The fight continued for a long time. Neither party wanted to back away, being stubborn in their own way. Even though Max was tired, he didn't budge and continued attacking.
His level of endurance shocked the System God. His expression turned even more serious at this time, attacking more fiercely.
This was the longest anyone had dared to stand in front of him and attack so rudely. How dare someone be even more powerful than him despite having a lower level? He was sure that this person was probably taught by his enemies!
After thinking about it, the System God's move became more ruthless, as if he wanted to finish up the man. Because of the impact between the two masters, the entire place turned into a mess. The soldiers and guards weren't around anymore, hiding outside the palace to witness this majestic scene. Even the palace building crumbled because of the intensity of the power.
But the two sides continued to fight as if they didn't care, even if the world was destroyed.
Hope was the happiest of the two people who were fighting one another. She continued dancing around and dodged the attacks thrown indirectly at her body. Even though she knew that this cloak was passthrough and no object could touch it from the outside once someone wore it, she still wanted to secure herself.
After dodging for a while, she went toward the boundary wall and sat on it, dangling her leg down. "How much longer will it take for my little disciple to give up?"
"A few more minutes," said Shane as he counted the time.
It had been an entire day since the fight began. The two sides fought continuously without drinking, eating, or resting. At this time, he knew Max should be at his wit's end.
He was right. Max's body was in the automatic mode now. He didn't want to fight anymore and only continued to protect himself. His limbs were numb from all the fighting he had done until now.
At this time, even the System God must have figured out his situation and was probably planning an escape.
Max gritted his teeth. He couldn't let this happen! He would have to defeat this person. Otherwise, if he were to back away, he wouldn't get another chance to attack this person. The System God definitely wouldn't fight him another time.
Max continued to fight as desperately as he could, but in the end, he couldn't continue to do so. Seeing his situation, Hope sighed and jumped off the wall, heading toward the duo fighting on the ground.
"Let's help the poor guy. He looks like he's on the verge of crying."
As soon as Hope walked over to the man, she instantly took charge of the fight, attacking the System God through the man's hands.
At first, the System God couldn't figure out what was happening. All of a sudden, the intensity of Max's power changed, and even the attack methods changed. He furrowed his brows and watched the young man in front of him.
No, it definitely wouldn't be this person making the attack. That means someone was hiding and attacking him on purpose!
His enemy had some brains, resorting to a crude method to defeat him.
He glared at Max and said, "Come out and fight me if you want!"
Max was relaxed when he realized that his master was helping him. He had no intention of revealing the identity of his master at this time since he was the one who wanted to sit on the throne. So he shook his head.
"I'm fighting you," Max muttered as he stood at a distance. "What the heck are you even saying, old man?"
"Old?" The System God laughed angrily. "I look old to you?!"
"Of course," Max said righteously. "Look at those wrinkles around your eyes. Even though you pretend to be young using makeup, you can't hide your real face in front of me. Say, how much time should you take to get ready every day?"
The System God became angrier as he attacked again with his powerful sword, causing another tornado, but Hope countered with a dark tornado of her own, standing beside Max.
She didn't mind Max claiming credit for killing the System God. She never wanted the throne anyway. All she wanted to do was destroy this world and be done with it the way she wanted.
By this time, the System God was also tired after fighting all day and night. Even though he had become the most powerful system here, he still got slightly exhausted. He still had it in him to fight another day, but he couldn't be more powerful than the person who was giving him hidden attacks using Max as a medium.
It almost looked like that person created this trap, and he fell right into it without thinking twice!
The System God gritted his teeth and said, "If you have some shame, show yourself before me if you want to end me!"
Hope still remained silent as she continued to fight.
Outside the palace, everyone thought that the System God had turned mad. How could there be someone else hiding there in this place?
The cloak wasn't created at this point, making everyone unable to make head or tail of the situation.
As the fight continued, Hope started to win easily. She was clearly more powerful than the System God, making her the perfect person to sit on the throne, but she wouldn't. She would rather help her disciple and get out of the way.
After a while, the System God was cornered, as he had no way to escape. The second day was also about to end.
The blond man was finally injured to the point that he couldn't lift his finger. He stared at Max, who was still fine, and asked, "W-who do you work for?"
"What are you talking about?" Max still didn't reveal anything and said, "I just work for myself."
He said this as Hope delivered her final blow, killing the System God. His neck had a deep wound, through which blood spewed like crazy, filling the entire ground with blood.
Max was the only person standing in the messy palace when the fight finally ended.
For a moment, no one dared to approach him. They watched as Max sat on the ground and rested, but to others, the man didn't look like he had a fight. The young man's face looked utterly calm, and he was even giving a youthful smile.
If there wasn't a dead body lying to the ground, he would have looked like a young boy who was about to confess to his beloved.
Hope wiped the layer of sweat from her forehead and leaned against the tree behind her. "I should have finished faster."
"Yeah," Shane said, mentally chewing something. "You're way too powerful for how you present yourself."
Hope silently watched the young man sitting on the ground and then walked over. "Max, listen to what I have to say. Make a girl named Echo your disciple. I might not come in this female form in the future. Wait for my arrival. Until that time, you'd better reach the 100 level."
She didn't even give the youth a chance to speak before disappearing out of the blue.
Max continued to sit there, stunned. He reacted as he got up and looked around, yelling, "Master!"
At this time, Hope had already returned to the room and finished writing the instructions for her past self before saying, "We should change bodies now."
After saying that, Hope quickly closed her eyes and muttered something under her breath. A while later, both of them felt dizzy. When they opened their eyes, they found themselves inside the body of a young man whom Shane was very familiar with:
"Jake?!" Shane spat out the popcorn he had just put in his mouth and coughed. "You've got to be kidding me. Just how many more crazy secrets are you still hiding from me?"
Hope refused to reply to him and walked forward. She turned to look back inside the room which she was familiar with. For a moment, a hint of nostalgia formed in her eyes as if she were reluctant to leave, but that emotion got overshadowed by a smile, and she turned back.
"So, where do you want to go?"
"You're asking me?" Shane didn't even want to talk to this girl anymore as he rested against the ground and closed his eyes. "I'm sleeping."
"Systems can't sleep during work unless the hosts do. Don't you remember this rule?"
"We are destroying the entire system world itself!" Shane pointed it out. "What kind of b*llshit rules are you talking about?"
Hope sighed as she said, "Let's go."
As she disappeared from view, the past Hope took the piece of paper that said:
"This is my last instruction to you. Become Max's disciple and officially change your name to Echo. Don't let anyone figure out your identity, and continue to spy on the man."
There was nothing more, but Hope felt like there should be more. She turned the page around, and there was another line.
"Find a man who can control dark energy. You should know whom I'm talking about, right?"
Hope let out a smile as she burned the paper with her powers. "Of course I do. It's Shane!"
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