"Isn't this like that saying... Give you an inch, and you want to take a mile!

I allowed for this to happen, and you overdo it by slamming my attractive body on this ground."

As he said these words, he shifted his attention toward Axel who had been rooted to the ground shell shocked by the sequence of events that had just taken place.

Axel gazed at his wrist in shock as Blade's fingerprints could be seen on it, a testament to the power contained in Blade's hand.

With utter coldness in his expression, Blade approached Axel with casualness and elegance akin to a noble, something he was comparable to in his previous world.

'Is this how it feels to be overwhelmingly stronger than your opponent?!'

These thoughts brought a smile to his face as a sudden lust for power slowly began blooming inside him.

With his current strength, Blade realized that Axel wasn't his match whatsoever hence the reason why he was soo lax against his tricky earlier in the fight.

With this realization, the desire to acquire even more strength began growing inside him as a thought entered his mind.

'If I am to get an overwhelming amount of power, soo powerful that no one could compare to me, wouldn't my path to Immortality be almost inevitable!!'

THRUM!!!

Such thoughts ran through his mind as he appeared only a mere few inches in front of the tall figure known as Axel.

Tsk!

"Is he crazy, why would he approach Axel, and stand soo closely to him without any guard up... Is he looking to die!?"

Sitting in the crowd, Athena couldn't help but blurt out in annoyance because of Blade's continuous stupid actions.

"Axel has an insane amount of strength compared to other Level 1 Meridian Opening realm cultivators.

The technique in which he cultivates makes it so that the deeper his comprehension is, the bigger his muscles become.

With it, comes a great deal of strength incomparable to other techniques."

The figure who seemed to have ill intent toward Blade mumbled under his breath as a smile once more resurfaced on his face.

"Even if you're a Level 2 or even a Level 3 Meridian Opening realm cultivator, once you are caught by a full-powered punch from Axel, your death is inevitable.

And that technique you used to escape Axel's grip would be useless.!!"

He followed up with words as his tone barely contained his evident excitement to see Blade's eventual downfall...

"So, you think that because you used that weird technique on me, we're somehow equal in power?!"

Slightly angered by Blade's casualness, Axel gritted his teeth as he questioned Blade trying to peer behind Blade's calm facade.

"Technique?"

Blade uttered in confusion gaining a raised eyebrow from Axel.

'This bastard, he's acting as if he doesn't know anything.' Axel's eyes contained traces of killing intent as Blade's obliviousness greatly angered him.

'This faggot thinks he can make a fool out of me doesn't he!'

With these thoughts in mind, Axel's muscles contracted as, before the eyes of everyone present, he rocked back his right fist in a flash.

Escaping the vision of most individuals who were present, Axel then sent his fist which contained a great amount of power toward Blade's face.

Blade's eyes widened in shock at Axel's sudden attack, but even if he was shocked by such an attack, his expression remained utterly calm.

…

'With how close we are to one another, there isn't the slightest chance that I would miss you, I want to see exactly how you survive my attack!'

With a feral smile on his face, Axel's watched as his fist approached Blade's face in fractions of a second.

Swoosh

"Huh?!"

Only moments later Axel uttered out in confusion as his fist met something that he hadn't expected at all.

The distance between Blade and Axel wasn't much, so when he decided to send an attack, Axel thought that it would be an attack that would decide the match.

There wasn't any doubt in his mind that with his powerful fist that Blade would be able to survive his attack when he gets hit!

Yet, before he could celebrate any further, a shocking realization had surfaced in his mind what he expected had not come.

The contact of fist meeting face hadn't come to pass as he realized that his fist met nothing but air which caused the winds to churn in the arena.

Standing next to Axel's still outstretched right hand was an emotionless Blade who gazed at the thick arm of Axel with a cold and aloof temperament as he exclaimed.

"Hmm, to think it was humanly possible to get this large and strong as a mere Level 1 Meridian Opening realm cultivator. Well, from the battles I've been in, I could confidently say that even if you have an amazing level of strength that hasn't a comparison, once you don't hit your mark, it is truly useless…!"

Blade's words went on to enter the ears of the short-tempered Axel as it worked as a trigger to getting this tall genius even angrier than he already was.

Blade's casualness in the way he spoke and the pair of cold eyes that seemed to scorn Axel's very existence caused him to feel a fit of even deeper anger toward Blade as he pulled his right hand back and sent another punch, but this time with his left hand!

Well, at least he tried to do such an action, but as he had pulled back his right hand, he suddenly felt a horrid premonition.

Bam!

Suddenly, Axel's body moved without his command and staggered back weakly as a stinging and intense pain originating from his chest assaulted his nerves.

The pain which originated from his left chest region was generated from a seriously powerful kick from Blade who had already read Axel's previous intention to send another punch.

Now facing a kneeling Axel who was withering in pain, Blade then leaned over and raised Axel's chin with his index finger, and said with a seductive smile on his face…

"You know, over the past month I learned many things, and one of them was to always keep one's emotions under control.

Of course, someone like me has undergone soo many life-and-death situations that my emotions were always all over the place, but now that I've had some time to calm myself and take a break from that risky life, I realized a few days ago that those who don't control their emotions are extremely easy to manipulate.

And, that was your biggest mistake!"

Blade's berating tone made it obvious that he had complete supremacy over Axel and the fight on the whole, as the audience who watched on in absolute shock couldn't help but feel a shiver run up their spine by this newly appeared incubus-like contestant!

Grrrr!

"You fucking faggot! Don't you dear look down on me!"

Axel's foul words powerfully reverberated throughout the stadium as Blade's eyes lit up in expectation when something interesting caught his attention.

Jumping back a few meters, Blade watched as Axel sprang up to his feet and lunged toward Blade at unprecedented speeds.

In fact, it was soo fast that most of the spectators were unable to see him as they instead only saw a blur that appeared in front of Blade in a fraction of a second before…

Bam!

Axel sent a punch with his right hand that was distinctively different compared to before as shockingly enough, it was a punch that landed right in Blade's guts full-on, sending him airborne!

The speed and power contained in Axel's fist was something that was leagues above what it was before as similar to the first contestant that Blade watched the fight, Axel's fist, along with his whole right arm gave off a reddish hue.

It was this reddish hue that caught Blade's attention as he had already seen it from the fighters of the first battle and also some contestants in the other battles.

One thing Blade noticed, was the fact that most of those who were able to change the appearance of their arm or leg ended up as the winners of their battle!

This transformation intrigued Blade to great lengths as without even realizing it, his lust for power made it impossible for him to not want to be able to transform just like Axel.

And being the curious person he was, Blade decided that he wanted to feel the power contained in those fists which had undergone a transformation.

It was also a good way to test his body's durability after unlocking three of his meridians, since, even till now, Blade didn't have a fair idea of the depths of his strength.

"Wow! This is rather interesting since that actually left a bruise on my body!"

Blade said as a smirk etched itself on his face.

Without realizing it, Blade slowly began enjoying this feeling of being surprised by the strength of his opponent.

Why?

It was because, with things such as this transformation, Blade would be able to grow stronger once he was able to acquire such a transformation for himself.

In fact, he already had somewhat of an idea of how these people were able to get this great strength after the transformation.

He didn't know whether it was due to his High Human bloodline increasing his battle Iq and analysis or not, but he didn't care as he was more interested in growing stronger, something that he would have never thought of sometimes over a month ago!