While Aurora was causing havoc on the battlefield, the complete opposite was happening on Desmond’s end.
Instead of engaging with the cultivators in front of him, unwilling to risk his life, the moment they reached him, Desmond quickly hid in the shadows, moving rapidly across the battlefield.
As long as there was light, there was shadow, so there were many places for Desmond to hide.
Seeing Desmond’s shamelessness, many of the cultivators cursed under their breath.
"Brat, come out of the shadows and see if I don’t dare kill you."
"How can someone be so shameless?"
Some of them also recalled how one of the relics had mysteriously vanished. Because of this, they immediately understood that it was at that moment Desmond had taken the relic.
They could not help but feel a wave of anger, as even then Desmond had been shameless, not willing to endanger his life, yet secretly stealing the relic.
Staring at his surroundings, Desmond sneered, not paying any attention to the cultivators in front of him. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ N0v3l.Fiɾe.net
Just as his master had always advised him, "As an assassin, always prioritize your own life. After all, by staying alive, you can ultimately grow stronger and assassinate your target."
The battle continued on that note and quietly, five minutes slipped by.
On Kranos’ end, not willing to waste time with the cultivators, Kranos decided to force them to retreat once and for all.
His figure moved and in the next instant, he muttered in his heart, "Pause."
His Time Palace hummed slightly, and soon the mysterious, profound aura of time permeated through the surroundings.
After that, the aura spread toward all the cultivators nearby, pausing them in their movements.
Holding Eternal Hunger in his hand, Kranos took a deep breath and in the next moment, he used the Void Piercing Strike repeatedly, slicing through space.
Before the more than one hundred cultivators could react, they were struck ruthlessly across space while frozen in time.
As soon as the time flow was restored to normal, they were barely able to react before being struck with the attack.
Everyone was slightly terrified. However, because they had been paused previously, most of them could barely respond in time.
A loud explosion resounded across the battlefield and soon, more than one hundred cultivators lay dead.
There were still others joining the battle, but after seeing Kranos kill more than a hundred Monarch Realm and above experts, they were filled with immense fear.
Pausing in their steps, they did not dare get close to Kranos, instead focusing on dealing with Kathryn and the other two.
At the same time, they cursed Kranos and Aurora in their hearts.
"What is wrong with these two? Aren’t they just at the Dao Palace Realm?"
For a moment, they had the thought that the Dao Palace Realm for these two was no different from the God Realm. However, they would never expect that they were actually that strong. Kranos was an old monster who possessed the time ability as well.
And Aurora was... well, Aurora.
Seeing that Kathryn was the only lady within the group, most of the cultivators did not hesitate to choose her. Unfortunately, most of them chose wrong.
The moment they reached her, Kathryn’s face held a faint smile and in the next moment, her eyes glowed with a strange hue.
Soon, the emerald green divine flames spread toward her surroundings.
The flames were extremely horrifying, burning everything in her line of sight, including mana.
The flames moved with unrestricted speed, quickly reaching the location of all the cultivators.
Seeing the terrifying nature of the emerald green divine flames, all the cultivators were horrified.
Without hesitation, they took to their heels, not willing to stay there any longer.
However, how could Kathryn let them escape?
Without hesitation, she waved her hand, causing a tearing sound to resound within the space.
Soon, a space gap with a pulling force appeared.
The space gap looked like a vortex spinning rapidly, destroying everything in their line of sight instantly.
The cultivators were shocked and quickly looked behind them, only to see multiple others being dragged into the vortex before being turned into blood mist.
Despair filled their hearts. However, they were unwilling to just die like that.
Struggling against fate, the remaining cultivators, numbering up to a hundred, quickly raced toward Kathryn.
Kathryn just sneered inwardly, shrugging as she used her divine flame once more before turning her attention to the unremarkable young man who was already engaged in battle.
On the side of the unremarkable young man, something surprising was happening.
Thinking he was the easiest target, more than a thousand cultivators had gathered in front of him.
The man stared at them with trembling hands while muttering in a low voice, "There are so many of you... how can I possibly battle against this?"
Although his voice was slightly muffled, the others were cultivators with enhanced physical capabilities and could hear him clearly.
Glancing at him, one of the cultivators sneered.
"If you didn’t want to lose your life, then you shouldn’t have taken the relic."
Another cultivator from beside also added with a disdainful laugh.
"That’s right. Hand over the relic now and there is still a chance of survival for you."
The others in the surroundings quickly voiced their suggestions.
However, the unremarkable young man just stared at them with trembling eyes.
His mumble continued, slowly growing louder by the second.
"I didn’t do anything wrong... I... I just want the relic to myself."
Upon reaching the last part, his voice deepened slightly and a mysterious aura revolved outward from his body.
The next moment, before all the one thousand cultivators could understand what was happening, they felt the air stiffen. Moving on its own became very difficult.
Everyone was filled with shock, staring at the unremarkable young man.
"What’s happening?" Loud shouts filled with confusion echoed.
"Is this caused by him?" They stared at the young man in surprise.
"I... I just want to keep the relic." The unremarkable man’s voice quickly became hoarse, and in the next instant, he used his gravity element to the fullest.
All the cultivators felt their eyes widen in shock.
Because of the unremarkable man’s gravity element, gravity was amplified more than a thousand times.
Under the weight of the pressure, all the cultivators were crushed without having a chance to react.
The whole battlefield fell silent at the introduction of the legendary gravity element.
Using this element, in an instant, the unremarkable young man had killed more than a thousand cultivators.
"Please... please don’t come near me..." His timid voice, filled with fear and trembling, was the only thing that silently echoed across the battlefield platform.