The Pinnacle of Life

“That would be enough.” Maximilia said and took a deep breath. She raised her sword and entered the formation again.

Although she was Maximilia at the time, she was Jade in all but looks. She was resolute and refused to be sluggish for the slightest second. With a blade in each hand, she rushed in, slashing every single demon as harshly as she could.

“Ahhh!!! Why would there be a formation here? How could the strategist’s formation be used against his own people?”

“That scholar… That scholar is a formation master! Kill him, kill him!”

The demons started yelling in rage, but they couldn’t do anything now that they were within the formation. Restricted, their fighting skills were obsolete. They could only watch as Maximilia sliced them up.

“You’re dead, humans!”

“Every human who trespasses into Kroraina has to die!”

As the demons shrieked, the golden phoenix scorpion continued hitting the boundary with its body as if it had gone crazy.

Since Alex needed the eggs of this scorpion, Maximilia didn’t kill it just yet. She waited till every single demon had been dealt with to handle it.

minutes later, it stopped and laid flat on the ground before laying

“I didn’t expect us to get the eggs

Do you know how

pause, she continued, “The scorpion is at its weakest right after giving birth. Let’s kill it when it’s in

rushed over, only to see the

“Be careful!” Alex yelled.

Whoosh!

shot out a poison sting. It landed on the back of Maximilia’s thigh, rather near to her butt. The woman was badly injured, but she continued attacking relentlessly, knowing she needed to kill that scorpion. In the end, she

fell to the ground as well, her thigh

over. “The poison of a golden phoenix scorpion is always changing, and each one

touch was excruciating. Yet

Just let me have a look!” Alex said and took off her

they had hugged each other naked to warm up in a dark place, he thought that treating her poisoned wound wouldn’t be a problem at all. Alex made a small slit in Maximilia’s thigh a few minutes later and successfully took the stinger out. About the poison… Alex figured that something within

the scorpion, Maximilia hugged him tightly from behind. Her expression was weird, and her cheeks were bright red. Moreover, her entire body felt very warm, and her eyes filled with sheer