The Monarch-Chapter 542: Battle of areas[3]

For seven days, the battles intensified. The battlefield had become an unrecognizable landscape, where unstable magic created fissures in the fabric of reality. Despite the efforts of Zone 12, the lack of cohesion and the overwhelming experience of Zone 21 tipped the scales. Slowly, the number of survivors dwindled, leaving only the most resilient and astute behind. In the end, Zone 21 secured its victory with precise strategies and devastating attacks, while Kayden watched from a distance. He knew that the real game had not yet begun and that his absolute power would not yet be needed.

It didn’t take long for the number of magicians on both sides to be reduced to a small handful, with Zone 12 having only four magicians remaining, while Zone 21 had fifteen. It was an overwhelming difference in strength, or at least it should have been until the leader of Zone 12 stopped playing around and began to show his true face.

In just a few minutes, what seemed to be an inevitable defeat turned into an overwhelming victory. The magician unleashed a complete domain of the law of darkness, and everything vanished in a black sea that consumed even the air, turning it into a toxic compound. The fifteen remaining magicians couldn’t even react before being completely killed. They didn’t even understand how their lives had disappeared.

The remaining magicians were confused, unable to connect the actions that had just occurred to their leader. He had never revealed this power at any point. After a few minutes of nothing happening, Kayden finally revealed his presence with a slow clap.

"Congratulations on mastering the Law of Darkness," Kayden’s presence startled everyone, but especially the magician who wielded the law. The fact that he hadn’t even sensed Kayden’s presence this entire time was a clear sign of his strength.

"Who are you?" Kayden smiled and introduced himself.

"Kayden Heart," his name alone was enough for his fame to precede him. Kayden had dozens of names among the strongest; among the weaker ones, he was known as the World Annihilator, but among the strongest, he was known as the monster who created monsters—a living legend, the strongest man who had ever existed in the known universe.

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The change in the leader’s expression was automatic. He understood that this would be a difficult battle. It wasn’t as simple as charging forward and hoping for the best; this was the hardest fight he had ever faced in his life.

"I am Johan Key, the holder of the Law of Darkness and the first of my lineage." Kayden smiled warmly; there was no need to make more enemies.

"I look forward to a good battle."

"I look forward to a good battle." As soon as Johan finished his greeting, he attacked with his darkness, consuming everything. From the smallest material to even space itself, everything was devoured in shadows. Darkness was an interesting law—it was silent and fast, and there was nothing that could not be consumed by its webs.

In seconds, the darkness consumed tens of millions of kilometers and continued to expand, reaching hundreds of millions. It was insane— the more the darkness consumed, the more it wanted to consume. Black dragons began to slither through the darkness, millions of them attacking Kayden, each one as powerful as a ninth-realm magician with nine rays. It was far superior to anything a normal magician could do, but Kayden was no ordinary being.

With a simple movement of his hands, he consumed the entire space for tens of billions of kilometers. Johan couldn’t even react when his darkness ran out of material to consume—there was simply nothing left. Fortunately for him, darkness was a law capable of sustaining its existence. The darkness began consuming itself, generating energy beyond its consumption, something that went directly against the laws of thermodynamics.

"Congratulations to all who have advanced to the second group stage," Kayden’s lightning, supported by three spatial planes, was far beyond what Johan could withstand. He had also been placed in a kind of time loop, allowing him to reach the magician instantly.

There was no change in expression from the magicians as they died from Kayden’s attack. The only person able to observe Kayden’s attack was Netero, and at that moment, he finally understood where all of Kayden’s nicknames and titles came from. This was undoubtedly one of the most impressive attacks he had ever seen in his life. He wondered how he would fare against this attack and how many times Kayden could use it.

Netero could withstand such an attack; he did not doubt that. But it wouldn’t be something he could endure many times. At most, twice—and even then, his defense would be severely damaged. He would only be able to defend because of his basic understanding of the Law of Time. Any magician ignorant of it would struggle immensely to hold off such an attack, as they wouldn’t even sense the lightning before it struck them.

What was most frightening of all was that Kayden hadn’t even reached the Ninth Realm yet. The moment he did… Netero doubted he would even be able to touch his toes. The difference in power would be so vast. This made Netero finally grasp the weight of the Ten Rays, but not just any magician with Ten Rays—Kayden specifically. Atlas didn’t even possess half the strength that Kayden seemed to have.

"How did we win? Who was the last one standing?" The leader of Zone 21 began searching for answers. After long minutes of silence, none of them could understand what had just happened. This mystery would likely die with them.

Without wasting time he began to set up his defenses and other tricks, this time they took zone 2, a strong zone with a consolidated past, they had been in the universe long enough for everyone there to know each other perfectly and learn to fight as a team, at least in part, it was practically impossible for wizards at that level to fight in teams, they were simply far superior individually, their similarities were minimal.