System, are you messing with me?

Ark 2 - three hours is enough to finish this fight

Shu Ning swallowed hard when he saw all the razor sharp claws and teeth of the Sphinx that were gathering below himself. It was a terrifying scene to watch those big and ugly creatures to rip at each others throat with a crazy light in their eyes and all that just because of one little stone. 

Shu Ning: "Those monsters really look frightening. It would be suicide to jump down there now. No matter how strong i am, there are just too many."

System: "Host has 2000 Points remaining. Maybe the system store has something useful for the Host."

Shu Ning: "Then please look if there is something to enhance my strength."

System: "There are three type of enhancement pills. The grade one enhancement pill that works for one hour and only strengthens your muscles. Then there is the grade two enhancement pill that holds up for three hours and strengthens your muscles, eyes and ears but after the three hours are over, the body will be in a weaker state for one hour. And at last there is also the grade three enhancement pill. This one strengthens all of the users senses and holds on for five hours. But after the time is up, the body will temporarily shut itself down because of overuse. Which one should I purchase?"

Shu Ning: "The second grade one. Put it right into my mouth. My hands are dirty."

Alpha nodded obediently inside of Shu Ning's Consciousness and happily flashed it's light a few times while jumping up and down as if to ask for his Host's praise for finally being useful.

Shu Ning: "..." 'Stupid System. What are you being so flashy about with such an easy task?'

Shu Ning helplessly rolled his eyes at the childish actions of the system but still hesitantly reached out some imaginary hands inside of his Consciousness to coaxingly pat the shining ball. Just that before those hands could even reach Alpha, a round object with a smooth texture and bitter taste appeared inside of his mouth and took away all of his attention when it quickly melted into a warm flow of energy.

After the comfortable energy spread inside of Shu Ning's whole body, a tremendous power could be felt enveloping every muscle and tendon of the boy so that he couldn't help but narrow his eyes dangerously and slightly lift the corners of his lips into a wicket grin in bliss.

Shu Ning: "Let the slaughter beginn."

The blue stone that Shu Ning still kept raised into the air was speedily put back into his pocket and with the draw of his sword he jumped into the swarm of ugly monsters below.

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The soldiers, that were moments before still confused about the whole situation, saw their General rushing into the group of Sphinx at lightning speed and could do nothing more but follow closely behind. With their swords raised high into the air, they yelled loudly for their comrades to keep up when they pounced on the monsters left and right from them to sever their ugly heads.

The call of their friends at last woke up every last one of the humans still standing there in a daze and so more and more soldiers ran towards the battlefield to help out their team in their hopeful last fight in this war. In seconds the growling and squeaking of the Sphinx could be heard from every corner of the battleground when their life came to an abrupt end. But the more Sphinx took their last breath and fell limb to the ground, the more confused the Soldiers became as they realized that the Monsters completely ignored their existence and only concentrated on tearing each other apart in a gruesome battle.

"What is going on?"

Liu Chen finally couldn't help but voice out the question in everyone's hearts but there was no way the people present could find a sufficient answer, so they could only continue slashing their swords through the Sphinx limbs and stay wary of any occurring changes.