Two individuals floated above a vast forest.

The skies were dim. The environment was cold and snowy.

The two individuals exchanged looks for a moment.

One was draped in a longcoat, jeans and sneakers. He had void-like hair, eyes and pale fair skin. He was tall, lean and athletic.

The other was an epitome of elegance.

Brown hair. Tall, vampiric, arrogant, confident eyes. Dressed in a suit. Hands in his pocket.

"You should have joined the royal faction, Mr. Darkhaven," Daeveris sighed. "It’s a pity that you chose this path. You leave me with no choice."

Kailen did not reply.

The will of the universe, watching this from the bleachers, seated in an open spot yet completely invisible and undetectable to everyone shook her head, "Seriously... this crown prince fellow’s arrogance is something else."

As for Daeveris, Kailen’s lack of response made his desire to kill the fellow in the most humiliating way possible, shimmer more.

Under the gazes of everyone watching, he took a step forward. His eyes were calm, and prideful.

He stretched his right hand sideways.

Tendrils of darkness formed near his right hand.

The tendrils of darkness transformed into a dark scythe. The scythe gleamed with otherworldly malevolence. He grabbed the scythe with his right hand.

Kailen also took a step forward at the same time.

Space rippled and twisted with each step he took. His eyes were calm and unfathomable.

The void twisted and bent. Under the gazes of the audience, the twisting and bending void transformed into an extremely sharp and ethereal-looking spatial katana. The spatial katana landed in Kailen Darkhaven’s right hand. The void around the katana twisted like leaflets.

Prince Daeveris turned into a streak of dark light with another step.

Kailen Darkhaven took another step forward and disappeared completely into the void.

The two met at the center of the space above the forest.

Spatial principle katana and darkness principle scythe came down on each other with overbearing might.

The two weapons clashed with overbearing might, tearing through everything in their way.

Rings of shockwaves spread outwards, causing several trees beneath them to crumble into nothing.

When the weapons clashed into another, neither gave way for the other.

Kailen and the prince locked gazes for a moment, then separated.

The audience widened their eyes.

Interesting. Kailen Darkhaven was not weak.

But it seems the crown prince didn’t go all out.

Daeveris and Kailen clashed once more.

Bang Bang Bang...

Their weapons came down on each other with lethal precision, clashing over and over again. Rings of shockwaves darted across the place. Mountains crumbled, trees disappeared, the void shook.

Their figures darted across the expanse above the forest—one a flickering master of the void, the other a trail of darkness.

Darkhaven’s spatial katana would profoundly disappear into the void as it came down on Daeveris. It would cross several distances, then suddenly appear before Daeveris, attempting to hollow his head from the rest of his body.

But Daeveris was not weak. He had the instincts of a veteran. His prediction abilities were over the charts. He moved with swift grace, evading the attacks, launching lethal attacks with his scythe aimed at decapitating Kailen Darkhaven gruesomely.

However Darkhaven would simply meld with the void and disappear, then launch another attack on the crown prince.

The majority of the audience across the empire and in the death arenas watched with quiet attention.

What sort of battle was this?

Was this how those unrivaled at the rank 5 novice stage Transcendent level fought?

The two continued in this state for a while.

With emotional resonance, Kailen analysed the emotions of Daevaris, gleaning his thoughts from his spatial expressions.

"He’s not going all out," Kailen thought, "But he just decided to go all out. Looks like it’s time to end this"

Kailen smiled.

Daeveris felt something was off.

For the first time since the battle began, Kailen Darkhaven smiled.

This was not the smile of someone who overestimated himself.

This was the smile of someone with terrifying confidence. Before the battle began, he looked down on this fellow. But not anymore. Even though he was not going all out, he knew that Kailen Darkhaven was not weak, and the fellow had a lot of tricks up his sleeves.

And this smile of Kailen Darkhaven had just confirmed it.

"I was planning to go all out anyway. Time to end this," Daeveris thought.

He separated from Kailen after another clash.

This time, their weapons were obliterated into nothing after they came down on each other.

The audience observed as the two opponents stared at each other.

"You should be honored. It’s been a while someone at the rank 5 novice stage Transcendent level forced me to go all out."

Kailen was calm.

"You talk too much, your highness," Kailen’s voice was calm, playful and indifferent, yet laced with mockery.

The members of the royal faction who were confident Kailen Darkhaven would die knew that with the crown prince about to go all out, Kailen Darkhaven’s fate was sealed.

Why was he acting all cocky and indifferent?

Those among the audience who harbored hopes that Darkhaven could win wanted to know if Kailen Darkhaven could really pull off a miracle.

At this moment, Julian, watching the stream in the NGU HQ with his master could not help but smile.

"It seems the crown prince is about to die. I know that look."

He took a bite of a sandwich and focused his attention back on the screen.

Kailen stepped forward.

The crown prince took a step forward.

A very large chariot made of darkness formed.

The large chariot was very colossal, blotting everywhere and casting shadows all over the place.

The crown prince waved his hand as the chariot shot towards Kailen Darkhaven. The chariot was to run him over and flatten him, granting him a very humiliating death.

As the ginormous chariot approached, Kailen floated calmly in the air, looking like an ant before a mountain.

He didn’t move. Unlike when the battle began, he didn’t meld with the void to avoid Daaveris’ attack.

His long coat billowed. Back straight as a palm tree.

Dark eyes were calm, abyss-like hair billowing and swaying.

Why was he not moving? Was he going to take this attack head on?

As for Daeveris, he was confident the attack could kill Kailen Darkhaven. He had admitted that Darkhaven was strong. But there was no way he could be as powerful as Daeveris. Whatever Kailen Darkhaven planned to do was useless.

An ethereal hue appeared on Kailen’s right index finger.

He pointed his index finger forward. The index finger touched the colossal chariot.

Then, something inconceivable happened.