From Ruin to Reign Leander's Unbreakable Will novel Chapter 216

Chapter 216 Judgment Unleashed

“Devourer Form. Release.”

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Leander’s eyes blazed with sharp, golden light. His pupils narrowed. His coat lifted on its own, even though the air around him held still. The lake beneath his feet suddenly sank, as if crushed by invisible pressure. The space between his soles and the water collapsed into a vacuum, and the air roared outward in every direction.

geysers,

He lifted one hand, and the lake answered. Eight pillars of water shot straight up like piercing into the sky. They looked just like the ones the Masked God of War had summoned before, but they moved more naturally. More cleanly. Like the lake responded to him by instinct.

The Masked God of War hovered above, still reeling from how his strike had been broken. Now he watched as Leander called the water like it belonged to him, and fear twisted deep into his

gut.

“You… You stepped into the Transcendent Realm, too?”

His voice cracked. His eyes went wide.

Leander didn’t flinch. He just shook his head.

“Transcendent Realm?” he said with a faint smile. “Not yet.”

Then his voice dropped, sharp as a blade. “But I don’t need it to kill you.”

Leander’s form hadn’t changed. Only a faint glimmer of gold flashed in his eyes. Then, he drove his foot into the lake.

The surface cracked beneath him, and a deep footprint sank into the water.

In the next instant, his body shot upward like a missile, slicing through the air with a deafening shriek. The sky echoed with a sharp, tearing sound as he broke the sound barrier.

Leander’s speed tore past the limits of the human body. He raced toward the Masked God of War faster than sound itself. Before the man could even react, Leander’s fist slammed straight into his chest.

The hit was clean and brutal.

Blood burst from the Masked God of War’s mouth. The strike sent him crashing into the lake like a falling meteor.

Water exploded upward in a towering wave that rained down across the battlefield.

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Wayne, Evelyn, and Taylor froze where they stood. Their pupils shrank. Cold fear wrapped around them like chains.

They had given up every ounce of their power to push the Masked God of War into the Transcendent Realm. They had believed that would be enough. With that kind of power, they thought he would destroy Leander in one move.

But now, with a single punch, Leander had sent him into the lake. And they couldn’t even tell if he was still alive. Their hearts sank.

“Not even a Transcendent can beat Jeff? What is he?” someone muttered, voice thin with shock.

Jordan stood frozen in the viewing gallery. His face was pale and blank. Just moments ago, the Masked God of War had floated above the lake, warping the elements with every breath. But Leander had shattered that image with one punch and brute strength. That wasn’t just dominance–it was something that should have been impossible.

The rankings had placed Leander at the top of the Astria Power Index. But Jordan had never believed any of those names had stepped past the Martial Sovereign level. Even the legendary Gareth had only stood at the edge of transcendence. Jordan had always thought Leander was just slightly stronger than the rest.

But now, after seeing this with his own eyes, he couldn’t lie to himself anymore. Leander had to be something more. There was no other way to explain how he could go toe–to–toe with a Transcendent and win.

Leander floated gently back to the lake. He touched down without a sound. His landing felt weightless, almost like he belonged there.

He looked at his own hand. The skin over his knuckles gleamed like polished opal. That single strike had come from the power of his newly awakened Devourer Form.

He hadn’t stepped into the Transcendent Realm. Not yet. But that form gave him what he needed to stand against it. Especially against someone like the Masked God of War, who had only touched the edge of it through forbidden means.

That punch hadn’t even drawn on the full power of the form. It was his first time using it. He hadn’t found the rhythm yet.

And still, it had left the Masked God of War broken and bleeding.

The lake churned again.

A figure shot upward, coughing blood as he rose. His breathing was ragged. His body trembled. But he forced himself to stand in the air once more.

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It was the Masked God of War. “Jeff! I swear I’ll kill you!”

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His voice was raw with fury. Wind tore his mask free and flung it away, revealing a twisted face warped by hatred. His features looked like they had been dragged through fire and frozen in a

snarl

He had tasted the power of the Transcendent Realm, even if only through a secret technique. But Leander had brought him crashing down with a single hit. He couldn’t accept that.

A dark bruise had formed in the center of his chest. His ribs were bent inward. Only a thin layer of innate vitality, summoned at the last second, had saved his life. Without it, he would already be dead.

“You really think you can?” Leander looked over, his voice calm and sharp. A smirk lifted one corner of his mouth.

The Transcendent Realm held secrets. It offered power that defied logic. But to Leander, it still wasn’t enough to shake him.

The Masked God of War’s eyes flared with rage. He reached into his robes and pulled out a small orb. It shimmered with a soft violet hue, like stained glass in moonlight. Inside, a swirling black mist twisted and turned, coiling like smoke.

Wayne, Evelyn, and Taylor saw it and froze. Their faces turned pale.

“That’s the Judgment Pearl…” Wayne muttered, his voice barely above a breath.

As seasoned Arbitrators, they knew exactly what the Masked God of War had in his hand. That orb wasn’t just rare–it was sacred. The Judgment Pearl stood among the highest relics of the Arbitration Office.

Inside that glass sphere, a swirling cloud of black mist moved like a living shadow. It held Doomlight, the most secretive force the Arbitration Office had ever cultivated. That power had been passed down since the organization’s carliest days and was reserved for only the most important figures within its ranks.

But none of them had thought that someone on their level could hold it.

The Masked God of War stared hard at Leander. Then he crushed the orb with one quick motion. The black mist curled up his arm, wrapped around his face, and sank into his brow, disappearing straight into his skull.

“Doomlight–ascend!” he roared.

As the energy surged into him, the blood–red glow in his eyes vanished. In its place, two jet- black irises burned with a fierce, twisted glare. They looked almost inhuman, like the eyes of something born in darkness.

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His aura exploded outward. The air dropped in temperature, and the lake began to tremble beneath him. Wayne and the others shuddered. None of them could stop

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They had never seen Doomlight in action before. And now that they had, they couldn’t look

away.

“He just got stronger again? No wonder the Arbitration Office rules from the shadows. This stuff isn’t normal. It’s dark. Way beyond human.”

Jordan narrowed his eyes and kept his gaze locked on the lake.

He couldn’t explain what the Masked God of War had just done, but it was clear–this next move was going to end in blood.

“Jeff! I’m going to kill you!” the Masked God of War roared.

Pillars of water shot into the sky like geysers. They spun violently under his control, twisting and spiraling together until they formed something massive–long, serpentine, alive with force.

A dragon, made of nothing but water and rage.

“War Dragon Palm!” he shouted. He thrust his hand forward. The dragon let out a thunderous roar as it launched across the lake. It coiled through the air like a beast let loose, and the waves beneath it slammed against the shoreline with deafening force.

He poured everything into that strike. There would be no second chance.

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