One More Time: Rebirth

Chapter 115: To battle a Deity

When the Goddess saw that smile that was plastered on Edge's face, she couldn't help but grow furious. She had heard many a tale of the Strongest Mortal Soul. The only mortal being that could make even the Ancient True Gods think twice before acting out, the only being that could make the crazed dimension devourers cower in fear, the only being that the arrogant Galaxy Dragons consider to be their equal, and the only being that had fought the ORIGIN in actual combat and was able to survive. 

Yet all of those tales, all of those legends were from the time when the Strongest Mortal Soul was at his peak. The current incarnation of the Strongest Mortal Soul didn't look that impressive, the only thing she could see now was a lowly human, which made her feel even more irritated. The Goddess manifested a mini yellow sun above her head and released it towards Edge. 

Seeing the rather small yellow sun coming towards him, Edge's smile grew even fiercer than before as the excitement was grabbing hold of him. The mini sun that was speeding towards him wasn't even that close but it was releasing an incredible heat that could very well burn planets. 

"So you wish to test the burning passion of my soul with this kind of heat! This won't even be enough for a warm-up!" Edge gathered an enormous amount of mana into his blade. The Goddess was surprised by the amount of mana Edge was unleashing, but more than that she was surprised by the process of how he was gathering mana into his blade. 

Usually, this amount of mana couldn't be stored in the body of a human, as this was the amount of mana that a whole planet produces, no upon closer inspection the amount Edge was releasing was beyond that. The source of this mana wasn't coming from Edge's physical body, but his very soul. 

It is true that one's mana is connected to one's soul but it was hard to gain direct access to that mana supply and one could only get a portion of it, but Edge was different as he was directly getting his mana from his very soul. The soul of the one named the Strongest Mortal Soul wasn't something any being aside from the ORIGIN could possibly comprehend. So even she a daughter of the Ancient ones couldn't understand how Edge was able to manipulate such mana with a human body. 

It was at that moment as she was in a state of shock by the amount of mana Edge's human body could handle, the mini sun she threw at him was sliced into pieces. There was no explosion nor did the slicing of the mini sun create a black hole, instead the mini sun simply disappeared from existence. 

She then saw Edge's right hand pointing at her with his index finger and then flexing as if telling her to come to him. Seeing this action made the Goddess even more infuriated. If one sun wasn't enough then how about a dozen!

Dozens of mini yellow suns appeared above the Goddess's head and fell down towards Edge, seeing the same move being used against him made Edge sigh. Using quantity would be a good tactic to overwhelm others, but something of this level won't be enough to make him fold. 

Edge grabbed hold of the handle of his longsword that was at his waist, and with a speed that surpassed sound and light, Edge sliced through all of the mini suns. Even though some parts of his body were burnt to various degrees, that didn't really bother Edge as it would heal after a while. All he cared about right now was the battle happening before him.

"Is that all you've got!" Edge then jumped towards the Goddess's body, the speed at which he moved made him seem like he teleported. Upon arriving at the Goddess's body all he saw was a large wall, no matter if he looked above, below, left, or right, he could not see anything but the wall. This was obviously because the body of the Goddess was way too big. 

Edge then kicked the Goddess making a thunderous sound. The Goddess's gigantic body was pushed back by a single step. That single step didn't look like much, but it was a big deal to the Goddess. She saw the falling Edge and used both her hands to smack Edge to death. Yet like a fly, it was difficult for the Goddess to hit Edge who was running to different parts of her body. 

Unlike the first time when Edge was able to easily cut a part of the Goddess, right now Edge was unable to do that and was only able to make scratches here and there. The reason for this was because now that Goddess knew that Edge had that kind of power she strengthened her body, but despite doing that Edge was still able to injure her. 

On the other hand, even though Edge hasn't received any direct hits and was only receiving the aftermath of shockwaves, he was already incredibly injured. Not only was he getting hit by those powerful shockwaves, but he was also having problems with his own body, his current body wasn't able to handle this much power output for such a long period of time. Still, he didn't care that his body was breaking, as he was having the battle of a lifetime. 

He happily laughed like a child playing with a friend as he was running at the Goddess's arm hacking and slashing. The Goddess unable to hit Edge started to shrink. She then shrunk to the same size as Edge.

The nobility and aloofness that she exuded at the start were no longer present, what replaced it was an intense madness. 

"No more playing around human!" The Goddess created a sword from nothing. It was a pitch-black sword that seems to contain countless stars. 

"What are you saying, this is so much fun, why would we end it so early. Come then, show me more, carve onto my body how powerful you are!" Edge replied with a crazed look on his face. The excitement of the battle was pushing his body onward, despite his body already going beyond its limits. 

"That's the last time you'll be able to say something stupid!" The Goddess swung her sword, which sounded like the sound of hundreds of exploding stars. Edge matched the attack with his own, yet upon his sword clashing with the Goddess's sword, it was his sword that broke. 

The Goddess's sword was able to slash through Edge's sword and even at Edge's chest, this was the first time the Goddess had been able to directly hit Edge. She thought that with this, this battle was over, but then she suddenly felt an even more powerful burst of spiritual energy coming from Edge. 

Edge's body which was on the ground bleeding suddenly stood up as he then started to laugh. His laugh wasn't loud but it felt like it vibrated throughout the pocket dimension. 

"Hahaha, This is the best!" Edge who had a large wound on his chest placed his hand onto it and from within his body, a silver-white sword appeared. This was a sword created from his very soul. The Goddess then saw that the wound she had inflicted upon him was visibly healing. Edge then pointed his silver-white sword at the Goddess and spoke. 

"Let's continue the fun!"