Becoming a Shadow in the New World

After Xiaogucheng smashed through the top ceiling of the final layer of the Foundation Gate, the impact of Sid's kick did not diminish, and the speed did not decrease at all, carrying him into the air.

If it keeps going at this speed, Akatsuki Kojou will probably eventually fly into space.

Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs." Sid arrived late but arrived early, his black figure appearing once again in front of Akatsuki Kojou. With a kick, he sent Akatsuki Kojou flying off his flight path and crashing heavily to the ground.

"boom!"

A large crater was created centered on the point where Akatsuki landed, and the entire Itogami Island trembled as a result.

"Your strength is probably more than this. Show me your full power, or... you might die."

As he landed in the crater, Sid spoke calmly.

"Roar! Aaaaaah!"

In his berserk state, Akatsuki Kojou is irrational and cannot understand what Sid is saying, nor does he need to. A beast that has lost its mind will kill the person who injured it.

According to Sid's perception, the magical power within Akatsuki Kojou's body, both in terms of quality and quantity, was increasing at a frenzied rate.

"Oh! Does it take a little time? Then I'll wait a bit."

Seeing that Kojou Akatsuki needed some time to become stronger, Sid used magic to conjure a chair, sat down leisurely, put his left foot on top of his right, and quietly watched Kojou Akatsuki grow stronger.

He didn't care about the possibility of losing the battle at all. After all, as a Shadow-level user, he should crush the enemy with absolute power when the enemy was at his peak. Otherwise, someone would stubbornly say that the loss was because the enemy was not at his peak. Such remarks would prove that the strength of a Shadow-level user was being questioned, and he would not allow such a thing to happen.

"Roar!!!"

The vast and chaotic burst of magic, accompanied by a roar that resounded through the sky, indicated that Akatsuki had reached its peak.

Sid's crimson pupils looked at Akatsuki Kojou. How to put it... he felt the legend was a bit exaggerated, which disappointed him.

He had fought the First True Ancestor Forgotten War King before. Although that battle didn't fit his aesthetics as a Shadow Warrior, he killed the opponent in one move without letting him use his full strength in order to end the battle as quickly as possible. But based on the magic power he sensed, as long as he knew how to use it, the Forgotten War King SSS rank was guaranteed.

As for Akatsuki Kojo now, his magic power is SSS-.

It cannot be said that magic power represents everything, after all, strength is also composed of skills, counters, and techniques, but for a beast without reason, the strongest magic power is only SSS-, making it hard for him to believe that the Fourth True Ancestor is stronger than the Forgotten War King.

Oh well, let's leave it at that. It's common for legends to be exaggerated.

Just as Sid was contemplating ending the battle quickly, he suddenly looked up.

A white rainbow streaked across the night sky, its immense magical power spreading outwards. In just a few seconds, the rainbow closed the distance to Sid, allowing Sid to see its true form.

It was a black giant sword hundreds of meters long, a weapon from mythology. With the speed it would gain from falling from thousands of meters in the air, combined with its own mass and the magic it contained, this strike would sink the entire island.

The black sword struck Sid with a deafening roar, kicking up a cloud of dust, but Akatsuki showed no sign of letting up, because…

A burst of black magic blew away the dust. At the center of the black magic, Sid held the tip of a greatsword in one hand, his eyes filled with fighting spirit as he looked at Akatsuki Kojou.

The beast, driven mad, did not feel the black sword fall to the ground.

"As expected... you're very strong, Kojo. You seem to qualify me to use my magic."

The cracks spread from the tip of the sword, quickly covering the entire greatsword, and finally, with a "crack," the black sword shattered like glass.

"See, I told you you were qualified."

After crushing the greatsword, Sid did not act immediately. Instead, he slowly walked towards Akatsuki Castle, spreading out the hand he had used to crush the greatsword as he went.

There was a bloodstain in the middle of the palm of that hand, from when the black sword was crushed.

escape!

At this moment, the word popped into Xiaogucheng's beast-like mind. He had crushed the legendary weapons of the gods without using magic. This power was a concept that even a beast could understand.

Looking around, he realized that a barrier had appeared out of nowhere, trapping him and Sid together—no, trapping him.

"Tap, tap, tap..."

After several unsuccessful attacks on the barrier, and with Sid's footsteps drawing ever closer, Akatsuki Kojo... went completely mad.

A massive amber-colored bull-headed figure appeared to Sid's left, radiating a scorching aura, wielding a huge battle axe, and swung it down at Sid.

At the same time, a crimson two-horned horse, its entire body radiating red flames, appeared to Sid's right, its body emitting vibrations as it swooped down towards Sid.

Facing attacks from both sides, Sid's lips curled into a smile. He gripped the blade of his battle axe with his left hand and pressed down on the head of the two-horned horse with his right. The fate of the Black Sword was repeated once again. Cracks spread from the spot where Sid's hand touched his body, and the two familiars disappeared.

After dealing with the minotaur and the red horse, Sid prepared to continue towards Akatsuki Castle, but the ground beneath his feet suddenly turned into mist, causing Sid to fall because he had no foothold.

At the very bottom of the fog, a two-headed dragon, spiraling and intertwined with a dragon's head at each end, awaited Sid with its gaping maw wide open.

As Sid fell into the mouth of the two-headed dragon, Akatsuki Kojou breathed a sigh of relief as he saw the barrier begin to thin.

The next second, a crack appeared in the middle of the two-headed dragon's belly. Starting from the crack, the two-headed dragon was torn into two and then disappeared.

Sid emerged from the crack and stood on the ground that had returned to its original state from the mist. A silver beetle shrouded in black mist fell into Sid's hand, which he crushed. He continued walking towards Akatsuki Castle.

"Roar!"

Seeing Sid approaching, Akatsuki let out a beast-like roar, and a water nymph with the upper body of a woman and the lower body of a snake appeared behind him, resembling Medusa from mythology.

A mercury-like liquid appeared beneath the water demon's feet, spreading outwards. Everything touched by the mercury liquid seemed to have time reversed.

The ground turned into dust, the glass into sand, and the steel returned to its unprocessed state.

However, Sid stood in the water, treating the mercury with the ability to reverse time as if it were air, and slowly walked towards Akatsuki Castle.

By the time Sid reached Xiaogucheng, the serpentine water demon had already been crushed by the black magic emanating from Sid.

"Any more?"

Standing in front of the fallen Akatsuki, Sid asked curiously.

"Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!"

The response to Sid was a pure magical attack, powerful but insignificant compared to the familiar from before.

"It looks like there aren't any left."

Watching Akatsuki Kojou launch attacks while simultaneously trying to retreat against the barrier with his legs, letting out a terrified roar.

Speaking with a slightly regretful tone, a black magic ball appeared, which Sid grasped in his hand and hurled at Akatsuki Kojo.

Between Sid and Xiaogu City appeared a giant ram made of indestructible diamond, with countless gems forming a shield.

Unfortunately, the shield shattered the moment it touched the black magic ball, and the Great Horned Ram that was pierced by the black magic ball also dissipated. Xiao Gucheng kept trying to retreat, but could only watch helplessly as the black magic ball, carrying an aura of destruction, got closer and closer to him.

When the black magic ball was only 0.5 centimeters away from Xiaogucheng's face, Sid stopped holding the magic ball and smiled as he spoke in a light tone.

"What a surprise!"

The black, destructive orb instantly transformed into a cyan, life-filled healing orb, accompanied by a sentence spoken in a magnetic voice.

"I am Recovery Atomic"

A blue light enveloped everything, including the Foundation Gate.

Chapter 41 is a reassurance.

Amidst a sea of ​​fire, Yukina Himeragi, wielding the Snow Wolf, advanced along the passage toward the bottom of the Foundation Gate, with retreating guards occasionally passing by nearby.

Just now, a dazzling blue light seemed to cover the entire world. The guards inside the Foundation Gate, who had been knocked to the ground by Rudolf, had their wounds healed instantly after being illuminated by the blue light.

Before the guards could even marvel at this miraculous scene as they stood up, they were terrified by the collapsing foundation gate and hastily retreated.

Before the foundation gate, shrouded in a bluish light, magma and vibrations impacted the foundation gate, which was buried deep underground.

Then, deep underground at the Foundation Gate, the soil surrounding the foundation seemed to turn into a mist, causing the foundation to begin to shake.

The final stream of mercury-like liquid touched the surface of the Foundation Gate, corroding the golden magic that had allowed the Foundation Gate to remain standing despite this series of attacks—the magic that Shadow had left behind before he departed.

The mercury evaporated rapidly upon contact with the golden magic, creating a strange-smelling white mist.

However, the golden magic left by the shadow was too little. Under the continuous onslaught of the mercury liquid, the golden magic was quickly exhausted.

Although the mercury liquid stopped flowing as the golden magic was exhausted, it was completely evaporated by the golden magic.

But after losing the golden magic that reinforced the entire Foundation Gate, the Foundation Gate, which had been attacked and damaged by various forces, could no longer suppress the injuries within its body, and the Foundation Gate... began to collapse.

"Where...where? Where...where?"

As she used the Snow Wolf to cut open another fallen boulder, Himeragi Yukina gasped for breath.

She patted her cheeks, trying to cheer herself up and fight off the fatigue. To stay alert and walk, Yukina Himeragi squeezed out a wisp of spiritual energy from her body.

Blue light can heal physical injuries, but it cannot restore physical strength or spiritual power.

For someone like her who has been through numerous battles, it would be an exaggeration to say that she couldn't take a single step, but it's definitely true that her whole body aches after taking just one step.

With each step, it felt like I was using up my last bit of strength. Even knowing that I was inside a building that could collapse at any moment, I just wanted to close my eyes and lie down to sleep.

"I can't sleep...I can't sleep..."