The Author's POV

It was truly shocking.

Lorena was also experiencing a similar situation as Zack as she too couldn't take her eyes away from the screen. Fortunately, the two of them weren't the only people present in the studio as one of the staff helped Lorena recollect herself.

Smiling brightly, Lorena looked at Zack and asked.

"Zack, after seeing the match, are you still of the opinion that Kevin will win?"

"Uh?"

Caught by surprise by the sudden question, Zack had a dumb look on his face. Thankfully, he was able to recollect himself quickly. He had plenty of experience, and so, smiling toward the cameras, he nodded his head.

"Yes, of course."

Extending his hand, he pointed toward the main screen and started to share his analysis of the situation.

"As you've most probably seen by now, although the two of them seem evenly matched, if you pay close attention, neither is going all out. Let's be real, the two of them seem to be treating this more like a friendly spar than an actual fight."

Hearing Zack's word from the side, Lorena subconsciously nodded her head.

It was as he said. Although the fight between the two was extremely intense, there was no real sense of crisis like in the previous matches. It felt more like a match between friend more than anything else.

"From the last match, most of you have already done your research on the two contestants. Therefore, you should already know that the two of them are close friends."

"That's correct," Lorena said before adding. "But what does that have to do with you keeping your decision about Kevin being the victor?"

"Nothing really, I just wanted to say that even though they are evenly matched, Kevin has still not gone all out. Once he does, Ren won't be able to beat him, even if he also is holding back." His words were firm when he said this. As he had already declared Kevin to be the victor, he was going to stick to it till the end.

"Mhhh…"

Lorena squinted her eyes. Her eyes were filled with doubt, however, since Zack was an expert in this field, she decided to no longer question his analysis. At the end of the day, only time would reveal the true victor of the fight.

Before Lorena could further comment on the matter, Zack suddenly stood up and his voice raised.

"Oh, it looks like Kevin and Ren will be finally going all out!"

Startled, Lorena turned her head and stared at the screen where the match was currently being broadcasted, and there she saw two enormous hues clashing in the arena.

One red, and one white.

Waves of billowing heat flowed outwardly from Kevin's body, as he channeled the fire psyons in his body.

swelter enveloped the arena grounds as the temperature shot up. With each second that passed, the

end of him was Ren, similarly, mana began

wind formed as a result of his power, scattering

half of the arena each and slowly threatened to

each hue were the blurred figures of Ren and Kevin who held onto their

"…It's finally starting."

muttered underneath

same scene as they held their breath, eagerly waiting for the moment when the two figures would finally

they didn't have to wait

Boooooom—!

reverberated throughout the studio speakers as Kevin's and Ren's figures suddenly disappeared from their spot, reappearing in front of each

attacks, the tournament ground beneath them cracked apart, and dust instantly rose in the air, masking the eyesight of the viewers

Bang—!

another deafening sound of an explosion. The momentum of Kevin's braodsword was like a tsunami, and the limitless red hue came crashing

slashed, he made sure to keep his eyes locked onto Ren. To his shock, he just stared at his attack with a dull look in

Click—!

hand blurred, and Kevin's broadsword suddenly met

"Khhh…"

he used all of his strength to push forward, trying to gain the upper hand against Ren. However, regardless of how

"Haaaa!"

faded into the air before suddenly reappearing by Ren's side. This was so fast that Ren was unable to react on time. Furthermore, before anyone could even realize

became incomparably faster, and in a flash, his sword struck out a couple

Sha! Sha! Sha!

sword attacks formed around Ren, trapping

swordsmanship dazzled the crowd as they found it to have reached a point near perfection. For someone as young as him to have reached this level

Lorena and Zack were left speechless by Kevin's dazzling

were the strikes incredibly fast and powerful, but

didn't want to see what would be made of Ren's body once he came in contact with

masterful and extremely fast attacks, almost everyone in the audience thought that Ren was

"Nice try."

ears. Before Kevin could even react, the hue revolving around Ren's body sprang out like never before, reaching for the sky at an unimaginable momentum that left the audience baffled. Following this, a subtle and familiar clicking sound rang

instantly opened wide as

"Shit!"

Click—!

have come to a standstill following the subtle clicking sound. The silence did not last

Crack. Crack. Crack.

into thousands of equal pieces, the area around Ren distorted. The ground cracked, before splitting into multiple even pieces, and the

the rocks that had been split

up on the

had watched someone split the world with a single sword. It

Puchi!

attack, blood splurted towards the

Bang—!

end of the arena was Kevin's haggard figure. Blood dripped down from his body, as his clothes were

"Fuck."

Grabbing onto the side of

just done. He had seen it before. Back when he had fought him with Jin and

was something that he had not used when fighting against Kimor. Had he used it, Kevin was sure that Ren would've had a much easier

anything to be worried about. At the very last moment, when he realized that Ren was about to use that skill, he used overdrive and managed to narrowly avoid his attack. Of course, he

"Khhh..."

Kevin grit his teeth

Bang!