"It's a pity, as it appears that Steve's going to lose."

"Sure enough, the power gap between them is too big!"

"If it goes on like this, Steve will be defeated, or even killed, sooner or later."

Signs of pity rippled throughout the audience, as all of them began commenting on the scene before them. Steve was far behind Alex in terms of personal strength and combat experience.

If it were other veterans who were experienced and familiar with Alex's fighting style, they would have surely avoided the Bird-in-Cage tactic as fast as possible, then find an opportunity to fight back. Unfortunately, Steve was not familiar with Alex's way of fighting, so he was at a disadvantage.

The recruits' faces went pale. They knew that, if this continued, Steve would gradually lose the chance of turning the tables and would really be defeated.

Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom…

The cage was filling up with spears, and as more spears landed, Steve's survival s.p.a.ce was getting smaller and smaller. As Steve was about to be pushed into a dead end situation, Alex suddenly stopped attacking him and approached the cage, while laughing.

"See? That's the gap between our strengths. For me, killing you is as simple as a cat killing a mouse." Alex looked at Steve in the cage, ready to give him a final blow.

But, he didn't rush to do so. He wanted to look down at Steve in his defeat, finally having shown him how wide the gap was between them.

At this time, there was nowhere to escape in the cage. All Steve had left was standing s.p.a.ce. But, Steve didn't panic at all.

Instead, he sighed and said, "This is as I expected. Even if I don't go all out, there will still be a big gap between us..."

He hadn't been using his spiritual power to reinforce his combat powers, as he wanted to see what kind of gap there was between himself and the veterans, whose basic cell values were above 400 points.

"Hahaha! Do you still want to pretend at a time like this?" Alex laughed.

He then said, "Since it's like this, I shall use all of my strength to defeat you completely! I'll show you the strength gap between us!"

"Blood-Burning Manic Change!" As Alex shouted out, his body began to swell, his skin became red, and a stream of steam came out of his body.

His strength was clearly growing. No one had expected Alex to use all of his strength to give Steve a final blow.

"I should be serious, too!" Steve yelled.

Steve's gaze suddenly became fierce, and under the influence of spiritual power, his strength continued to soar. However, as the actual combat power of his every cell was being squeezed out, bit by bit, Steve had not changed appearance on the outside.

"Die!" With a loud roar, Alex took the spear, which had gotten longer and thicker, and aimed it towards Steve, while stabbing towards his abdomen.

"Ahh!"

"Nooo!"

"Is Alex insane? He's already going to win, yet he's going to do his best to really hurt Steve anyway!"

"Alex is so cruel! He wants to severely wound Steve so that Steve will never have the idea of defeating Alex ever again!"

There were numerous screams and shouts heard, as it seemed to everyone that Steve could not escape Alex's spear and would either be seriously injured or killed! Even Lucy, Audrey, and Jenna, who were all watching the battle in the lounge, could not help but feel nervous.

Meanwhile, Steve, who was still trapped in the cage, looked calm as he watched the spear flying towards him. In that moment, he just held out his hand gently.