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Chapter 848 The Final Challenge, the Gate of God!

Valhalla, top floor.

Kratos and Tyr watched the entire battle between Li You and Thor unfold.

After that, Kratos couldn't help but be somewhat surprised.

"He...has become much stronger, and his speed far exceeds my expectations."

Tyr smiled and said, "If my eyes are not mistaken, he is not even halfway through the lifespan of a mortal. Compared to you and me, he is still a child."

Kratos thought for a moment and nodded: "That's true. You do grow up much faster when you're young."

Tyr's age is unknown, but it is clearly in the hundreds, possibly even thousands.

As for Kratos, he was probably only a few decades old in the old God of War series, but in the new God of War story, judging from the fact that there are pottery jars depicting his legend in Tyr's treasury, he has probably been in Norse mythology for over a hundred years. Even by the most conservative estimate, he should be close to two hundred years old.

Compared to these two, Li You is indeed very young.

Tyr took one last look at the image in the water mirror and said, "Perhaps we should make preparations; he should be here soon."

Before Kratos could answer, the water mirror between them suddenly dispersed like quicksand, and the high-backed chairs they were sitting on gradually disappeared, while the surrounding space gradually brightened.

Tyr and Kratos both stood up and looked around.

When the entire space was finally illuminated by light, the two realized that they seemed to be standing on the top of an enormous tower, and looking around, they could see endless clouds.

Above the sea of ​​clouds, only a twisted, black giant tree and a mountain peak that looked like it was made of spikes emerged from the sea.

The top of the tower where they were located was extremely spacious, essentially a huge plaza. A layer of dried, white corpses covered the plaza's ground, and at the far end of the plaza, a massive stone gate, also inlaid with countless corpses and divided into two sections, stood majestically.

"here it is……?"

Neither Kratos nor Tyr had ever seen such a sight before, and they were momentarily stunned.

Kratos gazed at the colossal black tree on the distant horizon that seemed to be flowing with golden sap, and asked, "Could that be the World Tree?"

Tyr immediately denied it: "That could never be the World Tree. This place is probably not within the Nine Realms, but a scene from a distant world... It's probably a place Li You once walked through."

Having witnessed Li You's entire adventure, Tyr knew very well that the world Li You had visited was beyond his imagination.

He then looked at the massive gate behind him: "That gate... you should have sensed it too; the aura within it is terrifying. If someone could pass through this gate and return safely, they could probably become a god. But..."

Tyr looked at the corpses embedded in the gate and frowned: "Is this kind of gate to godhood really the right one?"

Kratos stared at the corpses scattered on the ground without saying a word.

He naturally sensed the terrifying aura behind the door, but his gaze was more focused on the corpses scattered on the ground.

"The Gate to Godhood, covered in corpses... How abrupt."

Compared to Tyr, who was born a god, Kratos, who became the god of war by killing Ares, had his own feelings about the scene before him.

However, the next moment, both of them heard footsteps coming from the entrance of the square and turned to look.

At the end of the long staircase at the entrance, a familiar figure climbed up.

It was Li You.

……

In the final battle against Thor, Li You emerged victorious.

When he opened his eyes after the final clash, he saw a deep crater blasted open by the aftershocks of their impact, and Thor was lying in the center of the crater.

Li You was actually lying down, slightly off-center, his dragon-human transformation having already dissipated on its own. He tried to get up, but felt as if his entire body was falling apart, almost beyond his control.

He is in very poor condition and has almost no ability to get up on his own.

However, now that the battle is over, we can finally rest...

The thought had barely crossed Li You's mind when he saw Thor move not far away.

He immediately became alert and grasped the goddess's blessing with one hand.

Beside him, Saul twitched a few times, then coughed violently.

"Ahem——!!"

He twitched one hand, seemingly trying to reach for his Mjolnir, but the hammer had already flown far away and was also severely damaged. Even when Thor called out, it was powerless to fly back.

"Cough, cough... Ha!"

Thor coughed again, but then suddenly burst into laughter.

"Hey, you! You're still alive, aren't you?"

This question was clearly directed at Li You, who thought for a moment and then replied in a hoarse voice, "Still alive. What, in your current state, do you still want to continue fighting?"

Thor laughed again: "Fight? No need. You've already won."

"You and I both felt it; in that last exchange, I was the one who lost by half. So you're only seriously injured, but I'm about to die... if I can die in Valhalla too."

As he spoke, Thor struggled to sit up and looked at Li You.

"However, I'm not one to back down. You won this time, but I'll get my revenge next time! We'll meet again outside Valhalla!"

Hearing this, Li You forced himself to sit up and looked at him: "If you want, of course, no problem. But next time, you might not have the chance."

"Ha! I'll be watching!" Thor laughed. "Then I'll be going first... Old Lee!"

Li You: "!!"

But before he could ask any further questions, Thor's body had already dissipated, turning into countless points of light that drifted away, and Mjolnir disappeared along with it.

Li You was momentarily stunned.

Does Thor remember what he was like as "Lapp"?
After lying there for a long time, Li You finally regained his mobility and climbed out of the deep pit.

Li You found the teleportation sand leading to the top floor of Valhalla at the spot where the campfire would normally appear after defeating the slave knight Gale.

He could have left, but after thinking it over, Li You returned to the plaza where he had started and began searching. What he was looking for was the dark soul that the Dwarf King had once possessed.

Unfortunately, after the Dwarf Kings were killed by Thor, because their deaths were not in the original way—that Gale killed them and took their dark souls—the Dwarf Kings completely lost their life force, and the fourth King Soul, whose power was comparable to the original King Soul, had also disappeared without a trace.

But what Li You was looking for was not that ethereal, boundless dark soul.

After discovering that the king's soul had disappeared, he did not hesitate. He gathered all the scattered corpses of the dwarf king together, then used his spiral sword to ignite flames and burned them all at once.

These dwarf kings, who once possessed dark souls, were quickly reduced to ashes by the First Flame, their dried corpses unable to even add power to the Spiral Sword.

But amidst the ashes, specks of black blood drifted out and coalesced into a small clump.

Blood of Dark Souls.

Although the blood of the dwarf kings has long since dried up, a small amount of dark soul blood can still be obtained by completely burning their bodies.

This substance was indeed beneficial to the Spiral Sword, which immediately tried to absorb it. However, Li You stopped it at this moment and scooped out the blood.

He looked at the small clump of black blood in his hand, thought for a moment, then used his magic to condense an ice container and put the blood inside. Afterward, he also cast a protective spell on the container that had its own ability to detect the blood.

For Li You now, these little things are easy to do.

After placing the container filled with the blood of dark souls between the thrones of the dwarf kings, Li You put everything away and left the Valhalla Upper Realm, which was partially merged with the Ringed City, using the teleportation sand.

When he opened his eyes again, he was already on top of the golden tower, with a long spiral staircase leading to the top platform at the end.

"It actually happened here."

Li You could never forget this tower.

This is... the Gate of God.

However, Li You immediately realized that this time it was different from the situation in the Upper Realm. The space he was in was not truly connected to the Tower of God in the Shadow Land.

Why do you know that?
First, the size and location of the distant Spiked Mountain and Shadow Tree were incorrect. Second, the power within him belonging to the border region did not feel completely integrated with the environment as it did when he returned to Ringed City.

Finally, Li You hadn't forgotten that the Horned People's Gate of God could only create incomplete gods, which wasn't what he wanted. The system couldn't possibly be so unreliable as to send him back here to become a god after he had passed through Valhalla.

This Tower of God is probably just a projection of his past memories, or a manifestation of some kind of symbolism.

It's probably like in the game, when Kratos breaks through the lower and upper realms of Valhalla, reaches the top, defeats Tyr, and then opens the door to find his former throne of the god of war in Greece.

"...So, the one I'll be facing off against in a bit will probably be Tyr?"

Li You naturally guessed this and was mentally prepared. It should be said that he had anticipated it from the moment he entered the Hall of Heroes.

His condition was fully restored when he passed through the sands of teleportation, so he didn't need to rest. Li You stepped over the long staircase ahead and climbed toward the Gate of God.

Li You quickly reached the top, and then he saw that, besides Tyr, Kratos was also waiting for him there.

Li You: "?"

No, buddy?
Why is there a Greek god of war??

……

In the plaza in front of the Gate of God, Li You, Tyr, and Kratos looked at each other.

For a moment no one spoke, until Tyr broke the silence:

"It's been a long time, Li You, since you entered the Hall of Heroes."

Kratos chimed in, "I heard you were trapped in Valhalla, so Siegrun asked me for help... It seems that's no longer necessary."

Li You let out a long sigh.

Kratos's words completely disillusioned him. The two men before him were the real God of War, not some clones.

He shook his head helplessly: "I did expect Tyr to be here. But Kratos? You were sent here by Valhalla too? How am I supposed to get through this?"

Tyr was about to say something, but Kratos beat him to it this time.

"...I've already heard about the situation from Tyr. You ventured into Valhalla to find the path to godhood, and we are the final obstacle you must face."

As he spoke, he glanced back at the Gate of God behind him. "If it helps, I don't mind fighting you. But in my opinion, you no longer need to fight us to find the path to godhood."

Li You was taken aback, but Tyr nodded in agreement: "Li You, you were able to defeat Thor head-on, so your actual combat strength probably already surpasses that of this old man. It's probably a miscalculation of the Hall of Heroes to have me here to block you from going to this gate to godhood—it didn't expect Thor to break in and become your most formidable opponent."

"So now, Kratos and I no longer need to fight you to the death or bring you a breakthrough opportunity—you have already mastered all the abilities necessary to become a god. What you lack now is just a ritual."

Hearing their words, Li You was still in disbelief: "You mean, I've already...?"

Kratos nodded and replied affirmatively, "You already have a sufficient understanding of divine power and the nature of strength. You only need to go through the final ritual of becoming a god to achieve ascension."

"As for the method of the ceremony, that's up to you; there's nothing we can do to help you with that."

Li You looked at his hands, still somewhat dazed. But upon reflection, he realized that in order to defeat Thor, he had integrated everything from his past into one, and his understanding of power had indeed reached a new level—that was enough to meet the requirements.

In the original Valhalla and system's presets, Li You would probably only gain some understanding through repeated battles with Tyr, just like Kratos in the original game when he broke through his inner demons.

So, does that mean he only needs to pass through this materialized gate of God ahead to...

"—But unfortunately, the rules of Valhalla are not that flexible."

Just then, Tyr spoke again, interrupting his thoughts.

"Although Kratos and I both believe that there is no need to fight you anymore, Valhalla has set us up as the final test for you, so this battle is inevitable."

Kratos looked at his hands: "I see, that's what this feeling is all about."

Tyr nodded, then said, "But that's not a big problem. Although we have no choice but to fight this battle, how far it goes is entirely up to you and me."

"So, just consider this the last thing we can teach you."

As he spoke, he glanced at Kratos. The two seemed to have reached a consensus. Kratos then took two steps forward, facing Li You from a distance.

“First, let me be your opponent,” he said in a deep voice. “You seem to have used that sword to simulate my divine power, so now, feel this power carefully!”

(End of this chapter)