Before the man's palm could truly reach Kieran, Kieran landed a kick on his face.
Kieran didn't hold back this time. The aura that the man brought with him when he appeared told Kieran how powerful he was. Holding back in front of such a powerful enemy would be suicidal.
Bang!
Under Kieran's boot, the man's face twisted and twitched.
Then …
The man's head exploded.
The headless body staggered for a few steps and wobbled for a while, but he didn't fall. The scattered blood, flesh, brain matter, and bone fragments started to reassemble themselves.
The more surprising thing was the man's voice sounded again.
"Not bad! Not bad!
"You will occupy the most important position in my showcase!"
The man didn't seem to need a mouth or vocal cords, the joy in his words was obvious.
However, the joy would only make one shiver, as if a venomous snake had crawled into their neck and crawled over their back.
Kieran frowned.
He also felt uncomfortable.
However, the discomfort didn't stop Kieran from attacking.
Huu!
Devil Flame instantly bloomed on his left hand, turning into a fireball and drowning the man.
The man's body was swiftly burned to ashes by the Devil Flame.
But …
When the Devil Flame was extinguished, the ashes expanded again, turning from burnt ashes into fresh flesh and blood.
The reassembly started again.
However, this time around, it wasn't Death Knell's form anymore.
Instead, it formed a whirlpool.
A whirlpool formed entirely from flesh and blood.
Inside the whirlpool, cries, begging, and agonizing screams sounded ceaselessly.
At first, it was faintly discernible, but soon, it became louder and clearer, as if countless tortured people appeared around Kieran all of a sudden.
Some of them were crawling on the ground, some were hanging in mid-air, and some were dismembered.
Their postures were different but their actions were the same: they were all staring at Kieran.
Every single one of their gazes was filled with grudge.
They were unwilling.
They hated him.
"Why are you unscathed?"
"Why are we being tortured like this?"
"Why?"
"Why?"
Questioning voices filled Kieran's ears. Every time a question was asked, a Spirit authentication would occur.
One after another, Spirit authentication from C rank all the way to S rank. The process was completed almost instantaneously, and the difficulty of the authentication kept climbing, only slowing down when it reached the Advance Rank.
Without any hesitation.
Kieran activated [Knight's Obsession 2].
[Wolf's Remnant Feast] was shining brightly.
[Proof of Rival] gave off a crisp sound.
Transcendence level [Dawn Knight Body Tempering Art] allowed [Knight's Obsession 2] to grant Kieran a temporary + 3 buff to his Spirit attribute.
[Wolf's Remnant Feast]'s [White Wolf's Wisdom] granted Kieran a + 3 authentication advantage.
[Proof of Nemesis]'s [Nemesis Deathmatch] increased Kieran's attributes by 1 and authentication by 1.
In an instant, Kieran's Spirit jumped 8 ranks from G +, which had never reached Rank 3, all the way up to Rank P, which was higher than Rank 3.
His Spirit authentication was stuck at Strong 3 and couldn't go any further.
Even though those people's unwillingness, hatred, and grudges had materialized, it was useless.
"Huh?
As expected of a masterpiece!
It's only right for you to have such strength!
Only with such strength is it worthy for me to put you in the showcase … Huh?! "
The man's voice sounded again, sounding extremely shocked. Then, he became even more delighted.
However, right away, the voice became anxious and doubtful.
Because Kieran swung his sword!
A bewitching purple glare shone on [Arrogant Word].
Facing an unknown enemy, Kieran bravely pressed forward, causing [Arrogant Word]'s blade to hum.
It thirsted for a battle with a powerful enemy!
Never yielding even in the face of despair!
Fight! Fight! Fight!
Slash death with the blade.
Widen life with the blade.
The unwillingness, hatred, and grudges of the people around started to shout loudly. They wouldn't allow any different emotions to appear on their faces.
They couldn't face Kieran who wouldn't yield.
Destroy him!
All the people started to shout angrily.
They were enraged by the humiliation.
But so what?
[Arrogant Word]'s blade slashed through the people one after another.
No sluggishness!
No mercy!
Just like when it was forged in the past.
A noble alien race.
An ant-like human.
A slave?
Die!
If I can't kill you, I'll take you down with me!
I will never yield!
"Fury Slash!"
A heavy shout sounded.
The slash that was infused with all of Kieran's Stamina made [Arrogant Word]'s bewitching purple glare shine brightly, like a small sun rising from the ground.
And …
It was getting more and more dazzling!
[Critical Hit] was triggered as expected!
With the buffs from [Old Father the First], [Old Father the Second], and [Old Father the Third], [Critical Hit] exploded with unprecedented power.
[Fury Slash] boosted the Extreme attack to rank 2, [Critical Hit] boosted from rank 2 to rank 3, and [Critical Hit] boosted by [Old Father the Raging Roar] boosted [Critical Hit] to rank 4. On top of rank 4, [Old Father the Shout] and [Old Father the Roar] boosted their attack by 50% and 25% respectively.
It wasn't enough to upgrade the attack from rank 4 to rank 5.
However, there was still the [Critical Hit] effect!
When the attack landed on the weak spot, there was a chance to deal double the damage.
The [Critical Hit] effect was triggered when [Arrogant Word] slashed the flesh vortex.
Then, Kieran's [Fury Slash] unbelievably boosted from rank 2 to rank 5.
Yes, unbelievably!
This slash had long since surpassed the limits of this world.
It was a kind of power that could break the void.
Or rather, it had been broken!
Before the bewitching purple glare was a deep abyss!
Black wrapped around the blade.
It made the blade sharper and unrivaled.
It also caught the existence hiding in the flesh vortex off guard.
Kaboom!
When the black blade cut into the vortex of flesh and blood, the existence hidden in the vortex let out a pained howl.
The existence was hurt!
The strand of will that was spread out was turned into ashes!
Bang!
The vortex of flesh and blood directly exploded, dyeing the surrounding area bright red.
A dim yet tenacious golden object appeared in the center of the explosion.
Kieran, who should have exhausted his stamina, burst out with an explosive speed that would leave one speechless. He grabbed the golden object with his hand. It was a shard.
A medium-sized shard.
When Kieran grabbed the shard, [Hell Breath] flew out from Kieran's backpack and the shard was embedded into it.
The warrior with the damaged face was repaired.
It was …
Kieran's face!
Changes started to happen at the base of the statue. Two lines of words appeared.
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