The man was bloodied, with missing flesh and frozen skin, when the attacks came to an end. Alex walked back casually, smiling the entire time.
"I believe the battle is over."
The battle was indeed over, and many of the people in the crowd hadn't even realized that. They were too busy trying to understand how Alex had possibly beaten someone who was over an entire major realm higher than him.
"You… you hid your cultivation base," the man said as he slowly stood up.
Alex looked toward him. "Is that forbidden by any chance?" he asked.
The man snarled at him, but Alex didn't want to bother with him more than that. He simply presented his palm toward him.
"Hand over the stars."
The man paused, and then he sucked in a deep breath as the realization settled on him that he had indeed just lost, which meant that he was set to lose so many stars at once.
