Chapter 179: Pressed down

Alex whose fists was enwrapped with golden swordforce energy, and bones and flesh permeated with strengthforce energy, sent out instant-penetrating, solid and heavy punches. The punches he launched possessed tyrannical sharpness and immense heaviness as they effortlessly pierced through the men's chest and blasted them into pieces.

Despite being in seeming armored forms, they couldn't withstand his punches. Likewise, his punches ripped or shattered apart the energy-attacks that they launched at him.

With his extremely fierce, one-time destroying punches, the earth adept stage cultivators backed far away from him. He was like a primordial beast that loved to tear and rip apart everything using it claws.

When they looked at him, they became exceedingly fearful. This was because he was bathed in their blood and this made him look like a crazed and malevolent, bloodthirsty fiend.

Seeing that they refused to attack him anymore, Alex then decided wipe all of them out.

But just as he was about to, everywhere suddenly became colored with blue, including the earth and the sky. Then he looked up to know what caused that and saw to his amazement that it was an attack sent out by Olivia using her Nine Skies Burning sword.

'What a powerful sword' Alex said within with awe.

The others too were deeply surprised by the powerful, phenomenal attack that Olivia unleashed. Looking on with unbridled awe in their eyes, they saw how it impacted the Sky Lord stage cultivators and how they vanished. Then their minds reeled in shock and fear.

Alex shook his head with a smile hung on his face and said inwardly 'She's trying hard to steal my shine'

Then he looked at the earth adept stage cultivators and said out loud "Yo, filthy losers! Eyes on your daddy. It's time to die."

Deploying a high-level battle-technique named 'Thousand Swords Banishing Ten Thousand Demons' from the Banishment Sword Methodology, he aimed his palms out at them and abruptly released a great amount of golden swordforce energy from his body. In a second, he had produced a quantity that would take others hours to rapidly discharge from their bodies.

Once this energy gushed out from his palms excessively and at a deeply marveling rate, they instantly partitioned and condensed, shaping into large swords that lustred like actual swords that were gilded. They resembled real swords that were layered or coated with gold.

The moment that they formed in the thousands, they shot towards the earth adept stage-cultivators.

Puchi!

Puchi!

Puchi!

Piercing sounds rang out as the earth adept stage cultivators were cut through by the energy-swords. Their tough skins and armors couldn't deflect the swords. They were pierced through like a hot knife through butter. They couldn't withstand the penetrating power of the swords.

Once the energy-swords pierced through them like they were air, they continued on into the distance, shooting at high speeds until they would loose their momentums and then lose their forms as the energy that composed them would return to the realmverse.

Not long, dead bodies of the earth adept stage cultivators that fought him, including the ones that Olivia fought could be seen on the ground. One could see large slits on their chests which ran from the front of their bodies to their backs, revealing what was behind them which was the blood-covered bare earth.

The Saint stage cultivator saw how Alex finished all of his men and his brows furrowed.

'What the hell' He said inwardly.

Alex then walked to meet Olivia. He saw how pale she looked and became worried. He knew that she had greatly strained herself using that sword to produce that earlier fearsomely powerful attack.

When he got to her front, he asked with concern in his tone "Olivia, are you okay?"

"Yes, I am fine" She said.

"You don't seem fine to me. Don't lie to me" Alex said.

"I said that I am fine" Olivia replied.

"You don't look so. Using that sword at a great power has taken a huge toll on you. I have many healing pills with me that I could give you" Alex said with a grin.

"I already consumed a consummate herb with good healing properties. I will be fine. Don't worry about me" Olivia responded.

"What is this that you telling me Olivia? I have to worry about you. Can you continue fighting? Definitely not in this form. You look too pale to resume fighting." Alex said. Then he continued with a smile in his face "My offer for a pill still stands. If you want it, I will quickly produce as many as you want"

Olivia smiled back and said "Thank you. I will be fine"

"Why must you be so stubborn? You and I both know that you are not feeling fine. I wish I had a mirror to show you how pale you look. To be honest, you look like a corpse. I feel like I am talking to a dead person" Alex spoke without mincing words. He was trying to provoke her so she would accept what he wanted to offer her.

Olivia looked at him coldly and turned her gaze somewhere else.

"Still as proud and obstinate like the first time I met you at that cave. Alright, if you have pills, please take them" Alex said.

"And what's your business with my wellbeing? I can handle myself" Olivia said without looking at him.

Alex shook his head with a wry smile hung on his lips.

This caught Olivia's attention as she turned her face to look at him. Alex looked at her and she looked back at him in the eyes.

"What?" She asked.

"Nothing" Alex said with a smile that made Olivia wrinkle her brows.

Before she could say anything, Alex suddenly moved towards her. He was very fast that she couldn't dodge in time. Once he appeared before her, he knocked her to the ground. Then pressing her down with one of his powerful arms which was now infused with strengthforce energy, he produced a healing pill which he forced down her throat.