"Warm-up exercises?"
"What... what kind of joke is this?"
When everyone heard Luo Ge's unprecedented words, they all found them utterly absurd and laughable.
What kind of talk is that?
It seems like Luo Ge and Atofe fought for so long, but it was just a casual match?
"..."
Even Atofe was completely bewildered at this moment.
Although nothing significant had actually changed about Luo Ge, Atofi's intuition told Atofe that an inexplicable change had just occurred in the young man before him.
Perhaps it was their eyes, or perhaps something else entirely.
Anyway, Atofe couldn't explain it clearly, but without a doubt, her intuition told her... the human boy in front of her had completely changed.
Atofe's intuition was correct.
At this moment, Luo Ge appeared to be unchanged; his magic and Touki were exactly the same as before.
But his gaze changed; it wasn't sharp, but rather almost a pure clarity.
It was like a perfectly programmed look, a gaze devoid of any superfluous emotion.
This change is not just a change in his eyes; more accurately, it's a change in how he sees the world.
If the world Luo Ge saw before was no different from that of ordinary people, then the world he sees now is completely different.
Everyone here, including Atofe, is not a single person, but a collection of organs, parts... a convergence of magical energy and Touki flow.
Luo Ge could see everything from how the fighting Touki circulated within each person's body to the rhythm of their breathing.
The world he sees is transparent, infinitely close to the essence of this world.
But the changes in Luo Ge certainly went far beyond that.
His presence vanished in an instant.
This person was standing there, right in front of everyone, yet no one seemed to notice his presence at all.
In fact.
This is because after Luo Ge discarded all his distracting thoughts, fears, and murderous intent, he finally entered a state of "selflessness."
breathe!
Give it your all!
action!
Everything is polished to perfection, achieving harmony of mind and body.
Everyone could sense the changes in Luo Ge to some extent, but if asked to elaborate, no one here could actually put it into words to clearly explain this sudden transformation in him.
As Luo Ge's opponent and the strongest fighter present, the immortal demon king Atofe could naturally feel this overwhelming change more directly.
... and there's also that invisible sense of oppression.
Even under this oppressive atmosphere, a bead of cold sweat trickled down the forehead of this immortal demon queen, leaving her drenched in perspiration.
It wasn't that she was afraid.
Instead, it was a primal, instinctive feeling of being threatened.
Even when Luo Ge completely overwhelmed him before, cutting off his arms and even decapitating him, nothing as outrageous as this had ever happened.
However... at this moment, just one look from the other party was enough to make Atofe break out in a cold sweat.
what happened?
What on earth happened?!
The boy before me was completely different in a short moment.
Atofe couldn't figure it out... so he finally decided to give up on thinking about it altogether.
She brandished her heavy sword, her face contorted in a ferocious expression, and this time she unleashed her full power.
The demon king raised the black magic sword, which was almost as tall as himself, high above his head, and poured all his Touki into it.
A downward slash.
With brute force alone, one can shatter rocks, tear through heavy armor, and rip apart anything.
However, it was precisely at the very moment that Atofe's powerful, all-consuming strike, which should have torn everything apart, slashed down towards Luo Ge's head.
Luo Ge showed absolutely no intention of drawing his sword.
Just when everyone thought Luo Ge was doomed, something unbelievable happened.
Luo Ge used an extremely simple move, a sidestep that even a three-year-old could do.
Then... Atofe's North God Style Secret Technique was easily dodged.
Atofe's sword missed its mark, and he almost fell to the ground due to inertia, which was quite comical.
However, being from the North God Style, she instantly abandoned her sword and instead threw a vicious punch at Luo Ge.
However, the next second... he easily dodged it again, avoiding it without any effort.
To everyone else, Atofe's movements appeared incredibly fast, while Luo Ge's dodging was incredibly slow; everyone could clearly see their trajectories.
But just like that, inexplicably... he miraculously dodged all of Atofe's attacks.
No matter how Atofe attacks, or from which direction.
Chop!
Sweep!
Punching and kicking!
The final result was unsurprising... Luo Ge would always easily dodge it with an extremely simple move.
After witnessing what was happening, almost everyone in the room was stunned.
???
What exactly happened?
What happened?
That's so weird!
In short... Lord Atofe's attacks couldn't even touch the hem of this human's clothes?
This scene baffled Atofe's personal guard... because it felt as if Lord Atofe had deliberately missed his target to match the opponent's movements.
But in reality, everyone knew perfectly well... that Atofe simply couldn't be reached.
After several attempts to attack, all of them ended in failure.
"..."
Atofe also fell into a state of existential doubt.
The human boy was standing right in front of him, so close, so very close, almost within reach... within his grasp.
Every time I could just swing my sword forward and hit my opponent, I always missed by a little bit.
"Hateful!"
"Someone please tell me! Why is this happening?! This is so strange!"
Atofe was filled with impotent rage, feeling utterly frustrated for the first time; this feeling was even worse than defeat.
You can make excuses for failure, but to not even touch the hem of someone's clothes is just too outrageous.
Not only Atofe, but everyone else was also puzzled, their faces showing expressions of confusion.
"... What exactly happened to Luo Ge? Did you all sense... that his presence seems to have completely vanished?"
Elinalise covered her mouth in surprise.
"Yes, I can't feel Luo Ge at all anymore."
"Why was Luo Ge able to dodge Atofe's attack with just a slight movement?"
" Nanahoshi... do you know them?"
When someone turned to Nanahoshi and asked him a question, Nanahoshi waved his hand blankly.
"Hello!"
Don't ask me, I don't know either.
Also, just how much strength is this guy secretly hiding from me?
Nanahoshi is a little annoyed.
"Hateful!"
"Hateful!"
"Hateful!"
Atofe angrily swung her sword, the widespread damage from her repeated strikes also affecting her personal guards...
Everyone was suffering terribly, all of them terrified by the demon king who was blinded by rage and couldn't distinguish friend from foe, and were forced to hide everywhere.
"Hateful!"
"Is all you know how to do is hide? Keep hiding? Can you hide forever?"
Seeing that he couldn't cut down Luo Ge, Atofe immediately changed his strategy and turned around... charging towards the Nanahoshi.
"Huh?"
"Not good!"
"They actually... came for me!"
Nanahoshi Xing was just watching the show from the sidelines when he saw the Demon King charging towards him, and he was completely dumbfounded.
She quickly hid behind Roxy, just as Roxy was about to unleash her magic.
Luo Ge's figure had silently appeared in front of Roxy at some point, and then, under the astonished gazes of everyone, he...
He simply extended his fingers and gently pinched it.
Then... something even more unbelievable happened: Atofe's magic sword was somehow caught in mid-air by Luo Ge's fingers.
Atofe tried with all his might, but he couldn't budge an inch, as if he were welded to the spot.
"Damn it! Let me go... right now!"
Atofe shouted angrily.
Luo Ge released his grip, and in an instant, a shockwave erupted, sending Atofe flying backward from the force of his own actions.
It veered and lurched all the way, crashing into and destroying many buildings.
No one expected that Atofe, the strongest immortal demon king in the Demon Continent, would be so easily defeated.
Before long, Atofe, thanks to her immortality, stubbornly stood up, wanting to continue fighting.
result.
Luo Ge had already taken the lead and slowly walked forward.
He moved at an extremely slow pace!
The sword was drawn with extremely slow motion!
Even though it's all in slow motion... it gives off a flawless feeling.
Draw your sword.
Sever it.
With a casual stroke, a sword strike becomes Sword of Light.
Atofe raised the demonic sword to defend himself with all his might, and then, something else that sent chills down his spine happened.
After Luo Ge's sword fell, he had actually vanished.
When he reappeared, he was already ten meters behind Atofe, his back to Atofe, and he sheathed his sword in one smooth motion.
Just when everyone was confused and at a loss... completely clueless about what had just happened.
"Ugh... ugh..."
Atofe was completely stunned, his lips moved as if he wanted to speak, but he couldn't utter a single word.
The wind gradually stopped.
All was silent!
Atofe remained in the same defensive stance, but if someone were to look closely, they would see sword marks on Atofe body.
Moreover, these sword marks were so numerous... there were actually over a hundred of them.
With a clang as the demonic sword fell to the ground, making a loud noise, everyone snapped out of their shock.
"Ah... Lord Atofe?"
However, Atofe showed no reaction whatsoever.
Next, Atofe exploded with a bang, his entire body torn to pieces, with not a single part of his body intact.
All that remained were writhing chunks of flesh scattered all around.
One cut?
One-hit kill?
This human swordsman actually accomplished this with just one strike throughout the entire fight?
If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, almost no one would have believed that what they were witnessing was real.
The mighty, immortal demon king was actually cleaved into pieces by a mere twelve-year-old human boy with a single strike.
The scene fell silent; everyone gasped in shock.
Not to mention Atofe's personal guard, even Roxy, Elinalise, and Talhand, and even the Nanahoshi, all showed expressions of utter shock.
"... My disciple actually defeated the Undying Demon King with a single strike? This can't be real, can it? He won? He really... won just like that?" Roxy couldn't help but murmur.
As for... Badigadi, who was next to her, was also sweating profusely after witnessing Atofe's tragic state.
You should have said so earlier.
So... this guy is a monster just like the Dragon God.
If he previously thought that Luo Ge's challenge to the Dragon God was a joke and impossible to succeed, then sorry, now Badigadi has completely changed his mind.
Even deep down, a bizarre thought arose.
If it were this young man, he might not be without any chance of defeating the Dragon God in the future.
Perhaps, in the future, he really might defeat the Dragon God?!
P. S.: I'm keeping my promise and will be updating a lot more than usual. I'd appreciate some free little gifts to encourage me; I'm about to have a burst of updates!