Without a moment''s hesitation, Ning brought out the spear from his storage and made the Aether in his body flow around himself, ready to fight.


    The 4 stood at a standstill for a second as everyone was cautious of the other person.


    It was hard to tell who the other person was and what they could do. However, it seemed that the blue-haired guy with the oceanic sword didn''t think much of them as he shed his sword.


    Like a tsunami threatening to destroy the port, a massive wave of water flowed toward Ning with incredible force.


    Ning instantly started a reverse gravity barrier around him as he flew directly out of the wave of water.


    Just as he was out of it, the demoness flying in the sky swung her whip at him.


    As it suddenly increased in length, the whip grew to surround him. However, the barrier pushed the whip and stopped it from touching him.


    As such, the demoness could only bring it back and p her wings in annoyance.


    The man with the sword shed once more, targeting both him and the demoness.


    The demoness flew away, while Ning wasn''t really bothered by a bunch of water devouring him with his barrier on.


    Just then, he heard a small ''pichew'' sound from his right. The guy in the mecha had used hisser gun.


    Ning only saw the red st go right past his head, missing it by a few centimeters.


    ''Shit!'' he cursed.


    The whip appeared in front of Ning again as the water died down. Ning wasn''t bothered with it as much since the whip couldn''t touch him.


    However, it surprised him when he realized that the whip hade up short. It ended just a meter in front of him, not even touching him.


    At the exact moment when the whip made the crackling sound, Ning felt the space twist around its tip and a shockwave of space itself went through him.


    Ning felt his gravity barrier refuse to work momentarily, and at that exact moment, another wave of water hit him.


    Ning felt himself getting pushed by the water at an incredible speed, at which point aser st went through where he had been standing just moments ago.


    "Don''t get in my way!" a voice, altered through the machines came out of the mecha.


    The blue-haired swordsman gave a cold look back at him and said nothing.


    ''Damn, these people are strong,'' Ning thought to himself. He could very likely beat them if he fought them for an extended period of time, but he had no motivation to.


    They were the ones that needed to fight for the crown, not him. So, he decided to leave and go far away.


    As the water disappeared through the ground, Ning put out a hand next to him and started a portal to take him back to where he hade from.


    However, at that exact moment, he heard a crackling sound as the whip struck right next to the portal. The next second the space wavered once more and Ning watched the portal vanish.


    Ning felt the demoness teleport from the sky and appear right next to him and suddenly started speaking to him instead of attacking.


    "Hey boy! Do you want this?" she asked.


    Ning felt the allure of the woman increase by an incredible amount all of a sudden as he felt his heart more at her beauty.


    The smile looked ever so beautiful, and those lips... so sulent.


    "No!" Ning forced himself out of the charm and he immediately struck at her with his spear.


    "Tsk!" the demoness clicked her tongue and disappeared to appear a bit further away. "I hate the men here. Everyone has such high mental strength."


    "Shut your mouth, you subus. After I''m done with him, I''ming after you," the man with the ocean sword spoke.


    "Do you think I won''t kill you just because you are a little pretty?" the subus asked. "Besides to know what I am, you must''ve had some fun nights in your world."


    The man''s face twisted and he suddenly shed his sword at the subus.


    The subus appeared a bit further away with a burst of roaringughter. "What? Did I strike a nerve?" she asked.


    Ning was about to leave while they bickered with each other when he saw the mecha move from the corner of his eyes.


    He was about to move, but theser st was way too fast. Before Ning knew it, his entire right arm was blown off in an instant.


    The two others stopped bickering. "Oi! That''s my target," the subus shouted.


    The swordsman only red and sent out an attack toward the mecha. Just when it was about to reach the 20-meter tall mecha, a magic circle formed in the air and defended the mecha from the tsunami.


    The subus appeared behind him and struck her whip at the mecha, but once again, a magic circle appeared behind it and protected it, even from the undtions of space that followed afterward.


    Two panels behind the mecha moved and showed two smaller guns strapped to its back which in the next moment directly shot at the subus.


    The subus disappeared once again, arriving quite far away.


    "You better be a man inside that machine, or I won''t forgive you at all," she said as she tightened her whip, getting ready to attack.


    "Leave the crown and go away. This is not a fight you can win at all," the blue-haired swordsman said to Ning.


    Ning smiled. "I guess they are correct about it when they say ''Offense is the Best Defense''. Just taking your attacks and looking for a moment to leave won''t work it seems," he said.


    Then, Ning''s shoulder where he had been cut wriggled a little as flesh and bones started growing back on it.


    The other 3 looked in surprise and caution as his arm grew to the wrist.


    As Ning''s fingers grew back, the spear that had flown off behind him came flying back towards him.


    "I think it''s time I protect myself better."