Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

After a while, the fire and light from Zachary's strike had finally dissipated. His opponent who was the recipient of this abominable attack was in an embarrassing situation. His clothes were burnt up. After he landed on the ground, he staggered backward until he steadied himself. As blood dripped from his mouth, it was obvious that he had sustained severe injuries on different parts of his body.

"Hmm. I see he still managed to survive that. It looks like the prowess of the first stage of the Heaven Fire Formula is almost equivalent to the power of a warriors who is at the fourth or fifth grade of Sage Level," Zachary murmured to himself as he analyzed the impact of the skill.

It was his first time using Jules's power, thus he didn't know how potent would the first stage of the skill be. Since a warrior at the medium stage of Sage Level fought him, he took this opportunity to test the skill's power. Based on the result, Zachary was actually satisfied. With this, he could now easily deal with a Sage Level warrior by using the first stage of the Heaven Fire Formula. Moreover, he thought that if he could eventually master its third stage, he might be able to take down a Sage Level warrior of the premium stage or even a Holy Level warrior.

Upon seeing that even the Sage Level warrior in floral robes lost to Zachary, the other warriors in Bjorn's team were flabbergasted. 'What is with this guy? We can't determine the limit of his strength,' all of them thought in utter shock.

"Bjorn, the situation is getting worse. If Master Ronnie learns that we are being stalled by this brat, ruining our plan in the process, we will definitely be screwed when he gets here," another warrior at the medium stage of Sage Level reminded Bjorn with a livid face. He stood next to Bjorn.

"Damn it! It looks like I have to deal with this brat myself," Bjorn uttered with a visible frown on his face. Finally, he made up his mind and ordered the warrior who had talked to him, "Ernest, enter the valley with our men and wipe out the guys from the Enigmatic Kingdom according to the original plan."

Upon receiving the command, Ernest began rounding up several of their men. In a jiffy, the warriors who had already been previously taken down by Zachary gathered together.

At the same time, Zachary had quickly noticed this. He instantly knew that they were planning to enter the valley to eliminate Katrina and the other people from the Enigmatic Kingdom who had lost their fighting power due to inhalation of the reversed essential energy. Once they entered the valley, it would be very easy for them to eradicate all of their targets. Hence, he needed to stop them at all costs.

"Where do you think you're going? If you

the area where he was standing. Soon enough, a veil of dust rose in the air due to the massive impact of the strikes they hurled.

However, in the blink of an eye, Zachary flew out of the dust column, holding the Illusory Dragon Spine in his hand. He then waved the Dragon Fire Skill and directed it at the group of warriors on the ground.

After a moment, the dragon-shaped flame emerged and swiftly landed on the ground.

The devouring flame razed everything within the area of a thousand meters.

With this, the team that planned to rush into the valley was terror-stricken. They instinctively ran away from the vicious fire, but many of them failed to escape and were burned to ashes.

"Damn this brat! He's such a pain in the ass!" Ernest, who had been tasked to lead Bjorn's team, cursed through gritted teeth. While he was fuming in anger, he was also at a loss and didn't know exactly what to do. Zachary's overbearing strength scared him and the rest of his team. They knew that even if they joined hands to attack the young man, they would still fail to prevail.

Just then, several figures who had been hiding nearby dashed out and stormed at the trembling warriors. It was clear that they also wanted to prevent Bjorn's men from entering the valley.

They were caught off guard, but Ernest's team immediately fought back and retaliated.

But then all of a sudden, a wave of powerful energy blasted out of nowhere and hit the Imperial Level warriors on Ernest's side. Unable to dodge it, these warriors either died on the spot or were severely injured.

In an instant, the situation near the entrance of the valley became very chaotic. However, this was exactly what Zachary wanted. In this manner, he could buy Alisa more time so that she could meet with Katrina and the others within the valley.