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.

to stare at the incoming sword attacks, his head cocked ever-so-slightly, and

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

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

"...This should do."

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

collided with one another, and the world slowly started

an eerie silence engulfed the entire planet, visible circular pulses that changed color from red to gray

was then that

Booom! Booom! Booom!

powers resulted in the sky being filled with the deafening sounds of explosion after explosion, while

out of

"Run!"

that remained on the ground were quickly ripped to

there retreated quickly and looked for somewhere

to spread throughout the entirety of the battlefield, no one was safe, whether they were enemies

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

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

the ground beneath them. Further adding to that,

"Ahh..."

"Ugh..help."

wailing in agony and pleading for assistance could be heard throughout the

came to their aid as everyone was focused on the two figures in the

think I just

spoke while floating gently in the air and

then gently raised his head to stare at Ren in

would've thought that there was

Suriol came to know about the other Ren's existence, and with the fact that Ren had experienced his power first hand, Suriol

in an entirely different league than he was in the

Ren's line of

you to keep me entertained. I

his finger in

precise instant, sword energy materialized right in front

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

a troubled frown soon appeared on his face as he stared at

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

vision began to be obscured by the approaching hand that was inching closer to

'Not good!'

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 his figure began

"Nice try."

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 out

they witnessed a figure plummet to the ground

Booom!

After the

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

"What fascinating power..."