Moments before Tania and the others achieved victory in the Trial of the Thirteen Heavens, Rodrigo and Tezcatlipoca were fighting in Quetzalcóatl’s world: Teoiztacuauhco.
The white world, Teoiztacuauhco, was a marvelous paradise. The sky was painted in pastel colors, with beautiful white clouds, similar to pom-poms, drifting slowly above.
White mountains could be seen in the distance, while the entire world was a paradisiacal garden filled with lakes, forests, and endless herbs and flowers. Among the trees, white pyramids could be seen peeking out from the dense jungle. They were so white that they shone like mirrors.
At the center of the planet stood a gigantic white statue of a man dressed in a feathered headdress and a tunic, posed as if he were teaching something. Above him, a white star shone intensely. In that plaza, hundreds of buildings rose around it, filled with books upon books. It could be said that this place was where the knowledge of the Toltec god resided.
However, in this world, Rodrigo had begun fighting Tezcatlipoca, who, using his blood inheritance with his half-brother, had opened a portal to enter this world and fight without the restrictions they would have on Earth.
In front of a beautiful white waterfall, where various colorful fish swam up and down, Tezcatlipoca darkened the world as he recited:
“Tloque Nahuaque.”
Rodrigo was frozen in space and time, while Tezcatlipoca slowly approached, drawing his curved sword to wound Rodrigo.
“Forgive me, boy. But I will be the one to take my brother’s teotonli, not a foreigner like you,” said the former king of Tula, raising his obsidian sword to harm Rodrigo. He did not intend to kill him, but he did intend to hurt him enough to force him to extract the totema of the Feathered Serpent.
But Rodrigo had trained with Ana to avoid abilities that stopped time through darkness. So, at that moment, his eyes shone, and he freed himself from the dark prison while destroying the dimension created by the Toltec king.
Rodrigo quickly stopped Tezcatlipoca’s sword attack with both palms, while at the same time striking the Toltec god’s stomach with his knee.
With a clean punch to Tezcatlipoca’s face, Rodrigo hurled the Toltec god out of that area and sent him to the other side of the planet, partially destroying the mountains in the great lake where they had been fighting.
“It’s true. I haven’t felt my power like this since I fought on Mars,” the young tannin thought.
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His energy was overflowing like never before.
With a great leap, the young man caught up to Tezcatlipoca, who was still being launched through the air, and with a powerful punch, drove the Toltec god into the ground. The blow was so strong that the impact of the god crashing into the earth raised a group of mountains.
But Tezcatlipoca stood again, using his staff for support. The god spat blood and wiped his face, though he still did not seem worried.
“I admit you are very resistant,” Rodrigo said. “But you will not defeat me with your power.”
Tezcatlipoca turned to look at him and made a gesture of denial.
“It is not my wish to harm this planet that once belonged to my brother,” he said.
“You had him killed, and now you care?” Rodrigo asked, launching himself toward the god and trying to punch him. But Tezcatlipoca elegantly avoided the blow.
“You would not understand,” he said.
At that moment, Tezcatlipoca struck Rodrigo’s forehead with a headbutt so powerful that a shockwave erased the mountains that had risen from the previous attack. Rodrigo was sent flying toward the dimensional shield protecting that planet.
But the young man used the dimensional shield to stop himself and leap back toward Tezcatlipoca, though his forehead was covered in blood.
With a movement of his hands, the young man hurled a burst of white lights while shouting:
“Raios de luz (Beams of Light)!”
But Tezcatlipoca raised his mirror, and all the shots were absorbed by the Toltec god’s artifact. Then the mirror reflected Rodrigo’s attack in the form of a sphere of light, which struck the young man directly.
Rodrigo spat blood, but in midair, he managed to somersault and land on his feet. What had once been a forest was now only a rocky terrain full of dust.
“I must not get careless, even if I feel this strong,” Rodrigo thought as he wiped his mouth.
The young man ran toward Tezcatlipoca, but the Toltec god continued holding his mirror raised. Suddenly, Rodrigo saw smoke beginning to gather on the god’s refracting shield. Then he remembered what Ana had told him about the attack the King of Tula performed with his mirror.
A geyser of steam emanated from the Toltec god’s mirror as he said:
“Teskatlpokatl (Smoking Mirror).”
Rodrigo barely avoided the attack, but it tore off his right arm completely. Fortunately, the young man still had ichor, and his arm recovered.
With his fists infused with sacred power, the young man struck Tezcatlipoca. But the god, covering his own fists with darkness, stopped the young tannin’s attack.
Both gods began clashing their fists against one another, while black-and-white shockwaves emanated from the antipodal effect of their opposing energies. However, Rodrigo finally managed to strike the god, but Tezcatlipoca suffered no damage.
“Is that all, foreigner?” Tezcatlipoca asked with a smile.
Then the god punched Rodrigo in the stomach.
A tremor emanated from the Toltec god’s impact against the young man’s abdomen, and Rodrigo simply fell to the ground, doubled over while clutching his stomach in pain.
“Why should I allow you, a foreigner, to take Quetzalcóatl’s teotonli?” Tezcatlipoca asked, striking Rodrigo again with his staff and throwing him several meters away.
Rodrigo tried to stand with difficulty, but Tezcatlipoca struck him on the back of the neck with his staff, and Rodrigo fell face down onto the ground.
Even so, Rodrigo tried to stand again under Tezcatlipoca’s disappointed gaze.