Emperor's Reckoning

The gale was feverish cold and the forest nearby bellowed a daunting howl. The clouds in the sky were pulled out as the nearest sea raged against it. The entire earth soon succumbed to a tremor.

The spectators were sitting on the edge of their seats with cold sweat and flight instinct triggered. However, no matter how much they wanted to run from the scene, their trembling feet has turned limp like that of a noodle.  The intense atmosphere almost sucked out all the oxygen inside their lungs.

"What the hell...."

"Who is he?!?!"

"Such tremendous power!"

The words of praise couldn't be heard by the young man smirking against the slab of stone.

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"The fool, what is he doing?! Why is he going all out?!" said Carius before he placed his palms against the giant window with rage on his face.

The matriarch made no comment as her eyes were fixated on the young man and blind to the rest.

"Hahaha~ What makes you think that he is going all out? Do you think the size of a lake is comparable to the size of an ocean?"

Carius turned his head before looking at Tael with disbelief in his eyes. "What... did you say?"

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(Amazing!) Verdu furrowed his eyebrows. His sword and his son's sword had admitted the simultaneous feelings of fear and revere.

"This is Lyon..."

Zet nodded with a grin, "En, that's right, he is really strong! Super strong!"

Porealus opened his mouth and tried to warn him not to go too wild against the slab of stone but dropped the notion. (Like he would listen) thought Porealus (Not with that smirk on his face, the smirk that destroyed Treas).

"Huu~" Lyon let out a breath before everything turned silent the moment he opened his eyes.

He muttered, "Grandpa Bapho."

"En," The Calamity Goat nodded before his back shone with the inscription of the name.

Lyon opened his crossed arms as his hair turned ash-gray. He pulled his right arm with his right leg taking a step back.

The mana swirling around his right arm slowly turned visible to the naked eyes as strands of gray.

"Slapping the heaven's face, as if we would miss this, let's go catfish!"

"Alright! Eh? What did you call me?!"

The strands suddenly multiplied as three colorful mana swirled around his forearm.

Lyon shook his head with a chuckle before his eyes turned sharp. He punched his heavy right arm forward as the space surrounding it was grazed open by his knuckles.

Under the naked eyes of the experts and all other cultivators first connected with an apocalyptic boom. The entire colosseum was instantly ruptured before becoming debris. The clouds in the sky scattered as the sun almost dimmed for a moment.

The matriarch of the Yuki clan had her eyes twitched before she immediately froze the glass panels. However, the might of the shockwave instantly shattered the thick ice that she formed. The high-class lounge was devastated to crumble in an instant.

(What a tremendous force!) thought the matriarch as even the ice she made to cover herself turned brittle.

"Hahahaha!" laughed Tael with his hands behind his back. "Just a shockwave alone could render the entire forest, this is so absurd I can hardly contain myself hahaha!"

He was unscathed even though he was not covered by any ice.

"Is it really the time to laugh?!" said Carius as he furrowed his eyebrows. "This is fatal! He will be the main target now!"

"What if that is what he wanted?" asked the matriarch.

"Hm? What do you mean?" asked Carius.

"Every sane person would definitely lay low and strike where the opportunity arises, but what if he doesn't need any opportunity to do so?" asked the matriarch.

"That young man has the power to rule the Mortal World, no, perhaps even Heaven too, just look at that," said Tael as he pointed down.

Carius turned around before he looked back. His pupils dilated simultaneously with his mouth gawking.

Lyon looked at the shimmering glow in front of him before he reverted back to his normal form and crossed his arms. "Heh."

"W-W... What in the world..."

"It's beautiful..."

"What is that... ore?"

The spectators and the contestants themselves were ensnared by the beauty that their sight landed on. There was a night and day difference between Lyon's results than the previous ones.

The host opened his eyes wide behind the mask as his mouth gawked openly. Words stayed inside his throat as his brain was taking a hard time receiving what's in front of him.

"I expect nothing else," said Assid as he adjusted his glasses with a push of his middle finger.

"Not bad for the current him," said Kesya as she nodded repeatedly.

"Peak him would devastate the whole town," said Graham as he let out a rare smile.

"Drunk him would talk with the slab before taking it home," said Cecile before she shook her head with a smile.

The generals chuckled hearing her joke.

"Hahaha, that takes me back," said Kesya as she wiped the tear at the corner of her eyes.

Cecile looked at Lumina that was looking at the result in disbelief before she tugged her elbow, "I'm sure you know what that is right?"

Lumina narrowed her eyes as she looked at Cecile, "Heaven's Prism."

Cecile nodded before returning her glance forward. "Heaven's Prism, the highest ore rarity that one could find in heaven, not even in the seventh layer has it laying on the ground. Some call it, the mother of all ore, the only ore in existence that could create pure regalia class weapon and armor."

The ordinary slab of stone had turned bright and colorful like a crystal. The quality had surpassed even that of gold, platinum, and even diamond. The floating crystal reflected his daring face that rendered Heaven speechless.

Lyon turned around before walking away with his arms crossed his confident eyes turned into a glare. He grabbed the host's collar before staring him down. "Who is who?"