Chapter 194: Paragon Saber Vs Origin Saber

"We're waiting..." He said while drawing Liam's attention. "We're waiting for 'it' to appear. When a magic treasure is born, there normally is a test to obtain it. The more powerful this treasure is, the harder the test will be and the higher the chance you'll need to work together for most of the test!"

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BAM!!!

Both of their fists collided. The power they both contained was unimaginable and their attacks were akin to two worlds colliding into one another! Yet, both Saber and his origin didn't stop there as the both of them continued to exchange ten, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and millions of punches each second!!!

While an aura of flames coated Saber's fists, he sent punch after punch toward his origin in a fit of anger. He was angry, not only due to the fact that Origin Saber was preventing him from trying to break away from his undeserved role as a slave to fate, but he was also angry because of how arrogant his origin behaved.

Origin Saber seemed to not even put him in his eyes. Origin Saber watched those punches with expressionless eyes as he blocked them with his hands unprotected by anything, not even energy, as he then his own punches with nothing more than brute force. What Origin Saber displayed was complete and utter dominance as the glorified Origin.

How could a mere copy truly compare?!

Tsk!!

'Even in my True Form, and already transformed into True Star State, I still can't compete against him in terms of strength nor speed!!' Saber thought in alarm. His expression was complicated, he hadn't thought his origin would truly get this strong. It didn't make sense to him. But, if one was to really think about it, Origin Saber being stronger by such a large margin should be within one's expectation.

On one hand, there was the self-proclaimed Paragon Saber who was busy competing against Humans to then serve Humans in the upcoming war while, there was Origin Saber, who was constantly fighting, killing, and devouring. Even if the time between Origin Saber being killed by Sword God and now wasn't much for Paragon Saber, it was years of Origin Saber who was inside the Hell's Tower where time is distorted.

Just like Heavenly Mystic Domain where time moves at speeds 365 to 1. Where one day outside is one year inside Heavenly Mystic Domain, inside Hell's Tower, the sixth floor moves at the same time, and the lower one descends the floors, the more this time difference multiplies.

Years of fighting, killing, devouring... Saber's strength was strong for someone in the Earth Immortal realm, and even those True Earth Immortals couldn't compare. But, compared to Origin Saber, he could only pale in comparison.

'This is why techniques are important. I don't believe he who has been fighting had time to learn techniques... Haha, he doesn't even have a master to learn any techniques!!!' Saber thought as he instantly retreated. The distance between the two immediately expanded hundreds of meters as instantly, Saber pulled back his hand before...

"DEITY PALM: ENSHROUD WORLD!!!"

RUMBLE!!!

As those words were uttered, the whole void shook wildly! All the stars releasing immense heat began falling apart due to the immense power radiating from a purple ordinary-looking palm that continued to grow in size! The size which was that of an ordinary palm a few inches big, in but an instant of time it takes to blink, had suddenly grown hundreds of thousands of kilometers as it had already reached in front of Origin Saber, who had a shocked expression on his face.

The whole palm instantly enshrouded Origin Saber's figure yet, Paragon Saber wasn't finished!!! His energy instantly condensed into a sword already gripped in his right palm as he immediately flashed toward Origin Saber who was seemingly locked in spacetime itself. His figure was halted as he couldn't even twitch a muscle much less protect himself!!

"NINETY-NINE FLAMING CUTS!!!"

Saber slashed madly as ninety-nine illusionary auras flashed through space, and swiftly sliced through Origin Saber's body. Origin Saber's body was sliced into multiple pieces in an instant as his limbs were lit aflame before they could touch the ground, turning into ash!

Origin Saber couldn't even bellow in pain as his existence was left stuck in spacetime by that palm technique his master claimed to be an Immortal technique!! The streaks of ninety-nine flaming sword strikes didn't dissipate either, as they went on to travel out of the battle platform and into the infinite void filled with countless stars!!!

BOOM!!! BOOM!! BOOM!!!

Numerous explosions took place as the stars which were unlucky enough to come in contact with these sword strikes were instantly obliterated and dissipated into nothingness! Soon after, the whole void fell into total silence as Saber's figure stood motionlessly!

His origin, who was too arrogant to even dodge, had suffered for his arrogance and was trapped in the Immortal technique given to him by his now dead master. All the six hundred and sixty-five clones he had created were destroyed along with the Black Ring and everything inside it. Saber, who had one the battle, definitely lost the war as the path which had opened for him, a path filled with domination due to the many different things he would have earned from the tower inside the Black Ring, all of this had now turned to naught as he was left with nothing...

Yet, he didn't mourn nor did he feel even a fraction of sorrow from this... In fact, he was currently in a state of euphoria! With his origin's death, he was finally free. Not bound by anything whatsoever, Saber didn't need to worry about suddenly dying merely because his origin had run out of lives.

Saber was truly addicted now. He was addicted to this feeling of winning.

Hah!

He, since being birthed into existence, had never suffered a loss, and after experiencing his first true victory, Saber didn't want this type of feeling to disappear but...

"Wow, such a powerful technique... Tell me, did that golden-haired freak give you this... Surely, this is completely unfair, after all, he didn't even give me something half as good!"

Suddenly, behind Saber came a voice that was oddly similar to his. Way too similar for his liking as the only difference was... It was dripping with a weird and powerful evil aura that didn't seem normal at all. There was a killing intent it released without even trying to, it was a truly demonic voice, it was like the whispers coming from the Devil himself!!!

"How??!!!" Saber couldn't help but ask as he flashed thousands of kilometers away to create a massive distance from this ghost which kept haunting him even after death! And, as he was about to release a sigh thinking he had reached a safe distance...

Appearing inches away from his face was a red-skinned Origin Saber with two long canines poking out his lips and mysterious demonic markings all over his face giving off a dim light. On his head were two white goat horns and a bone crown stained in blood!

Now, the only difference between this Origin Saber and the previous one was the two pupils that were shaped in purple stars. Surrounding these two pupils was a completely black sclera which had a few faint star-shaped objects in them glowing purple and releasing powerful auras!

"Now, little copy, let me show you the power of Star Transformation Ascended!!!"

THRUM!!!!