[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-magus-supremacy":3,"chapter-magus-supremacy-magus-supremacy-chapter-992":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Magus Supremacy",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1244392,1673,"Chapter 988: A Show?","magus-supremacy-chapter-992",992,"\u003Cp>Chapter 988\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nobody moved a muscle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who would want to waste their time on a petty clash when the real deal was finally about to start?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tension in the air was so thick it could be carved with a blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah damn... who has popcorn here?\" Alba questioned with a sarcastic frown, her voice the only thing breaking the suffocating silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grey was immediately gone, moving with a velocity far beyond anything the onlookers could fathom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within a blink, he was already before Devan, a wind sword slicing through the air toward the bulky man’s neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind sword was immediately deflected by Devan’s Ki spear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without delay, the man lunged forward, his weapon whistling through the air in a lethal thrust aimed at Grey’s abdomen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without even looking at the spear heading his way, Grey’s second hand hauled forward, a lightning sword materializing into his grasp at the final moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you willing to get severely injured for just the slightest opening?\" Devan grunted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who said anything about me getting injured?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earth erupted as a solid wall rose in front of the warrior mage, intercepting the Ki spear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the tip of the weapon struck the stone, the wall exploded and crumbled to pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a blur, Devan sidestepped Grey’s lightning blade, which cleaved through the air with a devastating crash that shook the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pressing his toes into the ground, Devan blasted forward with rapid velocity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Closing the distance within a heartbeat, his fist rocketed through the air like a massive battering ram.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spinning around almost immediately, a pair of earth gauntlets appeared around Grey’s hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BAM—! BOOOM—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The punch landed with crushing weight, forcing Grey to slide a few inches backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spider-web cracks lined the earth gauntlet, which immediately lost its durability under the strain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luckily, Grey’s hands remained intact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive shockwave blew outward from the point of impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a split second, the combatants turned to see Gunther and Ortiz in a high-speed exchange that saw them dancing across the entire battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snapping their heads back forward in unison, Grey snapped his fingers, and a dozen lightning arrows rushed forward with destructive speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Devan didn’t waste a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He blurred into motion, dodging and weaving through the projectiles like they were nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With each crash into the soil, the arrows tore deep, smoking trenches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Devan avoided everything with stunning agility for someone of his massive stature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Darting to the side, he lunged forward, closing the distance again in a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His fist swung from below with crushing momentum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grey inclined his head to the side, barely avoiding an uppercut that cut through the air with a loud boom, as if the atmosphere itself had suffered a massive blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rush of air against his face made it clear how deadly close he had come to having his skull shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could retaliate, Devan twisted his hip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same hand he had used for the uppercut came down in a punishing blow that sent Grey crashing head-first into the dirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A five-meter-wide hollow immediately yawned open in the earth as trickles of blood fell from Grey’s nose into the pit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yayyyy—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Behemoth Clan cheered with intensity, as if they were watching a championship soccer match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Devan’s foot then rushed toward the Supreme Magus’ head in a fluid kick intended to pulverize him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With uncanny speed, Grey slammed his hands into the ground and shot into the air like a loose arrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Devan’s foot crashed into the hollow instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground shattered further than it should have; any deeper, and they might have discovered oil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spinning back around, Grey hurtled downward, Clara materializing in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swinging the blade forward, the sword was about to strike when the giant spun around, crossing his hands in front of his face to block the blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clara left a shallow mark on his skin that didn’t quite draw blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vaulting backward while still mid-air, Grey summoned a hundred wind swords that fired forward with deadly precision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling the displacement of the air, Devan removed his hands from his view to see the gale blades speeding toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, he made no effort to block or even dodge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All he did was turn his back to the incoming attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grey landed a few meters away just as the wind swords crashed into Devan’s back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To everyone’s shock, the gale blades shattered like brittle glass upon impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grey frowned, his analytical mind immediately dissecting the phenomenon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Ki coating. Since he is a Stage Nine warrior, his Ki is incredibly dense and potent, allowing him to coat his physique to deflect most conventional attacks.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whirling around almost immediately, Devan let himself fly forward like an arrow released from a taut string.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His predatory grin flashed in front of Grey’s face, followed by the lethal gleam of his Ki spear as it lunged toward the warrior mage’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crouching down with fluid grace, Grey retaliated; Clara flashed forward, striking toward the man’s abdomen and forcing him to take half a step back to evade the cold steel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shooting upright, a giant fireball suddenly manifested, hovering directly above Grey’s head like a miniature sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Devan’s eyes widened upon seeing the proximity of the blaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quickly, he attempted to bound backward to create distance, but the earth surged upward to restrict his movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soil transformed into a dozen hands that clamped onto his legs with crushing force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to his monstrous strength, Devan was able to snap the bindings as if they were made of dry grass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the earthen restraints managed to hold him stationary for a second or two—just enough time for the fireball to crash into his frame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flames instantly consumed him in their fiery wrath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaping backward, Grey opened up the distance as he watched the conflagration swallow the man from head to toe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"....!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Devan immediately erupted from the heart of the flames like a sniper’s bullet—silent, deadly, and unstoppable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His form was a flash of mountainous build, hurtling forward with singular focus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was only one target in his sights: Grey!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within moments, his fist was already crashing through the air toward the Supreme Magus’ chest with a velocity far surpassing anything he had displayed previously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Ki augmentation...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grey stared at the approaching fist with a sharp gleam in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A surge of blue lightning immediately crackled across the battlefield, snaking across Grey’s frame like a living storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It danced across his body, casting his figure in flashes of violent brilliance, raw power crackling with each breath he took.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before everyone’s eyes, Grey was no longer there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had moved.\u003C\u002Fp>",1110,"2026-06-05T15:21:43.521Z",1,"novelbin.me","ce56b59c35b9c008bd495d5779919419b37ad7834a8cc7eb4503d136048beec8","magus-supremacy-chapter-993","magus-supremacy-chapter-991",1068,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmagus-supremacy-cover.jpg"]