The Hell Emperor's Divine Battle Array had no one singular target. Instead, it improved the prowess of every single individual that was using it in unison.
Compared to that, the array that Long Jianyu and his soldiers used was one that put all of the burden of the battle on a single person, while also making that single person tremendously powerful.
While Alex definitely had the superior technique of all, given that he alone was the target of the people in front of him, the superior technique didn't help him all that much.
Alex swung Midnight, throwing out a fiery slash at Long Jianyu, filled with Dao of Cutting and True Fire Dao.
Long Jianyu attacked as well, his slashes creating massive roots in the sky that clashed against Alex's attacks. There was some sort of dao to the roots and that made it strong enough to overcome Alex's attack.
