Zack has been shouting profanities for the last half hour while being unable to hit me due to [Azure Mist].

  My mana levels had returned to a decent level and I could use all 9 tails again but… they calculated that I won’t be able to use [Foxfire Lunacy]. The best I could do was charge it with 1 or 2 more priming skills, and then it would require an insane amount of mana to accept the next ones.

  I could still use priming skills, but it wouldn’t charge [Foxfire Lunacy]. I sure created a pain in the ass skill, but mana is one of the few things that will always stay relevant when using magic.

  The recommendation was to use [X-1] to collect a vast amount of mana to pour into the magic circle. I would be killing 2 harpies with 1 fireball as I will use a ‘priming’ skill and get enough mana to shake the mana circle awake.

  Another dose of phoenix flower pollen got inhaled and I was ready to harass Zack. I would still get one shot and die after I take a hit from divine energy, but at least it's less likely that I will get hit now.

  A mana wave went out as time started to glitch and space started to fold. Balls of frost gathered around the tips of my tails as I sword surfed towards Zack.

  “What?! My energy is getting sapped! Not this stupid Pagos again!”

  You said that killing me would be easy, right?! Were you bluffing?!

  “It was you who was bluffing!”

  Not wrong.

  Zack got hit by a multitude of water dragons as he tried to fling magic at my voice. What a moron, does he think I wouldn’t distort the direction of my voice with space glitching like this?

  I’ve gotten to the understanding that ice cream is quite popular nowadays, how about this special ice cream called [X-1]?

  Frost lasers shot out and ripped mana and divine energy out of Zack.

  His divine energy spiked, and my tails warned me. I warped away just in time as Zack had used [Explode].

  [Azure Mist] had dissipated, as he probably had ‘died’ differently than gods typically ‘die’.

  Fire gathered and pieced him together to the form we first encountered him. “Ugh, that cost too much divine energy… too bad for you, I have a loyal religion!”

  He inhaled and his divine energy built up again.

  So, this is what would happen if Nilah didn’t steal that cluster of mana in that bitch’s marble toyhouse…

  Fire blasted off Zack. “You did what?! You stole her offerings?! Unforgivable! It’s worse than I’ve thought.”

  Zack was properly pissed, as I may have said something I shouldn’t have. I only have myself to blame if I die.

  The lasers shot at Zack, but he powered through it as his mana and divine energy recovered near instantly. I might have made a mistake stating that gods are pushovers. They are pushovers, most of the time.

  He dashed over the ocean's surface, creating small steam explosions at every step, and went in for a punch. I grabbed a floating sword, spun sideways to evade, and cut his torso in half. My tail pushed an incomplete [X-1] into his face, causing his face to twist and get sucked into it.

  His lower body fell into the ocean and steam erupted from the surface. I rode the shockwave away as this wouldn’t kill him.

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  Fire motes pieced him together, he roared and entered his bullshit mode he used to hurt me with fire in our last 1v1.

  His martial arts had improved slightly, but I still managed to deflect most of his attacks while coated with ocean water.

  “This is just like the last time. I won’t lose this time!”

  My tail floored him, and he fell on another incomplete [X-1] causing the hit area to twist and get sucked up causing massive damage and causing me to recover an insane amount of mana.

  Hey, aren’t you forgetting something?

  Zack regenerated in time for a sword to pierce his chest.

  Does [Kryokym] ring a bell?

  His face contorted as the sword used [Kryokym]. It was a shame for all the mana I had collected but gathering it was easier than I thought and mana would be quite useless when I’m dead.

  Some explosions nearly caught me and sapped my stamina. The [X-1] had charged [Foxfire Lunacy]. All I needed was to get enough mana and ditch Zack.

  My 9 th tail gave me a notification that I had enough mana to charge [Foxfire Lunacy] for about 5%.

  All this mana and just 5%... what about the hottie in a cup delivery? Delivery successful? Thank goodness…

  My body was hitting its limit as [Blood and Thunder] had nearly lost its effect, and I was getting lethargic.

  I got ready to ditch this loser as divine energy spiked and something red rushed at me, grabbed my throat and lifted me.

  “Gotcha! You just pretended to be in a good condition! I knew it! You foxes always do this! Don’t think this is my first time fighting one.”

  I grabbed for my throat, gasping for air and he ignored my tails slamming [X-1] into him. He made sure that his hands around my neck wouldn’t get blasted away.

  “Any last words before you turn into my honey’s coat? Oh wait! You can’t talk, hahaha!”

  His expression changed and he gave me a headbutt.

  “Ohh no! You’re not going to do that stupid [Elgard Overload]!”

  I closed my eyes to hide my pupils from changing but he kept headbutting me, introducing waves of headache.

  My swords canceled [Hattrick] and returned to Nilah. Slowly but surely my sight shifted as if I was looking through Nilah’s eyes. Zack was too busy headbutting my body to notice. Either Nilah or I, I couldn’t tell, used [Elgard Overload] and my body disappeared from his grasp.

  Vision returned to my body, I grabbed Nilah and dove down.

  “Oh no you don’t!”

  Zack turned into his big red mode and started splashing the ocean and evaporating it. The currents gave me a hard time. I was too busy to kick the currents and ‘getting scooped up’ out of reality to attack.

  My first window of overpowerdness came up, and I created an image of Della. Not an illusion just an image. My head would explode if I attempted an accurate illusion of a deity. It gave him a scare and I could escape to the depths.

  I kept warping down as far as I could. [Blood and Thunder] dropped, and my body stopped responding.

  Die due to [Blood and Thunder] or due to drowning? I won’t give Zack the pleasure of killing me.

  The rest of [Elgard Overload] got used to keep myself conscious, be able to breathe underwater while trying to form a sturdy bubble around myself.

  Nothing indicated that Zack could reach me this deep, nor find me. I was safe for now. The bubble got formed and the last 30 seconds of [Elgard Overload] got used to pump seawater out of my lungs. Salty and painful.

  I was cold, wet and exhausted but alive. Who knows for who long…