Those two lunatics to me that the universe is very vast.
Humans are one of the most powerful races in near infinity.
But they are not in the top ten.
Not in the top twenty.
The top fifty is a good place in near infinity.
They said everything with disdain.
I had asked why.
Why was it like that? Shouldn't humanity be the strongest throughout infinity?
Surprisingly, he replied in affirmation. That got me thinking, why doesn't humanity strive to be the best in infinity?
That's a naive thought, the female lunatic told me.
They are scared, the male lunatic sneered at my naivety.
Yes, I realized that they are scared, they should be scared, and it was needed for them to be scared.
I realized that as close as humanity could be to the top, they are closer to the bottom or extinction.
I realized that I was better off not leaving my family twice, leading to the life of tragedy I've been living now.
Alone, no kin, no comrade, lonely to the fault.
Though lonely, I realized that I enjoy this feeling quite well. Why though?
Was I always craving loneliness? Was that why I left my family twice?
Hurting myself twice?
/Hmph... Stop thinking too much. Most things aren't that complicated./
/Indeed... You are just someone the eldest found interesting and taught some things. Period./
/Yeah... Yeah... If you want to run, now is the time. Coward~~/
"Freaking Celestials." Unseen cursed out loud.
"Indeed... You should be feeling some despair now but I won't make it easy for you." Vospan, who thought Unseen was cursing out because of despair took the opportunity to jeer at him, convincing himself to come out on top.
Gazing at the adversaries before him, Unseen just laughs, "That's cute but don't stop being a sewer rat." Unseen said with his eyes glinting encouragingly, "That would be better for my mood, though."
"HOW DARE YOU??!! BREAK HIM!!!" As expected, Vospan was unable to keep his anger in check at an obvious taunt, as Unseen predicted.
The five Core formation masters moved as expected, in a five-man formation, the way it's done in the army. There probably wasn't enough time to acclimate themselves to new formations. A five-man formation is only formidable amid multiple five-man formations. While they might seem formidable with a massive presence, in the sight of one who directed multiple of these formations, it was laughable.
No new variables would be entering this equation, so Unseen took his time to train amongst those he could not lift his head to all his life. While those lunatics might be just that, lunatics, they were pretty reliable.
He was promised a level field with the most hated man in his life and that's what he'll get. It might not be about reliability, it might just be them enjoying themselves as they'd been locked up for years according to what they'd insinuated in their talks with him. How does that even happen? Unseen mused as he blocks the attacks of the assailants calmly as he kicked one away sending him down the audience to the battle platform.
He was also hit by a Qi attack but with the body, they forged for him, his immunity toward energy-based attacks is extremely high, so he only took impact damage.
Cough! Cough!!
Coughing up blood twice, he remembered that this physique of his would-be breaking down soon enough, not being able to last longer than three mortal months.
Regret filled him. The Ultimate goal he thought was more important than his life was just thus. A weak mortal.
Had he always been shortsighted?
Indeed, he was shortsighted, Vospan was never going to amount to anything with the exposure he had now, not his fault though. To him a few months back, characters like the young stars were the pinnacle of power and abilities. they are just another untalented nobodies, in the view of the lunatics.
Not daring to slowly enjoy the fight anymore, he knew he had to get serious in order not to shorten his already short life of his.
Sigh!!!
With a sigh, he stood up dusted himself and waited for his adversaries to come for him as he couldn't be bothered to chase them around. Taking up a counter-reactive stance, he screamed,
"COME!"
Looking at guards #1 to #5 and their master who seems to be preparing some form of attack, Unseen's face tightened a bit.
Like moths drawn to flames, they rushed at him but this would be different from the first round. He stopped pulling his punches. #1 moved with his sword at the front of the pack while the rest followed, clearly familiar with this arrangement. Gathering his Qi and half-completed sword intent he swung at Unseen who had no intention of staying hidden.
A bunch of spikes came for Unseen from beneath him but all were settled with a light stomp which caused the ground to quake, disrupting the trajectory of the sword slash and the balance of the spear wielder preventing the spear stab from being as accurate as intended.
A fire blast sped towards Unseen from within the weapon attacks, undeterred by the quaking grounds and pressure came from above as the formation's might bared down on him. Unseen was in a precarious situation as every attack seem timed for him to take the hit with nowhere to escape.
Unseen stood on the same spot, taking a horse stance to root himself to the earth. While he seem to be in the most dangerous position, Unseen knew moving from the spot would lead to him being incapacitated as the formation enabled him to be incapable of escaping. Instead of escaping, why not use the aid the formation provided to better root himself in the earth? His fist was readied, facing the barrage of attacks.
Punching out his left fist, he created a rotational force that swept away the flame attack and diverted the sword intent coming at him.
Punching with his right fist, he hit the spear coming for him with a vibrational force that was transmitted back towards the spear wielder. The hands of the spear wielder were battered by the immense vibration from the spear, almost crippling it.
The spear wielder, aptly named #3 by Unseen, was shot back towards the platform as he had been before but this time with a more serious injury.
With a wave of his sleeves, Unseen threw three talismans at #5 the earth Elementalist, before #1 #2 and #4 could ready themselves to block it. The first talisman activated producing a thunderbolt which was blocked by an earth wall, producing a shockwave that spread out disrupting the remaining three assailants for a blink.
The second talisman activated as a large sword appeared in front of #3 and he was split without resistance into two as the sword still descended upon Vospan at the centre of the battling platform as he blocked it by raising his hands creating a transparent wall that blocked the sword and the last talisman was exploded upon the wall breaking the wall and dispersing the explosion.
Vospan, having an ill feeling looked up and he saw what he partly expected. Unseen with his eyes still blindfolded was punching at #4 the assassin's chest causing an explosion on the chest, killing #4. #1 and #2 had died during the brief moment he was blinded by the explosion. Anger filled him to the brim, wanting to rush up and duke it out with Unseen but was calm.
"You could have at least injured me by giving them their thinking faculties." Unseen sniffed derisively at him, "You should bring it out. Lemme see."
"Are you sure you can handle it?" Vospan was already losing control of his faculties initially, after everything that had happened today, he decided to stop holding back.
CRUNCH!!
With a stomp, he crushed the head of #3 who was beside him and, the blood of the five guards started flowing towards him, passing through the formation at his feet, empowering him and increasing his cultivation.
MID CORE FORMATION
HIGH CORE FORMATION
PEAK CORE FORMATION
After reaching the peak of the core formation realm, the remaining blood started to flow into his body direct, giving him a boost in his physique, transforming his physique as he grew bulky till he reached five meters tall, turning into a hulk.
"ARE YOU SURE YOU CAN HANDLE IT?"