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n‘This trip is getting confusing at the moment, and what did she even do to us?’ Alex thought, questioning what the runes did to him and others, as he could feel no change.

n“What did you do? Those runes were oozing with the element of Life,” Amutaen said, with a startled look, appearing confused as if something was puzzling him.

n“I invited your death,” Zahra said with an emotionless look.

nAlex got one answer, but it only added to his list of questions, and before he could think anything, his head felt a flash of piercing pain before it exploded in a shower of blood and brain matter, and the same was the fate of Zahra.

nIt was sudden and took Alex by surprise since he did not expect the vampire to take such drastic measures, but he realized that he probably reacted out of instinct or just felt something that made him do it.

nThe sudden event only added to the questions Alex had at the moment, as now he was not even thinking about getting the technique, and all he had on his mind was grief at the death of the old man and what Zahra meant by her last statement.

nAlex did not need to wait long to have his reality flipped once more, as he felt his head being rebuilt, and as the darkness faded, he saw that he was standing at his previous location, the blood and brain matter painting his armor and the surrounding, making it clear he did not imagine his death.

nHowever, before he could think anything else, he saw the head of Zahra explode once more, followed by his own, and just like before, they were healed to perfect condition in mere moments.

n‘I knew she was special since she could use various forms of magic, but to have the ability to turn us into immortal, she is truly something else,’ Alex thought, astonished by her ability but also realizing that there should be a limit.

n“I can feel your life force diminishing with each revival, so I can easily kill you, or I can do much worse than killing you, but we can still end this exchange on peaceful terms,” Amutaen said after a moment of silence.

n“You had your chance,” Zahra replied, and as her sentence ended, the entire lab echoed with the high-pitched noise of shattering glass.

nAll eyes simultaneously shifted to the source located at the forefront of the lab and were greeted with the sight of a massive shattered area of space, showing the void on the other side.

nWhat took everyone by surprise was not the void but the overwhelming, almost sickening presence they felt from the figure that stood in the void.

nIt was a humanoid figure standing over two meters tall, with an immense physique hidden under his white suit with its edges armored with dark accents and finished with a tailcoat.

nThe man had onyx dark skin, rich white eyes, and a similar shade of small hair, two dark horns pointing to the front, and wore pitch-dark gloves accented with white lines and knuckles, and he also wore a plain headrest of pitch dark color, a crown with four spiky points of pristine white.

nAlex had felt quite a few powerful auras, like one from Elder Darrien when he unleashed his true domain or from the Sin Genrel Leviathan, but the sheer presence of this unknown figure outclassed anything he had ever felt before.

nThe thought that maybe Zahra was responsible for the arrival of this entity had just crossed his mind when the entity disappeared, only for everyone to hear a deep voice from right next to them.

n“My lady, Please come home with me,” The entity said, his mountain-like aura forcing everyone to fall onto their knees, not even leaving the three elders. 𝘧𝑤𝘰𝑣.

n“Vasticus Icarah, The Redeemer of the Benighted Tower,” Amutaen the vampire uttered in a low, terrified voice, his expression one of fear and disbelief.

nHowever, before he could say further, his mouth was forced shut as he was slammed face-first into the floor, and seeing it, Alex could not help but unconsciously hold his breath, not wanting to experience the same fate.

n“Vasticus, I will go with you, but before that, you need to bring me a complete memory shard of Sanguine Avatar technique and kill, him, him and him, and also give a message to the Immortal Phenix Sect to stay away from Falling Star Sect,”

n“One more thing, cure this old man and ask Aeon if he needs anything, as that man has saved my life more than once,” Zahra said, her gaze softening as she looked at Alex, a brief smile touching her lips.

nAlex was left speechless by the whole development as things had taken so many drastic turns, from being cornered and left helpless to now seemingly being the one who held the overwhelming advantage.

nAlex had some clue as to what was going on, but he was still not sold on the idea that they were out of trouble since they were dealing with one of the strongest sects that housed many individuals capable of riveling Ninth Stage Elemental Rulers and even figure surpassing them.

nAlex had planned to kill the apothecary only if he had already shared the technique with the sect, and in exchange, they were funding his experiment but did not give him any protection because he knew antagonizing even a third-grade sect would bring a lot of trouble to the falling star sect.

nHowever, if they were really protecting him, as he was worth far more than he estimated, he was ready to offer a deal in exchange for being the only one to use the technique.

nIt was clear that whoever this entity was, the elders understood him, as his name made their eyes go wide like they were seeing a ghost.

nSo, while he could undoubtedly kill them and the apothecary, the question was that even if he belonged to an imperial sect, would he go to such lengths to pick a fight with the Immortal Phenix Sect over a request from Zahra.

nThe answers came very quickly as the moment Zahra stopped talking, the stone-cold entity shifted his focus back to the two elders and the apothecary, who were frozen in place.

n“PLEASE HAVE MERCY,”

n“PLEASE HAVE MERCY,”

n“DON’T KILL ME, I DON’T WANT TO DIE,” The two elders roared atop their lungs, panic and dread covering their proud faces as they used their domain equivalent skills to free themselves from their invisible restraints.

nAlex watched as the surrounding space molded into a field of crimson with a red moon hanging in the void, and at the same time, the surroundings of the old lady turned a shade of blazing red as a field of fire came to Life.

nThe due did not even bother to look the entity in the eyes and vanished with their open domains, roaring atop their lungs to spare their lives as they had made a grave mistake.

nIt was a sight that Alex thought he would never see, as the mere thought of seeing two figures standing near the pinnacle of power, running like scared rats driven by primal fear for their life, was so absurd that it was hard to fathom.

nAlex just blinked, and the next moment, he observed the headless corpses of the two elders lying on the floor, their heads having been erased clean, while the entity stood before the apothecary, whose corpse fell backward, life snuffed out in an instant.

nThe entity threw a crystal bottle filled with crimson liquid toward the old man before he manifested before Alex, his pristine white irises staring him down.

nAlex’s mind was black at this point, as the sheer display of strength possessed left him stunned, and what Zahra had told the entity to do for him was not even present in his mind.

n“A complete memory shard of the Sanguine Avatar technique.”

n“Now, boy, tell me what else you wish for,” The entity uttered in a heavy, emotionless voice as he offered him a small crimson shard.

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