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    As Noah became fascinated with William''s power to summon mechanical parts and construct a giant mech to aid him in battle, William''s heart was filled with the resolve to defeat Noah, who heads realized was a monster by the scent and pressure he released, and due to his strange ability to change appearance, which most likely rted to being a half-subhuman of sorts.


    Although he had no other thing to prove it, he didn''t want to obey Noah anyways, and if he could defeat him in a battle, maybe he could force him to help him.


    After all, he believed both were S-Rank, so he still thought he had a chance if he fought with everything he had… but he was just being foolish.


    He still believed he was S-Rank even after cleaning an SS-Rank Dungeon because it was notmon for anyone to be SS-Rank after clearing an S-Rank Dungeon, many hunters had done this inrge parties, and none had be SS-Rank in a single sitting.


    Of course, he was unaware of Noah''s ability to use the Blood Cores to attract more monsters and make them spawn at ridiculous amounts, while also enhancing the drop rate of items due to the essence of Blood Cores and the constant mana infused all around the dungeon by the many Blood Cores that entered inside one at the same time.


    So, unlike he had thought, it was enough for Noah and his group to go a single time inside a Dungeon to reach the next Rank! It was truly a ridiculously fast progression that would shake the entire world.


    "(If I use Gamma Ray, I could be able to cut his arms, without his arms, it would be easy to overpower him! Heh, don''t worry, I will give them back to you through an Elixir, as long as you work hard, Noah!)" thought William intending to use his powerful Gamma de and slice cleanly through Noah''s limbs!


    The Gamma de was a special mechanical weapon William had made by refining S-Rank Magic Materials and slowly build it up piece by piece, designing a special mechanism that used a powerful Aether Stone to generate a ray of incredibly dense sma that can easily cut through anything! It wasn''t a Soul Weapon, but it was the pinnacle of his powers as a Technomancer!


    William didn''t like to fight, but when he fought, he had never lost his entire life!


    Noah who had boldly jumped towards him and shed like a crimson meteor towards William was greeted by a blue-colored gamma de, unleashing a powerful sh using its Aether Stone!


    The sh was directed not to Noah''s body, but his legs!


    "I will slice your legs first!"ughed William, as Noah smiled arrogantly and maliciously, his eyes shing with crimson-red light, as his body was suddenly enhanced by a mysterious power surging from his soul and blood core!


    SLASH!


    CLANK!


    "HAH! Now your legs are gone, you fool! You should have never- Eh?"


    William had truly expected that his Gamma de would have gone through Noah''s legs like a warm knife through butter! But…


    CLANK!


    Suddenly, a strange nk sound resonated through William''s ears, as his eyes nced at something he couldn''t believe he was seeing!


    "W-What?"


    In front of his very eyes, Noah''s hands had suddenly be ws! Crimson ws, each finger had be a one-meter-long w, they seemed metallic in appearance, and released a strange crimson-red aura that twisted… space itself around it! It was a truly terrifying sight not only because of this strange power… but because William was seeing Noah use such ws to suddenly stop the Gama de!


    "Impossible… My Gamma de can cut through anything!" roared William, as his mech suddenly opened cockpits where propulsors began to release blue mes, enhancing his speed and lotion as he raised the mech''s arms and unleashed a series of shing attacks!


    CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!


    However, Noah was calmly looking at him with a smile, as his crimson ws caught each shing attack swiftly and with enormous precision, one by one, easily!


    The worst part was that Noah was simply standing there while doing absolutely nothing else than blocking the attacks! But in reality, he was using the Space-Tearing Crimson ws ability, alongside the Lifeblood Exceed Arts to build upbos and enhance his physical strength by blocking attacks!


    The Gamma de was simply not rushing through his ws because… Noah was simply too strong! The power of Undeath Eternal Body and Elemental Ward enhanced his body to immense levels, while his Stats, which were over two times those of William were also being taken into consideration!


    The Gamma de that could slice through everything was now being easily blocked by Noah''s ws!


    And one must not forget Space-Tearing Crimson''s ws amazing effect!


    [Space-Tearing Crimson ws] (5/5): Harness the power of your blood into your nails, growing enormous and metallic crimson ws that hold upon them the power to tear through space itself. Ignores enemy''s physical defense by 55% and drains 55% of damage dealt.


    He was able to ignore 55% of physical defense and amazing enough, it also included the de itself and even the Aether Stone Gamma projection!


    "Hmph, not bad! Maybe if I were a bit weaker, it could have damaged me a bit… but even then, Iris would have easily sliced through the whole thing…" said Noah, as William didn''t even understand what he said!


    "Y-You…! Just how strong are you, Noah?!" asked William, his face twisting in surprise, awe, and horror as he couldn''t even discern Noah''s true power through his Appraisal Skill, which simply didn''t even let him see Noah''s status!


    "Strong enough to do this," said Noah with a devilish smile, as his ws suddenly harbored an enormous amount of crimson-red energy, all the umtedbos from his Lifeblood Exceed Arts were harbored here!


    "Vampiric st."


    sh!


    Suddenly, an enormous beam came out of his w, like a ray of crimson-red light, it hit over the giant mech of William, pushing him into the air as it began to fragment into pieces!


    "NNNNGGRRYYYAAAAGGHH…!"


    BOOOM!!!


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