Chapter 652 - Revealing Their Power

"Let's go!" Alex shouted after resting for a day. 

According to Nelson, the people from the two influences set off two days ago and would only arrive at noon. Alex still had leeway for this and decided to wait.

The sun slowly rose to the peak, glaring at them brightly. Nelson suddenly appeared in front of him.

"They have come…" Alex said, knowing what was precisely meant by Nelson showing up. "To your position."

Everyone, except Leoz, disappeared. Alex nodded at him as they rose to the sky together. Not long after, two hundred men gradually appeared from the horizon as Alex narrowed his eyes, and his expression turned grim. 

The other party seemed to have noticed his presence and stopped not far from here.

The ones leading them were a middle-aged man and an old man. Red, shaggy hair hung over a fat, menacing face. His Squinting amber eyes set fiercely within their sockets. The huge muscle of his body made his head look smaller. Yet, the scar on his face made others couldn't laugh at this type of build.

On the other hand, the old man had long white hair and a beard. He looked at Alex with his eyes slightly opened and observed their surroundings as if he knew these two masked men in front of him were their target. 

"To think you are actually coming here yourself." The old man said while observing their situation. They had known the family wanted to sacrifice them to prove if Alex still had the helper that could kill their elders and young master. However, deep in his heart, he still yearned it to be false, and Alex only had one-time use of the help at that time. After all, he didn't want to die like this, yet he couldn't disobey the family's order. In fact, he even hoped that the rumor about him being here wasn't true.

Unfortunately, the person already came in front of him as he took his mask off, revealing his face. The golden hair was swayed by the wind as this might be the first time he opened his mouth to confront people in the open world like this.

"And I am not coming here alone," Alex said as he lifted his hand, signaling the others to come out. 

"What?!"

"He has teammates, and all of them are Martial Monarchs?" 

"Only Martial Monarchs, we still have a few Martial Monarchs ourselves and two Martial Saints as our leaders!" 

The people began commenting as soon as Alex's group appeared. Yet, they remained calm, especially those from the Ancient Blue Family. They said ignorance is bliss, and it was especially true in this situation. 

"Do you think fourteen people are enough to stop us?" The old man released his Martial Saint's aura.

Alex also released his Spiritual Energy after feeling a sharp pain that was tingling his skin. He smiled a little bit as he activated his Spirit Eyes to the maximum and thought, 'To think the power gap between him and me is still this far…'

The sharp pain was truly telling him that the situation would go wrong if he lowered his guard down. Fortunately, he felt that he could withstand their attack a couple of times.

'I have seen the fight between Atlas, Igor, and Igor's grandfather, and it was awe-inspiring and somehow able to barely keep up with their movement with my previous eyes. And they are still far below them… so my Spirit Eyes should be able to withstand it.' Alex thought.

"You will die here, so that's a matter…" Alex took out both weapons and pointed the sword toward the old man. 

The old man's expression darkened. "You better call your reinforcement first because this group of Martial Monarchs isn't enough to stop me!"

Alex smiled as he glanced at Leoz.

"True Spirit Body!" Having understood his signal, Leoz activated his True Spirit Body. His original 7-Star aura increased to 9-Star if not 10-Star Martial Monarch. 

"!!!" The Martial Saints were stunned about this, wondering how such a person could raise his strength like this without consuming a single pill. Still, he was merely a Martial Monarch. The old man took a step forward as he said to his partner. "You go handle that Martial Monarch while I take care of that brat. Watch out for any traps as well." 

The middle-aged man nodded with a severe expression. He had seen the report that the reason they could kill their 7-Star Martial Saint elders was because of a trap. Of course, the report came from the Blackwade Clan before they called off the alliance. 

On one hand, that was the only reliable information on their side. On the other hand, it came from another Clan and couldn't be proved. So, Alex's identity was still mysterious, and the only way to deal with him was to approach carefully. 

The middle-aged man took a deep breath as he locked on to Leoz. 

Alex simply raised his hand and said, "Kill them all!" 

This was the first miscalculation that appeared in these two Martial Saints' minds. They thought the two hundred people would be able to hold on long enough until they had finished their talk. However, the first wave of attack turned the situation around.

"Fire Phoenixes!" Sherry summoned the first three phoenixes to grab all their attention. The scorching heat alarmed the entire group as they abruptly turned their head toward Sherry. Even the Martial Saints also looked at Sherry, noticing something different from this flame.

As someone who had been fighting for Fire God Clan for hundreds of years, he had gotten used to Fire for a long time and easily recognized that Sherry's flame was also extraordinary. One was a Pure Fire and the other one…

"Sacrificial Pure Fire?" The two Martial Saints exclaimed at the same time. There was no other explanation for this powerful flame other than Sacrificial Pure Fire. The Fire God Clan wanted his Sacrificial Element before locking him up inside their prison. However, everything changed when they knew Alex had given his Sacrificial Element. The two Martial Saints exchanged looks and nodded. "We need to kill him no matter the cost."

This was something out of his expectation, but beneficial for him nonetheless. Alex smiled evilly as he thought, 'To think they misunderstand Sherry's power…'

"Attack!" Without wasting any more second, he shouted.

"Boom Boom Boom!"

Explosions occurred in the middle of their rank, but Sherry had no sign of attacking. When they looked behind them, Fabio and Vera were standing each other and crossing their swords while Artur and Anna had already made their respective attacks. For Fabio and Vera, it was their twin element cross sword wave. For Anna, it was Dark cut while Artur just used his Heroic Slash.

Sherry created a huge commotion to make them misunderstand, allowing these four used their respective attack and kill a few people already before they hit each other and exploded to kill even more.

At the same time, Stina and Kyle also built up their phoenixes to confuse the enemy even more. Those in Fire God Clan easily knew that these two's Fires weren't ordinary.

"Cry!"

The two phoenixes made a resonance with Sherry's phoenix. They let out a loud cry and flew toward the mass. Unfortunately, they had been ready to intercept these phoenixes after the first attack.

*Boom Boom Boom!* 

A series of explosions resounded across the region.

"!!!" Sherry, Stina, and Kyle knew that it was none of these two hundred people.

Behind the smoke of the explosions, a middle-aged man swiped his hands to the left and created a wind that blew the smoke away. 

'To think the Martial Saint appeared and destroy our attacks!' Anya furrowed her eyebrows. As the strategist, this sudden turn of unexpected events might cost them dearly. Hence, she always needed to predict what would happen and when. She and Alex agreed that these people would attack after a few minutes after the battle when they had attacked Alex once. 

'It seemed they were shaken by Sherry's Fire and shattered our own plan…' Alex narrowed his eyes, thinking it would be hard afterward. "Leoz, can you hold on for a minute or two against this old man?"

"Seeing the condition has been derailed from Young Master's plan, I'm afraid I need to use Heaven Wrath to injure this old man. However…" 

"You are out after using that technique, huh…" Alex certainly didn't like this. He could only block six attacks with his Spiritual Weapons, and he would surely need Leoz from one or two attacks to ensure he could release this attack. 

"Yes. I can act as if I fall from the sky because I am too exhausted later. They should believe it for a while and will kill me later." Leoz nodded. 

Formulating the plan as soon as possible, Alex could only think of a single usable plan. "No… I don't need to escape anymore!"

"Young Master?" Leoz was afraid that Alex might do something reckless because of this sudden turn of situation, and his serious face was giving the vibe that he would surely do it.

"Don't mind about those two Martial Saints. Jeanne, Anna, and Nelson use your power to halt the Martial Saints for a minute. The rest will kill those weaklings. Nelson and I will kill this person." Alex shouted. "Trust me!" 

Anya was the first one to move by raising her staff. "True Spirit Body. Light Butterfly!" 

A pair of white with golden butterfly edge wings appeared on her back as golden lights connected everyone every single person from the Spirit Nest.

Leoz's energy had a significant increase and alarmed the enemy as his previous 10-Star Martial Monarch aura grew even further and shocked the entire battlefield.

"1-Star Martial Saint!" The old man before them gasped as he exclaimed in shock.

The surprise had yet to be finished since Alex also made a move and revealed his real strength. 

"This… This is a Sword Path? No way! He is only a Martial Monarch, and he already has a Sword Path. This is impossible! Even the most prominent genius in our family only reached Sword Saint Stage after becoming a Martial Saint!"

Little did he know that Alex actually achieved the Sword Saint Stage before even reaching Martial Monarch. 

Even without this news, the current Alex should already be targeted by many influences because he was too dangerous to be left alive.

'Pure Fire and Original Sword Path. In fact, he still has the Array Master title under his belt. Not to mention his Alchemy skill, albeit we don't have more information about this! Still, the Clan has been underestimating this brat this whole time. He shouldn't be left alive.' The old man screamed inwardly before letting out loud with another message. "Arman. Kill those people and help me kill this brat. He must be planning something! Using all of his strength right now means he wants to kill us to silence us."

"You are absolutely right." Alex smirked evilly as he raised both of his weapons, saying, "Lend me your strength, both of you."

The fire started blazing on the two weapons as if they were responding to Alex once again. Alex just released a more powerful fire than Sherry. The weapons channeled him to fuel the Pure Fire and Sword Art even more. 

"Dragon Aura."

"Spirit Step, First Step."

Using the two techniques, Alex increased his strength even further, trying to close the gap between him and the old man. He didn't stop there.

Suddenly, the Fire made an unexpected movement by turning into six crescent slashes. Without further ado, Alex used his Triple Draws and Mythical Spear Cannon to fill the energy within these six crescent slashes before they flew forward.

"Mythical Fire Slashes!"

"!!!" The old man thought he would be the target of this attack as he could definitely feel the Pure Fire even from far away. Anya had enhanced his strength to 4-Star Martial Monarch, his two Strength enhancing techniques allowed him to have seven hundred dragon strength or equal to 7-Star Martial Monarch, and his Spiritual Weapons increased that power even further.

And the target of this sword wave was…

The old man shouted, "Arman!"