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.

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

sky beneath him ripped into shreds as various black colored swords warped beneath him in a threatening manner as

the time it took for more than a hundred swords to materialize in the space beneath him, the swords that were coming from Ren had already begun to draw closer to

"...This should do."

beneath Suriol rose into the air with a single motion of his hand and were precisely directed toward the oncoming storm of

one another, and the world slowly started to

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

was then that

Booom! Booom! Booom!

sky being filled with the deafening

of

"Run!"

that remained on the ground were quickly ripped to pieces,

retreated quickly and looked for somewhere

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

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

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

cracks appeared on the ground beneath them. Further adding to that, all of the vegetation that

"Ahh..."

"Ugh..help."

of orcs and demons wailing in agony and

their aid as everyone was focused on the

just found something

the air and gazed at his new

head to stare at Ren in

would've thought that there

and with the fact that Ren had experienced his power first hand, Suriol was able to assimilate with the memories of the

not be incorrect to say that he was in an entirely different league than he was in the past. The current Ren,

line of

to you to keep me entertained. I hope you last for enough

pointed his

sword energy materialized

it did not present any difficulties for him. Instead, he flicked his hand

troubled frown soon appeared on his face as he stared at Suriol with

worst, and it wasn't long before the situation turned from worse to dire as

was on par with teleportation, and as his vision began to be obscured by the approaching hand that was inching closer

'Not good!'

Ren became fully aware of the fact that he would die the moment Suriol's hand touched his face as the

"Nice try."

perfectly read his movements. Because of the

short-lived as they witnessed a figure plummet

Booom!

and a sizable crater was produced on the surface of the ground. After the dust had settled, standing in the middle of the crater

corner of his mouth and stared toward the sky where Suriol was standing. At the moment,

"What fascinating power..."