he ruins of the pulverized mountains, thick dust billowing into the air.
Unknown coughed, fresh blood dripping from the corner of Steve's mouth, whom he now controlled. His eyes glowed red with overflowing rage.
"How dare you... How dare you mimic me? You lowly creature!" Unknown roared.
He spread both his arms. Spatial distortions opened wide behind him, and in an instant, the four legendary weapons the Sword, Axe, Giant Scythe, and Bow streaked out, emitting a dense aura of Pure Darkness.
The weapons hovered around Unknown, prepared to shred his enemy to pieces.
However, the dark entity floating not far from him only tilted its head. A sinister, deeply mocking smirk formed on its featureless face.
"Are you still relying on those worn-out toys, No Name?" the entity jeered.
With a slow flick of its finger, the space around the entity also cracked.
From within the absolute nothingness, four weapons emerged that were identical in form to Unknown's.
However, these weapons radiated an aura of pitch-black despair that was far more oppressive and lethal.
"Get those scraps out of my sight," the entity commanded in a cold voice.
The four dark weapons lunged like lightning. TRANGGG! BOOOM! In the sky, a brutal clash of weapons occurred.
Scythe met scythe, sword met sword. The entity's weapons aggressively pushed and drove Unknown's four legendary weapons away from the combat area, leaving their master to face his opponent one-on-one with bare hands.
Unknown's eyes widened. His signature weapons were inaccessible.
"Now..." The entity stepped onto the ground. Its body hunched slightly, both hands raised to protect its face with a light yet lethal footwork rhythm. A world-class Boxing stance. "...let's see how far that fragile physique can hold out."
Feeling belittled, Unknown lunged forward at full speed, swinging a fist coated in dark energy capable of shattering continents.
However, just before his punch landed, the entity performed a slip and weave, ducking and swaying with perfect millimeter precision. Unknown's punch only split the empty air.
In the same second that opening occurred, the entity launched a lightning-fast counter jab straight to Unknown's nose, followed by a brutal uppercut that shattered his lower jaw.
BAAAM!
Blood sprayed again. Unknown's vision spun, but before his body could even stagger back, the entity had already stepped forward and shifted its fighting style to Muay Thai.
The entity's dark hands locked onto the back of Unknown's neck in a clinch that could not be released. Mercilessly, its knees were driven repeatedly into Unknown's solar plexus and ribs.
BUK! BUK! BUK!
Each knee strike carried an explosive force that made his internal organs vibrate violently.
Unknown groaned in pain, struggling to break the lock, but the entity ended it with a razor-sharp horizontal elbow slash, tearing Unknown's temple until he was sent crashing to the side.
Unknown struggled to rise, his eyes reddened as he endured pain and humiliation he hadn't felt for thousands of years.
He forced Steve's body to stand and retaliate. However, the entity moved like water, now settling into a very close-range stance.
Its hands were pulled to the center of its chest, and in a fraction of a second, a barrage of Wing Chun Chain Punches rained down on Unknown's chest and face like a machine gun.
Taktaktaktaktaktak! BAAAM!
The final blow of the sequence had incredible driving force. Unknown's ribs cracked and broke, and his body was once again thrown like a broken doll, smashing through the surrounding rocks before finally sprawling helplessly on the ruined earth.
The entity lowered its hands, standing tall without a single speck of dust on its body. It looked down at Unknown, who was coughing up blood.
"Technique, speed, and reflexes. You have forgotten it all because you hid behind your energy for too long, No Name," the entity said coldly, walking slowly toward the fallen body.
"Where is that RGB power you are so proud of, No Name? Why are you just trash with this weak Pure Darkness?" the entity mocked.
Its voice echoed, heavy and full of stinging derision that pierced the very foundation of the King of Kings' pride.
Unknown coughed, spitting fresh blood from Steve's mouth. With great effort, he slowly straightened his violently trembling body. His muscles screamed; his bones felt as if they were about to crumble.
(Damn it... he knows everything about me...) Unknown growled internally in despair. (I... I haven't fought in the streets like this for so long... My instincts are blunt!)
Yet, his ego and arrogance refused to surrender. With a roar of rage that split the air, Unknown charged. His speed fractured space, creating shockwaves around him.
He combined the remnants of his physical strength, trying to use the lethal martial arts techniques he had mastered thousands of years ago when he was still rising from the bottom.
Spinning kicks, rapid combinations to blind spots, and open-hand strikes targeting the neck he unleashed them all blindly yet with precision.
However... it was tragic. Tap. Tap. Wush.
The dark entity didn't even move from its position.
It simply tilted its head, parried with the back of its hand, and brushed aside every one of Unknown's lethal attacks as if shooing away annoying dust.
Its movements were too perfect, flowing like water yet hard as steel. There wasn't a single opening.
"Too many wasted movements. You are slow," the entity whispered right into Unknown's ear while blocking his last punch with a single index finger.
Feeling utterly humiliated, Unknown leaped far back into the air. Gathering all his remaining Pure Darkness energy, he spread both hands.
Dozens of giant black holes were created, swirling around him, tearing the vacuum and sucking in everything nearby until the air itself vanished.
"DIE, YOU BASTARD!!!" Unknown roared as he hurled those dozens of Black Holes simultaneously like a meteor shower of darkness ready to swallow existence.
The entity only looked up. There was no panic, let alone fear. It simply raised one hand, splayed its fingers, and with a single jolt of pure dark energy that was far denser...
KRAAAAK! BOOOM!
The space above them shattered into pieces like glass struck by a sledgehammer.
The dozens of Black Holes that were supposed to swallow everything shattered and evaporated instantly, destroyed purely by a single pressure of energy from the entity.
The dark sky seemed to be split in two.
Unknown's eyes widened, his breath hitched.
He was truly speechless. Before his body could react or land on the ground, the entity had disappeared and suddenly materialized right above him, silhouetted against the sun obscured by distortion.
"Time to sleep, No Name."
A vertical axe kick was driven straight into the center of Unknown's chest with a force exceeding a meteor impact. CRAAK! The sound of a shattering sternum was horrifying.
Steve's body, controlled by Unknown, plummeted down and slammed into the ground, creating a crater hundreds of meters wide and incredibly deep.
An explosion of dust and debris swept across the entire mountain range, which was now completely leveled.
At the bottom of the thick, smoking crater, Unknown lay helpless. His body was broken. His vision blurred and darkened rapidly.
He could no longer move a single finger, let alone summon his weapons. Blood pooled, soaking the earth around him.
The Pinnacle of Power now lay in absolute defeat, totally paralyzed and dying beneath the feet of his own shadow.