The artifact given to her by Ewan was a pair.


    One is the spear that the man used, and the other is a round te that allows them to have control over the artifact. Based on the instructions she got, by utilizing qi in specific motions on the te, it would lower the limitations on the spear spirit, raising its strength drastically at the cost of the user''s safety.


    Ewan took the artifact; he put some thought into it, then finally decided. Qi churned brightly in his hand as he exerted all his energy.


    CRACK! Crack! Crack! Prang!


    The artifact shattered into many pieces. He then brought the woman and escaped.


    If Alex knew this, he would realize many things and even stop it, as this would be the trigger of something big that not only threw a wrench into his n. It even made him desperate in the end.


    In the arena, the man with the spear was now fighting Zhu Zheng.


    The spear tore through the air, shooting Qi and forming a green dragon toward him, but Zhu Zheng easily cleaved it into two.


    "Don''t think I will allow you to give up!" he screamed whileughing maniacally.


    But the man didn''t stop; he keptunching more shots, hoping to overwhelm Zhu Zheng. His mind was running wildly now, thinking of any way to find a way to win.


    His little sister''s life was on the line.


    But suddenly, his spear started vibrating in a weird way, and a draconic roar reverberated in the whole arena, pulling attention from everyone.


    Before, some were barely interested in the low-level fight, but hearing the roar that felt like a real dragon couldn''t help but make them feel interested.


    "ROOOARR!"


    The green dragon started changing color, bing dark, and growing in size. The energy raised in intensity, giving out a malevolent presence that made everyone feel dread.


    ''This energy?'' Alex frowned.


    "Reina, Senior Moria, both of you should leave this ce."


    "What do you mean?" Reina asked in confusion while Moria studied the dragon form, which was bing more and more realistic.


    "I know this presence; it''s the one that pulled me here."


    Meanwhile, in another area of the city, Ying Xue was standing on the rooftop.


    Before, she was with Situ Chen at the restaurant, but the moment the dragon roared, she quickly came out. Her gaze looked at the area as she also recognized the energy.


    However, unlike Alex, she recognized it as having a simr feeling to the portal she guarded on the front line.


    "Situ Chen, you wait here. Call backup if things escte outside control."


    Her worry was not on the dragon but more on what if a portal opened right in the middle of the arena.


    Zhu Zheng, who thought he was winning easily at first, began to turn wary. He was shing against the dragon''s energy, but he was not winning at all.


    He started getting serious, releasing all his qi. His muscles bulged forward, and frost qi starteding out from his body, creating many ice spears in the air.


    He thought of attacking the controller to disturb the qi flow during the attack.


    Swosh!!!


    The barrage of ice spearsunched through the air, but the man didn''t even move to dodge. It''s not that he didn''t want to, but right now, he hadpletely lost control of his body.


    The spear began melting, fusing with his hand. A weird energy was infiltrating his body and beginning to capture his soul. A vertical slit opened on his forehead, showing an eye that Alex easily recognized.


    His Qi kept rising as it started transforming into another type of energy. It leaked out from his body, creating a pir of dark light in the sky.


    If this was Alex''s world, people would have already escaped in panic, but this time, it was all cultivators who watched. Each of them had some trump card and confidence to fight.


    The group of strong cultivators began talking among themselves, then to the patriarch of the midnight n. They were asking to intervene, while Galen could not reject it at all.


    With a sigh, he could only ept it. He manipted the artifacts, lowering the barrier and allowing them to pass.


    "Thepetition is adjourned for now; anyone who doesn''t leave is not our n''s responsibility." His voice reverberated loudly, inciting some panic from the low-level cultivators.


    Seeing the strong make their move and the announcement made them quickly move away. But they still watched from afar, curious about what was happening.


    Ying Xuended near the white Lotus sect. She had some talks with the group.


    Meanwhile, Zhu Zheng was now bleeding from all over his body. His hands were torn, only leaving behind bones. But he grits through the pain, as all his qi is now focused on blocking the attack.


    On the other side, his ice spears that hit the man exploded into a cascade of sharp ice spikes, but it quickly melted away like it never existed.


    The dark pir dissipated, showing a tall figure with white eyes. Draconic horns came out from his head while his third eye looked around at the strong cultivators around him.


    The floor underneath him started turning ck; it then spread out like it was alive. The cultivators suddenly frowned as they couldn''t exert any qi.


    Zhu Zheng couldn''t hold on anymore. His hand dropped as the dragon opened its jaw in front of his face. With the amount of power, he knew he would probably be dead after this.


    He had already prepared to escape with his soul when, suddenly, his body was pulled back and thrown like a rag outside the arena.


    Alex stood where he stood. He opened his palm, and it glowed with a green hue.


    BAM! With a single pping motion, he deflected it upward.


    Looking at his hand, he chuckled, then mumbled, "Not bad."


    His eyes then focused on the arena. Ying Xue intervened. She threw something like a disc array that exploded, creating aplex formation in the sky.