"Hmm! Do you think that you can defeat me if you break free from the Palm of Wrath’s influence?" A smirk crept onto Foras’ lips, but Moku responded with an equally confident smirk.

"DREAM ON!!!"

Suddenly, a large diagram appeared behind Foras. The red diagram moved, rotated, and strange symbols within it exchanged places with each other. When all the symbols reached their designated spots, the entire diagram suddenly glowed brightly.

"Diagram of Doom: Coin Determination!"

Seeing this, Moku narrowed his eyes.

He had heard about one of the advancements of the curse spell faction, diagrams. Based on the information Moku obtained from Aqueaner, diagrams were used to combine various curse spells that demons possessed to form a new curse much stronger than before.

Moku didn’t wait for Foras to finish his diagram and swiftly launched an attack.

Beneath his feet, shadows elongated until they touched Foras’ shadow in an instant.

Dawnshadow remained still as Moku delivered rapid strikes too fast to be followed by light. His hands seemed to disappear, and as Moku’s body passed through Foras, thousands of slash marks appeared on Foras’ body.

*CRAST!!

Blood sprayed from Foras’ body each wound inflicted by Moku targeting vital organs.

However, Moku knew that his recent attacks wouldn’t easily incapacitate his rival. Foras’ body was incredibly strong, far stronger than that of a Platinum Mutated Animal.

Moku’s attack aimed to absorb Mana through the wounds caused by Dawnshadow. One characteristic of Moku’s weapon was its ability to absorb energy from every attack that hit his opponent.

Moku felt the dragon prana reserves, which were initially very low, replenishing rapidly.

Although the Mana inside the demon’s body was impure and difficult to absorb, it didn’t matter to Moku.

The dragon prana he possessed was potent enough to absorb any energy, no matter how impure it was.

But before Moku could launch his next attack, he suddenly saw a coin materialize above Foras’ head. One side of the coin bore a demon’s face, while the other side showed an angel’s face.

The coin then flipped rapidly until it stopped, revealing the demon’s face.

"Well, looks like you’re out of luck, my friend," said Foras with a soft smile on his face.

"What do you me—"

Before Moku could ask, the same slash wounds that appeared on Foras’ body suddenly appeared on his own.

"Argh!!"

The pain from a thousand slashes made Moku cry out in surprise.

He saw red blood drenching his entire body. Combined with his previous wounds, Moku was suddenly in critical condition.

Fortunately, his dragon prana had replenished due to his earlier attack; otherwise, Moku would have been unable to continue fighting.

As the dragon prana accelerated his body’s natural regeneration, Moku turned towards Foras, who was now standing unscathed without a single wound on his body.

"What the hell?"

Moku could still vividly recall which parts of Foras’s body he had attacked and the wounds he had inflicted. Hence, he could confirm that the injuries he was currently experiencing were from Foras’s previous wounds.

At this moment, Moku tried to figure out what was happening with all his senses, but he found nothing, not even when using his inner eye to its fullest extent.

For the first time, Moku couldn’t find an answer to something using his inner eye.

"Did you know that diagrams are one of the developments of the curse spell faction?" Foras smiled after seeing Moku’s clear confusion.

"I know that!

"That information about diagrams was obtained after several elven mages faced a demon who used diagram power.

"It’s said that diagrams are a technique that combines two or more curses into a single attack. Therefore, the power of a diagram is also related to the form of the curse the demon uses.

"So, theoretically, I should be able to read your power with my inner eye!

"But I couldn’t predict what type of curse you were using and what type of curse you combined it with. Why is that?" Moku tried to buy time by engaging Foras in conversation.

"Hehehe... you’re right, diagrams are the result of combining two or more curse spells. But you should realize that I am different from the demon that mage faced.

"Not to boast, but among demons of my generation who can match my strength, they can be counted on one hand. And demons with curse development abilities comparable to mine are only found in generations above me. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

"So, it’s only natural that you couldn’t read my diagram with your inner eye.

"But I must admit, your inner eye’s ability makes me envious.

"With your inner eye, you can see things that can’t even be sensed with Mana and predict things like seeing the future. But it seems that the inner eye isn’t as overpowering as I thought, hehehe..."

"Of course, nothing is the overpower in this world.

"Everything has its own weaknesses. If something seems unbeatable, it’s because we haven’t found a way to defeat it yet.

"My inner eye can see things based on the spiritual aura that everything in the world possesses. Whether it’s inanimate objects like fire, stone, or air, and of course, living beings. But the inner eye itself has a weakness, which you seem to know," Moku said truthfully.

He already knew that Foras would be able to find the weakness of the inner eye.

In the previous rounds of the fight, while Moku was trying to train his Mind Realm power control, Foras was not idle either.

Although his attacks seemed deadly, they were actually tests of Moku’s inner eye prediction ability. More than once, Moku felt how Foras was testing the predictive ability of his inner eye.

But after that, Moku felt that Foras was trying to deceive his inner eye detection ability.

In a battle between two individuals who have never met before, it’s customary for both fighters to test each other’s abilities in the first minutes.

This is because every balanced fight is essentially a clash of two skilled strategists.

The fighters will test each other’s movement habits, attack styles, combinations, evasion techniques, and other aspects they can observe in simple exchanges.

Moku wasn’t worried about this because Foras wasn’t the first enemy to try to outsmart his detection abilities.

As someone Moku acknowledged as his rival, he didn’t underestimate Foras’ ability to devise battle strategies.

He knew that sooner or later, one of his ultimate weapons—inner eye, dragon prana, or vivid dream—would be able to unmask Foras.

However, he never imagined that Foras could disable his inner eye so quickly. It seemed that Foras wasn’t exaggerating when he referred to himself as a genius.

"I’ve suspected that what the inner eye sees isn’t just energy or physical movements but something unprecedented.

"The soul is a unique entity; while every demon acknowledges its existence, none can prove it. I also never thought that what the inner eye sees is the soul of someone.

"But after eliminating all the impossibilities in my analysis, whatever remains is the truth."

"Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth," Moku whispered.

"Hmm? Good words. You’re right, that’s why in the diagram I created, it doesn’t only contain curses that I’ve combined but also the essence of my soul! So, when the diagram is activated, your inner eye, which reads the movement of my soul, won’t be able to detect the soul’s movement within the diagram I created!" Foras explained.

"But how? How could you divide your soul and put it into the diagram?

"Every soul possessed by someone is unique, and it’s impossible for two souls to be the same!

"It’s also impossible for you not to suffer severe consequences from cutting your own soul, no matter how small! It doesn’t make any sense!" Moku shook his head, not entirely believing Foras’ explanation.

"That’s not my concern to figure out. Now, if you’ve had enough time to regenerate your wounds, let’s return to battle," Foras shook his head.

Moku could only regroup his thoughts and prepare to fight again.

However, he now knew that despite both of them having almost equal battle IQ and physical strength, the reality was that Moku was far behind Foras in terms of strength analysis.

At the beginning of the battle, Foras’ Palm of Wrath immediately neutralized the potency of his dragon prana, rendering him unable to unleash high-level Mantras.

After he managed to neutralize the power of Foras’ Palm of Wrath, Foras found another way to neutralize the inner eye detection ability, putting Moku in a tight spot.

Before this, Moku didn’t even know how the Diagram of Doom: Fate Determination worked. He needed help now, which made him feel devastated.

But shame and honor had no place in a life-and-death battle like this. If Moku still hesitated to do what he had to do, he would be killed on the spot.

"Vivid Dream: Realm of Shadow!"

Moku summoned his Shadow Soldiers. This time, he didn’t make them mimic the Bhayangkara Squad because it would consume too much dragon prana.

He wanted the Shadow Soldiers to buy him time while he figured out how the Diagram of Doom: Fate Determination worked.

With Moku’s connection to the true power of the Mind Realm, he had the right tool to uncover all secrets.

"Vivid Dream: Jamus Kalimasada!"