The ground rumbled causing celestial fighters faces to changed dramatically. The rumble was so violent that countless buildings collapsed instantly.
"Move back, keep your distance!!" Mike yelled, as all celestial fighters moved backward, standing 100 meters away from Leo.
A big distance I would say.
Leo just shook his head, and fixed his gaze at a collapsed building. A humanoid figure was walking out of the smoke. Leo activated his skill, *eyes of darkness* to see the monster clearly.
The monster was standing at a striking 8'5 tall, with deadly sharp claws, red skin, and razor sharp fangs. Its two eyes were pure black. And lastly a...
"Tail?"
Leo muttered in mild surprise. "How wonderful, this monster has the power of an Ascended realm. One realm below mine."
[Don't Underestimate it Leo.]
"I never underestimate my enemies" Leo drew out his two swords and pointed the tip of the emperor sword at the monster.
"Come and meet your end"
"You dare challenge me mortal!!" The second stage calamity hissed as it walked forward.
"Do you see any other human in the vicinity?" Leo asked back. "I didn't know you are also blind" he added.
"How dare you!!!!"
The monster yelled and lunged forward, with both its claws stretched.
"I don't have time for this" Leo said, and released two crescent slash energies from his swords.
"What?!!"
BOOM!!!
The two crescent energies collided with the monster, throwing it 30 meters away.
"Is that all?" Leo asked, slowing descending to the ground.
"You imbecile!!! Die!!"
The monster wasn't going down, it opened its mouth, and Flames burst out from it, heading towards Leo.
Leo didn't dodge or even move. He stood still and waited for the attack. When it got two meters from him. He stretched out his right hand, his outstretched hand glowed with a purple light, moment next a wave of purple flames shot forward. Clashing with the monster's flames.
To the shock of celestial fighters and even the monster, Leo's flames devoured the monster's flames like a hungry lion.
The monster stopped its attack, but the purple flames wasn't done. It kept moving with incredible speed and collided with the monster.
"GRRAAAAA!!!!!"
The monster growled painful, as it fell to its knees. The karma flames still burning its flesh. Leo calmly walked up to it with a disapprove smile.
"Weakling" with a snapped of his finger, the karma fire brunt the monster to ash.
"Ok potentate, this test will do for now, I need to clean the island of zombies."
[Ok Leo]
[Returning simulation to its normal level...]
"Wait" Leo stopped her, his gaze caught a figure hidden behind an alley. "A golden zombie, you might not be the real thing, but I will still have my revenge on you. Until I see the real one" Leo stated.
The next moment he shot forward with incredible speed, before the golden zombie could attack. Leo grabbed its throat and raised it up.
"I know you aren't the one, but I promise to kill any golden zombie I set my eyes on. Our blood feud hasn't ended, not yet at least" Leo paused, and added. "Goodbye"
The golden zombie was completely powerful and defenseless against Leo and his aura suppression. And with a snapped. Leo broke its neck and threw it away like it was garbage.
"Hey potentate, why didn't you give me doom stones or EXP?"
[You are in a simulation, so no rewards.]
"Ok, there is something I want to deal with" Leo said and added. "You can turn the simulation back to normal now."
[Done]
Leo nodded, and flew towards his fighters. "Did you all learn anything from that battle?"
Silence...
Celestial fighters just stood with opened jaws and widened eyes, the fight was still registering in their heads. Celestial lord easily killed a monster that is strong enough to wipe them all out, with two strikes.
Leo didn't care and turned to Nora. "Where is the prisoner?"
"He is in the prison" Nora answered, after getting herself back.
"Take me to him, you guys can continue training, you will be facing the monsters from the dungeons and tombs, those monsters have intelligence, so you must know how to deal with them." Leo said to his fighters. "Nora"
Nora nodded, she and the other five followed Leo out of the simulation. The Six got inside an off-road vehicle and drove straight to the base.
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In a dark room, a bare chested man was bond in chains, as he sat lifeless on the cell. He looked like he had faced countless torture and suffering, with the wounds all over his body.
Leo frowned seeing the man and looked at his subordinates. Mike, Ricky and Jack quickly looked up, finding the ceiling beautiful. While the two girls turned to Sam.
Leo followed their eyes and landed on Sam. "You did this?!!" He yelled.
"Yes, that is what he gets for killing twenty of our fighters, I would have killed him if Nora and Mila didn't stop me" Sam hissed out.
Leo rubbed his temple and sighed. "Thank goodness you didn't kill him, because, we still Need to know how he got to the core formation realm under four days." Leo looked at the man and said. "Wake him up"
Mike nodded, and pour salt water on him. The salt water passed through the wounds on his body causing him to scream out in unbearable pain.
"Ahhh!!!"
"Please no!!, please, no more, kill me !" the man said.
"What is wrong maniac? I thought you are a war hungry maniac. You never give up that easily, right?" Leo asked, crouching in front of the man.
"Leo? Please save me!!" The man yelled, when he saw Sam cracking her knuckles.
"Save you? Don't forget who put you here, but I will grant you a chance, if you answer my questions." Leo said, standing back up.
The man lifeless eyes shone with hope, after hearing Leo's word. "W-what are your questions?"
"Just two" Leo raised two fingers at him, and added. "Are you ready to answer my questions?"
Seeing Sam gaze, the man nodded vigorously.
"First: how did you guys increase your realms so quickly? Second: what is hemsal and the blood princess up to? Those are my questions."
The man was silent for a while, his eyes were moving around like he was scared of something or Someone. An act that didn't escape Leo and his subordinates. "Don't be scared, you are safe here" Leo said in a calming tone.
"You what to know how we get stronger? Let me tell you" the man paused and added. "I don't know"
"Huh?" Leo and his subordinates were stunned by his answer.
"I don't like liers" Leo said coldly.
"That is the truth, he injected us with a black liquid, and we fell unconscious, when we woke up. We already have the power"
"Who is he?" Nora asked.
"Hemsal" the man replied truthfully.
'This mean, for we to know more, we need to capture hemsal.' Leo thought, and asked. "What about your leader, hades?"
"Hemsal didn't inject him, he gave him the liquid to drink. The more he drinks It, the stronger he gets." The man quickly said.
"How fascinating? Did hemsal revealed where he got this liquid from? Or did he create it himself?" Leo asked again, trying to find any useful clues.
"N-No one knows" the man answered shakily. Anytime they mentioned hemsal, he will flinch.
"Ok, what about the other question?"
The man flinched again, when he heard the question. The next moment he started shivering, like Someone in an Ice cave, like the devil was staring at him. He wasn't seeing things. Because Leo and his subordinates also saw the two red eyes, which was hovering above them.
Nora: "What the...?"
Mike: "What in the God's name?"
Mila: "is this..."
Ricky, Jack, Sam: "..."
"Hemsal" Leo muttered. With A deep frown.