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As Arthur and Uno were separated from each other and took a brief pause, the people watching the match, who were at the edge of their seats and holding their breaths while watching, finally recovered themselves and burst into an uproar.
"Woah! What an intense battle!"
"That is crazy! More! Give us more!"
"Watching apex experts of the games is always satisfying!"
The audience at the stand shouted with burning passion and excitement as they looked at the battlefield where Uno and Arthur remained standing opposite to each other while ’resting’. The people watching the live broadcast, on the other hand, flooded the chat with their reactions and emojis that expressed how they felt.
Miss Bunny and David took this opportunity to finally have a little in-depth discussion about the earlier exchange.
"What an amazing start! They live up to their reputation. Don’t you think, partner?" said Miss Bunny initiating the discussion.
"Well, that is to be expected since these two were top Gods of the game, to begin with," David nodded his head before continuing. "But this is nothing but a warmup. They have only shown us their combat prowess and have yet to reveal the true powers that they were hiding."
"These two Mighty Chosen Ones truly give us a good example of what they can do," he continued with a smile. "But the next bout will absolutely be an even greater show since they will be showing us their more powerful techniques and true skills."
"Mighty Chosen Ones!" Miss Bunny played along. "All people are aware of the Dragon God’s talents. Siegfried is already known to be a Martial Arts Prodigy, who also wields the talent of ’Foresight’. This is what made him famous in the earlier days of his gaming career."
David chuckled as he commented. "All of us know that a Martial Arts Prodigy has an unbelievable comprehension ability, which gives them the ability to learn things with a glance. But you will later see how scary they can be once they put that talent into combat."
Miss Bunny was quite curious about what he meant by those words, but she wanted to ask more about the opposing party a little more just like the viewers watching online, so she changed the topic accordingly.
"But what about this mysterious Evil God? And how can you tell that he is also a Mighty Chosen One?" she asked with genuine curiosity.
David put up a mystifying act and replied with his great humor. "Let’s just say that it is an expert’s eyes discerning things."
Miss Bunny played along and laughed before continuing. "So, what is his secret?"
David did not mind sharing it with others since they would learn about it sooner or later. What’s more, with this battle being broadcast to millions of audiences, there were would be well-known experts and analysts who would bound to discover it later anyway.
He might as well use this opportunity to become one of those experts. "Well, one of his talents is quite tricky. But not that complicated. It is called a Thinking Reed."
"Thinking Reed?" hearing the unfamiliar words, Miss Bunny could not help but become more curious about this.
"It is a combat talent on the same scale as Martial Arts Prodigy, Sword Genius, Battle Genius, Gifted Adept, and such. But it is not quite well-known since there are very few people who own such a talent," David quickly replied.
"Being a Mighty One is already quite rare. But among them, a Thinking Reed is one of the rarest, which is why not many people are aware of their existence."
Uno, who was standing on the opposite side, knew that Arthur had successfully entered his Natural State, especially when his eyes could see the flow of energy naturally gathering toward Arthur as if they were attracted to him.
His ’Foresight’ was slightly different from Arthur’s – or should he say that it was in a more perfect state.
Arthur had filled the shortcomings that he could not achieve with his ’Foresight’ by creating the ’Dragon Eyes’ with the help of his bloodline.
On the other hand, Uno could bring out the full capabilities of his ’Foresight’. He could not only read the intention of his opponents by seeing the tiniest movements of their muscles and see the trajectory of their attacks, but he could also read the movements of the energies filling the air.
This not only gave him the ability to read the movements of the opposing party but also predict what kind of abilities or techniques would they be using.
Moreover, he had also reached the partial evolution of this peerless talent because he was inside the game and turned it into ’Pinnacle Omniscience’ just like Arthur.
From his perspective, the whole world seemed to have become black-and-white while gridlines seemed to have filled everything.
In this world, everything seemed to have moved differently as their movements filled with a series of overlapping afterimages.
The movements that these images were showing were the predictions that he was seeing after his brain processed all the information inside his head.
In this dull and monochrome world, there were specks of lights that were moving with a certain flow. They were the energies of this world – both the elemental and arcane mana.
This special sight was an advanced application of ’Foresight’ to complement Uno’s abilities and talent.
At the same time, he had entered his Natural State to match Arthur’s, who was now releasing overwhelming powers that could put some pressure even on him.
’Natural State: True Equinox’
The moment he entered this state, an overwhelming pressure enveloped the entire surroundings. Adding the immense killing intent that he was already releasing and merging them, the pressure that he now possessed was so strong that it even affected the environment.
The world seemed to have turned crimson from the perspective of other people while a sinister atmosphere was created.
This clashed against the pressure that Arthur was emitting, creating invisible ripples that created yet another Mana Storm.
This also intensified the clash between their Battle Spirits. The Ancient Dragon and Void Beast wrestled in the sky as they simultaneously charged at each other.
Bang! Bang!
Swoosh! Swoosh!
This time, they would be showcasing their true abilities and unleashing all their powers.
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