God of Tricksters

Two months later.

A sword flew forward before curving a few times, following a certain path. At the end of the path stood a middle-aged man.

The man only smiled and waved his sword, striking this sword down. After that, he disappeared from the field.

The other guy, Theo, turned around and thrust his spear into thin air. There was supposed to be no one in that spot, but a second later, an afterimage of the middle-aged man appeared.

Unfortunately, the spear pierced through the afterimage while the real body managed to escape with its sheer speed alone.

Since his attack had missed, the spear turned into numerous threads and stretched out, trying to circle around the man.

"How many times have you used this technique?" The Time God smirked. "I'm starting to get bored with this attack."

Theo maintained his silence since there was another trick inside these threads. Instead of tightening, the threads stopped mid-air.

With his Perfect Control, Theo formed many spikes coming from those threads.

"!!!" The Time God widened his eyes, amused. After seeing the numerous spikes, he increased his speed as his body soon vanished into thin air.

In the past two months, Theo had been fighting against the Time God. There were three major improvements in this training. First would be his Perfect Control.

To outsmart the Time God, Theo needed to use that Perfect Control continuously. Eventually, he managed to fully master the Perfect Control.

After all, this might be the first time Theo had time to use his Perfect Control for a long period of time.

The second improvement came in Theo's perception. His eyes had been trying to follow the Time God's movement. That was why Theo activated his Awareness the entire time.

He didn't realize it in the first month, but in the second month, Theo found his Awareness was able to predict the Time God's movement better.

His Awareness had been in the Prediction Eyes Stage since a year ago. And this fight had improved it further.

Although Theo didn't know when he could reach the last stage, the Future Vision, he had already become closer to that stage.

Using these two, Theo managed to surprise the Time God earlier. However, it wasn't enough.

The Time God didn't hold back with his speed at all. He would constantly disappear, making Theo fail to hit him again and again.

During the past two months, Theo never once hit the Time God again. It was brutal training. One could feel down because of the lack of achievement. Luckily, Theo's focus remained on Perfect Control and Awareness.

He was already satisfied with their improvements.

Even so, the Time God had said that he was here to train his Order. So, the biggest improvement he had over the past two months was none other than his Order.

Theo snapped his fingers and utilized his Order.

The Time God, who was moving to the left at high speed, suddenly found himself glitching.

"!!!" The Time God was impressed once again when Theo's Order had started to manifest. This whole time, Theo's Order could never influence him due to their gap.

However, it seemed Theo had managed to control his Order better after using it to the fullest for the past two months.

This glitch could easily be neutralized by his power, but this alone was enough as proof that Theo had learned Reality vs Illusion.

After that glitch, the Time God poured slightly more power into his Order, strengthening his own Order so that Theo couldn't influence him.

However, it was at this time Theo appeared next to the Time God with his spear.

"I got you," Theo muttered as he thrust his spear forward.

The Time God turned his head around and saw Theo coming. This should take him by surprise, but the Time God actually smiled when he saw the incoming spear.

"You think?" The Time God grabbed the spear and pulled Theo closer before he struck Theo with his fist. "I might not be able to see something far in the future, but I still can see a few seconds into the future continuously. I know you're going to ambush me."

However, Theo smiled as the spear turned into spikes, trying to pierce the Time God's hand.

"Yeah? That vision might actually be an illusion I showed to you?" Theo smirked.

"Nope. I have seen you trying to outsmart my outsmarting." The Time God smirked as he used the sword to slash the spear made of Magic Power. At the same time, the other fist struck Theo's body.

However, Theo suddenly disappeared before the punch hit his stomach. Albeit, the thorns that the Time God cut were actually Theo's real body. After two months, he realized that he could also turn into a weapon or any object. Instead of a fish or a monkey, Theo turned into a vine filled with thorns.

He knew that the Time God would cut the vine, so he simply detached himself from the stick, making it look like the Time God managed to cut the vine. As for his body that disappeared, it was just an illusion. The body itself couldn't do anything. Even the stick was controlled by Illusion and Telekinesis.

With this, Theo reappeared under the Time God as he made an uppercut, straight to the Time God's jaw. "Right? I gave you the vision of you outsmarting me outsmarting your outsmarting!"

The Time God smirked and froze the stick that was used to attach the spear blade, making Theo's illusion couldn't disappear as the stick's time had been frozen.

With that stick in his hand, the Time God waved his hand, hitting Theo in the head. "Hahaha. I have seen you outsmart me outsmarting you outsmarting my outsmarting."

It seemed that both of them refused to lose in this argument to the point they kept repeating the word 'outsmarting.'

"I—" Theo opened his mouth and planned to use his trick.

However, the Time God smirked and accelerated his body even further, hitting Theo to the ground with that stick before he could say anything. "Haha. The lines have become too long. It's my win!"

"Heh, hitting me in the head, like the image that I showed you!" This time, it was Theo's turn to be smiling as he reinforced his head with the Supernatural Snake Body and withstood the force from the stick. After that, Theo raised both hands and turned them into swords before thrusting straight to the Time God's stomach. "I give you the image of you winning so that I can win!"

"No! I have seen the future of me winning against the image of me winning against you!" The Time God used all his force this time, finally hitting Theo until he hit the ground and created a crater with his head.

*Bam!*