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""FIRST SOVEREIGNTY: CRIMSON EMPEROR!!""

---booooom---

...

"What kind of power is this…? Mere darkened crimson flames unleashing such pressure?!!", said one of the demigods.

"The system did mention him to be an evil god. But, this is beyond logic... !", said a second voice.

"I wonder how things would unfold if he were to be a darkened yellow flames stage infinito!?!", said the third voice.

All the demigods were mumbling among themselves. The sovereignty was too much for them to withstand.

Rowan Ariya cried out, "This tyrant is too dangerous. If he reaches the darkened orange stage, that in itself would be enough for him to destroy the entirety of zooviya!!!!"

Everyone looked at her. She raised her tone, "We cannot let this 'threat' roam around zooviya as he likes. Get your act together!!!!"

""ARE YOU CALLING ME A THREAT?!"", I said while standing within the dust.

---gasp---

Every demigod either jolted or fell on their knees. Their gaze turned back to my position.

---whoosh---

The dust got swept away by the wind. Every demigod looked at my appearance, "!!!!", and gasped in shock.

Even Rowan Ariya jolted after taking a glimpse at my appearance. But I had no idea what they were looking at.

[Are they being afraid of me? Is there something on my face?]

I looked towards the demigods who were staring at me with fear. One of the swords of the martial artists reflected my appearance, "...!"

In that reflection, my skin tone was pure-red, hair colour was crimson, eyes were emanating darkened crimson flames and my upper canines extended out of my lips like that of a beast. It reminded me of my past life.

[Sigh... Thank God. I don't have any horns this time around. My Demongod self always had horns on his head whenever he activated his demon impulse.]

I checked my hands. I felt it. The heat from my red palm and my nails radiated crimson light. I was able to see the glow even with my infinito vision.

[This glow is unique, huh? Even humans could see this bright aura.]

I grinned while looking towards the demigod-level martial artists. Everyone was staring at me as if they got struck by lightning. I walked forward only to confront Rowan Ariya who was standing out a lot.

[This woman is trying to play her cards so much. Guess I should snap her out of her fantasies.]

---step---step---step---

I took three steps towards that woman. Every demigod got into battle stances and readied their weapons to strike me. I applied a slight pressure on my left foot to catch them off-guard.

---flick---

I leaped onto Rowan Ariya. My face was just a few inches away from hers. I made eye contact. She looked into my eyes and began to tremble. Everyone noticed themselves being caught off-guard. They were sweating while wondering what to do. I said, ""I SHALL TEACH YOU FOOLS, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ABSOLUTE POWER AND A FACADE!!""

---thud---thud(x3)---thud(x2)---___and so on---

Some of the demigods began collapsing on the ground.

---flash---flash---flash---flash---flash---flash---flash---flash___and so on---

The remaining martial artists got away from me. Some of them began to run away or tried to escape from my grasp. I exclaimed, ""TRYING TO GET AWAY? I AM SORRY BUT YOU PEOPLE ARE UNDER MY TURF!!""

They looked all around only to be spellbound.

---gasp---

The whole arena was filled with their gasps. Because I created a barrier around the entire forest right when they entered into my range of enchantment. There was no way to escape. I looked at all the trees and the crater where I was standing. My next move was implemented.

[AUTHORITY TO 'COMMAND EVERYTHING'.]

---fwoosh---

The whole forest under the barrier started to swirl around with dusty winds, henceforth blocking everyone's field of vision. The demigods who were already inside my turf were blocking the wind to protect their eyes with their arms. Later, they started to yell.

"What is going on?!"

"This kind of power... !"

"No... !"

"What's with the wind?!"

"Something's wrong with the dust!!"

"Is he controlling the whole area?!!"

"Where is he?!"

"I can't see anything!!"

"How can a darkened crimson flame stage infinito have such power?!"

"I don't think I can hold on for much longer!?!"

"I think I am going to pass out!"

---flick---

The whole dust winds that were berserking came to a halt. Soon, everything came into vision. The demigods were dumbfounded by the change in the environment.

One of the demigods said, "Are we standing on a wooden floor?!"

With my second authority, I flattened the whole ground and reshaped the trees into wooden tiles and filled them on the whole forest thus turning it into a wide-ranged wooden arena. Those demigods were standing on a wooden stage that was as wide as a city.

---tap---

I tapped on the wooden floor to check the hardness.

[Ten layers of wooden tiles. That must do it.]

Rowan Ariya shouted, "Are you taking us for toys? You are underestimating us way too much!!!!"

I said, ""SHUT IT!!""

"Hup... ?? Hmm umm hmmmm!!!!", her mouth got forcefully shut. She was struggling to speak.

[These people will faint if I speak while using my sovereignty. I must make an exception for my throat.]

I adjusted the flow of my power to speak normally, "You see, I didn't make this mess just to play with you... "SO YOU BETTER SUMMON YOUR GUARDIAN SPIRIT RIGHT NOW, IF YOU WANT TO LIVE!!""

[Oops, I spouted the second sentence with sovereignty accidentally. I must concentrate even more.]

""UH... COUGH, COUGH", cough... By now, you facades must know that I am way out of your league. You might have a chance to live if you were to use the help of your guardian spirits!!", I said while adjusting my throat from sovereignty.

Ariya attempted, "How do you know about the guardian spirits?!"

I replied, "I also know that the guardian spirits are the former deities of zooviya!!"

She attempted again, "How?!"

I said with patience, "That's not important. Summon them!"

"I asked, how did you know about them!?!", she questioned again.

I lost my patience for her pesters, ""DO OR DIE!!""

---flash---flash---dash---

Two demigods engaged towards me with longswords. Dodging them was not a big deal.

---flash---flash---flash(x4)---flash(x2)---flash(x6)---flash---flash---flash(x5)---flash(x5)---flash---flash(x9)---flash---flash---flash---flash(x8)---flash---flash(x2)---flash(x3)---flash(x7)---flash---flash---flash---flash---flash---flash(x9)---flash---flash---___and so on---

At once, all the demigods charged towards me. Each and everyone of them attempted a strike with different kinds of techniques. But, I have already fought Raymen.

[Compared to Raymen, these people's martial prowess sucks.]

---dash---dash---dash---dash---dash---dash---dash---dash---___and so on---

I dodged them all. I wasn't interested in playing with those mutts. I said, "Time is of the essence. "SO HOW ABOUT A SINGLE STRIKE ENDING?!""

The second sentence was spouted with sovereignty again. I tend to lose control whenever I feel excited.

[What am I getting excited about?]

---flash---flash---flash---flash---flash---___and so on---

The martial artists confronted me again with their strikes.

---flick---smack---dash---smack---smack---smack---smack---

I dodged the first person's attempt and knocked him out by hitting his cervical vertebrae. Behind him were four more demigods. I got onto their backs and knocked them out in the same way. I then looked above. There were eleven demigods who were trying to make a landing strike on me with a leap.

---dash---smack(x2)---dash---smack---dash---smack---dash---smack---dash---smack---dash---smack---___and so on---

I knocked the two martial artists on the front with both hands. Later, each and everyone of them got knocked out one by one.

[11 consecutive K.O's... Hitting them on their cervical vertebrae would end the fight without any injuries.]

The demigods continued to charge forward. I continued to knock them down. All of a sudden,

---smack---

a demigod kicked me in the chest. I got pushed back by a few metres. I took a glance at him. He was a white-haired, young and tall warrior.

[That kick had so much power in it.]

I looked into the system panel on his forehead, "!!!!"

[What the…? What kind of martial artist is he?]

| Status Bar

Name: Zimen Avry, Mafen Tilen, Henrik Shar, Dom Ron, Leo Hamen, Danilo Jenks

Age: 721

Martial prowess: demigod(x6)

Innate trait: unarmed martial god(x6)

Weapons: none

Stats: Strength_817

Speed_746

Intelligence_591

Confidence_1098 |

His system panel was displaying six names along with the multiples of 6. I was left puzzled.

[Huh? What's with this demigod? He has six names along with his martial prowess and innate trait. What kind of cheat is he using?]

I asked, "What kind of infinito are you? How is a single martial artist having six names? Not to mention the multiples of 6?!!"

"That's because we are...(x6)!!!", said the demigod with six names. But his voice was kind of mixed.

[It feels like I am hearing the words of six people at the same time.

!!!!

Six names... Multiples of six...

Now I get it. The six identities belong to people who are fused into a single body. That means, this demigod is a fused warrior. Except for the names, their age and stats are combined into one along with the level and innate trait. But his confidence is way too overboard.]

"!!!!", I then felt a sudden change around me. So I turned around. A wholesome of demigods stood in groups while glaring at me. I still maintained my tranquil composure.

---crackle(x4)---crackle(x13)---crackle(x7)---crackle(x6)---crackle(x8)---crackle(x12)---crackle(x9)---crackle(x11)---crackle(x16)---crackle(x5)---crackle(x10)---crackle(x8)---crackle(x14)---crackle(x6)---

Each group began to omit yellow lightning. At once,

---fwoooooooosh---

yellow bolts of lightning enveloped all the groups. I remained on the sidelines to observe how the scene unfolds.

[A total of 129 demigods, standing in groups of 14. What are they up to?]

---flick---

The lightning fluctuations came into a halt. All the groups were nowhere to be seen. Instead, a single martial artist stood in every spot. There were 14 of them.

[Sigh, 14 groups turning into 14 people... That must be fusion, huh?

If that was the case, why didn't the demigods from the divine alkander clan use such a trump card?]

---flash---

A fused demigod with black and red hair reigned a spear attack against me. Reading the system panel on his forehead was the least of my concern. I brought forth my darkened crimson-flamed claws to confront his spear.

---clang---flash---smack---flash(x2)---dodge---flash---crackle---dash---crash---

I succeeded in pushing him backwards. But within the next second, I was caught up in the attempt of a fist strike with the previously fused warrior. I counterfeited with a similar strike on his abdomen. He flew away due to the force of my punch. Without a gap, two more fused warriors attempted a stabbing technique on my chest. I bent backwards to dodge their stab. The movement I bent backwards, another fused warrior tried to land on me with a palm technique. His hand was enveloped by yellow lightning. The strike was directed towards my chest. I had no choice but to leap onto another spot. With my hyper speed, I dodged it and spawned a few metres from them. The palm strike that was made to strike me, landed on the wooden floor. The wooden floor got crushed up to a ten metres radius of curvature.

[The power of these fused characters is equivalent to the demigods of the divine alkander clan.

Phew, this won't do.]

---whoosh---

I released a bit more power to handle the demigods who fused with themselves. I decided to make a move with flicked movements. My target locked onto the two fused warriors who tried to stab me earlier.

---flick---smack(x2)---smack---

With my tactic, I spawned between them and executed a flying scissor split kick right in their faces. The next second, I twisted my upper body, rolled in mid-air and landed a flying sidekick on the chin of the fused warrior who attempted the palm strike. I then looked around. Every fused warrior was in his battle stance.

[Why are the fused warriors only men? Where are all the women?]

"!!!!", I got a bad feeling, all of a sudden.

---dash---

I jumped into mid-air and levitated for a few seconds while observing the surroundings. Then a sudden brightness caught my attention from a certain distance. All the women were in five groups of 10-15 members. Each group paraded in a circle formation.

---dash---

I flew towards them. As I neared them,

---boom---boom---boom---boom---boom---

five consecutive explosions took place on the spot where those groups stood up. Everything was filled with dust.

---step---step---step---

I stepped onto the ground to see what those women were up to.

"!!!!", I felt five different kinds of energies from the five spots.

[The powers I am sensing right now are similar to Raymen's. This means... the women were trying to summon the previous gods of zooviya while the men were holding me off.

Why go through all the trouble? They should have summoned them right when I told them to.]

---whoosh---

All the dust got cleared and the former deities who became guardian spirits of many clans in that present era came to vision.

[Three men and two women on the darkened indigo stage... They are not as powerful as Raymen.]

---thud---thud---flash---tap---flash---thud---step---flash---thud---tap---tap---tap---thud---step---

All the 14 demigods who were fused warriors surrounded me. The summoned guardian spirits a.k.a former deities stood alongside them.

[Now, I have to fight a hoard of deities along with these dark crevasses' proxies.

Guess it's time to increase my power another bit.]

---whoooossh---

I unleashed another portion of my power. All the five god-level and fourteen demigod-level martial artists got into their stances. I tranquillized my composure and exclaimed,

""WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? LET THE FUN BEGIN!!""