Reborn as an Extra

Chapter 284 Link Vs. Rio, The Battle Of Absolute Talents! Part-3.

VVIP Area.

”d*mn!! He really was holding back against Vanya! This guy is insane! He even copied an SS-rankers ʼauthorityʼ and turned it into a new martial arts style!? Monster! Absolute monster!!”

Ryul was so shocked by Linkʼs feats that he couldnʼt express his surprise in proper words.

He had never seen an absolute monstrous talent like Link. Linkʼs talent is basically against the sky.

Even Ashtelʼs eyes widened in sheer shock when Link pulled off that attack so easily.

”T-this is!?”

Other SS-rankers were so speechless that they didnʼt even bother saying anything and just stood there to watch the show with widened eyes.

Copying an SS-rankersʼ ʼworld authorityʼ and turning it into a martial art technique is not as simple as it sounds!

Vanya and Miki created their ʼuniqueʼ styles by taking references from pre-existing martial art techniques, but they didnʼt dare make many changes to the technique.

They only changed it to suit their needs, but Link is different.

He took no references at all; he likely just saw Ashtel use his ʼworld authorityʼ and then figured out how to use that technique.

He possesses ʼDao Rhythmʼ, which has the ability to influence the laws of the world. Similarly, ʼworld authorityʼ grants the user absolute authority over a specific ʼlawʼ of the world.

In other words, with the help of ʼDao Rhythmʼ, Link can use a weaker version of Ashtelʼs ʼworld authorityʼ.

And as ʼWorld authorityʼ can influence the laws of the world, Link was able to do the same; he directly bypassed Rioʼs shadow armor by influencing the law of space-time manipulation, and his attack landed accurately on Rio.

There are numerous reasons why Link was able to accomplish all of this.

Not only does he have Dao rhythm and Ashtelʼs guidance, but he also saw Alverto ʼbypassʼ Rioʼs shadow armor when they were in Oaklum.

In that one glance, Link had learned ʼBypassʼ from Alverto.

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Reserved Seats.

Liamʼs eyes widened in shock, and he stood up from his seat to watch it more clearly.

After witnessing that attack, a single word kept recurring in his mind.

ʼInsanity!!ʼ

”T-this.... Even if I use Ellie and my other summoned beasts together... I might not be able to beat Link if he uses that attack!”

Even Ellie, who was stuffing her mouth with popcorn, had a serious look in her eyes at that moment.

If Link and Liam ended up fighting one day, she might not be able to protect Liam from this attack, so she was already thinking of some kind of countermeasure.

But no matter what you try to come up with, it pales in comparison to Linkʼs attack.

Ashtelʼs ”world authority” directly influenced the space-time fabric, and Link is doing the same, despite not even having reached rank S yet!

Ordinary awakeners are only able to influence the space-time fabric after they reach rank S.

But Liam has already started to use it as an attack method without even reaching rank S; even the brightest geniuses in the history of mankind seem pale against his talent.

Lia was already clenching her fists tightly. She wanted to go and help Rio out, but thatʼs against the rules, and she canʼt even pass that SS-rank barrier, so she was helpless.

The only thing she can do at this point is believe in Rio.

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(Important Info dump ahead.)

Keep in mind that Rio does have ʼXʼ rank talent, but since ʼXʼ symbolizes ʼLimitless potentialʼ, Rioʼs improvement speed is not infinite.

His improvement speed is still that of a normal SSS rankerʼs, because ʼinfiniteʼ improvement speed is impossible.

If he had ʼinfiniteʼ improvement speed, he would have already achieved rank SSS; why go through all the trouble at that point, right?

The world has its own limits too; this world can barely even withstand the existence of an SSS ranker, but itʼs not strong enough to withstand anything further than that.

Thus, the world limits Rioʼs improvement speed to rank SSS, as the laws of this world canʼt withstand anything further than that.

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Stadium ground.

If it were someone else, they would have already fainted from the sheer pain, but Rio doesnʼt feel anything at all; among all of his emotions, fear, pain, regret, etc. got suppressed the most.

So he barely even feels anything.

This is not an advantage, though; without pain, you wonʼt know if you got injured or something.

Rio is only fine because he can see his own health bar in the status menu.

Otherwise, he might not even know if he was bleeding to death.

Rio slowly got up from the ground; he put some mana into the shadow robe and changed its properties a bit.

The robe became stronger after getting Rioʼs mana, and now it can support Rioʼs injured body.

Even if Rioʼs runs around, his damaged organs wonʼt be much affected, as all of the load will be taken by the shadowrobe.

For the time being, Link stood there in the distance and didnʼt attack; he had a feeling that if he attacked at this moment, Rio would pull out something very dangerous.

His intuition has always been very accurate, so he kept some distance.

Rioʼs eyes stared at Link for a second.

[Body Strengthening!]

[Concentration!]

[Dark Wing Movement Art]

After buffing himself quite a bit, Rio placed his sword around his waist and took his stance.

[Sword Intent!]

”I didnʼt want to use this, but… I guess I will lose if I donʼt pull out some trump cards…”

Before Link could answer, Rioʼs sword turned pitch black, and a sinister power covered it in an instant.

[Elemental Sword Art: Miasma Type: Miasmic Corruption!]

Rio slashed towards the ground, and a pitch-black sword mark appeared on the ground.

The dark mark instantly spread all around and directly corrupted Linkʼs dragon field in a matter of seconds.

Even Link was taken aback by that.

He has seen Rio use many types of elemental attacks, but he has never seen Rio use ʼMiasmaʼ.

A frown appeared on Linkʼs face as he saw his dragon field collapse. He gritted his teeth and spoke:

”Only demons can use miasma and corruption… How are you using it, Rio!?”

Rio just shook his head and replied.

”Donʼt assume that you were the only person who learned something new from that demon prince; I obviously learned the usage of miasma from that guy!”

Rioʼs figure blurred in an instant and appeared directly on Linkʼs right side.

[Elemental Sword Art: Miasma Type: Absolute Corruption!]

Rio swung his sword in a horizontal motion, and Link immediately covered himself with Dao Rhythm to defend himself from that attack.

But it was useless.

Rioʼs has enhanced that attack with his own sword intent, and his sword intent is many times stronger and more precise than Linkʼs Dao Rhythm.

In that clash of two legendary skills, the one with more mastery and precision got the upper hand.

The sword strike barely scratched Link before he jumped back to dodge it, but that small scratch was enough.

Miasma began to spread rapidly throughout his body; the corruption was so strong that it briefly caused his eyes to blur, and he felt as though his head was spinning.

Enhanced by ʼSword Intentʼ Rioʼs corruption ability is equivalent to that of an S-rank demon at this point, and Link got a direct hit from it, so he was bound to suffer some damage.

He had to use a massive amount of mana to increase the output of his Dao Rhythm to get rid of that spreading miasmic corruption; it only took three seconds to do that.

But for someone as fast as Rio, those three seconds were enough.

[Elemental Sword Art: Time Type: Curse of Aging!]

When Link was still focusing more on getting rid of that miasma by focusing his ʼDao Rhythmʼ, Rio seized the opportunity, and his sword directly struck Linkʼs right hand.

Covered with time elements and enhanced with sword intent, when the sword touched Linkʼs hand, that particular area of Linkʼs hand started to age wildly.

And in those three seconds, Linkʼs hand aged 500 years and was directly cut off by Rioʼs sword.

Blood spurted out of that severed arm like crazy; this was the first time Link had gotten so badly injured.

Not only was he fighting with miasma, but his whole right arm was also cut off in a matter of seconds.

(Keep in mind that only the area that was touched by Rioʼs sword strike aged, and broke apart, but the rest of the arm didnʼt suffer from age… Rioʼs time-type attack was extremely precise…)

But to Rioʼs surprise, Link didnʼt even flinch from that insane wound; after the three seconds passed, he immediately got rid of the miasma and tightened his shoulder muscles to forcefully stop his own bleeding.

He didnʼt waste a single second, directly punching Rioʼs face with his other arm.

[Link Style Martial Arts: Spatial Bypass!]

Rio barely dodged that attack by tilting his head to the side, but that unexpected punch still grazed him a bit, and it directly shattered Rioʼs right eyeball, and even his facial muscles cracked.

His right ear was destroyed too.

Link and Rio both jumped back to keep some distance from each other.

They had traded injuries for injuries.

Link had ignored his wounds in order to land a decent hit on Rio, but due to the collapse of the dragon field, he couldnʼt keep up with Rio at all.

At that point, Link gritted his teeth and shouted,

”This isnʼt the end!”

He stomped his feet on the ground.

[Dragon Arts: Dragonʼs Domain]

A new dragon field appeared in an instant, and Link gained his speed once again.

He has a lot of mana; he can keep spamming it until he takes down Rio.

Seeing this, a rare solemn look appeared on Rioʼs face. Time was running out. He was heavily injured at the moment, and his ʼHPʼ was dropping fast; he has to settle this match early.

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Authorʼs Notes.

Yo! Itʼs your beloved author here!

Question of the day.

Do you also think that Rioʼs elemental sword art is an extremely broken technique?

1. Yes (It lets him use all elements, which is insane!)

2. No (Rio added those miasma and time type attacks himself, he learned them from Alverto!)

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