us, who was about to taunt E and her minions, suddenly felt his strength, stamina, and ess to his Star Qi drop by 70%. The drastic drop caught him by surprise, but instead of panicking, he felt strangely excited.


    Even if the entire 5000 who past the Triale against him, he has what it takes to kill them all. That is how powerful he is. The debuff may weaken an ordinary warrior but not him.


    "Hahaha…" us burst into a resoundingughter.


    E, expecting to see a frown or panic on us''s face, frowned instead as us burst intoughter.


    "What''s so funny? Your strength and Qi are down by 70% for the next 30 minutes, and you''re surrounded," E said, frowning.


    "What''s there to be concerned about? Even without my Qi, I could kill you all with my eyes closed," us replied, not even bothering to summon his sword or spear.


    "Attack..." Emanded, but before her minions could move, us raised a finger, halting them.


    "Just so we''re clear, are all of you choosing to side with E? I won''t attack if you step back now," us said, summoning his sword. His bloodlust was starting to surface. Strangely, the drop in his strength only made him feel more alive, more invigorated.


    After a few seconds, no one stepped back. us''s smile vanished, and in a cold tone, he spoke.


    "Since we''re all in agreement, don''t regret your decisionter," us said, turning as if facing a camera. "To those watching, I apologize for what you''re about to see."


    "Demon Killing Circle," us muttered, swinging his sword. Instantly, a red circle appeared around him and the eleven he was about to face.


    As the circle appeared, all eleven, E included, panicked. But when nothing seemed to happen, she smirked. "Wasted skill."


    "Wasted, yes, but it will prevent you eleven from logging out until I say so." Before any of them could process his words, us was upon his first target—a spearman who froze in panic as us''s cold gaze met his.


    Moving quickly and without using any skill, us swung his sword, knocking the spear out of his opponent''s grip.


    Bang!


    An elbownded on the spearman''s face, sending him flying back. us didn''t stop there; he jumped, evading an attack from Max, andnded in water that immediately began eating away at his boots.


    "Tsk," us smirked, freezing the ground around him. Thanks to the water, he could do it without using much Ice Qi. E gritted her teeth, frustrated as she watched us effortlessly counter her attacks.


    Water against ice, really?


    us, unfazed, moved swiftly to his next target. Hended a kick, sending the opponent flying. Strangely, the spear that had fallen from the first opponent was now beside him.


    He nced at the spearman, whose weapon nowy at his feet. The guy''s nose was broken from the kick hended earlier, but the next attack was far more brutal.


    us kicked the blunt end of the spear, and before the spearman could even attempt to evade, his own weapon went through his head, splitting it in half.


    Gasps echoed across the battlefield and among those watching. They had all just witnessed us kill the spearman in a rather gory way. His head split in half—a shockingly brutal disy. But us wasn''t done.


    He moved, evading a lightning strike from Ethan, who now seemed to be taking the fight seriously. Ethan was arrogant and initially saw us, stripped of 70% of his strength, as an easy target. But watching the spearman die was a wake-up call.


    Lightning filled the Killing Circle, sealing them in. For the next 15 minutes, nothing could enter or exit.


    Thanks to cultivating the [Soul Mending Pagoda], us''s soul has be very powerful now.


    Although he''d only cultivated the first two levels, it was enough to extend the Killing Circle''s duration to 15 minutes—an improvement from the 5 minutes he could manage during his battle in the Demon''s Abode Forbidden Zone. This was a great boon for him, though bad news for his opponents.


    Max locked his gaze on us, using his [See True Dark Eyes] to calcte every possible move us could make to evade his shot.


    After picking his mark, he released the arrow, but just before it could pierce us''s chest, us shifted out of its path in an instant.


    The arrow moved, and before Max could shout at one of the mages with them, the arrow went through his shoulder. The mage staggered back, but just as he was about to fall, us appeared behind him, weapons at the ready. Experience more tales on empire


    The mage tried to defend himself with his staff-wielding arm, but before he could register what happened, his hand, along with the staff, was severed from his body.


    A chilling scream of pain shot through him.


    Under normal circumstances, this would be the moment to log out, as most Oracle users had set up an automatic exit option for such situations. Some didn''t want to experience the pain, so they made it so they could log out at thest moment.


    But today was different. The killing circle prevented him from leaving. The rules within the circle barred anyone, including us, from escaping unless they were dead.


    "Monster!" E shouted, waving her staff and sending a wave of water toward us.


    In response, his cold gaze unwavering, us stomped on the ground, freezing the water. With a swing of his sword, the ice shattered, sending shards flying at her.


    She raised her staff, summoning water as a defense. The shards struck the water melting away. us didn''t wait for her to counter. He had to take care of an annoying Spirit Master bug.


    The guy was hidden behind three others using his mind and sword to attack. A ratherughable fellow considering not even Sovereigns can prate us''s mind.


    But points to his determination though. He was doing quite well for a trapped puppy.


    However, when us attacked, their momentum was broken. He contemted using a soul or mental attack on the spirit master, but in the end, he decided against it—that would be letting him off too easy.


    Instead, usnded a punch to his chest and severed both legs, leaving him on the ground. His cries of pain filled the battlefield, causing the others, including E, to start panicking, their backs breaking into cold sweats.


    They now realized they had provoked a monster, and now they were paying for their foolishness. us moved through the battlefield, and for the next five minutes, he immobilized them one by one until only the three Legacies were left standing.


    Some lost their weapon-wielding arms, others their legs, but they all had one thing inmon: every single one had a broken nose. us spared none of them, male or female.


    "Monster! Can''t you even go easy on the females?" E growled, her frustration mounting over thest five minutes.


    Not only had us rendered her [Decipio Manus] spell useless, but he had also shown he didn''t need any fancy skills to take her down.


    The level of dominance us was disying was enough to traumatize her for weeks. The [Decipio Manus] was aplex spell, the kind only avable to the rich and powerful.


    Itsplexity and power had led her to expect it would hold us back long enough for her and her team to dismantle him. Instead, they had awakened a monster that knew no pain or sorrow. She had held that spell back for this moment, but s, it was all for nothing...


    The cries of the young warriors on the ground did nothing to faze him; if anything, his coldness only deepened.


    us watched E''s frustrated face and, in a chilling tone, replied, "I don''t discriminate, E. I''m an equal-opportunity ass-whooper."


    With that, eight 6-inch Void Piercing needles appeared, and the eight on the ground tensed. But before they could beg or even scream, the needles shed, piercing their bodies and sending them away in the most painful way.


    Turning to the three legacies, he smiled coldly and said, "Now, what to do with you three?"n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om