Chapter 1727 It is the brightest flame that burns the quickest. "Well, this is..." Nux looked around, surrounded by more than 20,000 Divine Stage Cultivators. One had to know, these Cultivators weren't weak. If such a force appeared in Yrniel, even the Order would need to take them seriously. Every single one of them was a Complete Cultivator with a Unique Law. Quite a lot of these Divines were even from a Middle Level World. Honestly, this was the first time Nux had fallen into such a situation, and his reaction to this was... "This seems interesting." His smile widened. "You are quite arrogant." One of the mercenaries, who stood behind what seemed like a Mercenary Unit, spoke as he stared at Nux. Nux looked at him and noticed something. These mercenaries surrounding him... they didn't just stand wherever they wanted. The tanks and swordsmen were in the front lines, ranged dealers stood far away-it was a systematic deployment. "I took too long to defeat all of them." Nux realized. The hundred mercenaries he fought before-even if he was relatively quick in taking care of them- the time he took was enough for these mercenaries to come up with a strategy. "Don't worry, we will not kill you." The mercenary who spoke before spoke again. Nux turned towards him, and the mercenary continued, "Take this as a lesson. Yes, you are excellent, like a bright flame, but always keep this in mind, Nux Leander: It is the brightest flame that burns the quickest. Don't be the brightest flame. Become the immortal flame, the flame that doesn't stand out but survives no matter what." These words were fitting, especially since they came from a mercenary. After all, in a mercenary world, it is not the strongest who survives-it is those who survive who are called stron "Since you say that." Nux's smile widened. "I will return the favor and won't kill you all either." "Arrogant till the end, huh. I kind of respect that." The mercenary chuckled. Then, he slowly raised his head and glanced at Nux. "Please don't fall with just this. We have prepared quite a lot." The moment he said those words, he lowered his hand, and suddenly- *B000000000000M* The Aura of 20,000 Sovereign Stage Cultivators burst out, all of it rushing forward, ready to crush Nux into pieces. The combined Aura of 20,000 Sovereigns was so suffocating and absurdly strong that even a Primordial couldn't just disregard it. The Power in Numbers. Sure, at a certain level, this didn't work. But 20,000 strong Sovereigns were no joke, even for the Primordials. As for someone who wasn't even Primordial... The pressure was so huge that it was absolutely impossible to survive. "That's... quite an anticlimactic end." Someone in the crowd muttered. "I completely forgot that you could use this method." "I guess the performance he had shown thus far was so dominant that we completely disregarded a Sovereign's most basic ability." People in the arena commented, taken aback that a being like Nux was neutralized so easily. "I have to agree though, he was quite stron-" Before one man could complete his sentence, he froze. The screen he was looking at showed something. It was Nux. Who was walking forward, the smile on his face never fading away. The man glanced at the mercenary he was talking to, and- "Sure. I will give you the chance to show me everything you have prepared." He said those words with a light smile on his face, but for the people all over the arena, they felt their worlds falling apart. H-He survived... Not just that... he looked like he was completely fine! H-How... Even the mercenaries prepared to face him were shaken to their cores. One of the leaders of these mercenaries, however, quickly suppressed his surprise and nodded to himself. "Just as I thought. You wouldn't agree to face all of us together if you didn't have a way to somehow avoid being pressured by our Aura. Is it an artifact? Well, it doesn't matter. Anyways, as I said, I am glad you survived. We can finally get serious." As the mercenary said those words, the other mercenaries raised their weapons. All the Mercenary Leaders who had surrounded Nux from all directions then raised their hands, and at the same time, they shouted. "First Force, Charge!!" "YYEAAAHHHHH!!" The 'First Force' roared as it rushed towards Nux. From eight different directions, eight units with two hundred men each-tanks at the front and swordsmen behind a total of sixteen hundred mercenaries rushed towards Nux. Nux, who was prepared to attack, suddenly heard another shout. "Second Force, Attack!!" The Eight Mercenary Leaders ordered, and the second force, consisting of two thousand mercenaries, started firing long-range attacks, forcing Nux to dodge and making it difficult for him to move and reach the first force. This time, the teamwork between the mercenaries was much better than before. These people weren't trying to kill him and take all the glory. Every attack that was launched at him had a purpose, whether it was to push him back, move him to a certain place, or indirectly defend the first force. While Nux was busy dealing with the assault from the second force, the first force reached him. From each unit, 30 tanks stepped forward, ready to defend while 30 swordsmen attacked. Every time Nux extended his hand to grab someone's head, two tanks would jump at his hand from each direction while the target would step back and be replaced by another tank who would make sure Nux would never get to touch his head. "Oh?" Nux raised his eyebrow. This was indeed much more interesting than he expected. All this time, he never cared about numbers, but today, he was rethinking all this. It looked like he was learning quite a lot. And the mercenaries weren't done yet. "Third Force, get in position!!" As he heard a voice, he noticed beings who were supposed to be 'hidden' move. Of course, at their level, their 'stealth' didn't really work. With *Essence* combined with [Sense], and with all the training from Vyriana and Aeliana, where his body was pushed to the point where it would react to even the slightest of changes around him, it was almost impossible for beings to escape his senses. However, the mercenaries knew that already. They had seen Nux crush assassins as if their stealth didn't work. Therefore, they created a situation where Nux was stuck between eight tanks, each of whom was being supported by twenty-nine more tanks and swordsmen. Of course, even if Nux was still able to get his hands on a few tanks and swordsmen and eliminated them by smashing their heads on the floor, He still couldn't move. Even if he was faster than all of them, they didn't even give him the space to move. The Third Force, which consisted of 1500 assassins, moved. However, knowing that their bodies were weak, they didn't directly attack Nux. "Now!"