I Am a Heroic Spirit

"boom!!!"

With a deafening roar, a bright red light shone out from the bottomless pit, illuminating the entire world red.

This red is not an ominous blood red, but a fiery red.

Intense flames erupted from the bottomless pit, like an erupting volcano, but it was not magma, but pure flames, without any earth element.

It seemed as if even the air was burned by the flames, and the flames left by the giant ankylosaur Taraxs instantly disappeared in the erupting flames.

The flames continued to erupt, but the sky was covered with a shadow, hiding the erupting flames under the sky. A negative will that made the world tremble descended on this land, and the world seemed to become desolate at this moment.

In the sky, Black Joan of Arc looked down thoughtfully at everything below: the cracked cistern, the collapsed city, the trembling earth, the wailing humans, the blazing flames. All of this seemed so familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere, or rather, heard of similar scenes somewhere.

The Pope's face turned horrified. This kind of scene was not unfamiliar to him. There was a related description in the half of the Bible in his hand.

Marshal Gil didn't react at first, but he immediately found the origin of this situation from his memory. His eyes suddenly widened and almost popped out, looking just like Giles.

Marda clenched her fists, stared at the flames rising into the sky, and uttered a word: "Adversary!"

The four of them had deep roots in Christianity, and they quickly recognized from the vision before them what the fire would bring.

“Thus says the Lord God: You are perfect in all things, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering: the sardius, the topaz, the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, the carbuncle, and gold. The workmanship of your tambourines and pipes was prepared for you on the day you were created.

You are the anointed cherub who covers the ark; I placed you on the holy mountain of God; you walk in the midst of blazing fiery stones.

You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created, until iniquity was found in you.

Because of your abundant trade, you became filled with violence and committed sin, so I expelled you from the mountain of God for profaning the holy place. I have destroyed you, O covering cherub, from the midst of the blazing stones of fire.

Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. I have thrown you to the ground and laid you down before kings, so that they may see it with their own eyes.

Because of the multitude of your sins and the unfairness of your trade, you have profaned your sanctuary. Therefore I will send fire out from you, which will consume you, and I will reduce you to ashes on the ground in the sight of all who see you.

All who know you among the peoples will be astonished by you. You have become a terror, and you will be no more forever.”

Marshal Jill stared at the flames in front of him, as if he saw something and received some guidance, and uttered powerful words.

"O Adam, all my enmity, jealousy, and sorrow are against you, for it was for you that I was cast down from my glory in heaven among the angels. For you were my cause and I was cast down to the earth.

What have I done to you? Why are you blaming me? We have done you no harm, no harm. Why are you pursuing us?

Adam, what are you saying? I was cast out of heaven because of you. As soon as you were created on earth, I was banished from God's presence and from the company of angels. God created you in his own image and breathed life into you. Then Michael brought you to us so that we could worship you before God. The Lord God said, "Look, Adam! I created you in our image, after our likeness." Then Michael went out and gathered all the angels and said to them, "Worship the image of the Lord God, as the Lord God has commanded you." Michael first worshipped you himself, then he said to me, "Come and worship the image of the Lord God." I replied, "I will not worship Adam." But Michael continued to compel me to worship you, so I said to him, "Why do you force me to worship him? I will not worship someone who is less important than myself. God created me first, then him. I was created before him; I existed before he was created. He should have come to worship me." My word spread, and the other angels, whose ranks were lower than mine, also refused to worship him. Michael insisted, saying, "Come and worship the image of God. If you do not worship Him now, the anger of the Lord God will be kindled against you." I said, "If He is angry with me, I will... Ugh! Ahem!"

The Pope was unable to control his body at that time, as if his soul had become an outsider. He could clearly feel what he was saying and doing, but he could not stop and could only utter prayers with those powerful words.

A dazzling holy light shone from the Pope's body, preventing the powerful blasphemous words from coming out of his mouth. What the Pope spat out was a mouthful of bright red blood.

After the holy light faded, tattered pieces of cloth fell from the Pope's body. They were fragments of the Shroud of Turin, fragments of the Holy Father's scarf, fragments of the Holy Robe, and at the same time, fragments of the defense measures that could be called the Mobile Church.

A breeze blew by, and scattered fragments floated with the wind into the column of fire erupting from the ground, and were burned to ashes in the blazing fire.

A slight sneer was heard, disdainful and indifferent, but upon closer inspection, it was discovered that it seemed to be the sound of the wind blowing.

The Pope was filled with shock and anger, and his heart ached. However, realizing something, he subconsciously dared not utter a single word.

Allah said: “I created you, then formed you, and said to the angels: ‘Prostrate yourself to Adam.’ They prostrated themselves to him except Saul, who did not prostrate himself.”

Allah said: Why didn't you prostrate yourself when I ordered you to do so? He said: I am superior to him, you made me from fire and he from clay.

Allah said: "Get down from here! You should not be arrogant here. Go out! You are indeed lowly!"

Although Martha was not controlled by the Lord's protection, it was also because of the Lord's protection that she saw through the flames' true nature: the Son of Fire was descending. She couldn't help but utter relevant words, as if she were also being guided by something.

"How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the earth, thou that casteth down the nations! Thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend unto heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit on the mount of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will make myself like the Most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to Sheol, to the depths of the pit. All that see thee shall gaze intently upon thee, and mark thee, saying, Is this he who made the earth tremble, who shook the nations, who made the world like a wilderness, who overturned its cities, and did not release his captives to their homes?"

Black Jeanne d'Arc also spoke relevant words, and she had roughly figured out the reason behind the matter.

At a certain moment, her magic power connected with the power deep in the flames. She saw the reason for the arrival of the Son of Fire and the beast that was pushed away. She spontaneously used the blasphemous power belonging to the enemy to open the passage between heaven and earth.

Here, an existence from outside the world, through five layers of bonds, replaced the original beast and appeared in the flames.

This is the fifth beast - the beast of resistance.

Japan, Odaiba, KOF tournament venue.

This place was invaded by Digimon nearly half a year ago, and it suffered a heavy blow. The island was even almost split in two. As a result, it has not been repaired yet and has become a place with no people.

However, it was also because of this that this place was chosen by the Darkness and the government to become the venue for the KOF tournament. As early as several months ago, the layout of Odaiba had already begun. If the layout is successful, what can be called the largest stadium in Asia will be built.

(By the way, I have given many hints in the previous chapters. If you have enough knowledge of mythology and the Fate series, you might be able to guess the two beasts besides Tima and Goetia. As for the fifth beast, its identity is already obvious."

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In Odaiba, the KOF tournament arena, the noisy clamor never stopped for a moment, and cheers of joy could be heard even from a hundred meters away.

This is a grand event, attended by 70% of the world's fighters, and the number of spectators exceeds 100,000.

In the gymnasium used as a competition venue, the most central place is the ring. The ring is large enough to accommodate nearly a thousand people standing at the same time, but it is barely enough for the fighters to fight.

In front of the ring and on both sides, the outer area is the audience seats, and the inner area is the temporary rest area for the contestants, where the participating fighters sit and observe their future opponents.

Behind the ring is a high platform, on which stands the host of this competition - Diego Carlo with a smiling face and steel fist, a master-level fighter of the dark world~.

However, Diego Carlo was obviously in a bad mood, because he had just announced that the next team would play, but the players who came out were not the team he had mentioned.

The contestant who appeared was a young man wearing jeans and a jacket, with his blond hair tied in a ponytail. He walked in with a smile and said in a nonchalant tone, "The five members of the Ancient Free Fighting Team won't be coming, because I killed them."

As if to emphasize his words and increase his credibility, the young man threw the braid in his hand and said, "Look, this is their captain's braid. Well, you can't blame me, it's their own fault. It's their fault that they refused to give me the qualification to participate in this match, so I had to fight them. I went to great lengths to rush here from Tokyo just now."

Suddenly, the faces of the fighters on the field changed. Most of them were surprised by the strength of the young man. Although the Ancient Free Fighting Team was not a strong team, it was not an unknown team either. He could fight one against five without getting injured. Such strength was considered to be in the upper middle level among all the contestants.

There are also some fighters who frowned at the young man's behavior. Whether it was killing or doing something reckless, they could not have a good impression of the young man.

The young man ignored everyone else and walked straight onto the ring. He glanced under the ring and stopped at where one of the teams was.

"Hey, Kenichi Shirahama, I told you last time that I came all the way from Tokyo just to have a showdown with you." The young man's gaze lingered on the girl's face in the team for a moment, then he turned to the boy next to him and shouted.

"Showing up uninvited is also a man's romance, right, Mr. Smiling Steel Fist! Is this okay?" Then the young man turned his head and looked at Diego Carlo on the podium and shouted.

"Oh, finally done. Wasn't that because I didn't discipline that fellow Renyue Quanshen properly?" Diego Carlo kept a smile on his face, muttering to himself in a voice that couldn't discern any emotion. "There are people like that, the kind who shamelessly mess up others' happiness when they see them having it."

"Ye Xiang! You actually... actually gave those people from the ancient free fighters to me! Those people, those people!"

Hearing the young man's words, the boy who was named shouted at him angrily. If the girl beside him had not stopped him, he would have rushed onto the ring.

"Speaking of which, Shirahama Kenichi." Seeing Shirahama Kenichi's angry expression, Ye Xiang's smile widened. He deliberately said to Shirahama Kenichi in a provocative tone, "Captain Spanudakas left you a message before he died. Something like, 'You gave me hope, thank you,' or something like that."

Hearing this, Shirahama Kenichi was successfully enraged by Ye Xiang. He burst out with an energy far beyond that of a master-level fighter. He suddenly broke free from Furinji Miu's obstruction, jumped onto the ring, rushed to Ye Xiang and punched him.

Ye Xiang looked as if his conspiracy had succeeded and threw a punch as well, but Ye Xiang's punch was much stronger than Shirahama Kenichi's. The wind from his punch alone made Shirahama Kenichi feel a stinging pain on his face.

However, just as their fists were about to collide, a masked figure suddenly appeared between Shirahama Kenichi and Ye Xiang, casually stretched out his hands, and grabbed the fists of both men.

"You also came here to decide the outcome in the competition, right? Now restrain yourself." The mysterious young man who grabbed Ye Xiang's fist scolded Ye Xiang.

"Mysterious young man? That's really funny. Although I really want to respect you, I'm really sorry." Hearing the words of the mysterious young man, Ye Xiang, who had arrived when the mysterious young man was coaching the battle between Shirahama Kenichi and Furinka Miu, and recognized the identity of the mysterious young man, couldn't help but sneer, relaxed his body, and took two steps back.

"Hey, what should we do now? Smiling Steel Fist, do you agree to let him participate in the competition?" Fenglinji Hayato, who was using the alias of the mysterious young man, did not care about Ye Xiang's tone, but turned to ask the host.

"Well, it would be good to make the competition more lively. I agree." Diego Carlo agreed without hesitation, which was not beyond the expectations of Fenglinsi Hayato and Ye Xiang.

At this time, Shirahama Kenichi's blood cooled down. Seeing that both Furinji Hayato and Furinji Miu were not optimistic about his fight with Ye Xiang, and that he himself was not optimistic about his own fight, Shirahama Kenichi was about to step down with Furinji Miu.

"Wait a minute."

However, just as Shirahama Kenichi was about to step down, Ye Xiang spoke again.

Fenglinji Hayato frowned, turned his head to look at Ye Xiang, and said coldly: "It's not time for you to compete with him yet."

"It's okay, we'll be there soon."

Ye Xiang said nonchalantly, then tilted his head and looked at Richard Stanley and his brother who had already entered the ring. He pointed his index finger at the two of them and ordered forcefully, "That man is my prey. You give up."

"What a joke, chief." Richard said dissatisfiedly. She still wanted to fight with Shirahama Kenichi, but who knew that Ye Xiang would also get involved.

"This is not a joke. I'm not in the mood to waste time on you. I can't help but want to kill that ant! So, I order you to give up and withdraw from the competition!" Ye Xiang walked towards Richard step by step. A powerful aura emanated from his body, and it became stronger and stronger. With every step Ye Xiang took, the aura hit Richard like a boulder.

Richard snorted coldly, but said nothing, concentrating on resisting Ye Xiang's momentum.

"Didn't you hear?" Ye Xiang's voice became low and his eyes turned cold. "That's right. Without the consent of Teacher Smiling Face Steel Fist, you wouldn't dare to make a decision. So, Teacher Smiling Face Steel Fist, they are no match for me anyway. If you want to compete, you can do it anytime after we get back. Let them leave now."

Ye Xiang's gaze turned to Diego Carlo, the Smiling Steel Fist on the podium.

Diego Carlo's expression first turned fierce, but then he seemed to have thought of something and his expression changed again. He smiled with interest and said, "Come to think of it, I also want to see the results of your training over the past half month. So, Richard, you two can leave first."

"By the way, if your performance doesn't satisfy me, then you know the consequences."

After Diego Carlo gave instructions to Richard, he spoke to Ye Xiang.

"Please rest assured, Teacher Smiling Steel Fist, I will satisfy you." Ye Xiang said to Diego Carlo on the podium.

Although Richard was somewhat dissatisfied, she knew that even if the two of them joined forces, they could not be Ye Xiang's opponent. Moreover, since the teacher had spoken, she could only retreat to the bottom of the ring.

Hayato Furinji hesitated for a moment and looked at Miu Furinji. Miu Furinji originally wanted to say that she wanted to challenge with Kenichi Shirahama, because the rules of this competition were like this. A team can have as many people as they want at the same time, either one person or a whole team.

However, Shirahama Kenichi stopped her. This confrontation was partly due to his and Ye Xiang's feelings for Furinji Miu. If Furinji Miu were to fight with him, it would be meaningless.

So, Furinji Miu had to go down together with Furinji Hayato.

After all the bystanders left, Ye Xiang could no longer bear it. In Shirahama Kenichi's sight, Ye Xiang suddenly disappeared from his original position. The next moment, he appeared in front of him, assuming a posture that looked somewhat familiar and somewhat unfamiliar to him. He clenched his fists, got close to Shirahama Kenichi, and attacked Shirahama Kenichi with simple and unpretentious punches and kicks swiftly and intensively.

Eight parts of the body, including head, shoulders, elbows, hands, tail, hips, knees and feet, hit Shirahama Kenichi's body from all directions. The sound of firecrackers exploding was heard continuously in the air. Shirahama Kenichi tried his best and displayed martial arts from various schools one after another, but he was still unable to fight against Ye Xiang. In the face of Ye Xiang's extremely fierce attack, he could not even stretch his fists and feet. After a few moves, he was beaten black and blue.

However, Shirahama Kenichi's greatest advantage is his endurance. He quickly adapted to Ye Xiang's fighting style and used short punches from Chinese boxing to fight against Ye Xiang.

However, just because you're used to it doesn't mean you can cope with it. Before he'd even finished fifty moves, Ye Xiang pushed his palm against Shirahama Kenichi's stomach. Shirahama Kenichi rolled his eyes, and his body shot out, crashing into the fence at the edge of the ring before coming to a stop.

"Not bad. Being able to fight with me for so many moves can definitely be called a miracle for you."

Ye Xiang said proudly, standing where he was, with no intention of pursuing the victory.

"It seems you haven't wasted your time these days. I'm very satisfied. As a disciple of several masters, I wouldn't be happy if I defeated you in a few moves."

Because of the butterfly effect, Ye Xiang and Shirahama Kenichi knew each other very early and had a good understanding of each other. Their grudges were not only about Furinji Miu, but also about the struggle between the Dark Karate Group and Liangshanpo.

"But that's all. Your ability is no match for me."

"Not necessarily." Shirahama Kenichi held the railing to steady himself, breathing heavily, and rushed towards Ye Xiang without showing any weakness.

"Are you not convinced? Or can't you even see such a huge gap?" Ye Xiang sneered disdainfully, looking at Shirahama Kenichi with a look of disdain. "Have you ever heard of that saying?"

"What?" Ye Xiang suddenly changed the subject, which made Shirahama Kenichi stunned for a moment before he asked him.

“Genius is made up of 99 percent perspiration and 1 percent talent, and the 1 percent talent is what matters most. I am a genius who has both talent and hard work.”

"No matter how much effort you put in, it won't be more than what I put in, and the talent I have is something you don't have."

Ye Xiang's words and attitude were arrogant, even to the point of arrogance, with the face of a villainous boss. However, apart from Shirahama Kenichi's anger, the players in the lounge below, including Kusanagi Kyo, Kagura Chizuru, Chin Gensai, and Weiss, though they didn't show it on the surface, all agreed with Ye Xiang's words.

Although there is a saying that nothing is difficult if you set your mind to it, many things cannot be accomplished by just working hard. They, who come from extraordinary backgrounds and have rich experience, understand this better than most fighters.

"You haven't won yet, it's too early to talk nonsense now." Although Shirahama Kenichi understood that there was nothing wrong with what Ye Xiang said, he would not agree with it.

"You're quite the talker. Well then, ant, let me finish you off in one move," Ye Xiang said disdainfully, holding up a finger. "Just one move. If I can't defeat you, I lose."

Shirahama Kenichi was stunned for a moment, then said angrily, "You are so arrogant."

"For you, this may be arrogance, but for me, it is confidence." Ye Xiang raised the corners of his mouth and smiled proudly.

"Then do as you said. One move will decide the outcome. If I don't lose, then I win." Although he was dissatisfied with Ye Xiang's tone, Shirahama Kenichi also understood that he could not be Ye Xiang's opponent. If he did not seize this opportunity, he would surely lose.

As he said this, Shirahama Kenichi took a horse stance and assumed a defensive posture.

Ye Xiang was no longer as carefree as before. His expression became solemn, as if he was on a pilgrimage. He squatted slightly, clenched his fists, and an extremely ferocious aura burst out of his body.

"Baji - Tiger climbing the mountain!"

The ground of the ring shook violently, and Ye Xiang's body shot out towards Shirahama Kenichi. His feet rubbed the ground, leaving a five-centimeter-deep groove on the special ring that was strong enough to withstand bombs without being damaged.

In just a moment, Ye Xiang appeared in front of Shirahama Kenichi, and swung his fist that broke the sound barrier towards Shirahama Kenichi fiercely. However, Shirahama Kenichi was intimidated by Ye Xiang's momentum, and was a step slower, failing to launch a defense in time.

"boom!"

A dull sound like a bomb explosion was heard, and the ground of the ring exploded with a loud bang, splashing gravel with a power comparable to that of bullets.

"Young people nowadays are really amazing."

On the ring, Hayato Furinji, transformed into a mysterious young man, stood in front of Kenichi Shirahama, holding down Ye Xiang's fist with one hand, while the ground beneath his feet was shattered by the force he had released.

After sighing, Hayato Furinji immediately shouted to Diego Carlo on the stage: "In this match, Shirahama Kenichi admits defeat."

Shirahama Kenichi had no objection to what Fenglinji Hayato said. Although he was not hit by Ye Xiang's punch, the momentum of that move still made him feel scared.

"Oh hahahaha, not bad, not bad, I'm very satisfied. That's it then. In this match, YOMI Team VS Liangshanbo Team, Ye Xiang from YOMI Team wins." Diego Carlo laughed into the microphone and looked very happy.