The ball of chaotic sand swayed around Veril''s hand as if it were some kind of snake coiling around a branch. The way it moved and the sound it made was eerie and terrifying, as if sharp shards of ss were smashing into one another endlessly.


    Slowly, the sand moved up Veril''s arm till it reached his shoulder where it stopped rising. The man''s cold grin widened.


    "Try to deal with this, bastard! HAAAAAH!"


    Then, Veril smashed his hand into the ground violently using all his power. The punch was strong, creating a loud noise that reverberated across the entire arena. Then, for a second, everything wentpletely quiet.


    "Huh?"


    People blinked in confusion. They were ready for some kind of explosion, but for a moment, nothing really happened.


    "Veril had just punched the ground. But… Nothing ha-" Before thementator could even finish his sentence, the entire arena started shaking violently as the crowd gasped in shock.


    "What is happening?!"


    "The ground is shaking!"


    "Woah!! I''m about to fall!"


    "Hold on to your seats!"


    Everyone instinctively panicked, thinking they were about to be hit. But, what they saw next made their mouths hang down in shock.


    Genji watched the scene with a cold expression. Then, out of nowhere, he felt his senses stimted as his eyes quickly moved down to his feet. Then, without thinking twice, he jumped back, at the same time as something exploded from the ground.


    *BOOOOM*


    Piercing through the hard ground was arge sand pir. Debris and rocks flew everywhere, getting disced by the rising structure. Sand dripped from its sides as it reached a dozen meters in height before it stopped.


    ''An underground attack. This is a little unexpected.'' Ginjo thought to himself.


    "WHAT IS HAPPENING?! Some kind of sand pir had appeared out of nowhere almost catching Ginjo! This is dangerous! What is he going to do?"


    "Is that all you''ve got?" Ginjo looked at the man coldly. The attack was nowhere near being dangerous enough to catch him by surprise. His reaction speed was simply far more superior than anything that man can do.


    "Hahahahaha!"


    However, much to his surprise, Verilughed loudly as if he was unbothered by the fact his attack didn''t hit its target.


    "Don''t be too excited, bastard!"


    ''Hm?'' Ginjo squinted his eyes before he realized. The pir wasn''tpletely still.


    *Swish*


    The pir twisted around before itunched toward him at a rapid pace. Its movement appeared like that of a snake, slithering through the air with immense swiftness.


    Ginjo was taken by surprise as he quickly sprung into motion, trying to dodge the attack. But, due to the surprise factor and the very close distance between him and the sand pir, he was a littlete.


    *BANG*


    The sand pir hit him square in the chest, dragging him back along with it. The crushing force of the pir concentrated on his ribs, trying to break them.


    ''Tsk!'' The Monkey Warrior clenched his teeth as he put his arms on the pir, trying to push it off of him. However, the pir was simply made out of sand so his fingers sunk in very quickly, unable to give him any actual grip.


    *BANG*


    The long structure threw him on the ground with a powerful push. It was so strong, the ground beneath him cracked slightly as breath got knocked out of Ginjo''s mouth.


    "Hahahaha! Stay there, bastard!" Verilughed as he lifted his hand up and rushed toward Ginjo with his sword ready to attack. "I will finish you off!"


    "Oh no! Ginjo is in huge trouble! He cannot get the sand off of him! In fact, he is drowning in it!"


    As thementator said, the pir of sand was slowly crumbling right on top of Ginjo''s body, slowly covering his face and body, drowning him in the sand. He couldn''t push all those piles of it at a fast enough speed.


    A secondter, Veril was near his head with a sadistic grin on his face.


    "That''s what the Sand can do to you when you don''t take it seriously! That''s the pride of my region where a small mistake can end your life. An arrogant bastard like you can never understand what true power is! Hah, undefeated warrior my ass! Now die!"


    Without any time wasted, Veril lifted his sword in the air and then swung it down, aiming at Ginjo''s neck.


    *Swish*


    "Hah!"


    The crowds gasped with shocked looks on their faces. They could not believe that Ginjo… had just lost. It all happened in less than a minute and ended very quickly.


    They saw the Monkey Warrior''s head fly off to the side, rolling on the ground before it stopped, lookingpletely lifeless.


    Nobody spoke for a few seconds, even thementator. Nobody could simply believe what they just witnessed.


    "... Ginjo… Ginjo The Monkey Warrior had been decapitated! I can''t believe it! The invincible warrior had lost and what a loss it is!!"


    The crowd didn''t react at all to those words. They didn''t even cheer as everyone simply looked at the scene in shock.


    "HAHAHAHAHAHA! This is your ''Undefeated Warrior''? He is just a beast brought from some rural ce to entertain the masses! He isn''t worthy of fighting me! Bring me someone stronger! Someone who is truly a chal- huh?"


    As Veril was yelling his winning speech, basking in the glory of what he had just done, he suddenly felt something off in his body. Looking down, he saw some kind of metallic object protruding out of his chest, coated in red liquid.


    His mind didn''t register what had just happened before he felt a strong feeling of coldness wash over his body and then his mind.


    *Cough*


    Coughing slightly, he saw arge amount of blood drip down from his mouth.


    ''Blood… From where?''


    "You are truly a pathetic excuse of an opponent. Rule one of battles, never let your guard down till you leave the battlefield. You never know what tricks your enemy is holding up their sleeve."


    "What?!"


    The crowd saw someone appear behind Veril. It was none other than Ginjo himself. His sword was now lodged into Veril''s chest.


    "In what world?! What am I seeing?! Ginjo is alive?! What is happening?! What about the-"


    Everyone instinctively looked at the dead corpse of the Monkey Warrior. But, shockingly, it was nowhere to be seen. No trace of it was left as if it was never there in the first ce. Read thetest on empire


    Arthur and I blinked in surprise. "... Illusion." The two muttered at the same time. They didn''t even need a second to realize what just happened as they had seen something very simr not so long ago.


    "Wait, if that''s not him but instead a clone of him… When did the real one vanish from sight?" Arthur muttered. He was watching the battle attentively, there was not a single moment during the battle where Ginjo did something eye-catching.


    I squinted her eyes as if she was contemting something. She had a small suspicion but she couldn''t confirm it at all. "Could it be…"


    "How… can… this be…"


    Down at the arena, Veril held the de of the sword prating his chest with disbelief. He was feeling the life slowly seep out of him as he fell to his knees. "This… can''t be… it… I''m destined… for greatness…"


    "No, you are destined for a gruesome death… Just like everyone sitting here watching you." Ginjo replied before he pulled the bloody sword out, letting the man fall to the ground.


    For Veril, everything wentpletely ck and thest thing he saw was the cold re of the Monkey Warrior.


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