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 he slowly raised

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

time it took for more than a hundred swords to materialize in the space beneath him, the swords

"...This should do."

were buried beneath Suriol rose into the air with a single motion of his hand

and the world

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

then that

Booom! Booom! Booom!

the sky being filled with the deafening sounds of explosion after explosion,

out of

"Run!"

demons and orcs that remained on the ground were quickly ripped to pieces, which

standing there retreated quickly and looked for somewhere

no one was safe, whether they were enemies or allies, as many died in

bodies and were not as affected as the demons, who were completely annihilated, their cores included. Nonetheless, the number of orcs seriously injured as a result of their clash was nothing

but by the time the lingering energy from Ren and Suriol's exchange

completely leveled, and thick cracks appeared on the ground beneath them. Further adding to that, all of the vegetation that stood beneath had

"Ahh..."

"Ugh..help."

and demons wailing in agony and pleading for assistance

aid as everyone was focused on the two figures in the

I just

in the air and gazed at his new

then gently raised his head to stare at

thought that there was another part of

with the fact that Ren had experienced his power first

that he was in an entirely different league than he was in the past. The current Ren, who had previously bothered

of

turn to say to you to keep me entertained.

pointed his finger in

precise instant, sword energy materialized right in

to 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 hand forward and scattered the

his face as he stared at

situation had turned for the worst, and it wasn't long before the situation turned from worse to dire as Suriol appeared right in front of him with his hand extended toward

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

'Not good!'

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

"Nice try."

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

a figure

Booom!

After the dust had

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

"What fascinating power..."