Chapter 57 - 56: Dante vs Micheal (2)

A suffocating smell of smoke and burnt flesh wafted through the air...

All around me were piles of ashes, ashes fallen off the burnt bodies of the other participants..

On the expansive arena, there were currently only two participants.

Myself and Micheal..

Now I know we have our differences, but I had to admit..

"That’s one hell of a talent you got there"..

The other participants didn’t stand a chance..

He was like the incarnation of a flame god..

None of the participants were able to survive an encounter without combusting into a ball of flames..

One with a water oriented talent had thought himself the bane of fire..

He was cooked so thoroughly I doubt he’d ever recover from the traumatic event...

The brutality of the event was so horrible the leading man had to act to prevent permanent damage...

And now, that same Micheal stood before me..

Body engulfed in fiery hot flames...

His eyes liquid pools of golden magma..

His body having enlarged to match my own towering height of over 7ft, the bulk of his physique impossible to miss.

Honestly, he gave me the same impression as some mustached anime hunk I used to watch in my previous life, whose pride could easily overturn the heavens.

Maybe that’s why I was so excited when I got this notification..

[Ding!]

[You have comprehended the ability <Solar Empowerment(SSS)>...]

It wasn’t a talent oriented ability..

No!

It was something his bloodline gave him..

But his bloodline should’ve been a

SS-rank

just like his talent and yet it wasn’t..

"Hehe..interesting.." I was looking forward to devouring that bloodline more and more...

"What? Cat got your tongue?" Micheal’s smug voice pulled me out of my musings..

"Hmmm?" I looked at him, an amused eyebrow raised..

"You seem pretty pleased with yourself"..

"Heh.. when you’re this talented, it is only natural"

"Hahahahaha" I laughed..

"I know you’re trying so hard to be like me, but come on, copying my talking style doesn’t look flattering on you"..

His expression fell immediately..

"You talk a lot for someone who’s about to experience hell on earth" he grinned wickedly..

"Ohh? And who’s going to make me experience such an ordeal?" I couldn’t help asking..

What greeted me was a torrent of golden flames rushing towards me..

The temperature spiked..

I could feel my own blood boiling at the ungodly high temperature...

I so wanted to use my newly acquired

SSS-rank

ability, if not for anything, just to see his shocked expression..

But no, I held myself back..

This wasn’t about shocking Micheal, no!

This was about putting fools in their place..

This was about delivering a proper

belt to ass

beat down..

It wasn’t about to go down the way his conceited mind was thinking..

I wasn’t going to let him leave with any form of satisfaction.

I did that the last time we met..

"Not today. Never again".

Saying so, I snapped my fingers.

Snap!!

The effect was immediate..

Atmospheric Erasure..

The roaring flames..

The burning temperatures..

Everything

Vanished...

"

What!!!"

Micheal’s eyes widened in pure shock.

"What did you do??" He roared..

"Haha. It’s too early to be shocked. I’m just getting started".

Before my words even fell, I’d already manifested before him.

I had over

11,000

points in agility, all of which was further boosted by an effectiveness of

2,100%.

I’d honestly been making horrible usage of my attributes, considering my attributes should theoretically put me on par with

SSS-rank

powerhouses..

So it goes to say nothing of the fact that to someone like Micheal, I had transcended the concept of movement..

I manifested before him, his wide eyed shock yet to subside.

My hand shot straight for his head.

His flames flared in defense, the temperatures scorching enough to turn the floor beneath us into molten sludge..

"Useless!!"

Atmospheric Erasure

was still active..

The flaring flames vanished before they could be of any consequence, and before Micheal could understand what was happening..

Bammmm!!!!!!

His face became intimate with the arena floor..

The soothing sound of a cracking skull ringing out audibly...

I stood up, Micheal hanging limply in my grasp, face caved into a mushy mess..

I grinned. A manic expression appearing on my face..

A golden glow surrounded his body, threatening to teleport him out..

"Tut. Tut. Oh no you don’t"

"Heal.."

a soft green light engulfed his body as he slowly recovered, the golden glow fading as his life was no longer being threatened..

My manic smile grew..

"Bite down on something..." I whispered into his ears.

Riiiiiippppppppp!!!!!!!!!

Arrrrrggggggggggggggggg!!!!!!!!!!

The sound of a limb being torn from his body resonated within the square, followed swiftly by Micheal’s wailing shriek...

"Hahahahahahahahaha.... Yes... yesss... that’s it..

HEAL!!"

The golden glow that was about to teleport him out vanished once more..

My hand taking a hold of his leg this time..

Riiiiippppppp!!!!!!!

Aaarrrrrggggggggggghhhhhh!!!!!

Following the satisfying sound of limb being torn from flesh, Micheal shrieked once more, the sound bringing a sort of euphoric satisfaction to my being....

"

Ahhhh...

oh no you don’t...

heal!"

Once again, following a green flash of light, Micheal was restored, the golden glow unable to teleport him out..

I’d asked my aunt earlier for a healing skill. Nothing too outrageous. It only needed to be able to keep someone from dying.

Obviously I didn’t need it, I had

<Chaotic Denial>

but that ability could only be used by me. So I needed something to use on others, that way I can inflict maximum suffering...

And the results currently were extremely satisfying..

"Alright. Better get comfortable. We’re going to be here a while" I whispered to the whimpering mess in my grasp..

He thought this was going to be a fight?

He thought he stood a chance against me?

’I will show him.’

’I’ll show them all just what happens when you cross me’

Bam!!!!

I planted his face hard into the ground, his skull cracking beneath the force..

A green flash of light later and he was whole...

Crunchhh!!!!!!

Arggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

A nasty stomp of my foot turned the bones of his right leg into fine dust....

Crunch!!!!!!!!

Argggggghhhhhhhhhhhh

Another brutal stomp saw his left leg suffer the same fate...

The sequence continued until he was nothing more than a limbless pile of nothing..

The golden glow finally showed up, wanting to put him out of his misery..

"Now who said we’re done?" I smiled wickedly..

"STOP!!!!!"

"Heal!"

A flash of green light and Micheal was whole again...

Whole physically..

But the dying light in his golden eyes told me a different story..

"Hehehe.. don’t break so soon, we’ve got all the time in the world"..

I was going to break him..

I was going to break him thoroughly..

Not just physically. But mentally..

I was going to make sure my face becomes an eternal nightmare..

This was going to be my statement..

To those that have decided to make me an enemy..

Death would be a sweet release compared to what I’ve got prepared, and so..

Splat!!!!!!!

I slammed him headfirst into the floor once more, splintering his skull, continuing a series of punishment that promised to leave him as nothing but a hollowed shell...

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