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.

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

was Ren, similarly, mana began

formed as a result of his power, scattering in all

covered half of the arena

were the blurred figures of Ren and Kevin who held

"…It's finally starting."

muttered underneath

saw this, but almost everyone in the world witnessed the same scene as they held their breath, eagerly waiting for the moment when

have to

Boooooom—!

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

apart, and dust instantly rose in the air, masking the eyesight of

Bang—!

sound of an explosion. The momentum of Kevin's braodsword was like a tsunami, and the limitless red hue came crashing down on Ren's body with unstoppable

Kevin 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 his

Click—!

hand blurred, and Kevin's broadsword

"Khhh…"

as he used all of his strength to push forward, trying

"Haaaa!"

low cry. Like a phantasmal ghost, his figure 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 it, Kevin had switched

flash, his sword

Sha! Sha! Sha!

tight net of deadly sword attacks formed around Ren, trapping

found it to have reached a point near perfection. For someone as young as him to have reached this

by Kevin's dazzling sword mastery. It was

can't dodge that.' Not only were the strikes incredibly fast and powerful, but they were also incredibly numerous. Creating this

closed their eyes. They didn't want to see what would be made of Ren's body once he

and extremely fast attacks, almost everyone in the audience thought that Ren was going to sustain heavy injuries, but

"Nice try."

voice reached Kevin's 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

opened wide as he cursed

"Shit!"

Click—!

following the subtle clicking sound. The silence

Crack. Crack. Crack.

around Ren distorted. The ground cracked, before splitting into multiple even pieces, and the sky itself seemed to be torn apart as Kevin's attack disappeared into

the remnant pieces of the rocks that had been split

was watching stiffened up

witnessed?! It felt as though they had watched someone split the world with a single sword. It was

Puchi!

the attack, blood splurted towards the

Bang—!

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

"Fuck."

side of his mouth. Grabbing onto the side of his shoulder, he cursed

this moment, he was counting his lucky stars. The move that Ren had just done. He had seen it before. Back when

move and was something that he had not used when fighting against Kimor. Had he used it, Kevin was sure

to still be standing. Although his injuries looked serious, they weren't 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 had paid a price for this. He had at least

"Khhh..."

side of his chest, Kevin grit his teeth and endured the pain

Bang!