Kai looked at the Contestant and the Ad Infinitum matched the sight with a stored image in his mind.
Cyborg 009?!
Murasame appeared in Kai's left hand and Sounga in his right.
When he breathed out, ethereal redness escaped his mouth, becoming real. The Reiatsu crawled over every inch of his body, donning him under the skin-tight red suit, two curved horns jutting out from his head.
Master Selfless Breathing - Total Concentration!
But this was just the start. With an opponent like this, and with Kai's most powerful Item — Black — not with him, he needed to go all out from the very start.
Using Master Selfless Breathing's Reiatsu Coating was already a massive boost to Kai's raw power.
Then, a long-black-haired girl's phantom appeared behind, holding a long, curved blade. She thrust the blade in his heart, her eyes emotionless.
Skill — Little War Horn!
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— Strength +7
— Agility +7
— Stamina +7
— Perception +7
…
On his already demonic-looking armor, curse marks slithered, reaching to horns and then to toes. Long, red hair blasted out from the back of his head, flapping wildly like a banner. The purple, evil glow oozing out of the slits on his face gained another, darker tone.
Suddenly, his entire body ballooned. Muscles rippled. Bones popped. Blood gushed within veins like a viscous avalanche, becoming blue. A long, spear-headed tail manifested behind him and sharp spikes jutted out on his back, lining themselves over his spine.
The 6 ft 4 inches tall man soared to become a 15 ft tall monster.
With the Reiatsu armor hiding the blackness underneath, it would be impossible for the enemy to tell the true nature of Kai's transformation now.
Blood Essence — Kaiju!
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— Stamina +25
— Strength +20
— Perception +15
— Agility +10
…
Of course, this wasn't the end.
Kai wanted to touch his Peak because the opponent was standing a step higher than him.
First, the Hogwarts Set Uniform layered itself underneath the armor, boosting Kai's Correspondence to a new height.
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— Strength +3
— Correspondence +18
— Mana Damage -70%
— Poison Damage -25%
— Fire Damage -50%
— Cold Resistance +115%
…
Second, wrath boiled inside him as Kai activated Giant's Rage.
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— Strength +10
— Agility -2
— Mana Damage -40%
…
At last, the Ad Infinitum assigned all 8 Unassigned Attribute Points to Kai's Stamina, boosting his HP Regeneration Rate to a whopping 252 HP/minute using Biokinesis.
And that was only without counting the Stamina's Buffs!
Rumble!
Tiny distortions of space kept occurring around Kai, cloaking him like a king. However, just as it felt like it had all ended, one more change happened.
Tearing through Magic, Space, and Mystery, a Book appeared over him.
The Book had a blackish, evil appearance, and was emanating a vile, smoky aura. The not-so-striking was the 5-leaf clover etched on the Book's cover.
Grimoire - The Tales of Beedle the Bard!
Then the Item glowed with a black-reddish hue, devouring Kai's MP, making him instantly gulp the hidden MP capsules in his mouth, despite his Stats being boosted to an unprecedented degree.
Kai chuckled as he saw the Contestant just standing in the distance, watching everything with patience. If it was him, he would have attacked a hundred times over.
But each Contestant had his own style. It wasn't like Kai would complain over it.
The Grimoire shuddered and a mass of black-red smoke fell out of it like a smoky waterfall.
From the veil of this smoke, Petyr walked out, first, donning his bronze Bi0-Armor. The moment he manifested within the Cursed Vault of Ice, Titan's Buff added itself to Kai's buzzing existence.
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— Strength +5
— Agility +6
— Stamina +7
…
With Petyr's existence getting elevated by the Grimoire, he didn't need to fuse with Kai to perform his Relentless Love Act.
As the green solution, containing Kaiju Blue, slammed into the armor with a thud, unimaginable, raw power coursed through Petyr, sublimating the ice around him in a puff of steam.
With every step of Petyr, the sheet of thick ice cracked, his feet digging inches deep into it.
Petyr Baelish came to stand to Kai's right, his eyes glowing red behind the armor.
Then walked out Rintaro, wearing his white lab coat.
Suddenly, Kai's shadow rippled.
Swish!
A blue light escaped the shadow on the bluer ice, enlarging exponentially in a matter of moments.
BOOM!
Jaeger — Striker Eureka!
With the weight limit on Kai's Inventory, he couldn't store such a massive Item. However, the Shadow Space let him access space within the Shadow Realm, having no such restrictions.
Thud-Thump!
The massive robot shattered dozens of square meters of ice as it came to stand behind Kai.
The third one to come out had white skin, his eyes like that of a snake.
The Contestant, looking exactly like Joe Shimamura, from the Cyborg 009 Random World, finally shifted on his feet, seeing Orochimaru.
The Legendary Sannin grinned at the feeling of doom bombarding his chest, his long tongue slithering out from his mouth.
He slammed his hand on the ice, runic marks spreading out like insects.
Bang!
A coffin shattered the upper layer of the ice as it came out. The door of the coffin opened.
With flaky skin and dead eyes, Gellert Grindelwald walked out of the coffin, coming to a stop to Kai's left.
Silence.
…
Just when the silence became too overbearing, she walked out.
Cersei Lannister was wearing a skin-tight black suit made of shadows with bat-like wings flapping behind her. Even her face wasn't visible, but her eyes still stood out, just like Kai's.
Green, full of love, hatred, greed, and power. Power, above all.
Two Mana-engineered Stun Guns appeared in her hands as she looked up at Kai's monstrous presence, her heartbeat quickening in awe and admiration.
The Contestant, standing hundreds of meters in front of Kai, smiled. "I wouldn't have expected nothing less from the Five-Crowned Prince. That was quite a show. Is it over?"
The Five-Crowned Prince was one of the most famous Contestants within the Primordial Tower, holding a Bounty of 700,000,000 Berries.
But even though he was backed by the Purple King, there existed hardly any Contestant above the 11th floor who belonged to a faction that wasn't backed by a King or, in some cases, by the Empires.
For those who stood at the peak of the 4th Set, the Five-Crowned Prince was only untouchable as long as the leaders of these organizations deemed so.
Here, within the Cursed Vault, only one of them would walk out alive anyway.
Knowing this, red breath misting out of his mouth, Kai pointed Sounga's tip toward the 12th-floor monster.
"No," Kai said, his demonic voice straining the eardrums. "It's just beginning."
Then, slowly, he let the sword fall, the gem on Sounga's handle glowing vilely purple.
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