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He already knew if Reina were like this, there was no changing her mind, no matter what he did. Forcing her would just complicate matters.

"Fine, do what you want, but take this at least." Gallen gave out a few lifesaving treasures to her, then quickly left the area.

Usually, Reina was quite sensible, but when she felt really angry, she would get so emotional that she didn't care about the repercussions.

As for the shadow clone, there were none in her area now, as Gallen focused the artifact protection in her area.

He also ended up giving the items to Reina to make sure she could escape if every other method he gave failed. With how the circumstances changed now, he needed to quickly send out the news to his wife.

"Uncle, please tell me you know what is happening now." Reina's face quickly changed after her father left. Her anger dissipated, turning into confusion and worry.

"I don't know; if anyone has the answer, it will be your sister who sent that man or Alex. But honestly, Reina, it's better we just leave. Staying here is too dangerous."

"You don't understand, Uncle; if we leave here now, my senses tell me I will never find out the truth, and probably, I will never meet Alex again."

"You are really hung up on him. You like him?"

"If he accepts, yes." Reina replied bluntly but continued with a sigh, "Unfortunately, I know I have no hope; he never casts a glance at me."

"If so, then why?"

"There is another reason. Have you forgotten what I told you before, Uncle? He is the only hope for me to rescue my mother."

Moria frowned but didn't say anything more.

Meanwhile, inside the barrier, Ying Xue was knocked back, landing beside Alex. He turned his gaze to Alex, and an otherworldly voice then came out from his mouth, "So we meet again, youngling."

"Just who are you?" Alex asked back. He could already tell now that this monster was like an avatar for the being he met before.

"My name is #$%!@#$," his name turned blurry for Ying Xue's ears as she couldn't register any word of it, but for Alex, it was clear as day, 'Byakhee.'

Byakhee then continued, "We should have met later, but it seems fate has something in store for us."

The name was foreign to Alex, but he could tell it was not something simple. He felt that if he called his name in that exact intonation, Byakhee would hear it no matter where he was.

'Thankfully it's only the avatar, I hope I should be able to fight it. Worse come to worse, I will use them.' Alex decided in his mind. He then asked, "Why did you send me here?"

"Oh, that? It was just an accident, but it's an interesting opportunity, so I thought, why not."

Alex's lips twitched. Based on what Byakhee said, this meant he was sent here because of his whim. The realization made him feel so small and annoyed.

Two blood wings came out from his back, followed by a green hue coming out from his body.

"So you want to fight? Sure, come. This avatar barely holds a percent of my power, but it should be enough for the current you," Byakhee replied with a gloating tone.

Alex's eyes turned cold. He took a step, then suddenly appeared right in front of Byakhee, his fist turning red, coated with hardened blood.

BANG! He punched him straight in the face. But Byakhee barely felt it. He just grinned, looking at him without moving.

But Alex didn't feel despair. Instead, his lips curled into a smile.

The blood on his hand started transforming into a very thin needle, then began penetrating through his skin.

Byakhee suddenly felt danger. He quickly took a step back, but like glue, Alex's blood was sticking to his face. He could feel like many bugs were gnawing to enter his flesh. Read new chapters at empire

"As I expected, no matter how strong…" Alex mumbled.

He was testing out a theory. The energy was basically a wave that solidified into reality when used in combat.

The way varied depending on the technique, but in the end, since it was solid, that meant it was made from particles and atoms, and there should be a gap between them. Alex exploited this by manipulating his blood to the smallest size.

Normally, this would be impossible. When it became too small, he would not be able to control it at all. The energy would also disperse and lose its form.

To mitigate this, Alex used life force and runes. He didn't control it directly but put in predetermined commands while making them move by themselves like a living creature.

It's like a worm; they have no sentience, but they still move and function.

This time, Alex commanded the blood to create a rune inside Byakhee's avatar.

"Don't underestimate me," Alex said with a smirk. He grasped his fist.

The rune reacted, it burst out creating a whitish flame. If this came from outside, despite the crazy heat, Byakhee would still be able to block it, but this one came from inside.

The heat melted his internal organs at a far faster rate than Byakhee could regenerate. He had absorbed many qi but didn't have enough time to process it before Alex cut the connection off.

"Hahaha… Youngling, you are not bad. No wonder the chosen one adores you so much," the otherworldly voice said while his body was engulfed in white flame.

Alex's eyes turned cold, "Just die." He didn't want to hear further because he felt Byakhee would just make him confused and distrust his comrades.

He didn't know who he meant, but he thought it was better to just kill Byakhee's avatar as soon as possible.

"Youngling, don't think you've won with just this."

The eyes on the forehead glinted, and a dark aura exploded from its body, extinguishing the flame and the blood that stuck on his face.