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nShang charged toward the officer with quite a lot of speed as everyone looked at him in shock.

nWas Zero suicidal?!

nWhy was he attacking a Late General Stage warrior?!

nSure, he was being accused of being a traitor, but at least he still had a chance of survival if he complied.

nBut by directly attacking the officer, he was throwing his last chance of survival out of the window!

nThe officer readied his spear, and he looked into Shang’s eyes.

nHe knew that Shang wasn’t weak, and he knew that he shouldn’t be too relaxed in the fight.

nThat guy’s sword had bisected a Mid General Stage beast. Sure, he had had some help, but that destructive power was no joke.

nOf course, the officer also knew that Zero had traded off his agility, speed, and flexibility in exchange for this overwhelming offense.

nIn the officer’s mind, Zero was simply too slow.

nIn comparison to Zero, the officer specialized in these three things.

nWithout saying anything, the officer charged at Zero.

nOn top of the hill, One looked at Zero, his expression unreadable behind his mask.

nThe other soldiers only looked at the fight.

nWhy should they get involved?

nTheir officer was stronger than all of them combined. He didn’t need any help.

nOn top of that, some of the soldiers harbored suspicions.

nWhy would Zero suddenly attack One and Two?

nThis didn’t make any sense.

nBut they kept themselves out of the conflict. Right now, many soldiers weren’t sure which side they should believe, especially after Shang had said that the officer had already dealt with Shang’s four colleagues. -.

nWhere were these four?

nWhy weren’t they here?

nBANG!

nSuddenly, green wind appeared behind the officer, and he accelerated a lot.

nIn just an instant, he reached Shang, thrusting his spear forward.

nWhen Shang saw the attack, his eyes lit up.

n‘He’s underestimating me,’ he thought at that moment. ‘Seems like this fight won’t be a problem.’

nThe officer had thrown all his power and speed into this one thrust without holding anything back.

nThis made the attack harder to evade or defend against, but it also didn’t give him any opportunity to do a follow-up.

nShang was right. The officer really underestimated him.

nYes, Shang had an insane offense, but that wasn’t enough for the officer to really take him seriously.

nWhy?

nBecause Shang was two levels below the officer.

nThis meant that Shang needed to jump two levels.

nNo warrior could jump two levels.

nIt was simply impossible.

nThe difference in speed and power was just too overwhelming.

nUnleashing a fully powered attack was already overkill for dealing with an Early General Stage warrior in the officer’s mind.

nZero wasn’t fast enough to evade, and if he blocked the attack, he would be thrown into the distance.

nOf course, all of this was only how the officer imagined the fight to go.

nSadly, it wouldn’t go his way.

nShang lifted his colossal sword, touching the side of its blade with his left hand.

nBANG!

nThe spear hit the side of the sword.

nCLINK!

nBut then, the sword suddenly angled, and the spear passed the sword, now piercing towards the ground.

nThe officer’s eyes widened at this moment.

nA parry?!

nHow could an Early General Stage warrior parry his fully powered attack?!

nAn Early General Stage warrior didn’t have enough power to change the trajectory of his spear!

nThis would be difficult even for Mid General Stage warriors!

nThis was impossible!

nSadly, the officer didn’t know about the procedure.

nBack when Shang had still been at the Initial General Stage, his body had already been one level higher than his level.

nHowever, the advantage that beasts had in terms of physical power only became greater as they became more powerful.

nAnd since the power of Shang’s procedure was determined by the power of beasts, his power also increased, just not as much.

nAt the Initial General Stage, Shang had a physical body equivalent to an Early General Stage warrior.

nAnd now, at the Early General Stage, Shang had a physical body slightly more powerful than a Mid General Stage warrior.

nIn the past, one could say that Shang’s power had received a 1.

nNow, it was more like a 1.2.

nFighting the officer didn’t even count as jumping an entire level.

nCRRRRR!

nAs the spear was diverted downward, Shang’s sword ground against the side of the spear.

nAnd then, it stopped.

nBANG!

nIce Mana shot out of the sword’s blade, freezing the flexible but tough spear shaft beneath it.

nAt that moment, Shang’s left foot touched the back of his sword’s blade.

nAn instant later, Shang’s leg released an icy mist.

nBOOOOM!

nAs Shang’s left leg pushed down, fire exploded out of the sword’s blade, and the shaft beneath it broke.

nAt that moment, time seemingly froze.

nEveryone was looking with shock at the broken weapon.

nHow?!

nBut just an instant later, an icy explosion appeared behind Shang, and he was catapulted forward.

nDue to his shock, the officer couldn’t react.

nThis simply defied all logic!

nWhen the officer recovered, he only saw a knee.

nBANG!

nShang’s knee exploded with fire, burning the officer’s face and blinding him.

nThe officer fell back, letting his spear go as Shang’s body continued forward. Shang had too much momentum to be stopped by just hitting the head of someone.

nWhen Shang was above the officer’s head, he pointed his left arm to the sky.

nHe had never pulled his sword up for another strike, which meant that it was currently below him.

nIn short, it was between Shang and the officer’s neck.

nShang’s left foot stepped on the back of his sword’s blade again.

nBANG!

nAfter a fiery explosion, Shang was thrown down.

nBOOOOM!

nA cloud of dust appeared around the place Shang and the officer had just been, making them invisible from everyone else.

nThey still couldn’t come to terms with what they had just seen.

nOne’s expression wasn’t visible behind his mask, but his tensed body gave it away.

nHe certainly wasn’t calm right now.

nSome seconds later, the cloud of dust vanished, and the soldiers saw what had happened.

nThe officer lay on the ground, face upward. Buried in his neck was Shang’s sword with Shang’s left foot on top of it.

nA big part of the sword’s blade was inside the ground, and surprisingly, even the hilt was in the ground.

nBut the most shocking thing of all was the officer.

nHe was still alive!

nBut not by his own choice.

nAt this moment, the officer was essentially nailed to the ground at his neck. The hilt entered the earth on his left, and the blade entered the earth on his right.

nA stream of blood flowed out of the part of the officer’s neck where it touched the blade, but this wasn’t enough to kill a General Stage warrior.

nHowever, if Shang decided to put some weight on his left foot, the officer’s neck would be severed.

nSilence.

nNobody said anything.

nSuddenly, Shang bowed to the side.

nCRACK!

nShang broke one of the officer’s fingers and retrieved the Space Ring on it. The officer tried to scream, but the blood and pressure in his head made it nearly impossible.

nShang looked through the Space Ring, and some seconds later, he summoned something.

nShang dropped something besides the officer.

nEveryone looked over, and their eyes widened.

nThe Communication Crystal!

n“Call your superior,” Shang said coldly.

nEveryone became confused, including the officer.

n“I was framed, and I want a higher-ranked, neutral party here to investigate everything that happened.”

n“If I kill you now, I don’t have enough evidence to convict you.”

n“Of course, if you refuse to contact your superior, I might accidentally slip and fall on my sword.”

n“You don’t want that, right?”

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