Because of the drama and curiosity, many people stepped closer and curled Michael and Maisy. Michael was happy to see the crowd around him and expected to receive at least 2000 badass points by impressing these crowds. On the opposite side to Michael, Maisy let out a cold snort and closed her eyes to conjure the Arch Energy to use her strongest attack, the Mystic fist. Although Alicia advised her to use the Mystic fist, the main reason for her to go with Mystic fist was she wanted to humiliate Ghost who was said to be on the same stage as Noah.
She wanted to prove Abel and everyone wrong by defeating Ghost and in her mind, she really believed that she could win this bet and defeat him. Ever since she started cultivating, she never lost a battle.
Zzzzzhhhhhhhh
Just a few seconds after she closed her eyes, the onlookers felt the ground slightly trembling and heard an unearthly humming in the air. Soon, their jaws dropped and their eyes went wide as they could in shock looking and feeling the pure Arch Energy that's being gathered around Maisy.
Alicia was not an exception to this as she also seemed amazed by the spell.
"Holy shit, is that an Epic class spell?"
"Yes, it is, I heard only someone from the Cooper bloodline can use this spell"
"Can he really withstand this attack? He did say he won't move or fight back"
"This spell seems like it could kill even a Body Strengthening cultivator"
"Look! The fist is taking shape"
Michael calmly watched a huge fist made out of nothing but glistening silvery Arch Energy appear above Maisy's head. The fist was tall as a coconut tree and as wide as a couple of busses lined up and it grew bigger by the seconds.
However, there was no fear in Michael's eyes but excitement because the more powerful and fancy the attack, the more badass points he would get after defending himself from the attack. Also, he was laughing out loud inside looking at Maisy and Alicia's face because, unlike their expectation, the fist wouldn't be even able to touch him let alone sending him flying back.
"Huhuhuhuh" The Baby dragon however sensed the overwhelming power of the fist and cried and tried to claw its way out of Alicia's hands to Michael.
Looking at his scaly fried being terrified by the spell, Michael turned and winked at the baby dragon to reassure it. The baby dragon seemed to have calmed down a bit as the fist reached its full power. The fist now looked gigantic and it almost reached the size of a three-story building. The Mystic fist was only able to reach this potential because of Noah who did some changes to the spell and unlocked its full potential. Of course, the downside of these changes was the time it takes to cast the spell.
Since Michael said he won't fight back and gave her the time, Maisy didn't worry about the casting time. The very next moment, the little girl opened her eyes and looked extremely domineering in many eyes. Alicia stepped back a few meters in case the aftershock was too powerful and pushed her away.
"Let's step back away," Many people thought the same and rushed back away from Michael and Maisy while not taking their gazes away from them.
"Are you finished? I have places to be" Maisy's body shivered in anger seeing the calm and careless look on his face.
"Why is he so calm?"
"If he's acting like he's cool, he's the damn best actor I've seen"
"I don't think he's acting"
"Shut up and watch!"
"If I cannot wipe that smile off your smile, my name is not Maisy Cooper!" She shouted as loud as she could and sent the fist soaring towards Michael.
Shhhhhhhhhhhhh
The gigantic fist let out an ear-piercing howling sound. Everyone's eyes gazes were changing between Michael and the fist. Many watched the fist approaching Michael while biting their nails in anticipation.
Fifty meters…
Forty meters...
Thirty meters…
Ten meters…
Michael's raven black hair and his long coat fluttered back in the wind and even when he stood just ten meters away from the fist, people noticed no fear or alarm in his eyes.
Seven meters…
Two meters…
Boom!
They saw the fist strike him and create a small dust storm in the place where he stood. Some of the people who stood relatively closer to Michael flung back due to the aftershock and the rest of them may have kept the distance but still felt the force of the aftershock. Many including Alicia were forced to take a few steps back. People saw Maisy stand a few meters back from where she stood initially and turned their gazes at the dust storm.
"What?!" Alicia's voice was quiet but Maisy and some of them could hear her. A few seconds after, the dust storm settled and revealed Michael, and only then they realized the reason for Alicia's shout.
Maisy, Alicia, and every single one of them who witnessed the clash stood still in utter shock because there stood Michael, neither did he have a scratch on his body nor moved an inch from where he was before the attack.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully being a badass. The reward is 800 Badass points]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully being a badass. The reward is 300 Badass points]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully being a badass. The reward is 1000 Badass points]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully being a badass. The reward is 600 Badass points]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully being a badass. The reward is 200 Badass points]
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He expected 2000 badass points but he got double the amount than he initially thought. He thanked Maisy and Alicia for this wonderful opportunity.
"That was it? Humph" he snickered and his gaze was full of content and ridicule which shook Maisy's pride and self-confidence.
"How...what..." Maisy couldn't help but mumble under her breath in utter shock. Not in a million years she thought he would stand still taking the Mystic fist head-on.
What shocked her more was Noah's words as he said no one in the same cultivation stage as she would survive the fist. But not only she was unable to kill him, she couldn't even make him take a step back.
" arrogance has to be earned and if something needs changing-" he didn't complete his sentence but raised his hand as the scroll and the Baby Dragon came flying into his hands.
The Baby Dragon's eyes were filled with joy and it quickly clawed its way to his shoulder from his hand and wrapped its tail around his neck to sit comfortably on his shoulder.
Usually, Maisy would have a snarky come back for everything but now, no words came out of her little mouth because of the shame and shock. His words flamed the fans of her humiliation.
"It's your attitude" After the onlookers digested the fact that he actually survived the Mystic fist, they looked at him with utmost admiration and respect.
"Don't think too highly of yourself because you reached this level at a young age and have an Epic class spell, I could have killed you hundred times before you finish casting that spell of yours" Michael continued to roast her and her face turned redder and redder. For the first time in her life, Alicia felt afraid of someone. After seeing him survive the Mystic fist without a scratch, she realized that he was right, he could have indeed killed Maisy if he wanted to.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully being a badass. The reward is 400 Badass points]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully being a badass. The reward is 300 Badass points]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully being a badass. The reward is 200 Badass points]
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At this moment, she doubted even Noah could defeat him. Now she finally understood why Peyton and Xanali wanted to recruit him first. Amidst the shocked gazes, Michael gave a last glance at Maisy before turning himself into a lightning bolt and disappearing from their sight.
Even after he left the place, no one was able to close their mouth. Right this moment, none looked at Maisy as a young genius but a loud-mouthed brat.
Michael did not know that he attracted many eyes and spread his legend across all the kingdoms in the Elon Continent.
Without Noah knowing, Michael killed one of his closest friends and destroyed the self-confidence of Maisy, the girl he thought of as his little sister.
In just two days after coming to the Nether realm, he gained a lot more than everyone else. First, he obtained most of the herbs in the sky garden, and then, he gained a contract to supply pills and potions to Aragoth and now, he got what he wanted the most ever since he came to this world, a dragon.
Besides, he gained a new underling but who knows what the orc hides beneath his ugly face. While Michael was celebrating his gains, his old enemy has begun the plot to destroy him and everything he built once and for all. Obviously, this old enemy was Jane and she had no idea that there's someone just as bad as Ghost is waiting to mess up her revenge plans.
Now that we had enough Badassery of Michael, the Lord of Darkness, it's time to witness the Queen of Darkness in action.