God's Slave: Reincarnated Into an Academy of Heavenly Descendants

Slowly stepping forth, Nolan climbed back up onto the battle stage.

He watched as Adrian slowly took off his shirt and jeans, leaving only his dark shorts on.

What was revealed to Nolan was a body that wouldn't even pale to his at all—defined to the maximum level Nolan had ever seen a body defined to.

Adrian was a lot bulkier than Nolan, resembling an heavyweight champion, compared to Nolan, who seemed like an extreme athlete.

CREEEAAAK

CRAAACKK

The sound of bones twisting and cracking forth resonated as Adrian worked all of his muscles together before flashing a psychopathic smile at Nolan, who simply stood there, watching him.

Adrian was 1.8 meters tall, and Nolan was 1.9 meters tall—about a head taller—and that made it look like Nolan was looking down on him, but Adrian didn't seem to mind at all.

"You seem oddly confident fighting me, a Godly Ten. Can't even be bothered to take off your clothes?" Adrian said as he bent his body to the ground.

Once more, an intense purple divine essence began flowing like water around him as his intense transformation began again.

But this time, it was slightly different.

The Adrian before Nolan was a muscular figure with bulging veins that snaked out of his body and covered him like clothes.

He possessed an exaggerated musculature. He wore a menacing grin that spread to his ears, his eyes completely crimson like his hair, giving him an ominous, almost demonic appearance.

His skin had become a purplish-dark shade, covered in irregular jagged veins that resembled scars.

Revolving around him was a purplish aura, radiating from his body in wisps of energy, enhancing the raw power and danger oozing from him.

The overall atmosphere around Adrian had changed in a blink, becoming intense and chaotic.

Nolan furrowed his eyebrows, his eyes flashing with realization. If he had any doubt before, now he had none.

This wasn't a power any student in the academy could possess, and Nolan's senses were finally screaming danger.

Adrian before him was undoubtedly a Godly Ten, just from his aura alone. At least, he definately couldn't be some ordinary random student judging from how powerful it was.

"Heheheh..." Once more, the strange devilish laughter began ringing out from Adrian's lips, almost reflexively, as he looked at Nolan with predatory eyes.

"Do you know what my nickname is among the Godly Ten?" he asked Nolan, who had a lost expression.

"The Devil..." he completed as a loud snort rang through the battle stage.

Slowly, Nolan raised his hands, and a dagger appeared, twisting a few times around his fingers before resting in his palm.

He pointed it toward Adrian.

"You talk too much..."

"DIIIIIEEEE!!!" A devilish roar blasted out as Adrian shot forth with horrific speed, appearing before Nolan.

His body jerked backward, gathering colossal power and then...

BAAAAANG

A shockwave undulated forth as Adrian punched toward Nolan's face with brutal strength, causing Nolan's white hair to blow back behind him, and then...

RIIIIIIP

The punch tore through the face, yet it did nothing but tear apart an afterimage.

A punch coated in green squirming veins slammed onto Adrian's cheek, sending him rolling across the platform before coming to a stop, crouched on the ground. He had yet to rise when the air before him shook, and he instantly dodged his head to the side.

RIIIIIP

The sound of a dagger slicing through the air rang out as the edge of the blade weaved past Adrian's face by a simple inch.

Yet, Nolan wasn't done as he stopped his vertical motion, twisted the dagger in his hand, and then slashed to the side.

In less than a split second later, his dagger cleaved toward Adrian's neck.

His moves were cold, each with a single mission, and that was to take his opponent's life as quickly as possible.

But Nolan felt a powerful reverberation as he was sent shooting to the side, carving a massive gorge on the ground before coming to a stop.

"Not even a minute, and you're already revealing your second ability. How disappointing..." Nolan called out with a disappointed expression as he looked at Adrian, or more specifically, at his hands, and discovered there were now two strange crimson-red gauntlets that covered them both, oozing with a strange blood-like aura.

It was what had sent Nolan flying to the side when he had collided with Adrian.

"Tch," Adrian clicked his tongue at Nolan's disappointed expression as he moved, appearing instantly before Nolan. In the next instant...

BAAAAAANG

BAAAAAANG

BAAAAAANG

BAAAAAANG

Four fist phantoms appeared in the air before Nolan as Adrian punched forth seemingly one time, yet four fists were now before Nolan, who could only slash forth, knocking back two.

But the remaining two slammed onto his chest and shoulder, knocking him further backward.

It was only the beginning of the battering as Adrian began picking up speed, repeatedly knocking Nolan backward, even when he slashed at Adrian's hand with his intensely sharp dagger.

It failed to cut through the red gauntlets, and a mini-explosion would result, sending Nolan crashing further backward.

Less than a minute later, and he was now in a clear disadvantage, getting knocked around the battle stage with cuts on his face and hands.

"You're not talking any longer, piece of trash..." Adrian called out to him as he repeatedly knocked Nolan around the stage, yet even though he was starting to lose, Nolan's eyes were as calm and indifferent as ever.

'His gauntlets are his second ability, and they have three special traits.'

'Firstly, they increase his punching speed. If it formerly took him a second to punch, now he can punch twice in a single second with the gauntlets on.'

'Secondly, the power of the gauntlets increased his punching strength by double, and thirdly, every time our fists meet, there's a mini-explosion that goes off, further knocking the opponent backward...'

Nolan analyzed with furrowed eyebrows, and in the next instant, he reacted...