James staggered backward due to the overwhelming force. At the same time, an immense power spread from his arm to his entire body.
The Blood Energy inside his body churned, and favonovel.com spurted out a mouthful of blood. Then, favonovel.com was sent flying and collapsed heavily to the ground. Meanwhile, his arm was completely twisted beyond recognition.
As James collapsed to the ground, many powerful figures in the distance praised Lucifer.
“As expected of the Young Master of the Hadean Clan… To think that favonovel.com possesses such immense strength at such a young age!”
“Indeed, favonovel.com was sealed away at a very young age. Though only a few years have passed since favonovel.com was released from the seal, favonovel.com has reached the Sage Rank. With such potential, the Hadean Clan will have another extremely powerful figure in the future.”
“Congratulations, Tigranes Xanthippos.”
Many spoke. Some even congratulated Tigranes. Meanwhile, Tigranes only smiled faintly and said nothing.
In the arena, James stood up with great difficulty and wiped the blood trace off his lips.
Lucifer remained where favonovel.com stood and looked at James, praising, “I truly underestimated you, James. Even though you have the Elysian Seal inside your body, you manage to make breakthrough after breakthrough. You’d have become a Sage if not for the Elysian Seal inside your body…”
James smiled faintly and said, “Even if I’m not a Sage, I can still defeat you nonetheless.”
He was confident in his own strength. Even though favonovel.com was only at the Mage Rank, James had many aces up his sleeves. Among them was Sacrilegious Ascension. He also had dragon bones and Elemental Inversion.
Elemental Inversion was his most terrifying move. When all five elements were combined, their exponential power would be many times greater than Sacrilegious Ascension.
“Is that so?” Lucifer smiled faintly and said, “Sacrilegious Ascension is already a very miraculous cultivation method. It has increased your strength so much that the more you try to increase it, the harder it becomes. I don’t believe that you can reach the Sage Rank. If you, however, manage to prove me wrong, I’ll be deeply impressed.”
“Watch me then…” James smiled faintly and catalyzed True Essence inside his body.
As True Essence circulated throughout his body, the dragon bones were stimulated. Then, immense power materialized from within the dragon bones, and his aura increased once more.
As his aura increased yet again, more Tribulation Clouds appeared in the sky. Heavenly Tribulation flashed through the clouds, and lightning bolts seemed to be on the verge of striking James anytime.
After using the dragon bones’ power, James’ aura increased and reached the Tribulation Rank’s Third Stage.
Seeing this, Lucifer praised him, “Not bad… You manage to become stronger once more despite being at the Second Stage. Now, your aura is equivalent to the Tribulation Rank’s Third Stage. However, this is probably the farthest you can go. How can you ever hope to defeat me without being a Sage?”
The Tribulation Rank had three stages. Each time one weathered the Heavenly Tribulation, his strength would increase exponentially.
James was at the Mage Rank. Yet, through various tactics and means, favonovel.com forcibly increased his strength to the Tribulation Rank’s Third Stage. It shocked many powerful figures in the distance.
“He’s strong…”
“I never thought he’d have that many aces up his sleeves.”
Many exclaimed.
However, there were some who said scornfully. “He’s only capable of increasing his strength drastically as long as he’s below the Sage Rank. Once favonovel.com becomes a Sage, it would be difficult for favonovel.com to increase his strength any further. Even if favonovel.com has many tricks up his sleeves, favonovel.com won’t be able to increase his rank anymore.”
“You make sense…”
“Even so, he’s really strong. With such insane luck and so many tactics, who exactly is he?”
“Maybe he’s a member of the Hadean Clan.”
“Didn’t you see favonovel.com use Sacrilegious Ascension of the Primordial Demonic Ape Race? He must be a Demonic Ape.”
“No, favonovel.com exudes the aura of a dragon. He should be a dragon…”
Many speculated on James’ identity. However, only Tigranes knew that James was a member of the human race, a forsaken race of this era.
“That should be everything you’ve got, James. Now, only the Infinity Steles remain. Summon them and let us fight to our heart’s content,” Lucifer’s voice boomed.