Reborn: Apocalypse Ready. War Goddess by My Side novel Chapter 551

Chapter 551 Is He Detecting Them

“Is it possible he can actually sense them?”

The moment those words left someone’s mouth, murmurs rippled through the crowd.

Nobody could deny that Steven hit like a freight train.

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But the trail he’d carved through the hunting grounds hadn’t missed a single beast, not a one- star, not even a level 3. He’d taken every last one of them down.

“There’s no way he isn’t cheating!”

Just like that, people started stoking the flames.

“Rigged!”

“This is rigged!”

“Somebody’s covering for him!”

The voices rose and crashed like waves against a shore.

To the crowd, Steven’s results looked suspicious, plain and simple.

How could anyone pinpoint a beast’s location with such precision when every line of communication had been cut off?

The rules were clear. No origin energy equipment was allowed during the trial.

A hunter had to rely on nothing but their own two hands.

The uproar kept building, louder with every passing second.

Frank’s expression had soured. If Steven’s score got thrown out, Rowenville’s entire showing this year would collapse with it.

And that wasn’t even the worst part. Tristan and his people would come after the rest of the

team next.

Robby, the head referee, watched the feed with a flat, unreadable stare.

This kid sure knows how to make an entrance.

He cleared his throat, and the sound rolled across the stadium like a bell tolling from some ancient tower.

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“Quiet, all of you.”

The noise from the stands slowly died down.

Robby drifted to the center of the arena, hovering right in front of the massive screen.

“Every communication device and every piece of origin energy equipment has been blocked. No exceptions.

“We’ve also had dedicated observers tailing him the entire time. I can personally guarantee there’s been no cheating.

“As for how he keeps finding these beasts, there’s really nothing complicated about it.

“Every Awakened is different. Some are built for raw strength. Some are built for speed. So why wouldn’t it make sense for someone’s psychic strength to be just as monstrous?

“Both of us head referees have kept our senses spread across the entire hunting ground this whole time. I’ll stake my reputation on it. That boy hasn’t cheated once.

“An ordinary person couldn’t pull this off, sure. But don’t you dare assume nobody can.”

Once those words hung in the air, the noise from the stands finally faded for good.

Who was going to argue after that?

A Divine Lord had just put his own name on the line. There was nothing left to say.

Still, every eye stayed locked on the screen, watching Steven’s score climb at a pace that honestly felt unnatural.

It had already broken a thousand.

And right then, the feed cut to Steven crossing paths with his first level 4 beast.

The crowd leaned forward as one, breath caught, waiting to see how he’d handle something on that level.

Surely this would slow him down. Surely this one would cost him a real fight.

A level 4 beast wasn’t in the same universe as a level 3.

Plenty of freshly-minted Four-Sigil Awakened wouldn’t dare throw the first punch against one.

Just as the crowd braced for Steven to finally stumble, he moved.

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“Quiet, all of you.”

The noise from the stands slowly died down.

Robby drifted to the center of the arena, hovering right in front of the massive screen.

“Ever communication device and every piece of origin energy equipment has been blocked. No c tions.

so had dedicated observers tailing him the entire time. I can personally guarantee een no cheating.

how he keeps finding these beasts, there’s really nothing complicated about it.

ry Awakened is different. Some are built for raw strength. Some are built for speed. So why uldn’t it make sense for someone’s psychic strength to be just as monstrous?

Both of us head referees have kept our senses spread across the entire hunting ground this whole time. I’ll stake my reputation on it. That boy hasn’t cheated once.

“An ordinary person couldn’t pull this off, sure. But don’t you dare assume nobody can.”

Once those words hung in the air, the noise from the stands finally faded for good.

Who was going to argue after that?

A Divine Lord had just put his own name on the line. There was nothing left to say.

Still, every eye stayed locked on the screen, watching Steven’s score climb at a pace that honestly felt unnatural.

It had already broken a thousand.

And right then, the feed cut to Steven crossing paths with his first level 4 beast.

The crowd leaned forward as one, breath caught, waiting to see how he’d handle something on that level.

Surely this wedd

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him down. Surely this one would cost him a real fight.

e universe as a level 3.

Awakened wouldn’t dare throw the first punch against one.

n to finally stumble, he moved.

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He became a smear of black, a shadow that didn’t seem to touch the ground.

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In the space of a single breath, he’d already closed the distance and stood right in front of the level 4 beast.

Then he threw one punch.

No windup. No flourish. He didn’t even bother calling on his Divine Sigil.

Nobody saw ‘so much as a flicker of Divine Sigil energy gather around him.

It was just flesh and bone and one devastating punch.

To anyone with sense, that looked like a death wish.

The arrogance of it was almost offensive.

Surely he’d pay for that kind of recklessness.

But in that same heartbeat, Steven’s fist connected squarely with the beast’s skull.

The impact rolled out like a shockwave, a deep bone-rattling boom that seemed to punch the air itself.

An unbelievable amount of raw force tore loose all at once.

That level 4 beast, a creature that had looked utterly ferocious only a second earlier, came apart in front of everyone watching.

It burst into countless pieces of torn flesh in an instant.

Blood sprayed across the arena floor.

For one terrible, breathtaking moment, violence looked almost like art.

A level 4 beast, reduced to scraps by nothing but Steven’s bare fists.

It didn’t even have time to scream.

One second it had been snarling, radiating menace, roaring its fury to the sky.

The next, it was nothing but a heap of ruined meat.

A sharp, collective gasp tore through the stadium, and then the whole place went dead silent.

That was the moment everyone watching finally understood exactly what Steven was capable

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Only the strongest among them managed to keep their composure. Every student from Orroux Academy sat there frozen, jaws slack, unable to process what they’d just seen.

Even the people back in Orroux and the other mid-sized cities, watching the broadcast live, had gone completely quiet.

Everyone in that stadium knew it now. This year, Rowenville was walking away with the win.

Steven’s score rocketed past two thousand in the blink of an eye.

He didn’t linger for even a second. He pocketed the beast crystal and turned on his heel, already moving.

The slaughter continued without pause.

His score kept climbing, faster and faster.

And the tournament had barely passed the half-hour mark.

One man. Over two thousand points, all on his own.

Sitting in second place was Griffin, whose score had crawled up into the hundreds.

But compared to Steven, that gap might as well have been a canyon.

After him came Bianca, then Fellaria, then a handful of other prodigies from Orroux Academy.

Not one of them came anywhere close to matching Steven’s numbers.

By this point, everyone watching from outside had gone completely numb with disbelief.

Nobody had anything left to say.

What was even the point of comparing anymore?

His score alone had already outpaced the combined totals of entire city teams from past

tournaments.

And he wasn’t finished.

Steven’s score climbed past two thousand.

Then it broke three thousand.

Then four thousand.

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He cut down a few more level 4 beasts, and his total exploded past eight thousand.

At this point, the outcome wasn’t even in question anymore.

And the tournament had only been running for one hour.

He still had three hours left on the clock.

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