1037 I am sorry for hurting you, Vulpiana.
“This battle is over.”
Nux declared as he glanced at Elijah.
Hearing his words, Vulpiana froze and stopped resisting as well.
The other heroes were the same as well.
Their defeat couldn’t be any clearer. No matter whether it was speed, strength, spells, or reaction speed, even though they were all Great Sages, the Devil was far better than them in all expects.
The way the Devil dominated the Battlefield…
The Six Heroes didn’t wish to admit it, however, the Devil was much stronger than them. Even with all of them combined, they were absolutely helpless against him.
In their entire life, this was the first time the Six Heroes felt something like this.
That helplessness… that feeling of wanting to do something but failing miserably.
Heck, they couldn’t even find their enemy let alone try and battle him.
The Six Heroes clenched their fists in frustration. This outcome was much worse than them being defeated.
That Incubus could have attacked them till they all had passed out, that would have automatically granted him a win and he was fully capable of doing that.
This bastard, however, stopped midway and wanted them to give up.
He wanted them to admit their defeat in front of this huge crowd…
And the worst part?
The Six Heroes had no chance but to admit their loss.
And Elijah, who knew about it observed the Devil for a while, then, with his hands still curled into fists, he closed his eyes.
“We admit our defeat.”
He declared.
The crowd turned absolutely silent.
“…”
“What…?”
They couldn’t believe what just happened.
The Six Heroes lost…
The man they thought was just a crazy bastard who wanted attention actually defeated the Six Heroes… no,he made them admit defeat…
Even the women who supported the Devil just because of his face were shocked. Physical attractiveness was one thing, but deep down, all of them knew that the Devil stood no chance. Even if he was strong, fighting all the heroes at the same time was simply impossible.
The Devil, however, broke all the expectations and actually defeated the Six Heroes…
And he did it so overwhelmingly…
Just how was this possible…?
It wasn’t just the defeat of the Heroes, it was something that changed the complete perception of people who were witnessing the Battle.
The Strongest of the Younger Generation, they stood in the middle of the Stage, with their heads down, physically and mentally defeated by a single opponent.
The People felt lost. They weren’t alone, even the world leaders have all narrowed their eyes.
“What just happened…?”
Arcturus spoke up.
Usually, when he sees someone from the Younger Generation showing surprising strength, he feels excited. He always actively imagines himself fighting their future selfs and feels a sense of rush in his entire body.
Even when Nux fought. Elijah and defeated him, Arcturus felt excited. He imagined fighting against Nux as he grew up.
Of course, he knew Nux was a Complete Cultivator, so the moment he stepped into Divine Stage, he would be on an entirely different level than him and he would never stand a chance against him, Arcturus, however, was still looking forward to fighting him.
That was the reason he wanted to get closer to that human.
Today, however, his usual excitement was nowhere to be seen.
The Devil wasn’t normal.
The way he fought… no normal Great Sage, whether it was a Complete Cultivator or not, no one should be fighting like that.
Especially that last technique he used where he disappeared and the Heroes were attacked by those spikes…
Even Arcturus couldn’t sense those Spikes…
Neither could he sense that Incubus’s presence…
What did that mean?
Even he didn’t have a way to tackle that situation. If he was the one fighting in that situation, he would have been forced to use his powers as a Divine Stage Cultivator…
A Great Sage would have forced him into a situation like that….
And not just him, that demon would force all other world leaders into a similar position.
A mere Great Sage…
This didn’t make any sense…
Even for a Complete Cultivator…
Arcturus couldn’t glance at the Vampire King. Alaric, however, had a similar expression on his face.
“Wait…”
Suddenly, Arion, the Lionkin spoke up.
“If he is this strong when he is a Great Sage…
Then what would happen after he enters Phase Three?”
“…”
The world leaders turned silent.
The jump from Phase Two to Phase Three, it wasn’t simple.
The Jump from Phase One to Phase Two, that is the King Stage to the Emperor Stage, that was where a Cultivator was able to directly access the pure Mana in the surroundings. It was a revolutionary change that made a cultivator strong enough to battle even thousands of Phase One cultivators.
The Phase Three was similar. No, in terms of boost in strength, the Jump from Phase Two to Phase Three was even greater.
For Mana Cultivators, the Mana itself starts to protect them, automatically.
Even when a Cultivator is asleep or even unconscious, there is always a Mana Shield around him, protecting him, and for Cultivators of Phase Two, breaking this shield was close to impossible.
That meant that even when the Phase Three Cultivator wasn’t making any move, Phase Two Cultivators couldn’t defeat them.
The same was true for the Body Cultivators, the Mana filled up their body and protected them from the inside, their bodies became so strong even if Phase Two Cultivators attacked them with everything they had, even putting a scratch on their bodies was something considered to be an achievement.
As for Complete Cultivators…
This was where everything changed. For Complete Cultivators, it wasn’t just a Mana Shield and Strong Body combined,
The moment a Phase Two Complete Cultivator steps into Phase Three,
Their entire Body is restructured.
Mana fills in their body, rebuilding their muscles, tendons, and even Blood vessels, forming a completely new body that is much much stronger than what a Body Cultivator gets after entering Phase Three.
They do not just get a Mana Shield protecting them, when Mana forms a shield around Mana Cultivators all the time, the strength of the shield remains fixed. This was a limitation, for Complete Cultivators, however, Mana doesn’t form any shields, it protects them whenever they are attacked.
The Mana does not use all its strength to protect them from all sides, it only creates a shield from the side the Cultivator is attacked and the strength of this shield far overpowers the shield of a Mana Cultivator.
Mana treats a Complete Cultivator as its own child.
That was why Complete Cultivators were said to be True Cultivators, while the Incomplete Cultivators were just said to be… ‘half-assed cultivators.’
This was common knowledge.
It was also the reason why Vedier was so sure of his victory when he stood against the Devil.
He was a Phase Three Complete Cultivator, he was on a completely different level than any normal cultivator,even the other Six Heroes, before they break through and reach the level he was at, they stood no chance against him.
The same was true for the Devil.
Or… that was what Vedier initially thought…
Right now, however, he had a solemn look on his face as he observed the Devil…
Even someone like Arcturus couldn’t sense Nux’s attacks or his presence, he was the same as well.
Even if he was the one fighting Nux instead of the Six Heroes, he would be in a helpless situation.
Of course, he would have his strong body and Mana to count on, the attacks of that level could hardly hurt him,
However, he had no counterattacks.
How was he supposed to counterattack when he couldn’t even see his opponent?
‘It is your turn.’
Suddenly, Vedier heard Vyriana’s voice in his head.
This time, it wasn’t a request.
Vyriana was ordering him to fight Nux.
Vedier glanced at the cloaked woman, he couldn’t see her face, however, from her tone, he was sure that even she was taken aback by that Incubus’s abilities.
Vedier could tell, in Vyriana’s eyes, it was not a battle anymore.
She just wanted to use him to see Nux’s limits.
Vedier however, had no other choice.
‘I told him I would fight him if he defeated the other Six, although I didn’t think it was possible, he still did it. Please do not worry, Lady Vyriana,
I will not go back on my words.
I will fight him.’
Vedier spoke with a determined look on his face as he observed his opponent.
His opponent, on the other hand, was having the time of his life.
Vulpiana was right in his arms, he could feel her soft tails touching him, not wanting to waste this chance, he moved his mouth towards Vulpiana’s soft ears and,
“I am sorry for hurting you, Vulpiana.
I would like to have a chance to make it up to you in the future, if you allow me to, of course.”
“I would rather not.” Vulpiana, however, freed her body from Nux’s grasp and moved away.
“Oh?” Nux, however, had a trump card.
“The Power of Time and Space,
I am quite curious about it,
How about we sit together and discuss it?”
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