Belial also rose into the air and took a deep breath, beginning to gather power without pause. The dorsal spines on his back started to glow, but not with the rhythmic pulsing from before. Instead, a white light far stronger than ever before burst out, with no dimming at all, because he no longer needed any work cycle to raise energy and could maintain peak output indefinitely.
Energy Field spread outward, forming a bright blue field that was almost visible to the naked eye. Under the pressure of overwhelming energy, it spun at extreme speed like a vortex, and the g-particles that diffused outward traced infinite paths as they whirled rapidly behind him. Like the outline of a blazing blue star, the power surged to a frightening level as the energy produced by countless perpetual engines within the Giant Energy Array all converged on Belial, making visible blue light ripple across his body.
Blue-white light flames that already reached blockbuster levels spilled uncontrollably from the corners of his mouth. Belial slowly opened his jaws, and bright light poured out as several ring-shaped accelerating Magic Array gathered in front of him and gradually tightened. Then came a thunderous roar.
Violent blue-white radiance flared across his body, piercing through the gaps between his scales before fully converging at his throat. It turned into a massive beam that shot from his mouth, reaching from earth to sky. Unlike before, there was no need to slowly push the environment to build energy, because the charge completed almost instantly.
A blue-white beam condensed into a spiral drill shape and slammed straight into the beam that could wipe away all things in the world. True Ultra-Helix Fusion Reaction Heat line collided head-on with White Plasma Beam. This time, with the genuine End Godzilla Template applied, it was no longer a crude imitation he had figured out himself.
The moment it was released, Belial stabilized his body with gravity to counter the massive recoil from firing Heat Ray. The White Plasma Beam, which should not have shown any fluctuations, produced a reaction-like energy diffusion upon colliding with Heat Ray. This was the clash between the end and infinity, like the collision of the hottest fire with the deadest water.
Both sides continued to release beams, but compared to Baragon desperately squeezing out power in a near-death frenzy, it was clear that Belial, whose output now flowed endlessly, had the advantage. In the past, Heat Ray would fade after firing for a while, but now his energy supply was so vast that as long as his body did not overheat, he could maintain maximum power indefinitely.
The continuously released energy tangled with the concept of terminal annihilation, erupting into fireball-like masses. They resembled newborn suns, with temperatures reaching millions of degrees and volumes exceeding that of the moon, slowly pushing toward Baragon. The rest was simple, because Belial would not stop and would not give his opponent any chance.
Even as he kept firing Heat Ray, his body continued to evolve. The power rose higher and higher, the peak climbing without limit, until the unstoppable wave completely submerged the weakened Overlord Ridge. The giant beast form, nearly a kilometer tall, was swallowed like an ant.
Its body was rapidly destroyed, and the concept attached to it that should have erased all interference proved useless. It shattered into Shard in an instant, leaving not even a trace behind. Belial spoke calmly, saying that he had always been cautious and preferred to finish enemies completely whenever possible.
He had no intention of letting boss-level problems crawl back after a revival. Before Baragon was fully destroyed, when only a single head remained, a newly formed black figure reached out from the blue-white light and pulled it free, holding it tightly. That figure was clearly Belial.
There was no misunderstanding, and he did not collect heads out of any strange habit. His goal was simple, to ensure that the enemy was destroyed completely within his sight and confirmed ability, reduced to nothing at all. Without wasting a moment, even stronger gravity and Energy Field expanded outward and then rapidly tightened, binding the head so firmly that it could not utter even a single sound.
He crushed it into physical Shard and then casually fired Spiral Heat Ray at his own hand for high-temperature sterilization. After Baragon died, the ominous red mist that spread out was also cleaned up by Belial, who erased it all and resolved it within his own body. He flew several more circles around the area, making sure no observable matter or energy remained, even draining away lingering resentment, before finally feeling at ease.
He let out a long breath and said that it was finally over and that this had been the hardest fight of his life. After flying for a while, he found a fragment of what was likely a piece of Divine Kingdom debris. He reshaped it into a bed and flopped down without any concern for appearances.
The battle had truly been difficult, because the opponent hit far too hard. For most of the fight, he did not dare clash head-on like before and had to maneuver constantly, yet he was still beaten until his body was covered in damage. He admitted that gaining a new template made it all worth it, especially one tied to the end.
His stats had risen across the board, g-particles had been added as a crucial trait, and his skill set had been upgraded. From now on, he could use the genuine versions of various Spiral Heat Ray. After rolling over, Belial began inspecting his body, knowing that a major update was always needed after template fusion.
End Godzilla Template did more than massively boost his overall stats, because it sent his energy capabilities far beyond anything else. What had once been values calculated in multiples was now directly pushed to infinity as a hard cap. Because of this new trait, even if he lay there doing nothing, his energy ceiling would continue to skyrocket, and any increase in energy was equivalent to boosting all his skills at once.
However, there were problems on the physical side that needed attention. He glanced over areas of concern and summarized that his body had only been hastily patched up earlier. While his health had recovered significantly, deeper layers still required extensive modification and repair before full functionality.
He also noted that firing Heat Ray so freely had caused some organs to shut down from heat buildup, and those would need fixing as well. Overall, there were no major issues, or rather, for Belial, anything short of death counted as a minor issue. His body had many small flaws and wear points to repair, and adapting to the physical boost from End Godzilla Template would take time, along with integrating all internal systems under System.
There was also a strange phenomenon that he had noticed only recently, though it had shown signs long ago. He was no longer sure whether his body could still be classified as physical matter. He recalled that after fusing with Diablo, his body had already gained traits beyond normal physics, and later Thousand-Year Dragon King was added as well.
Now the end had been added on top, and while it looked physical, g-particles, derived from g-cells and capable of breaking the second law of thermodynamics outright, clearly did not care about physics either. The physics of Space felt abstract and unstable, while Gen Urobuchi at least stood on firmer ground, though even that had the potential to evolve into higher-dimensional life. Thinking of that made him suddenly remember something.
Gen Urobuchi had an evolution setting. He wondered how many planets he had consumed along the way, while Gen Urobuchi had stayed put for twenty thousand years. Now that he had done something even more extreme, what was his current evolution progress?
If twenty thousand years marked the original evolution value of Gen Urobuchi, and he had consumed one Divine Kingdom after another with planet-like volume, then where exactly had that template progressed to now? Could he slap that sea creature head-on?
He realized that absorbing so many resentful souls and Dark Power had clearly changed his body. If his form could spread into something similar to Dark Power, then when it condensed back, was it still just a body made of simple matter? In short, his body, down to the most fundamental microscopic level, was in a state that could be seen and touched, and the rest was unclear.
He decided that this alone already showed sufficient respect for physics. If he tested further, such as stretching his fingers, he even suspected that he could reshape himself into something like a cartoon cat and still make it work. Looking back, he felt that he had become rather disrespectful to the physics he once knew.
After some time, he noticed something else and cursed softly. A wound from earlier, where a plasma beam had pierced straight through him, still left a faint blood-red trace. It was mostly healed, but the mark refused to disappear.
He tried to kick it off directly, but it clung stubbornly, reappearing whenever he was not paying attention. He muttered about what this thing even was. While he was still thinking in the depths of the Void, Bella regained signal contact from above.