseidon awake. He glared furiously at Lin Qiye and roared:
"No... none of that ever happened! What have you planted in my mind?!"
Lin Qiye could use [Causeless Cause] to forcibly create a nonexistent cause-and-effect relationship with another person, but this ability required that the two had an original causal connection as a medium. If the original cause-and-effect relationship was too weak, he could only forcibly create "causality" by inflicting wounds. Therefore, the more severe the wounds Lin Qiye inflicted, the stronger and more stable the created causality...
Just now, [White Slash] had only grazed Poseidon, creating wounds too shallow, causing the created causality to be somewhat unstable. Poseidon had managed to react in time.
But the next strike would not be so forgiving.
Blood gushed frantically from the "cross" wound on giant Poseidon's chest. Dense threads of causality connected to Lin Qiye. Poseidon seemed to sense something. He let out a furious roar as two sea fish—one red and one black—leaped out simultaneously!
The massive black fish swallowed Poseidon's form in one gulp, its size swelling dramatically once more. Meanwhile, Lin Qiye used [White Slash] to slip into the void and dodge another strike.
Lin Qiye tried to pursue and kill the black fish that had swallowed Poseidon, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't reach the ink-colored wheel of the sea hanging inverted in the air. It was as if it existed in an entirely different world from the crimson wheel of the sea beneath his feet.
Looking at the sky-obscuring black fish form above, Lin Qiye's expression grew grim.
Based on this trend, as long as he couldn't kill Poseidon in a short time or break the restriction, Poseidon's body would keep growing larger... The difficulty of killing him would only increase, while he himself had to constantly evade the crimson fish's attacks.
Could he really be forced to use those things?
Lin Qiye glanced up at the emptiness above. After a moment, he shook his head.
"No... not yet." He murmured to himself.
The black fish fell back into the Ink Wheel Sea. Poseidon slowly rose from the sea surface. He hung inverted in the sky, his head alone the size of the Olympian mountains. At this moment, he was like a human-shaped divine kingdom floating above the atmosphere, coldly gazing down at Lin Qiye on the sea surface.
Buzz buzz buzz—
A low rumble came from the sky. The sunlight suddenly dimmed.
A sky-obscuring giant fist swung out from the Ink Wheel Sea. The air was massively compressed and frictioned by the fist, rapidly igniting a blazing layer of fire across its surface. It was like a comet plummeting from the heavens!
But given the coverage area of this punch, Lin Qiye had absolutely no chance of dodging. If this fist struck the real world, it could probably sink most of Japan into the sea.
The scorching wind caused the Crimson Wheel Sea to surge with towering waves.
Lin Qiye looked up at the falling giant fist and casually flexed his joints, producing crisp cracking sounds.
"Four years... finally have a chance to use that ability. Wonder how it actually performs."
Lin Qiye's wrist holding [White Slash] twisted gently.
The snow-white blade traced an arc in front of his body. As a purple glow flickered, the blade dissolved into countless light particles, merging into Lin Qiye's body.
At this moment, Lin Qiye's aura suddenly turned razor-sharp!
His form flickered between reality and the void. Countless crimson fish leapt from the sea surface, but not a single one could touch even the corner of his clothes. He seemed to have transcended space itself. He stood there, yet also seemed to be everywhere within this sea region.
"[Hand of Royal Power]:
Forcibly commandeer any item's abilities and attributes, transferring them to the user. The item must be bonded with the user, and only one item can be transferred at a time. Duration: one minute."
This was the last ability Lin Qiye had extracted from Gilgamesh four years ago.
When Gilgamesh had just been discharged from the hospital, [Chaos] had taken control of the Asylum of the Gods, and the ability extraction opportunity that originally belonged to Lin Qiye had been stranded within the asylum. It wasn't until after that great battle that Lin Qiye reclaimed the hospital and conducted the final extraction.
Because the hospital had already been inside Lin Qiye's true body at that time, the extracted [Hand of Royal Power] was the only Forbidden Ruin in this body of his, besides [Causeless Cause].
The meteor-like giant fist descended from the sky. Scorching flames illuminated the entire sky. Lin Qiye gripped [God's Calamity] in one hand. A flash of white light, and he vanished!
By fusing with [White Slash], Lin Qiye gained its two major properties: "spatial negation" and "void phase." Within this brief minute, space held no meaning for him whatsoever!
In the blink of an eye, Lin Qiye traversed hundreds of kilometers through the void, easily bypassing the burning giant fist to land on Poseidon's arm, which resembled a suspended mountain peak. A blade strike pierced through the flesh beneath his feet, carving furiously!
Black-gold blade light flickered. Following that savage crimson figure, within seconds he had cut a bloodied wound four to five kilometers long!
Poseidon's roar sounded like thunder. Another sky-obscuring palm came crashing down onto the arm where Lin Qiye stood. The aftershock of the impact sent both seas churning violently.
But with a flash of spatial white light, that crimson figure had already vanished. The next moment, a blade strike pierced directly into the眉心 of the giant Poseidon!