"Damn… he's strong," Raizen thought as he gritted his teeth.

Boom. Boom.

Trul moved back as deafening explosions rang out.

Around him, the ground was vaporized, and two ravines stretching for kilometers tore across the land.

Trul's eyes locked onto Raizen as he vanished.

Bang!

A blow connected, sending Raizen flying.

But Trul didn't stop. He moved rapidly, his feet barely touching the ground before disappearing again. It wasn't over.

The two collided and crossed hundreds of kilometers in an instant.

Destruction followed in their wake. With every clash… with every scream… cities were erased.

Trul's face grew colder and colder.

"Ahhh, fuck!"

Raizen pushed Trul back, and they landed dozens of meters apart.

They stood on rubble. All around them, the ground was filled with holes dozens of kilometers deep.

And that was only the smallest effect of their battle.

Raizen gripped his axe handle with both hands and took a deep breath.

"Damn it. I've been suppressed by you all my life. No more. I won't be suppressed by you or anyone

not even Jake!"

His Galaxy Realm aura erupted.

The ground disintegrated. Mountains crumbled. The sea receded, forming massive tsunamis that swallowed cities whole.

Raizen's eyes turned pitch black as his body swelled with power.

Trul looked on indifferently and raised a second finger.

Boom.

They moved and clashed in the center.

Violent winds erupted. The sky cracked open, revealing darkness beyond.

Tendrils from a terrifying layer of space emerged as Trul blocked Raizen's kick.

Raizen frowned and vanished, reappearing behind Trul. He swung his axe down with all his might. His muscles bulged as a massive arc tore through space.

The attack extended beyond the planet.

Everything in its path ,

from stars to planets millions of light-years away was destroyed in a single sweeping line.

Trul calmly dodged.

His two fingers touched the blade.

Instantly, Raizen felt a terrifying force transmit through the axe. He lost his balance.

But that wasn't all.

Trul stepped forward, maximizing the opportunity.

His two fingers struck Raizen's stomach.

Raizen doubled over in pain.

Trul's expression remained indifferent as his fingers rose and struck Raizen's jaw.

Raizen's head snapped upward. His mind went blank for a moment.

Then intense anger consumed him.

"Damn you…" Raizen muttered.

Trul retreated rapidly as the space between them crumbled into nothingness.

Seeing the distance, Raizen steadied himself.

"You're really terrifying…" he said between breaths.

"No," Trul replied calmly. "You're just too weak."

Anger boiled within Raizen, along with the throbbing pain in his abdomen from Trul's attack.

"I won't lose!"

His attacks became sharper, faster, and stronger.

Boom.

Boom.

Boom.

Every instant, millions of lives were lost as they flashed across the planet.

Bang.

Bang.

"Ahhh!"

With each clash, Raizen's sanity slipped further.

Every attack was effortlessly dodged by Trul, while he alone suffered the consequences.

Cough.

Finally, Raizen couldn't hold on. He coughed up blood.

His eyes dimmed as he looked at Trul bitterly.

"Am I really that weak…? Only two fingers…?"

During their sparring sessions, Trul had always fought seriously

or so Raizen believed. He thought the gap between them was small.

Today, he saw the truth.

The gap between them was immeasurable.

"Why?" Raizen asked, wiping his lips, his breath shaking.

Trul frowned.

"You don't need to know. Everything would have been ignored if you hadn't been arrogant and minded your own business. Why are you always on my tail? Instead of pursuing your own goal, you're obsessed with defeating me."

Raizen laughed.

"What if my goal was to defeat you?"

Trul's expression didn't change. He already knew. And it didn't matter to him.

He had changed.

He no longer cared.

"You always protected this planet while we fought," Raizen continued. "No matter how many lives were lost, you never let it be destroyed."

A slight change appeared in Trul's expression.

"But now… less than ten percent are still alive. Why don't we make it zero?"

Raizen waved his hand.

He expected Trul to stop him.

Trul merely gritted his teeth.

He did not move.

BOOM!

The planet was destroyed.

The two of them easily survived the explosion, floating in space.

"Hahaha! You didn't even defend them. I thought you wanted them to live?"

Raizen's smile froze when he looked at Trul.

Before, Trul had looked at him with indifference

as if he were insignificant.

Now…

He looked at him as if he didn't exist at all.

Like nothingness.

"Trul… you won't do something stupid, right? If you kill me—"

Raizen froze.

A chill ran down his spine as he felt the aura of death tightly lock onto him.

"What you're looking for…" Trul said calmly, "you will find."

His aura expanded.

Rank 2 — Low Level.

Middle Level.

Boom.

Planets disintegrated. Heavenly bodies shifted.

High Level.

The galaxy trembled.

Peak.

Multiple galaxy clusters shook.

"Infinite Retention… Divine Sword Glaze of Ten Thousand Attacks."

Silence spread everywhere. Even the trembling galaxy clusters calmed.

Then Raizen screamed

"No—!"

He didn't finish.

Multiple holes appeared across his body as a divine sword

followed by thousands more pierced through him.

His strength was rapidly drained.

And not just his.

Everything around him was consumed.

BOOM

In the universe, a small black hole of infinite depth formed. Around the shattered galaxy cluster, immense amounts of light and energy erupted, awakening countless ancient beings.

Ancestors of great families and powerful entities all revealed looks of shock.

But when they sensed Trul's Peak Rank 2 aura, they silently withdrew their gazes.

Trul stood within the remains of the destroyed galaxy cluster and let out a slow breath.

"Finally… it's over. Goodbye, Raizen. Your arrogance led to your death."

He turned to leave.

"Same with you."

Trul's body froze.

Every instinct within him screamed danger.

His eyes slowly shifted behind him.

A figure stood there leisurely, watching him.

Dared looked at Trul, a faint smile forming on his face.

Yet Trul felt overwhelming pressure descend upon him.

He swallowed.

"Rank 3…"

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Hope you.guys still remember dared. And trul and raizen are from the trial of dreadborne