"I surrender!"

Feeling the enhancement on her body disappear, Lucrezia readily admitted defeat, as she felt there was no point in continuing the fight.

The enhancement she received from the Paradise of Dreams had completely vanished, indicating that Liens had fully comprehended the Paradise of Dreams' ability mechanism, and even seen through its principles.

Without the Paradise of Dreams' enhancement, she naturally couldn't be Liens's opponent, but the loss of the battle didn't affect her mood at all.

She was very happy.

Based on the results of the probing, she was very satisfied with Liens, extremely satisfied, and even the unpleasantness she had felt from being probed earlier had disappeared.

Now she clearly understood the potential Liens possessed… If such a monstrous genius could be recruited as a subordinate, it would greatly boost the development of her cause.

So, for the sake of her goal, what did a little unpleasantness matter?

After speaking, Lucrezia stopped maintaining the Paradise of Dreams. Although Liens sensed the domain covering him disappear, he did not exit Heaven and Man as One.

Liens turned his gaze to Balder and the others, who were walking quickly towards him after seeing the battle stop.

Since Heaven and Man as One was already active, he might as well experience the pressure that the Kingdom Sword Saint endured.

Thinking of this, Liens struck with his sword, an invisible sword ki cutting through the air, stirring up a whirlwind that swept towards Balder and the others.

"Clang!"

Balder drew the broad longsword from behind him, blocking the sharp, invisible sword ki. A phantom of yellow earth appeared beneath him, and orange-yellow streamers flickered on his sword.

"It seems our new friend isn't very satisfied with Lucrezia's welcome and wants the rest of us to welcome him too."

Balder said in a deep voice, his expression slightly solemn.

He could feel that Liens's special pressure was not directed at one person, but at all of them.

"How arrogant. I'll go meet this newcomer."

Uria, who had already felt a slight dissatisfaction with Liens daring to attack Lucrezia, became even more annoyed at this. As soon as he finished speaking, he directly charged at Liens with his spear.

This time, Donahue didn't stop him.

"Let's go too. Uria is most likely not Liens's opponent."

"Since he wants to fight, let us seniors teach this young genius a good lesson."

Donahue chuckled, then also charged into the battlefield. While he was speaking, Uria had already been sent flying back by Liens's sword strike.

"Uh… it seems the pressure of this 'welcome ceremony' might be a bit high."

Seeing Uria's figure flying back, Donahue showed a wry smile, but he didn't hesitate. A phantom of Flowing Water surrounded him as he raised his sword to meet Liens's attack.

Balder and several other Rebel Army Great Knights also rushed into the battlefield with their respective weapons, while other high-ranking Rebel Army members provided protection around them to prevent the battle from affecting the nearby military camp.

Facing these powerhouses, Liens's expression was indifferent. With a swing of his sword, the world beneath his blade turned into a sweeping whirlwind.

Balder, holding his orange-yellow glowing sword, cut through the strong wind and appeared before Liens, meeting the faint blue light.

"Boom!"

…

White space.

Liens's solitary figure once again stood in this space of only pure white void.

"It's hard to imagine how strong the Kingdom Sword Saint truly is?"

Liens murmured softly, a hint of emotion on his face. Only by personally facing Balder and the others could he truly appreciate how difficult it was to defeat them.

He naturally lost that battle.

Even in the Heaven and Man as One state, and even with the ability to sense killing intent and predict his opponents' actions in advance, he couldn't simultaneously deal with multiple Second-tier Extraordinary Ones.

Moreover, this was only with Balder and these Great Knights making their move, so he was even more curious about what kind of strength the Kingdom Sword Saint possessed to repeatedly defeat the Rebel Army?

Thinking of this, Liens entered the dungeon again.

The scene shifted.

Liens's vision changed to a sunny wilderness. He stopped, took out his communication compass to determine the direction, then turned and rushed north.

This time, he was going to the city that the Rebel Army had been unable to breach—Baker City.

Before long, the outline of a city appeared before Liens. The city was large, appearing even wider than Cara City.

Of course, it could also be because Baker City had flat terrain and wasn't backed by mountains, making it appear more expansive.

Liens did not conceal his figure. He flew openly above Baker City, releasing his Aura and killing intent intimidating the many guards on the city walls with an absolutely unfriendly attitude.

While waiting for the other side's reaction, he also took the opportunity to analyze the magical ritual shield covering Baker City below, preparing for the Rebel Army's future assault on Baker City.

Compared to the magical ritual in Cara City's Inner City, this current magical ritual was even larger and more complex, and its shield form was constantly active.

This was likely to guard against sneak attacks from the Rebel Army, as there were quite a few Second-tier Extraordinary Ones on the Rebel Army's side.

If there was no protection and Balder and the others were allowed to infiltrate Baker City directly, even the Kingdom Sword Saint would find it difficult to protect Baker City from destruction in such a situation.

Before Liens could "observe" the elemental structure of the magical ritual below for a few more moments, a burly man in half-plate armor flew into the air and met Liens's gaze through the shield.

"Friend, have you encountered something unpleasant?"

The man's face was flushed, and his beard was full, making him look a bit fierce, but his tone was very calm.

Even though Liens clearly came with ill intent, he didn't immediately make a move, choosing instead to first ask for the reason.

This was normal, after all, no one would rashly offend an unknown powerhouse.

Seeing the man, Liens withdrew the Aura and Killing intent he had placed on the ordinary guards, concentrating them to pressure him.

"Hmm?"

A hint of seriousness appeared in the man's eyes. Liens's attitude clearly indicated he didn't want to communicate verbally. Seeing this, he secretly sent signals to others.

Although blocked by the magical ritual's shield, Liens could still sense the signals the man was secretly sending. He didn't stop him, because the man was not the person he was looking for.

Liens continued to study the magical ritual below while using his Killing intent to intimidate the man, simultaneously waiting for more reactions from Baker City.

During this time, due to the pressure of the killing intent the man wanted to rush out of the shield to fight Liens several times, but he held back.

Because the stronger Liens's threat, the less he could act rashly, to avoid causing unfavorable outcomes.

After a while, several figures flew rapidly towards them. Liens stopped studying the magical ritual and, through the shield, looked seriously at one of the elders among them.

The elder had the appearance of a youthful face with crane-like white hair, and his abundant vitality was evident despite his white hair. Although his physique was not as robust as the previous man, the muscles on his arms were very prominent.

Liens had previously recognized the Kingdom Sword Saint through the magical display Lucrezia had shown him.

But even without that, he would have immediately recognized the elder before him as the Kingdom Sword Saint he was looking for—Alfred Kent.

Because the aura of harmony with heaven and earth was too obvious, he even felt a hint of Nimophila's teacher about him.

This made Liens begin to believe that the Kingdom Sword Saint before him might truly be only a step away from the Legend realm.

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