Ruler's Awakening: Inheritor of the SSS-Rank Dimensional Talent

A fierce battle ensued between Karen and Lily. Karen gave her best to defeat Lily, no matter what it took.

Karen was really upset that Lily had dominated the fight from the start. However, the fog and rain had cleared, and it was Karen's turn to turn the tide.

Some members of the Rain Palace called for Lily to dodge a lot rather than withstand Karen's sword swinging attacks. They could say so, but they had no idea of the difficulty Lily was facing.

Karen's movements were getting faster and more efficient, making it difficult for Lily to find even the slightest opening. Even if she found one, Karen would move even faster, forcing Lily to be on the defensive.

WOSH!

A powerful forward swing of the sword pushed Lily's body away from Karen. Lily gasped and was hit, several cuts appeared on her body and damaged her uniform.

The members of the Rain Palace group never thought that Lily could be cornered by a woman named Karen. Karen felt she had the upper hand, it was time for her to end the fight.

She activated the fire sword talent, absorbing the fire energy gathered around the Dimension Justice arena.

Aaron felt a constant stream of magic fluctuations from outside enter the blade of Karen's sword, making the blade enlarge in the form of a brightly burning ember manifestation.

"It seems Karen wants to end this fight," Aaron explained, taking another step towards the arena wall.

The process of gathering the fire element completed, the manifestation of her fire sword towered in the grasp of Karen's two hands.

Lily watched the phenomenon, her legs not ceasing to tremble as she felt she would not be able to withstand such power —power that could take her life.

"I give up," Lily said, raising both hands to shoulder height.

Karen was still upset. The woman was still activating the fire sword in her hand. The match referee asked Karen several times to deactivate her talent, but Karen didn't listen.

Aaron felt that something was happening to Karen, this battle seemed to not only affect her physically, but also psychologically.

With a flash of purple, Aaron arrived at the center of the Arena without anyone noticing, not even the match referee.

Aaron arrived in front of Karen, her eyes still glued to Lily's hateful gaze. There was another reason why Karen was acting this way, it was because Lily had almost broken the trust that Karen had built in Aaron.

Karen couldn't let that happen. Lily was really upsetting her.

"Calm down, Karen," Aaron said.

"I can't calm down until I cut her head off!" threatened Karen.

"She's already surrendered. Stick to the rules," Aaron pleaded.

Karen didn't respond, still displaying her towering sword, enough to scare many people. Aaron had no other choice, he wrapped his hand in purple flames and directed his hand to hold the blade.

To everyone's surprise, the fire talent that should have been terrifying and able to cut through anything, was extinguished so easily by Aaron. The man only had to grip the blade like he was extinguishing a candle flame.

Karen gasped. She looked at Aaron's palm, seeing that there were red scratches from holding Karen's fire sword directly.

The woman turned anxious. Karen pulled Aaron's hand away and looked at the red blister-like marks.

"I-I'm sorry," Karen said.

"There's no need to apologize. It's nothing," Aaron explained.

What Aaron said was true, his HP regen ability made the blister on his palm heal in seconds. Aaron smiled, he reached his hand forward to gently pat the woman's shoulder.

"Don't hold any grudges. This is just a competition, winning and losing is normal," Aaron said.

Karen was truly sorry. She had forgotten the important lesson Aaron had taught her, which was to restrain her power and always act wisely.

Aaron recognized that it was hard to do, but it would be easy if Karen made a commitment.

After things settled down, the match referee announced that Karen was the winner of the fifth match. Cheers of applause echoed through the place, as they were impressed with Karen's skills.

Surprisingly, Karen stepped forward and embraced Lily. Several members of the Rain Palace thanked Karen and Aaron. They explicitly wanted to further cooperate with the Shadow Ruler, as a trusted partner.

Aaron smiled. He could not decide on that, but Lewis would. Thanks to Shadow Ruler's success in getting one of its participants into the final six. It made many people start talking about the group.

The man and Karen returned to the stands. Sara, who had been worried, went to hug Karen tightly. She tried to confirm if Karen was okay, Karen said that she was.

The sixth match onwards was conducted, they fought with all their might to reach the top six stage. Aaron and the others enjoyed their battles, while examining what their abilities were like.

Then came the final match, the 12th match. This match pitted Lewis against a participant from Mighty Shark.

"Now, we come to the final match of the day," the match referee explained.

"Match 12 pits Lewis of Shadow Ruler against Reinald of Mighty Shark," the match referee shouted.

Lewis stepped in from the left side of the cage, while Reinald came in from the right. The two met each other in the center of the arena, the referee trying to reiterate the rules of the match.

Both Lewis and Reinald understood. After confirming their readiness, the bell rang again and the final battle of the day began.

Reinald continued to deliver attack after attack to the front, in the form of arrows and water elemental swords.

Lewis easily dealt with Reinald's attacks with his purple magic. However, something unexpected happened.

The water shot by Reinald earlier was a different type of water, poison water. Evidently, some parts of Lewis' body that were splashed by the poison water blistered and burned his skin, making Lewis whimper in pain.

Reinald attacked again by sending the water sword swiftly forward. Lewis tried to dodge, but was unexpectedly stabbed from behind without him being able to resist with his purple magic.

Aaron squinted his eyes. Indeed, Lewis' condition was worrying, but not to the point of making him lose. It seemed that Lewis was gauging what his enemy's skill level was.

"He was hit by several fatal attacks. Can he survive?" asked Sara.

"He can. You don't have to worry. He knows what—"

THUMP!

A mysterious magic boom occurred around the arena, startling Aaron who was talking with Sara and the others. Not just one, but three other magic booms were happening.

"Did you guys feel something?" asked Aaron.

"Feel what?"

"I feel it," Aerith explained, glaring at Aaron.

"Someone is trying to sabotage the last match. They probably want Lewis to lose."

Aaron asked Aerith to detect the whereabouts of the mysterious magic flow. Aaron suspected that the magic boom served as a nerf tool aimed at a specific person, either an enemy or a friend.

Lewis felt something strange about his body. He spoke to Aaron through the telepathic system of the real and clone bodies.

Aaron told him that he felt the same magic boom, Aerith was trying to detect the origin of the boom.

'Then what should I do?' Lewis asked.

'Try to hold on and don't give up. I'll find the culprit,' said Aaron. Lewis nodded in agreement.

Aerith, who had been detecting the mysterious magic flow, opened her eyes and saw three people working from afar to activate the power weakening magic. Aerith told Aaron about the location of the sabotage magic.

"You go and capture those three people. I'll do my job," Aaron explained, Aerith agreed.

There were a total of four sabotage magic circles installed in that place. The first magic circle was on a pole, the second circle was on a bleacher, the third magic circle was in the center of the arena, and the fourth magic circle was on the arena wall.

Sara was confused, she saw clearly that Aaron was doing something they didn't know. Some people also noticed Aaron, thinking he was crazy for firing his magic at absurd places.

Three magic circles were destroyed, leaving one in the center of the arena. Aaron informed Lewis about the existence of the magic circle in the center of the arena, Lewis knew what he had to do.

With a forward motion of his hand, a long stretch of purple magic light damaged the magic circle formation, making a powerful magic boom occur and startling Rosso. He failed to sabotage Lewis' power.

'Damn it! They realized it!' Rosso complained.

Once there were no more obstacles, Lewis could move freely. Not wanting to waste any time, Lewis aimed his blast ball attack forward at Reinald.

The man had not yet surrendered, but had been declared defeated after being unable to continue the match. Stay updated with My Virtual Library Empire

The match referee arrived at the arena, announcing that the winner of the 12th match was Lewis of Shadow Ruler.

While everyone was cheering Lewis' victory, Aerith appeared from within the dimensional rift. She arrived carrying three people who were trapped in maroon chains strangling their bodies.

"Who the hell are you?" asked the judge, putting many people on alert, including the squad from Dimension Justice.

"You fools. You can't even detect this sabotage magic!" snapped Aerith.

"Sabotage magic?"

Everyone was shocked, she had never expected sabotage magic to be performed and happen in this place. However, they did not know who the main culprit of the sabotage was.

"Who did it?" asked the adjudicator.

"Rosso! The leader of the Mighty Shark group!"