Alex watched the three of them screaming in pain and horror."No!! Ariella! Let her go!" Tajana screamed, attacking Shadow."No! Go away! I never killed innocent children. I didn't kill you!" Emrys screamed, blood seeping out of his ears and mouth.The veins on their faces were bulging, and their eyes were wide open with pain and horror as they fought a losing battle against their inner demons, guilt and mental illusions in which they were trapped in.Alex quickly let go of Ikaris, and he instinctively followed Alex, fearing for his safety."Stay back! Do not be a coward! The moment you hesitate or feel afraid in this cave, you die!" Alex roared furiously, making Ikaris freeze at the spot."Atlas holding the world!" Alex growled as a mighty spear totally white in color, shining brighter than the sun, with a globe at its blunt end, appeared in his right hands, shaking the foundation of the cave and making the darkness surrounding the area disperse, as if they were afraid of the white l
Alex walked along the passageways of the cave, as silent as a demon and fast as a whirlwind.Along the way, many higher ranked monsters ran away immediately they felt his aura. While the lower ranked one whose senses haven't been fully developed fell under one slash of his black saber.The imperial dragon demon saber had a consciousness of its own. It was a saber that had developed saber spirit and saber soul. It got stronger by feeding on the blood of its victims. The blood stain that splattered on it after each slash on the unlucky monster was absorbed into the saber, leaving it shining black at all times without a trace of the blood it had been devouring for a while now.The saber spirit was feeling especially gleeful. Alex never allowed him out on normal occasions because it was an evil, bloodthirsty weapon, refusing to feed it so that it wouldn't go out of control. Sometimes, an evil weapon with a spirit possesses the wielder, controlling their mind and turning them into puppets,
Alex immediately dodged the tail coming for him, jumping out of the space where he was initially standing.The snake had wanted to trap him and coil around his body, planning to squeeze, choke and strangle him to death. However, Alex had no intention of dying in the cave.He quickly slashed the snake's neck viciously, unleashing his saber spirit at it.The saber left a tiny mark on the anaconda's body, blood pouring out from it."You managed to nurture a spirit for the imperial dragon demon saber? You thief! Give it back! You've stolen so many treasures from hell each time you visited. Give it here!" The snake hissed, its eyes shining with greed and lust."Oh? If you want it, you can come get it," Alex mocked, swinging the saber with ease.The snake immediately charged at him, swinging its tail wildly while trying to use its little claw which was developing under its belly to scratch him.Alex hurriedly began to parry the blows, giving the anaconda many slashes in the process, while s
Alex began to walk towards the direction of the noise, feeling curious about the kind of monster that could emit such a powerful aura.His senses were on full alert as he tried to detect and avoid any traps which might have been set in place to capture any trespassers.Alex's legs froze of their own accord as he felt an icy and otherworldly aura.He quickly looked around and noticed a little mirror hanging by his right. Alex closed his eyes and tried to walk past it, but his curiosity couldn't let him.“I am the mirror to the soul. I show one's deepest, darkest secrets to them. I let them see their dirty desires and the things they yearn for in the innermost parts of their hearts. Furthermore, I will let you see your future, your past, your enemies, your greatest nightmares, your biggest obstacle, your biggest fear and the reality which you refused to acknowledge,” the mirror whispered gently, as if it was a fair maiden, trying to seduce a man to bask in the sweetness of her scent and
Alex smirked coldly, realizing the mirror's intentions.“Of all the things you could have shown me, you showed me that scene. Instead of you to let me see impending disasters that could affect earth in the future and think of how to prevent them, you chose to show me an erotic scene. Why? Did you think I will be so engrossed with the scene playing before me that my soul will leave my body, yearning to move to that point in time. So that I can get sucked into the wheel of time while you use my projections to wreak havoc on earth. But dear mirror, you have failed. I'm not the kind of man that's incredibly attracted to the things of the flesh. Pleasures of the world don't move me, so stop your foolish attempts to ensnare me. Show me something meaningful if you must!” Alex said firmly, refusing to look straight at the eye of the mirror.“Hmm! Hypocrite! You don't love things of the flesh nor are you enamored with women, my ass! Who is it that his future is showing an extensive harem fille
“Since you would rather not give it to me, fine then. I will get it myself. Get ready to die,” the dragon roared, invoking his saber to come out from Alex's body.Alex clutched his heart in pain and noticed that the formations also began to attack him.“Let me go back to my master,” the saber whined, transmitting consciousness to Alex's mind.“Shut up! You're going nowhere. Have you forgotten the person who nurtured you until you got a soul and spirit? You kept blindly following an evildoer for eons, yet you didn't gain anything from him. What does that tell you? If you insist on going back to him, I will strip out your soul and spirit, and return you to the scrap metal you once were,” Alex snapped angrily, locking the saber with a formation, before imprisoning it in his treasure pagoda. He quickly suppressed his darkness aura, emitting light from his body.Almost immediately, the formations stopped attacking him, facing the dragon, who was doing everything to break away from the cha
“It might have been in chains for a while, but it's still powerful. And once it goes berserk, there will be a huge problem. I better finish it off immediately,” Alex thought, summoning all his energy to stab into the dragon's neck and head, viciously drawing red blood out mixed with a hint of purple.“Awooo!” The dragon roared in pain, intensifying his struggles as he tried his best to fight off Alex, who was mercilessly assaulting him.“You little mortal! I will not spare you!” He roared, the chains cracking under the weight of his pull.Alex's heart skipped a beat immediately he noticed that the chains were about to snap.If the dragon ever makes it out of the restraining chains, Alex will be dead in a matter of minutes due to how furious the dragon was. Alex quickly mustered all his power, realizing that this was no time to hide his strength, summoning his true sun physique and fire, recklessly attacking the dragon.There was a considerable pool of blood around the dragon, which h
Alex quickly jumped to his feet, summoning back his weapons.He immediately made the weapons to form a whirlpool around the dragon, hoping to prevent it from advancing further.“Little human, your puny attempts to stall me cannot work, you're merely tickling my body,” it mocked, stomping towards Alex, not minding the whirlpool.“Whoo!” The dragon exhaled a gigantic ball of fire from its mouth, trying to engulf Alex.Alex quickly jumped up, landing on the dragon's back and stabbed it viciously with the spear, impaling it to the ground while simultaneously trying to coil a flaming rope around it, hoping to restrict the dragon's movements.The dragon angrily slapped him away with his wings, sending Alex crashing towards the altar.He turned around and saw a pitch-black whirlpool hidden behind the massive altar. It was pitch black and hot, obviously showing it was a portal to another dimension.He quickly jumped down the altar, not wanting to get sucked into the mysterious portal without