Even with Ryu's stats, Roy felt it wasn't enough. The Spirit Soldier's defense was harder than steel. Since this was a fight where he had entered as "bait," the conditions were met...
"Adventure" Ability, Activate!
His stats, including his hidden Luck, surged again. His Ability Points reached C-Rank for Level 5—even higher than when Ryu used the contract. At this level, every small increase in rank provided a massive jump in combat power. Roy's aura shifted, transforming him into an indestructible blade.
"Impossible!" the crowd gasped. The aura coming from Roy made their skin crawl. He felt like a Level 5 adventurer! Only the Spirit Soldier, who had lost his sanity to the fusion, remained unfazed.
Roar!
The soldier lunged again. But this time, Roy saw every movement clearly. His reactions were now superior.
Bzzzt!
Roy summoned a lightning spear. It moved faster than the eye could follow, a streak of lightning piercing the air. It grazed the soldier's skin, producing sparks. Roy frowned. Still too hard!
Even with Level 5 power, the lightning weapons couldn't easily break that defense. Wait—Roy looked closer at the scratch. The skin had cracked, and a hint of blood seeped out. The attack was working, but it was just a surface wound. He needed a finishing blow, and his body couldn't sustain this "overclocked" state for long.
He had one last option: a true divine weapon.
Roy discarded the lightning sword. His left hand reached into his sleeve—actually pulling the Spirit Holy Sword from his storage ring. The crowd was baffled; they didn't see where it came from. But they quickly lost interest in that detail as the sword's aura erupted.
As it sensed Roy's Spirit bloodline, the Holy Sword awakened. Mysterious runes covered the blade, and the hilt unfurled like white wings. The sharp aura was so intense it made the onlookers' skin sting.
With his current C-Rank Level 5 stats, the sword's power was on a different level. Roy realized that at Level 3, he hadn't even unleashed 10% of its potential.
The Spirit Soldier lunged recklessly. In a flash, Roy thrust the Spirit Holy Sword! An invisible blade of qi whistled through the air.
"Arrgh!" The soldier let out a beastly cry of pain. Its instincts saved it from a heart-pierce at the last second, but the sword's edge tore through its left shoulder, sending a spray of blood into the air.
The Spirit Holy Sword usually disliked harming Spirits, but facing this "Spirit Soldier"—a corrupted abomination—the sword's attitude shifted. It felt as if it had 100% armor penetration against this target. The soldier's iron-like defense was like paper before it. Roy could feel the sword's righteous fury.
Driven by pain, the soldier lunged again, its fingers clawing for Roy's sword hand. Roy didn't dodge. He swung the sword gently; the blade aura plowed a deep, bloody trench across the soldier's forehead, blinding half its face with blood.
The Spirit Soldier stumbled back several steps.Swish!
Roy swung the Spirit Holy Sword with terrifying speed. The blade erupted with a bone-chilling, brilliant white light, weaving a massive web of death that blotted out the surroundings.
"Aaaaaagh—!" The Spirit Soldier only had time to let out a final, desperate roar of defiance before being completely swallowed by the net of blades. The sickening sound of metal slicing through flesh and shattering bone echoed in a continuous, rhythmic pattern that made the onlookers' skin crawl.
This biological weapon—boasting Level 5 stats and a defense comparable to a Floor Boss—was reduced to countless fragments by the cold starlight of the sword, falling to the ground in a spray of gore. Blood stained the ankle-deep water a deep crimson.
Silence.
The underground passage fell into a stillness so profound it was frightening. Everyone stared at Roy in a daze, gods included, their eyes wide with shock.
They had imagined many endings: Roy being ruthlessly killed; Roy barely winning after a long, grueling battle fueled by a "protagonist power-up"; or the Astraea Familia breaking the rules to intervene. The Ikelos Familia had been ready for all of those.
They simply never expected this. After a brief moment of being overwhelmed, Roy hadn't struggled—he had systematically dismantled a Level 5 threat like he was carving a piece of meat.
The members of the Ikelos Familia stared at the Spirit Holy Sword in Roy's hand with intense greed. They had seen its power; it ignored the defense of a Spirit Soldier entirely. It was a divine masterpiece.
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