CHAPTER 1971: USING THE TRUMP CARDS (PART 5)

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Roar!

Boom!

Along with five deafening roars, a huge beam of light suddenly shot from the Mentalism Circle before Shin and flew straight to his opponent.

It seemed to have turned into five divine beasts merging and further increasing the size of the beam of light that devoured everything on its path.

Seeing the incoming attack, Voss, who had now fully become a monstrous entity, roared with all its might and started summoning a much larger number of black roots and evil branches filled with human faces.

Wail!

Eerie cries accompanied them while clashing against the incoming beam of light that was filled with a holy aura.

Boom!

The collision between the two sides was quite intense at first, but the side of the black roots and evil branches started losing ground not long after. The sacred aura that the beam of light carried was able to purify them before annihilating them completely.

The evil auras that they contained started to disappear before the branches and roots turned into dust that dissipated along with the wind.

Roar!

Realizing his predicament, Voss became even more enraged and started fighting back with more ferocity. He released a much stronger evil miasma that started to affect the surrounding environment, trying to fight against the beam of light.

He might have lost his might, but his primal instincts were still present. Under the immense threat coming from his opponent, he forgot about chasing the evil core and prioritized his survival.

Roar!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

With much more intensity, he was able to fight back for a while longer.

Unfortunately, he had underestimated the power that Shin currently possessed, particularly the grand formation that he had summoned with the help of his mother’s specialized talisman.

Boom!

The longer Shin remained in his current state and the longer the grand formation remained active, the stronger he became.

It was because of the grand formation’s continuous absorption of the surrounding energy to reinforce itself and further strengthen everything that Shin used.

His just realized this after staying in his current state for a longer period. There were no immediate effects at first, but the longer the grand formation remained active, the stronger it became.

It was as if it were continuously and automatically evolving so long as he supplied it with Divinity Grade Mental Energy. It was as if it were an evolving grand formation with endless growth so long as enough energy was poured into it.

It was as if some version of a Battle Genius in the form of a Mentalism Grand Formation.

Shin wondered if his mother had created it just for him.

A Battle Genius, who could continuously grow through battle, along with a Grand Formation, which could similarly evolve the longer the battle progressed – such a combination was truly amazing.

On top of that, he was a Mentalist as well.

His Battle Genius Talent was not supposed to be paired with his Mentalism because neither could fully showcase their fullest potential.

However, with the help of this Grand Formation, things could turn more differently.

Boom!

While Shin was lost in his thoughts, the power that the Grand Formation had gathered had already reached an unprecedented level, making it more powerful than what Voss could currently muster.

Adding the sacred properties of his Five Elemental Lightning that were infused with the beam of light, Shin was finally able to overpower his opponent.

Boom!

Swallowing everything on its path, the beam of light continued to press forward until it devoured even Voss, who was struggling to fight back.

Roar!

This lasted for dozens of seconds before the power of the Mentalism Circle was finally exhausted.

Voss’ current appearance was quite terrible. His body, which was now fully transformed into a black wood, was currently burning with white flames.

Both of his arms were gone, while one of his legs was almost burned as well. His tendons, which had now become a bunch of squirming parasites stuck together. They were trying to stick themselves together, but they were constantly being purified by the white flames left behind by the previous attack.

Plop!

Shin, on the other hand, suddenly knelt with a knee right after the attack. His consumption of that attack had drained him quite a lot. He barely had enough energy to even stand.

If not for the help of the Grand Formation, then he would most likely pass out now.

Unfortunately, he did not have any luxury for any of that. Now that he had successfully weakened his opponent, it was the perfect time to subdue him.

Bang!

Forcefully picking himself up with the help of his sword, Shin mustered whatever strength he could gather and propelled himself forward.

Swoosh!

Wielding both of his swords, Shin flew straight to his opponent, who was still in the middle of recovering his body.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Regardless, the evil core, which was now fully exposed due to Voss’ broken body, still moved according to its instinct.

It released an intense amount of evil energy and summoned another swarm of black roots and evil branches to fight back.

Shing!

Unfortunately, their strength was no longer enough to stop Shin.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Shin danced along with his swords, which were currently leaving trails of gorgeous flames with their trajectories. These flames burned all the roots and branches that his swords cut, making them unable to recover themselves.

Not long after, Shin reached his target, who was already waiting for him.

Roar!

Voss tried his best to grow his arms, but Shin had already made his move before he could even fully recover.

Shing!

Swoosh! Swoosh!

His arms seemed to have disappeared after swinging his blazing swords multiple times. It was then followed by a series of blazing flashes that cut through everything before, while intertwining with one another.

Roar!

Shin repeatedly cut the black roots that were repeatedly blocking his words while trying to protect the evil core.

The black miasma also tried to extend toward him, but his body burst with intense lightning currents that repeatedly warded them off.

Shing! Shing!

Not long after, his swords finally reached the evil core and sliced through it multiple times, cutting it into multiple pieces.

Bang!

It then exploded after the gorgeous flames swallowed it, burning it into nothingness.

BOOM!

A pillar of flame erupted toward the sky right after Shin struck with his final slash. It then thoroughly burned everything before him, not leaving any trace of his opponent behind.

Thud!

Shin was about to fall on the ground when something fell in front of him.

Taken aback, he swiftly lowered his head and looked at him with extreme wariness. It was only at that moment that he saw a blackened object, which seemed to be a burned heart.

"What’s that?" mumbled Shin before raising his sword and about to strike it down. "It does not matter."

His sword was about to fall when Uno’s voice rang inside his head, halting his actions.

[Wait! Don’t destroy it yet!]

"What!? What is it this time?" asked Shin with a somewhat annoyed tone. "Didn’t you say that I can’t devour anything related to that guy since it is tainted with dense evil powers?"

He did not have the time for anything at the moment since he felt like he would pass out at any given moment.

Even though he knew that Uno could take cover for his body at that time, it was still better to prevent the guy from coming out, given that the entire place was still filled with evil influence.

Once Uno came out, there was a high chance that his Seed of Hatred would suddenly react with these powers, creating another troublesome situation.

[I now take that back.] Uno replied with a calm tone.

He then continued, not waiting for Shin to respond. [Everything else from that abomination is indeed useless to you or us. But it is different for this thing.]

[From what I can see, it must be the container that hosts the so-called artificial talent that they have robbed from some poor guy.]

[It may be worse than your Devouring Talent, but it is still somewhat related. It can be helpful to you. Who knows?]

[Just seal it for now and keep it. You can bring it back and show it to Madam later. You can let her have a look at it and decide what to do.] he added.

Shin slightly furrowed his brows before slowly nodding his head. He then took out a few more sealing talismans from his dimensional bag, along with a random container.

There was no harm in listening to his guy after all. Whatever he said would always have merit with them.

He then used a bit of his remaining Mental Energy to lift that object and put it into the container before casting a seal on it along with those talismans.

After keeping it, Shin finally lost most of his strength and knelt on the ground. He still somewhat supported himself with the sword, preventing his body from falling further.

He might have won on this side, but that did not mean that everything was over.

He then turned toward the side of the battlefield, checking on how his two brothers were doing.

He had somehow forgotten about the evil core that he had sent flying earlier, which was the collection of the other Unforgiven Ones.

Walking on that spot, a person suddenly picked up the evil core with his mechanical arm and sealed it with a special container.

"Not a bad harvest, I must say," he mumbled before turning toward the battlefield. "It is almost time for the hunt. I should prepare as well."

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