ll of shock," How…...are you able to enter the Inner World?"

Benjamin was surprised. The Inner World? What in the ‘worlds’ was that?

"Hey, that intangible form you can utilize, is it related to the Inner World?" he asked the System.

"I have no idea." The System’s reply was prompt.

"...Oh well."

Benjamin could not expect the System to explain much. But, based on his experience, and what the old man said, he could theorize:

His intangible form was not actually intangible, but actually allowed him to enter this "Inner World" - it was probably a world that was parallel to the world they were in now. Whilst in this state, his actual body did not exist in the real world, so the ‘real’ world attacks could not harm him.

But still, he did not understand what this Inner World was.

"What? You... How do you know about the Inner World?" What else could he do, of course he had to speak and play along to try to try extract something out of the old man.

Whatever, as long as it bought time for him to breathe.

"Hmph! So, what if you can enter the Inner World, even if the elements told you everything, you have to die here today!" The old man did not speak much. In a rage, he conjured tons of energy b.a.l.l.s.

Not this s.h.i.+t again...

Using energy b.a.l.l.s to disrupt him, one misstep would place him under crowd control. With Benjamin under crowd control, the old man could easily destroy him. Benjamin already saw through his plans.

Sadly, he still could not understand this ‘Inner World’ at all. But, with his limited information, he had a rough idea.

The secret to the old man’s "Undying form".

The small energy b.a.l.l.s came flying, and Benjamin dodged them as he pondered. His guess was, the old man he saw when he was intangible was the real old man.

The so called" Summoning G.o.d’s Energy", was actually just using the energy in the green crystal to hide his real self in the Inner World. Then, he would replace his body with some sort of subst.i.tute. Even if it was attacked and destroyed, the old man in the Inner World would be in perfect health.

Because of that, if he wanted to harm the old man, he would have to attack him in the Inner World.

But how?

"Hey, didn’t you say before, that you once absorbed water elemental energy for so long that you grew, and the time for the intangible form also lengthened?" He asked in his heart, "Can you still use the intangible form now? How long can you last?"

The System was silent for a while, but replied: "I can’t hold out much longer! At most… at most two seconds."

Two seconds...

While dodging the small energy b.a.l.l.s, Benjamin lifted his head, and silently look at the old man’s position from his memory.

"Are you done playing around?" The old man’s voice reverberated, "Even if you can enter the Inner World, would there be any point? G.o.d rules that realm, you can’t control anything there."

Lance and Mikel obviously did not understand what he meant, but, seeing the tide of battle slowly go back to the way it was, they could not help but feel nervous for Benjamin.

Especially Lance. All he knew was martial arts, he could not help at all, he could only stand aside and give emotional support.

But, as Lance was clenching his fists, wanting to slash the old man so badly, Benjamin suddenly turned around and spoke.

"Sir Head Knight, lend me your sword."

Lance was stunned for a while but immediately reacted. Even though he did not know why Benjamin said this, he still threw his sword up towards Benjamin.

Benjamin’s eyes shone with adamancy. While controlling the steam, he spun Lance’s sword up.

"You wis.h.!.+" At the same time, the old man realized what Benjamin wanted to do, and screamed in rage.

Maybe it was the sudden threat to the old man, but he could not care less about his energy b.a.l.l.s anymore. His formless energy gushed out and rushed towards the sword, as wanting to steal the sword from the steam.

But, Benjamin had the upper hand. The steam was closer and managed to wrap around the sword. The formless energy lunged at it before tugging at the sword from the steam.

At the moment, they were evenly matched.

"You think a sword is enough to harm me?" Maybe because his weakness was exposed, the old man’s tine became more aggressive," A small mage, just barely having caught a glimpse of the world’s wonders, don’t get caught in your own hubris."

"Oh really?" Benjamin replied, "If I cannot hurt you, why would you be scared to this point?"

While saying that, he flew towards the sword, reached out, and s.n.a.t.c.hed the sword with his own hands.

"You seek death!" The old man shrieked, and the formless energy came rus.h.i.+ng out, "I warn you, if you continue to..."

Bang!

The old man’s words were stopped abruptly. Everyone was stunned.

Silence.

The deserted outer city went quiet as the wind whistled across everyone’s ears.

"Did, did I mishear? What was that?" Mikel peeked with his head through the window, his voice trembling.

Maybe it was because too much happened in one night, but he could not digest it fast enough.

"Sir, I think…...it was a gun." A troop beside him spoke hesitantly.

That is right, it was the sound of a gun.

Benjamin and the old man were having a tug-of-war over the sword, the old man was still shrieking, when suddenly a gun was fired, like the slam of a gavel, judgment was dealt.

The gunfire ended everything.

"Phew…...I’m sorry, I thought the gun was empty."

After some silence, Benjamin blew at the smoke coming out of the barrel, raised his brow, and said innocently.

The "old man" who was still in pieces, was completely motionless. As if petrified, he could not make a sound.

The night wind blew over, and the pieces of flesh and blood, together with the green circles and words, were carried off in the wind, slowly drifting into the distance.

Another round of dead silence.

"He’s… dead?" Lance came back to his senses and exclaimed.

Benjamin kept away his gun and nodded.

In his heart, he was actually a lot more excited - he’s finally f.u.c.king dead!

When he realized the secret of his opponent's "Undying Form", he slowly formed a plan. Lance’s sword was just bait he set for the old man.

He was just pretending to want to s.n.a.t.c.h the sword. In reality, he intended to use his handgun. He did not need the sword at all, he just needed an opportunity where his opponent let his guard down. This came as his opponent screamed at him in a rage.

Thus, at the right moment, he activated the intangible form, raised his gun, and fired…...everything went according to the script.

In the two seconds of the intangibility, Benjamin killed the old man in his "Undying form". Then, he came back to reality, rubbed his shoulders, blew at the barrel, and slowly admired the "old man" dissolving into thin air.

He had won.

The sword that had been so pa.s.sionately fought for dropped onto the floor with a loud clang.