I, Izayoi Sakamaki, Joined the Chat Group at the Start

Ding, Fūrinji Miu joined the live stream.

Ding, Esdeath joined the Live Stream Room.

Almost instantly, everyone in the group flooded in.

The barrage of comments streamed endlessly past Izayoi Sakamaki's eyes.

Takanashi Rikka: "Wow, is this my contractor? He's pretty handsome."

Tsunade: "Heh, he's my type."

Fūrinji Miu: "Stare—"

Hawkeye: "Come on."

Minamiya Natsuki: "There's a giant snake. Be careful!"

Tony: "What a huge snake. Is it the product of genetic mutation?"

A snake?

Izayoi Sakamaki seemed to sense something and slightly turned his head.

A gigantic snake emerged from the edge of the waterfall, looking down at him from above.

Seeing that this tiny human had finally noticed her, the giant snake slowly opened her mouth. "Human, I am the Water God! Why have you come to the World's End? Is it for my trial?"

The giant snake spoke loftily. In the past, many people had challenged her for her unique Water Tree, but as more and more challengers succeeded, fewer people came here.

"A trial? How interesting."

Izayoi Sakamaki smiled and rolled his neck, ignoring the Parchment that appeared before him. He leaped high into the air until he was level with the giant snake's gaze. "Then let's go with the highest level of challenge!"

"What an ignorant ant—"

Before the giant snake could say anything else, Izayoi Sakamaki vanished from where he stood, and then a fist appeared before her eyes.

Boom—

Overwhelming force struck the giant snake's head, and violent shockwaves passed through her head, stirring up towering waves behind her.

With that single blow, the giant snake lost consciousness and fell toward the water.

"Oh, right. Let's make the contract."

As if he had just remembered the contract, Izayoi Sakamaki spoke casually.

The Parchment slowly dissipated, and a strange item shaped like a small tree appeared before Izayoi Sakamaki.

He stored it away using the Chat Group's built-in System Space.

"That's done. Let's begin, Hawkeye."

Tony: "I knew the administrator was powerful, but it's still shocking to watch it again."

Takanashi Rikka: "That snake just called herself the Water God, right? But she was so lame."

Tsunade: "Is it starting? Eating popcorn.jdp"

Minamiya Natsuki: "So powerful... Is this the strength of the strongest person in the entire group?"

As the Witch of the Gap, Minamiya Natsuki had seen countless powerful figures. She had even encountered the First True Ancestor and the Second True Ancestor, but judging from that giant snake just now, setting aside her ability to control the sea, her sheer size alone meant she could destroy a city with one strike, right?

Group administrator Izayoi Sakamaki joined the Battle Space.

After dealing with the troublesome giant snake, Izayoi Sakamaki chose to enter the Battle Space opened by Hawkeye.

It was still that empty sky and barren land.

The only difference was that the man standing before Izayoi Sakamaki now held a giant sword nearly as tall as himself.

"As expected, you're very strong."

Hawkeye frowned tightly as he gripped his constantly trembling sword. Without blinking, he stared at Izayoi Sakamaki, who stood casually across from him.

At that moment, his sword was telling him that this man could not be fought.

But as a swordsman, one had to draw one's blade even when facing any powerful enemy.

"Excuse me."

After giving Izayoi Sakamaki a swordsman's salute, Hawkeye swiftly drew his sword and slashed at him with all his strength.

The sharp black blade Yoru tore through the air with a shrill screech. A massive emerald-green Giant Sword Energy cut through the sky, ripping apart the air and ground.

The scene drew startled cries from the group members.

Tsunade: "Hawkeye has gotten stronger again. How terrifying."

Esdeath: "Interesting. It seems I won't be alone on the road to catching up to him. Hahaha."

Takanashi Rikka: "So scary. Is this what swordsmen are like?"

Kurogane Ikki: "Is this Teacher's true strength? So powerful."

Izayoi Sakamaki did not look at the endless barrage in the Live Stream Room. This was the most basic respect he could show Hawkeye as a swordsman.

He watched the surging sword energy approach and slightly extended one index finger.

The next moment, Hawkeye's pupils contracted wildly.

The rapidly advancing sword energy abruptly came to a halt the moment it touched Izayoi Sakamaki's finger, like a speeding train crashing into a mountain.

Yet in reality, sword energy that could easily cut through a small mountain had been blocked by that tiny finger.

"Not bad. Sharp enough, but not condensed enough."

As someone who had reached the pinnacle of martial arts, Izayoi Sakamaki quickly discovered the flaw in the sword energy. Perhaps this was also a weakness of swordsmanship in the Pirate World.

After giving his assessment, Izayoi Sakamaki flicked his finger slightly, and the sharp sword energy shattered instantly, turning into starlight that filled the sky.

"So that's how it is. I understand now."

Hawkeye gave a bitter smile, then sheathed his sword and stood still. "I lost."

"Oh? I could have let you make a few more moves."

Such an easy ending left Izayoi Sakamaki feeling rather bored.

"There's no need. A loss is a loss. My strongest attack was stopped so easily by you. There's no point in continuing."

Hawkeye spread his arms and continued, "Please let me see the power capable of destroying everything."

I beg everyone for your support. Please give flowers, monthly tickets, rating tickets, any kind of support.

Declaration of War

So this was what they called a swordsman?

What pride. Izayoi Sakamaki grinned. Even though Hawkeye was still relatively weak now, he would definitely become stronger in the future.

"As you wish!"

Izayoi Sakamaki did not refuse Hawkeye's request. He slightly bent his body to gather strength, transferring a portion of his power into his fist.

With merely that gathering of strength, the surrounding void could no longer bear the violent power and made sounds like shattering glass.

"Watch closely. This is the Star-Shattering Fist!"

He stepped forward.

He threw a punch!

The fist wind, capable of annihilating everything in its path, roared forth, and irregular cracks appeared across space.

Before the result could appear, Izayoi Sakamaki felt the world spin around him. He had already left the Battle Space and returned to the World's End where he was.

Ding, it has been detected that the Battle Space was unable to withstand the powerful force and has shattered.

The Battle Space has now been repaired, its durability strengthened, and each member currently in battle has been compensated with 1,000 Points.

Ding, congratulations, you have obtained 1,000 Points.

After casually closing the live stream, Izayoi Sakamaki glanced at his Points. He now had 11,090 Points.

It seemed he was still far from what he wanted.

"Tch, did the Chat Group underestimate my Combat Power? It actually made the Battle Space so fragile."

Annoyed, Izayoi Sakamaki rolled his neck and saw the giant snake still lying on the water.

As the administrator, shouldn't he give the group members some benefits or something?

Although he had nothing besides overwhelming strength, that snake did.

The Water Tree was a good thing. It could absorb water elements from the air and produce drinkable water, and this water was rich in spiritual energy. Drinking it regularly could improve one's physical condition and the like.

With that thought, Izayoi Sakamaki jumped directly onto the giant snake's head and lightly patted it.

Thud, thud, thud—

Like an earthquake, the giant snake, who had already fallen unconscious, was awakened once more by the intense pain.

"That scared me to death. I thought I'd just been punched to death by some brat. So it was only a dream."

Before the giant snake could sigh in relief, a familiar figure appeared before her.

"..."

"Yo, big snake. Do you still have those little saplings from earlier? Give me eight hundred or a thousand."

"Hmph, since you have passed the trial, you should leave at once. What are you still doing here!"

"Hm?"

Izayoi Sakamaki puzzledly clenched his fist. The sound of his knuckles cracking made the giant snake shudder.

"Okay, I have eighty-three left. How many would you like, sir?"

The giant snake instantly turned into a Tengu, stuck out her forked tongue, and spoke ingratiatingly.

"Eighty-three, huh? Then let's make it a nice number. Give me sixty-six."

Originally, Izayoi Sakamaki had not held much hope that the giant snake had many Water Trees left. Now that he saw the number, there were quite a few.

But having too many would not be of much use to him, so he picked an auspicious number.

"Since a great lord wants them, this little god will certainly give them to you. Here, this should be enough, right?"

The giant snake revealed a pained expression, and then sixty-six Water Trees floated before Izayoi Sakamaki.

With a wave of his hand, he stored all the saplings before him. Izayoi Sakamaki nodded in satisfaction. "Not bad. Black Rabbit should be arriving soon, so I'll be going now."

Izayoi Sakamaki bid the giant snake farewell with a grin, while the giant snake smiled and said, "Sir, if it isn't enough, come back next time."

Just as Izayoi Sakamaki was about to leave, he seemed to remember something. He turned and said to the giant snake, "I think we'll meet again very soon."

"Then we really are fated, ahaha..."

Ignoring the giant snake's insincere words, Izayoi Sakamaki stepped into the void and vanished.

"Whew, he's finally gone. Where did that Problem Child come from? He's comparable to Master back then."

Seeing that Izayoi had truly left, the giant snake could no longer hold back and began grumbling wildly.

Suddenly, the sound of branches being stepped on came from nearby. Thinking that the man from earlier had returned, the giant snake quickly shut her mouth.

"Eh, Water God, did you see a blond-haired boy wearing headphones just now?"

A pink-haired rabbit emerged from the woods and asked the giant snake.

Izayoi Sakamaki: "@Everyone, I'm sending Red Packets."

He stuffed sixteen Water Saplings into Red Packets and sent them directly into the Chat Group.

There were only nine people in the group now. Sixteen Water Saplings should be exactly enough for everyone to get two, except himself.

Ding, group administrator Izayoi Sakamaki sent a Red Packet.

Ding, Izayoi Sakamaki claimed the Red Packet.

Ding, Tony claimed the Red Packet.