The sword light filled the sky and formed a barrier in front of Adam. The world seemed to regain it's course as the orbs clashed with the sword light.
However, the hundreds of Blood Orbs, each of which was supposed to be equal to the attack of a Level 200 Demon, only managed to shake the barrier. Kriar was shocked, and he understood they had failed. No, they hadn't just failed, they were dead.
The moment Kriar felt the overpowering power surround him, he understood they were finished. That was a domain. They had no chance against a domain, they couldn't even flee.
As the sword light disappeared, Adam felt the power of his past life. The domain… Although it was only ten meters in size for now, it remained extraordinary. Within those ten meters, Adam was the master of everything.
Everything inside his domain appeared to him clearly, he was aware of all the enemies, their strengths, their weakness. Even the world surrendered to his domain, if he wanted, he could use his very domain to suppress his enemies with the might of the world.
[Congratulations for opening the Gate of Life! Domain unlocked.]
Alongside his Domain, Adam also felt his understanding over the Sword Concept rise, and he finally understood what height he had reached as Old Adam.
Unfortunately, it wasn't the Sword Essence. However, the Sword Concept held no more secret for him, he had understood the Concept to 100%. This, in turn, gave him access to S Rank Skills. The sword light he used earlier was an S Rank Skill, one of the moves of Eternal Art.
Eternal Art was made of four main moves of incredible power, all of S Rank. This was the first move, which was used for defence. It's name was [Rising Pillar].
While inside his domain, the demons were weakened, and although Adam's domain was only ten meters in size, they were all clustered together due to activating the Blood Flag.
Adam appeared in front of them, he would let none of them escape. It wasn't just because they were enemies, but also because Adam had felt something strange after opening the 5th Gate.
He could feel his mind unlock something, he couldn't really tell why, but he knew he needed a large amount of Soul Energy.
He had absorbed so much Soul Energy left to refine with his hunt the day before he would have normally needed more than a month to absorb it, and that was under the condition he already had strengthened his spirit.
And yet, all that Soul Energy had been absorbed in a second, and he could feel his Soul ask for more. As long as he absorbed enough, Adam felt he would gain something incredible. He didn't know what, but he yearned for it.
So the demons were right where he needed them to be. Although there were less demons than beasts he had hunted, those demons were all very strong, so they should be able to satiate his hunger.
Before any of them could take the time to escape, Adam swung down his sword, using the second move of the Eternal Art, [Gravity Press].
The gravity around Adam suddenly turned manifolds stronger, so strong the demons weren't able to maintain flight, even Kriar. Moreover, some were hit directly by Adam's sword.
-450.000.000 HP!
The gravity itself crushed the demons, and all those in the Domain suffered 450 Million damage. But for those hit by the sword itself…
-1.350.000.000 HP!
The damage had gone over a billion… They were deader than dead, they had no chance of even resisting. Adam had gotten almost twice as strong thanks to his sword ranking up, and the might of S Rank Skills was simply way too powerful. They had simply no chance of even resisting Adam.
The attack had been so strong that all the demons died, except for Kriar. But even Kriar was in a bad shape, thankfully he hadn't been hit by the sword itself, but he still had most of his bones shattered.
Adam flew down to Kriar, who was coughing out blood. The old demon didn't have despair in his eyes, but acceptance. He said "I certainly don't deserve it, but before my death, may I see your strongest strike?"
Adam replied "My sword art is known as Eternal Art, and it is composed of four moves, all of them being S Rank Skills. I defended using the first move, Rising Pillar, and killed them using the second move, Gravity Press. I have two moves remaining, one for crowds, and the other for singular targets. I shall kill you with my fourth move."
Kriar smiled and looked at Adam intently. He was going to die anyway, if he could enjoy his last moments then he would. He yearned to know what power Adam achieved.
As for Adam, he swung his sword with both hands, putting all the power he had. The move's name was [Sever], and it was the epitome of strength.
As the sword began swinging down, Kriar felt the world itself lock around him. Even if he were at full power, he wouldn't be able to move a finger. Also, he could see the space around them shatter into pieces, revealing the void hidden behind.
Alongside the void, the grand array they had set to trap Adam shattered as well, no showing any resistance toward the sword. And the sword had just barely began moving.
After space, time was affected. Time became slower, much slower, and swirled around the sword, turning it faster.
Finally, the sword reached the apex of destruction, everything around the sword had been destroyed. Even their surroundings were destroyed, the earth was destroyed. As for the Nascent Souls of the demons, they were pushed out of Adam's domain by him because he didn't want to annihilate them with this move, or not even Soul Energy would be left.
Finally, Adam's sword hit Kriar, but the latter had already died as his body and soul were destroyed.
Strangely, no damage value appeared above Kriar's body. He was annihilated, soul and body destroyed and never to return.
[Second Restriction broken through.]
Adam raised an eyebrow at the strange notification, and suddenly he felt his body change. Then, Adam felt the strength of his equipment lessen by a great deal, they no longer turned his attributes stronger.
As Adam was fearing he was losing too much power though, he then felt the world around him change, as if it opened to him. The power he lost from his equipment was replaced by the power of the world, and some more.
Even the Aura in Adam's body changed, turning into something much closer to Qi on Earth. No, not just much closer, it was turned into Qi completely.
The changes continued for an entire minute before Adam felt everything end. Curious, he sent a look at his status, and was shocked by what he saw.
[Name: Adam Collins]
[Rank: Silver]
[Level: 89]
[Title: Strith's Champion]
[Race: Northman]
[Class: Yin Supreme]
This was all that appeared. His attributes, the percentage of his Concepts, his Aura and HP… A large part of Adam's status had simply disappeared. Over half of it had disappeared.
Adam tried to inspect his equipment, and what was shown was vastly different from what he used to see.
[War Sovereign's Greatsword] (Epic)
[Water Dragon Helmet] (Unique)
[Water Dragon Gauntlets] (Unique)
[Water Dragon Chestplate] (Unique)
[Water Dragon Boots] (Unique)
The skills and attributes of the equipments had disappeared too, and only the name and rank were left. Moreover, while they were on him, Adam could feel their power had vastly changed from what they used to be.
Now, Adam understood what had happened to him. His last strike had, for some reason, allowed him to break through the 'second restriction'. At first, he didn't know what it was, but with everything he discovered, he was pretty sure it was the system's second restriction.
The first one had been destroyed when he ranked up to Silver Rank, and now the second one was broken, destroying a large part of the influence the system had on him.
Now, he would no longer be limited by the system, or much lesser than before. His body now was fully freed, meaning he wouldn't be protected by the system, nor would others be protected by it.