"Adam, can we spar? I want to try my improved strength against you..."
Ian carelessly stood up.
Adam smirked. "Are you sure about that?" If anyone saw the smirk on his eyes, they wouldn’t believe it.
After all, Adam was known for being emotionless. However, that was far from the truth. Adam’s heart was full of emotions, so it became hard for him to express them. These overwhelming emotions paralyzed his face, but they were also the real source of his strength that had made him unrivalled among the devils!
After a thousand years being Ian’s attendant. Although Adam hasn’t completely warmed up to him. He now treated Ian with respect and had opened up to him. At least, he now expresses his emotions.
"Well, it’s only been a thousand years since your battle with Zero. There’s no doubt that he must have come out from the Shattered Plane, and his strength must be stronger than before... That Zero, even without God Ki, had reached the domain of the gods. Now, I don’t know how much he has grown. You must not underestimate him, Ian."
"Who do you think I am? My mantra is to never get complacent." Ian shrugged. "Although I attained a new form and mastered the Cold Mind technique you imparted. I also know how terrible a Cold Freak’s talent was after I fought one. That bastard definitely trained hard in that Shattered Plane, no doubt."
Ian looked around him. The sky above constantly changes from pink to blue every minute. White clouds visibly move and constantly change shapes. On the other hand, the ground within a light year was nothing but grassy plains.
This is just a small part of the God Realm where Ian resides. As a God, he had been given a territory he could truly call his "own". The territory given to him spans a light year in terms of vastness. More importantly, he could customize this place according to his thoughts. If he wants a rainy forest, a zoo, a desert, or winter, etc... The place would change according to his will.
This awesome feature was just one of the specialties of God Realm. Of course, only the Lord of the Territory could change their place.
At this moment, the sky turned azure under Ian’s command. Then, three meters away from him, a wide fighting platform made of a white marble floor suddenly appeared.
Ian vanished from his position and appeared at the center of the fighting floor. He looked at Adam eagerly. "Let’s fight." As he said this, he transformed into Ultimate Nine Path I.
The ground experienced a tremor, and his aura spiked blazingly to the sky. Ian knew this wasn’t enough. He roared at the sky, causing hurricanes to appear and then... He transformed into his Ultimate Nine Paths II and then to his Ultimate Nine Paths III.
Adam walked in front of Ian. He stepped onto the rough white marble floor with his hands behind his back. "You know that even with that form, it won’t even cause me to sweat, right?"
"Damn, I know that you’re right, but I’ll still want to test it." Ian’s eyes gleamed silvery white along with his hair that had reach his waist. "I want to see if I could force you to move even with relying on my God Transformations."
"That form of yours allows your destruction level to destroy multiple galaxies, right?" Adam had a faint smile on his face as the corner of his lips curled upward, far from the emotionless expression he had in the past. "That’s barely a warm-up for me."
Ian had a blackline on his face as he heard this. ’How did this guy become ? I really want to punch his face right now.’
As he thought of this, with a low guttural roar, Ian charged, with just a few steps, he accelerated right in front of Adam and unleashed a terrifying multiple-galaxy destroying punch that made the air tremble and sent a ripple to the very fabric of space.
Adam didn’t seem to have the intention to move even an inch from his place as he meremly lifted his finger to block the attack. As he did so, Ian’s punch completely went still. Every force, momentum, and kinetic energy that had been unleashed couldn’t even make Adam’s index finger move even slightly.
"How the fuck is this possible? How strong are you? Really?"
Ian backed off in shock, and he saw Adam merely shrug at him.
"I mean, you’re strong. I have to admit your... What do you it? Ultimate Nine Paths III, right?"
"I mean it’s strong to the point that you can even defeat gods effortlessly with just that. But for the Devils? Even True Gods aren’t worth mentioning."
Adam had an easy-going smile. "If you really want to force me to use some strength. Then, stop playing around and be serious. Show me the results of your efforts."
"Indeed," A sigh escaped Ian’s lips.
At this time, Ian felt his mind became clear and calmer, devoid of distracting thoughts. At this state, due to the increase rationality and absolute calm that regulates his mind and nervous system to its maximun limit, Ian had gained a 100 percent control of his body, thereby, he could throughly unleashed every bit of his power-level.
The Cold Mind technique didn’t increase the quantity or quality of his energy itself, nor did it enhance his physique; rather, his utilization of his energy and physical strength had been maximized.
Adam saw Ian’s eyes become absolutely rational, devoid of previous emotions. There’s now only calm and logic like that of a machine. Adam couldn’t help but feel a tinge of satisfaction. ’He has really mastered my most precious technique.’
Cold Mind, it was a technique that allowed him to reign in his overly powerful emotions completely, to the point that others thought that he had lost his emotions. Only with the help of this technique, he managed to utilize every inch of his Devil’s potential to the extreme!
Yet, Ian didn’t understand the significance of the technique that he had learned.