219: Deceiving authority

At this moment, on the Crown Position Battle stele in the artificial city, only nine names remained.

Light flickered above them, and a line of text appeared: [The Tyrant - Shirakawa Gen's opponent has been determined].

An information pop-up appeared before Jiang Yuan.

The same happened for Yamashita Tetsuya opposite him.

[Ding! Your next opponent is Deity Deceiver Yamashita Tetsuya].

[Ding! Your next opponent is Tyrant Shirakawa Gen].

It was as if the Crown Position Battle stele was deliberately causing trouble.

The villain and the protagonist of the story met at this moment, and at this very moment, the book turned to the final page.

It was just unknown whether it belonged to the villain's book or the protagonist's...

"Perfect!" Yamashita Tetsuya's eyes flickered, filled with a mysterious confidence as if he had received the protagonist's script.

He stared intently at Jiang Yuan and said, "Today is your death day! I must kill you to avenge Uncle! Prepare yourself, Shirakawa!"

Jiang Yuan was startled upon hearing this, his mind full of question marks.

Huh? What are you talking about?

"Boom!!" Yamashita Tetsuya's eyes flashed, and he launched an attack with lightning speed.

[Golden Crow Demon Breaking Strike!]

"Whoosh!!" The scorching vital energy transformed into a crimson lotus fist print, whistling as it smashed towards Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan didn't even look, raising his hand to shatter it.

"Crack!"

But the attack shattered like a reflection in water or a flower in a mirror.

"Bang!"

The protective energy shield behind Jiang Yuan was hit by the attack.

A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

But he immediately understood what was happening.

"Interesting, did you deceive my eyes?"

"That's right," Yamashita Tetsuya said with a proud and arrogant expression.

"In front of my 'Deity Deceiver' skill, everything you see is nothing more than a reflection in water or a flower in a mirror."

Jiang Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly.

If it couldn't even reach this level, then it wouldn't be a power that could pique his interest...

Yamashita Tetsuya said coldly, "I'll ask you one last question."

"What did you do to Shingu?"

Jiang Yuan smiled slightly.

"A dead person doesn't seem to have the qualifications to question, right?"

Yamashita Tetsuya sneered, "Arrogant! Don't think I'm still the same as before.

I gave you a chance!"

"Crimson Lotus!" Yamashita Tetsuya reached out and grabbed, his entire arm along with his shoulder covered by crimson battle armor.

Epic-grade equipment - Azure Star Crimson Lotus!

In his other hand appeared a perfectly intact golden greatsword.

Epic-grade equipment - war god sword!

Wearing two pieces of Epic-grade equipment, plus a double S-rank talent, Yamashita Tetsuya was brimming with confidence at this moment.

Jiang Yuan tilted his head, as if saying: Is that all?

Who exactly gave you this courage?

"Go to Hell! Shirakawa!!" Yamashita Tetsuya roared, divine light bursting from his eyes, his body enveloped by an invisible force.

He unleashed the [Deity Deceiver] skill, briefly distorting reality and deceiving himself, allowing his rank to reach the level of a seventh-tier Transferred Martial Artist!

He gained the basic stats of a high-level Martial Artist!

"Boom!!" A majestic Aura surged from Yamashita Tetsuya.

His black hair billowed, and his ordinary face was filled with confidence.

"Do you see?!

This is my current strength!"

"Enough to reach the peak of the Crown Position Battle!"

"Comparable to a Prefecture Lord!"

Jiang Yuan said calmly, "A Prefecture Lord... is that very strong?

It's not like I haven't killed one."

"Don't compare me to those ordinary Martial Artists." Yamashita Tetsuya sneered, clenching his right arm, which wore the Azure Star Crimson Lotus, in the air.

"Domain Expansion!!" A azure-blue light shone in the sky, and the Domain instantly enveloped this block.

"O war god sword, cut down all the wicked!"

"The wicked cannot defeat me, who shines with the glory of victory!"

"Strike a thousand enemies with a hundred strikes, annihilate ten thousand enemies with a thousand strikes!"

The black-haired youth chanted the incantation, and the war god sword in his hand instantly burst forth with incomparably dazzling light.

"Those who do not obey... before my sword, all shall be annihilated!"

After his Aura reached its peak.

The roaring Yamashita Tetsuya swung the war god sword in his hand.

"Boom!!"

With one sword strike, a golden, blazing beam of energy cut straight towards Jiang Yuan.

Absolute hit, impossible to evade!!

I won... Yamashita Tetsuya thought truthfully after unleashing this strongest sword strike.

In terms of power, this blow was already comparable to the full-force strike of an eighth-tier Transferred Martial Artist.

The effect of absolute hit combined with the war god sword's BUFF effect of cutting off vitality.

Even the Tyrant Shirakawa Gen, who commanded darkness before him, would absolutely be unable to resist!!

"Die for me..." Yamashita Tetsuya's eyes were filled with intense excitement, as if he had already seen the scene of Jiang Yuan being completely annihilated by this strike.

But at this moment.

Facing the enormous slash, whose power was astonishing and seemed capable of cleaving the entire street.

Jiang Yuan, however, raised his head, his incomparably handsome face full of calm, with even a hint of mockery and pity on his lips.

"You want to kill me?

Is this all?"

Yamashita Tetsuya's heart trembled.

The next instant.

The silver-haired youth casually raised his hand and waved.

Space trembled, and this beam of energy, comparable to the full-force strike of an eighth-tier Transferred Martial Artist, shattered directly with a 'crack' like a fragile ice pillar.

This strike wasn't even a Martial Skill; it was just a casual wave empowered by equipment.

Pure numerical absolute suppression!

"!!" Yamashita Tetsuya's pupils constricted, and he was completely dumbfounded.

He held the war god sword in his hand, which had dimmed once more, and looked at the golden energy fragments before him, falling like shattered glass.

His expression was blank, bewildered, and he couldn't believe everything he was seeing.

This... how is this possible... How could his strongest strike... How could he be so powerful?!

"Puchi!" The sharp tip of the tachi kura kiri pierced through Yamashita Tetsuya's back.

Yamashita Tetsuya lowered his head blankly, looking at the sharp blade piercing his heart.

Blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, and he murmured, "How is this possible..."

Jiang Yuan had appeared before him at some unknown point, holding the hilt of the tachi kura kiri.

His blazing golden eyes looked down at him deeply, indifferent and calm: "What's there to be surprised about?"

"Let alone that your power is temporarily gained by deceiving yourself, even if you were a true seventh-tier Prefecture Lord, what of it?"

"I've even killed Quasi-Kings and true King Realm experts, let alone a mere seventh-tier."

"Impossible...!" Yamashita Tetsuya found it difficult to accept all of this.

It was like riding a roller coaster, instantly falling from heaven to Hell.

"This is impossible!"

"The gap between me and you can't be this big!!"

He lost control, letting out a crazed roar, unable to accept that after working so hard and becoming so much stronger, he was still as weak as an ant before him!

Looking at his hysterical expression.

Jiang Yuan's lips curved slightly, revealing mockery and amusement.

"You thought you could challenge me just by having two pieces of Epic-grade equipment and your Legendary-grade profession?

Yamashita-kun, you're truly too naive.

You don't even understand who the opponent you're facing is.

You're truly... too foolish."

"Do you know why I didn't kill you before?

It was for this moment."

"Wait for you to participate in the Crown Position Battle, climb to a high position, and then kill you, turning your talent and Aptitude into my nourishment."

Jiang Yuan's calm words were like terrifying whispers from the depths of the Abyss, constantly impacting Yamashita Tetsuya's spiritual world, causing his inner world to approach collapse.

"This kind of thing is impossible! I don't believe it, I don't believe it..." Yamashita Tetsuya's eyes lost focus, and he fell into a state of chaos.

"You... are too weak," Jiang Yuan said, intending to completely erase him.

Just at this moment.

A gentle voice sounded.

"Calm down, Tetsuya."

A spiritual body rushed out from his body, transforming into a beautiful woman.

Yamashita Tetsuya, in his state of chaos, said blankly, "Sis, Sister?

You, weren't you dead?"

The female spiritual body was just about to say something.

"Boring." Jiang Yuan's eyes narrowed.

The terrifying Yang God erupted, his spiritual power transforming into a giant hand of the blazing sun.

He grabbed the female spiritual body, which was comparable to a ninth-tier Transferred Martial Artist, and instantly crushed her before Yamashita Tetsuya.

Witnessing the scene of his sister's Soul completely vanishing before him.

Yamashita Tetsuya's pupils constricted into tiny dots.

Past memories echoed in his mind.

The person most important to him had died twice.

This kind of blow directly caused Yamashita Tetsuya's will to collapse.

His Soul seemed to instantly fall into endless darkness, despair and coldness filling every inch of his skin.

"Despair is the color that suits you best," Jiang Yuan said slowly, reaching out to grab his head and unleashing the upgraded [Dark Plunder].

"Swish!" A massive, ethereal black claw plunged into Yamashita Tetsuya's body, grabbing out a large cluster of light shimmering with various colors.

[Ding! You have successfully plundered, obtaining 10 years of the target's lifespan, 5 points of luck, and obtaining the Authority of Deception (Fragmented)].

"Oh?" Jiang Yuan became interested.

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[Authority of Deception (Fragmented)]: The fundamental power of the Legendary profession, Deity Deceiver.

It can deceive all things.

A complete Authority of Deception can even deceive time and fate.

"Interesting, it's actually the fundamental power of the Deity Deceiver profession." Jiang Yuan's eyes lit up slightly.

Deceiving oneself, deceiving the world, deceiving time, deceiving fate...

If this power is used well, its might is simply unimaginable!

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it's a BUG-level ability similar to Infinite Amplification.

Jiang Yuan glanced at the dying Yamashita Tetsuya in his hand with emotion.

As expected, not rashly killing him before was the right decision... otherwise, he would have missed out on this Authority.

"But now, you're useless..." Jiang Yuan said, the Blood Sacrifice Gloves on his left hand glowing with blood-red light, completely obliterating Yamashita Tetsuya through blood sacrifice.