Chapter 111: Chapter 111
The onlookers were already reacting like this, so there was no need to mention Goddess Ishtar, who was secretly watching from the shadows.
"Yes, that’s it, Phryne. Hit him harder."
"Trample him, break him, conquer him." Ishtar laughed softly.
"This way, the child Freya has been obsessing over will become mine."
The thought of being able to openly show off Kiriya while Freya’s face twisted with jealousy made Ishtar so excited she was practically high.
...
And just when everyone had turned pessimistic about Kiriya’s chances, Kiriya suddenly stopped and sighed while shaking his head.
"What? Giving up already? Are you finally ready to throw yourself into big sister’s arms?"
Phryne sneered.
"No. I’m just getting bored."
Kiriya shook his head, but his words left everyone stunned.
"What did you say?"
Phryne’s brows shot up.
"I thought you might have improved a little after showing up again, but you’re still the same ugly mess."
Kiriya shook his head again.
"I’m bored. You can leave the stage now."
"Brat, you sure talk big!"
Phryne’s smile became completely vicious.
"Then let me see if you have the strength to back it up."
As she spoke, she bent her knees, ready to charge forward.
However...
Boom!
A terrifying wave of energy erupted from Kiriya’s body.
The violent aura stirred up a powerful wind, making even Phryne narrow her eyes as her movements came to a halt.
"What... is this?"
"Gate of Life, open!"
"Gate of Pain, open!"
"Gate of Limit, open!"
"Gate of View, open!"
Driven by Kiriya’s will, one point after another inside his body—no, perhaps it was better to call them gates—opened.
Surging chakra flowed through him like a broken dam, greatly enhancing his physical abilities.
Looking at Kiriya’s body, now flushed red and surrounded by a thick green aura, even Phryne stopped in shock.
"This... This is..."
Kiriya chuckled.
Because of the Eight Gates mode, his voice sounded low and hoarse.
"Did you think you were the only one who had a way to strengthen yourself?"
"What?"
The moment those words came out, the entire place exploded.
"What did he just say? Magic that can greatly strengthen the body?"
"Does that kind of thing really exist?"
"Hmph, what’s so impossible about it? Magic is already one of the rare miracles of this world."
"But he didn’t chant a single word."
The crowd began arguing at once.
Some sneered, some believed it, some gasped in shock, and the scene became as noisy as a marketplace.
"You really are something, Kiriya!" Tiona grinned. "Now that toad woman is in for it."
"Don’t be too optimistic." Riveria shook her head.
"We still don’t know how much that magic can increase his abilities. After all, he is only Level 3."
The moment she said that, the members of the Loki Familia fell silent.
That was indeed a very serious and cruel problem.
Under the Falna system, higher-level adventurers held an advantage over lower-level adventurers.
As Levels increased, that difference only became greater and greater.
To put it simply, the gap between Level 5 and Level 6 was much larger than the gap between Level 1 and Level 2.
And right now, Kiriya was fighting Phryne, who had Level 6-level ability values, while only being Level 3 himself.
There were three full major Levels between them, and the difference in raw numbers was calculated by several times over.
Even if Kiriya possessed a magic that could forcibly raise him by one Level, in the face of such a brutal reality, it might still be nothing more than a drop in the bucket.
Phryne also realized this.
After a brief moment of panic, she quickly steadied herself.
"Hmph. You think strengthening yourself a little means you can compare to me at Level 6? Keep dreaming!"
As Phryne spoke, she swung her great axe and charged toward Kiriya.
With Level 6 speed enhancing her, she was unbelievably fast, almost comparable to teleportation.
"So fast!"
A trace of shock appeared on Ais’s face, but it was quickly replaced by even greater surprise.
Because Kiriya was faster!
Boom!
Kiriya stepped forward, his body shooting out like lightning.
A massive shockwave erupted in his wake, carving a huge trench into the ground along his path.
Bang!
In the blink of an eye, the two powerful fighters collided.
Under countless watching eyes, Kiriya lashed out with a kick that struck Phryne directly in the face, sending her flying hard.
Riveria and Finn, both Level 6 themselves, saw it clearly.
Phryne’s face had been caved in by Kiriya’s foot, and her neck twisted into an unnatural angle.
Kiriya did not let the advantage slip.
His body shot forward again, appearing behind Phryne as he raised his right fist and hammered her back, blasting her away once more.
And so, Phryne’s enormous body bounced back and forth through the air like a ball, completely unable to resist his blast.
"..."
For a moment, countless gazes froze.
Everyone was stunned.
No one had expected the battle to turn into such a bizarre scene!
Kiriya, a Level 3, was actually beating down Phryne, who had Level 6-level ability values.
Even if Phryne had been forcibly enhanced by magic, Level 6 was still Level 6.
No matter how weak she was among them, she was still Level 6.
Even a genius like Ais had no confidence in defeating Phryne like this, much less beating her around like a ball.
And what was with that movement?
He was stepping on the air and running through the sky?
Even if it ignored science, it should at least obey magic, right?
"Hahaha, yes, yes, that’s it! Beat her up! Beat her hard!"
Tiona and Tione clapped and cheered loudly.
"So fast and strong!"
"That boy... really does always exceed expectations."
Riveria and Finn exchanged helpless smiles.
They had already tried to evaluate Kiriya as highly as possible, but they never expected his strength and methods to still go far beyond their imagination.
"N-No... impossible."
Ishtar watched the scene from afar, not even noticing that the pipe in her hand had fallen to the ground.
She only stared fixedly at the arena, her beautiful face almost twisting.
"Phryne, you have to win. You can’t lose to that boy!"
However, even a goddess’s prayer could not change reality.
After knocking Phryne around in the air several times, Kiriya finally grew tired of it and decided to finish this trouble cleanly.
With that thought, he chose to end the battle quickly.
"Morning Peacock."
Kiriya punched with both hands at extreme speed.
In the blink of an eye, hundreds upon thousands of punches were unleashed, striking Phryne without any fancy tricks and knocking her from the sky down toward the ground.
Boom, boom, boom, boom!
Immediately afterward, countless air cannons mixed with high-temperature flames descended, exploding across Phryne’s body.
With nothing but his own two fists, Kiriya produced a barrage of firepower dense enough to resemble a Katyusha rocket strike!
Comments