The Primal Hunter

Chapter 1013: The Malefic Viper vs Yip of Yore (1) One likely had many expectations of how a battle between gods looked. Perhaps it would be a fight where the very cosmos shook with every clash or one where solar systems easily collapsed, and while that certainly could happen, it was never the objective of the two fighters.

The Viper had spoken a lot to Jake about the importance of intensity in energy over scale. Quality over quantity. For the Malefic Viper and Yip of Yore, destroying things was easy. Blowing up a few galaxies was effortless... but also supremely wasteful.

Why launch an attack causing an explosion the size of a planet when you could instead condense that very same explosion down to the size of a large house, increasing the intensity several times over while reducing the cost? If your goal was only to strike one small target in the first place, a huge explosion would ultimately just waste a lot of energy hitting thin air.

The only instances where launching attacks of a larger scale made sense was when fighting a massive opponent or to ensure the attack would hit a speedy and very evasive enemy, or when one launched an attack above one’s ability to fully control. Oftentimes, it made sense to abandon some level of control for sheer power, with the end result often being better.

It was all about finding a balance between scale and intensity, and finding that perfect balance was something even gods could perpetually work on. Either way, the goal tended to be to make one’s attacks have just enough scale to still hit while optimizing the power put into it, and a good switch-up between larger and smaller attacks could often allow one to hit a good strike.

This all resulted in the battles of gods not looking that much different from even C-grades fighting, as long as one didn’t consider the sheer speed of their battles. At least it looked like C-grades for a few moments from the outside... until one took into account the shockwaves and inadvertent uncontrolled explosions resulting from the battle.

When blocking a strike, there was no need to lessen the resulting shockwave. In fact, quite the opposite, as the shockwave was often a result of dispersed energy, and many skills even focused on redirecting damage onto the world. This is why a regular punch from a god could easily result in a shockwave, turning countless nearby planets into dust once blocked.

Uncontrolled explosions also tended to happen when either party didn’t particularly focus on reducing the scale or when energy-based attacks clashed, mixed, and exploded. Two simple mana bolts, both condensed to only house-sized explosions by their respective casters, could often result in explosions innumerably times larger than either party intended if they clashed.

All of this is to say that it wasn’t out of the ordinary that the battle between the Malefic Viper, a Primordial god from the very first era, and Yip of Yore, an individual recognized as the most talented person to ever rise to godhood, started out with a simple probing exchange of fists versus claws, as both still restrained their power heavily.

The Viper had instantly drawn on his heritage as a being that evolved to godhood from a dragon as his hands transformed into claws, while Yip of Yore struck with his fists, his longer-than-average arms giving him more reach.

Yip dodged the first strike as he countered, only for the Primordial to also dodge as the two exchanged dozens of blows immediately, none landing as both were just testing the other party.

“Seems like you remain intent on fighting... I certainly welcome it,” Yip smiled as he increased the tempo. His fists were no longer mere punches but instead left after-images that lingered, with some strikes appearing before he even made them. The Viper dodged most, but soon, a blow landed on his shoulder. Only a fraction of a second later did the fist actually strike where he’d been hit, the concept of reality bent around it, courtesy of Yip’s reality-warping powers.

Yet right as the Viper stumbled back, a small cut also appeared on top of Yip’s fist, the wound instantly turning dark green and festering. The god looked down at the wound for a second as the poison soon lost its effect, and less than a second later, the wound had healed.

“Did that also remind you of the first time we met?” the Viper asked in a cold tone, knowing he had the upper hand in that minor exchange.

“It sure did,” Yip smiled, unconcerned with everything thus far. “But no running away for either of us this time around...”

the beginning, they had fought with power that even

a gradual increase in power from both sides as they were still testing one

every shockwave that rocked the Great Planet below grew ever the more destructive. The Void Sphere hadn’t copied the defensive formation protecting the Order of the Malefic

they reached the level of high-tier godhood, as the two of them began to pull out more and more skills. The Viper unleashed his wings to block several attacks as poison mist was dispersed, corrupting the sky and land. His claws began to glow with more power than before, and his very presence became

of his attacks while also unleashing the occasional skill. Yip was rare in that he didn’t have any particular affinity he stuck to but instead used many different kinds of attacks. He was incredibly skilled in most of the high-concept ones, such as space and time, as both had axillary connections to his primary concept of bending reality according

of high-tier gods, they progressed through the Seventh Circle, the Eighth, Ninth, and soon, they reached the

sundered the earth beneath them. They had barely moved from where the fight initially began, as both refused to give any ground and whenever one of them

a different platform. Support the original

both would already be considered beings near the

of godhood. It was known as the limit because that was the realm that the Primordials managed to reach by the time other gods also rose – at least, this is what

several eras for someone to break through the ceiling that was the Tenth Circle. Once more, history was very unclear as to who was first. All that was clear was that several of the top figures did it at roughly the same

do, even if they were immortal. Well, perhaps one should never say never, but for

Time no longer being a threat made many treat time as the infinite resources it was and would never be in a rush to do anything, especially not when rushing and taking risks was the one thing that could

figure in the multiverse... because within a single era, he had not only managed to become

had been done to him thus far, though he did have a few signs of damage taken here and there. Opposite him flew the Malefic Viper,

looked at the Viper for a few moments before smiling and looking toward

ascended to godhood, I would only hear whispers of those legendary figures who’d managed to go beyond the

believed all those who said these things. Why wouldn’t I? The few gods I interacted with then were in awe whenever they were even in the presence of a high-tier god, much less a Godking or Godqueen. They were only telling the truth from

hard by everyone... why was it so effortless for me?” Yip asked rhetorically with a smile. “I reached the so-called wall quickly. I saw the wall. Felt it. And then I made it crumble before me and stepped into the next realm.

reason. He also held the record as the one to progress through the Circles of Divinity the fastest.

him began to slowly twist as he released more and more energy, the Viper

the very first time, neither held back from infusing said aura with energy as they didn’t have to consider killing any mortals or weaker gods. The

assume you weren’t that far off this level of power when you went into your isolation all those eras ago?” Yip of Yore asked with a

quite there,” the

Yip said confidently. “Either way, I look forward to seeing how strong you truly are. I know you’ve grown even during your isolation and that we are still far from your limit. Then again, neither am I. Let’s not disappoint one another by failing to keep up too

talk way too much,” Vilastromoz