The man with the bull tattoo slashed at Ryan's neck using his Shadow Dagger aspect, barely missing by a hair's breadth.
He was about to continue his attack, but in the next instant, a sense of impending doom engulfed him, as if he were being targeted by a terrifying beast.
Every hair on his body stood on end like that of a frightened cat, and a chill rose from the depths of his heart.
The man raised his head slightly, and his eyes met Ryan's eyes, which at some point, had turned completely blood red, as if they were no longer human, but the eyes of a monster.
"Wha—!!!"
A fear unlike anything he had ever felt surged within the man's heart, and he instinctively tried to step back.
However, before he could even take a single step—
Woosh!
Blood-red flames suddenly surged from Ryan's body, and his hand shot forward at lightning speed.
Previously, the man with the bull tattoo could have easily evaded Ryan's attacks using his superior agility. But at this moment, both he and the man with the scorpion tattoo saw nothing more than a blur when Ryan moved.
Before they could react, Ryan had already grabbed the bull-tattooed man's head.
"Where do you think you are going?"
A low, demon-like voice reached the man's ears, and before he could utter a single word, a mountain-like force pressed down on his head.
BOOOOOOM!
His head was smashed into the ground with immense force, shaking the earth within a one-meter radius as if it had been struck by a sledgehammer.
"Urgh!"
A muffled groan of pain escaped from his mouth as all his teeth shattered instantly, and his nose and jaw were dislocated. His mind immediately became hazy, and he nearly lost consciousness.
The man with the scorpion tattoo stared at the scene in complete disbelief, unable to comprehend how the boy who had just barely been withstanding their attacks had suddenly slammed his companion into the ground.
However, when he saw that his companion's face was still pressed into the ground and his legs were dangling helplessly, as if he were struggling to breathe, he quickly snapped out of his shock and prepared to attack Ryan to free him.
But just as he was about to move, Ryan suddenly turned his head. Their eyes met, and the scorpion-tattooed man's body froze instantly.
A deep sense of dread surged within him, and every instinct in his body screamed at him to run away. It was as if his very survival instincts were telling him that the opponent he was facing was on an entirely different level.
As the scorpion-tattooed man was overwhelmed by this fear, the faint blood-red flames surrounding Ryan grew even stronger, and a malevolent aura began to permeate the surroundings.
At this moment, Ryan's mind was in complete chaos.
He knew that using the Berserk skill would affect his mind, but he had not expected it to be this severe.
The moment he activated the skill, his thoughts were filled with nothing but killing and fighting.... And as time passed, these thoughts intensified, as if someone were continuously whispering in his mind, urging him to let go of everything and descend into a complete rampage.
If it hadn't been for his strong will, Ryan was certain that he would have already turned into a mindless beast that knew nothing but how to kill.
'I need to end everything before anything unexpected happens.'
This thought surfaced in Ryan's barely conscious mind, and he shifted his attention to the man with the scorpion tattoo.
Because he was burning his bloodline power, his body was now filled with overwhelming strength, as if he could shatter a massive rock with a single punch.
Without hesitation, he pressed his feet lightly against the ground and in the next second—
Bang!
A booming sound echoed as the ground beneath Ryan's feet exploded into fragments, and in the blink of an eye, he appeared right in front of the scorpion-tattooed man.
Ryan was still holding the man with the bull tattoo in his right hand, and as he appeared before his opponent, he swung the man's body with all his strength.
The scorpion-tattooed man possessed far greater agility than the bull-tattooed man due to his feline aspect. However, even with his superior reaction speed, he saw nothing more than a blur before the bull-tattooed man's body, swung by Ryan, appeared right in front of his face.
Ryan's strength under the effect of the Berserk skill was terrifying. When he swung his arm, the bull-tattooed man's body moved like a weightless stick and struck the scorpion-tattooed man's face instantly.
BOOOOOOM! Crack!
A sonic boom rang out, followed by the sound of bones shattering. The scorpion-tattooed man was sent flying backward, his face completely crushed.
Teeth, blood, and fragments of flesh splattered through the air as his body crashed into one pine tree after another, breaking them in succession before finally stopping after colliding with the fifth tree.
At that moment, Ryan suddenly felt his power beginning to decline, and he realized that the effect of the Berserk skill was wearing off.
'It hasn't even been thirty seconds, and the effect of the skill is already fading,' Ryan thought inwardly, but his attack did not stop.
Knowing that he would enter a weakened state once the skill ended, he did not hesitate for even a second and exerted the last of his strength.
Crack!
The skull of the bull-tattooed man, whom Ryan still held in his right hand, suddenly cracked, and a burst of blood spurted out.
"Arghhhh!"
The man, who had lost consciousness earlier, was jolted awake by the immense pain and screamed in terror.
However, his scream did not last long, because in the very next moment—
Bang!
Ryan increased the force of his grip, and blood and flesh splashed across his body as the man's head burst like a watermelon.
The scorpion-tattooed man, who had just managed to get up, saw the scene, and blood rushed straight to his head, making him feel dizzy.
Bang!
But the next instant, a booming sound echoed and his head also exploded like a chicken egg.
Ryan, who had appeared behind the scorpion-tattooed man at some point, slowly pulled back his blood stained hand and took a deep breath.
The crimson color in his eyes gradually faded, and a intense wave of weakness engulfed him.
Ryan staggered backward before collapsing onto the ground, panting heavily as if he had just finished a long marathon, with no strength left in his body.
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