Journey Of A Legend

"Just stop resisting and come back with us. It will be easier for both of us."

As Nick said those words to Joe, he waved his other hand, and white light flew at Joe instantly.

Feeling the approaching power, Joe's expression stiffened instantly and without any hesitation, he jumped backward.

Looking at Nick's body and the leaking presence which came alongside with his assault, Joe frowned slightly and said, "You are on the God rank."

Nick hearing this just laughed slightly and said, "Yes I am. I finally reached the God rank, so please don't make my job even more complicated than this and come with us. I don't want to fight against the two of you."

"Not like you would have a chance or something...", said Nick quietly and looked at Joe.

Joe hearing this frowned even deeper and looked around.

All around him, except the one he already knocked out, he could see at least 10 fighters from the Soul Association and 7 people from his family.

Each was on the Ascender rank, while the three experts, Henry, Scott, and Nick were already on the God rank.

Escaping or resisting in this situation without causing any harm would be quite hard and Joe knew this too.

He doesn't want to spill blood and naturally he won't too. Even those who he attacked and were lying on the ground with blood spilling out of their wound were just knocked unconscious.

No matter how mad he was for his father, Joe knew that these people couldn't be blamed. However, showing some dominance and putting wounds on them was a must. If not, they would stand up on their feet and attack him again.

However, in such a situation where he needed to fight against 3 God rank experts, which were from his own city and family, made Joe's heart ache.

"I can't believe that old wreck would go all the way to such heights just to obtain fame and strength."

Slowly, Joe started to think that he underestimated his father. He knew he was such a sly fox and did everything just to obtain power, but to such an extent.

He was using violence against his own son! This was outrageous!

"I need to show him that we are not dolls that he can control at will. Not me nor Greg. No one!"

*BOOM!*

Instantly as he said those words, around Joe's body an ancient-looking robe appeared made out of pure thunder.

With the suffocating presence leaking out of his body, Joe waved his Jade Sword before his body and said calmly, "Show yourself..."

*BAM!*

With those words, Joe's body broke right into the God rank and behind his back, a half-transparent figure started to emerge slowly.

Greg and everyone concentrated on the figure behind Joe's back, but the moment they saw what it was they looked immediately confused.

Right behind Joe's body, a figure that was made out of abyss black clouds floated with crossed arms while blinding yellow thunderbolts slithered inside its body from time to time.

The whole figure was seeping amiss like presence, just like a real chaotic storm would.

"Did Zeus truly looked like that?", asked one guy on the side with confusion.

Naturally, everyone looked confused not because something strange happened with Joe or his power, but because in mythology and in legends, it was told that Zeus had a very human-like appearance.

It was told he was full of muscle to the point where it was unnatural, while he had a white beard and hair.

However, the sight they were currently watching was completely different from those legends.

But naturally, it was a small confusion and no one made a big fuss about this. There were a lot of occasions where the legendary Guardian didn't look as it was told in legends, so this wasn't the first time.

However, the fact that Joe suddenly broke into the God rank was a bigger surprise and sign that the fight won't be an easy one.

Nick frowning looked at Henry and Scott and said quietly, "Go and restrain Greg. I will take care of him."

As the two experts heard this, they nodded and appeared around Greg.

And just like this, the two were surrounded by people, while Joe was standing before Nick and Greg before Henry and Scott.

This whole thing escalated to a point where there was no return at all.

Greg looking at Henry and Scott looked unfazed, but this couldn't be told about Joe.

Seeing that Nick was about to attack him, he waved his sword again and said calmly, "Consume it..."

*BAM!*

Instantly as he said that the atmosphere above everyone's head shook, and the beautiful clear sky darkened in one go.

However, when Greg raised his head to see what happened, noticed that it was not the same sight that he always saw when Joe activated his power, but instead something even greater.

Above everyone, the abyss black clouds with a terrifying amount of thunder in them were swirling like crazy.

But what Greg noticed that every thunder had its own pattern, and it wasn't long before each thunderbolt flashed up at the same time and formed a strange pentagram inside the dark clouds.

Nick seeing this looked confused, however, the next second he fell to his knees and clenched his chest.

"What... What is happening with my body?"

Nick felt like someone started to suck the power out of his body, making him feel extremely exhausted all of a sudden.

And it wasn't just him. It was everyone around too, including Henry and Scott too.

The only one who didn't get affected by this sudden change was only Greg, who looked at this sight with a perplexed expression.

"What's happening?", asked Greg confusedly, not understanding what was currently happening.

"He is using his Guardians most powerful skill. It is called Consume the Skies. The skill is all about consuming the enemy's energy and transform it into the user's energy. Like that, one can break through ranks in a flash, showing just how powerful that skill was."

When Greg heard this he looked stupified instantly. He believed that there were a lot of bizarre and overpowered skills all around the world, just like Emma's current Heritage, but this was a simple cheat!

Not only could Joe make his enemies immobile because of the rapid energy loss, but he could transform that energy into his advantage and surpass ranks in a flash.

Just like now, he was using this skill and his strength was reaching the summit of the Ascender rank, showing that Joe's power was truly working just as Alice said.

"White Soul Stones are truly on a different level.", thought Greg and wanted to move, but suddenly Henry's figure appeared before him out of thin air.

"I am sorry for all this!", said Henry and swing powerfully the abyss black scythe in his hand toward Greg.

Seeing this, Greg's eyes widened in surprise and without hesitation raised both of his hands to protect his body from the assault.

*BAM!*

*CRACK!*

The impact was so great, that the ground below Greg's feet cracked instantly, while Greg himself needed to take a few steps back.

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Henry seeing that his attack didn't make Greg's body to fly away with significant wounds all over his body, he looked surprised instantly.

After he reached the God rank, his Guardian's power let him consume any power in its close vicinity, let it be in the air or pure physical contact, and use it to his advantage. 

Now that Joe was using a power that consumed everyone's energy, Henry was able to use this power to its full potential and steal a huge amount of energy that flew toward Joe in the air. Using it to strengthen his scythe's strength, he was quite sure that only with one swing he would be able to knock Greg unconscious and go help Nick, but this didn't happen at all.

Not only was he not able to make Greg flew away with serious injuries, but he even defended against his attack and remained intact. This was a total shock to him. 

"Just how strong did he become under such a short amount of time?"

However, Greg was just as surprised about Henry's power as Henry about his.

After breaking into the Soul Grade, his body physical resistance was on the top no matter what. No normal means could make his body injured, not if the one attacking him was an enemy only a bit stronger than him.

However, even like this that Henry was above him just with only a rank, he was still able to make him step back several steps, even though he defended against the assault with everything he had.

Also, the fact that he was able to move freely even though Joe was currently sucking the energy out of his body, showed Greg that Henry was quite a scary foe to fight against.

Looking at the black scythe in Henry's hand, Greg steadied himself and thought seriously, "I think this will become a bit difficult."