Tang Shaoyang lowered his guard with how weak these people were, not noticing someone behind him. He activated Divine Cloak and Dragon Scale in time before he felt a big force hit his back. The two defensive skills reduced the impact of the punch as he was sent down from the sky, crashing onto the ground.

The dust rose up, covering where Tang Shaoyang crashed. The commander was still in Tang Shaoyang’s hand as both crashed to the ground together.

Meanwhile, the person who hit Tang Shaoyang was still in the same spot, frowning. He was a man in his forties with gray hair, wearing black plate armor, a shield on his back, and a sword on his waist. His gaze was where the person he hit landed. He was the strongest person in The Union, The Legend Rank knight that Demon King mentioned, Piluf.

The Legend Rank Knight realized the punch was not enough to subdue the person who attacked the fortress. He was about to follow up his action with another attack until he sensed something coming for him. He looked down and saw a pillar of golden fire shot upward toward him.

Piluf was about to dodge to the side, but he suddenly felt heavy and moved too slowly to dodge the incoming golden fire. He pulled his shield and faced it toward the pillar of the golden fire. His shield glowed in blue as he activated his defensive skill. He was pushed up by the pillar of the fire, but he managed to block the fire.

His black shield turned red as the golden fire heated his shield up. The heat spread out to his whole shield. The heavy force that held his movement down was still there, and he needed to think of something to get out of the situation. Before he could think of how to stop the golden fire pillar, he heard a screech above him.

Screeeechhh!

Piluf looked up and saw a bird made of golden fire fly toward him. The firebird dove into him and let out a screech. The Legend Rank Knight immediately used his Bloodline Transformation.

His body buffed up, slightly getting bigger as a singular spiral horn grew up on his forehead. Even though he was a human, everyone knew Piluf had an unusual bloodline, Hellion Ogre. His appearance was similar to the Hellion Ogre, albeit smaller in size.

He pushed himself to the side with the boost attribute from his transformation. The golden fire pillar shot up to the sky as the firebird dove into it.

Boom!

It exploded as the golden fire spread out in the sky. Piluf could feel the heatwave hit his face as the golden fire came his way. More prepared, he was ready to face the golden fire this time. With a swing of his shield, he deflected the golden fire.

As the golden fire was splitting up, Piluf saw the figure in the middle of the golden fire. The humanoid figure was made of golden fire with a pair of fire wings, pure fire. He could feel the strong aura radiating from the figure made of fire.𝒩𝑶𝑽𝓛xt.𝗇𝓔t

“What are we fighting against?” He blurted that out without expecting the answer.

Then he looked down. The man he knocked down was standing at the same spot where he crashed, looking at the figure made of fire. No injury, his punch did nothing to the man while The Union’s commander was lying next to the man’s feet.

Piluf’s mind raced, thinking of how to salvage the situation. The fortress was still being destroyed by the wyvern, and he was aware that it might be impossible for him to fight the man and the figure made of fire. Before he could think of anything, he sensed someone was behind him. He slammed his shield backward as he turned around.

Sure enough, a young man that looked like in his teens was right behind him, brandishing his sword toward him. He reacted in time as his shield hit the young man’s side, sending the young man down from the air.

Boom!

The young man crashed into one of the buildings, but the hit did nothing to the young man. Lu An got back on his feet as if the hit was nothing, cleaning up the dust that got into his clothes.

“You are the first one to sense my ambush and counter me. You are living up to your rank,” Piluf heard the young man’s compliment about him. The Legend Rank Knight was unsure if he had to be happy or not by the compliment.

“Really? What about me?” Piluf suddenly heard a voice from above him. He looked up and what he saw was a projection of a golden palm. The man who was on the ground a few seconds ago was right above him. He could not react to the second ambush, receiving the golden palm with his body. The crushing force hit his body, sending him down to the ground.

BOOM!

The ground formed the palm as a figure laying down in the middle of it. Piluf breathed heavily, did not think he would be taken down so easily. He could tell his ribs broke as it hurt so much. His organs might take some damage from the attack. Fortunately, the Hellion Ogre’s bloodline gave him a high regeneration, healing his injury faster even without the healing potion.

Piluf got back on his feet, wiping the blood around his lips.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!”

The three figures landed right in front of him; the man, the young man, and the figure made of the golden fire. There was no need to think about it, he stood no chance against three of them.

“Who are you!? Why are you attacking The Union?” Piluf asked.

“Alright guys, calm down. We are here not to kill him. That will really break the balance if the strongest figure in The Union died. That’s also not part of the deal,” Tang Shaoyang raised his hand, telling Rosalie and Lu An to relax. He could feel Lu An’s excitement and anticipation to fight the Legend Rank, and he could feel Rosalie’s fury from the blazing fire.