Child of Destiny

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Shudder!

Everyone present in this place could not help but feel their bodies intensely trembling subconsciously after seeing Uno hold his sword on his side.

They were not sure what it was, but there was a subconscious fear coming out of their hearts after seeing this person wield his sword.

From their perspective, Uno seemed to have become a God of Slaughter, standing on a mountain of corpses and walking on the sea of blood.

At the same time, the world seemed to have turned dark as the crimson and bloody color that was filling the world became deeper.

Watching from the live broadcast, David squinted his eyes as he could tell what kind of state Uno was in. It was a unique state where multiple states fused together – the state of being one with the sword, the state of absolute killing, and the natural state of martial arts.

Each of these states was what most of the people pursued, particularly the state of being one with the sword and the state of absolute killing. Both of these states were the goal of the swordsmen and assassins around the world.

As for the natural state of martial arts, only a very few people could achieve it. At most, the people with special and absolute talents had easier access compared to most people.

Geniuses like Shin, Arthur, Dylan (Zero), David, Shiella, and others had Natural States unique to their respective combat talents. However, it was slightly different from the natural state of martial arts because the two had different essences, but a similar purpose.

Regardless, neither of these three states was easy to achieve, yet Uno had entered it as easily as breathing.

“This guy is truly a demon,” he mumbled as he watched Uno with solemn eyes.

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In the meantime, the shortsword that Uno was holding was suddenly covered with a pair of flowing energies – the powers of the Brilliant Sun and Abyssal Moon.

The two flows of energy swarm around the surface of the sword, acting as if they were a pair of black and white dragons.

At the same time, the killing intent that Uno had manifested suddenly covered the entire blade with a crimson aura, filling it with a dangerous and murderous air.

These three things harmonized with one another, forming a unique energy, which was much higher than any other form of mana within the game.

Shin, who was observing everything within his inner world of consciousness, could tell that this power far surpassed even the Mana Essence of Ancient Creatures that he had seen from the Trial of Primordial Waters.

Meanwhile, Hanzo and Solus, who were also capable of seeing what was happening around the body of their contractor despite being in a different dimension, could not help but look at this ‘other version’ of their master with fear.

From their perspective, this power that Uno was trying to control carried the hint of origin. The origin of all things and the zenith of all powers.

This was the reason why the energies flowing through the sword fused seamlessly.

[Just who is this guy?]

[Is he a God?]

The two could not help but question the identity of this ‘person’.

In the meantime, the world seemed to have trembled as a layer of sword aura solidified over the blade of the sword, seemingly trying to reject something.

No one noticed the rejection of the physical realm, thinking that the trembling of the world was just because of how powerful the skill and technique Uno was using.

Seeing such a reaction to the world, Uno could not help but grin. “This so-called virtual world is truly interesting. To think that it is also aware of these ‘rules’.”

“Fortunately, the restraints are not that strong, making it easier for me to avoid its ‘punishment’,” he mumbled before continuing to look at his opponent.

Ashura could not see the grin that Uno had due to the battle helmet he was wearing, but could at least sense the ridiculing and teasing smile from the latter.

This technique that he was currently using might still be incomplete, but it was still much powerful than any of the players had shown so far within this tournament.

However, despite all of that and his confidence, Ashura felt that it was still far from being enough to threaten this monster before him.

Moreover, he could also tell that the other party seemed to be purposely telling him something.

The first strike was one of his strongest trump cards, yet it was only destroyed by the simple stacking of multiple strikes.

The second strike was also one of his strongest aces in the hole, yet it was also repelled by the same series of strikes, which was only augmented by the simple application of mana manipulation technique.

As for this third strike, which was also his current strongest move, Uno seemed to be showing him an advanced application of the mana manipulation method.

A moment later, everyone saw Uno slowly raise the sword in his hand before casually drawing a simple diagonal stroke in the air.

Swoosh!

From everyone’s perspective, it was just a simple sword stroke. But when they watched Uno’s movement, they suddenly felt somewhat suffocated while the world instantly turned still.

Time seemed to have stopped while the world started to crumble.

‘Yin-Yang Cultivation Arts: True Unification of the Yin and Yang – Returning to Origin’

Boom!

A silent explosion erupted in everyone’s ears as the world turned black and white for an instant before returning to the crimson world filled with Uno’s killing intent.

In the meantime, the giant Golden Immortal and the descending stars suddenly stood still as if someone had pressed the pause button.

Snap!

Crack! Crack!

Not long after, glass-like shattering sounds suddenly rang in the world, followed by a series of cracks appearing in the crimson sky.

Crack! Crack!

At the same time, the body of the Golden Immortal was suddenly filled with cracks as well, spreading throughout its body before collapsing all of a sudden.

Boom!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The stars also started exploding one after another.

Whoosh!

The crimson world also disappeared while the shattered fragments fell along with the disappearance of the killing intent that Uno was emitting earlier.

The crimson and bloody sky disappeared, the air became a little more breathable, and the pressure that was pressing on everyone earlier disappeared. This returned the world to how it used to be.

However, everyone was unable to respond in time due to how devastating the earlier sight was.

That ‘simple’ move from Uno was too unbelievable and too hard to process.

Everyone could only stare blankly at the current scene before them, unable to say anything. The entire live stand was silent as they watched Uno stand in the field while sheathing his shortsword.

Meanwhile, Ashura remained suspended in the air as the giant figure of the Golden Immortal shattered like pieces of broken glass and scattered in the air.

He stared at Uno for quite a while before wearing a bitter smile on his face.

He had suffered quite a few losses in his career as a professional gamer, but none of them had ever been this one-sided.

It was not even a fight, and he was totally crushed by the opposing side.

He did not even know what to say or even feel at this current moment.

Not long after, his body also suddenly started cracking and slowly crumbled, turning into specks of light.

*Ding*

It was only at this moment that the system responded and announced the result of the match.

System: Victory – Evil God (Empyrean Talons)!

Swoosh!

Right after, Uno disappeared from everyone’s eyes, seemingly directly logging out of the game right after the system’s announcement.

It was only then that the audience woke up from their stupor and regained their senses.

Immediately after, they exploded in uproar, going crazy!

“What the heck was that!?”

“What did I just witness!?”

“Too overpowered!”

“Is that even a battle? It is too one-sided! It is not even a fight.”

“The Martial God just got swept like that!? Is this for real?”

“That is too scary! Just how strong is this Evil God!”

The live audience shook the entire stand due to their reactions. They almost made everyone deaf due to their almost simultaneous uproar.

Even the live chat from the broadcast almost broke down due to the flood of reactions from the online viewers. They almost crashed the broadcast, which had never happened before since the advancement of modern technology.

Well, no one could blame them either. After all, the might that Uno just showed was too powerful and too overwhelming.

It even reached the point that the people suspected him of hacking the game. But when they considered the out-of-the-world powers of other godly experts of the game, they could only accept that it was the reality.

Regardless, this kind of power seemed to be too strong for the current stage of the game. People believed that there was some sort of trick behind it, but they had to admit that Uno was too powerful compared to any other god of the game.

At the same time, the other top experts of the game and higher-ups of huge organizations and powerful guilds could not help but wear grim expressions on their faces due to what they had just witnessed.

The power and abilities that Uno had just shown every were too advanced for this stage of the game, especially when it was also far beyond the information that they had on their hands.

Wearing such dark expressions, they started issuing a series of orders, wanting to know everything about this so-called Evil God.

Based on their guess, this person would most likely be a huge variable that would affect the future progress of the game, especially the upcoming update.

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