Journey Of A Legend

"Zane!"

The moment Eliana noticed that Zane had caught up with her, her expression became serious.

She wouldn't have believed that both of them would use their fastest speed just to grab a fruit which wasn't even 100% if it worked.

"No friendships in a battle huh?", said Eliana and took out a coin from her pocket.

Instantly, her eyes turned golden, and threw it toward Zane.

Zane seeing the coin looked serious and without any hesitation, he slashed toward it with his weapon.

He knew just how terrifying Eliana's power as if it became active, so he needed to make sure not to let the coin touch him.

With a sweep of his hand, Zane slapped the coin away to the side with his sword. Or at least he tried to but failed.

Just the moment his sword could have to get me to contact with the coin, an unexpected sight happened.

Outside the pit, space shook and formed a wide Space Crack, but just before it would have disappeared, a flash came out from it with crazy speed.

The flash was similar to that of a thunderbolt, but with the only difference that it was abyss black and its speed was twice as fast, while its trajectory changed every millisecond.

"!?"

The black bolt was so fast, that it arrived just right before Zane's sword and with a powerful impact it hit the surface of the coin, sending it right at Zane's chest.

And as this happened, the coin got stuck on Zane's chest and lit up with golden light.

"Take this off me!", said Zane with a frown, but Eliana just simply smiled and continued to fly toward the fruit.

Zane seeing this frowned and without further hesitation, he used his Guardian's powers for a very long time.

"BAM!"

When Greg and the others saw Zane after that, they turned speechless right away.

Behind his body, several orbs with different colors appeared, while around his body, a colorful, half-transparent snake was tightening gently.

His eyes formed a vertical slit, while his skin formed smooth scales all over his body.

"Celestial Serpentine! His Guardian is the Celestial Serpentine?!", shouted Mila with widened eyes, couldn't holding inside his shock.

Everyone knew that Zane had a very powerful Guardian, but no one truly knew what it was.

Only the closest friends of his knew it and the enemies he fought against.

However, those who fought against him and saw his Guardian ended up dying without a single exception.

"Celestial Serpentine? It sounds powerful.", thought Greg as he looked at the colorful sake going around Zane's body.

"It's not just powerful, but has abnormal powers too."

Hearing Alice's sudden voice, Greg looked surprised and said, "Tell me more. I'm curious."

Because Greg didn't ever hear about such a snake as the Celestial Serpentine, he wanted to know as much as possible.

"In ancient times, the Celestial Serpentine was feared by all. Legends say that its power is as ever-changing as many colors the world has. Some stated it could teleport through time and space, while others saw it creating a world just by a single wave of its tail. However, one thing stood above all of these. And it was the fact that it didn't use the same power twice. Every time it fought, it used different abilities."

"The power of unknown outcome is what makes it extremely terrifying."

Greg hearing Alice telling him what the Celestial Serpentine was, he looked shocked.

A Guardian which had an infinite amount of abilities? And what was even more that it never used the same powers twice? That was the most scariest thing to fight against.

Just imagine fighting against someone who fired a fireball at you. It would make you believe that you need to deal with someone who is a professional with the element of fire but ended up dying because of an unexpected space attack. 

It would be quite an unlucky experience that was sure. 

"Is Zane's Guardian truly that strong?", asked Greg instantly.

"As for that, it seems his Guardian is only able to use a limited amount of powers. But if he can surpass this threshold and succeed with the Evolution Step, I'm sure he will be a scary being."

And just as Alice said that Zane's body lit up with white light.

Instantly, the coin which was stuck on his chest suddenly turned to dust, making it to vanish into the air in no time at all.

After seeing that Eliana's coin has vanished, Zane's body lit up with a blue light and vanished from the air like a ghost.

"!"

The four kids seeing this happening widened their eyes in shock instantly.

"Teleportation? No, it couldn't have been that. Then what was it?", asked Joe, now he too shocked by Zane's power.

"If one used teleportation, space should at least show small fluctuations around the person, but this didn't occur with Zane now. It was like his body simply vanished into thin air."

And just as Joe said those words, Zane appeared right above God's fruit and looked down at Jay and Eliana who was about to touch the fruit.

"This is mine.", said Zane calmly and instantly his body turned yellow.

*BAM!!*

With a great outbreak, from Zane's body, a terrifying presence broke out, making Eliana and Jay to shalt in their tracks immediately.

Even Cloud and Hogen, who have already decided not to race for the fruit, needed to guard themselves against Zane's presence, showing just how powerful it was.

Zane's aura currently was like an ocean pouring down onto the others. The pressure that was put on everyone was simply unbearable, making even the breathing hard, let alone moving.

"This is no normal presence! It's a buffing ability that makes his already powerful aura become even greater!"

As Emma said this from the side protecting herself from the others, Zane moved to grab the fruit.

However, just as his fingers could have made a contact with its surface, another suffocating presence broke out in the air.

*BOOM!*

Jay's body on the side exploded with terror, while in his right hand, a lance made out of blood with white carvings on it appeared.

Shortly as this happened, Jay's figure moved and flashed before Zane.

"!"

*Swish!*

Slashing toward Zane, Jay made Zane to jump to the side, only barely avoiding the blood lance to slash his neck wide open.

As this happened, the alarm could be seen both in Eliana's and Zane's face, making Greg realize that maybe not Zane was the strongest one on earth.

"Just how did he become so strong?", asked Greg himself as he watched Jay in the air.

Looking at the lance in his hand, Greg squinted his eyes and thought, "What is that weapon? It... Looks somewhat familiar."

And just as he said that he felt Shapeless in his hand move gently, showing that it definitely had a connection with that lance in Jay's hand.

"Could it be from the same 'unknown race as Shapeless?"

While Greg tried to figure out the origin of that lance, Jay moved.

However, instead of attacking Zane for a second time, he moved to grab the fruit before him.

"Don't even think about it!", said Zane now with a bigger determination in his eyes, and instantly his body lit up with red light.

*BOOM!*

As this happened, chains flew out from Zane's body, and in a flash, they locked around Jay's body.

"!"

As Jay saw this, he was surprised to see the chains around his body, but before he could have can't anything, a surprising sight happened.

The chains around Jay moved, and with a speed faster than light, threw Jay's body toward the side.

*BAM!*

With a powerful explosion, Jay's body erupted into the pit's wall on the side, creating a high hole behind his body.

"This is mine!", said Zane and grabbed the fruit before him with both of his hands, and tore it off.

*Crack!*

Instantly, the oversized fruit came down quite easily, surprising Zane unexpectedly.

He thought he needs to use every ounce of his power to make it come down, but surprisingly he didn't need to.

Even the weight if it was extremely light. It was like he was holding not a huge heavy melon, but a small pillow. It was shocking.

After examining it for a while, Zane watched as Jay walked out from the gap he was blasted into, and said, "I obtained the fruit. As we have discussed, it is mine."

Jay who dusted his clothes off looked at the fruit in Zane's hand and sighed.

"Sure. You deserved it, but next time I won't lose."

Zane hearing this nodded, slightly surprised that Jay didn't break their deal.

Looking at Eliana, Cloud, and Hogan who took their words also, Zane looked at the fruit in his hand and swallowed a big.

"So this is God's Fruit. The fruit that legends said could make one surpass even the God rank."

Thinking for a while, Zane raised the fruit before his mouth and was ready to take a bite, but suddenly a voice sounded from the side making him to stop.

"Stop for a second, please. I have to ask something to ask."

"!?"

Looking at Greg who stepped forward with a slight smile etched on his face, everyone looked confused.

Zane who was visibly annoyed by Greg raised his eyebrow and asked, "What do you want?"

Greg, knowing that Zane was angry at him because he interrupted him, he just smiled and pointed at the fruit in his hand.

"I want that fruit."