Relena and Garguntil clashed instantly, unleashing a powerful shockwave that caused the air in the place to swirl out violently. The Godly Energy instantly froze up before flowing into the epicenter of the impact, changing forms as it seemed to be affected by an ability of sorts.
Not only was the ambient Godly Energy behaving as such, but even the Godly Energy within the abilities unleashed by other cultivators on the arena behaved the same. The Godly Energy in them was siphoned out and swerved towards the epicenter of the impact, shocking countless people.
"What? My ability!" A First Stage Semi-God Realm cultivator shouted in shock upon seeing the fireball he unleashed dissipate as all the Godly Energy within it flowed out.
It was mind-blowing as the fireball he had unleashed was morphed, turning back into its original Godly Energy state within his meridians. The only difference was the fact that they were out in the open now.
Immediately after, they flowed away, revolving around Relena.
Garguntil gazed solemnly, noticing that even the probing attacks he unleashed failed to touch Relena as, by the time they moved half the distance, the abilities reverted to become Godly Energy streams, joining the already massive vortex around him.
"This is the power of the True Spirits!" Relena spoke. "And, I took this ability to the extreme through my Spiritual Incarnation. I control all Godly Energy, irrespective of what form it had taken."
"Impressive," Garguntil smirked in response. "As expected. I wasn't wrong to say that you were the strongest among everyone here."
"You have exceptional senses, indeed," Relena said in response with a proud tone. "To think that you guessed accurately that I'm the strongest here."
"You're the strongest apart from me," Garguntil said before chucking out a sphere that flew towards Relena.
"That won't work!" Relena created a defensive barrier before him while trying the morph the attack back into Godly Energy. But suddenly, he noticed the sphere accelerate as it penetrated through his defenses before slamming into him, sending him flying away.
"As expected." Garguntil smiled. "If it was something that originally existed as a physical object, then your ability won't work against it. Then, as long as I chuck them at you fast enough, they'll damage you."
"Unfortunately for you, I'm exceptionally great at throwing things around." Garguntil smiled, condensing a sphere once again. He then focused, fully morphing the Godly Energy into the Law of Metal to create this metal sphere.
Moreover, once the sphere was condensed, he ensured not even a speck of Godly Energy remained within. This seemed pretty much like a physical object as he coated it with the Law of Fire, blasting it towards Relena.
Relena defended it in the same fashion as before, shocked when his defensive barrier was shattered once again, causing him to be sent flying. As for the metal sphere, it landed on the arena floor, causing a massive crater.
This was in the case when it only fell from a height of a meter from the ground, implying the tremendous weight it possessed.
After all, this arena was created by Krune. Of course, he was a monster in his own right.
The fact that a sphere Garguntil created contained such power shocked countless elders. This was the first time he was truly displaying his powers.
"That's just the beginning," Garguntil smirked, dropping a steel sphere that he kicked, unleashing such a powerful shockwave that the ice behind him cracked in response, displaying the shockwave patterns.
The steel ball flew through the air, arching towards Relena as if it had a tracking ability imbued in it.
Sterlena had hurriedly picked himself up from the ground, unleashing an evasive ability as he blasted through the arena, using other cultivators as his shields. He didn't actually use them as shields, though, just focusing on evading.
As for the steel ball, it rammed through the cultivators like a brick through sheets of paper, ripping apart holes through their bodies, eliciting countless screams.
And the shocking thing was how its speed didn't even reduce much despite going through dozens of cultivators.
The shocking part was how none of them were normal cultivators but those that also cultivated their bodies. The bodies of each surpassed the Black Demons that were in the Sub-Realm.
And that state itself was tremendously tough, not to mention it was further reinforced by their Spiritual Incarnations.
Clang!
Suddenly, the steel sphere came to a stop, gripped firmly by a slender figure that grinned cutely. "This seems fun. Can I also join?"
"You are…?" Garguntil frowned, watching his attack being stopped so easily by that girl, recalling the scene of how the entire arena quaked when she landed on it. "So you're the Sect Leader's daughter."
"Call me Zettena." The girl smiled, clenching the steel sphere as its shape deformed accordingly. Followed by a cute grunt, Zettena threw it, causing the deformed steel ball to slam into Garguntil, sending him skidding for a dozen meters as a couple of his fingers had broken under the impact.
'She's strong!' Garguntil frowned, watching the deformed steel sphere turn into a flattened plate from the impact. Plus, his hands were still trembling, reeling from the impact as the mild shiver coursed even through his legs.
It showed how terrifying Zettena was. And by the looks of it, she didn't even use much of her strength.
"This is how a festival should be," Garguntil smirked as he slowly began to walk towards Zettena. "I'll deal with you first before fighting Relena. The main dish should be saved for the end."
"You still think he's the strongest?" Zettena cutely tilted her head as she asked. "You weren't even able to block my attack easily when I could casually block yours, you know. And Relena was dodging your attacks to save himself. Doesn't that mean I'm the strongest of us three?"
"Hahaha!" Garguntil laughed before showing his hands. "Look here, I'm not even injured by your attack. So, you didn't even defeat me. As for Relena…"
Garguntil said with confidence, "I can still say with confidence that he's the strongest."