Chapter 548: Chapter 547: Show me!
Bang!!
The entire arena trembled under their clash as everyone gulped.
This battle had reached yet another level.
Bang!!!
Another deafening collision echoed through the arena as everyone stared in shock.
They could actually see cracks spreading across the spectator stands—a testament to the immense power being unleashed by the two combatants.
"Are they... still human?" someone muttered in disbelief.
Over in the arena, the Reaper was blasted back several meters before finally coming to a stop.
His knees buckled, forcing him to kneel as sweat dripped down his face.
By the time he looked up...
Keith was already standing before him.
His scythe rested across his shoulder as Keith slowly crouched down.
"What are you holding back for?" Keith suddenly asked.
For a brief moment, the Reaper’s mind went blank.
He raised an eyebrow.
This was surprising...
Very surprising.
How had Keith noticed?
"Hehe... so you figured it out," the Reaper replied between heavy breaths.
"Yeah... I did."
Keith’s gaze landed on the Reaper’s pale gray skin.
Then...
A wide grin spread across his face.
"Show me..."
"Show me what you really are!"
Keith suddenly shouted as he stood up and walked back toward the center of the arena.
His back was facing the Reaper.
"Hah..."
"You..."
The Reaper couldn’t help but feel speechless.
Show him?
It wasn’t that he couldn’t.
But...
Could Keith bear it?
Did he understand the difference between his current form...
And that form?
He wasn’t human.
He belonged to a race that stood above countless other monstrous races.
"SHOW ME!!"
Keith roared as a terrifying aura erupted from his body.
His early Rank 0 aura flooded the arena.
Cracks spread in every direction as sections of the spectator stands split apart.
The crowd widened their eyes in horror.
Even the Reaper was stunned.
A blazing crimson aura filled the air, making the entire arena feel unbearably hot.
At that moment...
He knew.
In his current state...
He had already lost to Keith.
Slowly, he stood up.
"Very well."
"This is my true form."
"I only hope you’re still alive after seeing it..."
"...All of you."
The Reaper slowly looked around the arena.
The instant he did, everyone felt as though an invisible hand had gripped their hearts.
Some people fainted.
Others bled from their eyes and noses.
The Reaper’s body rapidly expanded until he stood over five meters tall.
A hard gray hide covered his body as his true appearance was finally revealed.
Two curved horns protruded from his head.
His massive frame bulged with powerful muscles, while three glowing crystals were embedded across his chest.
A far more terrifying aura burst forth.
The aura of a Low Rank 0.
At that moment...
Not only did the arena begin to shake...
Even the entire Tainted Mountain trembled.
The beasts roaming throughout the mountain fled in terror, scattering in every direction.
The Reaper stretched his enormous body.
"It’s been so long..."
He couldn’t help but mutter as his joints cracked loudly.
Standing before the five-meter-tall monster...
Keith finally felt pressure.
First came the crushing aura of a Low Rank 0 pressing down on him.
Then came the sheer size of the Reaper’s body.
The difference between an Early Rank 0 and a Low Rank 0 might seem small...
But it wasn’t.
One possessed enough power to destroy buildings.
The other could wipe an entire city off the map.
The gap between them was enormous.
Yet...
The more Keith looked at those overwhelming odds...
The more excited he became.
His heart pounded violently inside his chest.
His blood surged through his veins like a raging river.
Then...
He moved.
Ding!!
Keith’s eyes widened.
His scythe bounced harmlessly off the Reaper’s body.
"Seems I’ve become stronger," the Reaper muttered, completely ignoring Keith.
Even a human at Low Rank 0 far surpassed Keith.
Not to mention someone from a race renowned for its monstrous physical strength.
But Keith refused to stop.
Again.
Again.
Again.
He continued attacking.
No matter how fast or how hard he struck...
His scythe was always repelled.
Keith frowned.
Then, just as he launched another attack...
The Reaper finally moved.
He casually stretched out one enormous hand...
And grabbed Keith by the head.
"AAAGHHH!!"
A scream of agony echoed through the arena.
The Reaper slowly raised his arm.
Then...
BOOM!!!
The arena instantly split into four massive sections.
Keith’s body trembled violently as he was slammed into the ground.
A crater over one hundred meters deep was instantly created.
Keith lay at the bottom of it.
His body twitched weakly.
Almost every bone in his body had been shattered.
Silence.
The crowd gulped.
Was Keith...
Dead?
Even inside the private room, Devon sighed.
"It is over."
"The gap between an Early Rank 0 and a Low Rank 0 is simply too great."
"He was destined to lose."
"Young Miss..."
"This battle is over."
Devon shook his head.
The Arena Masters and Jeso stood frozen in fear.
So...
This was the Reaper’s true strength.
No wonder he had always been treated with such respect.
He alone could wipe out everyone present with ease.
And the terrifying part was...
He still hadn’t used much of his power.
The audience remained speechless.
"Alright."
"Let’s go."
The Young Miss stood up, preparing to leave and meet the Reaper after claiming him as her personal guard.
No one believed Keith could possibly stand back up from that crater.
Deep within the massive crater...
Keith lay almost lifeless as memories of his life flashed before his eyes.
He couldn’t say it had been a good life.
But from childhood until now...
He had fought without ever giving up.
If there was one thing he could truly be proud of...
It was that no matter what happened...
No matter how hopeless the situation became...
He had never once surrendered.
"Cough... cough..."
Keith spat out blood.
His windpipe had been crushed.
His lungs were destroyed.
Life slowly faded from his body.
Blood bubbled from his lips.
His eyes gradually lost their light.
The wet, choking sounds grew quieter...
And quieter...
As his body twitched weakly.
It was always a haunting sight...
Watching the light slowly fade from a living being’s eyes.
Keith’s eyes slowly closed as his body finally gave in.
After eighteen years of struggling against the world...
His journey finally seemed to have come to an end.
Keith didn’t want to die.
He wanted to live.
To survive.
But...
What could he do?
It was already a miracle that he had managed to break through to Rank 0.
Yet now...
It was all over.
"Wake up."
A deep, resounding voice echoed through the darkness.
Deep within Keith’s mind, an image suddenly lit up as his consciousness drifted back to his childhood.
The flames...
They burned just as they always had.
Only this time...
The memory was different.
Within the blazing inferno, he briefly saw the silhouette of someone standing amidst the flames that had consumed his parents.
Then...
High above...
A pair of crimson eyes slowly opened.
"Fuck..."
Keith groaned.
His eyes snapped open.
A pillar of crimson light erupted from his body, shooting straight into the heavens.
It pierced through the giant mountain, continued far beyond the clouds, and stretched endlessly toward the sky.
"What is that?!"
Throughout the Mortal Realm, every Rank 0 existence abruptly awoke.
They all turned toward the crimson pillar that reached into the heavens.
But just as suddenly as it had appeared...
It vanished before any of them could investigate.
The Reaper slowly turned around.
A hand that no longer looked human emerged from the crater as Keith slowly crawled out.
Inside the private room, Devon and the Young Miss both turned around in shock.
To the Young Miss, it was simply an overwhelming aura.
But Devon’s expression changed completely.
That aura...
It carried a trace of chaotic energy.
The very same energy possessed by the Demon Race.
Could it be...?
Among everyone present, Devon was the most knowledgeable.
He had fought against the Demon Race before.
He understood better than anyone how terrifying they truly were.
"Where did you get him from?"
Devon demanded, his expression darkening.
"I-I..."
The First Level Arena Master struggled to answer.
"Tell me!!"
Devon roared, startling even the Young Miss.
---
Elsewhere...
Deep within a realm saturated with Rank 3 auras...
Upon a colossal mountain larger than an entire galaxy stood an ancient castle.
Inside it...
A being slowly opened his eyes.
"Hahaha..."
"So you’ve finally awakened."
"Let the fun begin."
Void said with a wide grin.
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