Chapter 32: How I Crashed the Casino (Part 6)

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"Do you see my glory now...? Monkeys like you shouldn't even dare to gaze upon me," Arthur said, his eyes locking into a cold death-stare.

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P looked back at him with blank, dark eyes, his brow furrowing as he knelt on his left knee.

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"You still have the guts to look at me...? I'm going to tear you apart!" Arthur yelled, launching forward.

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WHOOSH!

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He vanished into thin air.

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In the blink of an eye, he materialized at P's left flank, sweeping a high kick straight for P's face.

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WEAVE.

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P ducked his head backward just in time, letting the kick whistle past his nose. But he wasn't fast enough to dodge the follow-up strike.

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WHAM!

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The second kick caught P flush, blasting him backward across the concrete floor.

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BAM!

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THUD!

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P rolled over his shoulders, snapping back into a low combat stance.

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WHOOSH!

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Arthur closed the distance instantly, driving a right fist wrapped in swirling red aura straight toward P's gut.

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P barely managed to weave his torso out of the path of the blow.

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"YOU'RE WEAK!" Arthur sneered.

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KAPOW!

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The shockwave sent P crashing straight over the railing onto the lower casino floor. Six meters up in the air, before P could hit the carpet below—

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WHOOSH!

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Arthur appeared behind him mid-air, bringing a straight right kick crashing downward.

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"You will submit—!" Arthur demanded.

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WHAM!

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CRASH!

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The kick slammed P violently into a cluster of round tables, scattering chairs, glass, and chips across the lower level.

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P rolled back to his feet, grabbed a wooden table with his left hand, and hurled it straight at Arthur's head.

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Arthur vanished to the side.

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WHOOSH!

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"REALLY?" Arthur taunted, his eyes glowing dark red.

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He vanished again to evade a second flying chair.

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WHOOSH!

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"Is that..."

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WHOOSH!

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"...all you've got?" Arthur asked coldly.

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He materialized right in front of P, driving a left hook toward P's right ribs—

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WHOOSH......

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Arthur froze. He suddenly noticed P's right hand was already resting firmly on his left wrist.

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P's left leg swept upward through the air, accelerating straight toward Arthur's face.

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WHAM!

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CRASH!

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Arthur was blasted nine meters backward by an impossible amount of kinetic force, crashing through a row of chairs before slamming into a far wall.

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"—Argh!" Arthur spat a mouthful of blood onto the floor.

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"H-How...?" Arthur stammered, rolling over. But before he could finish his thought—

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CLICK.

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The environment abruptly shifted perspective.

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From Arthur's point of view, suspended high in the air, he could see the entire lower level of the casino—the scattered tables, broken chairs, and the distant bar stand—slowly turning completely upside down.

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WHOOOH......

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As his red eyes rolled downward, he saw P.

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P stood with his left leg crossed over his right. His right hand was stretched high into the air, his left hand swung low behind his back, his head tilted down. Only the broad silhouette of his back frame was visible.

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It looked like he had just kicked a soccer ball.

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Arthur was spinning upside down in mid-air right in front of him.

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"...WHAT IS THIS...? It looks just like before..." Arthur thought in shock.

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He remembered the blurred vision from earlier—the moment where P's leg distorted space itself just before landing a strike.

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Arthur's eyes went completely white.

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WHAM!

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P threw a straight punch right into Arthur's skull while Arthur was flipped upside down mid-air.

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CRAAASSH!

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Arthur launched across the floor, crashing directly into the center of a massive wheel of fortune far behind him.

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His eyes went white for a second before his pupils snapped back, dragging him back into consciousness. "Gurgh!" Blood sprayed from his lips.

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STEP. STEP.

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P walked forward, casually kicking broken furniture out of his path as he approached Arthur.

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"Don't think that just because you have powers, you hold the upper hand. You're merely a child who doesn't even understand what he's using... or what he's doing," P said, his tone turning ice-cold. "And don't you dare call yourself an Elohim... It is impossible for a human to be one."

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STEP.

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P stopped in his tracks. He crossed his arms, placing his left hand on his chin in deep thought.

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"...Mnt. Though... there was one," P muttered to himself.

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"Do you even realize how small you are?" P asked blankly.

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Arthur's blood boiled instantly.

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"—Keurk— HOW DARE YOU! WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?! HOW DARE YOU CALL ME A CHILD?!" Arthur screamed, the red aura around his body exploding into a massive, violent vortex.

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"FROM A LOWLY MONKEY LIKE YOU... I WON'T ACCEPT THIS!" Arthur yelled, tearing himself free from the shattered wheel of fortune.

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"Haaaa..." P let out a long, frustrated sigh. "I have way too many questions right now..."

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BZZT!

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KRAAA!

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BOOM!

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"YAAAAH!" Arthur charged with a raging left hook, his eyes completely consumed by crimson light.

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POW!

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"Aaaah!" P yelled as he took the strike, thrown backward with his arms flailing and his left leg high in the air.

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THUD!

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P slammed onto the ground, rolling across the floor before instantly popping back up.

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"YOU WILL LEARN YOUR PLACE!" Arthur roared, throwing a high left kick.

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WEAVE.

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"What the—?" P muttered.

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P weaved backward, falling back-first onto a high-stakes blackjack table, then fluidly rolled off the back edge.

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POW!

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"HAAAH!" Arthur smashed his fist through the wooden table, obliterating it instantly as P landed clean on his feet behind the debris.

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ROLL.

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TMP.

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P's hand clamped onto a metal-framed casino chair right beside him.

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CLENCH.

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"Place...? Nigga, I'm broke!" P yelled, swinging the chair with full force.

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SWING!

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SLAM!

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"ARGGH...! How is a damn chair hurting me?!" Arthur screamed in pain.

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The chair shattered across Arthur's face, sending him flying sideways across the floor.

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TMP.

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Arthur caught himself on all fours, flipping through the air to absorb the momentum.

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FLIP.

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THUD!

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STEP.

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He dug his boots into the floor, forcing himself into a fighting stance.

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"Hargh... What is this...? A few minutes ago, everything he did was completely useless against my form..." Arthur thought anxiously. "But now..."

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The next thing filling Arthur's vision was the sole of P's shoe coming straight for his nose.

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"It's like he's fighting on par with me... No... Could he be...?"

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WEAVE.

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Arthur ducked sharply to the right, letting P's kick graze empty air.

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"He's adapting... No—he's EXCEEDING! There's no way... A normal human can't do this!" Arthur panicked internally. "ONLY ELOHIMS CAN!"

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"DIE!" Arthur screamed, catching P by the back of his neck and slamming him violently into the floor.

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SLAM!

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"I still have the upper hand..." Arthur assured himself.

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P rolled over his shoulders, his back smashing through a small side table as he reset his stance.

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Arthur lunged in with a sharp right kick aimed at P's jaw, but P caught his leg mid-air. Before Arthur could react—

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CRACK!

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"Argh!" Arthur shrieked.

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P drove a heavy open-palm strike straight down into Arthur's knee joint, bending his leg backward into a sickening V-shape.

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"How can this be...?!" Arthur thought, his mind breaking.

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P grabbed Arthur by the hair with his right hand, yanking him forward into a brutal headbutt—

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CRACK!

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The impact forced Arthur's leg back straight. P immediately slammed Arthur's head downward against his own leg, bending the knee into a V-shape once more, then yanked him up by the hair and straightened the leg a second time.

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CRACK!

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"Hugh!" Arthur choked out.

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P followed up with a spinning left kick straight into Arthur's jaw, launching him across the floor.

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WHAM!

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"With every single hit... it feels like my energy is draining away... But he doesn't have powers! He's just using his hands!" Arthur thought.

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CRASH!

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Arthur smashed through a roulette table, rolling onto his back.

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"Except..."

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A distant memory suddenly surfaced in Arthur's mind...

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"ARTHUR..." a deep, commanding voice echoed.

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"NOW THAT YOU HAVE MASTERED THE TECHNIQUE, YOU ARE AN ELOHIM AMONG ELOHIMS—A LIVING GOD, A SAINT OF THE BENEVOLENT. NO MAN OF THIS WORLD, NOR BEYOND THIS REALM, WILL EVER STAND AGAINST YOU IN ALL THE IMMORTAL DAYS OF YOUR LIFE... EXCEPT THE ELOHIMS WHO RANK ABOVE YOU, OF COURSE."

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In the memory, a younger Arthur knelt on a woven mat inside a vibrant, lush garden overflowing with life. Before him sat a towering figure draped in rich crimson robes.

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"How can you be so sure, Master...?" Arthur asked curiously.

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"HOW DARE YOU QUESTION THE SCRIPTURES?!" the master roared, his voice trembling with terrifying pressure.

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Instantly, all life in the garden withered. Rabbits, deer, and birds dropped dead where they stood as if sliced by an invisible blade. Blood soaked through the grass and trees while the sky overhead turned blood-red.

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Terrified, Arthur slammed his forehead against the mat. "I apologize, Master! I, a lowly servant of the High Saint, would never question the sacred scriptures!"

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"HMPH! IGNORANT FOOL... ALWAYS BELIEVE THE SCRIPTURES! BUT THE SCRIPTURES ALSO WARN OF EXCEPTIONS... THE REGULATORS. FALSE CHOSEN ONES WHO POSSESS POWER NEARLY EQUAL TO OUR OWN. THESE FALSE SAINTS DEFY OUR FAITH AND CAN BATTLE THE TRUE SAINTS. THEY MUST BE ERADICATED. THEY MAY NOTICE YOU AND TRY TO HUNT YOU... BUT YOU ARE CAPABLE. MEETING A NORMAL HUMAN WHO CAN OVERPOWER YOU WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIB—"

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The master's voice abruptly cut off, as if catching himself mid-sentence.

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"...RAISE YOUR HEAD."

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Arthur slowly lifted his head, blood trickling down his nose, not daring to speak.

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"CAN AN ENTIRE OCEAN BE CONTAINED INSIDE A SINGLE CUP?" the master asked.

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"...No, Master. That would be impossible," Arthur replied.

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"He's explaining the difference in our power levels," Arthur thought, keeping his eyes cast down.

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"CORRECT... YET THAT LOGIC HAS ALREADY BEEN DEBUNKED," the master stated coldly.

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"How...?" Arthur's eyes widened in disbelief.

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"BY ONE BEING WHO IS NOT AND STILL OF THIS WORLD, ANSWERED THAT QUESTION. A CONFUSION THAT CONFUSES CONFUSION ITSELF. A CHAOS THAT TERRIFIES CHAOS. THAT WHICH CANNOT BE PERCEIVED... YET STILL CAN BE SEEN."

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"M-Master... I don't understand these riddles," Arthur stammered.

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"EVEN YOU MUST KNOW THAT DEATH COMES IN MANY FORMS. SO HEED MY WARNING... DO NOT BE DECEIVED!" 169Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡordZDtnV9B

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