Discontinuous Verse takes a deep breath and then sighs.

  This woman is a talent rarely seen, as the corpses around her demonstrate, all of them level 500 hunters massacred solely by one person.

  He may be someone bold, who acts based on profit and money, but he hasn’t held this position just by luck. He has recruited dozens of hunters, turning them into talents under his command, even those hired by Unlimited Stream are in his sights, looking for any who could be useful to him.

  'If Serene Will’s grudge can somehow be mediated, I want her for myself. I desire her strength, to have her under my power. If she is interested in men, I will give them to her, if it's about money, I will split the profits. This woman must be an ally, never an enemy.'

  After deciding his course of action, he says: “Serene Will. I am willing to pretend I saw nothing, to help you unleash your grudge. A few words from me will be enough for the lord of this mansion to forget what happened.”

  He extends his hand with a sincere smile on his face. "Switch sides, join us. Those behind you will never give you the resources necessary for your growth, I will tolerate the losses in exchange for you being on our side. What do you say? No need for an immediate answer, while we deal with the other two attackers, you can think it over.”

  The woman simply watches him and the men behind him.

  Discontinuous Verse takes her silence as approval and heads towards his men, “Brothers, you heard. We will head towards the hunter that controls those plants, he is our priority--”

  "Perhaps loneliness was the cause of all this, I have opened my eyes, the truth is something I will never discover."

  At that very moment, Discontinuous Verse feels a sharp pressure at his back that freezes his body and senses, quickly raising his guard and glaring hatefully at that woman.

  “Ignorant! Having rejected my proposal will be the last decision of your life! Brothers!”

  Immediately the rankers circulate their mana, preventing the woman's pressure from clouding the senses of the lower-level hunters. Surprisingly, after all, Serene Will only has level 547! She must possess extraordinary magic artifacts!

  "Last chance, surrender now and I will keep my word!"

  She closes her eyes for a second and moves her lips, from her come words that only make sense to her, but at the same time produce strange feelings for those who hear them. This is…

  “Is she developing her Way?”

  This is the strangest thing of all.

  “But why? Someone like her, by this time, should already have a Way to tread!”

  Now everyone understands, those words and the phenomena they cause are nothing but the sword way that Serene Will has chosen. But this only raises more questions.

  Questions that Discontinuous Verse believes he has discovered.

  “She must be severely injured or her sword way has fractured, the current her is nothing but a remnant of the past. Hah… Forget my words.”

  He sighs and his fierce gaze returns to his face. "I don't need a useless woman like you! Those who lose their Way, lose everything! Brothers, kill her. We can't waste more time with her.”

  "You’re finished, bitch!"

  "From the beginning, you should not have set foot in this place!"

  Hundreds of level 500 hunters attack her, with the rankers protecting them, they fear nothing! A level 547? Even a level 600 hunter must bow his head in their presence!

  Just meters from approaching that woman, a field of swords rises from the ground. Serene Will watches it and cannot help but feel nostalgic, because that field of swords will not return. This is just a residue, a vestige that tries to adapt to her new Way.

  Once she comprehended a Way, it will be even more perfect than previous one.

  "And yet, my desire remains intact. Although everything has changed."

  "Without a Way, you are nobody!"

  "Hah, it's a pity to see someone like you die."

  Attacks come from all directions, even the rankers would have trouble dealing with them. A woman who has lost her Way has no chance against them.

  "What? AAAAAAGH!"

  The head of a man is severed from his body like the leaf that falls from a tree, as naturally as subtly.

  “What is happening--?”

  As others fall to the ground without discovering the cause, losing their lives in the process.

  The field of swords generates illusory swords with absolute fragility, which easily shatter after a single attack, but despite this… None of them have failed.

  “Has this woman not lost her Way?”

  Discontinuous Verse watches all this from a distance, like a leader commanding his army. He loses his breath as he sees how Serene Will is able to maintain her attention on hundreds of places at the same time, dodging attacks barely brushing her clothing as well as attacking without even a careless move.

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  As if she were capable of predicting their attacks before they even happen.

  "What was her Way before? How can a remnant cause such chaos in my men?"

  If this continues, he will lose face. His men trusted him, losing to this woman is not an option! He must end her before there's no turning back.

  "You will die before becoming a rival to me..."

  "Discontinuous Verse?"

  "Join me, brothers, we cannot allow this woman to succeed."

  He decides to act personally along with his most loyal followers. If he can fight against rankers of level 650 without securing a clear victory, with his brothers, he can definitely defeat her! This woman is nothing in comparison!

  Serene Will sees the arrival of the last rankers and sighs.

  From the beginning, fighting against rankers of level 600 was within her calculations, her understanding of level allows her certain luxuries, but Discontinuous Verse and his men are different.

  They may be at level 600, but the pressure they exert is no different from a ranker of level 650. The magic artifacts are the cause of all this, artifacts that must be hers!

  "The limits of desires are unclear, but time will expose them. If so, I just need to bring back that memory once more."

  At some point, Serene Will's sword manifests a concept, a Way.

  "Heaven's Division."

  An incomplete Way, that still contains holes, but part of it she had witnessed once. She will never forget the sacrifice of its predecessor, the Way that gave birth to this one.

  "Impossible..."

  Discontinuous Verse halts his advance.

  "Retreat! Now! Before--!"

  His cry comes too late. Once the Way is demonstrated, the hunter acquires a strength capable of breaking the level gap, creating a miracle whose manifestation only falls within the domains of a God.

  It happens in an instant. A deadly silence follows the movement of her sword.

  The next moment the sky splits and the bodies of all the hunters are fragmented into small pieces of flesh, a rain of blood falls from the massacre.

  "Cough... Cough..."

  Serene Will does not emerge unscathed, despite the trickle of blood from her lips, her serene smile remains. In the past, she would think twice before unleashing an incomplete Way, but with the experience of sacrificing one, she has acquired the ability to manifest it for a few breaths of time.

  Discontinuous Verse clenches his teeth and rages like never before.

  "Bitch! You and I cannot coexist under the same sky!"

  His fury carries the weight of a ranker of level 650, the theory would suggest that facing this woman should not be a problem.

  Ancient symbols join the attack of each of his followers, different from the magic formations, these symbols contain meanings in themselves. After absorbing their attacks, the symbols take the shape of a tree, whose branches contain the power to kill rankers without giving them time to react.

  "How...?!"

  But the combined attack with his brothers is stopped by the field of swords, one after another breaking until when it reach Serene Will, his attack is dodged elegantly, without a trace of malice on her part.

  "You ask how, it's simple."

  Her sword falls, assassinating one of the men behind him.

  "Our levels are not very different when I rely on the magic artifacts. Although it's not something I take pride in, from experience I know they will lose their effectiveness sooner or--"

  Her words are interrupted by Discontinuous Verse's malicious attack. "Don't act arrogant in front of me! You're just level 550! I've killed many bitches of your caliber!"

  "I see..."

  Serene Will is not swayed by his insults, she dodges, deflects, and counterattacks in fractions of a second. From the beginning, she has been accustomed to fighting under level differences, the Divine Plane is no different from the Inferior Plane in that sense.

  Discontinuous Verse's attacks are strange and indecipherable, the symbols can join the terrain, the weapons, or the corpses and acquire a new meaning. Sometimes they take the shape of animals, which attack with their claws or release incredible magic from their snouts. Or the form of various plants, attacking with their vines or generating unpredictable magic.

  Whatever the case, Serene Will uses her enhanced innate ability to observe everything from a third-person viewpoint. Even though the difference between their levels is wide, her level compression allows her to partially read her opponent's mind, so even against the most enigmatic attack, she will have a way to react.

  "Ah."

  At some point, Discontinuous Verse falls to the ground with his dominant arm mercilessly cut off. His entire body is filled with wounds, he can no longer continue fighting, his legs tremble as he tries to stand up.

  "May you perfect your Way in your next life, for in this one, you will have no other chance."

  Her sword divides Discontinuous Verse’s neck in two, regret evident in his eyes before they close for the last time.

  Discontinuous Verse has died.

  "Now..."

  Serene Will turns her attention to the mansion and raises her sword high in the sky.

  "Where do you think you're going?"

  The magic formations defending the mansion only hinder her attack for a few seconds, all of them fracturing until her sword strike prevails, turning the beautiful mansion into a pile of rubble.

  The ground shakes as four people emerge from the destruction.

  "I remember you!"

  Among them, a man looks at her with hate, disgust, and disdain.

  "You are that woman! Serene Will!"

  Unlimited Stream still remembers the first time he paid to sleep with a beautiful woman who possessed a unique ability, an extraordinary innate ability!

  Without changing her expression, Serene Will looks at him silently.

  Unlimited Stream misinterprets her silence as fear and proceeds to threaten her. The women beside him don't hold back and coordinate with him, smiling and mocking Serene Will.

  In the face of all the insults, Serene Will remains silent and continues observing him. Each of their laughs and each of their words make her reminisce about those days.

  Memories that strengthen her desire, her Way of the sword.

  Serene Will grips the hilt of her sword. 'Never. Ever. No one.'

  Her past must be buried. For that, she is willing to do whatever is necessary.

  At Serene Will's movement, one of the women becomes enraged and says: "Dare you attack me?!"

  Serene Will has heard enough, she has used them as needed. Obstacles must be removed from the path, only then she can deal with her past.

  "We may look like this, but we're level 700!"

  "Feel the difference in our levels!"

  The three women join forces to counter Serene Will's attack. They cannot stand how this woman looks at them with those eyes of disdain, as if they were different!

  "No... No, no, no!"

  "Hunters who surrender their Way have no right to speak to me."

  The attacks of the women break like paper leaves, allowing her sword to easily slice through their skin. The three women fall to the ground. They have not died, but only seconds remain before they do.

  This is the difference between a hunter who is still treading his Way and those who sacrificed their Way to reach level 700. They are just high-level peasants!

  "Unlimited Stream... You must die."

  Despite seeing Serene Will approaching, Unlimited Stream manages to keep his calm. Something strange is happening, she can sense it, but still, she raises her sword and places it at the neck of that man.

  "Hahaha!"

  Unlimited Stream can't believe how the situation has come to this, but could it be... Has this bitch forgotten how much money he has?

  He shouts to the sky: "Activate!"

  An instant later, a portal opens dozens of meters above the ground.

  "An army of rankers is approaching! Lower that sword and I'll consider forgiving you!"

  Serene Will looks at the portal in the sky and sighs. Her ability describes its origin and cause, even if she had killed Unlimited Stream before its activation, this portal would still have opened.

  It was destined to activate upon his death.

  Serene Will scoffs. "Forgive me?”

  Minutes remain before hunters are transported to this location.

  "You don't have the authority to do it!"

  "Huh? AAAAHH!"

  Her sword falls, cutting off Unlimited Stream's left arm.

  "Your death will reinforce the foundations of my Way of the sword."

  As the portal unfolds, Serene Will tries to remember her dreams from the past.