Lilian vanished before John could reply, and arrived in the arena before the artifact spirit golem in the next instant. John''s gaze lingered on Lilian for a moment, and then shifted upwards, across the massive arena, locking onto the still seated Asuros.


    Asuros was smiling widely at John, his smile beyond sinister. He knew John and Lilian were close based on their interactions throughout the battle tournament.


    "Your master is quite strong," a sound transmission from Asuros appeared in John''s mind. "But not strong enough. I hope you enjoy what I''m about to do to her," his malicious sounding voice continued.


    "Try not to lose as pathetically to my master as you did to me previously," John sent his own sound transmission. He knew there would be no grand fight between Lilian and Asuros, but took the opportunity to get under Asuros'' skin anytime he could.


    His words caused Asuros'' smile to instantly vanish, reced by a menacing scowl. Asuros stood up and shed forward, appearing in the arena before the golem as well as Lilian. His eyes lecherously looked Lilian up and down, not doing anything to hide his intentions.


    Lilian was a kingdom-toppling beauty, and men like Asuros were unable to contain their emotions around such a beauty. With the fact that she was also a heavenly genius, Asuros wanted nothing more than to obtain her in this moment.


    "Why are you bothering with that brat? You should follow me instead. I could show you…many things," Asuros said lecherously, smiling the entire time.


    Lilian stared at Asuros with an uncaring expression, as if his presence was beneath her notice. She scoffed in amusement, almost as if she were dealing with a child. Asuros'' expression darkened by herplete dismissal of him. She had not even bothered to give him a reply.


    "Fine," Asuros said, his lecherous gaze reced by one of menacing expectation. "I''ll just beat you to death before John''s eyes, or at least until you give up pathetically."


    Lilianpletely ignored Asuros, and instead brought her hand near her face. She curled it and began to inspect her nails closely, and frowned.


    "Tch, I chipped this nail during my battle with Zeras. How annoying," she grumbled.


    Asuros'' expression darkened even further, and his quick to trigger rage appeared on his face.


    "Pftt. Hahahaha," an explosiveughter boomed out, causing all eyes to shift towards John, who was holding his stomach while roaring loudly withughter. His master was truly a heavenly genius, and was able to piss off Asuros even faster than he was. There was no more refreshing sight for him to see at the moment.


    Asuros'' dark gaze shifted from John back to Lilian, and then to the golem between them.


    "We know the rules," he said coldly, "so start the fucking battle."


    The golem nced at Lilian, who nodded in agreement.


    "Let the battle begin," it said, vanishing immediately after.


    Boom!


    Asuros'' sinister aura exploded out without hesitation, instantly flooding the arena with his power. His beast-like smile widened as he stared at Lilian, who stood a dozen yards away from him. Her eyes were wide, as if she had not expected such an explosive outburst of power from Asuros. Not only that, the aura itself waspletely evil, as if it was hell itself.


    His aura was undeniably powerful, nearly at the level Zeras had unleashed in his peak state, and it was clear that he was just getting started. Lilian now understood why John was so confident in Asuros'' victory before he had seen her own disy of power.


    Asuros truly was a pinnacle genius, at the same level as Zeras and herself.


    "Surprised already?" Asuros sneered with satisfaction. "This is only the beginning. You will only find despair in my presence. Before true power, there is only submission, or death. There is no third option."


    "I…" Lilian''s lips quivered, as if her confidence had shattered. She took a step backwards, as if her instincts were warning her to run. Asuros'' smile widened.


    "It''s not toote to submit to me," he said with menacing confidence. "If you submit, not only will I allow you to concede without pain, I will also shower you with gifts and treasures beyond your imagination."


    Lilian hesitated, her lips still quivering lightly. Asuros'' sinister smile widened as he stretched out his hand towards her, beckoning her to take it.


    "Take my hand, submit to me, and together we shall dominate this world and beyond," he said, his sinister smile shifting towards John as if the matter had been concluded. He wanted to see John''s expression as his master submitted to him.


    Lilian''s expression firmed up slightly, as if she had made up her mind. She bit her lip and started to walk towards Asuros hesitantly. Each step pushed through his massive aura, as if she were stepping through a storm. Asuros'' smile widened, his absolute confidence lowering his guard slightly.<novelnext></novelnext>


    Lilian smirked, her fearful expression vanishing instantly.


    sh!


    She vanished, and then appeared before Asuros in an instant like a ghost.


    Her opened hand mmed against his right cheek, unleashing the strongest p John had ever seen in his life.


    Bang!


    Asuros'' instantly took flight, his body flying through the air like a meteor.


    Bang!


    Asuros flew dozens of miles through the air and mmed into the formation barrier at the edge of the arena, bouncing off violently. The whole arena trembled from the collision.


    sh!


    Lilian appeared above Asuros instantly once more, the heel of her foot mming down on his nose.


    Boom!


    Asuros fell down like a shooting star, and mmed into the arena surface. The arena trembled even more violently than before, as if it was about to break apart. Silence filled the arena as all eyes stared with wide eyes, unable to believe how the battle had started.


    "Graaaaaaaaah!"


    A roar of pure anger boomed all throughout the arena, like a primordial beast that had just roared with its full power. Asuros instantly stood up, and then shot up towards Lilian who hovered high in the arena sky.


    "Die you bitch!" He roared with shamed anger.


    A smirk of satisfaction lingered on Lilian''s face as she watched Asuros approach with iparable power, clearly intending on taking her life with a single attack.


    "I concede," she said lightly, as if it didn''t matter to her at all.


    "You will die!" Asuros roared, blinded by rage.


    sh!


    A sh of powerful formation energy appeared around Asuros, stopping him only a few feet away from Lilian, who had remained still and calm the entire time. She eyed him amusingly as he struggled against the formation energy that had bound him.


    "She has conceded," the artifact spirit golem appeared in the air next to the two of them. "This battle is now over."


    Lilian smiled as she studied the furious Asuros'' face. A light-red handmark was stered on his right cheek, like a permanent reminder of him being pped, while his nose was blood red, with some blood trickling out.


    "This look suits you quite well," she said amusingly.


    "I''ll fucking kill you," Asuros roared, still struggling against the formation barrier that bound him.


    Lilian shrugged, and then shed away, appearing next to John the next moment.


    "Pftt….Hahahaha," an outburst ofughter boomed out from John once more, who felt tears form in the corner of his eyes. The battle had been more entertaining than he could have ever hoped for.