Revenge: A Path of Destruction
Chapter 101: Alex vs The Earth Patriarch (21)

Chapter 101: Alex vs The Earth Patriarch (21)

Khepri landed heavily, skidding across cracked stone as dust and gravel exploded beneath his feet. He didn’t have time to steady his breath before Alex was already there again — a blur of golden light, streaking toward him with a roar of thunder.

BOOM!

Alex appeared directly above him, katana raised — no wasted motion, no hesitation. It came down like a divine decree, splitting the air.

Khepri crossed his shield and khopesh in a tight guard just in time, but the impact drove him a full meter into the ground, his knees digging trenches as he struggled to hold his ground.

Before he could even retaliate—

Another flash!

Alex was gone — and then behind him, a thunder kick sent Khepri crashing into a stone wall with a sickening crunch. The wall shattered on impact, and Khepri burst out of the rubble a heartbeat later, arm raised to summon help.

He called upon his stone warriors, dozens of erupting from the earth, along with a flurry of floating stone weapons, spears, swords, hammers — a whole storm of enchanted armaments ready to encircle Alex.

But they never made it.

As they charged, they were torn apart before they even reached him.

A single swing from Alex released an arc of thunder that lanced through the entire wave, obliterating stone like wet paper. Bodies crumbled, weapons shattered, and the sky turned white with crackling electricity.

Khepri’s face contorted — shock, then frustration. They weren’t even slowing him down.

"Impossible," he muttered, panting as he redirected the mana for defense.

But Alex wasn’t done.

He came again — from the right this time, katana dragging along the ground before rising in a thunder-coated uppercut that sent Khepri’s shield flying. The moment the shield left his hand, a knee powered by lightning crashed into his ribs.

CRACK.

Khepri’s body convulsed as a rib shattered, and he was sent spinning through the air, only to be met mid-spin by a second horizontal slash that lacerated his shoulder, sending blood arcing through the sky like red mist.

Still airborne, still trying to regain control—

Alex reappeared above him, both hands on the katana, shouting:

"Thunder Control. Katana Form – Fifth art: Storm Rend!"

The blade came down with the force of a thunderstorm.

Khepri had just enough sense to throw up a wall of layered earth, but it was pointless. The slash detonated on impact, cleaving through the wall, the air, and the land beneath them, carving a deep trench in the ground that stretched for nearly a hundred meters.

Khepri was driven into the earth like a meteor, his body skipping off the ground until he crashed into a broken pillar.

His chest was heaving, blood smeared across his armor, his grip on his khopesh weak. His stone warriors were gone. His weapons shattered. The battlefield — once his domain — now crackled with Alex’s lightning.

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Khepri staggered back, coughing blood into his hand as he braced against a shattered stone outcrop. The world spun. His armor cracked. Limbs burned from exertion. Nothing made sense.

How?

He, a Legend-ranked being, the sovereign of Earth... was being tossed around like a rookie by a boy who shouldn’t even be standing. A boy who had no right to wield such power. One who hadn’t fought in as many wars. One who, by all rights, should be dead.

"You should’ve died with your clan, boy."

His teeth clenched as the golden blur came again.

SHHHK—CLANG!

Alex’s katana cleaved down in a diagonal arc — Khepri barely raised his shield in time, sparks exploding from the impact. But before he could take a breath—

CRACK!

A boot roundhouse kick smashed across his jaw, snapping his head sideways and lifting him off the ground for a heartbeat. Dust and blood sprayed from his mouth as he tumbled backward once more, skidding along the broken earth.

He groaned, planting his khopesh into the ground to stop himself.

Then he heard it — the sound of footsteps. Fast. Calm. Deliberate.

Alex was already coming again. Unrelenting.

Khepri pushed up, half-kneeling, vision blurring.

"Congratulate yourself, boy," he growled, voice hoarse but steady. "You’ve forced me to use it."

He rose, eyes narrowing as a dangerous aura began to boil from his body.

"But just know—"

His voice echoed across the battlefield, low and heavy like tectonic plates grinding against one another.

"You won’t survive."

Then he raised his khopesh high and said:

"Life is Earth... and from Earth, life is created."

"Partial Law: From Earth, Life Is Born."

The air changed.

Violently.

Mana erupted from Khepri’s body like a geyser, molten and dense, distorting the very atmosphere. The ground beneath Alex’s feet shuddered, then convulsed as something deeper, older, awakened beneath them.

From the battlefield rose five massive pillars of stone, each one pulsing with life. Then, with thunderous groans, they began to shift — arms tearing free, legs forming from the soil, torsos rising like mountains.

Five colossal Earthborn warriors emerged, each over twenty meters tall.

One bore a colossal sword and shield, carved with runes that pulsed like heartbeats.

Another brandished a great spear, its tip sharp enough to split the wind.

The third hefted an axe the size of a siege tower.

The fourth dragged a massive greatsword, its edge glowing red with molten heat.

And the last calmly drew a bow taller than any wall, its arrows formed from compressed earth.

But what made them different — what made Alex freeze — was not their size, but the fact that they felt alive.

All five opened them at once — glowing amber, pulsing like real hearts.

They locked their gaze onto Alex simultaneously.

And for the first time since activating Limit Break... Alex’s body hesitated.

Every cell in his body was alerting him to those entities, warning him to be cautious around them.

Thunder flickered along Alex’s limbs, reacting instinctively to the danger. But it wasn’t enough to suppress the chill creeping down his spine.

He took a step back unconsciously.

The giants stood tall, silent, but the air around them screamed with pressure. Khepri, now hovering in the air behind them, blood dripping from his mouth, was already chanting again, face pale, but eyes lit with fury.

"You wanted a war, boy... you’ve got it."

And the giants moved.

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[ A/N:

Happy New Month! As we all know, the previous Chapter was our 100th Chapter, and I had planned to celebrate with a mass release. However, it turns out fate had other plans, as the date coincides with my birthday.

Yes, today is my birthday, May 1st! Because of that, I’ve decided to release only two Chapters today since I will be out celebrating (or at least I hope to be).

I realized I just need to take a moment to relax on my special day. After today, I’ll be back with a bang!

I also want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has been with us since the beginning of the story. I truly appreciate your support. Thank you all so much!

So, here’s another Chapter for the day. Happy reading!

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