Tianshu City, Central Square.
Chunks of flesh and blood sprayed across the sky. A dark-gray figure hovered motionless amid the downpour of Epic-grade monster remains.
The roar of the explosion still rang in everyone's ears, yet the entire square was so quiet a pin could have dropped.
The ninety-nine elite survivors and the thousands of citizens watching stood frozen, their minds blank.
That cripple who had once struggled at the bottom of Tianshu City, whose leg had been broken for stealing...
He had killed an Epic-grade boss capable of destroying an elite army—all by himself!
The reality of it struck harder than any words could.
Leo slowly descended onto the city wall, feeling the power surging through his body and the lingering effects of his recent state of Absolute Rationality.
He could recall every detail of the fight: the angle of every dodge, the force behind every slash. It had been combat calculated with absolute precision, free of all distractions.
But the icy, all-consuming urge to kill that had ruled him in battle had vanished the moment the protocol ended.
In its place, his returning emotions brought an even fiercer rush of joy and excitement!
He had done it!
With his own hands, he had torn the monster that embodied despair and fear to pieces!
"I..." Leo clenched his fist. As the Exoskeletal Armor sent its synchronized feedback through him, a surge of pride rose in his chest.
He had done it!
At that moment, the deathly silence in the square finally broke.
"Fuck..."
No one knew who said it, but that crude, utterly heartfelt exclamation set everyone off!
"He won! He won! He killed the Raging Butcher all by himself!"
"Mechanical Ascension! That's Mechanical Ascension!"
"My God! I want it too! I want to be like that!"
The fear