The battle at the front gate of the castle was coming to a finish.Ronny was at advantage despite facing Beastie, Cindy, and nine other strong members of Lily’s group.However, when he was going for the kill with an area-wide attack, someone snuck up on him and landed a heavy blow on his head.Ronny’s brain felt like it spun from that heavy hit.He looked over his shoulder and saw Lee.“So you’ve finally come…” Ronny swiveled and went for a chop. It was an attack intended to send Lee’s head flying.Lee blocked Ronny’s fist by literally grabbing it.“You’ve grown weaker now,” Lee replied. “There’s no fun in killing you.” He punched Ronny in the gut.Ronny withstood it, but more punches struck him on and on until he coughed out blood.“You can handle him now,” Lee left Ronny to Beastie and others before entering the castle.“Isn’t that Lee?” Cindy was surprised. “Was he always this strong?”“Hmph, it seems he was hiding his strength,” Beastie snickered. “I guess he’s here to get the dea

Sakura stealthily approached Alita from behind.“Are you here to rescue your friends?” Alita asked without even looking back.“Y-Yes,” Sakura tried to hide her nervousness. This was her first time seeing Alita. She did not even know who Alita was but could tell that she was stronger than her. “Will you let me?”“Is Denver safe?” Alita asked.“I can’t tell you that,” Sakura replied, even though she herself didn’t know where Denver was, or to be exact, where Sheryl had hid him.Sakura approached closer and looked at their wounds. They weren’t bleeding anymore.“Did you treat them?” Sakura asked.Alita didn’t say anything.There were four of them, so she knew she wouldn’t be able to take them away at once.“Will you help me take them to safety?” Sakura asked once more.Alita didn’t respond this time, either.“The cloth is covering your eyes as well as your ears, but you can still hear me, right?” Sakura said. “At least answer my question. Otherwise, what am I supposed to believe?”Just t

Brother Linen could not see anything because it was completely dark.He took every step carefully.He relied on his aura to figure out the path, though it wasn’t easy because there was no free air flow there.But a fork appeared ahead.He stopped there.“This isn’t good…“Should I take left or right?”He took a risk and burned his aura, creating a light, hoping the heat wouldn’t unlock any traps.He saw a board in the middle of the fork.The words ‘Left is Right. Right is Left’ were written on it.“The heck does this mean? Is it saying the left direction is the right one, or the right direction is the left one?”No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t come to a decision.He looked to the left side. He saw a stirrup on the wall nearby. He looked to the right side, and at a similar distance, there was another stirrup.Brother Linen scratched his head.“Now that I look at these paths, both seem identical, like they’re mirror reflection of each other.“That means… what if…”He

“I didn’t expect you to lose,” Leo told Serena.“Cut me some slack. I got this far with just tech,” Serena retorted. “If I had a special forest ability like her, I would have long won the battle.”“Not accepting the result is also one way of fighting,” Leo faintly smirked and shifted his gaze to Sheryl. “Why don’t you let her go? I’m sure you don’t want to fight me now.”The vein in Sheryl’s neck thickened. If the Eagle Rise Group started supporting Lily, this would change everything.While it was forbidden to do any dealings with Eagle Rise Group because they were a rival organization, it was a whole different matter if the Eagle Rise Group was willing to become a subordinate group under a certain someone.How did Lily even manage to convince Leo Adler who was known to be highly ambitious?“Did Lily tell you she’d marry you or something?” Sheryl asked.“I’m not interested in marrying someone who fucks different men every weekened,” Leo said. “I could still do it if it truly benefits

Philip and Green Tortoise’s fight moved from the castle and further down south.Their fight was like watching fast poetry in motion, with both of them using textbook aural techniques that required perfect breathing and emotional control over oneself.They did not condense their aura around their limbs. Rather, they relied on the flow and how smoothly they were able to pulse the aura through their attacks.Pulsing the aura was a master-level technique, where one punch could have the same effect of ten or a thousand punches, with each pulsing adding more damage to the target.However, if one didn’t have enough aura reserves in their body, using pulsing attacks could have a devastating effect on their own body. Not only would they be drained of energy, their energy pathways would also be affected negatively.So, generally, when using pulsing attacks, two to three pulses were stacked together.For instance, Rocky could use this technique, but he never really used it in the middle of the b