On the main ring, Ace was being pushed back by Thor. He was completely helpless against Thor’s relentless assault.
On one hand, Thor moved with the shield as if it were an extension of his own body, a seamless unity. Ace had already experienced this firsthand.
On the other hand, both of them were suppressing their strength to the Soldier tier, still in the realm of playful sparring. Ace hadn’t used his talent, nor had he unleashed any killer moves. It was more of a warm-up than an actual fight.
After landing dozens of punches on Ace, Mike felt a sense of satisfaction. With one final blow, The sent Ace flying off the ring.
Thor declared in a deep voice, “Next!”
Thor vs. Mike!
The epic showdown was about to begin!
As Mike raised his hands, Thor slammed the shield into his face, followed by a heavy uppercut.
The scene was brutal!
At least Ace had managed to exchange a few blows with Thor. Mike, on the other hand, was instantly KO’d.
“Good job!” Calderon, watching from the Supreme Abyssal, let out a satisfied cheer.
Although it wasn’t the [real Mike] getting beaten up, but Shadow Two in disguise, just seeing Mike’s face getting pummeled brought a strange sense of joy to old Calderon!
Suddenly, fireworks exploded above the live stream.
“Thank you to [Calderon] for gifting 1000 castles!”
The chat exploded, countless messages flooding the screen.
“One castle is worth 50 million!”
“He’s so rich, who is this guy?”
“You don’t know Calderon? The human race’s number one Ultimate Lord!”
“…”
The tournament, already a hot topic, reached a new climax with the 1000 castle donation. Even the Mystic Market’s network almost crashed!
Bilbo’s voice came through Mike’s earpiece, “Boss, someone just donated 50 billion dollars, which is 50 Lord merits.”
According to the pre-match contract, the live stream donations were split three ways.
50% was Thor’s appearance fee, and the Guardian Shadow and Morpheus each received 25%. Very fair.
Only 25 Lord merits, what could he even do with that?
Mike was about to knock Shadow Two off the stage and end this curb-stomp.
A new message came through the earpiece, “Boss, Top One’s fan sent me a private message, asking you to slap Mike on the left cheek, he’s offering 200 Lord merits.”
Mike: ?
Shadow Two:?
Shadow Two, on the same channel, heard the message through the earpiece, and a question mark appeared above his head.
“Who the hell is Top One’s fan? How arrogant!”
Shadow Two decided to teach this clueless guy a lesson.
Bilbo replied truthfully, “The account used to log in is called Shadow Nine, but he claims to be Calderon.”
Calderon? Shadow Nine?
Mike hesitated for a moment and gave Shadow Two a look.
200 Lord merits, Mike would get 100!
100 for a slap, such a good deal was hard to come by!
Shadow Two obviously didn’t want to get slapped and tried to say, “Fourth Bro, actually, I have quite a bit of savings…”
“Your money will be mine sooner or later, it’s not going anywhere.”
Mike’s thinking was crystal clear.
These guys couldn’t run away anyway, their money would be his sooner or later.
But the money from Top One’s fan, if he missed it, it was gone!
Bang-
A slap landed on Shadow Two’s face, and a prompt popped up before Mike’s eyes.
[Lord merits +100!]
This felt good, simply amazing!
Then, under the direction of Top One’s fan, Thor beat the crap out of Shadow Two, eventually earning 6800 Lord merits!
“Top One’s fan is such a great philanthropist!”
After defeating ‘Mike’, the remaining three Guardian Shadows were no match for Thor.
Thus, the Soldier tier tournament came to an end, and the live stream entered halftime.
Inside the Supreme Abyssal, Shadow Nine smiled, “I told you, this kid would definitely fall for it!”
Calderon nodded, rarely agreeing with Shadow Nine.
“It only cost a little over 10,000 Lord merits to create an embarrassing past for Thor, worth
it!”
The recording of [Thor beating up Mike], even if they didn’t sell it, just watching it in their spare time would be enjoyable!
“By the way,” Calderon looked away and stared at Shadow Nine, “You haven’t told me, what are we actually doing here in the Supreme Abyssal?”
Since entering the Supreme Abyssal, the two had been running around aimlessly, with no
clear goal.
Shadow Nine didn’t need to hide anything and said frankly, “If there’s a chance, bring
Nathan’s body back.”
“Impossible.”
Calderon shook his head.
Even he didn’t think he and Shadow Nine could pull it off.
There was a reason why Nathan’s body remained in the Supreme Abyssal.
Afterskin, who had returned alive from the Supreme Abyssal, had reported this matter to the
Supreme Beings, and Calderon had been present at the time.
According to Afterskin, Nathan had used his own life to repair part of the seal.
If they took Nathan’s body away, the seal on the Supreme Demon God would be incomplete
again.
“Even if we can’t bring Nathan home,”
Shadow Nine suddenly became agitated, “I have to see that bastard Nathan again…”
Ace’s hand reached for the short blade at his waist, staring intently at Shadow Nine, “Are you
losing control?”
After entering the Supreme Abyssal, Shadow Nine’s temper had become increasingly volatile.
In fact, ever since Mike had met Shadow Nine, he could feel that Shadow Nine’s temper was
getting worse.
He used to pretend, but now he couldn’t wait to slash people with his blade.
“No shit!”
Shadow Nine took a deep breath, suppressing the restlessness in his heart, “I’m a Shadow, being away from the main body for so long, not going crazy is already my limit.”
His expression darkened, Shadow Nine’s eyes were unreadable as he whispered, “And… I can’t
use Nathan’s talent anymore.”
Even with Calderon’s intelligence, he understood what Shadow Nine was going to do at this
moment.
“You want to return to Nathan’s side and regain his talent?”
Shadow Nine nodded in agreement, but he was also puzzled, “Calderon, why are you being so
chatty today?”
He was talking a lot, it sounded like… he was trying to get information out of him.
The problem was, they were both trapped in the Supreme Abyssal, what use was it to pump Shadow Nine for information?
Calderon snorted coldly, looked at the tablet in his hand, and asked in a deep voice, “Did you
hear all that?”
This tablet was given to Shadow Nine by Foreskin, and it only had one app – the Mystic Market
cloud.
Even in the Supreme Abyssal, they could connect to the internet and log in to the Mystic freewebnσvel.cm
Market.
And the owner of the Mystic Market was the strongest Supreme Being of the current
generation – Apollo.
The conversation Calderon had just had with Shadow Nine wasn’t just for himself, but also…
for Apollo.
An ethereal voice came from the tablet, devoid of emotion.
“I heard it, but I already knew.”