**'Abyssal Sovereign: The Demon's Dominion'**

Chapter 547: Chapter 546: The Devil Vs The Reaper

"Let the battle begin!!!"

The announcer’s voice echoed throughout the arena as the crowd erupted into wild cheers.

Meanwhile, Keith finally stood before the one person he had always wanted to defeat.

He remembered their first encounter...

The fear he had felt back then.

He had been so weak, like nothing more than a fish before a butcher, his life and death entirely in the butcher’s hands.

After that, they had met many more times, but never inside the arena.

During most of those encounters, Keith had always felt insignificant before him.

But now...

He stood before that same man with a grin on his face.

Seeing this, the Reaper, his hood still covering his face, spoke first.

"The Devil..."

"We finally meet in the arena."

Keith chuckled.

"It was bound to happen sooner or later."

"Good... good," the Reaper replied with a smile.

"Then let me see the limits of the one ranked second before I defeat you."

The Reaper spoke calmly.

He hadn’t entered this arena expecting to win in a single strike.

At the very least, he expected Keith to struggle before eventually being defeated.

He was completely confident.

After all...

He knew who he was.

More importantly...

He knew just how strong he truly was.

The so-called Rank 0...

Heh.

"Well then..."

"Let’s get to it."

Keith smiled softly as he moved.

His scythe gleamed as the Reaper answered with his sword.

Ding!

The two weapons collided as they paused in the center of the arena.

"He is strong..."

The Reaper thought in surprise as he felt the tremendous strength coming from the opposite side.

But...

Strength without experience still left a huge gap.

The Reaper moved.

Every step was like a shadow.

In an instant, he appeared beside Keith and lightly tapped the side of Keith’s head with the hilt of his sword.

Keith’s body instantly disappeared, reappearing several meters away.

The Reaper paused.

"What terrifying battle instincts..."

His eyes gleamed with surprise.

Keith hadn’t consciously reacted.

His body had sensed the danger and moved on its own.

How terrifying was that?

"Come on!"

Keith laughed.

The instant he finished speaking—

Boom!!

The Reaper appeared before him once again.

The two clashed without holding anything back.

A ditch more than a meter deep formed beneath their feet.

Then...

They vanished.

Appearing over fifty meters away, they clashed once more.

The arena beneath them cracked for well over a hundred meters.

Boom!!

Boom!!

Dust shot into the air as the once sturdy arena, which had endured every previous battle, began to collapse beneath them.

The crowd gulped.

Watching the two figures flash around like blurs, many couldn’t help but wonder...

Were these two still within the limits of humanity?

No one could confidently say that this was humanity’s true limit.

After all...

Evolution was a terrifying thing.

Every time someone trained and surpassed their previous limits, those limits expanded once again.

In the end...

The true limit could only be discovered by someone who had pushed themselves beyond anything any sane person would ever dare attempt.

As the battle continued, Keith was steadily pushed back as the Reaper used one combat skill after another.

Yet he still couldn’t seriously injure Keith.

After all, Keith’s body had been forged through countless life-and-death battles.

It moved almost instinctively, dodging attacks before his mind could even process them.

Seeing the slight irritation on the Reaper’s face brought a grin to Keith’s lips.

How had he achieved this?

It all came from his blood-control ability...

Combined with the countless times he had walked the thin line between life and death.

Everything had come together to create Keith’s current body—

A body seemingly born for battle.

But then...

The Reaper whispered,

"But it still falls short against someone stronger."

The instant Keith heard those words, every hair on his body stood on end.

His instincts forced him two steps backward.

But just as the Reaper had said...

Even if Keith’s body could react automatically...

If Keith himself was simply weaker...

It would still fall short.

Bang!!

Keith was blasted away as the Reaper immediately pursued him.

A powerful kick slammed into Keith’s back.

Keith groaned in pain as he crashed into the ground.

His entire body ached.

He barely managed to dodge the sword strike that followed.

Just as the Reaper had said...

Once the gap in strength became too great...

Keith would still lose.

As the battle continued, the Reaper’s strength seemed to increase even further, and Keith found himself being pushed back more and more with each exchange.

A few cuts had already appeared on Keith’s body.

Parrying another sword strike, Keith suddenly thrust out his left hand like a claw.

The Reaper responded immediately, and the two palms collided.

Clap!

A powerful shockwave spread throughout the arena as the protective dome covering the audience rippled violently, revealing the tremendous force behind the clash.

"What...?"

The sight of the Reaper’s pale gray skin shocked Keith.

His eyes widened as he hurriedly retreated.

The Reaper didn’t pursue him.

Instead, Keith couldn’t help but remember that strange skin...

Not to mention the incredible strength hidden within it.

He frowned.

But before he could think any further, the Reaper attacked again.

This time, Keith knew that if things continued like this...

He would lose.

So...

He used it.

The infamous Devil Form.

The instant he transformed, everyone’s expressions changed as a strange aura washed over them.

Even inside the private room, the Young Miss couldn’t help but ask,

"What... is this?"

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Back in the arena...

Seeing this, the Reaper’s eyes lit up with excitement.

Of course, he had been observing Keith for a long time.

One thing everyone knew about the Devil...

Was that he possessed a mysterious form capable of enhancing all of his physical abilities.

That was exactly what the Reaper had been waiting to witness.

Now, he finally understood.

The rumors claiming it was a heaven-defying transformation weren’t lies.

But still...

Would it be enough?

"So..."

"This is your trump card?"

The Reaper asked as he looked at Keith, who was now surrounded by a crimson aura.

"Peek."

"Huh?"

Keith suddenly appeared directly behind the Reaper.

"Boo."

Bang!!

The Reaper instinctively raised his arms to block.

A terrifying force erupted from Keith’s kick and crashed into his guard.

The Reaper was blasted away, crashing into the arena floor and creating a crater over three meters deep.

"Does that answer your question?" Keith asked with a grin.

Inside the crater, the Reaper slowly stood up.

His forearms throbbed with pain.

He could tell...

One more kick like that might actually break them.

His eyes widened in shock.

Even though he hadn’t released his full strength...

He was still a member of that race.

Apart from the Dragon Race, which stood at the pinnacle of physical power, and the brutal Demon Race...

His own race was still considered one of the strongest in terms of physical prowess.

Yet...

Keith was physically stronger.

How was that possible?

Of course...

The Reaper couldn’t understand.

After all...

Keith wasn’t as simple as he appeared.

"It does," the Reaper replied with a chuckle.

The next instant...

His eyes widened.

Every muscle in his body tensed.

"Good."

Keith had already appeared above him.

Time itself seemed to freeze.

A terrifying burst of energy exploded outward as Keith slammed down.

A massive shockwave tore through the arena, destroying the upper layer for more than two hundred meters.

The protective dome shattered instantly...

Only for another one to form immediately afterward.

"Fuck..."

"He’s definitely Rank 0."

The Reaper muttered as he flashed backward, reappearing over four hundred meters away.

Inside the private room, Devon stepped forward.

"Rank 0..."

Devon muttered, his expression growing serious.

The entire room fell into stunned silence.

Even the Young Miss was left speechless.

"Both of them."

Devon dropped another bombshell.

Everyone’s hearts nearly stopped.

How...

How was that even possible?

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