Dimensional Keeper: All My Skills Are at Level 100 Chapter 1394 Forcing Through Brute Force!

"How could this mere mortal youth unlock a vein from the Seven Divine Veins?" Clan Head Raven bellowed, her eyes bulging in utter disbelief while she fixed her stare on Max. "The energy surging from him at this moment is untainted physical divine force, something attainable only by activating the Seven Divine Veins. Unlocking just one of them allows a person to attain such immense raw divine might inside their frame. How on earth did this mortal kid manage to pull off something so impossible?"

The longer Clan Head Raven watched Max, the more disturbed she grew. Commanding three concepts at the fifth stage already marked him as an extraordinarily rare prodigy, and now he had unveiled a Divine Vein too. She found it hard to pin down a fitting term for what he was, since standard descriptions just didn't fit anymore.

Meanwhile, a wave of relief washed over her heart. It was a good thing she had pushed to include Revona in this showdown, for without her here, the Dark Phoenix Clan and Heavenly Kirin Clan would have suffered defeat in both rounds beyond any doubt.

With Revona holding her ground in the arena, Clan Head Raven clung to the belief that victory remained possible. Or at least, that's what she kept repeating to herself in desperation.

Clan Head Jeremy from the Heavenly Kirin Clan seemed much more composed compared to the rest. Sure, surprise flashed across his eyes at the sight of the Seven Divine Veins emerging, but he took it in stride more easily.

Remembering how Max had been selected by the Sword Sovereign's blade, what once seemed absurd now struck him as entirely logical, like yet another sign that Max operated beyond all normal rules.

"Seven Divine Veins?" Revona whispered, her tone deep and grave as she gazed at Max, his form brimming with a fierce and crushing physical divine aura that turned the surrounding air dense and hard to breathe.

"You know about this?" Max questioned, locking eyes with her while sensing the might coursing through every part of him.

Revona gave a serious nod. "I've heard that just a few humans in the Divine Realm have ever pulled this off. Even then, most did it through luck or outside aid. The real way to unlock the Seven Divine Veins is supposedly known only to the Primordials. How did you manage it?"

"I'll let you in on it if you beat me," Max shot back with a broad smile, his assurance shining through as he spoke.

Right after those words escaped him, his form disappeared from its spot. For a split second, space appeared to squeeze together, and then Max materialized right in front of Revona, his speed so blinding that it erased any hint of his path.

Without a second thought, he drove his fist ahead, and as it cut through the air, the very atmosphere cracked beneath the immense force of his strike.

Revona's instincts kicked in, her hand shooting out to parry the blow just as she had done so many times in the past. But the second her palm connected with Max's fist, her face twisted in alarm. Max sensed it plainly. His strike shattered a fragile but unbreakable barrier of unseen energy that had always nullified his power until now, tearing it asunder with brute force and slamming straight into her hand.

A thunderous blast reverberated across the entire arena.

An enormous shockwave burst forth, rattling the whole field and whipping fierce waves through the atmosphere. This time, a silhouette got flung backward.

Revona's frame got thrown back, her boots scraping deep grooves into the arena's surface as she fought to steady herself. She halted only inches from slamming into the massive barrier at the arena's boundary, the sheer power making the earth shake under her.

He shattered my power with nothing but raw might? Revona wondered in astonishment, her pulse racing for the first time since stepping into the arena. Up to now, her ability had proven flawless. Regardless of how strong her foe might be, their strikes had always vanished before touching her for real.

She had long been aware of the Seven Divine Veins' fearsome reputation, described as a lost and unattainable route, but this marked her initial direct encounter with their might.

It was only in this moment that she grasped the full implications of awakening even one vein among the Seven Divine Veins, and just how devastating the pure physical force stemming from that route could become.

The moment Revona balanced herself and planted her feet firm, Max's silhouette popped up in front of her again, his arrival so abrupt it was like space had bent to deliver him there.

His fist was already thrusting forward, loaded with the full unleashed fury of the Vein of Origin as it barreled toward her relentlessly.

Revona's face grew grave the instant she detected the threat. This round, she skipped any lax block. With steady focus, she lifted her palm, and a soft azure glow ignited from it, mild but deep, as if it held layers far surpassing basic shields.

As Max's fist collided with her palm, he noticed right away. Another barrier of energy sprang up between them, clashing with his strike before it could connect fully, but this one didn't just dissolve his force like earlier. Rather, it pushed back, solidified, and then burst out explosively.

A booming clash thundered across the arena, shoving both combatants away. Max skidded a few paces before catching his balance, his soles scraping the arena stone, whereas Revona got launched much harder, her body smashing into the far wall with a solid thud.

"I got pushed back?" Max murmured upon halting, his eyebrows knitting in thought. "Wait, that wasn't mere pushback. It was like a blast wave exploded right from her hand and repelled me. Her techniques are really odd."

Before Max could dwell on it more, Revona pulled away from the wall and strode back to her position in the arena, facing him once again as if the clash had hardly fazed her. Her look remained firm, but a shift hung in her aura now, a quiet weight that charged the air with tension.

"You're the first one to make me treat a battle with full seriousness," she declared in a grave tone. "So from here on, I won't hold anything back."

A grin tugged at Max's mouth, his gaze alight with eagerness instead of dread. "I wouldn't want it otherwise."

Revona's stare sharpened, and the very next moment, dark flames erupted from her form. Rather than flaring wildly, they coalesced around her deliberately, weaving into a shadowy mantle of fire that clung close to her body.

Enormous black phoenix wings spread wide from her back, their blaze flickering with horrifying ferocity, and the aura she emitted spiked sharply, signaling without doubt that the real fight was finally kicking off.