“What is that noise? Why did it sound like an explosion?”“It sounded like it came from Mount Roi. Is someone blowing up Mount Roi?”“It can’t be, can it? There’s not much to mine on Mount Roi. Why would someone blow it up? I haven’t heard any news about that.”In an area near Mount Roi, a group of people looked over after hearing the noise. It was a bunch of youths dressed in flashy attire. There were more than ten of them, all good-looking. They were planning on going there for vacation and did not expect that they would hear such an explosion. It piqued their curiosity at once. A sleek-haired, coquettish rich kid with long bangs suggested, “Why don’t we go and take a look? I heard from the old folks in my family that there are quite a lot of secrets hidden on Mount Roi.”The rest of the youths started to show interest upon hearing his suggestion, and they all walked toward Mount Roi together. The closer they got to the mountain, the clearer the explosions became. However,
“Filming a movie my *ss! This is a fight between gods! Oh my god, I remembered reading a post on Reddit that claimed superhumans really exist. They claimed that they were capable of flight and possessed inexhaustible strength! I didn’t believe it at the time. I thought it was just a joke, but judging by the situation now, it’s true. Superhumans are real!” the young man said excitedly. The other man next to him became enthused as well. He hastily shoved at the other man and asked, “Which subreddit is that? Send me the link.”“The post was removed. It had only been up for a few minutes before it was taken down. At the time, I assumed that it was only a hoax, but seeing all this right now, it was true. It had to be true!”Upon hearing that, the rest of the group were thrilled and wished to be superhumans as well. Their eyes followed the two silhouettes on Mount Roi closely. What a waste they were too far from the fight. Moreover, there were many tall, lush, green trees blocking thei
It was Zayn. Upon saying that, he immediately went from being at a disadvantageous position on the verge of defeat to undergoing an earthshaking change. If one were to describe him as a lion covered in wounds and injuries earlier, he had suddenly metamorphosed into the all-powerful jungle king that could destroy the world. He underwent a complete transformation!He was no longer falling back and began launching attacks at Raiden!Moreover, his offensive was extremely violent, akin to a giant wheel rolling forward at high speed. On the other hand, Raiden was just a cockroach in the way of the wheel. It was even more outrageous than trying to stop a car with a stick. Sensing Zayn’s transformation, Raiden’s pupils constricted instantly and he felt a shiver running down his spine. He screamed out in astonishment, “That’s impossible”!He was dumbstruck. He seemed to have had a clear advantage over Zayn before. Even though Zayn was tenacious enough midway that he had to put in a lot o
From the start of the match until the last five seconds, Raiden had been dominating Zayn and gave him no chance to fight back. Given that, how had Zayn turned the tables on him out of nowhere? What the heck was going on? Zayn was so swift that they could not respond to the situation and were even under the assumption that they were delusional!“Uh…”Many people were dumbfounded, including Taio, Caspian, and the others. They could not accept that this was happening. How could this be? Had Raiden given him an opening on purpose or had Zayn used a secret weapon to plot against him? Even if there had been a secret weapon, Zayn should not have been able to finish off Raiden so swiftly!Jonah was the only person who appeared unperturbed. His eyes focused as he followed Zayn’s movements closely. The sight of Zayn stirred up memories that he refused to revisit. Zayn had turned the tables on him just like this back when they were in Insurgent Trifecta! He had assumed that he had the upper
There was a fiery silhouette over on the other side. The expression on her face was similarly overwhelmed with emotions. She was none other than Lysithea. She had a clear view of the fight between Zayn and Raiden. In the beginning, Zayn was losing ground and was so overpowered that he was incapable of countering Raiden’s attacks. He was being pushed back repeatedly and seemed to be on the verge of losing. The price of defeat for Zayn would be execution. She was anxious and began strategizing. She could not stand by and do nothing, so she decided that she would stop Raiden regardless. As it turned out…the situation underwent an earthshaking change in mere moments. Zayn’s demeanor changed entirely, and in less than five seconds, he turned defeat into triumph and conquered Raiden!Despite being so far away, she could feel the immense lethality radiating from the monstrous strength Zayn displayed. She felt suffocated. She was certain that she would be pulverized by Zayn if she was
Too bad no one noticed how outrageously cool Zayn was, or he would have taken the world by storm. He looked so much like the king of a mountain named after kingship!All but one did notice. Paxton “Ares” Brooks saw how it played from his hiding spot on the peak of another mountain. He gazed upon Zayn’s erect back and exclaimed sincerely, “God, this youngster is only gonna keep showing us old-timers up from now onward! Zayn Larson is insane!”Antony was stunned by his friend’s remark. He turned back to Zayn, wide-eyed, and could not stop himself from looking at him differently from before. A star, bright and unstoppable as the morning, had arisen from Rheasian soil.Would this be a good omen, or would it bode ill for the country? Antony had no way of telling just yet.From the depths of the crater, Raiden sputtered out a fit of painful coughs.If there was anyone whose world felt the most shattered, it would be him. He could not even accurately assess the torrent of emotions in his
As one might have suspected, the man that seemingly materialized from the shower of leaves as he gracefully leaped down from a tree branch was Ezra Sword.He never looked as intimidating as his reputation suggested. He looked no different from a high school boy in a white tee and track pants, and with that sunshine smile and disposition, he could walk in public view and most people would think he was nothing more than a teenage sweetheart. Who would believe that he was nearing his sixties?Zayn was honestly puzzled as to why Ezra would look so youthful—hell, “young” would have been a better word. It was just illogical for a sixty-year-old to look almost babyish.Some of the bystanders took notice of Ezra, even if most of them had no idea who he was or had gone through their lives not knowing his name. Fighters, however, knew all about him enough that the name sent shivers down their skin. Ezra was not just a big name with nothing behind it; he was the Saint’s premier retainer whose
He eyed Zayn with a rather complicated look. There was certainly an element of surprise in it mixed with questioning and admiration.Ezra had thought that his appointment as the one to secure the ambrosia fruit back at Mount Leo meant that failure was an impossibility. And yet, Zayn managed to secure the fruit before he did and slipped away from his pursuit. It was unprecedented.Ezra would admit that Zayn meant little in his eyes back then because he was inferior to Ezra himself power-wise. Two months later, though, what used to be a pesky fly had turned into a legitimately powerful player who could stand toe-to-toe with premier fighters. The evolution was so jarring that he could not help but dwell on the strangeness of it all.He had been around since the beginning, watching the duel between Raiden and Zayn without missing a beat. He, too, had been fooled by Zayn’s apparent affectation belying the fact that he possessed the power to completely overwhelm Raiden.And now, Raiden w