Absolute Power VS King of Miracles

Boom!

In every corner of space within sight, all the air instantly froze into Blazing White, then exploded at once.

The terrifying force nearly sank the Sea of Life, along with the beaches, rainforest, and desert below it.

The earth veins let out a dreadful shriek, followed by a cataclysmic tremor that shook heaven and earth.

Azure Sky and the others had long since been relocated by Reinhardt.

As the ground caved in with a thunderous crash, Bai Cangshu stood firmly where he was. His entire body shook violently as golden divine power continuously battered the aura surging from his body, so intense it shot into the sky.

Bai Cangshu lowered his eyelids. His entire body hung naturally slack, his shoulders drooping, while every muscle across his body bulged.

[Eightfold Kaio-ken] activated!

Gold and blood-red intertwined. The aura, powerful enough to pierce through everything, rose like a colossal jet of energy, punching straight through the Blazing White curtain of air in the sky and the pitch-black Sea of Life behind it.

Like the first torch lit in a primordial world, it soared beyond the heavens.

The sea of clouds was stirred in an instant, spreading outward in rings. Even from outside the planet, the golden light pillar could now be seen.

[Limiter: Normal State, 2x Enhancement] + [Kirin Armor], 3x enhancement to all three attributes + [Kaio-ken], 8x overall enhancement!

Within Bai Cangshu’s chest, the Anti-Life Demon Dragon Grendel was practically wailing as its Anti-Life tissues continuously shattered and reformed.

The Demon Dragon’s furnace was relentlessly catalyzed by the pressure between life and death, pushing it beyond its limits.

The half-gold, half-black crown above Bai Cangshu’s head appeared, and the authority of the [Primordial Human Body] gleamed brilliantly. Golden patterns covered Bai Cangshu’s body as the highest-grade blessing jointly bestowed by the vast Gods shone with dazzling intensity.

Bai Cangshu stood above the world, the source of life beneath his feet. His body naturally absorbed all nourishment available to it.

In this state, his body maintained a balance between destruction and regeneration.

"Phew~"

Following the devastating blow, Bai Cangshu sank with the earth’s crust to several thousand meters underground. In absolute darkness, he exhaled a breath of foul air.

The white mist carried terrifying heat, melting the surrounding rock in an instant.

Bai Cangshu bent his knees slightly.

The next moment, accompanied by an almost inaudible pop.

Bai Cangshu vanished completely.

Boom!

The next moment, as though the world’s reaction had lagged behind by a beat, the ground several thousand meters below collapsed into dust. The surrounding molten magma shattered completely, and everything broke apart and dissipated.

A vast hollow spread outward, forming an enormous crater over ten thousand meters across.

Satoru Gojo, who had just landed, felt the earth’s wail, as though the entire world had sunk a level. Beside him, Artoria, missing one arm, dragged her sword forward, her gaze resolute as she looked toward a certain direction.

Her instinct told her that the enemy who had heavily wounded her with that last strike was in that direction.

Amid the Demon Dragon’s roar, its tail lashed violently. As the atmosphere screamed in fury, Gilgamesh shifted his gaze and leaped high into the air. The terrifying wall of aura struck him the next instant.

Gilgamesh’s body swayed slightly before he landed on the other side.

Reverse Uchiha Izayoi, meanwhile, smashed the wall of aura apart with one punch.

His eyes shifted toward the other side, where the man called Cao Qi reached one hand behind him and, at an unbelievable angle, caught the fist that had seemingly appeared in front of him from nowhere.

Screech—boom!

The force that pierced through space like a sharp sword only then tore through the air from behind that figure, who had moved too fast for the naked eye to perceive. In an instant, it formed a massive white smoke dragon stretching tens of thousands of meters across the sky.

Roar!

The Demon Dragon was struck by that force and was actually knocked backward from the air.

Power. No special blessings, no authorities—pure, absolute power!

Reverse Uchiha Izayoi could feel just how terrifying the force behind that strike had been. Even the legendary Hercules was likely no stronger.

No. Without the innate authority of a God Species supporting him, even Hercules probably could not possess such strength.

This was absolute, pure power that surpassed dragons and Titans.

What kind of body could support such an explosive burst of force?

Reverse Uchiha Izayoi shifted his gaze and took in the Martial Artist, whose hair had seemingly turned golden-red. Each strand stood upright, transformed into something like a hedgehog’s spines by the intense aura constantly spilling from his body and shooting into the heavens.

And…

Reverse Uchiha Izayoi curled his lips, unable to suppress the interest appearing on his face.

The Martial Artist, who had seemed unremarkable to him aside from that peculiar essence, now radiated a presence swollen to its very limit.

That presence was even beginning to squeeze the surrounding air, naturally forming an intense force field.

More than that, the other man’s expression had changed completely.

His eyelids hung low, while his facial expression was as uninhibited as possible. He had completely merged with his own strength, immersing himself in battle. At this moment, there was no impurity left in his heart…

"This guy…"

Cao Qi raised his eyes as well. He naturally possessed miracles such as [the ability to catch any sudden attack]. Even after Mercenary Tao activated that terrifying ability Ye had traded to him, his speed had surpassed the reaction time of nearly all flesh-and-blood bodies.

It did not rely on any spatial traversal ability. There was no sign of activation, no flow of energy, no trace of authority being used. With only a bend of his knees, relying on nearly three thousand points in Strength and Agility, he had directly allowed his flesh-and-blood body to break through the shackles of space and distance.

It was a terrifying speed so great that even the circulation of force and the tearing of air could not keep up.

Yet Cao Qi only needed to reach out a hand, and he would catch the strike at precisely the right moment.

No…

Cao Qi looked at the tall young man slowly raising himself before him. He still could not say that he had caught the strike.

The curve of Bai Cangshu’s grin was now incredibly slight. After so long, he had once again activated the Eightfold Kaio-ken. Combined with the growth of his base attributes and the enhancements of his other authorities—

The extent of Bai Cangshu’s growth had become almost exponential.

Looking at the [King of Miracles] gripping his fist in one palm, he could no longer suppress the joy and pride swelling endlessly within him because of his strength.

"The Three Supreme Kings… are nothing special in terms of pure strength either, are they?"

Buzz!

The yellow authority of [Power] was naturally mobilized along with Bai Cangshu’s thoughts, multiplying his nearly three thousand points of Strength once more.

Crack!

Black fissures appeared where fist and palm met. Space began to become unstable as fragmented currents of air, like sword qi and razor winds, indiscriminately sliced through everything around them.

Cao Qi’s eyes calmed. The fragmented currents flying toward him naturally grazed the edges of his body and scattered into the air.

As for the sharp currents flying toward Bai Cangshu, before they could touch him, they were torn apart by the warped force field surrounding his body.

Creak!

Relying solely on the force in his fist, Bai Cangshu slowly rose into the air. In contrast, Cao Qi’s arm was passively lifted upward as well.

Even his muscles and bones began to creak. It was proof that even his body found it difficult to withstand such terrifying force.

Golden radiance spread through his flesh. His bones and flesh, which should have been torn apart, miraculously remained intact, but the degree of their distortion grew greater and greater.

Cao Qi’s gaze slowly lifted as well.

This scene changed the expressions of Azure Sky’s group, who had gathered again a thousand meters away.

Reinhardt’s expression was grim. Golden miracles and divine power shone across his body, and the enormous magic array above his head still remained. However, because Tiamat had been completely enraged, he did not act immediately.

And…

"Mercenary Tao can actually keep up with…"

The shock in Reinhardt’s heart was beyond words, but in order to keep Loman and the others from worrying, he still maintained his outward calm.

Yet he had begun to overlook something: among Azure Sky’s members, all awakened through Heart Light Pulse, there were almost no secrets between them. The golden illusory ripples behind him were shaking violently.

Blue-white spiritual power surged across Loman’s body as massive blue-white spears appeared one after another. This woman, who had always displayed only gentleness and softness, was now incomparably resolute.

She lightly gripped one of the spears, her gaze completely fixed on the monstrous Mercenary Tao.

She… intended to slay that beast!

Ring!

Bang!

The cry of a sword and the sound of impact rang out almost simultaneously. Brunhilde shuddered and only then appeared in front of Loman. Looking at Sen Xia’s constantly trembling hand and the demonic blade blocking her path, Loman’s face turned pale.

The instant she had locked onto that beast, it had turned its head. The golden aura in its eyes had pierced through space like sharp swords, bombarding her in an instant.

Sen Xia had drawn her sword with incredible speed and blocked the attack.

Drip…

Sen Xia’s gaze was as sharp as a blade, but her right hand could not stop trembling. Blood flowed from the split web between her thumb and forefinger, and even a notch had appeared in the blade of her demonic sword, [Heart Crossing].

This guy… Mercenary Tao had truly surpassed this level…

Sen Xia could barely hear Loman and the others communicating either. Stimulated by the beast’s strength, she had completely immersed herself in her battle instincts.

Her sword had become one with her. In a battle at this level, ordinary top-tier reincarnators could no longer participate.

Those below [Fierce: Higher-up] could not even protect themselves.

She had to focus with all her might just to ensure that she could react to Mercenary Tao’s attacks.

The hairs on Sen Xia’s back stood almost completely on end. She was certain that Mercenary Tao’s martial arts realm had not yet entered the Realm of Law. In fact, Mercenary Tao’s martial arts realm was not even as advanced as her swordsmanship…

He had not reached that level yet.

But… with the combination of his various abilities, Mercenary Tao’s attributes had already reached a level where he could ignore nearly every gap in technique.

Authorities below the seventh rank, powers incapable of condensing a divine body—none of them meant anything against a physical monster like him.

No matter how exquisite your techniques were or how broad a range your authority commanded, they meant little against a stat monster who could punch you into nothing but scraps from a purely physical standpoint.

No matter how bizarre your abilities were, no matter how many opportunities you had to seize the initiative.

The margin for error between both sides was simply not on the same level.

The other party only needed one chance to kill you dozens or even hundreds of times over!

And…

Sen Xia remembered that although the special energy system known as [qi] was criticized in its early stages for lacking versatility and having limited practical applications—

It possessed a unique [immunity].

It was an energy system that could crush ten thousand techniques with sheer force.

As long as the aura was powerful enough, it could ignore the effects of almost every ability.

Drip~

A bead of sweat rolled down from Sen Xia’s temple and fell through the air.

Loman, Reinhardt, and Brunhilde all saw it.

The three exchanged glances and slowly moved closer together, with not a trace of the arrogance of Higher-ups remaining.

As Azure Sky’s undisputed second strongest combatant, everyone, Reinhardt included, believed that apart from the Three Supreme Kings and the Black King, Sen Xia was the strongest reincarnator.

Even the three highest-ranked members of the Throne of Illusion and Reality and the three top seats of the Destiny Organization could not possibly surpass Sen Xia in pure combat power.

Before this title competition, Reinhardt had believed that Sen Xia possessed the strength to kill a Supreme Expert even without the [Crown of Supremacy].

After the title competition, after obtaining a Crown of Supremacy, Sen Xia was theoretically one of the three strongest among Supreme Experts.

Aside from that woman from the West District, no Supreme Expert could be much stronger than Sen Xia.

But now, without question, Mercenary Tao’s existence had put Sen Xia on extreme alert.

Mercenary Tao… had surpassed Sen Xia and the level represented by nearly all [Supreme Experts].

"That beast has truly reached that level as well…"

Miraculous radiance shone beneath Cao Qi’s feet, but the black Sea of Life and the monsters surging below could not receive the blessing of miracles. They were gradually crushed apart by the dreadful brute force pressing down from above.

Boom!

The Sea of Life beneath Cao Qi shattered explosively, and his body was violently driven downward.

In almost an instant, Bai Cangshu sent him flying downward with a single punch.

Warped air and fragmented fissures erupted in an instant, and Cao Qi’s figure vanished completely.

A moment later, the earth let out a shriek. A colossal crater nearly ten thousand meters wide burst from the ground and continued spreading outward.

Azure Sky’s group fell silent at the sight.

This was the first time a reincarnator had knocked one of the [Three Supreme Kings] down from the heavens in a direct battle.

Roar!

The Demon Dragon roared once more. The Sea of Life continued to spread, and monsters that blotted out the sky and covered the earth continuously emerged into the world.

Tiamat intended to cleanse the surface and destroy all life.

She did not care about the battle between two insects at all, and slammed her tail toward Bai Cangshu.

Bai Cangshu abruptly turned his head and punched toward the Demon Dragon as well.

Crack—boom!

Another terrifying sound like heaven and earth colliding rang out. The immense explosion and devastating shockwave directly tore open the Sea of Life, while the shattered land below was swiftly shaved completely smooth.

The next moment, accompanied by an explosive shout, Gilgamesh saw the host he considered crude and arrogant actually grab the Demon Dragon’s excessively massive tail with both hands, turn, and smash it toward the ground.

Ring!

Golden aura howled wildly in his hands. The light was blindingly bright, like a sun. Wearing a cruel smile, he pointed one finger downward.

Screech—boom!