Evolved

Saber and Anastasia completely ignored the other figures present as they honed their focus on each other...

"Well then, Fabel Anastasia, I hope you're ready...

I hope you're ready for the devastation caused by...

True Power!!"

As he proclaimed his last sentence loud enough for the whole forest nearby to hear, Saber's figure instantly disappeared.

It disappeared, only to reappear behind Anastacia's group, and with his hands already outstretched and pointing toward the group, the surrounding temperature heated up tremendously as he shouted.

"DEITY PALM TECHNIQUE: ENSHROUDING STAR"

...

It was an attack that was more powerful and much faster than any attack he had ever done in the entirety of his existence.

This palm technique when used caused a massive apparition of the user's palm to appear in the real world, containing power, that the user would never be able to normally express.

As it appeared in this world, the massive palm immediately approached the group who were still facing the direction Saber was before he used that skill only people whose element is space, have.

Before teleporting, Saber had already pulled his hand back as he was already circulating the technique.

Since the time to teleport from one location to another doesn't take any time whatsoever, the only thing Anastasia would be able to react to would be the actual palm technique.

But...

'So what if she could see fragments of the future. Even if she knows the future, would she be able to react in enough time to escape from this technique!' Saber thought.

The massive palm was hundreds of meters big, and it quickly made its way toward Anastasia's group.

Before even a microsecond, it had already appeared inches away from Gabe, who was closest to it.

He was completely ignorant of the imminent doom that approached him.

The only person who had a semblance of comprehension, of the situation they found themselves in, was Anastasia who had already begun fleeing, as, without any hesitation, she had left the group and began flying in the direction opposite to the palm, where Blade had been before teleporting.

RUMBLE!!

The rocky terrain rumbled as loud explosions continuously rang throughout.

"DISPERSE!!"

Saber shouted, before disappearing from his location.

His words caused the magnificent apparition of his palm to simply disappear up in smoke.

Anastasia, who had appeared in the skies over the forest, instantly halted her movements as she then mysteriously began to head back to her group, which she had left.

"Why are you running soo much?!"

Saber shouted while his figure made its appearance in a location that would be where Anastasia would be if she hadn't turned around.

"DEITY PALM TECHNIQUE: ENSHROUD STAR!"

Saber shouted his technique's name and immediately after, his figure disappeared and reappeared in front of Anastasia who was slowing down as if trying to flee from this exact situation she now found herself in.

Now, with Anastasia in front of him, and with the palm quickly approaching from behind, Saber, whose right hand was already rocked back, shouted.

"DEITY PALM TECHNIQUE: ENSHROUD STAR!"

THRUM!!!

Another gigantic palm appeared, that instantly shot toward Anastasia whose eyes radiated an intense golden light!

Saber once more disappeared.

Anastasia immediately flashed toward the earth below, in an attempt to evade the palms!

'Hehe, just where I wanted!!'

Saber said in his mind, as right after...

"DARK FLAMES!!!"

CAW!!

Instantly, a massive bird appeared letting out a roar that resounded throughout the forest, entering the ears of most competitors that weren't too far away.

"Shit!" Anastasia mumbled as she realized that she had been trapped.

The massive palms immediately disappeared as the flaming bird descended from the skies.

The flaming bird was soo quick that, before Anastasia's body had time to react, her figure was enshrouded by the flames that spurted out of the bird.

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Silence...

It was utterly silent where the fight had just taken place.

Saber's figure could be seen landing on the ground close to the group of humans, and even though he was now in his human form, with his power suppressed again, his aura didn't decrease compared to when he was in his True Form.

Not only that but, his eyes shone with a splendorous golden light as he uttered.

"Interesting. Seeing images of what I intend to do is truly interesting indeed!..." Saber said...

"But, if only she was what I am.

The time it took for her body to register and then react to what she was able to see would not apply to me.

I who was previously able to react to attacks in zero seconds, could now technically react in reverse time.

I, have officially transcended time...!!"

THRUM!!

"Surely, it would have been an even more interesting fight if she was a True Lifeform with the ability, Instantaneous Reaction..."

Saber mumbled under his breath while approaching the group who was unconscious from the mere heat that had radiated from Saber's last attack.

"Dark Flames!!"

Quite unenthusiastically, Saber mumbled while he waved his hand as dark flames spurted out his palm onto the bodies of the unconscious group members.

THUMP!!

Isabelle's eyes shot open in shock as she felt something akin to a bad premonition...

But, it was already too late as her body, along with the bodies of the other three had already been devoured, and forever a part of Evolved Saber.

Sigh!!

"Well, wasn't that horrible, Leviathan?!" Saber uttered while approaching a random rock as he sat on it.

"Master, have you returned?" Leviathan said, as his body materialized in the real world.

"Returned?

No.

Both Evolved and Second were me, they were simply different personalities of this existence known as Saber.

After the fight with Anastasia there, Evolved met Second for the first time, and unlike what the Origin needed to go through, and all those antics that took place with him fighting and killing himself after battling for 3,000 years, to become one with oneself, Second and Evolved merely agreed to become one.

After all, there isn't any point in killing one's existence..."

Silence...

Leviathan was left speechless, as he only uttered.

"But... when did this meeting take place. I have been present all the time?"

"Oh that, it was me," Goldy said while materializing as he said, "Or did you think I was utterly useless..."

"B-But, I didn't say that!" Leviathan quickly replied.

And while those two continued to bicker, Saber gazed at his watch as numbers began appearing.

Next to these numbers were names.

[#1 Liam Sacred-40 Points]

[#2 Saber Blade-25 Points]

[#3 Spade White-10 Points]

[#4 Ash Sacred-10 Points]

[#5 Dawn Pure-Heart-5 Points]

"Hmm, so is this Dawn's last name?" Saber said...

"On another note, this Liam Sacred seems to be the only challenge that I would come across again...

But, would he truly be a challenge, now that I've evolved soo much after this fight?"

An excited smile surfaced on his face when thinking this... But, after swiping the watch, so to look for his next opponent, his smile turned into a cold smirk as he realized that his opponent wasn't far at all.

In fact, this opponent had done the honors of being the one to approach him.

"Oh, are you two the ones who caused this devastation?"

Appearing on the rocky field, a boy with long brown hair and a pair of eyes that were hollowed, as if containing no life...