Magus Supremacy-Chapter 822: Goodnight, Brother
Chapter 822
In a corner of the coliseum, two brothers had been locked in a brutal clash that defied the very bonds of blood.
The battle had recently taken a shockingly explosive turn when Rivock utilized their clan’s secret technique to blow his brother’s hand clean off.
Landing three meters away, Rivock panted heavily as beads of sweat formed on his temples.
He peered intently into the thick cloud of smoke that had already billowed up from the site of the detonation.
Suddenly, a roar erupted from within the haze.
It wasn’t a beastly sound, but rather a raw, humanoid scream of agony and fury.
Surprisingly, the sheer force of the roar was enough to dissipate the cloud of smoke that had obscured Rivock’s view, finally revealing Drevor standing amidst the debris.
One hand was gone.
In its place remained a jagged, bleeding stump that was currently being sealed by a desperate surge of Ki.
On the ground just a few inches away from him lay the severed limb, sprawled on the dirt like a piece of raw steak waiting to be roasted and eaten.
Rivock grinned indifferently at the gruesome sight.
"Oh look. You are now a cripple. How amusing."
The taunt immediately pierced Drevor’s pride.
Coupled with the traumatic loss of his arm, his anger skyrocketed to the ceiling, bordering on madness.
"I WILL KILL YOU!"
Rivock smirked, unimpressed by the outburst.
"Haha. Funny joke. Let’s see you do that with only a single hand—"
BANG—!
Drevor angrily dashed forward, and in his remaining hand, a Ki sword was rapidly manifesting into a solid blade of energy.
Within a heartbeat, he was directly in front of Rivock, delivering a savage downward slash that aimed at cleaving his younger brother’s neck in two.
This sudden, desperate surge of speed almost stunned Rivock... almost.
With an imperceptible smirk, he leaned his neck to the side, narrowly dodging the glowing edge of the sword.
But before he could attempt a counter, Drevor smoothly flipped the weapon in his grip and stabbed downward from above with astonishing velocity.
Rivock was left with no choice but to block, crossing his forearms above his head in a frantic defensive maneuver.
Unfortunately, he didn’t have enough time to properly coat his hands with a protective layer of Ki.
Not like he even had enough energy left for a full shield anyway, as the sword dug deep into his flesh and almost sliced his limbs off entirely.
But with a brutal kick enhanced by Ki to his brother’s abdomen, Rivock sent Drevor sliding backwards for a few precious seconds and inches.
It was just enough to grant Rivock a moment of recovery space, even as his hands bled constantly from the deep gashes.
However, he didn’t let the pain bother him because, in perfect unison, the two siblings charged at one another once more.
With an explosive bang, they met dead in the center of the arena.
Drevor was skillfully swinging his Ki sword from multiple angles, searching for a crack in the defense that he could exploit—hunting for a place where his malice could finally bite through.
Rivock, on the other hand, dodged without holding his speed back.
He didn’t initiate an attack for some reason, choosing instead to maintain a steady, concentrated defense.
Even with this strategy, it didn’t mean he escaped unscathed; but he was skilled enough to avoid any fatal strike that could put him out of the fight for good.
In short, he was being slashed all over.
From his shoulders to his face and torso, he was getting bloodied by an enraged Drevor who swung and swung with reckless abandon.
Rivock calmly observed the onslaught until a brief, golden lapse appeared before his eyes, and he took immediate advantage of it.
Drevor’s swing came a split second later than normal, which served as a clear sign that the older brother was finally getting exhausted.
Between the strain of sealing his stump and continuously battling with maximum energy, Drevor was bound to hit his limit sooner or later.
That was the chance Rivock had been waiting for, and he wasn’t going to miss.
Purposely letting the Ki sword pierce deep into his shoulder until blood oozed out, he hammered his palm from above onto his brother’s remaining arm.
"Ack...."
A loud, sickening crack resounded through the air, as the strike from above had been heavily infused with concentrated Ki.
Gritting his teeth against the immense pain in his shoulder, Rivock attacked from below, smashing his brother’s hand away from his wound before landing a crushing, internal blow to Drevor’s gut.
Drevor curled forward, spitting out saliva for a second.
Rivock’s knee came in hot from below, brimming with an increasing amount of Ki.
As the knee approached, Drevor surrounded his hand with all the Ki in his body and hammered it strategically against his brother’s thigh, forcing the knee strike back down and rupturing the ground beneath them.
Not only did the earth rupture, but Rivock’s thigh cracked, and he dropped to one knee instantly.
"You son of a— DIE!" Drevor bellowed with unrestrained hatred.
His leg swung wildly before he brought it down strategically across Rivock’s neck with all his might.
Rivock was lifted off his feet and sent ricocheting across the ground at incredible speed.
His body tore through the earth, only for Drevor to seemingly teleport behind his brother. With his leg cocked backward, he hammered it again into Rivock’s back.
Another crack echoed out, as if the boy’s spinal cord had shattered.
Blood spewed from Rivock’s mouth as his body shot forward once more.
Swirling Ki to his back and to every part of his body that had been severely injured, Rivock stabbed his fingers into the ground, clawing himself to a halt in an instant.
Before he could fully anchor himself, Drevor was already in front of him, delivering a heel kick from above aimed at completely crushing Rivock’s skull.
With all the strength he could muster, Rivock launched off the ground at astonishing speed.
Then, like a charging bull, he smashed his head into Drevor’s abdomen with the force of a bullet train.
The older brother coughed out a mouthful of blood as he crashed onto his back.
Without wasting a single moment, Rivock hurled his fist downward like a blazing comet and drove it into Drevor’s face.
A loud crack split the air as the ground beneath the brothers ruptured instantly, blood spilling from Drevor’s battered features.
"Get the fuck off me!"
But Rivock wasn’t finished.
Not giving his brother even a second to recover, he grabbed his face, sent Ki surging into his palm, and then smashed Drevor’s head deeper into the ground, further widening the chasm below.
The older brother’s eyes rolled back briefly as blood oozed from his mouth, and Rivock vaulted off his body immediately.
"Goodnight, brother."
Click—!
Drevor had barely processed what was happening when he suddenly felt an overwhelming amount of Ki gathering around his face.
"Son of a bas—"
BOOOM—!
An explosion tore through the area as the chasm beneath Drevor widened into an abyss instantly, blood splattering into the air.
Everything within that vicinity was immediately obliterated, including the older brother whose skull was burnt open and shattered.
"Ack...." 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎
Blood spilled from Rivock’s mouth.
All adrenaline spent, he collapsed to the ground with a grunt.
