498 Post Tribulation

In the Phoenix Castle,

A guard came inside the hall, where Ellen had a meeting with the elders.

"Emergency!" The guard rushed in, sweating all over because of the importance of the situation.

"Outside… Outside…" He was struggling to say his report.

"What happens?" Ellen furrowed her eyebrows, looking at this guard. "Calm down and give me the report. What is the emergency?"

"I… I don't know… what is happening. But our people outside start falling down. Their conditions are stable, but we do not know the exact reason why they are unconscious." The guard reported.

Like Ellen and the others, he was a guard inside the castle and did not see the flash of the golden sky, so he did not experience it. After checking the people around the castle who witnessed the phenomenon, he immediately reported this.

Furrowing her eyebrows, she stood up and asked, "How many people? Elder Kana, we need you to check their condition. Seeing their conditions are stable, we should be able to save them."

"Your Majesty… the problem… the problem is…" The guard was trembling, recalling the earlier scene.

"What?" Ellen had no patient since this was an emergency situation.

"This incident does not only affect the people around the castle… but the whole town!" The guard remembered when his friend said it when he checked around the town from the sky after seeing this situation.

"What?!" Ellen and the elders were stupefied, looking at the guard with disbelief.

"This... if this is true…" Ellen sweatdropped just by thinking of it. "We need to check this situation. Elder Ma and Ta will check around the capital city and search for any other races with the same conditions as our race. Elder Kana will try to check the condition of our subjects."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The three elders instantly disappeared.

She said to the guard, "Pass my order to all guards in the castle to help all our subjects and protect them. They will be vulnerable in this state, so ensure no chaos inside the city. Elder Xin will take charge of the guard as to quell the unrest."

"Understood." The elder and the guard left.

"Where is my mother…" Ellen did not want to rely on her, but this was the first time she experienced this. Even if she did not rely on her, she at least wanted to ask any clues about this.

"Her Majesty… her majesty is accompanying Alexander Sirius outside. It's already the third day." One of the elders said.

"..." Ellen's expression darkened, thinking about why she was not in the castle at a time like this. At this time, she suddenly had an absurd idea. "What if… my mother accompanied him because she knew about this…"

"!!!" The elders were startled hearing her statement, thinking if it was her, it was certainly possible. With the amount of her knowledge, the queen often predicted something about the future. And as the elders that followed her for a few thousand years, they could clearly picture the queen doing that.

She needed the power of Alexander Sirius, so she asked him to accompany her, not her accompany him.

Ellen also thought of this and she said, "Anyway, rather thinking about a possibility, we should do something definite first which is to help our citizens."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

…

It was the same as for the other continents,

In Human Palace Hall,

The king was angry. "What is happening? Why do our people suddenly become like that?"

"According to the people who have woken up, it was because the sky turned golden for a split second. It would seem everyone who saw the phenomenon fall into that state and somehow got their cultivation increase. A few even managed to advance." The soldier reported while trembling.

Because the effect was not as powerful as the Phoenix continent, the people of this continent had woken up.

He was struggling to realize the opposite party's intention. Just right before the World Summit started, this phenomenon happened, making them doubtful about the credibility of Phoenix Queen.

On the contrary, the Elven Race thought something different,

As they had experienced and known Alex's existence and how different he was from the other. The possibility was big since there was no record of this before Alex's appearance.

And somehow, all other rulers who had met Alex or even the Neptune were aware of this too.

"I will still go to the World Summit and know the truth." The Elven King decided.

In the Angel Continent,

The Seraphim was dealing with the damage as a few angels who were patrolling around suddenly fell down, destroying houses and such.

"I will get the answer to the World Summit. Marta… you will stay here, and if something happens to me, you will replace me as the ruler." The seraphim said to his wife.

"What! I won't-"

The seraphim stopped her. "No, this World Summit will certainly bring more surprises than you can think… Albeit, it also means more dangerous. If I come back alive, I will surely gain many things... For my Angel Race, I will go."

The same in the Dragon Continent,

Qeigess, who was practicing outside, came back to the castle and told the other his experience. And he added another thing before finishing his report. He said, "... Most likely, it came from that human in the Phoenix Continent."

Zephyr and Lexi also understood what he meant. Zephyr was thinking about how lucky the Phoenix Race was to get a hold of Alex.

While the Neptune who experienced the light itself and somehow broke through to 8-Star Martial Emperor ordered his guard to make a grand party.

He also ordered his soldiers to make a big reception party for Alexander Sirius. Although he had yet to confirm it was Alex, knowing him as the Supreme alone was enough for him to speculate.

Meanwhile, Alex was lying down on his bed. Anya already healed all of his injuries and his condition was stable, so she let him rest while receiving the inheritance, wondering what kind of inheritance he would get.

As for Stina, she had been busy quelling the unrest. Although she did not tell the exact reason, the people immediately listened to her and learned it was a miracle. After saying a few more bullsh*ts, she returned to the castle.

The culprit was taking his time to receive a tremendous amount of knowledge from the golden lightning.

This time, he learned about all kinds of Martial Arts, from weapons such as sword and spear to body skills like punching or kicking. It even had more variety than the knowledge about elements and it took him a week to finish absorbing the knowledge.

Alex fuzzily opened his eyes, looking at the familiar ceiling. He realized he had come back to his room, knowing it must be the others that took him back. It would seem it was the correct choice to bring them.

He tried to rise from the bed, feeling a bit sluggish. Surprisingly, he felt some kind of resistance on his left arm, making him turn his head to the left.

Alex opened his eyes wide, not believing what he just saw.

Sherry was hugging his left arm tightly, making his left arm a bit numb. However, it seemed she was still in her cultivation despite sleeping beside him.

He shook his head helplessly, smiling when watching this.

*Bang!*

The door was slammed open suddenly, giving Alex a heart attack. He looked at the door, waiting for someone to come in. After a few seconds, he activated his Spirit Eyes and sighed. "Anya, come in."

"Ahaha…" Anya revealed her head, laughing. "Did I surprise you?"

"Yeah, You did… I thought I would hear something like 'FBI open up!' Haiz, you got me there…" Alex sighed.

"Should I say that too?" She smirked.

"No," Alex answered with a poker face.

"Haha… besides, you are far stronger than them… You can just burn them alive…"

"..." Alexx rolled his eyes, saying, "Maybe, they bring plasma gun or something, not a normal gun."

Anya smiled. "Alright. Let's stop joking. Still, your world really loves something like that, huh…"

Alex shrugged. "Anyway, what happened when I was asleep?"

"You knew that your tribulation somehow managed to alarm the whole world, right?"

"I don't know if it is the whole world… since the planet should be round, and the flash might not reach the other side…" Alex replied.

"True enough… Stina is searching for that information right now, so we can wait for her information. However, according to Nano, the Human Race and Elven Race experienced it and had big progress in their cultivation. Even some of them managed to have a breakthrough. The condition of the Phoenix Race is the same. According to the statistics, the Phoenixes get more benefits than other continents because of the distance."

"I see…" Alex looked down, pondering something.

"What are you going to do now? And what kind of knowledge have you received?"

"There should be around one and a half months even after taking the travel time to Sea Race into consideration. In the meantime, I will try to break the box that the Sea Race gave me. Then refine pills for medicinal ingredients quest's reward and sorting my new knowledge about Martial Arts." Alex answered.

"So, you got Martial Arts this time…"

"Yes. From weapons to body." Alex nodded. "I have also found how to utilize vein, but it seems it is a different type of cultivation."

"I have heard about that technique. There are many worlds that have a system like that. Though I am sure you would not transplant someone's veins into your body, right?"

"Mhm." Alex nodded. He learned about it in Medical Knowledge from his Martial Lord Tribulation. Unfortunately, by transplanting a vein inside his body, his blood would slowly transform. If he got another race vein, he would become that race, so he did not really want it even if it was a human vein.

She glanced at Sherry for a few seconds before turning back to him. "Sherry is watching you for a few days… no, a week, I guess."

"Oh." Alex nodded, thanking Sherry by patting her head. Somehow, she even smiled, enjoying it.

"That's right. You can check the system reward too."

"Ah. Usually, I would get a reward for breaking through. Because what I did lately was only training, doing trials, and training again, and I somehow forgot about it… I will check it later."

"Alright. Seeing you are alright, I will leave you for a while. Ah, I will also bring Sherry to the other room." Anya said. Since Alex would most likely open his gacha, she did not want anyone to disturb his time with Lin Xingzhi, including Sherry. Sherry would certainly understand this even if she woke up.

Pulling her away from Alex, she carried Sherry to her own room.

Alex then asked, "System, is there any reward for me?"

[So you have finally remembered me, Host? Even though you never visit me again in Gacha Palace.]

"Ahaha… Sorry sorry. I will come to Gacha Palace this time."

[Well, you should be since there will be a new Gacha for you. This one is a bit special.]

"Oh?"

[Mission: Martial Emperor

Reward: Slot Gacha and Gacha Coin x5

Description: Become a Martial Emperor and play another Gacha.]

"Slot Gacha? As in a Slot Machine?"

[Yes. It is a bit different from a normal Slot Machine, so I suggest you come since you also need to use it in the Gacha Palace.]

"Alright." Alex nodded as he claimed the reward.

[Gacha Ticket x2301]

[Premium Ticket x0]

[Dart x0]

[Gacha Card x 2]

[Summoning Ticket x0]

[Summoning Coin x0]

[Gacha Coin x5]

He saved up quite a bit of Gacha Tickets, and the amount really astonished him, considering the monsters were more powerful and there was no war where they could grind Gacha Tickets.

After checking his Gacha, he then said. "Open the gate."

The system immediately summoned the gate in front of him as Alex opened and entered the Gacha Palace.