637 Thousand Head Bird 2 (1/2)
He advanced for several minutes, clearing most of the bird heads around. Then, two groups of people appeared ahead—they were confronting each other.
On the left, there was a muscular man blocking the path.
On the other side, there were four realm guardians, including Atlanta and Medusa.
The muscular man looked at Angele and spoke in a light tone, ”The road is closed. The heads ahead were formed by at least 20 bird heads. You'll die if you proceed further.”
Atlanta noticed at Angele's presence and nodded slightly.
”The bird heads were gathered around the strongest realm guardians. They used some special techniques.”
Angele noticed that Atlanta's right arm already turned green. There were blue and green lights flashing on his arm. It seemed like he was damaged by the green mist.
The other realm guardians here were also injured. Angele was the only one that did not take any damage, so others were looking at Angele with surprised looks on their faces.
The muscular man's brow furrowed after he noticed the situation.
Angele did not see this muscular man when he was in the Star Lord Palace. He wanted to say something, but his expression suddenly changed, and he looked at the area ahead.
”WAHHH!”
The crying sound suddenly came from the far side. Black water was moving toward the realm guardians, its pressure stopping them from flying into the sky.
The black water was expanding at full speed. Before the water arrived, the energy waves it released stopped the realm guardians from escaping, and no one could move an inch under the heavy pressure.
”The weight of over 100 bird heads!” someone shouted in fear.
The realm guardians' expressions changed. The power level of this attack had exceeded rank 7. Its power was on par with a damage spell released by a rank 8 wizard. They noticed that there were some pink meatballs inside the water after it moved closer.
The meat balls had the height of around two meters. There was no eyes or noses on the meatballs, but Angele could see the sharp teeth in their mouths.
”I need to leave! Star Lord Palace!” a realm guardian shouted.
The silver light fell from the sky, but it was too late.
*BAM*
The realm guardians' bodies were wrapped around by the water and quickly swallowed.
Angele snorted. He dragged Atlanta and Medusa to him, then released the blood mask, which quickly turned into a shield in front of them.
With a loud noise, the shield protected the three from the water; a red energy barrier was formed to prevent the water from touching their bodies.
”What's this?” Atlanta swallowed and stood up. He was staring at the blood mask in fear.
”A unique magic device of mine,” Angele explained. ”Alright, let's move after the black water disappears. The water is not going after us. It was formed by the remaining energy waves of a previous strike, but we were not the target.”
Atlanta realized that he never knew Angele had such an item. He thought for a while and opened his mouth again. ”Without your help, I would also be swallowed by the water. I owe you one! I'll give you the potion after everything is done.”
”Thanks.” Angele smiled and looked at Medusa. ”Where's Leonard?”
”I don't know. He didn't reach the destination. I think he was taken away by the Star Lord Palace,” Medusa answered. There was a bloody hole on her stomach, which looked a bit terrifying. The twisting tissue around the hole was trying to recover.
”I owe you one too,” she spoke in a deep tone.
The black water passed by the three, and it took around ten minutes to disappear.
Angele retrieved the mask and glanced around.
He had no idea what happened to the other guardian realms, and there were still pools of black water on the ground.
They started moving without saying anything else, heading toward the source of the screams.
They encountered two more merged bird heads, but easily eliminated them with the help of Angele's mask.
As the scream got louder, more and more merged bird heads appeared. They found several bird heads that were formed by over 30 bird heads.
Atlanta was having trouble handling the attacks.
”King of Dark Wizards, I have a favor to ask. The Sea Flowers are important to me so I want as many flowers as possible, but I'm afraid I might not be able to stay in the fight. Don't worry; if you can collect enough crystal pieces, I'll hand the potion over to you!”
”What do you mean?” Angele narrowed his eyes.
”Are you trying to force me to work for you with the potion? I don't really need the flowers.”
Although Angele had a great magic device, Flower King, Ken, and Zoe could be stronger than him. He was not confident that he could handle them just by himself.
Atlanta was a bit nervous, he knew that he made Angele angry because he did not keep his promise.
”I only need a fifth of the total number! I'll hand the potion over to you after everything is over!” Atlanta was certain that he would win a fight against Angele with the help of the realm power.
They stared into each other's eyes for a while.
”Alright, a fifth of the total number. I'll do it.” Angele opened his mouth slowly.
Medusa did not like what Atlanta was doing after Angele accepted the offer. She asked the Star Lord Palace to help her leave as she did not want to get involved.
The two continued to advance and found a lake-sized pool that was formed by the same black water.
The water in the pool was boiling. A humongous yellow head was standing in its center, staring at the realm guardians in front of it.
Ken, Flower King, and Zoe were standing in front of the pool. Shadow Demon was injured, and the dark shadow around his body turned gray. It seemed like he was severely injured.