Garen swung his sword like a sledgehammer, completely unrelated to words like graceful, elegant, or sharp.
The movement was heavy and brutal, seemingly sluggish, yet it carried the crushing pressure of Mount Tai bearing down.
Every blow of his sword caused violent tremors that spread across the entire island. The vibrations surged from within to without, forcing even the waves crashing against the shore to change direction and ripple outward toward the open sea in every direction.
Amid those tremors, some Pacifistas that had been severely damaged in battle could barely keep their footing.
Phantom, whom Garen had hammered into the ground several times, sank deeper and deeper into the rock. The crater caved in to nearly ten meters deep, completely burying his body beneath shattered stone and dirt.
The two-second silence effect had ended. Garen pushed his senses to their limit, guarding against Phantom using his ability to switch places with a Shadow Doppelganger again.
However, Garen discovered—
"He didn't run?"
Garen looked down at the crater he had smashed out, a hint of confusion flashing through his eyes.
But since Phantom was still beneath his sword and had not fled, Garen naturally would not hold back.
Without hesitation, Garen raised his greatsword, preparing to give Phantom, whose body was deeply embedded in the earth, a few more strikes and send him several meters deeper into Mother Earth's warm embrace.
But at that very instant—
The thick earth and rock burying Phantom's body suddenly exploded. Amid the towering cloud of dust, Phantom reappeared before Garen's eyes and fearlessly charged head-on toward the descending greatsword.
At that moment, Phantom's mask had already been smashed to pieces by the heavy blows, revealing a resolute, fierce face with a faintly sinister edge beneath it.
The neat CP0 suit he wore had also