The final wave of evolution came next, and Alex let out a groan involuntarily, a groan that echoed deeply across the battlefield for all combatants nearby to hear.
The ground beneath him cracked, and the air around him shimmered with heat.
He could feel the new power settling within him, coalescing into something that now permanently belonged to Alex.
And just as the transformation was completed, Alex opened his eyes, his gaze now sharper, and he took in the newly upgraded senses.
'If this is what ranking up to C tier is like, I can't wait to reach B tier...'
Alex was already shocked with his improvements from his rank up to C tier, but he wasn't the only one shocked.
The soldiers on the battlefield below, whether they be Red Demons or Humans, had all gone through that same evolutionary process in their lives before, as they were all also C tiers.
But none of them, not a single one, had been as eventful as Alex's rank up to C tier.
In fact, their rank ups were usually just as tame as their previous rank ups.
To them, Alex's rank up felt more like an evolution of being rather than simply going up another tier.
To those more experienced among the crowd, they couldn't help but think of the times they had seen a C tier rank up to B tier, becoming a higher life form...
Alex's 'evolution' looked just like that, if not a little bit more spectacular...
Bang!
But before they, or Alex, could even assess his new situation, a dull bang was heard in the distance.
Bang!
More specifically, there were two bangs, and they both came from the sky.
It was clear at that moment that something, or someone, was entering the planet's atmosphere and making their way down towards the surface at quite the rapid pace it seemed since they had created two sonic booms.
But while the soldiers on the battlefield were rather calm, well the humans were, Alex was a little bit unsettled.
He sensed it the moment they came within 20 kilometres of his location, as his Spatial perception's range had increased as far as this after reaching C tier.
Two distinct presences closing in on his location with terrifying speed.
His sharpened senses immediately picked up that one of the ships was of Human origin, but the other one was what concerned him.
It was of Red Demon origin.
He himself was a C+ rank Variant class, and his power only just barely matched that of a B rank Mutant class.
This was already extraordinary as the gap widened immensely between lower and higher life forms.
But Alex had only just stepped into C- rank, and still a Mutant class at that, yet his power was equal to his own?
This was a level that few humans had ever reached...
But there was no time for idle contemplation.
Another powerful presence was approaching fast, and this time Margit's face really soured.
He knew exactly who it was.
Just a few moments after Margit's arrival, the Red Demon commander's ship landed with a thunderous crash, the force of the impact sending shockwaves in all directions.
The commander emerged from the ship with a predatory grin on his face, eager to confront the human commander.
But as he stepped onto the battlefield, his grin faltered.
The energy signature he had been tracking... it wasn't Margit.
His eyes narrowed as they landed on Alex, a human who radiated a power beyond even what he felt from Margit when he first encountered him...
"What is this?" The Red Demon commander snarled, his voice laced with both anger and confusion.
This was not the confrontation he had expected.
But it was clear that while he was angry about this mix up, he was also concerned.
The fact that he stopped his confident advance the moment he spotted Margit nearby to Alex was evidence enough of this.
And it was clear that Margit understood this too.
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"Alex."
He called out to Alex, who looked back at him with curious eyes.
"We could end the war in the Shen Wu system right here, right now."
And Alex understood the intentions behind this remark immediately.
The Red Demon commander was right in front of them, and it was currently 2 vs 1.