“Are you sure you wish to carry on?” Olivier asked indifferently after Arianna floated away. “You should already know that I won’t hold back, even if I am now a saint…”

  “I wouldn’t have it any other way,” Ace replied with a hint of anticipation suffusing his voice.

  As he said that, Olivier and everyone else in the audience were taken aback by the mutation that happeo Ace’s give.

  Golden vein-like markings suddenly appeared, running across the obsidian shaft and bde, giving it an overwhelmiial-like aura.

  Olivier’s eyes narrowed when he saw the give’s transformed state, not because of its appeara because the aura it gave off made his heart palpitate, something he didn’t believe ossible after his breakthrough.

  It wasn’t just him; all the saints present were able to sehe dangerous aura Ace was giving off; they just had no idea how a mortal child at the sixth rank was capable of such a feat.

  The only one able to uand what was going on was Arianna, and even then, it was only a vague uanding.

  She could clearly sehe aura Ace was radiating at present was simir to his [queror’s Hak, only far more refined and pure!

  That’s right, just as death loomed when fag Olivier’s st attack, Ace was struck by a moment of realisation, allowing him to finally grasp [queror’s Haki Infusion].

  She had no idea how he was able to do it, but he khat this was the real reason behind his renewed fidence.

  ‘It really is one surprise after the with this brat.” Arianna sighed to herself as she waited patiently for their battle to restart.

  “This power… It’s incredible!” Ace marvelled, feeling strohan ever before.

  In his st life, Whitebeard had oold him that [queror’s Haki Infusion] would give the user a drasticrease in power, but this…

  He k was impossible, but in that moment, he felt as though the world was at his bed call, as though if he so chose, he could force the world around him to bend to his will.

  “I should warn you,” Ace said as he looked back up at Olivier, who was currently h in mid-air. “This is my first time using this attack, so I ’t pletely trol it. If you fail to block it, you might die…

  I suggest you give up now.”

  Ace wrated on the ear of all those of the O’Brien Empire, but none more so than Blumer. He didn’t care about the optics of his saint-level brother killing a mortal teenager youhan himself; he wanted nothing more than for Olivier to kill Ace before he could mature.

  Though for different reasons, the thoughts of many of his fellow trymen were pretty simir. Ace’s arrogance was getting to be too much to bear, but Olivier was different.

  He could sense Ace’s siy, and as he could also sehe dangerous aura he was radiating, he uood Ace wasn’t just being arrogant. Still, for the sake of his warrior’s heart, he couldn’t afford to take a step back.

  “e,” Olivier replied suctly as a familiar white-golden aura coated his body and sword.

  Ace immediately felt how not only had Olivier’s battle-qi improved after being a saint, but also, with the infusion of his insight into the Law of Light’s Profound Mystery of Lightspeed, his energy had also bee far more powerful.

  Still, his grin only widened as he adopted a croug stance, holding his give in his right hand, willing what was left of his fiery mageforce to coat the butt of his polearm.

  Unfortunately, even though he had also made a breakthrough in realm, his mageforce had almost ple run dry – not that it mattered. Just using [Infusion] on his on was difficult enough; he had no idea how long it would take him to learn how to use it on his fmes as well.

  For the first time in a long time, his fmes would have to take on a much more passive role, providing nothing more than support as he returo basics.

  The moment he saw that, Olivier took off, moving like a fsh of light, he appeared directly in front of Ace at a speed that many of the saints gasp in shock.

  He had just bee a saint, yet his speed had surpassed many mid-staged saints.

  Even so, Ace remained unhurried as he calmly performed what could only be called a perfect [Thrust].

  As his give pierced through the air, it felt as though if he pressed any harder, he’d be able to pierce through the fabric of space. It was an incredible yet inprehensible power that he couldn’t put into words, even if he tried.

  Everyoched with bated breaths as the edge of Olivier’s icy longsword approached the tip of Ace’s give, which was being propelled by a jet of fmes that many realised was faintly approag the saint level in power.

  But what really shocked them was what happened . Before their ons could even e into tact, Olivier’s on appeared to be hit by an invisible shockwave as arcs of bck lightning flickered around Ace’s on.

  Before they could truly e to terms with what was happening, Olivier’s sword – Icedream – shattered, sending Olivier hurtling through the air, spitting a mouthful of blood, directly losing sciousness.

  “BROTHER!” Blumer roared as he jumped to catch Olivier’s body before it fell off the mountain; unfortunately, with Olivier bei flying in the opposite dire and his current speed, he was never going to be able to save his st remaining family member.

  Thankfully, Talore was standio him. The headmaster of the Academy took off like a bolt of lightning, catg his best friend just before he fell off.

  “How is he?!” Blumer asked frantically as he hurried to Talore’s side. “How is my brother?!”

  “Your Majesty,” Talore said as he turo Emperor Johann, not b with Blumer’s w. “Olivier’s injuries are severe; he’s in desperate need of medical attention.”

  Like the rest of the audience, Emperor Johann was still reeling from his shock. After all, it wasn’t every day one would get the ce to see someone of the sixth-rank jump four whole ranks to defeat a saint – newly promoted or not.

  But when he heard the Headmaster Talore’s words, he immediately snapped out of his daze a one of his men – a light elemental mage of the eighth rank who specialised in healing.

  Whilst Olivier was being treated for his injuries, Ace wasn’t doing too well himself. He had already beey drained from their first round, but that st csh had pushed him beyond his limits.

  But his current dition didn’t have as much to do with his dwindling energy levels as it did with his use of [Infusion].

  After using it only once, he had shattered most of the bones in his arm, f him to use his left hand to hold his give as a crutch.

  Speaking of his give…

  As he looked down, he couldn’t help but smile bitterly as he saw the numerous cracks running along his on. It had to be remembered that his give was made of materials so precious that many saints would kill for a on of that quality.

  For his [Infusion] to not only do so much damage to his arm but also to his on, it was clear that, for whatever reason, it didn’t appear that he was ready to be wielding that power, but that in and of itself made no seo him.

  If the use of [Infusion] was such a double-edged sword, he was certain Whitebeard would have warned him, but since he hadn’t, the only thing he could think of was that his queror’s haki operated in a slightly different way in this world than it had in his previous.

  Still, that was of little at that moment. Whether it was those of his group or the audience, everyone was staring at him with expressions filled with shock, awe, and disbelief.

  When Ad Olivier cshed, just now Ace’s queror’s Haki spread like never before. Although everyone present was far too powerful to directly lose sciousness, the aura Ace projected made many feel a hint of reverence, as though they were in the presence of a genuiy.

  The aura was so overwhelming that it mao spread right throughout the mountain range surrounding the College, attrag the attention of all those in the viity – including a certaiy who was sitting in secluded meditation deep underground.

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  Thousands of miles away, deep within the Forrest of Darkness, was a rge, almost lifelike metallic castle that looked distinctly out of pce.

  Ihe castle was a tall, middle-aged man with a long bck beard and even longer inky bck hair, donning a jet-bck robe that almost appeared to meld with the shadow by his feet.

  Despite being so far away, the moment Ace’s [Infusioed, the man’s head snapped in the dire of the O’Brien Empire. His small beady abyss-like eyes seemed to be able to see through everything in its path, falling directly on the child who created su effect.

  “That boy,” the man mused aloud. “Did he just use the power of will?”

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