152 Show of strength (2/2)

”Bro! BRO!”

”Hm? What is it?” Rei asked hearing Vex shout for him.

”Nah just worried, you lookin' a little pissed.” Vex replied as he gestured at Rei with his left hand.

”Hm, for a moment I thought the devil Lucifer was gay.” Rei replied as Vex made a 'what the fuck' face.

”I don't know what made you think that, nor do I want to know. But bro why don't you fight in the arena as well. The more fights we win, the higher our rank, the longer we get in the cultivation tower.” Vex decided to forget the image of a gay Lucifer boning another dude that had surface in his mind.

Should Lucifer see what Vex had thought, he would have done everything he could to break Vex's leg.

Rei registered for a randomised match while Vex was musing to himself.

Walking on the stage, Rei could see that his opponent had a very muscular frame. Clad in white heavy armour from head to toe.his opponent wielded a heavy shield and a long sword. On his armour, there were highlight of metallic red forming a cross on his chest. On his shield, the red highlights also formed a cross much like the hilt of his sword.

Red looked at his opponent up and down before opening his mouth.

”Which religion are you crusading against?”

Rei could almost feel the animosity radiate of the knight cultivator after that quote.

”You, you who has three gods watching you. Prepare to fight, should I win here it would prove my worth in front of the three gods.” He said as he pointed his sword at Rei.

”Whatever, but let me ask you this. What weapon do you want me to use? Long swords? Dual wield? Staff? Spear? Glaive? Halberd? Any weapon or do you want me to use my bare fists?” Rei asked while gesturing at his opponent with one hand.

”Use everything you have, weapons, magic, abilities. Anything. Otherwise it wouldn't be meaningful to defeat you.” He said whilst getting into a stance.

”Fine since that is what you want, your request shall be granted.” Rei took a deep breath as his aura started to emit outwards.

”MATCH START!” The announcer shouted out as he saw that everyone was ready.

Hearing the announcer, Rei slammed his hands downwards as he created a giant pillar of Earth instantly giving him the high ground.

Stomping his foot down, his created waves of Earthen spikes shooting towards the knight cultivator.

While that was happening, Rei clenched his fist as neon blue circuits surface on his arms as a bow appeared in his hands.

”With my bow and arrows, I respectfully ask for the divine protection of the sun god Apollo and the moon goddess Artemis. I offer thee this calamity - Phoebus Catastrophe.” Rei chanted in one go as his aimed the neon blue arrow that had formed upwards.

”Holy fuck?! Bro is using noble phantasms?!!!” Vex shouted out as he instantly recognised Phoebus Catastrophe.

Rei watched as the arrow shot upwards broke into hundreds to thousands of shards. After he got stronger, he was able to increase the effectiveness of some noble phantasms such as Phoebus Catastrophe.

Dismissing the bow, Rei controlled the shards as they were sent around the knight cultivator who was fending off the Earth spikes.

Clutching his hand, the arrows detonated creating over a thousand portals which showed a gateway to hell.

Slowly, blades started to emerge from the portals causing Vex to widen his eyes.

”T-t-that's Gae Bolg! Rule Breaker! Excalibur! Caladbolg 2! The flag of Jeanne d'arc! FUCK! BRO ISN'T THAT CHEATING!!!! YOU GOT UNLIMITED BLADE WORKS!!!!” Vex cried out as he realised what the ability was.

Rei ignored his cries as he look towards the knight cultivator with Kyoki and Tengoku in his hands.

”Are you satisfied?” Rei asked as he could almost hear the cultivator grit his teeth.

”COME!” He shouted which caused Rei to frown as he saw how his body glowed with gold and his shield seemed to enlarge creating a barrier around him.

His frown only grew as he lost control over his noble phantasms. Seeing each one charging towards the cultivator without his command Rei didn't know what the knight cultivator was planning.

*BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!!

Countless noble phantasms crashed against the barrier causing it to fluctuate while some were able to directly go pass and damage him.

*PING!!!

Not too long after, the barrier broke as countless wounds appeared on his body.

Rei was still frowning but widened his eyes when he saw the knight's long sword grow in energy emission every time he was hit.

”Retract!” Rei called out as he threw up Kyoki and clutched his hand. Veins was visible on Rei's arm as he was forcing the control back under his grasps. When he did, he sent the weapons back.

”Kuhuhuhu you realised a bit too late. You're not the only one who can skip ranks!” The knight cultivator shouted out as the glow on his long sword intensified almost blinding anyone looking at him.

”Sever all who stands before me! Hexus!” The knight cultivator shouted as a giant blade of light shot out before anyone realised.

Rei dismissed both Kyoki and Tengoku as a new glow of light appeared in his hands. A smirk appeared on his face for a split second before light overwhelmed the world.

*BOOOOOMMMMM!!!!

”haha...HaHa....HAHAHAHA! I won!” The knight cultivator laughed out in joy seeing his hit land on Rei.

”Not quite.” Rei's voice broke out destroying his initial joy.

But when he looked back at Rei his eyes widened.

”I won't lie, the attack power was quite unexpected. A surprise to be sure but a welcome one since the power is now mine.” Rei spoke as his figure came into view.

His was lacking his left arm as blood mist was slowly gathering towards it. There were trails of blood on the corners of his mouth as he grinned. But what was most surprising was the sword in his right hand. The familiar glow gave the knight cultivator despair.

”Hexus, the sword of legend originating from your world. Legend has it that the knight who wielded this was able to sever the continent due to the damage he took in the war with the world. While this is just a replica, it is able to store all the damage took in the last 30 seconds before amplifying the damage by two and send it as a single attack.” Rei spoke the sword's story as the knight broke out in cold sweat.

”H-how do you know!” He shouted.

”I'm able to read the history of any weapon I came into contact with.” Rei smiled.

”But since it's just a replica, it's not working towards its full capacity. And since I was working with fakes quite a while ago I know how to make this real.” Rei continued as Vex had a sudden thought.

'No way, does bro mean that he was working with the fakes in unlimited blade works and now the noble phantasms are real ones?! Then that means.....'

”Cleans and sever this hideous world. Hexus Arcaeus.” Rei spoke the real name of the sword.

”No way....” The knight spoke out weakly as he saw the sword become the real sword of legend. Light swept over him as he flinched and closed his eyes.

But the pain never came as he hesitantly opened his eyes.

”Surprised? Hexus Arcaeus the sword that fights evil. The sword works best with fighting evil entities, it fights and defeats all who the wielder deems an enemy. By inserting my own mana, I am also able to increase the damage dealt just a little. Since I obtained the true sword from you I'll do you a favour.” Rei said with a smile as he reached out and beckoned the sword to come to him. The sword in the knight's hands flew over and floated in front of Rei.

Rei bit his finger before tracing the flat side of the blade. It started to glow with a holy light before the silver parts of the sword were replaced with a white gold.

Waving his hand, Rei sent the sword back to the knight.

”Ha...It's my loss. Thank you for granting me the real sword.” The knight said with a weary smile. Rei had completely overwhelmed him.

”Winner! REI TODOROKI!” The announcer called out as Rei walked towards Vex.

”Br- no SENSEI! Please teach me the ways!!!” Vex cried out as he gave Rei a dogeza.

*CRACK!

The floor cracked with the power behind Vex as he slammed his head on the floor.

”What the fuck!?”

”Sensei please teach me the ways to Unlimited Blade Works!” Vex asked again.

”You have the system so you should you I can't right?”

”Ha....I wanted to try anyways. Oh well.” Vex said as he got up with a shrug.

'Are you fine? Jesus look at the amount of blood.' Rei thought as he saw blood flow out continuously from Vex's head due to his dogeza.

”Right then, lets fight a few more times so that we can rake up more time in the tower.” Vex smiled as he registered for another fight.

Rei smiled slightly as he followed Vex.