In the Astral Plane, Tartarus prepared to hide in this vast world, already plotting how to exact revenge on the gods of the Great Ring multiverse.
But suddenly, a sense of being watched arose in its heart.
"Who is it now!"
Due to previous experiences, Tartarus, like a startled rabbit, prepared to flee and search for the source of the gaze.
As its perception expanded, it suddenly realized it seemed to be inside a giant beast.
The macro-embodiment of the time dragon, whose body now covered the Astral Plane's river of time, gazed down silently at Tartarus.
Even with Tartarus' current perception, it couldn't grasp the full extent of Garon's macro form.
However, this didn't prevent Tartarus from realizing it seemed to be inside a colossal dragon.
"Another godhead level twenty top-tier god?"
"A being on my level... this multiverse is full of them."
Darkness surged, and Tartarus' body began to collapse, intending to leave the Astral Plane.
But the time dragon acted faster, transforming into a silver dragon and appearing before Tartarus.
"Hmm?"
Seeing the familiar silver dragon, Tartarus paused its departure, hatred for Garon flaring in its eyes.
Had it not been deceived by Garon into this unfamiliar, unknown world, it, a primordial god and top-tier being, would not be in such a dire state.
"What's the matter, not running?"
Garon looked at Tartarus and said calmly.
"If it weren't for the protection of strong beings, you wouldn't dare to act so boldly before me."
In a tone filled with frustration, Tartarus muttered.
The silver dragon remained indifferent, smiling slightly at Tartarus. "I like to solve the problems I create."
"Tartarus, I brought you, a potential threat to the Great Ring, here. Naturally, I'll be the one to end you."
"Rest assured, no other gods will interfere in our private matter now."
Hearing the silver dragon's calm words, Tartarus was momentarily stunned, then its eyes filled with murderous intent.
"I will make you die in the most painful way possible."
Finding itself in an unknown world and realizing it was targeted by unknown forces, making it hard to escape the local gods, Tartarus now only wanted to kill Garon, the one who brought it to the Great Ring.
With a low growl and roar from Tartarus, infinite black mist erupted from its body, radiating outwards while engulfing Tartarus itself.
Buzzing!
It seemed as if a giant beast roared and raged within the black mist, causing the endless darkness to boil like an ocean. Black lightning also flashed within, filled with destructive and terrifying aura.
Whoosh!
A fierce wind seemed to blow through the black mist, scattering it.
A ferocious face emerged.
What a terrifying beast it was! It appeared as a gigantic worm capable of devouring entire worlds. It had no arms or limbs, and instead of a face, its elongated, oval body had a gaping maw filled with rows of rotating teeth, like an indestructible grinder.
It was like a more terrifying, colossal version of a lamprey.
Even a star would seem insignificant before it.
But this was only the beginning.
More faceless heads with gaping mouths emerged from the endless black mist, crowding together, roaring, making one's scalp tingle with fear.
This was the true form of Tartarus, its complete form.
"What a strong presence, overflowing with ferocity."
On the other side, the silver dragon narrowed its eyes, gazing at the colossal beast in the Astral Plane.
Simultaneously, the silver dragon's body expanded, growing to over a million kilometers in length, appearing as a cosmic-scale dragon in the vast Astral Plane.
However, compared to Tartarus, this size was still not grand.
The mist around Tartarus seemed endless, forming another vast, evil world within the Astral Plane, filled with black lightning, eerie green flames, and strange blood-red crystals, all part of Tartarus.
"Poseidon!"
Since it didn't know Garon's true name, Tartarus continued to call him Poseidon, roaring with anger.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Black lightning struck towards the silver dragon.
The silver dragon's right wing waved, raising massive waves in the river of time, shattering the black lightning.
Astral Staff!
A scepter emblem on a dragon scale floated up, transforming into the noble and divine Astral Staff, which the silver dragon held in its claws.
Locking onto Tartarus, the Astral Staff pointed at it.
The rules and energies of the Astral Plane moved together, forming an unstoppable, mind-shattering beam, piercing through layers of dark mist, lightning, and flames to hit Tartarus' massive body.
"Pain! Pain! Pain!"
In an instant, it felt as if its mind and soul were being torn apart. The indescribable pain made Tartarus tremble, silver light spreading over its body, eroding its will.
All its ferocious heads shook, roaring, and spewing more dense, evil black mist to resist the continuous beam from the staff.
Clearly, just from this first contact, Tartarus was at a disadvantage under Garon's attack.
But this was only the beginning.
The silver dragon, with an indifferent expression, caused the Black Ring on its body to ripple invisibly, merging into the river of time.
The river of time rippled with waves.
Amid Tartarus' roars, dozens of Astral Staffs formed from the river of time, surrounding Tartarus' colossal body, then simultaneously firing endless beams of mental energy at various parts of its body.
Tartarus' pupils contracted—if it had pupils now.
Its heads swayed, ferocious and terrifying, tinged with fear.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Tartarus roared in pain.
More beams struck its body, countless astral rules forming chains, wrapping around Tartarus, turning it into a shining silver figure.
There was no back-and-forth battle.
What the gods observing from the shadows saw was a one-sided crushing.
Had Tartarus not been injured, it might have been able to put up a fight in the Astral Plane. But there were no ifs. Even if it were in peak condition, it would ultimately not be a match for Garon.
In the Astral Plane, Garon, empowered by the plane, was nearly omnipotent.
Even if Tartarus weren't suppressed by the Great Ring, its chances of defeating Garon in the Astral Plane were slim.
"Causing trouble in my plane, Tartarus, accept your fate."
Garon didn't realize his words sounded like a villain persecuting the weak, but even if he did, he wouldn't care.
"Poseidon, I will die with you! Let's die together!"
In pain, Tartarus was driven to madness, roaring.
Crack!
A head exploded, turning into dark mist merging with the surroundings. The mist around Tartarus expanded rapidly.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Heads continued to explode, Tartarus' misty body swelling, the beams from the Astral Staff unable to suppress it.
"What a low level, thinking you can die with me."
"I wanted to play with you more, but since you're so eager to end it, I'll oblige."
Facing the berserk Tartarus, intent on dragging him to death, the silver dragon remained calm, eyes steady.
Its claw opened, and the Astral Staff floated up, spinning slowly.
In an instant, the silver light brightened, countless astral conduits converging on the frenzied Tartarus. Simultaneously, more colorful pools with teleportation power were created, forming a vast sea around Tartarus.
The astral conduits shone brilliantly, the colorful sea swirling like a galaxy vortex.
In a flash, Tartarus, in a frenzy, was forcibly teleported away, disappearing from the Astral Plane.
Prime Material Plane.
In a barren, lifeless desert world.
Colorful lights flashed brightly.
In a moment, the light dissipated, and Tartarus appeared, dazed and bewildered.
It couldn't believe that despite its full force and self-destructive power, the dragon had enough strength to teleport it!
Was this reasonable?
This was not reasonable at all!
Tartarus roared in fury, its heads swinging like mountains.
Wait?
Mountain-sized heads?
Tartarus calmed down, the pain from the Astral Staff easing, realizing something was wrong.
It no longer had its vast, cosmic-scale form.
After being teleported to an unknown world, it was suppressed by an unimaginable rule, reduced to a demigod level, its colossal body now merely mountain-sized.
"This place is like the mortal world in Olympus but with stronger suppression."
Tartarus calmed down, thinking.
Simultaneously, it roared, "Poseidon! Where are you!"
At this moment, the sky rippled.
Hmm?
Tartarus looked up.
Then it trembled.
In the sky, a pair of platinum dragon eyes, like suns, gazed down indifferently at the world, at itself. The oppressive dragon might made Tartarus feel suffocated.
Invincible.
Unbeatable.
Run! Run! Run!
Like a mortal facing a divine light, Tartarus' primordial god instincts screamed for it to flee, not to confront.
But Tartarus' mind was numb, not moving.
Where could it run to?
In the Prime Material Plane, where Garon, unaffected by suppression, faced Tartarus, now reduced to a demigod, it was a dimensional strike, giving no chance of survival.
This world's space-time was sealed.
"Tartarus, this barren world will be your prison."
"And you, will be part of my collection."
A thunderous voice resounded from the sky, like an irrefutable divine judgment.
Crack, crack.
The time dragon's vast body moved, targeting the entire Prime Material world where Tartarus was located. Time Amber slowly extended, covering the plane's crystal walls, encapsulating the entire Prime Material world.
"I refuse to accept this!"
Tartarus, surrounded by dark mist, its numerous ferocious heads writhing madly, was helpless to slow the encroaching Time Amber even by a second.
Ultimately, Tartarus, filled with intense anger and despair, was sealed in an eternal, motionless stasis.
Faced with an insurmountable gap, akin to a chasm between a mortal and a god, Tartarus had no chance to resist.
The dragon claw reached out, plucking the Amber-encased world from the Time Dragon.
Immediately, the silver dragon reappeared in the Astral Plane, holding a crystal-clear Time Amber in its claw. Within it was an entire Prime Material world, now Tartarus's prison.
In the Olympus multiverse, Tartarus, once considered a dreaded prison, now found itself trapped in a Time Amber prison, unable to escape.
After capturing Tartarus, Garon returned to the Beast Garden, focusing his mind on controlling the time river within the Beast Garden. Meanwhile, the gods, who had been observing Tartarus all along, were deeply shaken and awestruck by the Eternity and Time Dragon's performance.
"Garon Aurelius, he has been a quasi-god for such a short time, yet he can independently face a top-tier god."
"Even though this god was not at its peak, who among us, apart from beings of the same level, can claim to have subdued it?"
"And to think he can wield his full power in the Prime Material Plane, incredible and unimaginable. Even Aeon and the Jade Emperor can't achieve that."
"A new top-tier being is emerging, and Garon Aurelius's potential might surpass even that of Aeon. With these two mighty beings, as long as they live, the Dragon Pantheon's supremacy is unshakable."
The gods of the Great Ring, who had witnessed the battle between the silver dragon and Tartarus, whispered among themselves, their minds filled with thoughts.
Tartarus's immense power was still fresh in their memories. Deities like the Elven Lord God, whose godhead was at level nineteen, felt deep apprehension, knowing they were no match for Tartarus. Whether in the outer planes or the Prime Material Plane, the danger Tartarus posed was evident.
However, this only made the silver dragon's might more memorable and indelible in the minds of the gods.
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