"What... what kind of power is this...?"
Chthon murmured. With all his age and knowledge, he was actually unable to comprehend what was happening before his eyes!
Loren slowly lowered his head and looked at Chthon.
His gaze was calm and profound, yet it contained an edge sharp enough to tear apart stars.
"Afraid?" he asked, his voice carrying an echo that seemed to resonate with the universe itself.
He raised a hand and clenched his fingers into a fist.
With that single motion, the golden aura around him surged several times stronger.
Countless golden arcs of electricity spread outward like thunder serpents. Wherever they passed, space itself warped slightly!
Chthon's expression finally turned truly grave.
He could feel that the human standing before him now was no longer on the same level as before!
"Interesting... truly interesting..." Chthon said in a low voice.
The dark magic around him surged as well, transforming into countless black tendrils that swept toward Loren!
"You think this is enough to defeat me? How naive!"
Loren said nothing. He simply threw a punch!
The punch was simple and direct.
Yet wherever its force passed, those black tendrils melted and scattered like snow beneath the blazing sun!
The punch's momentum did not diminish as it shot straight toward Chthon's chest!
Chthon crossed his arms to block—
"Boom—!!!"
With a world-shaking crash, Chthon was sent sliding backward hundreds of meters before he barely managed to steady himself!
His hands trembled faintly, and two tiny cracks had actually appeared where his arms had crossed to block the strike!
"You...!" Chthon stared at Loren in shock, unable to believe it.
Loren did not give him a moment to catch his breath.
His figure vanished instantly. In the next moment, he appeared before Chthon, driving his knee viciously into