Chapter 228: Joe Goes All Out

Listening to Joe's serious warning, both Henry and Scott stiffened up and didn't know how to react.

Right now, they were not looking at the Young Master who they protected since the moment he was born, but a man with a powerful Soul Stone, who was ready to spill blood.

This fact was way more obvious as they looked at his dark expression and ice-cold glare.

However, Henry knew he should not blame this on Joe. He knew well too just what was happening behind the Dia Family's curtains, but he had no voice to resist at all.

If he wanted to become stronger and be a part of a family's glorious rise, he had no choice but to follow the orders he was given.

But will it be worth it? Will it be worth fighting against the one who is dear to you, just because you want fame and glory?

Naturally, Henry knew the obvious answer, but he still didn't have an option. If he didn't want to end up just like those families under Joe's father, he needed to do everything in his power to capture both boys and bring them back to Nexus City.

And this is exactly what he will do. Capture them without causing any harm to them.

"I fear I need to ignore your warning.", said Henry and waved his hand.

Instantly as he did, the subordinates surrounding Joe and Greg moved and were ready to capture the two.

Joe, who saw this looked expressionless and wanted to move, but before he could have, suddenly Greg's voice sounded.

"Let's continue this fight somewhere safer, shall we?"

Instantly, below every Dia Family member's feet, the shadow moved and with a fast a smooth move everyone was engulfed by the abyss of black darkness.

"Huh? Where are we?"

Several of Henry's subordinates looked around and watched the foreign environment around them.

Instead of the beautiful and buzzy Mythbreak, what they could see was vast greenest, with nothing around but green grass and a few bushes here and there randomly.

Henry and Scott seeing this glanced at Greg and looked at him seriously.

They were surprised by his power, especially Henry. He knew Greg from the moment he obtained his Guardian, but at that time, he wasn't strong in his eyes.

Even when he helped him and Joe to beat R back before his Dual Dimensional Zone task, he looked at him as an energetic kid who came at the right time with the right attack.

However, now that he saw he had transported not only him but all of his subordinates several miles away from Mythbreak, he turned speechless.

"Just how powerful did he become?", said Scott from the side with a murmur as he looked at Greg.

Henry on the side however just smiled and said, "It does not matter. We both became stronger just like him and what is more, we have the advancing manpower."

As he said that, Nick stepped forward to his side with several of his subordinates too.

"You are free to use everything you want, but remember. No killing."

Every people hearing this nodded instantly, and without hesitation, they started to move toward Greg and Joe.

Greg watching this wanted to act and use his newfound power to fight back, but was stopped by a sudden power outbreak from Joe's body.

"You did enough bringing us here. Now it's my time to put an end to this matter."

*BAM!*

Instantly as he said this, from Joe's body a terrifying presence broke out, reaching the top of the Ascender rank in one go.

When Greg saw this he was surprised, because this time his Ascender rank presence was not fake but true.

He succeeded to break into the Ascender rank!

"But how? Not long ago when we fought against the Scepter Family he was still on the Calamity rank, so how did he break through?"

Greg couldn't understand it, because it was a common fact that only then can one reach the next rank when one understood their power's potential and consumed enough crystals.

And what Greg knew for sure, that Joe not only did consume energy crystals under their short amount of time in the ruins and the Flake Zone, but he didn't cultivate either.

The fact that he was now on the Ascender rank surprised him quite a bit.

"I see... So that is why."

Suddenly Alice's voice sounded in his head, making Greg to look confused.

Knowing what he thought, Alice started to explain.

"His Guardian is the God of Thunder from your human's mythology, Zeus. But don't you think his power compared to such a God is just barely above the average level when he fights?"

"What? Just 'barely' above average?", asked Greg with shock, not believing what Alice asked.

He could clearly remember that every time he saw Joe fight, he was extremely powerful. Just who could surpass ranks and move with inhuman speed? He not only had destructive strength but if he wanted could control a battlefield's flow just with his thunderbolts.

All in all, Joe could be a great scout, field controller, kill hundreds of enemies only by himself and be also good support.

If someone would say him the same thing as Alice did, Greg was quite sure to laugh into their face for sure.

In his eyes, Joe was not only barely around the average level but was way above it by a huge margin.

However, knowing Alice, he knew that he might have missed something, so asked instantly, "What do you mean under that?"

"Don't you find it strange that every time he fights, he does not show his true power? Or I should say, he does not dare to use his full strength."

"He doesn't dare to use his full strength? Why?", asked Greg with a perplexed expression.

He knew Alice quite well, and when she behaved like this, it meant she knew something he didn't. Also, because of her mysterious background, she knew way more than a normal human would.

She barely talked, but when it came to pure knowledge, she was the best of the best.

After taking a small pause, Alice started to talk, but for some reason, Greg felt like she was smiling.

"In human mythology, Zeus was famous for his power to control thunder, but that wasn't why he was feared as a God."

"He was feared by all because of his power to consume the skies and make himself stronger than anyone."

The moment Greg heard this he looked confused because he never remembered that Zeus would have had such power like this.

In human mythology, Zeus was the father of all God who controlled both the thunder and the skies, but he used the latter in a form to bring out storms. There were no legends about him using his power to consume the skies to become stronger. There was no such tale.

Alice knew what Greg thought and chuckled slightly too but said instantly, "I know what you think, however, Zeus, just like any other legend or God, was a Celestial Being too, so I know his power way better than you humans. Those tales about him are only half real and his true strength is way more scarier than that." 

"Know his power way better than us? You knew Zeus personally?", asked Greg confusedly.

When Alice heard what Greg asked she stayed silent and only after a small while later did she start to talk, but this time with confusion too.

"I... I don't know. I feel like I did, but I don't remember when. Even the things I have just said made me surprised too."

Hearing that Alice started to get confused, Greg decided not to ask anything more and turned to look at Joe.

Currently, he was leaking such a suffocating presence that Greg could hardly believe that it was still the Joe from yesterday.

With presence alone, he could easily rival him if not beat him.

"From someone who is only on the Ascender rank, this is terrifying.", thought Greg and watched as Joe suddenly moved.

However, instantly as he did, the ground below his feet cracked and melted instantly, because of the thunder that broke out from his body.

"!"

*BOOM!*

With a speed that was faster than what Greg has ever seen, Joe's body flashed and vanished into thin air.

The next second he appeared, however, was right before Henry, while behind him, several Dia Family members fell to the ground with blood flowing out from the wounds all over their body.

"!"

Henry seeing Joe's immediate outbreak of power looked shocked and wanted to move, but knew it was too late for that. Joe's speed was way faster than what he believed it would be.

He watched with a stunned expression as the Jade Sword flew toward his neck, not believing that Joe was truly about to kill him.

"So this is how it will end?", thought Henry with a sour expression, but the next second his eyes widened with surprise.

*BOOM!*

With a big explosion that shook the earth itself, Nick's figure appeared out of thin air and blocked Joe's attack with his hand, which was covered with a mysterious white light.