Chapter 38: The Top Ten (2)

In the other rings, the fights still continued.

There was no holding back here.

Everyone performed at their best.

They fought like it was the last fight of their life.

This was an immortal’s legacy.

It was the greatest fortune they might ever come across their whole lives.

If they inherited this legacy, they would be set for life.

Neo remained in the ring.

He watched as the others contended for the legacy’s inheritance.

Cultivation was a struggle. A never-ending upward climb.

A struggle to never remain mired at the bottom.

He watched the struggle as it occured right before him.

He was not the only one fighting to win this.

Everyone was putting in their best.

The battle in the four remaining rings soon concluded.

Kotil, and the man from the other powers had won their fight.

The two winners in the other rings were prime demons.

There were five remaining people in the legacy now.

The immortal’s voice sounded again.

"The legacy has come to this stage. The battles will continue further. The first ranked contender will be exempt from all battles until the finals."

Neo was given a free pass until the finals.

"The four of you will have your minor origin restored to ten points. Be prepared for your next battle."

At the immortal’s words.

The four rings were reduced to two.

Two rings had merged into one.

The match up was quite spectacular.

It was a case of humans against demons.

Kotil was matched against a prime demon.

So was the man from the other powers.

The battles commenced the moment the rings merged.

Neo watched.

Kotil charged at the prime demon.

His fist raised.

The prime demon also charged at him.

The two hurtled towards each other.

The prime demon swiped its claws forward.

The claws lengthened as they reached for Kotil’s face.

He punched forward.

The force of the punch snapping the claws back.

It seemed Kotil had focused all his techniques on his body.

He was neither scratched nor pushed back.

He continued his charge towards the prime demon.

The prime demon’s tail flashed.

It flashed towards Kotil’s head.

Kotil’s fist smashed forward again.

The tail was smacked back.

The prime demon changed its tactics.

It went for its killer move.

Its scales shot forward.

All of them concentrated at Kotil’s torso.

The man didn’t dodge.

He smashed through the scales.

His fist hurtled towards the prime demon’s head.

It could neither parry nor counter.

It was out of all moves.

Before its head could be bashed in, it disappeared.

It had been eliminated from the legacy.

Kotil stood as the winner.

He had proved his combat prowess with the strength of his body.

Neo turned to the other ring.

The man from the other powers wasn’t doing so well.

The prime demon he was matched against wasn’t so easy to deal with.

The man’s weapon, a long, thin chain, whipped around the ring.

The chain buzzed as it whipped around the ring.

It whipped at the prime demon many times over, but it was no use.

No matter how much the man whipped the chain around.

His speed increased many times over.

The prime demon was immune to all his moves.

Whenever the chain touched the prime demon, it phased through its body.

The prime demon seemed intangible.

However, that wasn’t so true.

The prime demon moved towards the man.

It held its hand out, and grabbed his neck.

The man struggled.

Forcing out every strength he could.

It was of no use. He still couldn’t affect the prime demon.

His desperate struggle as he punched the prime demon was futile.

All his punches phased through the prime demon’s body.

The man disappeared, as the prime demon’s fist closed.

He had been eliminated.

Now, there was only Neo, Kotil and the prime demon left in this place.

One of the two would be contending with Neo at the finals.

For the chance to inherit this Combat Legacy.

Neo had observed his two potential opponents.

He saw their strengths, but he wasn’t bothered.

He knew his own strength.

No matter how strong they were, none would stop him from inheriting this Combat Legacy.

The immortal’s voice sounded again.

"We are almost there."

Two rings merged into one.

Kotil and the prime demon stood in one ring now.

"The battle will start in five minutes. Take your time and prepare."

Kotil and the prime demon stood at the end of the ring.

They observed each other as they waited for the battle to commence.

The time passed in a flash.

"I have restored your minor origin to ten points. The battle can commence."

The two didn’t charge at each other immediately.

They continued their observation.

It continued for a while.

Then they both charged at each other.

Kotil smashed his fist into the prime demon’s face, but it was a futile effort.

It simply phased through.

Nothing seemed to be able to hit the prime demon.

Even Kotil couldn’t break through its special abilities with his strength.

The prime demon also seemed to want to end this battle quickly.

It seemed excited for the finals.

Its hands reached for Kotil’s neck.

The man wanted to dodge, but the demon had become even faster than before.

Its hands clamped around Kotil’s neck.

But this neck wasn’t so easy to squeeze as that of the man from before.

Kotil’s body was solid.

Hard as immortal granite.

His hands reached for the ones clamped around his neck.

It was intangible at first, but his hands finally grabbed it.

He struggled to tear the hands from his neck, but it was no easy feat.

He cast another technique on himself. His strength increased further.

His body became even more solid.

He raised his leg and kicked the prime demon.

The prime demon didn’t dodge. It was confident in its special ability.

The attack hit it.

It was thrown back.

It staggered, as it sought to regain its balance.

It seemed Kotil had cracked its special ability.

Its body was no longer intangible.

Kotil charged at it.

With fury.

Ready to end its existence if he could.

But the prime demon wasn’t out of tricks.

Its tail flashed once.

It phased through Kotil’s chest.

The man froze.

His charging form came to a halt.

The tail returned.

It flashed once again.

Aimed at his head.

He disappeared before the tail could phase through his head.

The battle had come to an end.

Kotil had been eliminated.

Neo raised an eyebrow.

This prime demon wasn’t so simple.

"The final battle will commence in an hour. You will both have hundred points of minor origin. May the greatest combat genius win."

The immortal’s words rang before it disappeared again.

Neo sat down in the ring, there was nothing more to observe.

He closed his eyes, and cleared his mind of all thoughts.

He relaxed.

Time passed.

The immortal’s words jolted him out of the wonderful state he had achieved.

He stood up.

There was still one more thing to do.

The rings disappeared.

All that remained was just the training hall, bare of anything but the two contenders for the inheritance of this legacy.

"This is the finals. Whoever stands here at the end will inherit my Combat Legacy. The floor is all yours. Fight to your heart’s content."

Everywhere became silent.

There were just the two contenders.

The prime demon looked at Neo.

He saw that he wasn’t making any move.

It decided to make the first move.

It had to seize every advantage.

With one hundred points of minor origin, it didn’t hold back.

It charged towards Neo with full force.

Neo closed his eyes.

With one hundred points of minor origin, and no need to hold back.

What was it that he could not do?

A smile graced his lips.

It was slight.

He didn’t open his eyes.

He got into a simple stance.

Nothing fancy.

His sword was already drawn.

He slashed once.

A very lazy strike.

The demon disappeared.

Neo stood up.

He sheathed his sword.

He turned his face up, eyes still closed.

The smile never left his lips.

He exhaled a relaxing breath.

"Perfect!"

An excited voice rang in the space.

It belonged to no one else but the immortal.

The voice was about to continue.

BOOM!!!

A resounding quake shook the hall.