Chapter 784: Martial God's Ultimate Intent, Lv12
[Special Unit Nil-Thought Sword EX014, detected Swordsmanship Mastery level up]
[Current: Lv11+]
[Ascending...]
[Ascension complete, you have stepped into the Divine Domain]
[Swordsmanship Mastery Lv11+ (Divine Domain: Heart Sword): To slash the enemy, first slash the body; to slash the body, first slash the heart. There is nothing it cannot slash, nothing it cannot sever.]
[Divine Domain Trait: Severance of Karma and Destiny - Any ability below the Lv11+ realm cannot block, evade, or be immune to your slashes. The result of the slash hitting and the cause of the slash being launched are established simultaneously. You will be able to slash energy and Authority itself.]
[Divine Domain Trait: Heart Sword - No sword in hand, but a sword in the heart. The traits of any sword-type weapon, item, or armament you have ever held will be retained. You can launch a slash anywhere your mind reaches.]
[Special Unit Nil-Thought Sword EX014, do you wish to return?]
Mori-Summer knew very well that she wasn't a genius. If it weren't for the miracle Sousuke had left for her in advance, her ending would most likely have been sitting withered in a tomb until death, without ever receiving the Halloween Queen's pity.
Ultimately, for a plot character of the Halloween Queen's caliber to even cast a downward glance was a miracle in itself.
Looking at the return prompts constantly popping up from the Space, she could almost sense the Space's urgency.
Mori-Summer slowly raised her hand, reaching out towards that monster, Mercenary Tao, who was clearly right in front of her but made her feel like the distance between them was growing endlessly further.
"Is this... our distance..."
The corners of Kaito Shirogane's mouth curled into a grin. Looking at Mori-Summer's withered, cracked hand, it felt like some peerless, lethal weapon, harboring an explosive sharpness restrained within.
His eyelids lowered. He understood that this feeling was unique to him; in the eyes of others, Mori-Summer right now, just like himself, probably looked like an ordinary person without the slightest oppressive aura.
Probably even someone like Hakumen had more presence than the two of them.
Those who were too weak lacked even the possibility of perceiving his power.
The two sides were completely no longer in the same [Realm].
Just like those ordinary people, just like... Mori-Summer.
[Special Unit Archetype of Terminus and Genesis (Dualism of Good and Evil), detected Martial Arts Mastery level up]
[Current: Lv12]
[Ascending...]
[Ascension complete, you have stepped into the Divine Domain, you have touched the Abyssal Domain]
[Martial Arts Mastery Lv12 (Divine Domain: Ultimate Intent): From technique to skill, from skill to law, from law to the Dao. The Martial God who obtains the Ultimate Intent no longer yields to any law, concept, or Authority, and commands the world with the will of a Martial God.]
[Divine Domain Trait: Martial God's Ultimate Intent: Wielding any martial arts, physical combat, or melee ability with the Ultimate Intent will cause that ability to break through its bottleneck, granting an additional 4-level enhancement.]
[Divine Domain Trait: Martial God's Strike: In the Ultimate Intent state, any attack by the Martial God will gain a guaranteed hit effect, ignoring the influence of destiny-type or causality-type effects.]
[Divine Domain Trait: Ultimate Martial Arts: In the Ultimate Intent state, the Martial God can launch conceptual attacks. Any concept touched will be integrated into the attack. In this state, the attack target can be generalized to the concept itself. The attack strength is related to the strength of the concept and the degree of conceptual touch.]
[Abyssal Technique: Singularity of Demise (?): Wielding all power with the essence of chaos, the destructive force produced by collision and collapse contains the concept of "Destroying Everything".]
Crack... Pfft!
Countless blazing white sword auras exploded out of thin air, but just as the sword auras burst open like a lotus, Mori-Summer felt her outstretched hand being grabbed.
Mercenary Tao stepped even closer, crossing the boundary in front of her, and directly grasped her withered wrist.
She looked up and saw that monster's smile becoming ever more unbridled.
"What gave you the illusion that you and I are in the same realm?"
"Was it because the Halloween Queen also granted you a withered tomb with an abnormal flow of time?"
"Or was it the joy of finally stepping out from the shadow of my sword strike after sitting withered for thirteen years..."
Mori-Summer shuddered. At this moment, she realized that Mercenary Tao was even more terrifying than she had imagined. After sitting withered for thirteen years, the boundary she had broken through with the blessing of Sousuke's miracle, the other party had actually crossed as well.
Not only that, he had surpassed her, stepping into a realm she couldn't even see.
In this moment, Mori-Summer almost fell into self-doubt once more.
Mori-Summer's arm began to twist, and a massive amount of sword aura erupted, but before it could get close, it twisted out of thin air around Kaito Shirogane.
He was like the eye of a storm; an invisible force field directly warped all attacks directed at him toward the surroundings.
The long dragon of sword aura instantly destroyed the tavern, and panicked screams erupted in its wake.
Following this commotion, the Communities of this world finally noticed the disturbance here.
Whoosh!
Flames burst in the air, a phantom of a red dragon flashing past. The next moment, several figures instantly landed on the ground.
The leader was a red-haired young girl wearing golden dragon horn-like hair accessories. Those accessories emitted a power that made Kaito Shirogane drool.
Sandora, as the Floor Master of the North District, had already been extremely heartbroken and furious after the sudden disaster that dragged in hundreds of thousands of people.
To actually sense chaos erupting within Underwood once again at this moment, she was the first to rush to the scene.
The [Horn of the Star Sea Dragon King] on her head exuded a faint pressure due to her will.
Kaito Shirogane turned his head and walked towards Sandora almost instinctively. The [Star Sea Dragon King] was a pure Dragon Species, unlike this red dragon girl; that horn was incomparably precious!
Sandora frowned, seeing a man with long black hair draped over his back striding towards her, holding the hand of a withered, messy woman.
She didn't know what had happened for a moment, her gaze darting around, trying to find the person who had just unleashed that burst of power.
Step.
Taking another step, the sound of footsteps already echoed in Sandora's ears. Her pupils shrank. Turning her head, she only saw a white, jade-like palm reaching straight for her head.
She instinctively wanted to dodge, but she felt as if that palm had occupied her entire world.
Unavoidable, nowhere to hide!
"You—"
Clack.
A folding fan tapped against Kaito Shirogane's palm, stopping his greedy action.
Shiroyasha's eyes also carried a hint of scrutiny. In that instant just now, this otherworldly martial artist had actually reacted to her appearance.
Her strike, which was originally aimed at the back of his hand, was caught by him flipping his palm over.
Although she didn't really mean to attack, for a guy who hadn't even entered the 4-Digit realm to tangibly react to her attack...
This was no longer something ordinary humans, gods, or Dragon Species could achieve. In terms of combat, this guy possessed a sharpness that transcended his tier.
"Ho, so this is the anomaly the Queen mentioned who attained the Martial God's Ultimate Intent? Truly not simple. Taking only thirty days to attain enlightenment in the same place where that guy attained it..."
"You... aren't human, are you~"
Shiroyasha didn't believe for a second that a human could cross the shackles of species in such a short time. What was required could no longer be described as mere talent.
A normal human should be like that little girl over there; no matter how gifted, they could only rely on the polishing of time to gradually touch a power they couldn't clearly see at all.
Swoosh~ Swoosh~ Swoosh~
Figures turned into light and descended one after another. Kaito Shirogane knew that snatching the [Horn of the Star Sea Dragon King] under the watchful eyes of Shiroyasha and the members of [No Name] was unrealistic, so he withdrew his hand.
Feeling somewhat bored, he then crushed that unique Crimson Drop Card right before the enraged eyes of the Azure Sky members.
[You have opened Drop Card: King of Miracles]
[Special drop commencing now]
[Please select any two of the following rewards as your prize]
[Detected that Special Unit: Archetype of Terminus and Genesis (Dualism of Good and Evil) holds the effect of the Cocoon of Greed (Tier 3). You may select one additional reward.]
[A: Right Hand of the King of Miracles (World's Rarity): A right hand imbued with the power of miracles. It can simultaneously be treated as bio-armor and material, and can be upgraded into a Divine Construct by integrating Authorities.]
[B: Authority: Sea of Miracles: Control the sea that nurtures miracles. Holding this Authority grants the passive trait of surviving desperate situations and the active feasibility to touch the Sea of Miracles.]
[C: Ability: Flash of Inspiration (A+): Occasionally experience a flash of inspiration to directly obtain the answer to a problem.]
[D: Ability: Law of Causality - Transfer (S): Can transfer causality between targets.]
[E: Item: Dice of Destiny (World's Rarity): Roll the dice to gain different luck bonuses based on the outcome (rolls of three or below result in a negative bonus), and gain a destiny-type blessing for a period of time. Once per task cycle, you can force a roll of six.]
[F: Concept: Miracle: Touch the complete concept of Miracles (with every touch, the concept will dissipate significantly).]
[G: Trait: Child of the Stars (World's Rarity): Gain the characteristics of an Astral Spirit. Standing upon the world naturally grants Gaia's blessing.]
Layers of radiance appeared. It was likely that the Infinite Dimensional Space had selectively preserved some of Sousuke's most valuable [Information].
Sousuke's abilities, traits, Authorities, and concepts... practically every category had been filtered, yet the corresponding levels had been removed.
Kaito Shirogane didn't think for long before making his choices.
The golden miracle shone once again. This time, the person enveloped by the miraculous radiance became Kaito Shirogane.
The awakened Reinhardt and Professor Kento watched this scene with complex expressions. They knew very well that this was Sousuke's final flash of brilliance.
From now on, the only evidence that he ever existed in this world would be the memories of their group of Reincarnators. In the world of ordinary humans, the existence known as Sousuke had been erased.
[You have selected F. You have gained the opportunity to fully touch the Concept: Miracle. Do you wish to use it?]
[You have selected A. You have obtained the Right Hand of the King of Miracles (World's Rarity).]
When that golden arm appeared in Kaito Shirogane's hands, Roman and Brynhild instinctively took a step forward.
Reincarnators had a small probability of obtaining materials when killing plot characters in various task worlds.
But this was the first time they had witnessed a Reincarnator turn into material with their own eyes.
And the one who became the material in the hands of the monster Mercenary Tao was their most trusted comrade.
This feeling filled both of them with immense sorrow.
Shiroyasha and Sandora, whom she was protecting, watched this scene and frowned as well.
The way these outsiders seized power was far more cruel and direct than the Gift Games of the Little Garden world.
Kaito Shirogane looked at the remaining options. He first eliminated the two abilities. Whether it was Flash of Inspiration or Law of Causality - Transfer, both were decent abilities, but they didn't suit his style.
He heavily disliked destiny-type abilities.
The option for the Authority: Sea of Miracles was particularly glaring, as if the Space was hinting that Kaito Shirogane should inherit this Authority.
If one could completely acquire the Authority and concept of Miracles, given time, as long as their adaptability was excellent enough, a new King of Miracles would be born again.
And Kaito Shirogane, throughout his journey, had long proven that he could adapt to almost any type of power.
But Kaito Shirogane ultimately shifted his gaze and chose another item.
[You have selected E. You have obtained the Item: Dice of Destiny (World's Rarity).]
Right after Kaito Shirogane obtained the Dice of Destiny, the illusory stairway reappeared behind him.
[Antinomy of Destiny and Miracles: Fatalism (Item acquired); Miracles (Item acquired). Do you wish to initiate the climb?]
Kaito Shirogane looked at the rising illusory stairway. He could almost touch the power that harbored both possibility and inevitability.
Shiroyasha folded her fan, narrowing her eyes. Even with her insight, she couldn't deny that this otherworldly being had indeed obtained unimaginable treasures.
That shouldn't be a power a mortal could control.
Yet under the might of the Observer, it seemed everyone among these outsiders could control it.
Of course, the guy in front of her had nothing to do with mortals.
It was something closer to chaos.
Clearly having already completely obtained the power of the Zoroastrian dualism, yet still unsatisfied, and now even beginning to touch the power of destiny...
Screech~
Taking advantage of Kaito Shirogane observing the stairway, Mori-Summer transformed into sword light and broke free. She stood guard in front of the Azure Sky members, realizing that Mercenary Tao was already unrivaled.
The current Mercenary Tao had taken another step forward. On top of that unparalleled pure power after activating the Kaio-Ken, he had attained an ultimate martial arts realm that surpassed her own.
Unparalleled power and speed, paired with the unparalleled ultimate realm of martial arts; that was no longer a power a single Sovereign Monarch could attempt to shake.
Even for someone like her, who was at the upper echelons of the Sovereign Monarchs, she didn't even have the qualifications to rival it.
Perhaps the current Mercenary Tao had already completely widened the gap between himself and the Sovereign Monarch tier.
[The Number One Under the King]?
The figure of [Yoko] appeared in Mori-Summer's mind. Before this, she indeed believed Mercenary Tao couldn't possibly rival that woman. She was someone who had perfectly enhanced every power a Reincarnator could obtain to the absolute limit.
But now, she could no longer come to an answer.
Because she had realized that she couldn't clearly see the true strength of either of them.
Yoko, who had completely mastered and smoothly integrated Authorities, Concussive Pulse of the Spiritual Light, abilities, and conceptual power, versus Kaito Shirogane, who possessed four core attributes transcending the Reincarnator tier combined with techniques transcending the realm of ordinary gods...
Both were monsters.
Under the gazes of Shiroyasha and the others, Kaito Shirogane held the mercury-like dice in one hand and the flickering radiance of miracles in the other, initiating the climb of a new stairway.