Epic Of Caterpillar

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Kireina's clone detonated herself, as Zeus received the full blow of the enormous explosion!

Chaos, Void, and many other attributes merged to form a gigantic explosion!

The entire intensity of the explosion was intensified by all the stats that Kireina permanently lost by losing this clone!

Alongside that, many Path Jewel Abilities were activated, especially the Monarch of Gluttony Abilities, which began to consume Zeus' powerful soul alongside all of his physical body!

Even as he shielded his Primordial Essence with a strong Divine Technique, Kireina's power had already eaten Laws themselves, and when she infused enough power… even his Divine Technique and the seal put over his Primordial Essence Sea was being eaten!

Even if Zeus were at the pinnacle of God Realm at Rank 9, Kireina's powerful Chaotic Sin of Gula was something that could transcend Realms and Ranks, and even damage and bit into a being who was considered even stronger than Supreme Gods, the System Master.

Zeus felt as if every particle of his very being was being consumed, which caused horrifying pain!

He felt like he was being torn apart into tiny pieces, and each piece was being triturated by a force he could barely resist.

Zeus saw his entire soul being… torn apart!

"Nnnghhh…! She's… sacrificing herself to kill me?!" I-Impossible…! NNNGGGAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH…!"

BOOOOM!!!

Zeus' physical body was already eaten completely, and his soul was being disintegrated and eaten at the same time!

Zeus braced himself as he unleashed all the power he had to resist this enormous, never-ending devouring effect, as he fell over the ground, or well, whatever remained of his soul.

"Nnngraaaaaaggh…! Y-you vicious Monster!"

Zeus groaned in agony as he used all the power he could muster at the moment, as cracking explosions of thunder resonated everywhere.

The Gods all around flew away in fear and panic, as they saw their strongest leader struggling as he was eaten miserably.

"FATHER!"

Athena and the rest of Zeus' children flew towards the rescue of their father, however, Zeus was disintegrating at a fast pace, they quickly needed to do something!

The explosion already dissipated, but Zeus' entire soul was already disintegrating, millions of tiny bacteria-like Kireina clones kept devouring his soul, as Zeus unleashed thunder everywhere, trying to kill these entities that kept consuming him!

"Nnnngaaagghhh….! AAAAAGGHH…!"

Zeus children evaded his thunder as they began to fly around fearfully, they wanted to help him but the God was going berserk by the amount of pain he was going through, his entire existence was dying to Kireina, the woman he had schemed so much against was about to kill him so simply!

"STOP FATHER!"

Ares roared, as he unleashed his enormously powerful War Aura, crushing Zeus Thunder for a bit, as his siblings quickly helped him.

All the siblings joined their strength together and fought against Zeus Thunder, trying to get near him to heal him or save him somehow!

"NNGRAAAGHH! AAAAAGGGGHHH…!"

CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!

Zeus thunder clashed against his children's barriers, as they quickly reached to him!

"Now, together, Soul seal!"

All the Gods concentrated their power, combining their soul brilliance and using a powerful light that sealed Zeus' soul in the spot!

FLASH!

Because Zeus' soul was so weakened, it was sealed in place…

Everything suddenly went calm, but Athena and her siblings glanced at the large mass of yellow and black colors which was their father's soul sealed as if it were stopped in time.

It was covered by some kind of crystallized material, which was the seal itself.

"We… somehow did it…" sighed Athena, feeling weakened.

"Father… Oh, father…! His entire physical body was eaten…! And his soul… it is so badly damaged…! What are we going to do?! That damn… monster! She killed herself to do this to our father!" said Aphrodite.

"…I fear that it might not be as good as you think, sister," sighed Ares.

"Eh?" asked Aphrodite.

"You really should have listened when father listed Kireina's abilities… One of them is that she can seemingly clone herself. We are not even sure if that one Kireina was even the real one… The real one might still be lurking around and this… was simply a diversion," sighed Artemis.

"What?! Then father… almost died for nothing? And all those Demon Gods… died to a simple clone?!" asked Aphrodite.

"That… seems to be the case…" sighed Hermes.

"Father… Now what will we do?!" asked Athena.

"Father is in a critical state, we cannot leave him to recover while being sealed… Kireina is slowly consuming him even as we speak, sealing him only slows this process…" said Apollo.

"As someone who has fought against her… Is it really possible for her to do this?" asked Ares.

"Indeed. She is a being who can take many forms… the amount of abilities she possesses is ridiculous, her viciousness is just as big as well. When she exploded she infected father with millions of tiny soul clones with a size that we can barely discern…" said Apollo.

"She can even do such a horrifying thing?!" asked Aphrodite.

"What do you think we could do?" asked Dyonisos.

"For now, let's carry father to my Divine Realm, I should be able to set a formation that can slow down the consumption of his soul if all of you can assist me…" said Apollo.

"You can… do such a thing?" asked Hermes.

"…Yes, I have prepared since my wife was eaten by her… Since that day that I have been trying to find ways to fight off her strange powers. One of them is this special formation that can slow down the strength of her chaotic soul… Father's soul was still rather pure, the formation should work and purify his soul…" said Apollo.

Everyone glanced at Apollo with pitying looks, understanding that their brother has suffered something terrible through the death of his wife at the hands of the vicious Kireina, completely unaware that he was… another of her clones.

"I see… Then let's go," said Athena.

"What about father's plans?" asked Aphrodite.

"They shall continue, I will monitor things through, Artemis, Dionysos, Hermes, look over the other Gods for the moment," said Athena.

The trio of Gods nodded as they flew away from the group to tell what had happened to the rest of Zeus' army.

Meanwhile, Apollo opened a portal to his Divine Realm, where Athena, Ares, and Aphrodite entered.

The Gods flew through the vast and natural beauty, as they reached a large, paved area where there were many divine runes set in motion, filled with divine materials as well.

The formation was ready to be made, and it resembled four large pillars that were erected into the skies, each pilar was of a different color from, red, green, blue, and yellow. Each pillar was in fact made of condensed divine materials and many divine runes.

"This formation is amazing…" said Athena.

"Indeed… how long have you been preparing this?" asked Ares.

Apollo smiled lightly, although within his eyes there was a deep melancholy which convinced his siblings that whatever he would say was the truth.

"Many days ago… I knew that Kireina was a monster that could not be easily defeated. I was planning on moving this formation outside and use it as a weapon against her when the father could finally catch her… but everything went too fast, and I wasn't able to do anything to help him… But now, I suppose we can use it to heal his soul…" said Apollo.

"You have really thought it all, haven't you?" sighed Aphrodite with a bitter smile.

"Not really, I am a fool. My wife died by my own foolishness… I can't let this sorrow consume me any longer, in my frustration and anger, I spent large quantities of my resources making this, so we could ensure her defeat… But alas, things never go as planned…" sighed Apollo, reaching the ground as he moved the large transparent jewel where Zeus' soul was sealed inside.

He let the jewel right in the middle of the formation, as the Gods glanced with intrigue how it would work.

"So, how do this works? Should we help?" asked Ares.

"Yes, I will need the help of all of you, especially your Divine Energy, I will go inside the formation with father and slowly manipulate father's soul, cleansing. Like washing nasty clothes," said Apollo.

"Oh, I see…" said Athena.

"I've never washed nasty clothes before, but I understood," said Ares.

"When did you do such a thing?" asked Aphrodite.

"Well, I have three children…" sighed Apollo.

"Oh…" The Gods immediately understood, and quickly forget any suspiciousness that Apollo might have caused.

Athena, Ares, and Aphrodite touched each one a pillar, while Apollo's children touched the last remaining one, all the Gods began to infuse Divine Energy into the Formation, as it quickly began to activate, generating walls made of bright yellow light.

The Walls quickly enclosed Apollo and Zeus inside the formation, as Apollo gave everyone the last alert before they were to put all of their strength into the formation.

"I will start now! Please, I am counting on all of you!" said Apollo.

"Leave it to us!"

His siblings and children nodded and smiled confidently, having complete faith in Apollo.

Apollo smiled pleasantly as he glanced at the large crystal that was the sealed soul of his father…

The barrier was already made soundproof, and he couldn't help but smile maliciously.

His eyes turned from aquamarine to crimson red and gleamed with eeriness.

"I can't believe this actually worked… Formation to deal with Kireina? I just made this thing up a few minutes ago… Truly, Zeus, you really raised your children to be such gullible fools…" thought Apollo, as he caressed the sealed soul of Zeus.

"Now, let me use the very power of your children to devour you and make you one with the main body…" he said, extending his hands over Zeus, as the god of thunder suddenly felt that something odd was going on!

However, as he was weakened, being slowly eaten, and sealed, he could do nothing!

Apollo quickly covered Zeus' entire soul with his own soul, as he began to absorb all the power generated by the enormous formation to make his way through the seal, devour it, and then contain the raging Zeus!

Crack, crack…

CRASH!

"Nnngh…! Aagh… Apollo? What… is going on?! NAnnghh…!"

Zeus, weakened and lethargic groaned in pain as he glanced at the large… and odd soul of his son.

It didn't take him so far to realize that such a soul was incredibly strange, this was the pure Light Attribute Soul that his son once had… no, this was like several mixed pieces of souls stitched together horribly… this was a grotesque soul like he had never seen before!

"Y-You're… You are not Apollo!" screamed Zeus, as he tried to blast Apollo with Thunder, but nothing came out of his soul!

"How can you say that to your beloved son, father? This really makes me saddened… I am only trying to help you, yet you treat me like this! Come on, don't resist, let me heal your soul wounds and take out Kireina for you~" said Apollo with a strange coquettish voice… which only made Zeus have goosebumps!

"Nngaggh…! Get off me! Uuuaagghh…!"

Zeus screamed in agony as the power of the formation activated… this formation wasn't at all like Apollo said it was, and in fact weakened the power of Thunder Attribute greatly by consuming immense quantities of Divine Energy, which were given to Apollo by Zeus' very children!

Due to this, Zeus was not able to defend himself, his very children were helping on killing him!

Apollo easily began to devour and parasitize Zeus' soul, using Uroboros, Soul Parasite, Soul Symbiosis, and more to devour and convert itself into Zeus' soul!

"Y-You're… Kireina!" cried Zeus, realizing the culprit behind it all! It was Kireina yet again!

"Bingo! Did you think I would let you go away from my jaws? I swore to my mother that I would never let my prey go away ever again, Zeus… Sorry, but to me, you are a simple small-time cliché villain, I have greater goals ahead of me. You are a mere steppingstone. And your legacy will come to an end right now…" said Apollo, as Zeus began to be consumed as he fell into endless despair!

"Nnnnngggggyyyyyyaahhhh…!"

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