Ronron was safe with Whisker and his Immortal puppet. Not to mention, her master had most likely given her some life-saving treasures, so Alex had nothing to worry about.
Still, he needed to keep the fight focused on him so nobody had any funny ideas.
He reached into his storage ring and brought out the long box that immediately made everyone put on a serious face. The death and darkness aura that came from the Sword of Death was no small thing to these cultivators.
"Hey! You better not think of using that sword," Godslayer spoke in his mind. "I need every bit of the aura in that sword."
"Don't worry, it's only bait," Alex told him. Then, he looked at the crowd that was ready to hound on him for the sword.
"I will give this sword to anyone that can get their hands on it first," he said. The crowd was obviously a little skeptical, but they still slowly walked forward to get it.
Alex smiled and tossed it in front of him too, making the people rush toward it all of a sudden.
However, before they could reach it, a small formation plate appeared on top of the box which immediately activated to form a small half-sphere barrier around itself and the sword below it.
At the same time, a larger barrier formed that completely surrounded Alex and the rest and was large enough for everyone to fight on.
Alex smiled at the people. "Go on, take it," he said, clearly mocking every single one of them.
"You bastard!" one of the people couldn't stop his anger and let go of the attack he had been preparing for a while.
A large bell-shaped green attack flew in Alex's direction.
Alex stood where he was and only punched the bell when it arrived in front of him. He used no Qi in his attack and still the bell was completely destroyed in a single attack without Alex feeling any backlash from it.
The crowd looked confused for a moment.
How did he do it? The attack just now was from a Saint Core realm cultivator and Alex somehow destroyed it with his attack.
"What's wrong?" Alex asked. "Are you guys just going to stand there? If you won't come at me, then let me do it."
He started walking toward the group step by step, making the other people feel forced to start fighting.
One of the men slashed his sword in Alex's direction and sent out a Water attack that was empowered by Sword Qi.
Another person forced swords out of his fire Qi and sent them flying in Alex's direction as well.
By the time the third person began his attack, Alex had already dashed forward. He punched in the air, sending a single metal punch in their direction.
It slammed onto the incoming sword slash and destroyed it. At the same time, Alex moved his arm to the side and grabbed the fire sword, turning it into his own attack before sending it back in the direction where it came from.
He then sent out a palm attack in the direction where the third attack was just starting, defeating both the attack and the attacker in a single palm strike.
Then, he paused for a second and looked around at the people who were shocked and not doing anything.
"What's wrong? Are you all planning to die without trying?" Alex asked.
"Yo-you won't kill us," one of them said. "You can't kill us."
"Do you want you to bet your life on it?"
Alex's words sent fear through each and everyone that was stuck inside the barrier. The people had already tried to run out, but they had learned that the barrier was tough and that they needed to find a better way.
"Let's fight him together," someone said.
"Yes, if we work together, we should be able to kill him," another person said.
"He's rich too. How do we split the loot?" someone else asked.
Alex appeared in the middle of their group. "How about you make that decision after you kill me?"
A girl reacted at the same time, stabbing him with her spear that grew in size as it approached him.
Alex put his palm in the way, which was stabbed by the spear. The spear surprisingly managed to pierce through his skin, albeit not very much.
"Oh, that's not a bad weapon," Alex said as he grabbed onto the spear and lurched it toward him. The woman came flying with the spear, who he hit with his other palm to throw her far away.
He then pulled the spear out and quickly placed it behind his back to stop the axe from falling on his back.
"I see," he said softly. "I must be slightly wary of your weapons huh? Looks like most of it is made from tungsten. Makes sense.'
Alex then spun around, spinning the spear with him as he stopped three different attacks with it before stopping.
"Well that sucks," he said a little disappointed. "It's a good spear, but I don't really know how to use it. Whatever, I'll just keep it."
He put the spear into his storage ring. "Hmm?" he thought when he saw something in there and pulled it out.
A book came out from his ring. "Oh, I might be able to use this spear though," he said while stepping to the right, letting the sword slash through empty air.
He kicked the side of the falling sword and sent it flying away with the person that attacked. He then formed a golden barrier behind him to stop the fire attack from landing on him.
He snapped his finger, exploding the fire that he had just stopped, strong enough that even his golden barrier was broken completely.
The people started panicking as they realized how strong Alex was. If they weren't fighting with everything they had, they were going to die for sure.
Everyone launched various attacks at Alex for the entire next minute while all Alex did was dodge them and send a few attacks of his own back at them.
He was fighting back, but there was no ferocity to them at all. It was almost as if… he was playing a small game with little kids while being distracted by his own work.
"What… is he doing?" one of them couldn't help but ask.
"What book is that? What is he reading?" someone asked.
Just then, Alex closed the book and tossed it toward the group where one of them caught it. They read the title with surprised expressions on their face.
"The Golden Spears of Heaven?" the man spoke the name.
"Isn't that… the technique he just bought? Why is he giving it away?" someone else asked, not understanding what was happening.
"It's perfect that you guys are here," Alex said with a loud voice, catching everyone's attention. "You are the perfect set of targets for me to try my new skill on."
He put his two hands in front of him, with the palms facing upward. As he did, metal energy condensed around him, taking the shape of 4 spears, each one of which he could control independently.
"No way!" one of the men shouted. "Did he… did he just learn a new skill while fighting us?"
