The final wave of evolution ca next, and Alex let out a groan involuntarily, a groan that echoed deeply across the battlefield for all combatants nearby to hear.
The ground beneath him cracked, and the air around him shimred with heat.
He could feel the new power settling within him, coalescing into sothing that now permanently belonged to Alex.
And just as the transformation was completed, Alex opened his eyes, his gaze now sharper, and he took in the newly upgraded senses.
'If this is what ranking up to C tier is like, I can't wait to reach B tier…'
Alex was already shocked with his improvents from his rank up to C tier, but he wasn't the only one shocked.
The soldiers on the battlefield below, whether they be Red Demons or Humans, had all gone through that sa evolutionary process in their lives before, as they were all also C tiers.
But none of them, not a single one, had been as eventful as Alex's rank up to C tier.
In fact, their rank ups were usually just as ta as their previous rank ups.
To them, Alex's rank up felt more like an evolution of being rather than simply going up another tier.
To those more experienced among the crowd, they couldn't help but think of the tis they had seen a C tier rank up to B tier, becoming a higher life form…
Alex's 'evolution' looked just like that, if not a little bit more spectacular…
Bang!
But before they, or Alex, could even assess his new situation, a dull bang was heard in the distance.
Bang!
More specifically, there were two bangs, and they both ca from the sky.
It was clear at that mont that sothing, or soone, was entering the planet's atmosphere and making their way down towards the surface at quite the rapid pace it seed since they had created two sonic booms.
But while the soldiers on the battlefield were rather calm, well the humans were, Alex was a little bit unsettled.
He sensed it the mont they ca within 20 kilotres of his location, as his Spatial perception's range had increased as far as this after reaching C tier.
Two distinct presences closing in on his location with terrifying speed.
His sharpened senses imdiately picked up that one of the ships was of Human origin, but the other one was what concerned him.
It was of Red Demon origin.
The Red Demons were scared and worried for their lives after seeing Varkoth fall to Alex, with so of them even slowly backing away from the battlefield the mont they saw Alex's sword pierce Varkoth's body through the blinding crimson light.
But when the Red Demon ship ca into sight, they regained their confidence and ferocity almost in an instant.
There was only one ship of that kind among the fleet in the Shen Wu system, and it belonged to only one Red Demon.
Their commander!
As for the humans, the ship that was coming in was only a normal small people carrier, so they had no clue who was piloting it.
***
Colonel Margit's ship descended through the atmosphere and onto the battlefield with blinding speed.
He wanted to arrive as quickly as possible so that he could prevent any more bloodshed, so he didn't bother slowing down.
The mont it landed, Margit leaped out and stepped foot on the ground.
He had landed a little bit further down from the peak of the cliff, as it wouldn't be able to handle the weight of his ship if he landed it any further up.
His eyes scanned the battlefield with a laser focus.
His senses, honed from countless battles in the Primordial Expanse and against any unruly awakened during his ti as a soldier, locked on to the source of the B tier energy imdiately.
"What the…?" Margit muttered under his breath as he saw the lone figure standing atop the cliff amidst the destruction.
His eyes widened as he recognised that figure imdiately — it wasn't the Red Demon commander he had expected. It was a human, and one that he knew well ever since the war had started.
"Alex?"
The disbelief in Margit's voice was obvious.
He could hardly believe it.
Soone like Alex, who had only recently been a rising prodigy, had already reached a point where he could unleash power on par with himself?
It was almost too ridiculous to believe.
But the evidence was undeniable.
The energy radiating from Alex was intense, much like his own, and much like the Red Demon commander's who he had one encounter with before, right at the start of the war.
For a mont, Margit was at a loss for words.
This was no ordinary event.
He himself was a C rank Variant class, and his power only just barely matched that of a B rank Mutant class.
This was already extraordinary as the gap widened imnsely between lower and higher life forms.
But Alex had only just stepped into C- rank, and still a Mutant class at that, yet his power was equal to his own?
This was a level that few humans had ever reached…
But there was no ti for idle contemplation.
Another powerful presence was approaching fast, and this ti Margit's face really soured.
He knew exactly who it was.
Just a few monts after Margit's arrival, the Red Demon commander's ship landed with a thunderous crash, the force of the impact sending shockwaves in all directions.
The commander erged from the ship with a predatory grin on his face, eager to confront the human commander.
But as he stepped onto the battlefield, his grin faltered.
The energy signature he had been tracking… it wasn't Margit.
His eyes narrowed as they landed on Alex, a human who radiated a power beyond even what he felt from Margit when he first encountered him…
"What is this?" The Red Demon commander snarled, his voice laced with both anger and confusion.
This was not the confrontation he had expected.
But it was clear that while he was angry about this mix up, he was also concerned.
The fact that he stopped his confident advance the mont he spotted Margit nearby to Alex was evidence enough of this.
And it was clear that Margit understood this too.
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"Alex."
He called out to Alex, who looked back at him with curious eyes.
"We could end the war in the Shen Wu system right here, right now."
And Alex understood the intentions behind this remark imdiately.
The Red Demon commander was right in front of them, and it was currently 2 vs 1.
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