The Author's POV

As soon as the swords started to fall down toward the ground, the world started to shake as an overwhelming force began pushing down toward the ground.

"Come, let me see how much more you can entertain me."

With an expression that suggested he was looking down on the world, Ren continued to press his hand downward as more and more swords appeared from the void and extended toward the world.

Mana agglomoration; Sky rapture.

This was the name of the move that Ren was utilizing at that very moment.

It was a skill that was exclusive to him and was not a component of the Keiki style. Ren was now able to exert control over all of the psyons that were located within a few kilometers of him as a result of his successful establishment of a stronger connection with the psyons that were present in the atmosphere.

When compared to before, he was on a completely different level right now, at least from a realistic standpoint. He had improved his strength to such a degree that the Keiki style was no longer as useful or significant as it had been in the past.

It was necessary to point out that Ren's current strength had already surpassed that of Grandmaster Keiki when he was in his prime.

The Keiki style, despite the fact that it was still somewhat useful, was not something that he would consider using very frequently anymore.

Xiu! Xiu! Xiu!

As they descended from the void, the tangible sword energies that were as thick and long as a tree all focused their attention on Suriol, who was floating in the air slightly below Ren.

His figure, which had been undergoing a transformation earlier, had already finished morphing and resumed an appearance that was eerily similar to Ren's.

The expression on Suriol's face, which had become identical to that of Ren's, changed to one of bewilderment.

"What's going on?"

He looked up at the sky with shock.

"...The figure that you envy is none other than yourself? How is this possible?"

As soon as Suriol realized that he had transformed back into the previous form he had taken, his heart went through a period of extreme upheaval.

As he processed this information, he was stunned to discover that Ren envied himself the most.

How was this possible?

'No, wait?'

His eyes widened in surprise as he took a moment to process the information stored in his memory.

"Ah, I see...""

Suriol finally cracked a smile as his body once again underwent some changes.

His hair began to change from black to white in a gradual manner as his once blue eyes underwent a change as well, gradually transitioning to a grayish color, and his face lost all expression as it became expressionless.

Suddenly, from deep within Suriol's body, a strange power surged out. At the same time, all kinds of different memories surfaced within his mind, and everything around him lost its color.

incoming sword attacks, his head cocked ever-so-slightly, and he slowly raised

black colored swords warped

beneath him, the swords that were coming from

"...This should do."

energies that were buried beneath Suriol rose into the air with a single motion of his hand and were precisely directed toward the

attacks quickly collided with one another, and the world slowly started to lose

the entire planet, visible circular pulses that changed color from red to gray and back to red began to spread out across the entire

was then that

Booom! Booom! Booom!

between the two powers resulted in the sky being filled with the deafening sounds of explosion

of the

"Run!"

the demons and orcs that remained on

retreated quickly and

clash above continued to spread throughout the entirety of the battlefield, no one was safe, whether they were enemies or allies, as many died

the demons, who were completely annihilated, their cores included. Nonetheless, the number of orcs seriously injured as a result of their clash

but by the time the lingering energy from Ren and Suriol's exchange had dissipated, the world was already in a state of complete

them. Further adding to that, all of the vegetation that

"Ahh..."

"Ugh..help."

agony and pleading for assistance could be heard throughout

was focused on the two figures in the air that bore a striking resemblance to one

just found something very

air and gazed at his new body

gently raised his head to stare at

would've thought that there was another part

that Ren had experienced his power first hand, Suriol was able to assimilate

that he was in an entirely different league than he was in

of

my turn to say to you to keep me entertained.

pointed his finger

precise instant, sword energy materialized right in front of Ren's

read Suriol's intentions, when the sword suddenly appeared in front of him, it did not present any difficulties for him. Instead, he flicked

his face as he stared at

had turned for the worst, and it wasn't long before the situation turned from worse

and as his vision began to be obscured by the approaching hand that was inching closer to his face, he felt his

'Not good!'

that precise moment, Ren became fully aware of the fact that he would die the moment Suriol's hand touched his face as the space around him started to distort and

"Nice try."

Suriol made a slow turn to the right and advanced his hand in such a way that it appeared as though he could perfectly read his movements. Because of the rapidity of his movements, those who were observing from below were unable to make

their confusion was short-lived as they witnessed a figure plummet

Booom!

subsequent explosion, and a sizable crater was produced on the surface of the ground. After the dust had settled, standing in the middle of the crater was Ren as blood dripped from the side

mouth and stared toward the sky where Suriol was standing. At the moment, he was looking at his body with wonder as a

"What fascinating power..."