616 Asher

As Evan moved towards Central City, an uneasy feeling began to grow in his heart. He wasn't sure why he felt uneasy but he had a feeling that something big was about to happen.

'The only person who can give me this uneasy feeling with my current power is that Rank One Demon,' Evan thought inwardly and spread out his spiritual senses in the surroundings.

But just like last time, he didn't find anything unusual even after scanning the surroundings using his spiritual senses.

"With my current spiritual power I don't think even a Rank One Core Evolver would be able to hide his presence unless he is using a very powerful skill to conceal himself," Evan muttered when he didn't find anything unusual and continued to move towards Central City.

'Did that guy summon a sand demon? Sand Demons are good at concealing themselves and launching sneak attacks. If it is really a Rank One Sand Demon then I might not be able to sense him even with my current spiritual power.'

Suddenly, Evan stopped moving and looked up.

At first, he didn't see anything unusual but soon he noticed something that looked like a meteorite coming towards him from the far distance.

Seeing something was coming towards him, Evan immediately used Hawk's Eye skill to look at the thing that was coming towards him

When he used the skill, Evan saw a Demon with the head of an octopus and the body of a human that was covered in fire coming towards him.

"A flame demon," Evan's expression turned serious seeing the thing that was coming towards him was actually a flame demon. ''There is something wrong with this flame demon. I am using the shadow walk skill to hide myself so he should not have been aware of my presence unless...''

Boooooooom!

Before Evan could finish speaking, the demon landed in front of him like a meteorite.

"Damn," Evan was forced to take several steps back because of the powerful shockwaves generated by the landing of the Demon.

When the shockwaves settled down, Evan saw the flame demon with the head of an octopus looking at him with his two deep orange eyes.

"Seems my guess was right," Evan muttered in a low voice after feeling the aura around the Demon, "This guy is already at the peak of Rank One and is very close to reaching Rank Two."

The flame demon also looked at Evan for a few seconds after landing and showed a disgusting smile on his octopus like face.

"You are indeed not normal," Asher, the flame demon said, looking at Evan. "Not only your physical body even your soul is far more powerful than any S ranker, almost on par with the Rank One Core Evolvers."

"I can say the same for you," Evan said while circulating his mana. "I didn't expect that I would meet someone who is very close to reaching Rank Two here."

"You know about Core Evolvers even though you are in this low level world?" Asher asked in a surprised voice.

"I just know about a few minor things, nothing special."

"Since you know about the Core Evolvers, you should also know that you have no chance of winning against me, so why don't you obediently surrender and I will give you a painless death," Asher said with the same disgusting smile on his face.

"I know it won't be easy for me to win against you but..." Evan said and wore his Blazebringer Gauntlets. "You are not strong enough to make me surrender in front of you."

"So you want to fight against me?" Asher asked while locking down his aura on Evan.

Evan felt the space around him solidified and it became hard for him to breathe. But instead of panicking, he just increased the circulation speed of the mana inside his body and successfully offset the effect of Asher's aura.

"Oh," Asher raised an eyebrow seeing this because any other S Ranker would have already dropped to knees without being able to breathe if he had locked his aura on him, but Evan didn't show any kind of reaction.

"Hahaha good good, It would have been pretty boring if you couldn't even withstand my aura," Asher said while laughing when Evan did not show any kind of reaction after feeling his aura and dark orange flames appear around his body.

"Before we start fighting, can you tell me why he is hiding there?" Evan asked, pointing to a spot some distance away from Asher. "Is he here to help you because you're not confident enough to fight against me alone?"

"Don't flatter yourself," Asher said coldly, "He is here to lock the space of this area so that you can't escape. Do you think I need his help to crush you?"

Evan narrowed his eyes hearing Asher and closely scanned the space of the surrounding area. When he scanned the area, he realized that the space around him was completely sealed off and he couldn't use skills like Soul Beacon or Step Of Voidgazer to teleport away from there.

'Well, it doesn't matter because I never planned on running away in the first place' Evan thought and stopped looking at Nate who was hiding some distance away from Asher.

He used wind manipulation skill and took a step forward to move towards Asher. But before he could move towards him, Asher pointed one of his fingers towards Evan at lightning speed and shot a small orb of deep orange fire that was just three centimetres in diameter.

Although the fire orb was very small, it gave Evan a deep sense of danger.

He wanted to dodge Asher's attack, but the speed of the fire orb was extremely fast and it arrived in front of him in an instant.

At the last second, before the attack collided with him, Evan activated his newly gained defensive skill Arcane Embrace.

Just as he activated the skill, a barrier made of water, fire, wind, earth, lightning and many other different kinds of elemental energies covered an area of two meters around him.

Bang!

The small fire orb clashed against the barrier. The moment the fire orb clashed against the barrier, other than the fire element, all other elements that were moving inside the barrier disappeared.

The whole barrier turned deep orange in less than a second, and before Evan could stabilize it, the fire energy of the orb became unstable.

Booooooom!

With a loud booming sound, the barrier Evan created exploded and he was blasted backwards.

"Damn it," Evan balanced himself in midair after being blasted away by Asher's attack and landed fifty meters away from his initial position.

After landing when he looked at his arms, he noticed they were slightly burned.

'It was just a casual attack but it still injured me,' Evan thought inwardly and activated his regeneration skill.

"Looks like I need to take him more seriously or I won't be able to walk away from here with my limbs intact," Evan said to himself and looked at his shadow.

Just as he looked at his shadow, it moved slightly and a black armor with golden patterns emerged from it. When Asher saw the armour, he shook his head and allowed Evan to put it on.

'Does he think armour can protect him from my attacks?

The armour Evam took out was the S rank armour that he received from Sebastian after winning the bet in Central City.

---) Adamantine Bulwark (S Rank): A light defensive armour made from the adamantine. It provides 40% resistance against all physical and magical damage to its wearer. While wearing the armour, the user can use skills Fortified Endurance, Weighted Resolve, Adamantine Resilience and Unyielding Guadian.

---) Fortified Endurance: Grants increased stamina and endurance to the wearer, reducing fatigue and allowing them to maintain peak performance over extended periods of combat. This skill is essential for prolonged engagements.

---) Weighted Resolve: Enhances the wearer's stability and grounding, making them immune to being knocked back or off balance. This skill ensures that the wearer stands firm against even the most powerful kinetic forces.

---) Adamantine Resilience: Grants the wearer unparalleled physical resilience, reducing the impact of incoming physical attacks. This skill ensures that the armour remains virtually indestructible, providing exceptional durability in the heat of battle.

---) Unyielding Guardian: Automatically activates a temporary boost in defence when the wearer is in critical condition, providing a last line of defence against overwhelming odds.

Evan did not stop after wearing the armour and took out a red cloak from his shadow storage and wore it too.

---) Phoenix Feathered Cloak: The Phoenix Feathered Cloak is a majestic and rare accessory crafted from the feathers of a legendary fire phoenix. Wearing this cloak imbues the wearer with the 'Flame Rebirth' and 'High-Level Fire Resistance' skills.

---) Flame Rebirth: The primary ability of the Phoenix Feathered Cloak is its power of "Flame Rebirth." if its wearer faces death, the cloak's nirvana flames activate. Using the Flame Rebirth, the wearer can come back to life.

(The 'Flame Rebirth' skill can only be used one time. After using it for one time, 'The Phoenix Feathered Cloak' will lose its Flame Rebirth skill)

---) High-Level Fire Resistance: Increases the user's Fire Resistance by +50%

After wearing the armour and phoenix feathered cloak, Evan nodded his head in satisfaction and looked at Asher whose gaze was fixed on the cloak Evan was wearing.

'I can feel very faint traces of phoenix flames from that cloak' Asher thought and greed flashed in his eyes. 'If I can get that cloak, I will be able to reach Rank Two more easily by studying the phoenix flames that are inside it'

"Are you done preparing?" He asked after looking at the cloak for a few seconds.

Evan noticed Asher's gaze on his phoenix feathered cloak but he didn't care about it. "Yes, thanks for waiting."

"What's the point of wearing those artefacts because in front of absolute power, all of these things are useless."

As soon as Asher finished speaking, all the hair on Evan's body stood up.

'Fu*k' He cursed inwardly and activated the Temporal Velocity skill. Just as he activated the skill, the time in his eyes slowed down and he saw Asher who was covered in fire suddenly appear just a meter away from him.

Even though he was using the Temporal Velocity skill, Evan barely had time to do anything before Asher's fire-covered fist arrived in front of his face.

'If this punch hits my head I'll be dead meat' Evan thought and used his wind walk skill at the last second to instantly appear a few kilometres away from Asher.

"Where do you think you are going?" Before Evan could sigh in relief after dodging Asher's punch, he heard his cold voice and saw him coming towards him at lightning speed.

"Why is he so fast? Is there a jet engine inside his assho*e" Evan once again cursed and activated his skills.

Power Aura!

Wind Manipulation!

Mana Reinforcement!

Sonic Resonance!

Different kinds of energies gathered around Evan's fist, and a frightening aura engulfed the surroundings.

Even Asher was shocked when he felt the powerful aura coming from Evan's fist, but instead of retreating, he showed a wide smile and deep orange flames covered his entire body.

Woosh!

He arrived in front of Evan in an instant, their eyes met for a brief second before Evan's fist which was covered in various types of energies and Asher's fist which was covered in powerful flames collided with each other.

The moment their fist clashed, time seemed to stop for a split second. Evan felt around thirty percent of his fist power disappear the moment it came into contact with Asher's fist.

"Well.. Fu*k" Evan said and the next second...

....Boooooooooooooom!

An explosion shook the entire wilderness of Central City and amid the explosion, even though Evan was wearing Adamantine Bulwark armor that had Weighted Resolve skill, he was still sent flying away like a broken kite.