Back to the battlefield,
Alvin sat in the middle of the battlefield, with his sword vertically inserted into the ground beside him.
This time, Alvin had come here after researching thoroughly on the activities of the Newgate Alliance members for the past few days.
One week ago, from an official member of the Celestial Alliance, Alvin came to know about a spy report that the Newgate Alliance is conducting research on the construction of a new battle spacecraft under the membership of the leader of the Newgate Alliance himself.
[Note: Celestial Alliance is kind of a government in Celestia, which holds power and influence comparable to the 9 empires in Celestia. It functions as an impartial organization for the benefit of the people .]
Sure enough, when Alvin attacked the base, although he didn't find the leader of the Newgate Alliance, from the New gate members he questioned and looking at the vast collection of resources stored in the base, he was sure that their leader would appear here no matter what , since he can't abandon this much wealth just like that.
But what Alvin didn't expect was that many members of the Celestial Alliance had surrounded the base just as he attacked. It seemed as though they were waiting for him here for a while in hiding.
As Alvin looked around him, he felt the number of True God-level cultivators around him increasing in number as time passed.
"Damn it, seems this trip is a waste. With so many powerhouses from the Celestial Alliance, I don't think Zanther will appear here even if I sit here for two more days," Alvin cursed in his mind.
Alvin could guess the intention of the people surrounding him.
The information he got about the base would have been a trap set up by the Celestial Alliance right from the start.
After all, in their eyes, both Alvin and the leader of the Newgate Alliance, Zanther, are villains who are to be killed.
But the problem is, both are tigers who will definitely bite their flesh off if they attacked them separately, so they came up with the traditional idea of making the two tigers fight first, and easily hunting the one that survived the battle.
As Alvin was thinking about retreating from the battlefield, space started to ripple, and a man in a white fur coat walked out.
"Oh, there are many uninvited guests in my humble abode today. I hope you all had brought something as a gift for me; after all, guests must bring some gift as a courtesy, right?" Zanther asked with a gentle smile as he looked around the thousands of people surrounding the base.
Everyone who was standing in the air or on the ground shivered when they saw the gentle smile on Zanther's face.
Alvin's eyes also turned sharp when he saw Zanther. After he was thrown into the sea by Zanther 12 years ago, this was the first time Alvin saw him in person.
Yes, Zanther was none other than the black-clothed man who attacked Alvin's house back then.
Zanther's smile turned cold when he saw all of the people surrounding him nervously staring at him as though they were facing a great demon. "So, you didn't bring any gift for me... too bad, that's a bad habit, and people who do bad things must be punished... right?"
"Boom"
As soon as he finished speaking, the sky suddenly turned dark, and the entire battlefield fell into an eerie darkness.
"Crackle"...
"Boom"...
"Boom"....
Like divine punishment, thunder started to fall from the sky wildly towards the people who were below the dark cloud.
"Rock wall"
"Water shield"
"Protection of the sea guardians"
"Ripple ball"
"Earth armor"
"Ice cave"...
All the people present here were experts of or above the demigod level; they reacted quickly and cast many magic spells to protect themselves and their companions from the thunder in an instant.
But it appeared as though their spells were not obeying their command, and most of them didn't even have time to think why before they were struck by the lightning.
Many of the demigod-level and True God-level powerhouses died on the spot, leaving behind others who were injured or in a half-dead state.
Only five people remained unharmed in the whole process, including Alvin.
Zanther snorted upon seeing this. "Consider this a lesson. If you keep on coming in my way, I will also pay a visit to your Celestial Alliance headquarters, and I guarantee it won't be good for you."
After saying that, without even looking at the people around him, he waved his hand, and a portal appeared in front of him.
"Crackle"
Just as Zanther was about to step inside the portal, a red lightning arc hit the portal, and like a shattered glass piece, space crumpled, closing the opened portal.
Zanther narrowed his eyes and looked at the lone white-haired man sitting at the center of the battlefield, wearing a hoodie-like battle armor, with the hood of his armor resting against his back in a relaxed manner.
"Red Devil, I have heard a lot about you. A prodigy who can go toe-to-toe with even the True God-level powerhouses while being only at the Demi god level. I would have loved to chat with you, but..." Zanther looked at the other four people, three men and one woman who took his attack head-on without any harm in the earlier attack beside Alvin and said,
"You also know this is a trap for both of us. We can settle our accounts some other time. What do you think?"
Alvin raised his head and looked at the man who was standing in the air like a divine being.
Upon seeing the face he hated the most in his life, Alvin's blood started to boil like a raging volcano.
The Chaos Blood Ascension Sutra also started to circulate on its own; his blood-red pupils started to shine with a reckless madness that seemed to destroy anything.
"I waited for this day for the past 12 years. How can I let you run away just like that when you are already in front of me?" Alvin asked indifferently as he kept his gaze fixed on Zanther.