Rise of the Cosmic_Emperor

Valerie sneered at his words but that did not mean she was neglecting to think about how Hal had so easily destroyed her fourth-grade skill. 

Of course, the moment Valerie attacked, when though she was not the leader of her group, the others in the group decided to join in on the attack.

Not the attack against Hal as they left that Valerie, instead they focussed on the rest of Hal's group.

It was a bit smart.

First, their group was much larger than Hal's with seven members compared to Hal's group's five.

There were other groups around them and those quickly began battling it out as well. 

The faster they cut down groups and reduce the competition while still making sure to survive till the end, the more likely it was that they would be part of the last ten groups to pass.

Everyone in Hal's group, except Hal and Melinda, let out the pressure of their cultivation to face their opponents.

Melinda's opponent looked confident and faced her with a sneer. As though to say the fact that Melinda was a Dane did not mean she (the opponent) was not going to go all out to achieve victory.

However, from the moment the opponent's cultivation was revealed to be at the peak of the Cosmic phenomenon realm, the golden-eyed beauty no longer saw her as a threat.

Melinda had been in the peak of the Cosmic phenomenon realm before Hal left the Silva duchy and had been working towards the turning of her phenomenon into an Aurora before they reunited in the Imperial city.

Their reunion of course going in the way that pleased them both; raunchy intercourse in the Harem space.

With Hal having now surpassed her cultivation, his seed was all the more beneficial and she spent hours in the Harem space completing her breakthrough into the Early stage of the Cosmic Aurora realm.

So as her opponent summoned a Cosmic armament in the form of a large hammer, she merely cracked her knuckles and began to battle the Armament wielding expert with her fists.

The battle caught the attention of Adeline Silva who was being quite dominant in her battle against her opponent even though they both shared the same cultivation. (Peak stage of the Cosmic phenomenon realm)

"How the hell are you already in the Cosmic Aurora realm?" She could not help but ask in a carrying tone of voice that caused Melinda to spare her a look and smirk.

Adeline's exclamation was understandable.

She had been hailed as a genius for years due to her cultivation talent. Advancing faster than her peers and surpassing the laid down norm.

Even now she was nearing advancement to the Cosmic Aurora realm but was sure an advancement was impossible for another few months.

And that was with the best resources the Silva family had to offer.

What sort of resources was Melinda making use of for such speedy advancement.

Even her father, Devon Dane wondered the same while he watched the broadcast of the battle while Isabella sighed as she could very well take a guess. A guess she knew her son could make as well.

Adeline did not need Melinda's cultivation pressure to be shown to know that such physical dominance against an opponent at the peak of the Cosmic phenomenon realm, who was going all out could no longer be in the same realm.

She could have very well been wrong as there were so many eyebrow-raising things that she was oblivious about but in this case, she was not wrong and Melinda saw no reason to deny it. 

"Wouldn't you like to know" Melinda smirked and her opponent's eyes widened at the admittance before she leaped away from her.

Melinda chuckled and chased after her when a sound came from behind.

A sound that called all attention to the simultaneous doubling over of two of those in Valerie's group and they had doubled over from getting hit simultaneously by Nicole's fists.

Pierre who had still been battling it out with his opponent looked over with widened eyes not just because of Nicole's effectiveness against two opponents who she looked to have handled with ease but also because, seemingly from that blow to each, the devices of those two instantly went from green to orange.

All this was happening at the same time Hal's one on one battle with Valerie was hitting climax...

The leader of Valerie's group had hung back with his hands crossed in front of his chest. Of all those in the group, he was the only one not fighting and Hal could easily guess why.

It was the same reason he (Hal) had also not let out the pressure of his cultivation.

There was no need when those around could not match up to his motivation at the Cosmic Aurora realm.

At least that was the leader's thought before Melinda showed off her prowess but even then, he decided it was better to just focus on Hal and Valerie's battle.

Why?

He knew everyone else in the group.

At least he knew enough of their capabilities even though they were not all from the same sects or families.

He was fairly confident they would not be so easily defeated.

Valerie however, was more of a last-minute addition that he allowed believing there was strength in numbers, especially since her strength was not exactly weak.

He needed to keep an eye on her and at least see how she would fare.

Anyway,

The main reason Hal had actually not let out the pressure of his cultivation was... Well, he was taking it easy on Valerie.

He saw nothing to gain from beating her senseless.

Not to mention that should he show himself as a Cosmic aurora realm cultivator, the group leader who had thus far remained uninvolved was sure to stop him.

Or at least try to.

After all, Valerie getting defeated could very well mean the whole team would lose if quick action was not taken.

Valerie frowned at the ease with which Hal had destroyed her skill.

But she did not look interested in backing off at all.

Instead, she summoned her longsword cosmic Armament before casting body skills that showed activation with a large green four circled ring beneath her feet.

Then she dashed towards Hal with her speed incredibly increased, moving haphazardly and without a fixed pattern to catch him off guard and avoid getting her hits blocked.

Hal furrowed his brows and summoned his sword cosmic armament which he began using to deflect Valerie's sword strikes, keeping up with her in speed much to her surprise.

Then Hal actually caught her sword edge in the serrated edge of his sword and used it to pull her closer to himself.

Valerie's eyes widened when she suddenly found herself in his arms with his face inches away from her.

His lips so enchanting close... So close that she almost thought the battle unnecessary and believe it was better to lay down arms and...

*Bam*

That was the sound of her punching Hal's cheek both as a way to jolt herself back into her normal senses while and also as a way of telling Hal he had no right to hold on to her.

Hal sighed, 

"Feisty of you. But I just thought we could take a break and talk"

"Talk? Haha, how much of a pussy are you? Let go of me and fight like a man for goodness sake" Valerie said as she strained against his hold and charged a cosmic attack imbued with a comic phenomenon.

"As you wish" Hal said and spun her away from him.

Before she could stop spinning and balance herself, Hal sent a Cosmic attack imbued with a much more visible hint of a Cosmic aurora.

*Boom!*

Valerie had managed to protect herself well enough even though the blast sent her propelling away from Hal and into one of the many buildings in the rundown district.

*Bang!*

When she pulled herself out of the wreckage, the first thing Valerie did was to look at her device and discover that it was still green albeit a lighter shade.

The second thing she did was to be shocked by the revelation that Hal was a Cosmic Aurora realm expert!

Something she would never have thought in all her life as possible.

Was this young man going to keep breaking what she had always felt was the natural order of things?

Was he going to keep telling her with his actions that she was not special?

"Retreat" the leader of her group suddenly called out and in all honesty, he had no other choice.

The ones he had been fairly confident in had failed. Their devices were already on orange.

To make matters worse, seeing Nicole's success seemed to spur Pierre, Melinda and Adeline even further to attack their opponents with even more seriousness with Melinda letting out a Cosmic aurora that would have hit her opponent had it not been for the speedy intervention of the leader.

When the leader called for a retreat, neither one of those in Hal's group, except Hal, had any intentions of letting them go but the leader had not called out with the misguided hope that the opposing group would ceasefire.

He pulled all his group members towards himself with cosmic energy before pulling out an Array scroll that he charged with cosmic energy to activate a protective bubble that enveloped him and his group members and rolled them away to safety.

No attacks tossed at the bubble had any effect other than helping to roll it even faster away.

Once the group was gone, Hal and his group members had no respite because other groups had been successful in their battles and were looking for their next victims.

Things were looking to become a Battle Royale.