After several minutes of Yurtchi and Lucy fighting Jin Mori and Peter West, they emerged victorious, but with severe spiritual damage to both of them due to their irresponsible and complete depletion of energy in a short period.
Yuta then healed them, restoring them to a state better than before.
Slap, slap, slap.
"You fools, do you think I work for your families as a personal healer? Stop inflicting yourselves with such over-the-top injuries."
Yuta's gaze was filled with suppressed anger as he looked at his team members.
Grye intervened, patting Yurtchi's shoulder. Yurtchi was holding his head, which had swollen from Yuta's slap.
"He's right. You shouldn't have depleted your energy in a single attack. You could have damaged your energy veins. Am I right, Yuta?"
As soon as Guther looked towards Yuta, he noticed Yuta's hand moving towards him, his expression showing clear anger.
Slap!
Guther was then sent flying several meters.
"You're the last person who should be speaking among them all."
Yuta turned his gaze towards the fighting arena, a serious look on his face.
He headed towards the arena after hearing the referee's call for the fourth round.
"The final fight for Stage 6 will be between Yuta Kasiral and Brevka Aslan against Guther Macintyre, nicknamed the 'Prince of Assassins,' and Jian Yi, nicknamed the 'Sword Legend'."
After several minutes on the arena floor, Guther Macintyre, Jian Yi, Yuta Kasiral, and Brevka Aslan walked towards the ring with steady steps and determined expressions full of power and authority.
Three minutes later, all four were in the center of the arena.
Guther's and Yuta's gazes were sharp as eagles, fixed on each other. Their eyes began to glow. Yuta's eyes turned into a dark purple abyss, and Guther's into a bloody red abyss, accompanied by a smile of enjoyment as if they were two beasts preparing for a merciless slaughter.
"Brevka, withdraw immediately. Is that understood?"
Yuta's tone was filled with absolute authority. His words to Brevka were not a request but a direct order, brooks no argument.
Brevka was surprised by his request to surrender, but when she looked at him, she saw a being eager for the fight, and she realized she would only be an obstacle.
"He looks like a monster about to pounce on its prey."
Her internal voice carried a hint of tension and surprise. She raised her hands high, announcing her surrender.
"I, Brevka Aslan, wish to withdraw from this round."
A silence fell upon the stands, and shock appeared on the faces of the Midnight Beasts team, the Cannibal team, including Jian Yi, and the referee.
"Are you sure you wish to surrender?"
The referee's tone was filled with disbelief and shock, but Brevka was resolute. She headed towards the gate leading out of the fighting arena. The referee then announced Brevka's disqualification from this round.
"Brevka Aslan withdraws from the fourth round of Stage 6, several seconds before the start of the fourth round."
"I now announce the start of the fourth round: Yuta Kasiral versus Guther Macintyre and his companion Jian Yi."
"Is this great confidence or arrogance and hubris, Yuta Kasiral?"
Jian Yi's tone was a mixture of surprise and sarcasm. The idea of fighting two elites contracted with rulers, blessed by a mysterious entity, plus the head of the Macintyre family's contract with the ruler of polar wolves and the ruler of the black phoenix, whom Guther contracted with. Therefore, Guther had a contract with the ruler of two beasts, a wolf ruler, even though he couldn't summon him yet as he wasn't the heir, and the abilities of the black phoenix ruler, the blessing of a mysterious entity, the ability to manipulate space and time, and copy abilities. Jian Yi, contracted with the sword ruler and blessed by a mysterious entity. From their perspective, Yuta was only contracted with a ruler of space, the only thing representing a winning card. From the perspective of the spectators and Jian Yi, only Guther knew the extent of Yuta Kasiral's power.
Yuta turned his gaze towards Jian Yi. His eyes were like cold frost. His gaze alone was enough to send shivers down Jian Yi's entire body. Yuta then pointed his index finger at Jian Yi.
"Your time on the arena is over. Goodbye."
His tone was cold and devoid of emotion. The mere movement of his finger towards Jian Yi was enough to inflict a non-fatal gash along his chest, sending him flying several meters to collide with the arena wall and fall unconscious. The difference in power between Yuta Kasiral and Jian Yi was so immense that it couldn't even be compared.
Everyone's gaze turned to surprise and shock. Jian Yi, one of the greatest talents of this era, had lost to someone newly known. Most of them didn't even know who Yuta Kasiral was; even his teammates knew nothing about him. He was a mystery to them.
Guther then summoned his weapons, forgetting the shock that had befallen everyone. Yuta's weapon was the Kamis sword, and Guther's was the Northern Wolf sword. They both charged at each other with blinding speed, their swords colliding with insane force.
*Clang... Clang... Clang... Clang...*
Their swords clashed with immense force, capable of creating whirlwinds strong enough to uproot rocks from the arena floor.
Their gazes were cold and sharp. Guther retreated, muttering a faint, inaudible sound.
"Rise."
Then, several shadow beasts, obtained from killing them, were summoned and transformed into shadows. One of Guther's abilities was to summon shadows. There were 15 giant orc shadows.
Their axes and claws were directed at Yuta with great speed, but he annihilated them with a single sweep of his Kamis sword. Yuta's power was terrifying, surpassing the rulers of this world by light-years. The Kamis sword was also made from the three special relics of rulers: the Sword of Destruction, made from the energy and blood of the ruler of destruction; the Sword of Life, made from the energy and blood of the ruler of life; and the Jewel of the Space Ruler, made from the soul of the former ruler of space. Therefore, the Kamis sword could easily wipe out the infinite Abyss and cut through the concepts of death, life, and even space itself, allowing it to destroy Guther's summons with ease.
Yuta looked behind him and discovered Guther pointing the Northern Wolf sword towards a vital area. Guther had been trained in assassination since he was 6 years old, so his attacks were always directed at the opponent's vital points.
*Clang... Clang... Clang... Clang...*
Yuta skillfully blocked Guther's attack, and they entered another sword lock.
A faint smile appeared on Guther's face as their swords clashed.
"Using the Infinite Evolution ability to increase your size, hardness, endurance, and speed is good."
"Your control over this ability is amazing. If it were someone else, this ability would have evolved you in all aspects uncontrollably, leading to the destruction of your body and soul because you couldn't withstand such an increase in power in a short period."
Yuta's tone was calm, carrying a hint of respect.
Yuta then delivered a powerful kick to Guther's abdomen, sending him flying several meters, spitting blood from his mouth. He then
stuck his Northern Wolf sword into the ground, trying to stop himself.
"Cough, cough, cough, cough... That scoundrel."
Guther cursed Yuta while coughing blood from his mouth due to the powerful attack he received from Yuta.
Guther's gaze turned to surprise. There was a terrifying energy flowing deep within his soul, trapped and unable to move or emerge into the world. This happened every time he fought a strong opponent, and today it was raging with insane power within his soul.
A dark red aura began to emanate from Guther's body with terrifying power, causing everyone's faces to darken. His power had surpassed the rank of Ruler Lords by an insane margin.
"What is this power? It's terrifying. I feel my power rising insanely."
The world around Guther began to transform into a void, devoid of any laws or concepts.
He was in his spiritual form, which didn't resemble his body, as he was reincarnated from Yuta Kasiral's world.
There was a young man with brown hair and brown eyes in the middle of a pitch-black sea.
"What's happening? Where am I?"
His voice was tinged with some tension. The world was a dark void, empty of everything – no laws, no concepts, no existence, no non-existence.
His body was naked; it was only his soul. He was not in his physical body.
While Guther was trying to comprehend where he was, a voice resembling his voice from his past life spoke.
"How are you? We haven't met in a long time, fellow path of the ruler."
Guther's expression turned to confusion. Path? Ruler? Guther knew who Yuta was and that he was the strongest person in this world, but the path of the ruler was strange; he had never heard of it before.
The entity called "Concept of Assassination" placed its hand on Guther's shoulder. Guther was lost in thought, trying to grasp the situation around him.
"I know you can't grasp the situation, but don't worry. I've come to tell you only one thing, which is..."
"Remember who you are: YOU ARE ME, AND I AM YOU."
The voice then disappeared. Several seconds passed, and Guther's body began to turn into dark red dust, then returned to its original form. His soul had become like his body. His power had surpassed the power of the strongest entities in this world, except for Yuta and a few others who could be counted on one hand.
Guther was reborn, transcending all laws and concepts that had previously bound him. However, he was not yet complete, as the process was triggered by that energy and not natural. Therefore, he needed to refine his soul for several years or centuries to be able to control the power of the mysterious entity's blessing and that mysterious power that had been with him since his reincarnation in this world.
In the real world, Guther's hair had turned a deep red. His facial features had completely transformed, with some hair falling over his forehead and cheeks. A new sword appeared out of nowhere to replace his previous one. It was a black sword that absorbed light, with sharp double edges and some blood-red color.
[Catastrophic Assassin's Sword]
[Rank: Beyond-Existence]
An oppressive aura enveloped Guther's body as he floated several meters above the ground. His facial features were cold as frost, showing no emotion. He then pointed his sword towards Yuta.
"Prepare yourself. This will be the end."
His tone was cold and sharp as a sword's edge.
A sinister smile appeared on Yuta's face as he looked at Guther.
"Don't get cocky, you're still just an insect in front of me."
His tone was filled with mockery. Then, a more powerful oppressive aura than Guther's was unleashed. Yuta's hair turned white, rising like Guther's. The Kamis sword disappeared, replaced by a wide, double-edged sword with a blood-red blade radiating a faint crimson light.
[Existence Severing Sword]
[Rank: Beyond-Existence]
They both charged at each other with insane speed, causing them to exit the realm of existence and non-existence, then return to their respective realms.
As soon as their swords met, an explosion occurred without any sound, completely obliterating the competition venue and existence and non-existence along with it, leading to the death of all entities within the world.
In the middle of a white void, created by the erasure of existence and non-existence due to Guther and Yuta's attack.
Guther lay on the ground, blood gushing from his body, while Yuta's gaze was cold as he pointed his sword at him.
Their expressions then turned to happiness, and they both burst into hysterical laughter.
"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!"
"It was an enjoyable fight. It seems you've evolved a lot and are capable of using a tiny fraction of that power. Hahaha!"
His tone was filled with respect and admiration. He then snapped his fingers, restoring everything as it was, but with a distortion in their memories, erasing the fact that they had died and that existence and non-existence had been erased. Only the competition venue being destroyed was left, and he then restored it.
"You are truly strong. But I want to ask you something."
His tone was filled with confusion, then shock, as he had forgotten everything that happened with the entity he met, or rather, he only heard its voice within that world.
"No, no, nothing. Forget it."
His tone then carried a slight tension, making Yuta suspicious of Guther, but he decided to ignore it and helped Guther to his feet as his injuries began to heal.
Everyone was shocked. The arena was completely destroyed, leaving only a giant crater tens of meters deep.
"It seems you won in the end."
Guther's tone carried a hint of sadness as he leaned on Yuta's shoulder. Yuta had already begun repairing the arena floor, restoring it to its original state, and the crater disappeared from the arena floor.
He then lowered Guther to the ground, clenched his fist towards him, and smiled broadly.
"But you managed to awaken your most important potential, and in the future, you'll be able to use it permanently, not temporarily like today."
A faint smile appeared on Guther's face upon hearing Yuta's words. He then met Yuta's fist with his own in a handshake of comrades.