Chapter 97 - Realization

<<Secret Art: Heaven's Meteor>>

After only a few moments a hint meteor began to fall from the sky as it approached Julius at insane speeds.

"I guess it's over, there's no way he could survive something like that."

"Why were we even called here if guild master Hermes was going to get the job done anyway?"

"Well, I'm going to go back to sleep."

Even though Julius heard all their comments, he still continued to stand still as he awaited to the meteor to fall on him.

"I guess even he has accepted his fate," one of them said just as the meteor landed on Julius and looked like it crushed him.

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After the members began to head back as the assumed that Julius was dead, the meteor which was on the street's ground began to make a cracking sound until moments later, it broke open like an egg.

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"He's actually still alive! Maybe he's tougher than we expected, everyone, attack him all at once!" Hermes demanded seeing as Julius didn't have a scratch on him which Hermes would only realize after he had sent out the order. After hearing his words, the members reluctantly agreed and leaped towards Julius all at one.

<<Secret Art: Thousand Blades>>

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"No… why is he able to use such a powerful secret art?! He's a cultivator through battle so why is he even able to use secret arts let alone such a power one?!" Hermes asked as his members stopped as they watched themselves get surrounded by 1000 blades as if they would get stabbed to death the moment they took a single breath.

"You still don't get it, let me show you the difference between you and I," said Julius as he clasped his hands.

<<Secret Art: Thousand Blades>>

<<Secret Art: Thousand Blades>>

<<Secret Art: Thousand Blades>>

<<Secret Art: Thousand Blades>>

"This is a dream right? I'm just dreaming. There's no way this could be real," said Hermes as he fell back from fear as tears began to flow out of his eyes while he continued to move away from Julius.

"Why are you so scared of those blades? It's not like they can do anything? They're like tooth picks for us," the one with short blonde hair and full armour said to the guild master.

"You idiots! Who was the one who brought this monster to us?! Don't you see what he's doing? He's using the same secret art consecutively. Not only that but it's the second highest tier of a secret art that is comparable to the meteor that I created. It doesn't even end there… I believe that he uses both cultivation through battle and cultivation through meditation… the double cultivator!" Hermes stated as he began to smile from the fear taking over as he couldn't believe what he was saying.

Although all of the members which were called out to battle Julius were scared, there was one amongst them which still stood with pride. It was a tall and muscular man with sharp teeth that wore a tight red t-shirt and black shorts.

"What are you scared of? It's just a kid? There's no way a child could beat adults let alone people like us," the man in red said before rushing towards Julius. In response, Julius brought down several hundred of his blades to create a shield for himself.

However with a couple punches, the man is red managed to break the wall of blades which Julius created before once again charging at Julius who himself once again brought more of his blades to act as a shield.

After a few exchanges, the man in red managed to break all of the 5000 blades which Julius had at his disposal.

"You see that everyone?! We can still beat this arrogant rat!" the man in red stated which convinced the others to join him as they readied themselves to battle Julius. Even the guild master got up as he believed that they had a shot at defeated Julius.

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<<Secret Art: Thousand Blades>>

<<Secret Art: Thousand Blades>>

<<Secret Art: Thousand Blades>>

<<Secret Art: Thousand Blades>>

<<Secret Art: Thousand Blades>>

<<Secret Art: Thousand Blades>>

<<Secret Art: Thousand Blades>>

<<Secret Art: Thousand Blades>>

<<Secret Art: Thousand Blades>>

<<Secret Art: Thousand Blades>>

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"Come on guys, it only took one of me to take down 5000, so with all of us, we can take down 10000 with ease!" the man in red yelled out which the others nodded to in agreement.

However, it was at this moment that the guild master knew that they were fighting a losing battle. No matter what they did, they would never defeat Julius. Realizing that, Hermes got on his knees as began to cry from the mental defeat.

"Come on guild master Hermes! As our leader you should start the battle, we can win this!" the man in red told Hermes which just continued to cry.

By the point most people had come outside to see the thousands of blades which surrounded the kingdom. Some of the hid while others stood in awe. A little crowd had even formed to watch the battle from afar while the weaker members of the dark day guild watched from the glass windows of the first floor.

"You don't understand. There's nothing we can do to defeat him. Even if you destroy these 10000 blades, he'll just make 20000 of them. Have you noticed that you're the only ones getting tired and he's not even breaking a sweat?! That's because he consumed the secret art instead of learning it. He doesn't require and stamina to use the secret art meaning that he could summon an infinite number of them! Have you even realized that he's not fighting back?! He's clearly toying with us! He doesn't see us as a real threat," Hermes yelled at his subordinates which made things clear.

Once Hermes had finished his speech, the sky grew darker as it began to rain while one by one, each of the members got on their knees indicating that they had accepted their fate.. They had realized that they would die that day.