Epic Of Caterpillar

Chapter 2922 - 2923: The Final Battle Against the Spirit Queen

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”Vermin. Why donʼt you prostrate yourselves before the almightiness of the spirit queen? Bow down before her and worship the sun god, maggots!”

The Spirit Queen roared, her eyes blazing with sunshine as she floated on her rainbow throne. The many Yggdrasil Trees she had painstakingly stolen were gone—taken by the Sun God to empower himself further.

Now her glory was reduced to nothing. She had become a puppet, yet one with immense power and absolute control over the entire Plane of Spirits. She was no easy opponent.

No, she was an almost impossible one by any measure.

But those who faced her didnʼt care.

”Tundra, freeze them! Obsidian, seal them! Skadi, crush them! Hedlehash, parasitize them! Odin, destroy them! Thor, pulverize them!”

Her subordinates, boosted by the Sun Godʼs power, overflowed with strength far beyond their original limits. Odin and Thor were the first to clash, confronting those who harbored deep grudges against them: Loki, Hel, Freyja, and Gerd.

The gods battled ferociously. Loki swiftly unleashed her illusion magic—now amplified by her Cosmic Power and Heart Manifestation—turning every illusion into reality in low-scale reality manipulation. She weakened both spirits and gods alike, binding them with chains that drained their power while twisting space to create openings.

Hel, Freyja, and Gerd combined their strength, with Surtr, Ruby, and Truhan charging right behind. Hel conjured death itself, consuming their lifeforce as support. Freyja summoned and tamed dream entities, merging them with her Manifestation to form giants of countless limbs and heads. Gerd swung Ymirʼs Axe with raw power, unleashing devastating waves of destruction.

Odin and Thor struggled even with their enhanced might. Odinʼs Gungnir was his deadliest weapon, but Loki constantly snatched it from his grasp. Though he could recall it, her relentless pranks left openings. Surtr, Ruby, and Truhan seized them, smashing his body with blazing fists and weapons.

”D-Damn it! You maggots! You think you can— GAAAH?!”

Odin vomited blood as Surtrʼs fist plunged into his stomach. Truhan cleaved his arms with his axe. Ruby unleashed spirit power, encasing him in explosive fire crystals that detonated across his body without end.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

”F-Father?!”

Thor stared in horror as her father was overwhelmed, teetering on the edge of death. She swung Mjolnir with thunderous fury, targeting Loki—the one holding everything together—smashing her body repeatedly.

”Damn Loki! Traitor, why not join us instead of fighting us?! Why not worship the sun at our side, you foolish sister?!”

”Because Iʼm not a brainwashed idiot like you, Thor! And to be fair, Iʼm much smarter and prettier too!”

”What?!”

Thorʼs fury erupted. Her long green hair whipped wildly in the wind as her muscular body swelled even larger. She swung her now-titanic hammer against Loki, shattering her into pieces and…

Blowing her apart!

BOOOMMM!!!

A colossal thunderous crater scarred the ground. Thor smiled, relieved.

”Sheʼs gone! I did it…! Loki is finally dead—”

Before she could finish, sharp pain tore through her body. Dozens of swords and spears—forged from cosmic heart essence—impaled her completely.

”G-Gaaaha?!”

Thor vomited blood and glared in disbelief as her smug sister slapped her face down and claimed Mjolnir for herself.

”Y-You…! How…! I killed you!”

”That was a real illusion,” Loki laughed. ”Oh wow, look! Iʼm worthy! Good night, Thor~!”

”LOKI, YOU DAMN BI—”

CRAAASH!

Before Thor could spit another word, Loki crushed her head into pulp with her own hammer, then obliterated the rest of her body. She captured Thorʼs soul and sealed it within her realm.

”Iʼll play with you later.”

Loki rejoined the others, helping them overwhelm Odin.

”I AM…! THE KING OF GODS!!!”

Odin was stubborn to the end. He reinforced his muscles, letting spirit and sunlight erupt from his body until he became a titan.

”WRAAAAHHH!”

But Surtr, Truhan, and Gerd were already there. They stopped his arrogance cold, smashing him down with relentless attacks from every direction.

”W-Wait! Aaagh! WAIT— AAACK!”

Odin screamed, but they ignored him. His skin tore, bones shattered, flesh burned. His body was reduced to pulp, his soul crushed into countless fragments and incinerated to ash.

”WE DID IT!”

”FUCK ODIN!”

”YEAAAAH!”

As they celebrated, Skadi battled her daughter and friend. Tundra supported her with constant spiritual assaults of ice and frost.

Blaze and Lazuli nodded to each other, fusing into a majestic cosmic fairy of fire and ice. They swiftly turned the tide.

”H-How is this possible?!” Tundra cried. ”Lazuliiiii!”

The furious, jealous sister roared, controlling her mother like a beast and infusing her with immense spirit power, transforming Skadi into an even more monstrous form.

”GRUOOOHHHH!”

Charging the fused sisters, Lazuli-Blaze smiled confidently. She summoned a sword of ice and fire and slashed through both Skadi and Tundra in one stroke.

”Blazing Ice And Freezing Flame Soul Heart – Sword of Summer and Winter: Aestu-Hiemis!”

SLAAASH!

Tundraʼs eyes widened as she was split in two. Her halves fell, burning and freezing endlessly in perpetual agony.

”GYAAAAAHHHH!”

At the same moment, Skadi separated from her spirit-beast husk and collapsed. She slowly opened her eyes amid the chaos.

”Mother!”

Lazuli-Blaze hugged her tightly, but Skadi was bewildered.

”W-Where the hell are we? Whatʼs going on?”

The duo infused memories into her mind using their psychic powers—the same method they had used to free her from the beast husk.

Once she understood, Skadi nodded firmly.

”Azurite, come!”

”Yes, Skadi! How long Iʼve waited for your return!”

Azurite merged with Skadi, transforming her into a towering giantess of ice and spirit power. Her Heart Essence poured out, manifesting a winter world where hundreds of ice titans rose. A massive frost axe appeared in her right hand.

Because Azurite had already been awakened by Kireina, her full power transferred to Skadi and amplified tremendously upon reunion.

”Letʼs go, girls! Weʼve got a war to win!”

With Skadi joining and Odin and Thor fallen, the tide turned decisively in Kireinaʼs alliesʼ favor. Tundra remained trapped in perpetual agony, never dying. Lazuli-Blaze sealed her in a bubble within her inner realm and set her aside.

”Tundra, damn it, youʼre such a weakling.”

Obsidian sighed, donning the Tundra Crown and combining ice with his sealing black crystals. Black sealing ice spread everywhere.

”If you want to reach my queen, you will have to get through me!”

”Gladly!”

Everyone roared. Their Heart Manifestations easily ignored his sealing power—it was useless against Heart Path abilities!

”W-Wha…! Wait!”

Obsidian screamed as they shattered his black ice. Chains erupted from his body in a desperate attempt to stop them, but Skadi roared and cleaved them all apart with her ice axe.

”Son of a bitch! You and your damn queen brought despair to my people! This is the moment we reclaim what you took from us!”

With a roar of fury and righteous vengeance, Skadi and her daughters combined their power. Obsidian—who relied entirely on sealing and was poor in direct combat—was smashed into brittle fragments like glass.

”W-Wait! WAIT A SECOND— AAAAGH!”

Obsidian crumbled into black crystals, then was crushed to dust and burned until nothing remained. The seal curse lifted. Those sealed by him in Niflheim—within Kireinaʼs Realm—finally opened their eyes once more.

Hedlehash, meanwhile, was being tortured by spirits. Nereid, Kjata, Ocypete, and Smilkas unleashed their awakened Heart Manifestation powers—her greatest weakness. They negated her parasitizing magic and turned her own beasts against her.

”A-Ahhh! Aaaggghh! My queen! Save meeeeee!”

Hedlehash wasnʼt a fighter but a sorcerer. Unable to resist as her powers were canceled so easily, she was devoured alive by her own monstrosities.

”Alright, weʼre done with the trash, it seems!” Freyja declared, stepping forward. She merged with her Dream Entity Monster, becoming a giant like the Spirit Queen. ”Whereʼs my son, bitch?! Whereʼs Freyr?!”

”Heh, right here,” the Spirit Queen laughed. She revealed both within her Spirit Heart, infusing herself with immense power. ”Youʼre not the only one who can manipulate dreams!”

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Countless reality-distorting explosions erupted. Space and time shattered as the Dream Plane emerged. Both queens roared and clashed.

The Spirit Plane re-emerged, attempting to overwhelm the Dream Plane, but Freyja pushed back fiercely.

Two mighty Planes—controlled by their Queens—shattered the earth below and tore the heavens above.

The Spirit Queen proved far stronger.

”Nnnggh…! Y-Youuuu!”

Freyja roared, drawing more power, but she was too inexperienced. She couldnʼt fully harness the Dream Plane like her opponent.

”Hahahaha! Pathetic! Youʼre sooooo pathetic! Did you think I needed those weakling goons?! Theyʼre nothing but my clowns! I am strong enough to take on ANYBODY!”

The Spirit Queen laughed as she kicked Freyjaʼs face repeatedly with her giant spirit-crystal foot, demolishing her over and over. The two Planes trembled; dimensional cracks spread everywhere.

”Freyja!”

Reinforcements arrived swiftly. A tsunami surged. The seas transformed into countless sea serpents and krakens, slamming into the Spirit Queen and sending her flying!

SPLAAASH!

Above the tsunami, Poseidon emerged—fused with Sapphirine. He unleashed endless primordial cosmic spirit-sea attacks, buying time as a portal behind him brought the rest of the team.

Truhan stepped forward with Surtr, Ruby fused beside him. Behind them came Skadi with Azurite, plus Lazuli-Blaze alongside Nereid, Ocypete, Kjata, and Smilkas.

”Who called for some backup?!” Smilkas roared. She transformed into a titaness of spirit crystals and smashed a massive hammer toward the Spirit Queen, pummeling her into a sea of liquefied dreams.

”Aaaaaahhh?!”

As the Spirit Queen vomited blood and the dream sea began consuming her, she escaped and soared higher—only for two blazing titans to smash her back down with axe and hammer, half her head exploding.

SPLAAASH!

”Gaaaahhh!”

She groaned and leaped upward again. Loki distorted reality, forcing the air around her to rebound into the sea.

”D-Damn it!”

The sea turned into countless hands, seizing her body and crushing her spiritual form—even her soul.

Poseidon and Freyja combined their power to command the Sea of Dreams, transforming it into hundreds of fists that pummeled her relentlessly.

Her body grew brittle, crumbling into chunks that vanished within the Sea of Dreams.

”RAAAAHHHH! I AM THE QUEEN OF SPIRITS!!! I WONʼT YIELD! I WONʼT… DIEEEEEEE!”

As she roared in fury, her sisters—Ruby, Azurite, and Sapphirine—looked at her with pity. They combined their Spiritual Power into a giant sphere of rainbow light.

”Goodbye, sister!”

Smilkas, Ocypete, Kjata, and Nereid absorbed the rainbow power, fusing into a radiant dragon of rainbow spiritual crystals. It descended and pierced the Spirit Queenʼs chest, seizing her heart and securing Freyjaʼs child and Freyrʼs safety while shattering her soul completely.

”T-THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE…! NOOOOOO!”

BOOOMMM!!!

Unable to withstand the catastrophic damage, the Spirit Queen exploded. Her remains were swiftly consumed by the Dream Sea, vanishing amid endless dreams.

The Spirit Queen, Ruler of the Spirit Plane, was finally vanquished!

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