They should have noticed the moment arrived in the room but strangely, they weren't even aware of his presence until he spoke. Thank God he was not there to harm them or it'd have been catastrophic.
"You guys have made tremendous improvements during the time I was away" Xuanyuan said as his gaze wandered across his thirteen friends with his gaze lingering a bit on Qingyuan who couldn't help but avoid his eyes.
"Why don't fight me to confirm that?" Snow titan said retrieving her Greatsword. She was now ready to have a big fight with Xuanyuan.
"You can't defeat me" Xuanyuan replied arrogantly. "You'd need more to contend against me" he added.
"Just admit it" Snow titan didn't back down but even said smugly. "You are just afraid" she said.
"No I'm not. I just don't want unnecessary mental breakdown" Xuanyuan replied. "I'm not in the mood to beat you guys up"
"Whoa! Titan! beat this guy up!" Dark angel cried. "I can help you" He added as he took a step forward.
"Show him how much we've improved!" Yueying snapped from the side.
"Sorry master! I have no choice but to fulfill the wishes of my friends!" Snow titan said righteously before stepping forward and swinging her sword at Xuanyuan sending a powerful sword light at Xuanyuan. Even Xuanyuan was slightly surprised at the power she was exhibiting just with her sword alone without any Magic array or skill.
But that was all, Xuanyuan didn't even need to use his sword to block that attack. With a thought, the sword light dispersed into strands of Mana before condensing again into an arrow that suddenly shot towards Divine shieldbearer at lightning speed. At such a close distance, and without warning, the rather fragile arrow would deal fatal damages. But Divine shieldbearer calmly stepped to the side and the arrow flew past him leaving a mark on the wall before dispersing again into gaseous Mana.
"You shouldn't have dragged me into this" the Guardian knight said before throwing a spear at Xuanyuan.
Xuanyuan surprisingly didn't even attempt to dodge and allowed the spear to pass through him to the astonishment of the thirteen. But Divine shieldbearer suddenly revealed a shocked expression as she shouted "Afterimage!"
Subsequently, Xuanyuan appeared behind Pure spring and tried to backstab her. But just as his sword a few inches away, a translucent barrier suddenly appeared around her. She had shrunk her Mana domain to form a tight defensive network around her.
Before Xuanyuan could recover, a sword covered in raging flames suddenly descended upon him and he quickly had to dodge to the side to avoid it. That came from Qingyuan who currently had a sly smile on her face.
Xuanyuan wanted to return the smile but he could feel a dagger coming from Shadow empress so he had to dodge again.
Xuanyuan suddenly flashed and reappeared in front of Astral sword who quickly used defensive blade on himself but was still forced two steps back from Xuanyuan's strike.
"When do you plan to attack?" Xuanyuan said as he disappeared again and appeared in the centre of the room surrounded by thirteen players.
Xuanyuan looked serious but inwardly he was all smiles. I'm just two weeks, this brats could already put up such a good fight with him. If not because he started earlier than they did. He'd probably be in tatters right now.
"Now let the second round begin" Xuanyuan muttered and unsheathed his sword which was flickering with dangerous purple arcs of electricity. His opponents looked even more serious at this after all they just witnessed how capable Xuanyuan was without his sword. Who knows how formidable he'll become with his sword?
Instantly, ninety swords appeared in the room and shut towards the thirteen players before Xuanyuan. The training was not small but the swords left no room to dodge. Now everyone had to block with all they have.
Booming sounds as the swords attacked the defensive network they used. Watching how the swords left cracks on their defensive measures they all shuddered with their backs covered in cold sweat. If they got hit by these swords, they won't last more than a few seconds with their meager HP bars after all they were still at tier 1.
After about ten seconds, the lightning swords all dispersed leaving thirteen players unscathed. Even Xuanyuan was marveled at this sight.
"Now it's our turn to attack!" Yueying shouted.
"As if you'll attack!" Xingyao snorted.
"Watch me!" Yueying shouted and condensed a fireball the size of a desk and sending it at Xuanyuan but the latter wasn't even tickled.
"We need to work together to take him down" Shadow empress suggested.
"No battle plan will work against this bastard. Let's just attack with all we've got" Divine shieldbearer said.
"Use AOE spells if needed. Everyone can just take care of himself" Dark angel added.
"Cast your Mana domain" Dark angel said to Pure spring.
"Alright" Pure spring replied and with a thought, a ripple spread out from her as the movements of Ambient Mana changed drastically. Now they worked to cast a suppression on Xuanyuan while buffing them instead.
"You think a Mana domain is enough to overwhelm me?" Xuanyuan said smugly.
"What about two?" Snow titan suddenly muttered from the side as another ripple emerged and overlapped with Pure spring's acheiving greater suppression.
"You've mastered a Mana domain?" They all exclaimed in surprise.
"Right. I had hidden it to shock this guy but now I'm forced to use it" she said and they all gasped. Snow titan was already formidable with her frightening strength. Now with a Mana domain, she's truly invincible!
"Now let's attack him!" Shadow empress said and they all began another barrage of attacks at Xuanyuan.
The battle went on for ten more minutes but they all couldn't gain an advantage over Xuanyuan even though the latter didn't use a Mana domain...