It was then that the colorful flames turned into a fire snake, lunging towards the Peak Lord, burning his entire body once again. He screamed in horror and agony.
All the members of the Sun Shrine immediately came forth to help him put out the fire, but they ended up disappointed.
The flame was a mixture of true fire of the Sun and Samadhi. If a person were to be lit up with this, there was no way to extinguish it. All they could do was wait untill the fire burned its victim to the ground.
However, it was quite fast. Within thirty seconds, the Peak Lord died a horrible fate. His body turned into mere ashes. It was just way too brutal.
Alex was quite surprised as well. ‘This fire is way too strong, what if I accidentally hurt someone on our side? It’s like I became a fire-breather or something. That went beyond my expectations…’
However, he then realized that the fire energy he swallowed was decreasing at a rapid pace. Still using the special breathing method, the energy within the flames was being absorbed by his organs. He was able to sense newfound power within his body.
Due to the heat, he tried to touch his face to check on himself. Instead, this gave the others, and himself, quite a shock. He managed to tear a layer of skin down from his forehead. It was dangling in front of his eyes.
“What the… What’s happening?”
“I’m shedding?”
Alex’s hands started shaking. It was just too weird. He didn’t think he’d tear the skin off of his entire face. Some of the female members of the Plenilune sect even felt like puking after seeing this. Alex then tore the whole thing off and threw it to the ground. It was thin, half-transparent, but complete, there was a little dust on it as well.
Despite having a layer of skin torn off, Alex could sense the changes on his skin. It was soft and smooth, making him look like he was glowing.
“Are you… Even human? Could you be a demon?” one of the Peak Lords was petrified.
‘How could humans ever shed like this? Only snakes and other similar beings would do so.’
Some couldn’t help but make their own guesses. ‘Is Alex a snake demon who learned how to shapeshift?’
Alex cracked his neck and moved his shoulders slightly, cracking his joints loudly. “It won’t be polite if I don’t pay back the favor. You guys fed me some flames, so now you get to eat my fists.”
Alex was literally fired up. The sudden expansion of energy within his body was filling up his organs, so he felt the need to move around to release some of this energy.
‘That was way too brutal. Is this his true strength? It’s like he’s some large beast!’
Donovan seemed to be wavering, wanting to retreat. Alex was just way too strong for him, and his current self would most likely die here if they fought. Hence, escaping was the only thing he could think of now. However, the silver light from the back of the sanctuary shone way too brightly. He knew that some kind of rare treasure must have been formed, so he wasn’t willing to give up on that yet.
Whoosh…
Donovan clenched his teeth and decided to take the risk anyway. He assumed that he would be able to escape quickly after snatching the rare treasure from the sanctuary. After he became stronger, he would come back to defeat Alex.
‘Oh! And that Xavion Sword as well.’
He figured that it was no normal weapon. As he made his decision, Donovan let out a roar and rushed in, attempting to take the Xavion Sword with him.
In actuality, he had miscalculated. just as he was about to take the sword, it appeared to have merged with the ground. Not only could he not bring it with him, but the force yanked him back, causing him to fall on his butt.
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