"SHK!!"
Adrian Vale turned into a streak of black lightning and shot straight toward the Destruction Tyrant!
Forget the livestream viewers—
even the Tyrant itself didn't react in time!
"BOOOOM—!!!"
Its world-ending paw smashed down—
and in a single instant, the ground split apart like shattered glass.
But no matter how terrifying an attack was…
if it didn't hit, it meant nothing.
"PUFF—!!"
A sound like flesh being pierced.
The chat went dead.
Because on-screen…
the Destruction Tyrant hadn't hit Adrian at all.
Instead—
a massive, horrifying hole had opened in its chest.
Blood poured out in sheets, splashing the earth like rain.
One strike.
One clean hit.
And it was already badly wounded.
Only then did the Tyrant roar.
"ROOOOAR—!!!"
And only then did the viewers finally breathe again.
"What just happened?!"
"Too fast!! That was WAY too fast!"
"Instantly crippling an S-rank?! I declare Adrian Vale the strongest!!"
"This is insane!!"
Even the Destruction Tyrant's mind shook.
That insect's speed… I couldn't even see it?
Impossible.
But it was S-rank.
It didn't fear easily.
Clutching its chest, it bellowed with rage:
"Filthy insect!! You'll pay for that!!"
Another roar—another surge of killing intent.
Even with a crater in its chest—
it still moved.
S-rank vitality was monstrous.
Adrian's full form — and Raven can't look away
Only now did people notice the change.
Adrian hovered in the air, having pierced through and risen upward.
And his appearance…
had completely transformed.
He had fully entered his Kakuja state.
Every strand of Kagune erupted without restraint, wrapping him in dark crimson armor.
His chest plating looked like exposed muscle, raw and brutal.
His right arm had become a vicious, black-red dragon claw.
And behind him—
a pair of black dragon wings unfolded.
He held Raven Shaw in his left arm.
From above, he stared down at the Destruction Tyrant like a god judging a beast.
Raven, cradled against him, stared at his profile…
and blanked out for a second.
Like her brain had simply forgotten how to process what she was seeing.
Adrian didn't spare her a glance.
His left eye—black-red, ghoul-like—held no emotion.
He spoke, cold and flat:
"The lowly one is you."
"Die, trash."
"SHK—!!!"
He attacked again.
Behind him, his Kagune exploded outward—
becoming a storm of blades.
A sky full of piercing spears—
fired down all at once.
"SHK! SHK! SHK!"
"PUFF! PUFF! PUFF!"
The Destruction Tyrant didn't even get to reposition.
It was drowned in the barrage.
It could only tank the damage with flesh.
Because it was too big.
And the attacks were too dense.
There was nowhere to dodge.
But the truly terrifying part wasn't the speed—
it was the penetration.
Every single spike punched through its body like its hide was paper.
"PUFF! PUFF! PUFF!"
In seconds, the Tyrant was drenched in its own blood.
The livestream lost its mind.
"I… I don't even know what to say anymore."
"So THIS is Adrian's full power?! S-rank is getting farmed!"
"Adrian VVDS!!"
"This is disgusting—S-rank can't do anything!!"
The Tyrant's panic deepened.
My hide… my defense… why is it useless against him?!
It couldn't accept it.
It snarled, trying to salvage pride:
"Shameless human! You only attack from a position of advantage—!"
Adrian didn't answer.
He just kept stabbing.
The Tyrant calls thunder again — and Adrian doesn't even look up
Finally, the Destruction Tyrant stopped talking.
Both arms lifted toward the sky.
It ignored the incoming blades and forced the storm to gather again.
The clouds thickened.
Thunder rolled.
The chat went pale.
"IT'S DOING IT AGAIN!! Thunder again!!"
"Adrian, dangerous! MOVE!"
"How is this thing still not dead?! S-rank vitality is insane!"
Raven's fingers tightened.
She had already felt that lightning before.
It wasn't "an element."
It was nature's punishment.
But Adrian…
didn't even tilt his head.
He didn't even acknowledge the sky.
Then—
BOOOOM—!!!
The thunderbolt fell straight onto Adrian.
A white flash swallowed the world.
The stream turned into pure light.
People couldn't even see the battlefield.
Only the sound remained.
"BZZT… BZZT… BZZT—!!!"
And then—
a calm voice cut through the glare.
"You said it was unfavorable for you?"
"What a joke."
A violent gust tore through.
The light began to fade.
And the viewers finally saw it—
Adrian still hovering in the air, exactly the same posture.
His Kagune had fused together into one concentrated spear-storm—
driving down toward the Tyrant.
Meanwhile, the Destruction Tyrant had managed to throw up its giant palm—
barely blocking the strike from hitting its head.
But the price was brutal.
The fused Kagune punched through its palm like wet wood.
Blood erupted in torrents.
The chat screamed.
"WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!"
"I blinked and the Tyrant got wrecked again!!"
"Did Adrian dodge it?!"
"No—he didn't move at all!!"
He hadn't dodged.
He had blocked it.
With his dragon claw.
The lightning obliterated his right hand on impact—
but his regeneration rebuilt it in a blink, too fast for normal eyes.
The Tyrant saw it clearly.
And fear finally crept into its voice.
"How… how do you have such terrifying regeneration?!"
Adrian didn't explain.
He didn't need to.
But the Tyrant, cornered, grew hysterical.
"This is cheating!! Human!! If you didn't have regeneration, you wouldn't be my match!!"
Adrian's eyes narrowed.
The contempt in them sharpened.
It wasn't just disdain.
It was boredom.
S-rank… and this is all you are?
The end — still a one-shot
Adrian's RC cells surged.
His entire body pulsed with a deeper red glow.
Kagune flared—thicker, denser, more violent than before.
The Destruction Tyrant's pupils shrank.
"You—! You still haven't—?!"
It never finished.
Because Adrian's Kagune, still embedded—
ripped outward.
"PUFF—!!!"
The Tyrant's already-ruined arm exploded apart.
Meat and blood detonated like a grotesque flower.
It howled so hard the sky seemed to shake.
But Adrian didn't even look at it.
His scattered blades gathered again.
One final convergence—
one final strike—
and they drove straight through.
The Tyrant's head was pierced clean through.
Then Adrian tore—
and the head burst into a cloud of blood mist.
"SHK—SHK—SHK…"
He retracted every blade.
Only then did he speak again.
"Boring."
A beat later—
the Destruction Tyrant's mountain body finally collapsed.
"BOOOOM—!!!"
The ground trembled.
And the S-rank legend… stopped breathing.
The chat exploded.
"IT'S DEAD?! S-RANK IS DEAD?!"
"Adrian is unreal!!"
"Dragonia has no rival anymore!"
"This is absolute domination!!"
Devour — the feast that breaks 60%
Adrian landed.
Set Raven down.
Retracted his Kakuja.
Then he walked to the corpse.
No need for words.
A beast like that only had one purpose now.
Food.
Because Adrian could feel it clearly—
his Acting Sync was at 58%.
If he devoured this…
he would cross 60%.
And trigger the next sublimation.
Soon, the System prompts began to ring in his mind.
[Detected host is devouring. Behavior matches Ken Kaneki. Acting Sync increased +0.2%]
He devoured the A+ Hanging-Gold White Tiger first.
Then the real main course—
the S-rank Destruction Tyrant.
But as he looked at the mangled remains, Adrian's expression turned faintly contemptuous.
If it weren't "fragrant"…
if it weren't valuable…
he wouldn't have bothered.
Then, as if remembering the Tyrant's whining, Adrian spoke softly:
"All 'unfavorable situations' in this world…"
"…are just the result of the weak being incompetent."
"In slaughter, where is there such a thing as 'shameless'?"
The System chimed again—unexpectedly.
[Detected host behavior matches Ken Kaneki. Acting Sync increased +1%]
The two corpses fed him massively.
Tiger: +2%
Tyrant: +3%
That line: +1%
Total: +6%
His Acting Sync surged from 58% → 64%.
And the moment the last bite was swallowed—
the final prompt arrived.
[Current Acting Sync: 64%]
[Detected Acting Sync has reached 60%. Initiating sublimation…]
[Congratulations! New Form Unlocked — Fifth Form: "Holy—"]
…And before the System could finish the name—
the screen cut.
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