Chapter 1823 Dilemma

Chapter 1823 Dilemma

Upon Alex's orders, the ship began moving out immediately. They wasted no time and left the capital, flying toward the eastern ocean.

The ship carried with it everyone injured and weak. As for the remaining people, they began flying themselves.

The beasts as well as the others that were from the Eastern Continent began flying back toward their home, perhaps to hide there or to take away their family and go hide.nove(l)bi(n.)com

As everyone began leaving, Alex, Hannah, and the rest were the last ones to leave.

lightsΝοvεl ƈοm Hannah looked toward Long Huan and her mother and helped them move from the area. As she did, she turned out to look back toward Alex who kept staring toward the Dragon Emperor who was ready for the first bolt of lightning.

Pearl was beside him, looking toward the Dragon Emperor all the same.

"Alex?" Hannah called out to him, confused. "What are you doing? We need to leave."

"Should I?" he asked, his voice unfocused.He continued staring toward the Dragon Emperor.

"What are you talking about? We need to leave," Hannah said.

"Al, come on. We should hurry," Liz said.

Alex finally turned around. "If we leave, if I leave, it's all over," he said. "I can't let it be over just like that."

"King Alex," Yan Yating looked at Alex. "We must leave now. Whether he fails or not, we will figure it out once we are safe. We need to hide and reassess our situation before returning."

Alex shook his head. "There is no reassessing happening. There is no second chance here. This is it," he said. "If we don't finish what we came here for today, we will never get that chance again."

"Surely that's not..."

Yan Yating wanted to argue about it, but he knew just as well as anyone else that what Alex was saying was the truth.

He had already used the Mirror of Barren Truth and the White Tiger's protection on him had been used as well. There were no defensive techniques on him and that made the situation all the more dangerous.

Not to mention, he had sent the ship away. He had to do it so everyone could survive. However, in doing so, he had lessened himself of another advantage he had for himself.

He could no longer use the Hell Emperor's formation to give himself or anyone fighting on their side a boost in strength.

With such disadvantages, Alex still didn't see any way he could defeat the man at all.

Even his cultivation base only put him around Saint Transformation 9th realm, making him stand before the giant gap that would be between the Saint realm and the Immortal realm.

Even with the arrays, he wouldn't be able to bridge that gap.

"But..." a thought came to Alex. "What if I break through as well?"

It was a simple thought that he would've come across sooner or later. Alex's first instinct was to ignore the thought. That was a thought he had for a long time now, ever since he reached the peak of the Saint Soul realm.

To break through to the other realm would come with a burst of power that would be quite handy for him, but at the same time, it came with a possibility of failure, which was why Alex had chosen to ignore this pathway for a safer one.

There was simply too much riding on the success of this war that he couldn't allow for a chance of failure due to his own cultivation base regressing at an unfortunate moment.

However, at this moment, the consequence of remaining where he was and the consequence of failing brought absolutely no changes in their situation.

What did make a change was success. If he broke through, there was a chance he would reach a strength where he could fight against the Dragon Emperor without worrying about instantly dying.

Without reaching the next realm, Alex wasn't sure how much stronger he would be. But he had to take the chance, the leap of faith.

It was now or never.

As the 2nd bolt of the tribulation lightning fell from the sky, brightening the entire world in its purple glow, Alex knew what he must do.

He had to break through to the Saint Transformation realm.