"Hahaha! Wagando, just one-tenth of the way remaining. From now on, I won't hold back anymore!"

Wind Element and Laws gathered around Erven before he suddenly accelerated even more!

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"Hey, Erven, are you forgetting your own fellow disciples?"

Trando and the other members of Erven's group also laughed and released their best movements technique. Sure enough, they also speed up.

Wagando's group wasn't the least bit surprised, though.

"Hmph! Is that all you can do?"

Suddenly, a powerful Sword Intent came out of Wagando's body. Then, it changed into an even more pure Sword Power. Krune was observing them with his Mental Energy, so he also identified it. Wagando began to use the power of the Sword Heart. Wagando seemed like he became a sword himself. He cut through the air at a speed that far surpassed his previous one.

Wagando's group members weren't any slower either. They all had their own movement techniques, which they used all at once. Just like that, the last part of the competition got even more exciting.

Back in the observes place, Gavei felt somewhat nervous. After all, he saw how much faster the two leading groups became. Not to mention that Krune was still 10km behind. He then looked at Iem, who seemed somewhat surprised, so he immediately sent a Divine Sense Message.

'Wh-What is it? Is something wrong?'

Suddenly, Iem began to laugh once more.

'Hahaha! No, it's just that I didn't expect them to be this fast. It seems like Krune won't be able to hide his real speed as he probably was planning to. Otherwise, it will be hard for him to cover the 10km of difference between them.'

Gavei was taken aback by Iem's words. Right after, he looked back at the monitoring formation just in time to see Krune making his move as well.

Back on Krune's side, he was also surprised by Erven and Wagando's groups' speeds. Iem was right; Krune wasn't planning to show what he could do. But now, he had no choice.

Krune's Shields then positioned themselves behind him as if they were wings. Purple Lightning began to run through them like currents. Right after, Krune's body began to release Arcs of Purple Lightning as well. Krune was planning to use only part of the Purple Lightning Shield Wings' power, but now he used all that he could.

Of course, there was still a step higher. That was when Krune changes back into his wisp form and goes above his Purple Tribulation Lightning safe output. However, he wasn't planning to go that far just yet.

Suddenly, Krune shot forward in a flash of Purple Light.

*Brummm!*

Everyone was already surprised when they saw the two leading groups' real speed. However, the moment Krune released his Shield Wings, they only showed expressions of disbelief.

The distance between Krune and the leaders then began to go down at a fast pace.

190km to the finishing line, 9km of the distance between Krune and the leaders;

170km to the finishing line, 8km of distance;

150km to the finishing line, 7km of distance;

Gavei looked at that with delight. However, considering Krune's approaching speed and the finishing line, it seemed he would only catch up with the rest in the last few kilometers.

However, at the 100km mark, the last obstacle made by the Lavagator Race appeared.

"Look, it's another formation."

"That's the last one. What does it do?"

One of the Lavagator Race's elders didn't see a reason to conceal it anymore, so he explained.

"It's the most common one, and at the same time, the most gaming changing. It's a protection formation. However, it's not a formation that everyone can attack together. Instead, it was modified to create a protection formation for each individual. It means that each of them will need to break their own protection formation if they wish to continue."

Everyone was taken aback. To think that the last obstacle would not have anything to do with speed, but power alone. Right after, everyone glued their eyes in the monitoring formation once more.

Sure enough, Erven and Wagando's group encountered the formations blocking their way. Without wasting any time, they began to release their best skills.

"Piercing the World!"

"Severing Heart!"

"Life Vanquisher!"

"Titan's...

Their own protection formations began to tremble without stopping. In just twenty seconds, Erven and Wagando broke through their own. The others quickly followed a few seconds later too.

However, those few seconds were enough for Krune to finally arrive at the Protection Formation as well. Divine Sense in this place was greatly restricted, with very few being able to see more than 3 or 4km. Erven's group was obviously better, so they could even reach somewhere close to 5km.

Clearly, they immediately noticed Krune's approach as soon as they finished breaking their formations. Above all, they noticed how fast he was.

Erven, of course, remembered him.

"It's the guy without aura! But... what is he doing?..."

Wagando was also impressed.

"I remember him. He destroyed the repulsive formation at the start of the race... still..."

As mentioned before, Wagando's group was purposely delaying behind at first. Because of that, they had seen Krune destroying the formation at the first 100km mark. However, he began to fall back after that, so they didn't pay attention anymore.

Krune knew that he wouldn't be able to hide anymore, nor did he wish to. He saw with his Mental Energy that he would need to break the protection formation by brute force, so he didn't hold back.

When he was still 5km away from the formation, Krune controlled the shields that weren't part of his Shield Wings to form the cannon shape. At the moment, Krune looked like a bizarre flying cannon! By the time he approached the protection formation, he had already finished charging it with his Purple Tribulation Lightning!

"Tribulation Cannon!"

*BOOM!*

Seconds? What is that? Krune's protection formation didn't even show signs of holding the attack at all! The Tribulation Cannon destroyed it like a cannonball shot against a glass window! It shattered into thousands of translucent pieces in a blink of an eye!

Let alone the spectators, even Erven and Wagando's groups were frightened by the power that Krune just showed!

"The hell? Is that even possible?!"

However, they didn't have time to think. That's because Krune's speed didn't drop at all! The protection formation was destroyed by his Tribulation Cannon before he even reached it! Naturally, he didn't have to stop and then accelerate anymore!

Erven gritted his teeth and began to release all his power at once. Obviously, he noticed that he would lose to Krune if he didn't surpass the speed he was moving at the moment.

Wagando had the same idea, too, as his Sword Heart Power reached the limit!

Both of them weren't willing to lose this race to some unnamed guy. Worst of all, an unnamed guy with cultivation far below their own!

"Everyone, stop that guy! Our Celestial Sky Organization can't lose to just anyone."

Wagando passed the same order to his group.

"You guys too, do whatever it takes to hold him back!"

Both groups were unwilling to do so. After all, they also wanted to win this race. However, it would indeed be humiliating to their Celestial Organizations if they lose a secular world's competition. Of course, they also knew how shameless that move of theirs was. But it was still much better than losing.

Krune immediately noticed everyone except Wagando and Erven stopping in their tracks and coming at him. That made him narrow his eyes. One must remember that although they are all in the Semi-Divinity Realm, those guys of the Celestial Organizations can totally fight at the Divinity Realm level.

"Tribulation Shields Slaughter Formation, Third Form, Twister!"

Other than the Shields used for his Purple Lightning Shield Wings, all the others took position around Krune. Suddenly, they all began to rotate around Krune at high speeds. Different from how Krune usually used them, none of the Shields were used to attack this time. Instead, they created a Twister of Purple Tribulation Lightning around him, creating an impenetrable barrier. It was an all and all protection form.

Of course, they still had tremendous killing potential. Anyone who entered the twister range would be sliced to pieces by the Purple Tribulation Blades' power on the Shields.

Krune didn't stop and rushed right inside the barrage of attacks from both groups.

*Boom, boom, boom, boom...*

Of course, Krune wasn't invincible or anything like that. With so many attacks at the Divinity Level power, Krune's Twister began to lose power extremely fast. However, it didn't matter. That's because Krune was much faster than any of them. Not to mention that they had to stop to unleash their own attacks to stop Krune. In a span of just a few seconds, Krune broke through their defense with brute force without being delayed at all!

"Impossible!"

Erven and Wagando saw all of that with their Divine Senses. Even they had no confidence whatsoever in being able to breakthrough like that. Let alone if they were in the same 1st Stage of the Semi-Divinity Realm as krune. Only if their ancestor's token activated would they risk it.

It was still 50km away from the finishing line. However, Krune was already beside Wagando and Erven. Krune wasn't going to say anything. But since they used their two entire groups to stop him, he decided that he couldn't just let it go. He then paused on their sides before saying with a smile on his face.

"Hey there. Don't mind me. I'm just passing through. Hahaha!"

Right after, he accelerated again.

*Brumm!*

Just like that, Krune disappeared ahead in a flash of Purple Light.

Wagando and Erven almost vomited blood at that moment.