Boom!

  Michael's Level 5 Body refining power had been released to its full potential, to the amazement of everyone in the crowd.

  "How… how is this possible?"

  Everyone stared wide-eyed and incredulously at him, their minds completely blank at the sight.

  How could such a young fighter at the Body refining stage defeat a Body Strengthening stage warrior?……

  …


  Jane's face was full of shock and confusion as she could hardly believe what had just happened. What was even more difficult for her to accept was that it had been only a few days since he competed in Heaven's gate competition as a Formation stage cultivator. How had he achieved Level 5 of the Body Refining Stage at such a terrifying speed?

  "It's impossible! It's utterly impossible…" muttered Jane but she quickly hid her shock and shouted at the remaining guards.

  "What are you waiting for?! GO!"

  The rest of the guards stepped forward and surrounded him.

  "I suggest you all attack together?" jeered Michael with a snicker.

  He was not surprised by them ganging up at all. It was a viable and correct strategy to deal with someone as powerful as himself. But because of the Responsive shield, he had no fear towards the guards.

  "Wow, look at him, he seems so cool and calm"

  "I think Jane met her match"

  "Let's wait and see, I can't believe he can beat all the guards, after all, he's just a Body Refining stage cultivator " The onlookers started to murmur among themselves looking at the scene as a continuous beep sound rang in Michael's mind.

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  ….

  However, instead of starting to attack Michael, they gave the injured guard a healing pill and then locked their ferocious eyes on him, ready to pounce at him.

  One of them was a powerful woman who was the best amongst the other guards, at Level 4 of the Body Strengthening stage. She was Jane's personal guardian, and she was deeply enraged by the sight of her friend's as well as her colleague's heavy injuries.

  "System, how much for upgrading the Responsive shield to the next level?"

  [The Level 3 Responsive shield will be able to block all the attacks of or under the Body Strengthening stage level 6 ]

  [The upgrade cost will be 9,000 badass points]

  It was a huge jump in upgrade cost as it only cost him 1500 points to upgrade the shield from level 1 to level 2. Yet, to upgrade to Level 3, he had to pay 9000 points, and also, the shield's effect would be only increased four levels of the cultivation. Previously it was able to protect him from the attacks of Body Strengthening stage level 2 and now, at level 3, it could protect him from the attacks of Body Straightening stage, level 6.

  "Upgrade the Shield, System, I don't want to underestimate my enemies or overestimate myself" He played far too many RPG games and movies to know what would happen when you either overestimate yourself or underestimate the opponent in a battle. Because of this and his gut feeling, he quickly upgraded the shield and exited the system to continue to reap the badass points off this fight without any worries.

  "Get on your knees and apologize now!" shouted the woman angrily at him when he exited the system. Her tone was icy cold, and she seemed to be out for blood.

  Many of the people in the crowd were shocked. They had never expected

  Michael beat the guard to near death. He would have to wield extraordinary power to achieve such a feat!

  Now all eyes turned automatically to the female guard and Michael.

  Michael, however, merely smirked at the woman.

  "I'll give you the same offer, kneel down and apologize. I may leave a few bones in your bodies unbroken" His smile on his lips turned into a cold scowl.

  Gasp!

  Everyone in the crowd was horrified at his attitude. Even though some of them had seen what he could do in Heaven's gate competition, they still couldn't believe that he could defeat a powerful warrior such as this woman in front of him……

  …


  The guards were even more enraged now and Jane was trembling in anger. Only one of them remained beside Jane, keeping her from jumping into a fight with Michael. The rest all stepped forward and unleashed their powerful swords, all simultaneously charging towards him.

  A group of lions was now pouncing on a rabbit with all their might and only Gaya knew who's the lion and rabbit in this scene.

  They all knew too that his strength was not to be underestimated, so they each use their most powerful moves to besiege him.

  However, he remained calm and was not the least bit afraid of the oncoming attack. He had every possible move in his arsenal to fight against these bastards. For instance, he could just use Ignitia and easily eliminate a few of these fighters without much effort.

  He didn't choose to use lightning bolts, though. Instead, he stomped the ground as the sword which was previously wielded by the guard flew up and landed in his hand. He then dashed straight towards the guards who were approaching him.

  "Lightning dash"

  Obviously, he was not going to care about gender when it comes to battle. With every swing of his sword, his cuts were neat and precisely on target.

  The whole crowd was so shocked by the scene that was unfolding that they could hardly blink. Many were unable to see what's going on, including the guards because of the speed of his movements.

  Ah!

  At this point, the air in their surroundings grew colder and colder, as if something mysterious was closing in on them. But none of them noticed it yet.

  Jane was now blinded by fury, and her face turned bright red. She had been practically ruling Bradford and everyone would tremble in front of her, yet today, her own guards were being beaten to death one by one. Moreover, her guards were struggling to even land a single blow.

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  Michael left the main female guard who asked him to kneel down alone for desert and only beat the others to a pulp. Seeing her colleagues and friends fall one by one bathed in their own blood, her murderous aura intensified.

  "You piece of filth! I'll break your bones with my bare hands! You'll fucking die today!" cursed the guard as Michael deactivated the lightning dash.

  Around him, the guards lied on the ground in their own pool of blood. Many bones were sticking out of their body and their faces were messed up to the point that their own mothers would have a hard time recognizing them.

  "Shit!"

  "Oh my god!"

  The crowd trembled at the sight and weak-hearted ones looked pale. Only Gaya had a wicked smile on her face and craved some snacks.

  "Let me go" on the other side, Jane tried to dash forwards and fight him herself but the guard with her didn't let her go.

  "Miss Jane, I don't think you can defeat him, hell, I doubt even Maria could defeat him. The best move is now to leave this place and tend to their wounds before they bleed to death" The guard told Jane and he didn't care about Jane throwing a temper tantrum because his first priority was to protect her.

  At Morningstar sect, she was ranked within the top 50 of her batch before she joined as a personal guard to Jane. She personally recruited everyone in Jane's protection detail and trained them herself and considered the guards as her own elite students. But now, he almost killed them and prepared to do the same to her. Thinking about this, her blood boiled in anger and this was not about Jane's order anymore but personal for her.

  She stared at him furiously. "Just like what you did to them, I will break all your bones and bathe in your blood!" she snapped.

  Following what she said, a flying sword materialized in front of her out of thin air. Fierce sword light appeared like flames and made the people close their eyes for a moment with its brightness.

  The sword light was like an overwhelming storm that rushed fiercely towards Michael. This was beyond her level of endurance. There was no need to tolerate further!

  The female guard wanted to defeat him by any means necessary as the crowd of onlookers gulped in mouthfuls of cold air, their faces looking grim.

  "This sword technique… can it be the Sun Flare Art of Morningstar Sect?"

  "This is too strong, such momentum, this technique clearly contains formidable sword will!"

  "She's really infuriated. By using such a potent attack, she obviously wants him dead no matter what!"

  "The Morningstar sect is truly powerful!"

  Many people among the crowd felt a chill that made them numb in the head. Even Gaya frowned when she noticed the formidable aura the sword is radiating.

  On the other hand, Michael still wore a serene expression, facing what was to come calmly.No matter how powerful or fancy the spell, she was just a Level 4 of the Body Strengthening cultivator.

  "break him, Maria!" Jane shouted as the guards dashed at Michael who had no intention to move his body.

  Boom!

  There was a loud collision as the sword clashed with the Responsive shield. The after waves produced by the clash swept across the area and pushed many people to the ground as well as broke some glass windows around them. The crowd stared in horror as Gaya murmured,

  "This bastard really is very powerful!"

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