After Suruthra spoke The Divine Tower Quote silence followed.
Not just of shock, but recognition... of temptation, ambition, and the unknown.
Luffy blinked, fist tightening. "What do I desire? To be the Pirate King…"
Zoro: "If that Tower can help me surpass even Mihawk…"
Sanji, cigarette trembling slightly: "If I could find All Blue…"
Law stared intensely. "This place… if it holds knowledge, even about the Op-Op fruit…"
Killer glanced at Kidd. Kidd just smirked. "Power… enough to crush the world."
"Guarararara, It looks like there will be a new Journey uo ahead." Whitebeard twirl his Naginata and smile to welcome the challenge up ahead.
Marco looked up. "Oyaji once said the world had secrets beyond comprehension. Maybe… this was one."
Percy's sea-green eyes narrowed. "Transcendence? Could I protect everyone that way?"
Annabeth: "Knowledge… maybe the Divine Tower holds the wisdom of lost civilizations."
Nico murmured: "Even souls… could I find a path to save Bianca…?"
Jason looked to the sky. "Honor, Pride… I've chased it. But the Tower… offers something more."
Clarisse grunted. "If it gives me a chance to prove myself more than Ares' daughter, then damn right I'll climb."
Gojo: "Something that transcends all these, huh… That sounds like me."
Yuji: "Revenge, power… I don't want any of that. I want to save people."
Yuta silently looked at his hand. "Could Rika… truly be freed?"
Nanami adjusted his tie. "Money and stability, they mean little if meaning is waiting at the top."
Ichigo: "What I desire? Peace. For everyone."
Yamamoto's expression turned grim. "Authority, power… no. Balance."
Byakuya remained stoic. "Pride and Honor are inherited—but only earned when tested by divine fire."
Kenpachi grinned wide. "Finally. A Tower that promises a fight at every floor."
Ulquiorra, quiet: "To understand… a heart. Is it within this Tower?"
Aizen... smirked. "Even I must admit… this quote tempts gods as well."
Asta clenched his fists. "I want to protect everyone. If that Tower can help me—I'll climb it."
Yami grinned. "Heh. Sounds like a vacation."
Noelle glanced at her siblings. "To surpass them… I'll do anything."
Mereoleona's eyes burned like a phoenix. "Power beyond nature? Let's see this Divine Fire try to tame me."
Lucius, silent, watched. "Desire… is the ultimate fuel for evolution."
Gon: "I want to see my dad… could this Tower lead me to him?"
Killua felt an odd shiver. "Desire… is dangerous. But I do have mine."
Kurapika: "Revenge. Justice. Redemption. If this Tower truly offers anything…"
Hisoka smiled wickedly. "Fascinating. The Tower... might even excite me."
Naruto: "Peace. True peace. That's what I want."
Sasuke turned away. "I walked the path of revenge. I want atonement now."
Hinata, quiet: "To stand equally beside the one I love…"
Kakashi thought of Obito, Rin. "Transcending loss…"
Gaara looked into the sky. "What I desire… is proof that change is possible."
Tsunade: "I once gambled everything… this Tower? It's the biggest gamble of all."
Tony Stark: "Wealth? Got it. Power? Had it. This Tower... could be my next addiction."
Steve Rogers: "If it holds answers… maybe even the ones I've never dared ask."
Doctor Strange: "This is no ordinary construct. It may be older than the multiverse itself."
Logan (Wolverine): "Could I find peace? Or is that too much to ask?"
Hercules: "Even gods can desire more. And that scares me."
Batman: "Desire is weakness. But understanding it? That's power."
Superman: "If it's true… maybe this Tower can help save every world."
Wonder Woman: "The path to transcendence… must be earned through trial."
Zatanna whispered: "Even magic has its limits. But this Tower… might not."
Sirzechs: "Desire… is what fuels devils. But this feels different."
Michael (Heaven): "To seek divinity beyond divinity… is dangerous."
Odin: "Even I am tempted. My throne… or the unknown."
Rossweisse whispered: "He's not lying. That quote… speaks to something ancient."
Vali smirked. "If power lies at the summit, I'll reach it first."
Esdeath: "Transcend all things? That's my desire. Absolute conquest."
Tatsumi: "If the Tower can offer us a world without Empire…"
Najenda: "We've all lost something. The Tower gives a chance to gain what we thought was gone."
Suruthra can see all those people across him have their own dreams and desires. "Good, If you all want to climb the Divine Tower and reach the top..." Suruthra began to stab his tip of the sword on the ground.
Suruthra's massive flaming blade stabbed into the ground, letting out a deafening CLANG that echoed for miles. Lava and fire cracked the stone as flames erupted from the blade's impact.
"If you truly seek the peak of the Divine Tower…"
Suruthra's magma-glowing eyes swept across the thousands of warriors, gods, devils, and mortals.
"…then prove it."
"Destroy all my army—"
"—and defeat me!"
As if summoned by the final syllable of his challenge, the skeletal army let loose a guttural, unearthly war cry.
All thousands of Flaming skeletons with wearing armor, torches, swords, shields, plasma shields, laser guns, magic staffs, spears, axes, daggers, magic.
The army stretched beyond the horizon, as if the world itself had become a furnace.
Niva, face blank but aura roaring, golden lightning bursting from his shoulders like a living storm, smirked."Works for me."
He raised both hands, electricity condensing like spirals of sunlight, before launching toward the center of the nearest flaming battalion.
BOOM!
Golden lightning scorched the ground. Skeletons exploded, bones turning into ash mid-air.
Beside him, Hargaan followed with a leap, his divine spear spinning in his hand before slamming down on the ground with divine force, splitting dozens of armored skeletons into molten fragments.
Sofia, with twin blades imbued with white mana, ran headlong into the enemy lines, blades weaving like a dance. Every slash emitted piercing white light, burning through both magic-infused armor and cursed fire.
"They're slow." She spun, cutting a flaming skeleton's limbs mid-charge and impaling another with a mana-imbued thrust.
Ben tennyson use his omnitrix to transform into an alien. "Water Hazard!" The alien appears to be red mollusk-like alien with green eyes and a grey mouth that does not move when he speaks. Behind his legs and on the top of his arms are small spikes that are grey, there are black spots on his shoulders and legs, and on his hands are portholes, which he uses to shoot water.
FOOSH!
A high-pressure stream of water shot from his arms, quenching fire and blowing apart rows of skeletons. Their torches extinguished, armor rusted, their magic fizzled under the sheer force of pressurized water.
Then, the rest of the world exploded into motion.
Ichigo Kurosaki, already in Bankai form, flashed through the enemy lines, cutting down skeletons with Tensa Zangetsu at lightning speed.
"Getsuga—TENSHOU!"
The black energy wave tore a fissure through the enemy ranks, reducing twenty, thirty, forty skeletons to dust.
Sasuke Uchiha leapt into the air, Amaterasu flames already coating his sword."Burn to nothing." His Susanoo formed briefly behind him and slammed down, wiping out a dozen enemies with each swipe.
Naruto split into hundreds of clones, all charging forward with Rasengans, wind blades, and Sage Mode eyes glowing.
"RASENSHURIKEN!"
The explosion of wind chakra obliterated a radius of skeletons in one terrifying roar.
Asta zipped through the sky with Black Asta form, his Demon-Destroyer Sword nullifying fire magic as he hacked through the frontlines. "My anti-magic eats your flames for breakfast!"
Gojo Satoru, smiling, stepped into the battlefield with one hand in his pocket.
"Domain Expansion—Infinite Void."
Skeletons within his range simply stopped moving, their minds crushed by infinite knowledge. He walked calmly past them as they fell like glass statues.
Luffy, in Gear Fourth, rocketed into the air. "KONG RIFLE!" The punch created a shockwave that flattened skeletons like a meteor impact.
Zoro joined him, activating his Three-Sword Style – Asura form. His aura alone sliced enemies before his blades even reached them.
Whitebeard, swinging his naginata, unleashed his Gura Gura no Mi earthquake powers. "The world trembles, boys!"
One swing cracked the battlefield and shattered hundreds of flaming skeletons.
Monkey D. Dragon, Barthemelow Kuma, Mihawk, Boa Hancock, Doflamingo are Destroying all the Skeletons using their own Decil fruit Powers or Haki.
Doctor Strange floated high, hands weaving circular signs.
"Winds of Watoomb. Flames of the Faltine. Crimson Bands of Cyttorak!"
He sealed entire platoons of skeletons in magical prisons, imploded their weapons with reverse spells, and disarmed their mages with a flick of his wrist.
Batman, Nightwing, Robin, and Batgirl used precise gadgets, EMP bombs, and high-voltage stun rods to disable skeletons with tactical precision.
Superman zoomed across the air, bulldozing skeletons like a battering ram, eyes glowing red. "This ends now!"
Wonder Woman, with her lasso glowing gold and her blade singing in her hands, charged through enemy squads like a divine hurricane.
Sirzechs, smiling calmly, unleashed his Destruction Magic, obliterating waves of skeletons with terrifying ease. "Compared to high-tier devils, this is... routine."
Vali entered his Juggernaut Drive form, white and blue dragon wings spreading wide. "Divine Dividing: Compression Divider!" Skeletons were crushed by collapsing gravity and magic fields.
Issei, laughing with red scales across his arms, powered up his Boosted Gear. "BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST!"
"DRAGON SHOT!" A blazing red beam vaporized a corridor of enemies.
Akame, eyes locked and determined, sliced through dozens with a single pass of Murasame, each skeleton crumbling to dust instantly.
Esdeath, laughing maniacally, froze entire squadrons, then shattered them with a snap of her fingers. "Let's see how flame fares against Absolute Zero."
Killua, electricity crackling from his body, zipped across the battlefield.
Gon, in his adult transformation state, blasted through enemy ranks with pure fury.
Netero summoned his 100-type Guanyin Bodhisattva. "Let's see if fire withstands enlightenment." Massive golden hands crashed down in rapid succession, flattening squads like ants.
Shinigami Captains, Magic Knights, Jonin Ninjas, X-Men, and Avengers were everywhere. The battlefield was a cacophony of energy, powers, and screams.
Each explosion of light, magic, and might shook the earth.
The fire giant, Suruthra, laughed, amused.
"Yes… yes! This is what I wanted to see!"
"Gods and Devils. Heroes and Monsters. Mortals and Myths." His flames burned brighter as the divine and demonic energies around the battlefield danced against each other.
"Let's raise the stakes."
With a twist of his hand, 10 colossal flame wyrms burst from the lava cracks, roaring as they flew into the sky. Each skeleton glowed brighter, powered up, and grew sharper and faster.
The skeletons adapted.
Some activated plasma shields, deflecting Naruto's Rasengans. Others synchronized with each other, fighting in formations. Magic-using skeletons combined spells to freeze or delay major attackers.
Suddenly, Cassie (Wonder Girl) was grabbed by a fire whip, before Donna Troy slashed it in half and pulled her back.
"They're coordinated now!" she yelled.
Raven's eyes glowed as she raised her hands.
"AZARATH METRION ZINTHOS!"
A wave of shadows consumed hundreds.
Magik, Zatanna, Rukia, and Yoruichi activated defensive wards to block incoming cursed fire spells.
Sofia shouted. "They're evolving... Suruthra's testing our adaptability!"
Ben, still in Water Hazard form, blasted the fire wyrms down with pressure jets. "Then we change tactics. Fast!"
Superboy and Thor (DXD) double-teamed a flaming skeleton colossus.
Gajeel and Jellal used Iron and Heavenly Body magic to spearhead a collapse in the enemy flanks.
Laxus, lightning roaring, shouted, "CLEAR A PATH! ALL OUT ATTACK!"
Asta, Ichigo, Sasuke, Issei, and Vali converged.
Niva suddenly leapt high, lightning storm building above. "It's over!"
Suruthra, watching calmly, raised his molten blade and pointed it forward.
"Oho... all of you are truly strong against all these Fire Skeleton army of mine. You all still have far journey ahead to reach the top of The Divine Tower. I am here in the Final Tutorial for This is the punishment of the unworthy." Suruthra said as why he is here because he is killing people who are unworthy to enter The Divine Tower.
"Now… face me!"
His aura exploded.
The battlefield fell silent.
Everyone stopped, staring at the towering 10-story fire giant whose very breath melted the rock beneath him.
"I am the 176th son of Surtr. I am Suruthra.
And if you want the Tower's path.
You. Must. DEFEAT. ME."