Gacha Sovereign

"Dark Cut."

*Clang!*

The Dark Wave that flew in the air suddenly got interrupted by a strange metal that appeared out of nowhere. The metal had a white color that seemed to have the ability to suppress Anna's attack.

The one who was using that metal was none other than her opponent, the third elder. He had seen how Anna's butterflies influenced her enemies' minds, so out of the ten elders that confronted them, he was the only one that had yet to use his Berserk Pill. Even his Fire God Body was hardly being used in this battle.

If he lost his mind like the others, Anna would try to confront his mind directly with her butterflies. And the battle was really frustrating. Not only did his body get covered with blood, he felt his power began to decrease as time passed.

"Kh! I am going to kill that woman." The third elder muttered to himself. "Still… I don't know how to do that. How the heck can this woman be this strong?"

"Swallowing Heaven!"

Suddenly, two powerful presences came toward him.

The third elder instinctively glanced as Anna immediately used that chance to close their distance and swung her scythe.

At the same time, the two dragons that he saw were also coming toward him and seemed to adjust their movement in order to match with Anna's movement.

Of course, the true culprit who controlled these dragons were Alex. He found the weakness behind his Swallow Heaven when he was practicing this move.

The consciousness in his weapons might be able to control the dragons, but their control wasn't that good. It was like a kid who was trying to control a real car.

That was why Alex would be the one who moved them if he wanted to make complex movements, stopping him from moving.

However, these two dragons were nonetheless still a peak Heaven Tier Technique with two rank 8 Spiritual Weapons and had been reinforced by Alex's Pure Fire. Its power was extraordinary.

"!!!" The third elder gritted his teeth, seeing the two dragons. But knowing that Anna's attack would come first, he waved his spear to his left, blocking the scythe with not much strength. The only reason he would do something like this was to use this attack to launch himself to avoid these dragons.

*Clang!* The moment the two metals clashed, the third elder purposely leaped to the right to increase the speed. He couldn't help but smile when looking at the two dragons that were missing their target.

However, he suddenly felt a fluctuation of energy in his right and the flash of blue light. In the blink of an eye, the dragons were right in front of him again as if everything he did earlier was just an illusion.

"What just happened?" He widened his eyes, and the flash of the previous scenery appeared in the corner of his vision. As much as he wanted to see what it was, he needed to fend the dragon first. Having no other choice other than blocking it, the third elder gritted his teeth and struck the first dragon while using the momentum to avoid the second dragon.

The biggest flaw in the third elder's plan was the weird technique that somehow managed to confuse him and made him return to this place. However, he made one more miscalculation. And that was that the dragons had the power of Alex's Pure Fire.

*Roar!* The first dragon roared. Its sharp teeth clashed with the spear before the flame began to spread to the spear's handle and made its way toward his hand.

"Hot!" The scorching heat burned his fingers' skin, leaving a burn mark. Yet, it didn't stop there. The heat wanted to burn his whole hand as it sent a torrential fire toward it.

The third elder made a hard decision and let go of his spear. It was at this time the second dragon appeared, turning its body to match his movement as if it was alive.

"Call my weapons… It's too late." He realized it would be too late to bring out another weapon from his Space Ring. Out of desperation, he clenched his fist and struck the dragon with his back fist.

Red light flashed in his eyes due to the movement from the dragon. He somehow managed to strike the dragon with his fist, but the dragon also slightly opened his mouth and ripped it with his teeth as retaliation.

'Pain! So Much Pain!' The third elder screamed while watching how his arm turned into ashes when it flowed into the dragon's stomach as if it was melting. His face became pale as he chose to ignore it and escape from this situation. He also made sure that nothing would catch him off guard and made him return to the same place again.

At this time, the dragons vanished into thin air as Alex appeared next to Anna.

"He has been suffering Tri Xeta since a minute ago, so his strength is lowered right now. Don't worry. He won't dare to use his Fire God Body and Berserk Pill because he would die in my hand as soon as he lost his consciousness.

"Yeah. The people have started retreating also. We need to finish this soon and conclude the war."

"Alex…" Anna looked at him with a worried expression.

"I know. This time, I will have Sherry help me and strengthen the fire with Nelson's shadow element. Although it will be a bit taxing for my Mental Energy, I will still retain enough Spiritual Energy until this war ends." Alex nodded. "What I am worried about is whether our allies will remain as our friends or not. So, I haven't used any EXP Cards until this point, leaving some of you in 6-Star Martial Saint."

"…" Anna nodded with a sad expression. "I understand."

"Anyway, let's kill this person first." Alex brushed the matter off and focused on his enemy again, which seemed to be biding his time to recover his Spiritual Energy.

Anna nodded again and flew toward the third elder with her scythe.

Alex matched her movement, following right behind her. The moment she slightly shifted her body to the left, Alex went in the opposite direction.

The third elder was startled for a split second but managed to parry Anna's strike. Of course, he changed his spear to his spare spear and used it with his off hand. With that kind of condition, he couldn't stop Anna's swing anymore and somehow got his balance thrown.

Since Anna was moving slightly to the left, the falling elder obviously moved to the right. And Alex used this chance to send a Sword Wave… Twelve Sword Waves to finish this battle.

"Mythical Fire Slash."

"Space Cut."

"Nooo!!" It was at this moment the elder knew he would die with this attack. He activated his Fire God Body to the fullest and swallowed the Berserk Pill, trying to do his last struggle to block the attack.

Unfortunately, Anna and Alex smiled at this point as he suddenly realized something just touched him. It turned out to be a black butterfly that exploded, sending the energy to cause berserk in his mind.

The pain was too overbearing to the point he lost his consciousness for a split second, and this split second cost his life as Alex's Sword Waves blew the spear away before killing the elder.

Alex just let the Sword Waves continue and cut down a few more disciples in its way.

"Let's go to help the others." Alex ignored his own Sword Waves at this point and flew together with Anna, helping the others fight their enemies, starting from Stina.

Just like how Alex helped Anna, they began to kill the elder one by one and increased their own number. The fight lasted shorter and shorter as the group began to be one again.

Nelson had some difficulties at first, but the beast king somehow managed to kill the first elder of the Fire God Clan with his help. After convincing him to retreat, Nelson followed him and retreated together. Even the beast king's stubbornness melted when he saw his beastmen tribe had slowly retreated from the battlefield.

This left Alex and his group at the battlefield. And as soon as they helped Sherry, the last one, they also flew back, leaving only Alex, Sherry, and Aileen on the battlefield.

Luckily, most of the disciples were still trying to catch the huge group, so Alex had time to talk with Sherry.

"Sherry. How is your condition?" Alex asked with a worried expression after he found a single wound that grazed her arm.

"I am fine, Master. They are better than expected and somehow managed to hit me once." She nodded with a smile, assuring Alex. "I still have much Spiritual Energy too."

"…" Alex paused for a second and said, "Go to my body again."

"Wait. I can still fight!" Sherry's face became pale. She misunderstood Alex's intention. At first glance, the wound might become the reason why Alex asked Sherry to return. However, everything was only her overthinking.

Alex patted her head and shook his head. "I am not making you stop. In fact, I need your help."

"Ah!" Sherry opened her mouth in surprise before nodding her head repeatedly and returned to Alex's body.

Alex then scanned the battlefield and searched for Aileen.

"Elder Aileen." In an instant, he appeared next to Aileen.

"Alex! What are you doing here?"

"I want you to make a Spatial Gate, so everyone could go back to our army."

"Return?" Aileen tilted her head in confusion. Warfare wasn't her thing, so she didn't know what kind of plan Alex had. Even so, it didn't stop her from agreeing to his request, knowing that Alex must have a brilliant plan.

She also found out that most of the people had retreated a little bit and gathered in one place.

Alex simply nodded his head, telling her that it was the place.

Aileen didn't then summon more than a thousand firebirds along with Sherry's firebird. Of course, Sherry was the one controlling those birds.

Seeing this, Aileen knew that Alex wanted to hold the rear. And with such a person also having a Space Element, she had no worry and went to the group.

"Let's retreat!" Aileen shouted while opening a giant Spatial Gate, so many people could enter.

"Don't let them retreat!" One of the Fire God Clan Disciples roared, trying to attack Aileen and the others.

It was at this time that the firebirds started raining down, creating as many explosions as possible.

Unbeknownst to them, there was also another hidden plan behind these explosions.

As one would predict, their focus split into two, attack the army or kill Alex. Half of them decided to remain while protecting themselves from the firebird, biding their time to send a deadly strike.

However, as soon as the rain of fire ended, they were surprised by a huge array right below Alex's feet that covered a vast area.

*Pak!* With a single clap from Alex, he activated the array. "Teleportation."

It turned out to be a Teleportation Array, sending everyone near him a bit farther away.

"What?!" Everyone naturally got surprised by that. Never would they expect that the leader of the Spirit Nest actually possessed Space Element himself. At the same time, when they were about to act, a giant fireball appeared on the battlefield.

"!!!" Many disciples didn't need to search for the cause because most of them felt the suppression. That fire was none other than Pure Fire. And with a fireball that big, this attack would surely cause a devastating consequence. They immediately shouted. "Stop him!"

Alex smiled. He had teleported everyone in his surroundings, and with their speed, they would be too late to stop him. And with that Fire from the firebirds, he had sped up the process in creating this fireball.

"We won't make it!" The disciples began to shout as they were about a few meters away from Alex.

Alex, on the other hand, only grinned as he clapped his hand once again.

"Hell Inferno!"

*Pak!*

That sound surely became an everlasting echo in their memory, because the fireball suddenly broke, and the fire inside it erupted. The blinding red light then brightened the battlefield.