Chapter 2044 The Graveyard

Chapter 2044 The Graveyard

When Alex got closer to the location, he saw a barrier surrounding the inside of the place with only quite a few people hanging around outside. Whoever was fighting, they were doing so within the formation barrier. Alex looked at the red soil of the place and was surprised to see something else inside of it, laid out in perfect symmetry.

Gravestones.

A stone plaque lay before the gate of this place that said the name of what this place was.

'Bloody Graveyard,' Alex read the name. 'Are those real gravestones?'

He could read the names from right here and from what was written on them, they seemed pretty real. It was as if individuals of the Twin Saber sect who had died were buried here. 'They are fighting in such a place?' Alex thought.

He walked up to the gate, looking for someone to walk out. He knew the deal about these groups by now, so he was ready for anything.

The man closest to him looked toward Alex. To Alex's surprise, he recognized the green robe the man wore. 'Spring Grass sect disciple?' he thought, surprised that such a man was here.

"Are you here to join?" the man asked.

"I do not have any intention of joining any group," Alex said, his words almost recited from memory at this point.

The man raised an eyebrow. "Who said anything about a group?" he asked.

It was Alex's turn to be surprised. "If not a group then what am I joining?" he asked.

"The fights," the man said.

"I'm not interested in a fight," Alex said.

"You must be here to search for treasures then," the man said. "If you come in, you have to be ready for a fight. You will be forced to join no group, but if you want to come into the graveyard, you need to be prepared for any fight at any time."

The battles were happening in every which where, which was more than surprising considering that they seemed to hold the graveyard with no regard as a sacred place. Since no one could fly above a certain height within this place, most of the fights took place at ground level. How had there not been a bunch of broken gravestones by now?

"Are you ready?" the woman asked after putting a good distance between herself and Alex. She had brought out a sword and was ready to fight.

"Are you not worried about destroying the gravestones? There should be dead people buried here," he said.

"The gravestones?" the woman asked, chuckling almost. She swung her sword, striking the gravestone with a strong attack. And yet when she was done, not a single grain of sand was missing from the gravestone.

"Do not worry. Us measly immortal won't be able to do a single thing to this graveyard," the woman said.

Alex wasn't expecting the gravestones to be that strong. He had been thinking too lowly of this place.

He noticed Pearl and the old man enter from the side, going toward their own battle.

'I need to finish this quickly,' he thought and brought out Midnight.

"Ooh, finally ready to fight?" the woman asked.

Alex nodded. "What counts as victory? Do I throw you out of this realm?" he asked.

The woman laughed at the question. "There is no way for me to lose, but since you must know, victory counts as long as the other person gives up. If you're stubborn though, it's okay for me to throw you out of this realm as well."

"Make others give up. Got it," Alex said. "You can start."

"Here I come!" the woman said, slashing her attack. A wave of blue released from her sword, making its way toward Alex.

Alex swung, a slash of blackness moving across the graveyard, destroying the woman's attack and coming for her.

The woman hastily pulled out a defensive treasure to protect herself and barely managed to survive the attack. She looked up at Alex in horror.

Alex propped Midnight on his shoulder and asked, "Are you giving up now, or should I send you out of this realm?"