'Damn! This guy is fucking insane. He can rip all of us here to shreds if he wanted to… So this is the body of an ascended human being.'
Creed couldn't help but feel spooked when he tried to measure Akash's true strength from the deadening rhythm leaking out of his body. Not to mention his Chakra control also got better from the last time. The Ascension has truly made him a different kind of monster.
Regardless, Creed's focus shifted to another figure casually approaching him. It was none other than a beauty who took him to UCC as her plus one. Creed immediately recognized Mira.
Her eyes were completely still. Not even the slightest bit of movement was visible in her pupils. However, for some weird reason, Creed felt his senses being gnawed off to ribbons. A gust of dark insanity seemed to be creeping b
"Artemis, you have every right to be angry." Akash's face immediately turned serious. There was not a single trace of that unrestrained goofiness on his face, "I sincerely apologize for getting carried away. I really shouldn't have done that." "Apologize! How about I kick you in the pants and apologize too? I thought of you as one of my closest friends, but I had no idea you hated me to the extent where you would attempt to put a dent in my relationship with such a shameless tactic. You make me sick." "Yes. You are right. I hate to say it, but my curiosity just got away from me. However, let me assure you, Art, that I had no intention of testing his character. I wasn't looking down on him, but if I made you feel that way, I might as well apologize to you." "Artemis! Calm down… It's fine." Creed interrupted the ve
He peeked at Artemis, who was still lost within her thoughts and prepared himself for the worse. Instead of saying something, she took a step closer towards him with lips sewed shut. Moreover, Creed could already see the outline of the smirk that appeared on Olivia's and Jina's lips. Max and Ivan were not as obvious as these two, but a sense of contempt for him still appeared on their faces. At this instant, Creed noticed the expressions of everyone nearby him. The members of the Phoenix Gods had much more docile and neutral expressions than Olivia's group, but that wasn't surprising. Creed expected that both Bakshi brothers must have already known every bit of details about him considering how much time these four spent with each other. Kiara, however, was bot
Creed's eyeball frantically shook in the sockets when he saw an old man blocking their paths. The glistening black tux worn by this old man and his gray beard couldn't be more dandy. He had black hair but his temples seemed to have lost the natural pigmentation, giving the signs of old age catching up to him. A vitalizing elegance dripped from every pore of his skin. However, Creed's attention was light years away from his outer appearance. The only thought that came to his mind right now was 'Death''. Surprisingly, even though this old man didn't have jaw-dropping chakra control, Creed could overhear the alarms of uncertainty and potential hazard constantly blaring inside his mind. In fact, this old man was so strong Creed didn't even bother to gau
Olivia couldn't stop herself from grinning when she saw Artemis putting her own foot on the axe. Jina who stood beside also shot an enigmatic smirk on the twisted outcome. Although, none of them have ever seen Master Bakshi smile before, but today an palpable annoyance was tearing off his face. Most of the people present in the group were already aware of the fact that Master Bakshi is far from some happy-go-lucky kind of person. He was known to have a strict and short-tempered personality. He never discriminated when It came to delivering the punishment whether it's an adult or a kid. Not even his own grandchildren could escape from that fate if they tried to get on his nerves. However, this time Artemis' groundless persistence stacked over her rudeness has truly made him mad.
Creed arm trembled in sheer fury. His breath dampanend. The bullshit excuse that Alia gave made his chest gut wrenching abhor. He could already feel the trace of subjective morality being imposed right in front of his eyes. Moreover, what surprised him the most was that despite belonging to a wealthy family, Artemis was also being treated unjustly because she didn't belong to a clan. 'Does being in a clan justifies it all? Argh… I swear to god… I'm gonna lose it!' However, when he saw the old man standing in front, he had no choice but to gulp his anger. He knew that even if he told the old man the truth, that wouldn't help the situation because the words of clanless don't weigh much. Since Grisha and Akash didn't say anything, convincing the old man all by himself s
Creed's mind was drowning in disgust and fury. From a contemptuous dispute, to the act of falsehood, then to the subject of public entertainment, Artemis was knee deep into the trouble. However, a sharp sound of a buzzer brought him back to reality. His eye landed on the huge holographic screen that appeared above the stage. The screen was displaying the ring up close. However what really grabbed his attention was a sentence that flashed in bold letters saying, "ALL BETS HAVE BEEN PLACED!" He turned his neck back to stage. Since he already had the front row seats, looking at the screen was unnecessary. Despite everything, Creed's ears had turned bright red from the amount of rage he was holding in. Everything that has happened so far was already unbearable but now a goddamn screen to broadcast this si
While others discussed the current turn of events. Master Bakshi and the group were silently watching the battle. None of them uttered a word but all of their eyes were glued toward the ring.Kiara and Mira also had their eyes on the battle. In fact, the best way to put it would be that Kiara's eyes were glued to the battle but Mira couldn't stop gazing at her elder sister.For some reason, Mira had a tint of confusion, discomfort and nervousness in her eyes. Her palms were jittery and Her mind was wrapped with several thoughts.This whole situation has escalated to the point where she was physically uncomfortable. It seemed as if she didn't like this either, and wanted to tell master Bakshi the whole thing from the start but her frightened nerves didn't let her.
Olivia's fiendish blade reached Artemis in a split second. However, a dark murky shadow flew towards her like a shade of a vengeful grim-reaper. The glint of accursed killing intent thrust at her own chest made her most abominable nightmare come true in a split second. ~CLANK She saw her plan failing when her blade crashed into a hard surface. Her hand couldn't move forward as if it had hit some kind of boulder. The goosebumps under Olivia's spine blared an insinuating urge to yield her soul in front of this ghost-like apration. As her vision settled, the outline of a figure gradually darkened in her sight. A set of gleaming pupils stark yellow stared back at her as if they were peeking inside her soul. Instead of two, now there were three people inside the ring. How