Dark Universe V

Deep in Tie Ta's inner world. The place was surrounded by darkness. It was suffocating and oppressive. Tie Ta couldn't even see his hand in front of his face. He suddenly felt something grab him and quickly flee.

When Tie Ta was released, he heard a deep, wise masculine voice. "What have you done, idiot!"

"I plunged a mystical dagger into my chest to become the vessel of an ancient Death God's power."

The man groaned. "What else is he?" the man asked.

"What do you mean?" asked Tie Ta.

"Gods have attributes, and it's rare for them only to have one. What is his?" the man asked again.

"Uhh, the God of storms, war, chaos, evil."

"All of that will become you. Even now, your inner world is changing. I've spent weeks becoming accustomed to the three forces in you. The Body Essence, Life Force you call Qi, the perversion of your Reiryoku."

"Wait!" Tie Ta interrupted, "Perversion? How do you even know what Reiryoku is?"

The man chuckled, and Tie Ta knew he was mocking his ignorance.

"That GOD of yours, yes, I hear everything, used some type of power and pulled me from my world. I was handcrafted by Oetsu Nimaiya. But, consider yourself lucky as I am still becoming," the mysterious man spoke, followed by a defining roar.

"We can speak another time. But, for now, let's take care of this so-called God."

The darkness then swirled and was pulled towards the nameless man. The darkness was devoured, and light slowly shined on Tie Ta's inner world, revealing a radiant gold and silver throne. It soon acquired black swirls, and the sun underwent a full lunar eclipse.

Tie Ta watched at the humanoid figure swallowed the last of the dark and began to changed like soft clay on a spinning wheel. Then mantra-like speech resounded.

"Stand above the world and cast a shadow! Shine your light and eviscerate your adversaries! Satiate your hunger and devour worlds! All planes shall become your empire! Subjugate all and kneel to none! Rule over all!"

In the outside world, the time had passed, and Team China had returned.

Tie Ta's eyes snapped open as he shouted, "Shí lóng dì!" as he erupted with Reiatsu, and his sheath shattered to pieces as his Zanpakuto took on its unsealed form as a gold and black Han Jian Sword.

A massive gold and black eastern dragon then appeared, and the second greater burst of Reiatsu pulsed, destroying the entire room and blasting his team away. Tengyi hit the wall and died on impact. Yinkong hit the ceiling and cracked her skull.

Tie Ta rose to his feet and looked at Ahmanet with two red Irises in both eyes.

She became excited as she pushed herself up and walked to Tie Ta. "My Lord, Set."

"Is gone, yet he is still here. I am in control now." Tie Ta explained.

Ahmanet stepped back in shock then fell on her ass. The Great Eclipsing Dragon looked her over. She could feel Set's power radiating off of it and Tie Ta. The Dragon snorted and turned away.

Tie Ta looked over his shoulder and saw his Zanpakuto spirit. '

Shikai, hmm' he thought.

Tie Ta then walked over to a lifeless Tengyi and pointed his sword at the corpses. "Wake Up!" Tie Ta ordered.

Tengyi's eyes snapped open as he let out a terrified scream. Tie Ta took a deep breath, and his power became smaller, and his Zanpakuto Spirit dissipated.

"Now that is immense power." Ouyang Di spoke in awe.

Tie Ta looked at his Zanpakuto and knew that it would no longer have a sealed state. Tie Ta twisted his blade, and ribbons wrapped it tightly.

"We should go... I'm sure they would have noticed headquarters going offline." Tie Ta spoke in a demonic voice.

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With little control that he had, Tie Ta used the power gained from Set to resurrect everyone who died in the Prodigium heist. He then resurrected the soldiers from the plane crash.

Two days after the heist, Team China had taken a vacation. Everyone went their separate ways until Tie Ta was ready to end the mission.

Tie Ta was currently in the middle of the Sahara desert. Ahmanet and Reika watched from a distance as he sat in the lotus position with his Zanpakuto stabbed in the sand in front of him.

Merging with Set had sent Tie Ta's Psionic Reiryoku from High to Immense in one leap. He also had the essence of life and death in his body. Death is the strongest. His body was stronger, and his Kagune refused to come out while his body was in disarray with the new power he had yet to control.

Tie Ta had to create an equilibrium in his body before he ended the mission. It was a free vacation, and he wanted to use it to the fullest.

'How long do you wish to stay here, Tie?' Reika asked telepathically.

'As long as it takes. We don't have to pay to be here. If Ahmanet doesn't admit defeat to any of us, we should be fine. How about you hone your abilities while you're here. Also, find the newbies.'

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-One Year Later, Shanghai, Dark Universe-

Tie Ta, Reika, and Ahmanet had just finished a bloody threesome. When a new scantly clad slave enters the exquisite overly large room to see the grotesque massacre of tens of people.

"Lord, your team has finally arrived." The slaves stammered.

Tie Ta tore the last strip of muscle from an arm bone with his teeth. He waves the slave off, then pulls his two beauties from a bed of corpses and leads them to the shower.

Sometime later, Tie Ta sat at the end of a table as Team China joined him. A year after their stay, Lingyue finally united many vampires of Eurasia down to Australia with the help of a vampiric blood absorption spell discovered in a tome from Prodigium. She gained multiple vampiric abilities without scientific aid.

Wutong was genetically modified to take on a werewolf form and that of a four-legged wolf. He then went after the werewolves to unite them. Yinkong became a genetically engineered Basaliks and led the assassins. She found a devil-worshipping sect of assassins that used dark energy similar to her nether energy. Ouyang Di was now an expert Sorcerer, with the greatest collections of ancient tomes in the world.

Tengyi went back to his job as an appraiser. But a Qilin was found in the depths of Shangri-la. After a bit of magic and science, Tengyi got his wish to become a Qilin. While the team was busy, Tie Ta took control of China from the shadows. He fed them advanced technology and built a haven for his team.

In just a year, Team China had grown immensely. Each of them has unlocked the first stage of their genetic constraints. And the newbies were also granted upgrade certificates after pushing their limits to the max.

The doors to the hall then opened again, and two newbies entered the hall. Zhang Heng and Qin Zhuiyu were the only newbies to survive the desert and imprisonment. Unlike Heng, Zhuiyu opted to become a creature of the Dark Universe. She took on a Siren bloodline.

"Sorry we're late, Boss," said Zhuiyu, "The swim was a long one, and Heng picked me up at the docks."

"Don't worry about it. But since everyone is here. I can tell you all the news. Prodigium has now considered all of your factions as threats. They plan to make a move in three days' time." said Tie Ta.

"Can you even control your power yet?" Wutong asked.

Tie Ta sighed. The only time the team came together was when Tie Ta had to make an announcement, celebrating a power-up, or a birthday.

"Shi Long and I have trained mercilessly. My Psionic Reiryoku is completely in check." Tie Ta held up his hand, and his Zanpakuto appeared in a sealed state. "I am now in complete control of one of my energies. My kagune has yet to reveal itself, and my life and death essence are slowly finding an equilibrium."

"And what of Set?" asked Yinkong.

"Tore in three. Spiritual, body essence, and life and death essence. Once I gain equilibrium, Set will no longer be a matter of discussion."

"But he will always be there. If not, I would not be here, fore he would have dragged me to hell." Ahmanet added.

"So what of Prodigium?" Di asked.

"It's up to all of you." Tie Ta replied, " I have studied the oracle bones and have decided to excavate the tomb of the First Qin Emperor and further explore the depths of Shangri-la."

"At a time like this?" Lingyue asked.

"Yes, You and I both need one thing in common. In GODs dimension, it cost 70000 points and an S-rank. If we can find one here for free, it could change everything."

"Cultivation Techniques..." Lingyue muttered.

"Exactly. In the next few months, I will take Japan. Then I will send both China and Japan after Prodigium and merge the Monster and Mundane worlds like ancient times. If you want to lead the assault, you can, but I will be busy with other matters."

Team china looked at each other, and they all made a silent agreement as none of them developed telekinesis. Instead, they developed telepathy and telempathy from the T-virus.

Wutong looked at Tie Ta and said, "We will handle the Prodigium. Lingyue wishes to join you."

"She can join me. Does anybody else have something to say before we start dinner?"

"I do," said Tengyi. "After the Prodigium Heist, you've had me deep-dive into the history of the Dark Universe. With Ahmanet's help, Antiquities is pretty clear. However, like our world, the Dark Universe has a time of legend. And from the time of legend to 1931, our worlds are identical."

"What does that mean?" asked Reika.

"It means the Dark Universe or Univeral Classic Monsters was created in 1931 with the release of the original monster. This world is just as real as ours."

Team China refused to believe such madness.

"Shi Long told me that he was pulled from his world. And the last time I checked, we don't go into animes. But then again, we have exchanged from animes and movies that have nothing to do with horror. For example, the light discs, anime powers, X-men genes."

"Then how does this world exist?" Yinkong asked.

"Collective conscious manifestation." Tie Ta replied, "I think GOD has the ability to cross dimensions. As for the dimensions, they exist because we believe. Just like Gods exist because we believe. Or at least they get strength from faith. That will explain how Set was so easily subdued. No one believed in him since ancient times."

The team pondered Tie Ta's words.

"Well, enough of that. Let's enjoy the night. Tomorrow, we start working again."