"Zax, let's go," Liu said, "We are counting on you to make the ship fly out of here. I will take care of the monsters."

"But what about Adam?" Zax asked, looking at Blanca who was still covered in blood in front of her.

Blanca said that she would be fine, and she just needed to rest for a while. From Zax's point of view, however, seeing Blanca injured, Adam who appeared to be struggling, and the monsters rampaging, made her more and more anxious.

She didn't want to see one of her friends dying, and she would never accept sacrificing one of them so that she would live.

"Don't worry," Liu said with a confident look on her face. "We will leave this place alive. He knows what he is doing."

Looking at Liu, Zax felt like Liu had regained her confidence. This must be because she realized that she wasn't as weak as she thought she was.

"Okay, count on me!" Zax answered in a determined tone.

Apart from noticing the change in Liu's attitude, Zax also trusted Adam's decision, and she knew that he wasn't the kind of person to die in such a place.

"Guh!" Blanca tried to stand up, but her wounds had not recovered completely.

Liu supported her, and then the three women headed to the ship's entrance.

During all of that, Liu's wall of ice prevented the monsters from reaching them, and her power didn't weaken even after the humanoid monster created a heat wave all around the area.

Swoosh!

Seeing that the ship was still vulnerable to some attacks, Liu decided to extend the wall of ice, creating a hemisphere.

"Thanks," Blanca said, sitting on a chair somewhere within the command room of the ship.

"You really don't need any treatment?" Liu asked.

"No, I will be fine if I just rest for a while.. Sorry, I am not much of help like this."

"It's fine," Liu said, not trying to be sarcastic, "just rest for now."

After saying these words, Liu approached Zax who was making sure that everything was ready for their departure.

There were a lot of buttons on the ship's main console, and with Cristal's help, Zax could manage to handle the whole ship by herself.

"Do you need help?" Liu asked.

"I will be fine," Zax said, smiling at Liu, "continue to protect the ship."

"Okay," Liu answered, looking at the petite woman in front of her who appeared dependable.

Liu used a lot of strength to create a domain, and the monsters wanted to destroy the wall of ice protecting the ship.

She understood that Adam trusted her because the ship was the most important thing for their survival. If he didn't trust her, however, he wouldn't leave this task to her.

At least, that was what Liu thought, and she was determined to make sure that the ship leave the planet with everyone alive.

"Are you ready? I am going to open the path," Cristal who was next to Zax said, transmitting the words of the other part of her which was somewhere inside the buildings.

"Yes, we are ready to go!" Zax said, pushing a button on the board.

After that, the ship's engine activated, and the monsters could feel the tremor coming from this gigantic vessel.

Brrrrrrrrr!

The whole underground began to shake violently, then the ceiling began to shift, revealing a sort of huge portal.

Brrrrr!

The portal opened, and sunlight began to penetrate the underground area, but of course, monsters rushed in as soon they saw that the way was open.

"Let's go," Liu said, and as soon as she said these words, the wall of ice vanished.

Vzzzzzzzzz!

The ship's engine propelled the ship forward, and it headed straight toward the thousands of monsters who rushed down toward the ground.

Seeing those monsters, Zax stayed determined and trusted the woman next to her. She knew that before, Liu was powerful, but during the last few days, she grew into a much more powerful individual.

While Zax was thinking about these things, Liu's eyes glowed, and her clothes turned into a crystal dress again.

However, this time, even Zax's eyes widened, because Liu's hair turned Crystal blue as if her body itself turned into a source of ice elemental particles.

After this phenomenon, two dragons materialized around the ship, and these two beasts were so big that the ship looked small next to them.

The dragons were so real to that point that the low-level monsters began to have second thoughts.

These two mystical-looking beasts were a few hundred long, and they had two horns that looked like a branch of a tree.historical

Roooar!

As they roared, their breath turned everything that came in contact with it into a block of ice. Even their body was made of pure ice elemental particles that froze the atoms of oxygen in the atmosphere.

As the ship was trying to leave the underground area, the dragon circled and flew alongside it, defending against the monsters' attack.

Even Liu herself wasn't sure if she would be able to control her power to this extent, but she was determined to not be a burden to Adam and protect Zax with everything she had.

She had a lot of regrets, and there were things that she couldn't change, but her power, or more precisely, the fragment of the tree of life answered her deepest wish and gave her the ability to overcome her past.

Of course, she couldn't use the full power of the fragment yet. Even Rudeus could only use less than one percent of its power. However, Liu was a strong woman despite her flaws, so she didn't turn into a different person, overwhelmed by the tree fragment, after she began to awaken her new power.

'With this, I will be able to face father head-on,' Liu said to herself, 'I need to survive!"

She knew that taking her father down wasn't an easy thing to do, and even if she managed to do it, trying to keep her clan from falling apart was more difficult.

She was still inexperienced and na?ve, she admitted, but even so, she couldn't let her father continue his evil deeds, as a lot of people would suffer while he was still the head of the clan even for a day.

*****

"What can I say," Adam mumbled, looking at Liu's demonstration of power, "she exceeded all of my expectations."

At first, Adam wasn't sure if Liu would be able to control her power or not, after all, he was the one who put the Tree fragment inside her body. Even though he did it to save her life, she felt that it was also his responsibility to make sure that she didn't suffer more after being saved.

"These dragons are cool, looks like Sh***ron," Adam said and began to laugh alone.

Even though he appeared to be unconcerned, the thousands of black spears around him continued to kill monsters without stopping.

Adam's attitude also suggested that he was approaching he was past his limit, but thinking about such a thing, he thought, wouldn't make the situation any better.

"I have a core to collect," he said, looking at the humanoid dragon who was coming after the ship. "Okay, let's take this outside."

Swoosh!

Standing on a black cube, Adam soared to the sky, following the ship and the humanoid monster.

The other monsters blocked his path, but without any difficulty, Adam took care of them all.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Once again, he was covered with the monster's blood, and his whole body ached. His head felt like it was about to blow up, but he couldn't stop, so he just smiled.

Adam never recovered completely, and since he was using a lot of strength even if he just control the black cube with his thought, he began to feel exhausted mentally.

Even though he learned the ability to recover by absorbing neutral particles, along with his amazing healing ability, his mind was different.

"This freak is fast," Adam said, looking at the winged humanoid monster in front of him. "I need to increase my speed."

Swoosh!

The low-level monsters couldn't catch up with Adam and the ship anymore, but there were a few wyverns and dragons who didn't want to let the ship go.

"Just a little bit.." Then, he reached his hand, with a smile on his face, and suddenly a black wall appeared in front of the humanoid monster.

Boom!

The monster crashed against the wall, making it more irritated.

"Raaaaaaaaaa!! Huuuuu..Mmmaaa..nnn..." It cried.

"It looks like it hasn't completely finished evolving," Adam mumbled, even though the humanoid monster rushed toward him. "I am curious about its final form, but I guess I will use the core for now."

His nonchalant attitude suggested that he didn't intend to die, and despite everything, seeing that the ship was flying made him feel relieved.

Glancing down at the city, Adam could see a lot of monsters who were gathered in a single spot below him.

"It's time to destroy you all!"