The Fall of a Class S Ranker

"What are you doing, brother!? You're going to kill us all!!" Zen shouted at the top of his lungs. His brother, who's currently the country's 10th rank of Class S in the Arena is releasing his most devastating skill to the territory.

Not only the territory which is a kilometer in radius will be wiped out, but also the buildings and houses nearby. It is said that his ultimate skill can erase everything under five kilometers in radius.

Jacob didn't respond and only sneered to Zen. Everyone betrayed him without him even knowing, including his very own blood brother.

*Ruumble!!* *Crackle!!*

Countless black lightnings combined from the heavens and strucked down to the ground very fast. Even though it is a colored-black lightning, the whole Capital shined like a sun passed by a couple of seconds.

*Booom!!!!*

When everyone thought that the lightning was about to land on the ground to cause a massive destruction, it suddenly stopped mid-air.

"Wh- What..?" Jacob recovered from his shock and stared at his skill with puzzled expression. He noticed that something was trying to prevent the lightning from landing to the ground.

It took more than ten seconds before the skill loses it's power and will be disappeared any second now.

*Crash!* *Boom!*

The black-lightning landed on the ground. However, it's might can only kill a normal human and not even a weakest Divergent.

"This..." Zen didn't what just happened. His brother, a powerful Elemental, failed to execute his ultimate skill.

The woman also gulped audibly when the devastating lightning strike didn't manage to fully land to the ground. She was having a doubt if she really heard someone muttered nearby. She shook her head since her intuition told her that her senses cannot be wrong. She really heard a voice of a man earlier. However, she didn't notice anyone beside her until now.

Ban landed again near the woman. He was still in his invisible state as his eyes shined a little.

'I knew it. I can really float in the air like I read in those novels. I should've tried that when I broke through to the 1st level of Origin Profound Realm a day ago.'

Ban was celebrating deep inside not because he absorbed the lightning element, but because his instinct told him about floating in the air. He always jump from one point to another which made him used to it, that is why he didn't know he could really fly.

"Show yourself, you f*cking coward!!"

*Booom!* *Booom!* *Booom!* *Booom!*

Jacob rampaged in his territory as he casted lightning spells everywhere making the area even more chaotic. Some even turned to ashes while being randomly blasted by his skills. He noticed his skill earlier that a shadow was trying to stop it so he suspected that person was behind the scene, plotting against him.

Ban squinted his eyes at Jacob and his eyes shined with purple lights once again. He was planning to speed the progress more as the Capital powerhouses was now aware of the happenings in this territory. They might be heading towards this area for investigation.

'Time for all out battle.."

Mercenaries, guards, Holly and Dame's elites stopped what they were doing and turned to Jacob. A clash of more than three hundred men versus Jacob is about to begin.

Zen was somehow safe in the sideline as he watched the tension with his palms sweating.

Jacob gritted his teeth and somehow felt scared when all of the men drowned him with killing intent.

"Bring it!!"

Jacob's body was covered by lightning again and activated his domain. This time, he was going all out and the domain was a hundred meters in radius. His long silver hair stood up like an anime character doing a power-up moment.

Ban clicked his tongue at how strong Jacob was. According to his investigation he gathered from the assassin he killed, Divergents have 20 levels in total. Alice who's guarding his mother was at 12th in level before he reset her power.

Meanwhile, Jacob was on 13th level which made him dominate his opponents in the territory at the moment. Only a handfull of 9th level with no 10th level Divergent were present.

Ban could already guessed the outcome of the fight. Jacob will win this brawl with barely any powers left in him. He can easily kill Jacob since the latter was so weak for him, especially he was the bane of all elementals. However, he wanted entertainment and torture the man first so he decided to stay a bit longer.

'Alright. A little help is necessary after all. Power houses are heading this way, they can't do to me since they can't see me, but this woman here is different. She was not from this place according to her thoughts.'

Ban turned to Jacob and activated his Aura Supression that is good enough for the latter to cancel his untouchable domain.

"Wh- What is happening?!" Jacob felt the pressure and he couldn't cast his domain properly. He didn't have time to cursed as waves of waves of attacks were coming on his way.

*Booom!* *Booom!* *Booom!* *Booom!* *Booom!* *Booom!* *Booom!* *Booom!*

Jacob gritted his teeth as casted lightning spells blasting from all sides recklessly.

Many men falls under Jacob's unstoppable bombardment.

Meanwhile, Ban absorb those souls of men with indifferent expression. He wouldn't mind getting those souls as he knew they were criminals and have no conscience in killing innocents. His priority right now is to disregard how sinister his Soul Cather skill was and improved his levels to get stronger.

*Booom!* *Booom!* *Booom!* *Booom!* *Booom!* *Booom!* *Booom!* *Booom!*

Jacob killed many enemies, but his power also starting to wear off. Killing high-level Divergents was very taxing work for him, especially more the a hundred of them. His lightning shield was also getting weaker as many bullets started to scratch his skin.

Ban smirked and deactivated his Aura Supression on Jacob. He can finally see the curtain of the show slightly closing as the battle was at the finale.

"AAAH!!!"

Jacob was like a cornered and injured lion. He noticed that the pressure was gone and immediately casted a powerful skill.

"DIE!!!"

'Chain Lightning Field!'

"Ruuumble!!* *Crackle!!!*

Jacobs's body produced a black lightning chain from his body targeting the enemies in a circular motion within the radius of half a kilometer, more than enough to wipe out all the remaining Divergents.

*Cough!!* *Cough!!* *Cough!!*

Jacob cough out a mouthful of blood. During the time he casted his last attack, his body became vulnerable to any attacks thus dozens of bullets hit his body from all sides.

"Brother!!" Zen shouted from afar seeing his brother kneeled on the ground. His eyes turned red as he ran towards his brother.

Jacob laid down to the ground. His lifeless eyes stared at the heavens. He didn't think his life would end in just one night of battle. He was hailed as one of the most powerful man in the country and many people respected him. Now, he was on the ground, waiting for his life to end. Even though he was unwilling, forcing himself that everything happened was just a nightmare, his wounds felt real. Everything was real.

Zen arrived by the side of Jacob. His red eyes stared at his brother sadly. Until this moment, he didn't know how things turned into this mess.

"...Brother." Jacob saw his brother. He shook his head and said, "I will entrust the family to you... Don't.."

Zen stared at his brother. Waiting for his last words.

"...Don't look for revenge. That person is a ...monster.." Jacob said his final words and closed his eyes, dead.

"Monster..."

Zen widened his eyes. He somehow felt the word very familiar. He recalled Ban's face and was surprised. He was having a premonition that his brother was referring to that young man. Before he could react more, his eyes turned vacant and stood in place.

Meanwile, Ban stared at the woman who was sneaking away. He saw her still showing a begrudging look. He pursed his lips when he read her thoughts. Turned out she wanted to end Jacob's life with her own hands. He shrugged his shoulder. Her matters have nothing to do with him.

Ban then turned to Zen and gave his final orders before leaving the scene.

Soon, many Capital powerhouses arrived at the scene. The saw Zen was in the middle of the decimated territory while grieving for his dead brother.

"Oh my.. What happened here? So many charred bodies!"

"Isn't this the James family territory? What a mess..."

"That's Zen! Let's go meet him!"

"What!? That's- That's Jacob!!"

"Really!? Is he...dead?"

"Hey! Zen, what happened here?" And old man approached Zen and asked.

Zen wiped his tears and replied.

"We were ambushed by the Pitt family's elites while resting. Dame's dead body is also nearby. My brother... My brother also died in the battle while fending off more than three hundred elites from their family."

Everyone was surprised. This is a big news that will turn the Capital upside down.