A new day came as the sun was rising from the horizon. A couple people were out walking down the streets and people could be seen cultivating on top of buildings.
Alex opened his eyes as he exited his training simulation. His lips curled into a smile as he had successfully developed a new way to use his magic.
He found out that as long as his mana consumption wasn't higher than his recovery rate, he could turn it into a passive skill. Even though his defensive power was already high, it still hurt when it hit him. The magic barriers he could make didn't have high mana usage but had high defensive power at the same time.
Alex then visualized the barrier and send out magic power. He also brought up the mana bar from his system. It basically said how much magic power he had. His mana started going down but after a second, it went back up to full. Mana Barriers are just condensed mana
He tried doing something else while casting the barrier but it instantly shattered. Seeing this, the once again put up the barrier around him. It then shattered once again.
Again!
....
Again!
After many tries, Alex succeeded in keeping his Magic barrier up while doing something else. A message from his system suddenly appeared in front of him
[Multi-Tasking has been created]
[Multi-Tasking Lvl.1
Description: Able to control 2 powers at the same time. (Increases by 1 per level)]
[Magic Affinity has Leveled up! ×13]
[Magic Affinity Lvl.60]
Alex smiled when he saw this. The new skill he got meant that he could control mana and Qi at the same time. Before this, he had to alternate between them but now he could use them both at the same time. This also meant that if he had a type of telekinesis, he could control both objects separately. For example, two flying swords, but they had their own movements. They would both be executing different moves. This brought his battle possibilities to a higher level.
Alex then stood up. Although he doubted anything could hurt him, he still felt safer with a barrier around him. He left the room and went outside where more and more people were starting to come out. Walking down the streets , he found some food. He sat down and ate peacefully. He was thinking about the events that led to this point. He was also thinking about the future.
What would he do when he found his parents? With his 200 Years lifespan? What if he got stronger in the future? He would be forced out by the planet.
Alex was thinking about questions for the future but someone suddenly sat opposite of him. He didn't stop them because they had a familiar presence. The person kept looking at him.
When Alex finally turned his head, he saw Anna.
"Were you looking for me?" Alex asked her while drinking some tea.
She looked at him while thinking about something. When she heard Alex's question she snapped out of her daze and blushed.
"Who wants to look for you?!" She yelled.
After a bit, she composed herself and they started speaking. When she heard that Alex was going to open his shop tomorrow, she was shocked. Wasn't Alex new to this town? How could he have already set up a shop?
Alex told her the location of his shop. Just as they were about to part ways, Alex saw something on his map. A huge number of red dots were coming to SampelBurg City. The highest cultivation base there saw Sky Realm Grade-3. Alex stood up and started walking to the city wall. Anna saw his actions and ran after him, confused.
When she caught up to him, Alex picked her up and jumped on a roof. He used his footwork to land softly. Jumping from roof to roof, he finally arrived at the wall that was protecting the city. The wall had a Formation that could defend a single attack from a Sky Realm Grade-1.
"Such an horrible Formation." Alex looked at the Formation and said. Anna, however, was surprised to hear that. The Formation was made from the best formation masters in the city and Alex called it horrible. She couldn't help but wonder what was Alex still hiding.
When they reached the top of the wall, Alex put Anna down and looked into the distance. He then saw a bunch of soldiers waiting. It seemed that the city knew the danger they were in. He looked at Anna who still had a confused look on her face and explained the situation to her.
"An army of Devil Cult disciples are coming to this city. Highest cultivation is Sky Realm Grade-3"
Anna's eyes widened as she heard that. Disciples of the Devil Cult were ruthless. The would enslave the men and use women as playthings. It is rumored that once you are within their grasp, you would never be able to leave. Since its founding, not a single person that was captured was seen again. This was because they had 2 Nebula Realm Cultivators and many other highly skilled cultivators. They had the power of a kingdom so the monarchs don't feel like killing them over a single city.
Anna was scared and looked at Alex with a 'What should we do' expression. Honestly, this would be a piece of cake for Alex but he wanted to see the power of the cultivators within the city. All Alex needed to do is have the leader of the town give him ownership of the city. Then the system would protect it with his defense attribute. He had asked Celestine about it and found out that the Building Owner Title could also work on a city and even an entire kingdom.
*Vrrrr*
The ground started shaking as an army of Devil Cult disciples could be seen. They were dressed in black and had a red aura oozing out of them. Their killing Intent was absolutely overwhelming to normal people but for Alex, it was akin to a light breeze. Anna was shivering as she also felt the auras coming from them. Alex stood in front of her to block it for her.
Feeling the aura disappear felt like a mountain was off her shoulders. She looked at Alex's back and realized that he was the one that took of the pressure for her.
Alex kept looking at the army of Devil Cult Disciples and looked at the cultivators in the city's army, who were anxious. He wanted to see how this would play out. He told Celestine to record the scene in front of him for the future.
Alex quickly created a Formation around Anna and him to hide their presence.
"Let's see what they will do." Alex stared at the to be battlefield and said.