Chapter 248: Fierce Battle with Heart Demon Franklin
"This is absolutely impossible. If you don't even understand what rules are, how could you possibly create rule-based items?
"The essence of Illusory World Genesis requires a basic understanding of what is being created before material transformation and recomposition can occur. Creating something out of thin air is absolutely impossible."
Looking at Franklin's tightly furrowed brows and questioning expression, the heart demon Franklin laughed.
"You're still far too naïve, far too ignorant. Do you even remember where you are right now? Do you truly understand the essence of Illusory World Genesis?"
"Do you remember what that dark space actually was? How do you think that being managed to survive alone in such an environment for who knows how long without going insane?"
Franklin's brows knit even tighter. Although everything around him felt as real as could be, he still firmly believed this was nothing more than the heart demon's trickery.
Even if he didn't know what the heart demon was planning, the best course of action was to eliminate him directly. Once everything was over, it wouldn't be too late to make judgments.
With that thought, Franklin smiled faintly at the heart demon and made his move without hesitation. His divine sense spread out. After marking Flying Thunder God seals on Momo's hand, his divine sense wrapped around the heart demon, and the Flying Thunder God technique activated. The two instantly appeared beside a sea turtle deep within the ocean, thousands of meters below the surface, far away from their previous location.
"Hey, kid—"
Before the words could finish, Master Roshi's old turtle was directly wrapped in spiritual energy by Franklin and sent tens of thousands of meters away.
At that very moment, the heart demon Franklin activated the Rinnegan. A massive golden-and-black skeletal structure instantly formed, and a single punch sent Franklin flying.
Seeing the heart demon remain where he was without pursuing, Franklin transmitted his thoughts with divine sense:
"Not bad illusion design. You really accounted for everything."
"But I wonder how long you can maintain such a massive illusion, and just how detailed you can keep it."
As his words fell, Franklin did not lag behind. He clasped his hands together, and the seawater churned violently. Thousands of ice dragons compressed to the extreme instantly took shape, carrying absolute freezing cold as they surged toward the heart demon.
The golden skeletal structure rapidly transformed, flesh growing over it. A giant identical in appearance to Franklin instantly formed.
Golden armor plates quickly covered its body. Wearing full armor and a majestic golden mask, a golden-armored colossal deity was born in an instant.
Looking at the Dharma Idol towering over a thousand zhang tall, Franklin controlled the thousands of extreme ice dragons to coil upward around it.
However, the Dharma Idol drew the long sword at its waist. Its aura surged skyward. A flash of golden light passed, and all the ice dragons were annihilated in an instant.
At this moment, the heart demon Franklin did not continue attacking. His Dharma Idol clasped its hands together, looking down at Franklin in the sea with eyes full of contempt.
"I originally planned to leave things at that, letting you deal with Frieza alone."
"But since you're seeking death, I'll grant your wish. You don't believe this is reality, so let's decide life and death right here."
"I thought that with the countless worlds and endless parallel universes, going our separate ways would've been a decent choice."
"But now… Frieza should be arriving soon. With your physical body not present here, your strength is indeed slightly greater than mine."
"However, your domain hasn't formed yet, and your combat power hasn't reached its peak. Do you really think you can stand against Frieza?"
"Sage Art: Heavenly Obstacle Quaking Star."
In an instant, the clouds split apart as a colossal meteor descended at extreme speed.
At this moment, Franklin paid it no mind. Recalling the heart demon's words, his brows furrowed even tighter.
"Empty threats. This can't possibly be the real world. Even if Frieza arrives, he absolutely cannot surpass the upper limit of an illusion…"
In the next instant, a thousand-zhang Dharma Idol formed around Franklin as well. He drew a hundred-meter-long greatsword from his waist, his aura exploding outward as he slashed straight upward at the meteor.
The moment golden light flashed, the ultra-dense meteor with a diameter of ten thousand meters was cleanly annihilated, collapsing like rotten wood. It turned into dust that was swept beyond the atmosphere by the sword's momentum.
In the next moment, Franklin's Dharma Idol charged straight toward the heart demon Franklin. The two instantly clashed in fierce combat. Sword qi raged everywhere, ocean waves roared skyward, and the clouds above were wiped out completely.
Wherever their battle passed, even the slightest residual shockwaves shattered islands into nothingness. All sea life was reduced to blood mist, dissolving into the waves.
As the battle raged on, Franklin spotted a massive island in the distance, densely populated. At this moment, countless people on the island were staring at the two in terror.
The longer the fight continued, the more alarmed Franklin became. The unwavering belief that this was merely an illusion began to waver.
A moment of distraction—
Franklin was sent flying by a sword strike, crashing straight onto the beach. The impact of a golden-armored giant over three thousand meters tall was anything but insignificant.
"Hey, since you think this is an illusion, you wouldn't mind killing a few mortals with the battle's aftershocks, right? Based on my understanding of you, you wouldn't care.
"Sigh, it's really my fault. If I hadn't been influenced by you so deeply, my heart should've been much colder.
"Those girls are clearly the best targets for attacking your emotional weak points.
"It's a pity—I'm quite fond of them myself. If I really used them to torment you, even I, as a heart demon, might develop a heart demon of my own…"
Franklin sneered and interrupted him with a cold snort.
"You're afraid I'll find some kind of item to completely erase your existence, aren't you? And if you really could take over my primary consciousness,
"then all of that would belong to you anyway. Don't dress it up so nicely. You still have plenty of ulterior motives.
"I said this is an illusion, so it's an illusion. I don't care what you're plotting—don't expect me to change my mind.
"This is an illusion, not reality. If it were reality, after fighting for this long,
"Sasuga, Son Goku, and the others would've already shown up. That's where you slipped up."
Hearing Franklin's words, the heart demon Franklin gave a strange smile.
"You still think I'm joking with you? If the phone booth is a pseudo rule-level item, then it can turn all unreasonable things into reasonable ones.
"If Frieza really has arrived on Blue Star, who do you think would receive the news first? I think the first would be Sasuga.
"The Deviluke King tore through space to meet the North Kai. Now Sasuga must protect the three princesses.
"Your friends are all formidable combatants. Emergency fleet deployment would be too slow, but they're excellent at buying time.
"With senzu beans as support, do you really think Son Goku can hold off Frieza? That's clearly impossible right now."
As his words fell, a terrifying aura spread from the depths of cosmic space, sending a chill through even Franklin's heart.
"…Looks like Frieza is starting to get serious. Do you think Son Goku can survive a desperate situation?"
Franklin's brows furrowed even tighter.
"I've already said it—this is an illusion. Once I deal with you, everything will return to normal, just like last time."
The heart demon Franklin laughed.
He laughed brightly.