Chapter 159 158. The Great Power!

Max grew even more excited. A smile formed on his lips as he continued to attack the other man.

At this point, everyone was shocked by the outcome. They all thought that despite being skilled, there was no way a young man like him could fight against the System God. Most likely, the latter would probably make the young man fall to the ground, unconscious after a few fights.

But what the heck were they seeing?! How come it looks like the youth was playing around with the System God?

The latter chuckled all of a sudden. It seemed like the youth successfully caught his attention by all the dodging and attacking. Somehow, the youth was able to find loopholes whole attacking him from all sides!

When the man chuckled, everyone trembled. Only two people weren't affected by that. First one was obviously Hope and the second was Max.

It wasn't that he wasn't afraid of someone powerful, but Hope was more ruthless, crazy and powerful than this System God. He had become habitual of staying firm under the pressure of someone powerful all these years.

How could he tremble under the System God's laugh? His body had been crafted exactly for this day.

With everything that was happening, there was only one person who looked happy in this situation—Hope. She even hummed a pleasant tune in her mind and looked at Max gratefully.

"You know what's filial duty?" Hope pointed her finger toward Max who was still busy fighting the System God. "This is!"

Shane sighed, "Just finish this fast. I'm getting tired of this job."

"Huh? Haven't we just started yet? Were yet to meet your past self, you know?"

Shane wasn't interested in that. If anything, he would like to avoid looking over at his past. He was equally embarrassing.

In any case, he didn't want to stay here and finish up this job. He was tired of imagining things while continuing to be pressed in here. He didn't want to think of more what ifs in his life.

After thinking about it, he said, "I'm not interested. Just answer me, when are we going to change bodies?"

Hope remembered she had said they would leave her body and transfer over to someone else.

She smiled and said, "Soon. After we crown this young man."

"Then we leave him just like that?" Shane was surprised that Hope was ready to forget about a young man she helped grow.

She wasn't a heartless person, was she?

But when Shane thought about this question from the bottom of his heart, he grimaced.

Hope indeed was a heartless person. How could she not be one? She has done many things that only a heartless person would do.

She had been living in the System World longer than he did, and yet, she could easily plot and scheme to finish this mission to destroy the place that sheltered her for years. If you don't call that being heartless, he didn't know what to say!

By this time, Max was already done showing off. He was perspiring a bit as he wiped a layer of sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand. He looked at the System God, who despite fighting a lot, wasn't tired even a single bit.

Perhaps this was the difference between the powerful and the powerless.

He gritted his teeth and gripped his sword tightly. Until now, he did everything that his master taught him, but there was also something that she told him back then—

"Remember, we can't trust this method fully. After all, the System God is a cunning man who doesn't want anyone to step on his toes. You'd better be careful. Use different tactics, fail a few times, and then give a surprise attack to confuse him. Of course, it could even be that you'll fail completely by giving the System God enough clues on your behalf. But you will still be your master. Don't let me down and make me use my ultimate attack. Got it?"

The fact that Hope was still beside him, hiding into the cloak, Max had enough confidence that he could deal with a mere System God who was half as powerful as Hope.

He wondered how much her level would be if she was that powerful!

Max continued to follow her command. As expected, the System God found loopholes while fighting and easily cornered Max.

Then the blond man laughed as if he had just seen a joke. "Hah, you were the longest who managed to stick to me in a fight. Well done. You've successfully attracted my attention. I can finally have a worthy fight!"

So, this person hadn't been fighting seriously before?! Max was shocked after knowing this. His expression was serious as he stared at the man with a nervous expression on his face. If the man hadn't been fighting with all he had, then could it be the man was just playing with him?

Then… wasn't it that Max was being played instead rather than trying to fight off with all he had?

Damn, he didn't couldn't even lift his finger. How was he going to fight off this person?

The System God didn't even have a trace of line on his forehead. If anything, he seemed a little happier than a while ago. There was a glowing hint in his eyes that transformed into excitement by the time that gaze reached Max's face.

The latter looked over and took a deep breath.

He shouldn't be afraid. Hope was still here. She would help him for sure.

After calming himself mentally, Max raised his head and looked at the System God with utter confidence in his heart.

Seeing his expression, the System God became even more amused as he chuckled. "My dear system, you are a worthy opponent. Even facing my aura, you won't even blink your eyes. Good, good! I like fighting someone with such a confident gaze!"

Max just hehed and ignored the man. He didn't want to become a laughing stock, so he finally decided to fight back. But he was typically exhausted just from dodging and blocking for hours.

Yes, hours. It had been hours since they started fighting like this. He had entered the palace early in the morning, but now it was already evening. Without eating anything, normal people would have given up already.

But Max wasn't a normal man. Thanks to Hope, he had already trained under extreme conditions, grinding his body to the point that he couldn't grind anymore.

Now, he could fight for hours, even in an extremely exhausting condition.

Sigh, how could he not fight? Back then, Hope hadn't shown him and his brother when the guy was still around any mercy. She threw them into a dungeon filled with powerful monsters. If they hadn't crawled back and exhausted themselves to the brim just to kill and live, they wouldn't have remained alive until this point.

When Max thought of his bloody past, his expression turned grim.

Others didn't know what he was thinking about. To them, he looked like he suddenly became grim while staring at the System God.

So did this person finally know how to be afraid of the powerful? Heh, the youth should have thought more before jumping into the pit like this.

After making fun of the young man, the crowd went silent.

This was the time for a serious fight.

Max raised his sword as his eyes glowed with dark energy. He muttered a spell under his breath as dark energy powered up from his body and entered the sword, brightening it up with a black aura.

He stared at the System God with an evil glint in his eyes. "Are you ready?"

The blond man with a crown also pulled out his sword and replied, "Never been more ready."

Max was the first this time to attack the man. His sword, imbued with a black aura, charged at the other man without hesitation. The collision was so powerful that the ground around them felt the impact, and dust rose in the air almost instantly.

The system god's face turned serious as he stared at the opponent. This was the first time someone had arrived who could be worthy of fighting him. All these years, he had been searching for someone to fight who could give him enough challenge during a fight.

Of course, he refused to make anyone reach even close to level 90, but this time he knew this guy couldn't be more than 85.

But why? Why would this young man be more powerful than 90-level ones? Just what kind of training did he attend to reach this level?

The system God didn't get another chance to think about it anymore. Max continued to attack him with all he had. The two exchanged a few blows, but this exchange wasn't normal in any way. The entire place turned into havoc because of the intense fight.

The guards had seen something like this for the first time. They knew the system god was powerful, but he had never displayed his power. Now that they saw something like this, everyone was stunned.