Chapter 338: Coming Out of the Shell! Departure, Towards the Decisive Battle of Three Powers! (2/2)
Rui had originally been quietly standing behind him.
Yet now, Rui was nowhere to be seen.
Whistle!
A fast-moving black line appeared on Stingham’s right side and viciously descended towards his head.
Bang!
A dim yellow light flickered over Stingham’s body as countless weeds and saplings began to sprout around him.
But against such a fierce strike, these weeds and saplings were immediately blasted apart.
“Such a heavy strike? Is Rui always beating this fellow so hard? Is that why he acts so idiotically?” Berryn thought as his eyes widened once more.
Witnessing the scene before him, this renowned coldest and calmest arcane master of the Golden Roses Plains had completely lost his cool. He couldn’t help but feel a sense of speechlessness arising within him.
But what shocked him even more was that Stingham seemed to be absolutely fine.
His body didn’t have the slightest reaction to Rui’s strike.
Meanwhile, ripples of energy swept through the ground beneath Stingham’s feet as it violently exploded! It was like a small but powerful earthquake had occurred.
Stingham put his hands on his hips as he broke out into laughter, “Ahahahaha! Teacher Rui! Such a crafty scoundrel! You wanted to catch me off guard, but it is useless! Ahahahaha!”
“Ashur’s Shock Conduction!”
“The unique defensive technique which allows the user to transmit any force which is impacting their body into the ground beneath their feet!”
Looks of disbelief simultaneously emerged atop Donna and Berryn’s faces.
“Are they trying to nurture him into a second Ashur-like existence?! A fellow like Stingham has managed to learn such a skill in such a short time?!”
“Not bad, Stingham! You are completely fine even against such a powerful strike from Teacher Rui’s black stick! Such an awesome skill!” Ayrin excitedly cheered.
Stingham became even prouder as he continued to laugh, “Naturally, I’m most handsome!”
Crack!
At this moment, the force which had been transmitted into the ground reached Belo’s ‘egg’. A large crack abruptly appeared in the surface of the ‘shell’.
“Belo?”
Everyone quieted down as they turned their attentions towards the ‘egg’.
They watched as the ‘shell’ slowly began falling apart.
A completely black figure which looked like a shadow appeared before them.
“How could this be? He’s become black! He’s even blacker than Teacher Rui’s black stick!” Stingham shouted as he stepped back in shock.
In the following moment, Belo’s figure seemed to fall apart.
“Those are ant corpses! So many corpses!” Ayrin exclaimed.
“Belo…”
As the ant corpses fell away from Belo’s body, Ayrin’s eyes only widened further. Belo’s skin had turned even paler than usual, and his usual impetuous manner was nowhere to be found.
Even stranger were his hands, which had turned a strange jade green color.
“Why are you looking at me as if you have seen a ghost?” Belo joked with Ayrin in a playful manner. Afterwards, his gaze swept across Stingham, Rinloran, and the others as he snorted and said, “What? Do you all wish to lick this grandfather’s feet?”
“…” Stingham wiped away his sweat as he took a breath and said, “Now everything has truly returned to normal.”
“Indeed,” Rinloran agreed as he let out a sigh of relief.
“This is normal?” Berryn exclaimed before becoming speechless once more.
“Your hands… have changed color,” Ayrin couldn’t help but mention as he nodded towards Belo’s hands.
“A portion of the toxin contained within the Poisonflame Emperor Egg has been assimilated within them. It is as if he has received a portion of the Poisonflame Emperor’s abilities,” Ciaran softly explained.
“That’s why they have changed color?” Ayrin and Stingham exchanged looks.
“Can we leave now?” Belo snorted as he turned around.
“Since he has assimilated a portion of the Poisonflame Emperor Egg’s toxin, Belo has also become stronger,” Ayrin and Chris thought to themselves as they exchanged looks of excitement.
“Let’s depart! To the Land of Ruins!” Ayrin and Chris simultaneously shouted.