Gacha Sovereign

"Go, bring me their heads."

Leoz raised his sword and gathered all the lightning energy, releasing it in one single swing. "Thunder Spirit Slash!"

The sword wave flew toward the sect master, but the grand elder came to its way, swinging his own sword.

"Depravity Sword."

The two sword waves clashed, creating a huge shockwave that startled the entire battlefield. The sect master quickly realized that this person was also a Martial Monarch and at the grand elder's level.

Unfortunately, Leoz's sword wave slowly gained an advantage, chipping away the grand elder's red sword wave.

"What?" The sect master could not believe what he just saw and turned to the grand elder. The instant he looked at his expression, he frowned. "Attack them. Attack them! They may be strong, but they only have a small number. This is why they need to resort to trapping us with that barrier. As long as we preserve, we will win this battle."

He tried to make another rallying call. "All elders will also go with them! As long as we take down their leader, we will win."

"Vitality Strike!" The first elder made his move, charging at Alex before using his original sword technique.

The sword wave flew while emanating powerful pressure. Alex watched this move that almost killed a few months ago and smiled.

"Fire Lotus, First Petal. Fire of Supreme Phoenix."

From his side, a fire petal intercepted the sword wave and exploded. The fire started burning the sword wave until nothing left.

Stina appeared in front of him, brushing the smoke out of their way. She raised her scepter and created a huge fireball above her before slowly turning into five snakes.

It attacked the first, third, and fourth elders at the same time, gathering them in one spot. Then, she flew toward them and said with an overbearing tone, "Your opponent is me."

The same applied to the other elders. There was one person who managed to pass their formation only to be intercepted by Anna. Anna blew her away and snorted. "It's not the time for our king to move."

Without anyone noticing, Leoz already engaged in a fierce fight with the grand elder while Jeanne was still staring at the sect master. She wanted to make sure Alex's safety first before engaging him. After all, she was afraid if the sect master would pull the same thing as the first elder.

"Let me help you all." Anya smiled as she raised her golden staff to the front, closing her eyes. She had become a Martial Emperor, so ten people were not her limit anymore. Boosting twelve people was just a simple task for her now.

"Light Butterfly Blessing."

The light coming out of her staff went to Alex and the others, increasing their strength. Alex looked down, checking his body condition. He was a bit surprised to receive such a thing as he became equal to a 5-Star Martial Emperor.

With his strength, he might be able to fight 7-Star Martial Emperor to a standstill. Though he wanted to test it, he had another important thing to do.

Before fighting against Raku, he pointed his finger to the barrier. "Jean, Vera, help them to maintain the barrier."

"Understood."

They glanced at Sherry and Kyle, who were going toward the barrier while being protected by Greg.

Sherry and Kyle had been using their firebirds to its full potential, but it was still hard to fight against a few thousand attacks on their way even with Greg's help. In the end, their progress halted as they could only watch the array masters solving the barrier. Fortunately, Alex's barrier was far stronger than expected. Even with many rank 6 array masters working on it at the same time, they needed at least one or two hours before they could decipher it.

At this time, Jean appeared in front of them as his hands turned into water. He pointed at the disciples and shot out nine snakeheads.

"Exquisite Water Body, Second Command. Hydras."

"Water Breath."

The snakeheads opened their mouth and shot out high-pressure water. However, this certainly would not kill people Martial Kings or above, so he glanced at Vera.

Vera simply nodded her head as she touched one of Jean's hydra and channeled her ice element. The water froze in an instant as many people got frostbite or even frozen inside the ice.

Unfortunately, the Joyful Union Sect was not this easy. They continued barraging them with their attacks. Greg played a huge role in this as he kept greeting shield after shield to protect all of them.

After seeing the battle was going according to the plan, Alex then took out his sword and spear, pointing them to Raku.

He failed to kill him because of the first elder's interference, but this time, nothing shall stop them anymore. The battle would not stop before one of them died.

As the strongest younger generation, Raku was obligated to fight him to raise the disciples' morale. After all, if he ran away, the disciples would think what they were fighting for when even their most talented generation could only flee. This was something he would not want to see.

Raku also took out his sword, pointing it toward Alex.

They both flew toward each other as their swords started glowing.

"Heaven Light Slash."

"Dual Joy Slash."

With how big their gap now was, the moment Alex activated his Spirit Step, he accumulated enough strength and blew him away to the ground.

"Bam!"

Raku bit his lips, endured the pain, and flew toward Alex. He pointed his palm toward Alex as a wind tornado came out.

"Wind Stimulant."

Alex waved his sword, shooting a golden sword wave.

"Blade of Conquest."

The sword struck at the center of the tornado, blasting the tornado away before continuing its way toward Raku.

On the other hand, Raku simply flew to the side before attacking him with his sword. Albeit no matter how hard he tried, his sword could not reach Alex.

"Ignition Break."

Raku crashed on the ground again due to the force of Ignition Break. Despite having a disadvantageous battle, he still put a brave face and struck at Alex again.

To lower the disciples' morale, Alex purposely bullied Raku first before killing him. Besides, he still needed to wait for the Blackwade Clan to appear.

Their battle continued for a few more finally until finally,

*Clang*

Alex finally blew Raku's sword away. Raku tried to escape, but Alex quickly stabbed his sword right on his chest.

As if he was expecting it, Raku shifted his body a little bit and let the sword pierce right beside his heart before grabbing the sword.

*Thud Thud*

Before he could say anything, a trumpet sound echoed through the battlefield from the hill. Without even looking, they already knew what happened.

Reinforcement from the Blackwade Clan finally arrived.

"Enemy from our left!" One of the disciples shouted, noticing the reinforcement from the hill.

"What? Blackwade Clan has appeared. We still could not defeat a single opponent!"

The situation turned bad for the Joyful Union Sect. All the promise the grand elder gave to them previously had gone to smoke. With the addition of the Blackwade Clan, they would surely lose. This thought alone pummeled their morale.

Song Yu narrowed her eyes, surprised with the development. Although the Joyful Union Sect had the advantage, their formation was derailed. If they flanked from the side, they could easily annihilate the army.

"Sisters!"

"Don't worry. Take a look at the battle carefully. They may have the advantage, but they still could not defeat one of Alex's comrades. We still have time and search for the best spot to attack."

Looking at this, Raku was on his wit's end. He already expected this would happen after looking at his 4-Star Martial Emperor cultivation, but it was still frustrating.

"I know I can't defeat you. That's why I am taking you with me!" Raku grabbed Alex's wrist before taking out a single array plate. He was ready to sacrifice his life to kill Alex with this suicide idea from the start.

"Raku!"

"Young Master Raku."

Many disciples could not believe Raku wanted to make a suicide attack. They wanted to rush to here, but the spirits and contracted beasts were in their way.

"Stay strong, my Joyful Union Sect!" Raku shouted his last piece as he activated the array plate.

"Stay strong, my Joyful Union Sect!"

"Stay strong…"

They did not know why, but his last message gave them a surge of energy, allowing them to fight more than this. Hope was still there as long as they preserved.

On the other hand, Alex was getting into a troublesome situation.

"!!!" Seeing the restriction from his hand, if he used his right hand, it would be too late to destroy this attack. That was why Alex quickly swung his spear as a sword at lightning speed.

"Triple Draws."

He used the first strike to slice Raku's hand, before using the second strike to cut his head. And the last strike, Alex channeled fire element onto his spear as he combined it with another technique.

"Ignition Break!"

As soon as the spear struck the array plate, it exploded as an ice crystal appeared in the sky. Raku's plan was freezing him with this attack as the ice was so brittle, making it easy for Alex to shatter if he was frozen.

Luckily, Alex created the new technique Triple Draws, allowing him to blast the ice element from him and escape from the ice crystal. Although he could melt it with his fire, the attack would still deal a huge amount of damage to him if he was hit by it, considering it was a peak rank 6 array plate.

He looked down on the frozen and dead Raku for the last time before shattering him into pieces. Even in the end, he did not show any weakness, like begging for his life. He even wanted to die together.

Alex raised his sword and shattered the ice, letting everyone know their present situation. With Raku dying in Alex's hand, it slowly pummeled the disciples' morale. Even more so when they saw the sect master, grand elder, and elders could not do anything because of their own opponents.

The grand elder bit his lips. It was a shame to lose a person like Raku, but he regained his focus immediately.

His eyes swept the entire battlefield with a single glance. At first, they could gain an advantage because of their number and slowly pushed them back. Although their transformations managed to halt their advance quite a bit, they could win if they had another thirty minutes.

The situation changed the moment Raku died and the Blackwade Clan arrived. In a split second, he decided to switch to plan B.

"We are retreating a little bit."

As soon as they heard his command, the disciples started retreating to a deeper area, leaving the trapped disciples behind. With how things were going on, the disciples should be safe for a while.

Song Yu narrowed her eyes, feeling very suspicious about this motion. She stared at Alex, waiting for his next move.

Knowing her hearing ability, Alex said, "Advancing past this area will be very dangerous… you must think like that…"

A trace of surprise appeared on her face as she looked at Song Jia and her grandfather before turning to Alex again.

"I have disarmed all their traps earlier. Trust me." Alex smiled.

Song Jia glanced at her sister. "Sister, there must be traps around the area."

"Alex has disarmed them…" Song Yu said in disbelief before looking at her grandfather. "How is it, Grandfather? Are we going to advance?"

"You are the leader of this war, so you choose." Her grandfather simply shrugged.

Song Yu pondered for a moment and took a glimpse of Alex's motion, never expecting he would move even without her.

She gritted her teeth and raised her hand. "Warriors of Blackwade Clan. It's time we finish this business with Joyful Union Sect. Let us start the chase game!"

"Ooh!"

"All Warriors…"

"Everyone…"

"Charge!" Song Yu and Alex ordered a pursuit at the same time.