Second Strongest

The blue dot that represents himself was approaching a dark red dot. Dark red, because it was to signal the situation of the person it represented, and seeing as this person was hanging on to life by a thread, it was dark red instead of bright red.

This though wasn't important since surrounding this blue dot, was the shocking sight of four bright red dots that all approached the blue dot...!

And within an instant of seeing this...

RUMBLE!!

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The earth shook as Saber's warnings flared. In a show of blinding light, what seemed to be a ball of flames brighter than the sun approached Saber at a speed that shocked even someone as powerful as him.

*Slice!*

But, simply because it shocked him, it didn't mean that he would be unable to do anything about it as in an instant after sensing this attack approaching him, he sent a stream of Sword Intent toward it that sliced it apart in microseconds!

Tsk!

"Do you think by ganging up on me, you would have a chance?!" As he clicked his tongue, Saber berated the figures who now began making their appearance from the dark clouds of this world.

Surrounded by red flames was a figure who had dashing features that would place many models in shame, but right now, her beautiful pair of fiery red crystal orbs radiated killing intent when she perceived the situation she found her brother in, bathing in a pool of his blood, greatly angered her.

Placing his focus on the person who seemed to be the leader of this group, Saber was left alarmed when realizing that even though this person was in his vision, and he could sense him, he was unable to sense some semblance of energy coming from him.

Turning around, the person who was now standing on the forest ground and located behind Saber, had a confused expression plastered on his fairly handsome face. With his short black hair standing on end, and his aura steadily rising, he seemed as if he was ready to battle at any time.

The last person to be analyzed by Saber was a female who Saber confirmed to be the least threatening of the lot. The only thing weird about her was those eyes that shone in golden splendor, but Saber had seen numerous eyes that gave out that mysterious energy and all had been easily killed by him!

"Isabelle, go and take care of your brother. We would take care of this bastard!" The boy surrounded by darkness said to Isabelle, the girl who was surrounded by flames while releasing an immense amount of killing intent.

Listening to her leader, she hurriedly turned around and approached her brother who wasn't in the best health. But, as the leader's words entered Saber's ears, "What? Do you think I would allow you to simply leave?!"

The aura of an angered Saber rose ever higher as even he was slightly surprised by the power he unconsciously released. It had seemed that finally, his ability to evolve continuously was acting up. But, knowing that it should only act up like this if he faced strong opponents capable of killing him, he was left in confusion seeing as the opponents in front of him shouldn't be able to do that.

Throwing this fact at the back of his mind since he had a possibly life and death fight to undergo right now and didn't want any distracting thoughts, Saber flashed toward Isabelle intending to stop her in her tracks.

In all likelihood, flashing toward Isabelle is what he thought he did, but in truth, he didn't move from his spot as it was only a few milliseconds after, was he able to perceive this fact. But, in that few fractions of a second, it was enough for the boy who was located behind Saber, to appear and send a kick toward Saber's neck, with unimaginable power!

BOOM!!!

Unlike the other times, this was the first time that Saber was unable to do anything. He was unable to even protect his neck from the attack with his hands as shockingly, he had found himself unable to move his body, and only stand there and receive such a powerful attack that sent him flying.

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"A Pity.

Maybe He Could Be Considered The Strongest Contestant.

But, To Fight All Members Of The Second Strongest Team In This Competition At The Same Time, Defeat Is The Only Result!" The Stellar King mumbled in a tone that revealed his disappointment at the end of Saber.

Against the Second Strongest team in this championship, the Stellar King knew that Saber, who was alone, held no chance of putting up a fight against these geniuses.

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Standing at the highest point of a mountain decorated with what seemed to be black snow, Dawn had a slightly surprised expression on his face when gazing in the direction of the forest where Saber was located.

At a distance of tens of thousands of kilometers away, it seemed that Dawn was still able to observe Saber's situation as he mumbled,

"Hmm, it seems that you've found yourself in an unhealthy condition. I'm not sure if the awakening of this personality of yours, was a good thing or not. Surely, I've realized that you've grown stronger for some reason, but it seems that this side of you is many times more bloodthirsty than you ever was...!"

He muttered as his ears perk when realizing that a figure had appeared behind him.

As his eyes flashed gold, his surroundings brightened as an uncountable number of golden shards each a few meters long appeared around him and his opponent.

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CRACK!!

ARGH!!

Standing up to his feet, Saber then twisted his neck that was previously bent unnaturally thanks to an incredibly powerful kick by his opponent. The pain made a grumble of discomfort escape his mouth as his eyes that portrayed his anger darted around his current surroundings in hope of finding his opponents.

But, unlike before, he wasn't fully blinded by anger as the memory of not being able to control his body, was ever-present in his mind. He was unsure who it was, but for sure, it was one of the members of this group who caused his previous predicament.

The golden chain that just wrapped around the handle of Saber's sword, slithered on the ground until it once more reached Saber's location. It then wrapped itself around Saber's arm while allowing Saber to regain the blade that escaped his grasp after receiving the shocking blow that sent him flying.

Tsk!

Rubbing his neck that still ached, an annoyed expression appeared on Saber's face as his hair which was now only reaching his shoulder, flared wildly along with his aura as a dome many kilometers big appeared. It was red and gold as these colors beautifully intertwined to make it seem almost otherworldly.

Saber immediately felt his strength rise, and along with it, came the location of his opponents. From the eyes of the people who observed this fight, Saber's figure seemingly disappeared from its location and instantly reappeared while clashing weapons with the same figure who had just sent him flying with a kick to the neck.

Unluckily for these spectators who were left with utter excitement by the power displayed, they were unable to hear the words that the contestants spoke because of the many explosions that were continuously taking place.

"What are you?!" Saber's opponent asked as he, who went by the name Fade, had never seen a living and even non-living entity without a weak point somewhere on its body.