Child of Destiny

The live audience and online viewers just learned that both the Empyrean Talons and the God’s Paradise had come to an agreement to go for the Champion’s Battle for their matches.

This made everyone think that there was something more hidden underneath the surface, which led them to become more suspicious. Even more so when everyone learned that both matches would be held on the same day due to having nothing but 1-vs-1 battles.

But everyone almost forgot about it when Miss Bunny and David from the broadcast started to give everyone some insights about the possible combatants who would be representing each team.

People even started voicing out their respective guesses, which sparked the start of a series of arguments and discussions.

But after some serious considerations, the people came up with two matchups that had the highest chance of happening.

The first choice was a match between War God Simba and Martial God Ashura, which would most likely going to be a banger, especially with the former having a huge momentum from his previous match against the Earners Mercenary Group, where he had almost won a 1-versus-4 battle.

Then there was a rematch between Battle God Sickarius and Martial God Ashura, which was also a highly anticipated battle. After all, the previous match between these two was so stunning that it was still vividly engraved in the minds of everyone.

Who would refuse such a cinematic match?

Either of these possible matches would be a big treat for everyone, so they did not care which one would be chosen.

However, in the poll that the moderators had put on the live chat of the online broadcast, the rematch between Shin and Ashura had a slightly higher number of votes.

It seemed like more people were anticipating a rematch between these two powerful gods of the game.

…

Not long after, the system notification finally arrived and told everyone the start of the next match.

*Ding*

System: United Cup Upper Bracket Finals – Empyrean Talons (Home) versus God’s Paradise (Away)!

“Whoo!”

“There it is!”

“Finally!”

“A rematch between the Battle God and Martial God!”

“No! War God versus Martial God this time! Please!”

The audience immediately went crazy after seeing the notification on the system. They started shouting crazily, further hyping up the atmosphere.

System: Evil God (Maverick God) versus Martial God Ashura (Godlike Player)

When they saw that Ashura stepped on the field, the people were not that surprised because they were somewhat expecting him to take the stage. After all, this was a very crucial match, so they had to use the strongest member, who also had the highest chance of winning the match.

Ashura was just an obvious choice.

But when everyone saw the name of his opponent, they felt that their brains had suddenly short-circuited.

Their brains froze for a moment, unable to process what was happening.

But when everything had finally sunk into their minds, they suddenly started going crazy and immediately showed a variety of reactions.

Some were focused, others were shocked, while the rest were unable to identify how they would react to this situation.

“Evil God? Which Evil?”

“Don’t tell me, it is THAT Evil God!”

“The heck! It seems like THAT Evil God!”

“Since when that monster-… No-… that God of Slaughter has joined the Empyrean Talons!?”

“This is crazy! This is crazy! This is crazy!”

The first series of reactions was just from the regular players, who were paying attention to the news of the game.

The Evil God’s reputation was quite big, after all. What he had done during the war at the Dark Cloud Kingdom, slaughtering armies all by himself, was not a small feat.

Even the top guilds and huge organizations, who were paying attention to any news about this Evil God, could not help but take this news quite seriously.

The usual lineup of the Empyrean Talons was already very troublesome to deal with, which was why a lot of powerhouses and top forces within the game were wary of them.

If this Evil God was added to the list, then there was going to be an even larger headache that they needed to think about.

The addition of the Evil God was not that much of a problem since the Empyrean Talons were already filled with a bunch of monsters, so an additional evil monster was not much of an issue.

But it was a completely different case when another huge force was added to the equation.

Evil God, despite being known before as a Solo Player, had a massive following. The Cult of the Evil God was not a joking matter, especially when this force was filled with lunatics who were not afraid of anything.

In a sense, he was the second coming of Immortal of this game, as the Lich God had founded the Undying Guild in a somewhat similar situation.

The Cult of the Evil God was founded by a bunch of crazy people, so there was not much of a force that wanted to mess with them.

If such a force was mentioned along with the Empyrean Talons, following the Evil God, then there was another massive force within the game.

To further prove these thoughts, a bunch of hooded individuals suddenly appeared among the live audience without anyone noticing.

These people in crimson and bloody cloaks looked like a bunch of heretics, almost scaring those beside them.

But that was just the start.

Not long after they appeared, these people suddenly started shouting at the same time, looking like a group of crazy people.

“All hail the Evil God!”

“Evil God! Evil God! Evil God! Evil God!”

“Show us your greatness, Oh Evil God!”

“Evil God! Evil God! Evil God! Evil God!”

“Paint the battlefield with the blood of your enemies, Oh Evil God!”

“Evil God! Evil God! Evil God! Evil God!”

The cheering of this group of lunatics truly sounded like a cultist’s session, sending shivers down the spines of those in the live audience.

They were truly crazy.

To make the matter even worse, some of the people from the live chat, watching the live broadcast, were also joining the chats.

Aside from spamming some emoticons of hooded figures, they were flooding the live chat with the chants of the Cult of the Evil God.

But this was not even the end of everything.

What made the situation even more astonishing was the ‘move’ that this Evil God had done. The battle arena that he had chosen seemed to be a regular Gladiator’s Arena that could be seen from medieval times, which was also the most common battlefield in the online PvP arenas.

But what made this particular arena different from the previous one and the regular PvP Arenas was the special feature that came along with it.

Uno, the Evil God, had chosen to remove the isolation barrier that the battlefield had to separate the space between the arena and the live audience.

Boom!

The chants of the Evil God Cult’s heretics and the intense cheering of the audience immediately bombarded the ears of the two combatants on the field, almost making them deaf.

Even the entire arena itself seemed to be shaking intensely due to them.

After all, the number of the audience was in millions. Having them surround the entire arena, along with their loud voices coming from every direction, was so intense that it was no different from an explosion of thunder in the sky.

…

Ashura, who had just stepped into the field, could not help but frown deeply after his ears got assaulted by such a loud noise.

This was kind of a ‘home advantage’ that was not only meant to distract the opponent, but also a double-edged sword that could work against them.

Looking ahead and seeing a person covered with a crimson cloak that looked like it was soaked and dyed with blood, Ashura could not help but be a little surprised before smiling. “Evil God!? This is going to be even more interesting than I have expected.”

In the meantime, Uno slightly shook his head before saying. “I think you will be disappointed this time.”

“I don’t have the plan to play around this time, so I don’t think it is going to be that interesting,” he added coldly, sending sudden tremors in those who had heard him.

Due to the loud noise around them, it was quite hard to hear each other. But given the abilities of these two, it was not that hard to isolate themselves from the noise and focus on those that they only wanted to hear.

Ashura, who heard those words clearly along with the cold tone, could not help but squint his eyes a little.

There was only a battle that ‘fully’ showcased the ‘true’ strength of this Evil God, which was his most recent battle against Dragon God Siegfried.

But even at that time, a lot of people knew that it was nothing but a mere glimpse of the true power of this Evil God.

That last strike that he had shown in that match was the true glimpse of his real power.

Ashura would not dare to underestimate this person, especially when his instincts were repeatedly telling him to run away from this place as far as possible.

Raising his [Heavenly Meteor] and pointing it at Uno, Ashura issued his challenge. “Evil God, huh? Show me what you’ve got.”

Uno, on the other hand, just shook his head for another time before saying. “Three strikes – that’s all you have. Give your everything and show me what you can do.”

“If you manage to pique my interest, then I may play with you for a little longer,” he smirked before flashing his intense killing intent.

Boom!

This killing intent was so strong that it spread throughout the entire arena and even affected the clear sky.

The world seemed to have turned red with his sudden burst of killing intent, which also shut the mouths of everyone subconsciously.

Even those lunatics from the Cult of the Evil God could not help but go silent after sensing such an overwhelming killing intent.

Those with a slightly weaker mind even started seeing things. They felt that they had been thrown into purgatory filled with skulls and skeletons.

The rest, with an even lesser ability, directly collapsed and lost their consciousness. The ones that were in an even more serious situation were even kicked out of the game by the system after ‘sensing’ their unusual minds.

The expression on Ashura’s face suddenly turned dark after sensing the dense killing intent that even affected his mind and suppressed him greatly.

“You-… Just who are you?” he asked with a hoarse voice, glaring at Uno.

Hearing that, Uno slightly raised his head and sneered. “Me? I’m just second to none.”

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