"I know just what I should do to piss off that thing."
Neo moved toward the east, where he could see the golden lightning flashes.
The air around him crackled with energy.
"The Angel said something about Zeus' corpse being Sacred Treasure…"
"It's definitely targeting him."
The Angel was ignoring Neo.
It couldn't kill him, and it couldn't trap him now that he had awakened World Energy.
Since Neo wouldn't stay down, the Angel decided to ignore him.
But Neo knew just what to do to piss off the Angel.
Neo arrived at the location where Zeus' headless corpse was fighting the Angel.
The ground around them was scorched, and the air was thick with the scent of decay.
The sky above was darkening.
Heavy clouds swirled ominously as thunder rumbled in the distance.
Zeus' corpse didn't try to fight him and lowered its defenses against Neo.
Neo used the opportunity.
He put his palm on the corpse's back and pushed his Concept of Eternal Sleep into its body. The stillness of the moment was broken by a sudden shudder as the corpse stumbled, surprised by Neo's sudden attack.
Neo didn't stop and used everything he had.
Powered by World Energy, his Concept had grown considerably powerful.
The world around him seemed to hum as the energy flowed within him, empowering his every move.
Zeus' corpse had not tried to defend against it as it trusted Neo, and thus the attack hit it properly.
Before its body could hit the ground, Neo opened his Shadow Space on the ground and let the corpse fall into it.
The shadows stretched beneath the corpse, as if they were alive, swallowing it whole.
'I need to make it fall asleep again after a few days. Seriously, what kind of defensive ability is that?'
Neo could only marvel at Zeus' corpse's durability.
The body was resilient beyond measure.
If he had not died, he might've been able to fight the Angel.
However, he was dead.
Talent was useless if they couldn't stay alive.
Neo's actions took the Angel by surprise.
'What are you doing…?'
"You want the corpse?"
Neo pointed his sword at the maggots.
The ground around him trembled, and the wind howled as dark, writhing forms swarmed in from all sides.
The maggots, vile and grotesque, surrounded him from every direction.
Their bodies squirmed in an endless mass.
Neo was no longer helpless.
He slashed without holding back.
The blade gleamed in the dim light, cutting through the air with a force that caused the ground beneath him to crack.
The arc of his blade tore apart the air and the earth.
It split the skies, revealing the darkness beyond.
The maggots were cut apart, their bodies falling in pieces, writhing as they hit the ground.
"You need to try harder."
His words annoyed the Angel.
It summoned hordes of gigantic maggots.
While Neo looked calm, his thoughts churned inwardly.
'How did it kill dad and destroy the Underworld with this kind of strength?'
'I can understand the world of the living since we didn't have any Awakeners who were as strong as even peak Grade 1 Empyrean Demigods.'
'But the Underworld had beings on par with Exalted Deities, and it had a father who was a God.'
Neo suppressed his curiosity.
He had all the time in the world to search for an answer.
He clashed with the maggots.
The battlefield was filled with thick, putrid air, the ground shaking with the swarming of the creatures.
The mental attacks of the Angel returned.
Waves of crushing pressure hit Neo's mind as he fought the maggots.
No matter how many maggots he killed or how many pillars he destroyed, they kept coming. The battle stretched on endlessly.
Exhausted after fighting for weeks, Neo finally fell to the battlefield.
His body sprawled in the wreckage of broken stone and rotting maggots.
His Shadow Space opened when he died.
The corpse of Zeus was thrown out of it, landing with a heavy thud.
The Angel attacked, trying to capture it, but the corpse suddenly woke up.
Neo had removed his Concept before he died, allowing the corpse of Zeus to wake up.
For twelve hours, the corpse kept moving around to escape the Angel's grasp.
Each step it took only seemed to irritate the Angel further.
[Time remaining: 00 hours, 00 minutes]
[12 hours have passed since your death]
[You will be forcefully revived.]
As soon as he woke up, he began to fight, determined to protect the corpse of Zeus.
He died. He was revived. He fought.
He died. He was revived. He fought.
He died. He was revived. He fought. He died. He was revived. He fought.
He died. He was revived. He fought. He died. He was revived. He fought.
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Time gradually lost its meaning for Neo.
His strength grew by leaps and bounds.
He went through endless battles.