The once overconfident contenders were now terrified.
And Aiden?
He was enjoying himself.
His golden eyes burned with excitement, his aura pulsing with a strange mixture of divinity and something… more.
"What's wrong?" Aiden called out, sidestepping a barrage of light spears before casually slashing through them.
"I thought you were here to climb the Divine Ladder?"
"If this is all you've got, then you should just quit now."
The taunt hit its mark.
A remaining group of elites, their pride wounded, roared in defiance before launching their most powerful techniques at him.
Seven of them.
Each one wielding an ability strong enough to devastate lower realms.
One controlled pure flames, forged from the breath of an ancient sun.
Another wielded the Chains of Judgment, binding even demigods in place.
A third invoked the Curse of Annihilation, a forbidden spell that could erase souls.
