Rena made no sound. The black secret patterns on her body had covered almost all of her skin. Both her eyes were filled with extremely deep black color, without leaving even a trace of emotion within them.
Like her opponent, a black shadow emerged from her back, even slightly larger than Lucas's.
"How is this possible!"
Lucas's pupils contracted sharply. He vaguely felt something was wrong.
Why did this little girl have such a strong aura? Shouldn't she only have one fragment?
Lucas's eyes also turned reddish-black. He looked at Rena's body again, and within the black shadow behind the girl, he saw four fragments floating faintly.
"All four fragments are on her?! How is this possible?!"
Lucas couldn't believe it, but moments later he felt extremely delighted. This meant, as long as he killed this girl and collected those four fragments, he could directly become a god without having to bother searching again.
"Truly a surprise for me!"
Lucas laughed madly, his voice hoarse and cruel: "Excellent. As a reward for you, this time I'll make sure you die with as little suffering as possible."
Rena's expression remained unchanged. She seemed to have lost all feelings. Behind her, that black shadow became increasingly dark, as if eternal deep darkness.
"Die!"
Lucas suddenly merged with the black shadow behind him. That shadow crossed the distance of dozens of meters in an instant and arrived in front of Rena.
"Suffer! Lament! I will bring you the most extreme fear in this world!"
Lucas's mad scream echoed from within the shadow. Rena also instantly merged into her own black shadow. The two giant human-shaped shadows began clashing in power.
Tremendous forces collided with each other, making the ground crack. People lying prostrate nearby were immediately flung in all directions by those terrifying shockwaves.
Ground cracks spread wildly in all directions. Even the entire island shook violently, as if it could shatter into pieces at any moment.
"Power of this kind..."
Kizaru showed a shocked expression. He didn't expect this mission would bring him face to face with people at this power level. Moreover, he had never seen them before. If they were this strong, it made no sense they hadn't made a name for themselves until now.
"Uncle, what's happening?"
Sentomaru carrying a giant axe was now beside Kizaru. He stared toward the two black shadows fighting with a gaze full of doubt.
"I don't know~ suddenly they just started fighting, I don't understand either," Kizaru answered while shaking his head.
Sentomaru stared at both of them and said in shock: "Uncle, these two powers seem to be no less than yours, right?"
Kizaru glanced at him momentarily, then said in a dissatisfied tone: "Boy, are you looking down on me?"
Sentomaru immediately waved his hand: "Uncle, of course I don't mean that, don't take it to heart. I'm just confused, why did these two people suddenly appear? Which one is actually our target?"
Kizaru frowned, then pointed toward the black shadow on the left that was slightly smaller: "Logically, that person should be the target. But now it seems we don't need to intervene, and perhaps our target needs to be changed slightly."
"What do you mean?" Sentomaru was stunned.
Kizaru didn't answer, he just stared at the battlefield in silence, clearly not intending to interfere in their affairs.
Currently, the battle between the two black shadows had reached its peak. The previously peaceful village was now completely destroyed; houses collapsed, and the ground in the battle area had been eroded completely. A radius of hundreds of meters around them became much lower than the surrounding plains, forcibly compressed by their powerful attacks.
It was clearly visible that the larger shadow (Rena) didn't have combat experience as great as the smaller shadow (Lucas), so she continued to be pushed back.
The right arm of the larger black shadow was forcibly torn off.
"Hahahaha! Are you suffering? If it hurts, scream! I love hearing screams the most, hahahaha...!"
Lucas's voice became increasingly mad, his attacks also faster. Rena's black shadow began to look unable to withstand that barrage anymore.
"Rena, kill him! If you're killed, we'll all die too!"
"Rena, your brother was killed by that devil! You must avenge him!"
"Rena! We know you're afraid, we don't blame you, but you must kill that devil!!!"
The villagers watching the "devil" incarnation of Rena being pushed back became panicked. Although they feared Rena's black shadow, at least they had known her since childhood. If she died, then all that awaited them was death.
Hearing the villagers' screams, Rena's body trembled slightly, but still bore no results.
Lucas continued laughing arrogantly: "Hahaha! Don't resist, it's useless! You're no match for me! Go die peacefully, hand over your suffering to me, hand over all your Godhead fragments to me! I'll become a god and send you all to gather with those who already died earlier!"
When Rena heard that sentence, her body suddenly froze in place. From her eyes exploded endless darkness and spread throughout her body. From her entire body began growing black tentacles like tree roots.
Suddenly, those tentacles coiled around Lucas's black body very tightly. The next second, Rena's head swelled abnormally, transforming into a giant mouth full of black fangs, and in one bite she swallowed half of Lucas's body into her stomach.
The situation changed too quickly for anyone to react. Even Kizaru was rooted in place from shock.
"No, no, no! How is this possible?! I've swallowed so much suffering, how can I lose to you?! This is impossible!"
Half of Lucas's body still struggled wildly. He still had very strong vitality and tried to escape from Rena's grip.
"Swallow suffering? No, you don't understand the true meaning of this Godhead fragment at all!"
Rena's slightly hoarse voice was heard for the first time. She had apparently regained her consciousness.
"True suffering doesn't come from others, but from oneself. Only if you yourself experience real suffering, can you obtain the true power of the Godhead."
Black tentacles on Rena's body grew madly, swallowing Lucas's body completely. Her black body in an instant reached dozens of meters in height. A black Godhead crystal slowly floated out from her forehead.
At that very moment, the sky was covered by dark clouds and black lightning struck down. Rena bathed under the lightning strikes, stared toward the sky, and screamed madly: "I am... the God of Suffering!"