Boom!


    However, he barely even made it a few hundred metres, before somethingnded from above and blocked his path.


    A Lux appeared before them through the smoky environment, with his gaze trained on the two of them, expressionless. If Alex couldpare his look to a human, it would be ''indifference.''


    Alex was naturally aggrieved by this dy in their retreat, andunched himself at the immobile Lux. He couldn''t understand why it would just stand there if it had already made an entrance just like that, but he couldn''t care less anyway.


    If there was an obstacle in his path, then he would just remove that obstacle!


    It only took a moment for him to arrive in front of the lone Lux, and he stretched Virtue''s Edge out to attack hisneck, intending to lop his head off and be done with this dy in no time.


    CLANGG!


    However, his face twisted the moment his sword made contact with the Lux''s neck.


    There were no spurts of blue blood, or shouts of despair like he was expecting. Instead, his sword rebounded off like he''d just met an immovable object.


    Alex could feel the vibrations through his hand, and it hurt him!


    ''Fuuuuuuuck…''


    It was only now that he realised just what kind of situation he was in.


    Taking a look at the battlefield behind him, he noted how all of the opposing Lux were either Ordinary ss or Mutant ss, so when first seeing this new Lux that approached him, his first thought was to kill it that instant!


    He could deal with a single Ordinary or Mutant B tier without so much as a drop of sweat, as he had already done this many times before.


    But the moment he swung his sword at the Lux''s neck and felt the vibrations in his hand and his ears as it rebounded, he knew things weren''t that simple.


    While Alex was deep in thought, wondering just how deep into the shit he was, the Lux took a few steps forward, approaching him. This time a cold smile formed on its face as it slowly made an approach towards Alex.


    Then, it let out its aura.


    A wave of pressure washed over Alex and Mira, suppressing their thoughts and making their ability to even stand upright even more difficult.


    ''KING CLASS! FUCK!''


    Alex''s thoughts reeled back in shock when he felt the aura epassing him. But his gaze immediately shifted to Mira.


    His face cringed and twisted into an ugly mess when he watched her struggle to stay upright, with sweat already starting to perspire all over her body.


    ''She can''t handle his pressure!'' Alex thought to himself, slowly beginning to panic.


    "VOID! M–" Alex could barely form a sentence under the pressure of the Lux''s King ss aura, but managed to utter the one word that Mira could understand without the need for exining.


    But even if he wanted to utter a few more words, he couldn''t.


    The opposing Lux suddenlyunched itself forward and sent a gut punch towards Alex''s abdomen, sending him flying backwards for several kilometres, breaking the sound barrier multiple times as his ragdolled body gained more and more momentum!


    Mira''s heart sank as she watched Alex''s body arc through the air, quickly bing a blur against the smoky battlefield, before mming into the ground with a sickening thud far off into the distance.


    Her hand instinctively moved to her sword, and her eyes snapped back to the Lux that blocked her path to retreat. Even now, it still fully let its aura epass Mira, and the pressure slowly dug deeper into her.


    The Lux stood motionless, watching Mira with his white glowing eyes, as if it were mocking her — she wasn''t even a threat to it after all.


    ''I can''t leave him behind…''


    Mira swallowed hard, as the echo of Alex''sst word before being struck repeated in her mind. Her gaze flicked back to where he hadnded, noting how he had started to get back up onto his feet already.


    Thankfully the Lux sent the punch straight to where his armour covered the most, so the resulting attack wasn''t life threatening.


    But still, receiving the punch of a King ss B tier wasn''t something he wanted to experience again.


    However, despite all her internal disputes and her heartwrenching pain, Mira disappeared from her spot, causing the Lux to raise an eyebrow.


    She had escaped to the Void.


    This was all she could do. She was weaker than Alex, still trying to catch up to him. But she knew that she stood absolutely zero chance of survival if she stayed in this fight.


    Unfortunately, despite her best wishes, she had to leave. It was for Alex''s own sake. If he had Mira to worry about, things could only be more difficult for him.


    Meanwhile, in the distance, Alex sighed a deep breath of relief when he felt Mira''s aura disappear from his perception. This could only mean she had entered the Void dimension.


    However, his face quickly regained its tension just a momentter. He couldn''t afford any more distractions. That first punch from the Lux was the only cheap shot it would get!


    Without further notice, he activated his Phoenix mes, allowing them to fully envelop him in their ethereal aura. They encased his entire body, before moving onto Virtue''s Edge.


    He felt his power quickly begin to rise, and his body quickly began to heal itself.


    The internal bleeding around his abdomen where the Lux''s hand met his stomach stopped at once, and his organs were rearranged back to their usual ces.


    ''My trait reduces all damage taken by King ss beings by 50%, and my armour reduces it further by another 40%! I do not know if these effects will stack, but even if they don''t, that still leaves the iing attack with only 20% of its power left! My only hope is that I can manage to hold out through this and deal enough damage to kill this guy…''


    Alex considered his options, but he was doubtful of his chances of surviving this battle.


    But the System gave him the requirement of killing a B tier King ss being if he wanted to advance to B tier himself, so there had to be some possible way he could win…