Chapter 246: The End of the Time Beast
[: 3rd POV :]
As the beast witnessed Daniel's limbs regenerating before its eyes, a sense of disbelief washed over it.
"How can this be...?" it muttered, its voice tinged with awe and confusion.
It had unleashed its most devastating attack, yet Daniel had emerged unscathed, defying the very laws of time and existence.
"I told you, if this is all you have, then I will be disappointed," he taunted, his voice dripping with confidence.
Daniel's mocking words only added to the beast's frustration.
The beast gritted its teeth in frustration, realizing that it had underestimated its opponent.
But the beast was not one to be deterred so easily.
With a defiant roar, it unleashed a barrage of yellowish beams, each one crackling with the power to erase anything from existence.
The air hummed with their energy as they hurtled towards Daniel, threatening to engulf him in their destructive force.
However, Daniel remained unfazed.
With a flick of his wrist, he activated his Samsara Eyes, his eyes glowing with an otherworldly light as he drew the beams towards him.
With his palms, the swirling mass of energy went towards his outstretched palm.
Raising his palm high, Daniel invoked the power of his Karma Calamity.
In an instant, the beams were consumed by a swirling vortex of darkness, their destructive force absorbed into the depths of Daniel's palm.
A sense of satisfaction washed over Daniel as he had absorbed the beams.
The beast could only watch in stunned silence, realizing that its opponent was far more formidable than it had ever imagined.
As the last of the beast's beams were drawn into Daniel's palm, a palpable tension filled the air, crackling with the energy of impending destruction.
It was a sight to behold, the contrast of Daniel's calm demeanor against the backdrop of chaos and devastation.
With a deft motion, Daniel merged the absorbed beams into a singular, swirling vortex of energy, infusing it with the raw power of chaos and void.
The resulting amalgamation was a force to be reckoned with, a swirling maelstrom of darkness that seemed to devour all light in its path.
A smirk played across Daniel's lips as he beheld the culmination of his efforts.
"Now, have a taste of your own attack," he declared, his voice carrying a note of satisfaction.
With a mighty roar, Daniel unleashed the concentrated wave of energy from his palms, sending it hurtling towards the beast with unbridled fury.
The air crackled with anticipation as the black, destructive energy surged forward, leaving a trail of devastation in its wake.
Even the beast, with all its power and prowess, felt a twinge of fear at the sight of Daniel's attack.
If the beast's beams had the power to render anything into nonexistence, then Daniel's attack promised something far more sinister—a fate worse than oblivion itself.
As the wave of energy surged forth, the beast found itself paralyzed with fear, unable to muster even a semblance of resistance against the onslaught.
Before its very eyes, a massive torrent of black energy engulfed its form, consuming everything in its path with merciless efficiency.
Daniel's augmented power lent an unprecedented ferocity to the attack, rendering the beast utterly defenseless against its might.
With each passing moment, the beast's body was ravaged by the relentless assault, torn asunder by the chaotic energy that consumed its very essence.
When the onslaught finally subsided, the beast's body lay in ruins, its form twisted and mangled beyond recognition.
Half of its body had been obliterated, consumed by the dark forces unleashed by Daniel's attack.
The air crackled with the residual energy of chaos, swirling around the beast like a malevolent aura of impending doom.
For a fleeting moment, it seemed as though the beast's existence hung by a thread, its life force ebbing away with each passing second.
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The very fabric of reality seemed to reject its presence, casting it adrift in a sea of oblivion from which there could be no escape.
Yet, just as all hope seemed lost, a clock materialized above the beast's head, its hands spinning backwards in a desperate bid to reverse the damage wrought upon its form.
With a flicker of light, the beast's body began to knit itself back together, its wounds closing before Daniel's eyes.
Though the threat had been momentarily averted, Daniel knew that the battle was far from over.
With a swift motion, Daniel unleashed the power of the ancient grimoire, invoking the skill known as "Call of the Devourer."
In an instant, a massive, razor-sharp fang materialized behind the beast, its ominous presence looming like a specter of impending doom.
Sensing the imminent danger, the beast reacted with lightning speed, vanishing from its current position and reappearing high above the battlefield.
Below, the gaping maw of the Devourer closed with a deafening roar, its hunger for destruction palpable in the air.
As the beast looked down upon the scene, it watched in awe as the space where the Devourer's fang had descended was distorted beyond recognition.
It seemed as though reality itself had been torn asunder, leaving behind only a vast expanse of nothingness—a void devoid of light or substance.
Yet, just as suddenly as it had disappeared, the space began to knit itself back together, the fabric of reality reasserting its dominance over the empty void.
Within moments, the battlefield had returned to its former state, as if nothing had ever happened.
Though the beast had narrowly avoided destruction once again, the encounter served as a chilling reminder of the awesome power at Daniel's command.
With the beast's dodging tactics thwarted by Daniel's swift countermove, a sense of dread washed over the creature like an icy tide.
As Daniel activated his Eye of Karma, an ominous aura enveloped the battlefield, casting a shadow over the beast's once-confident demeanor.
In that moment, the beast felt as though something integral to its being had been forcibly wrenched away, leaving behind a gnawing emptiness that chilled it to the core.
Though it couldn't articulate the sensation in words, the beast knew instinctively that Daniel's Eye of Karma had unsettled the delicate balance of power between them.
As the beast locked eyes with Daniel, it was met with a sight that sent shivers down its spine—a gaze that seemed to pierce through the very fabric of its existence.
Yet, even as the beast recoiled from the intensity of Daniel's gaze, it knew that there could be no turning back.
As the beast confronted Daniel with a mixture of anger and confusion, Daniel's playful smile only served to infuriate it further.
"What did you do to me, mortal?" it demanded, its voice tinged with a hint of desperation.
Daniel's smile widened at the beast's question, relishing the opportunity to taunt his enemy.
"Nothing much, just a little tweak to your karma,"
He replied casually, though the implications of his words were anything but insignificant.
By manipulating the threads of fate that bound the beast's existence, Daniel had effectively altered the course of its future, setting into motion a chain of events that would spell doom for the creature.
With a derisive snort, the beast attempted to activate one of its skills, only to find that something was amiss.
The timing of its execution was off, delayed by a fraction of a second that proved crucial in the heat of battle.
Before the beast could fully comprehend what was happening, Daniel seized the opportunity to strike, unleashing the full force of his Death Effect upon the creature.
The beast's agonized scream echoed through the battlefield as Daniel's attack tore through its limbs, rendering them useless and leaving the creature writhing in pain.
Desperate to retaliate, the beast tried once more to unleash its skills, only to find that they had been rendered ineffective by Daniel's intervention.
Caught in a maelstrom of pain and confusion, the beast could do little but watch helplessly as Daniel closed in for the kill, his eyes gleaming with a cold determination that sent a chill down its spine.
With each passing moment, the beast realized that its chances of survival were growing slimmer by the second, its fate now hanging in the balance as Daniel prepared to deliver the final blow.
"It has been an interesting fight, but that's all you had to offer, and I don't want to prolong the fight any longer,"
Daniel declared calmly, his voice cutting through the tense atmosphere like a blade.
As he approached the beast, its eyes widened in terror, and it stammered out in disbelief, "Y-You're a monster!"
Daniel's lips curled into a sardonic smile at the accusation.
"Thank you for the compliment, but it's strange that you're complementing me right before your demise,"
He chuckled softly, his amusement contrasting sharply with the beast's fear.
The beast knew that its end was near and decided to make one last desperate attempt to turn the tide of the battle.
With a surge of energy, it activated its Eye of Time skill, its eyes transforming into swirling clocks that bore into Daniel's soul.
But to its horror, what it saw in Daniel's future filled it with a despair beyond words.
"Y-You! W-Who are you! Y-You're not from here! How did you g-get back!" it cried out, its voice trembling with fear and confusion.
Daniel shook his head dismissively at the beast's frantic questions.
"That's something I would like to know too, but it's not important," he replied cryptically.
As the beast attempted to peer further into Daniel's future, its eyes widened in horror as it saw only darkness and despair.
"T-There's no hope...everything would be dest-" it began, but before it could finish its sentence, Daniel uttered a single word: "Die."
With a deafening roar, the beast's body erupted in a blinding explosion of energy, its form consumed by the overwhelming force of Daniel's final command.
In an instant, the once fearsome creature was reduced to nothingness, leaving only silence in its wake.