An''s chariot raced forward, wasting no time to catch up to the lead.


    "Razer. There''s something wrong," An said as he pulled up his chariot beside him.


    The man blessed by Zeus looked at An with a strange expression. He studied him for a few seconds before replying.


    "There is: a porter is able to catch up to me."


    And before An could say anything else, Razer suddenly punched his right fist forward and tucked his left hand, creating a powerful twisting force in his body that produced a stronger punch.


    A powerful shockwave boomed through the air and reached An at the speed of sound. Most Saviors like Yasmine wouldn''t even be able to react to this, but somehow, Razer saw An''s eyes recognize the threat and follow its trajectory as if he was seeing it with rity.


    The shockwave hit An''s chestte, which dispersed some of the force. However, there was still enough power from that punch that transferred over to An''s body and pushed him away from his wooden chariot.


    An quickly turned rigid and lowered his center of mass. His feet slid against the wooden floor until his ankles hit the small ledge of the chariot door. Somehow, he was able to keep himself steady.


    Razer''s eyes went wide. He was a 4th stage Student while the porter was only at the 2nd stage. The two stage difference was supposed to be an insurmountable wall like heaven and earth—especially with Razer''s S ss LifeSkill.


    An should have been easily thrown out of his chariot. His Physique LifeSkill shouldn''t have been enough to save him from Razer''s attack. It was too heavy.


    This shouldn''t be possible, thought Razer.


    He didn''t know that An''s Physique LifeSkill was actually SSS ss rated. Of course, even though An had a better ss LifeSkill than Razer, that two stage difference between them should have put Razer above him in strength.


    However, An didn''t only have his Physique LifeSkill. He also had two other LifeSkills also in the SSS ss, and one in the B ss.


    An''s other LifeSkills gave him a slight boost in his physical strength even if he wasn''t actively using them. It was a passive buff that pushed An''s physical strength above that of Razer despite their two stage difference in power realm.


    It also helped that An had a semi-sentient armor that could withstand Razer''s power. He also had the Angel Wing mutation, which helped him resist being pushed off the chariot. It didn''t just give him a speed buff, it also gave him a slight resistance in being knocked back.


    Razer had no knowledge of any of those, so the only exnation he coulde up with was that An was just lucky.


    So, he decided to push An''s luck to the limit.


    He punched the air multiple times, creating multiple shockwaves that came towards An continuously without any break.


    If one punch wouldn''t knock him off, then how about a hundred?


    But instead of trying to defend against the hundreds of attacks, An instead chose to pull the reins and charge forwards!


    It was a sensible decision that saved his chariot from getting obliterated. An knew that his wooden chariot was very brittle. He knew that one punch from Razer would destroy it into a million splinters.


    With the threat of the hordeing towards them, An couldn''t risk his chariot getting sted into pieces.


    Razer stopped attacking once he saw An elerate even further. He was dumbfounded. He didn''t think that An''s mount could speed up any further, but it turned out that it was still holding back!


    He didn''t know how to process the fact that An had to slow down his mount just so that he could go face to face with him. It was an insult to his face.


    How did he subdue this beast?


    Razer looked at An''s Giraffe-Horse centaur and couldn''t help but admire its beauty. It was the perfectbination of speed and defense, which was excellent in both aspects without any discernible weaknesses.


    He looked at his own Gori-Horse.


    During the first phase of thispetition, he used his tongue 7-star mutation ''Word of the All-Father'' to summon the strongest and fastest Canzer in all of the arena. They werepelled to do so. And the one that heeded his call was none other than the Gori-Horse that he used now.


    It turned out that his steed wasn''t the best one he could have gotten. It was the Giraffe.


    But for some reason, it didn''t get summoned by his ''Word of the All-Father''. The only way to exin this was that the Canzer was probably strong enough to resist his authority.


    The strangest part about this was that the superior Giraffe-Horse was somehow subdued by An–a 2nd stage novice porter. He wasn''t supposed to even be fighting against Canzers. His job was more of a support rather than a damage-dealer.


    How did he do it?


    This made Razer intensely curious about An. He felt something he hadn''t felt in a long time:petitiveness. He wanted to fight An with all of his strength!


    Unfortunately for him, it seemed that An had no intention of fighting with him, especially since he knew that the horde wasing to kill all of them indiscriminately.


    An took out a pellet from his pockets and aimed his slingshot towards Razer''s bronze chariot. He took his time and properly adjusted his aim. At this point, he got enough experience from using this weapon that he was confident that he would hit his target, especially since Razer had no intention of dodging.


    "It''s better to show you," An said as he stretched the band to his shoulders.


    Razer knew what An was trying to do. So, he opened his mouth and activated his mutation ''Word of the All-Father''.


    Stop.


    An would feel that word invade his brain and make him subconsciously agree to the order. And even if he was able to resist, he would still feel an intense headache that would make his aim as shaky as a ship on sea.


    However, even after two seconds passed, An showed no sign of feeling a headache.


    An fired his slingshot and the condensed soil pellet urately hit the Gori-Horse''s head and knocked off its blinders.