Chapter 667 Ascension Trial: One That Beats All Odds

Rex feels ashamed of himself and admits that his mind is a little bit pressured by the fact that he's facing a God, not any kind of entity but an actual God. Due to that, he lessens his mind's ability to think subconsciously.

But that changed when he heard the familiar voices ringing inside his head.

Even though he's in a different realm that belongs to Kaiser solely, the emotions of the others reach him and shake the storm clouds inside his head that blocked his mind's ability to think. Now that all of that blockage disappear, he finds that his situation is not impossible to beat.

'If I want to beat myself then I only need to do things that I won't normally do'

Although the two figures are the exact copy of him in terms of power, battle instinct, and mind, they are still not living creatures. Their abilities to adapt and learn are non-existent, they are stuck in their power no matter what happens.

Contrary to Rex, he's able to think and adapt to any condition thrown at him.

Due to that, he decided to test his theory and fake surrender to see if the two figures will fall to this practical but effective trick, and it seems they did. Since they are the exact copy, finding Rex surrendering means that he's really surrendering.

Out of respect for themselves, they don't believe Rex would resort to such a trick.

Because of that Rex managed to land a solid hit on one of the two figures and sent it flying to the throne stairs, knocking one of the braziers in the process. It was just another attempt from him but it actually works.

Gaining some hope that he's not lost yet, Rex's mind starts to formulate plans rapidly.

"Presumptuous ant!" Kaiser roared from his throne, angry that one of the figures got stabbed before being sent crashing near his throne. It was supposed to be the end of this trial with Rex's head rolling on the thin blood ground.

Contradicting what he expected, the trial is not over yet.

Clang!

Rex takes out and raises the Amuerus Katana and the Silver Eye to the sky, he then puts both weapons on his side, readying himself to clash against the two figures with a newfound fire of battle.

'I have the system, they don't. And if they're exactly like me then their weakness is also like mine'

Since he's fighting the exact copy of himself then everything about him also works for the two figures, aside from that the two weapons he's holding came from the system and are an external power belonging to him.

Meaning that these two weapons' power is not his, he's just using them.

Amuerus Katana can be considered an Origin weapon due to the enhancement Rex did to it, and it also has the ability to decrease the opponent's stats by 1% per slash. On top of that, the Silver Eye is an enhanced weapon made of silver.

Despite being a Royal Black Prince, he still has Werewolf's weakness to silver.

Of course, silver doesn't work that much for him due to his resistance and all, but it still weakens him. For the situation he's in right now, any weakening effect he can deal with the two figures is welcomed with open hands.

"Let's end this, shall we? I have some places to be..." Rex said with a mocking grin.

Upon hearing this Kaiser's expression twisted into an ugly one finding that a mere mortal is mocking him inside his own realm, it's unacceptable. "Cut all of his limbs! I want to hear him beg to die when I skin him alive!!" Kaiser roared while pointing at Rex commandingly.

Following the instruction, the two figures bared their fangs and claws before leaping ferociously.

While seeing the two figures pouncing right at him with immense killing intent that can shatter any veteran soldier's indomitable will, Rex slowly steadied his breathing as he grips the hilt of his weapons tightly.

In the midst of the moment, his eyes scanned every little movement the two figures did.

Realizing one crucial fact that might just make him win against the two figures easily, he paused for a fraction of a second before he changed his battle stance into crossing his two weapons in front of him, assuming a defensive posture.

'Due to my instinct, I take on an aggressive way of fighting. These two reflect it clearly...'

Muttering that inside his head, the corner of his mouth quirks up into a smirk. 'If that's the case then let's see if they can handle taking on the defensive side, remember his fighting style, and implement it to yourself...'

Although he was reluctant, he would do anything to win as the other option is to die.

With the thought of Edward's defensive fighting style in his mind that can even give him a hard time back in his time during the military, he decided to try and use it against these two figures, changing his battle plan completely.

Rex did this because he now uses the two weapons instead of his claws.

Both weapons would work brilliantly even if he only managed to land a light attack, it's vastly different than fighting with his claws. Claws would end the opponent with one decisive attack, but the two weapons are brilliant in chipping down the enemy's strength.

In that sense, the defensive fighting style is best used when he uses the two swords.

Bam!

Like a pair of powerful shells shot from the biggest cannon there is, the two figures appeared in front of Rex and slashes down strongly with their claws cloaked with Origin energy. It created a devastatingly powerful shockwave that rumble the thin blood ground.

While locking with the two figures, Rex's eyes glisten as he kicks the one with a front kick.

Rex then uses the couple of seconds he created for himself to wear the other one down as much as possible, he was exchanging blow after blow as their hands turn into a blur. Their clash becomes even more intense by the second.

But in the midst of the clash, his eyes sparkled when he saw the figure does a heavy slash.

Already waiting for this moment from the absolute start of their clash, Rex pushes his body close to the figure before blocking the heavy slash with both of his weapons. Due to the momentum, the figure's arms got sliced by the two weapons.

Steaming sounds were instantly produced when the figure's skin made contact with the Silver Eye.

<Amuerus Katana's effect has been applied, the opponent's suffered -1% stats>

Groaning in pain, the figure uses its other hand to swipe right at Rex's side. But this time, the Origin energy gathered on the figure's claws was more than usual showing that the figure is giving it his all in this attack.

Remembering the move Edward did back in Lountain City, Rex's eyes sparkled fearsomely.

Instead of blocking the swipe with the Amuerus Katana, he decided to raise his right leg and also use it to block the incoming powerful swipe. Sensing the sheer amount of Origin energy, he knows that this one he needs to be careful.

Bam!

With the Amuerus Katana and his leg, Rex managed to stop the swipe perfectly.

Flowing like water, Rex instantly counterattacks using both of his weapons. Numerous cuts appeared all over the figure's arm, some were burn wounds and some are sizzling with black steam. It happened quickly and makes the figure stumble back.

<Amuerus Katana's effect has been applied, the opponent's suffered -1% stats>

<Amuerus Katana's effect has been applied, the opponent's suffered -1% stats>

<... the opponent's suffered -1% stats>

<...n the opponent's suffered -1% stats>

In that small time frame, Rex is able to land more than five light slashes at the figure.

Due to the enhancement of the Amuerus Katana, the effect keeps on affecting the figure and weakening its overall strength instantly. Rex didn't stop there as he went low and swept the figure's legs perfectly.

Clenching both of the hilts, Rex slashes both weapons horizontally right at the figure's torso.

Slash!

Two gruesome slash wounds can be seen on the figure's chest which is bleeding profusely as the figure was sent rolling across the flat peak of the mountain, it was right at the time when the other one appear on Rex's back.

Rex and the other figure clash, and their bodies are like blurs all over the place.

Different than the one that got sent across the mountain peak with numerous light wounds across its body, the figure fighting with Rex right now harness everything in its arsenal from the sky black lightning element, red force, and even creating an illusion using its lunar light element.

But under the defensive battle style akin to a turtle, Rex dealt with them rather easily.

Any sky-black lightning tentacles that are bursting from the ground got torn to shreds with a swing of both his weapons, the aggressive attack that doesn't know when to back away keeps on raining on him but each one of them got blocked by his Amuerus Katana.

Even in that extreme battle, Rex was surprised to see the Amuerus Katana holding on.

'I know that it's equivalent to an Origin Weapon, but there's not one crack produced from clashing with such an intense amount of Origin energy. Remarkable...' Rex thought while taking a glance at the Amuerus Katana.

For the Silver Eye, he was not impressed. Most of the impact was absorbed by the Amuerus Katana.

Rex knows that if he uses the Silver Eye to directly block an attack from the figure, it would definitely shatter. Because of that, he always puts the Amuerus Katana at the line of contact while the Silver Eye is on the back. as a support.

Clang!

Clang!

Swish!

While watching the fight from the throne, Kaiser slowly gritted his teeth out of anger.

It's clear that the winner of the fight is slowly being unraveled, and Rex starting to dominate the fight even when the two figures are working together. All because of the Amuerus Katana that managed to suck more than 10% of their stats at this point.

A million emotions can be seen on Kaiser's face, he was on the verge of erupting in anger.

Nobody has ever cleared level five of the first ascension trial, but Rex is going to clear level 6 which greatly angers him. But more than that, he was angry that Rex is able to take out his weapons from thin air.

Blood Moon Realm is Kaiser's realm, he was the absolute God of this place.

Since Rex is able to take his weapons from thin air then that means he has the power that surpassed the authority of the realm itself, and that is nothing but blasphemy for Kaiser who literally owned this realm.

It simply means Rex has access to a power greater than the Blood Moon God itself.

ROAR!!

At the final showdown comes forth with the two figures circulate everything inside their arsenal for one last attack, the both of them jumped high into the sky with their claws shining the entire sky with the red color of the Origin energy.

The rumbling of thunder can also be heard from the sky as they channeled their element.

Blitz!

Crack!!

With the additional speed from the sky-black lightning, both of them kick the air and create sonic boom sounds as they propelled themselves right at Rex. Sky-black lightning also hits their body and makes them even faster.

In a second, both of them turn into lightning meteors aiming for Rex that is on the ground.

The dense killing intent that can shatter mountains if it was exposed in the real world is concentrated right at Rex, the energy flowing through them is also suppressing Rex, but he just stood there with weapons in his hands, unfazed by anything thrown at him.

Kaiser watches this with his hands gripping the edge of his throne handle, hopeful with the two.

But right before the two lightning meteors hit him, there's a devilish smile that creeps onto his face showing absolute confidence. 'I've been waiting for your last attempt, I look forward to shattering that smug look on Kaiser's face...'

KABOOM!!