Chapter 930 - Tense (1/2)

Chapter 930: Tense

Translator: Yukidaruma Translations  Editor: Yukidaruma Translations

Endless desires surged in Grade’s body. As these desires kept seething, he could use a greater amount of the ring’s energy, and his desire also got increasingly intense.

There had not been an instance when he had wanted something so strongly.

However, without the side effects from the engulfing souls, he still held the last bit of his rationality at the bottom of his heart although he was almost being drowned by his greedy desire.

‘My current self is still not his match.’ The corners of Grade’s lips curled up into a hint of a smile. ‘But that’s alright. Once I seize all of them, I’ll be able to take back my sword.’

The image of the 13 colored rings flashed in his mind, and the greed in his eyes grew even more intense.

While Grade was silently increasingly his powers, a beam of gray light flashed past the highest level of the Heaven-Connecting Tower—the world’s tallest building that was situated in the extreme north and symbolized the Gray Army’s rule. Hui He’s ring had traversed several thousand lis and returned to him.

Looking at the ring before him, Hui He’s countenance was extremely grim. Compared to how Grade had used the engulfing souls to fend off the disastrous situation, Hui He was not as lucky. He had taken on the Panwei Sword’s attack forcibly.

Although his actual physical body had not gone there, his will had borrowed the ring’s energy and traversed a distance of several thousand lis. The attack from the Panwei Sword had dealt his will with a serious blow.

Majority of the 13 armies’ warriors still had their mortal bodies and merely circulated the rings’ energies. Or they could be like Grade, left with only their consciousness while using the rings’ energy to form their bodies. This would allow them to be unafraid of physical harm dealt to their bodies.

The circulation of the rings’ energies was dependent on one’s character and will.

It did not matter how the energies clashed, what kind of attacks were used, or how much of rings’ energies were depleted. It was because these energies came from different rings, and they would recover the next day.

Only damage to their will would cause their strength to be reduced significantly. It was because after the will was damaged, the amount of energy one would be able to draw out from the ring would be reduced. Furthermore, the recovery of one’s will was extremely slow.

Grade was lucky. He had used the engulfing souls to negate the damages from this sword attack. Although he had depleted a tremendous amount of energy, his will was unharmed. Additionally, this was a blessing in disguise, and he was now able to have all the energies from the Black Army’s rings to himself.

Hui He was not as lucky. Right now, his will was severely injured, and his brain was throbbing like someone had stuffed in a nail. The amount of energy he could draw out from the ring was reduced at least by half.

After sensing his body’s situation, Hui He’s countenance turned even more grim.

“Fang Xingjian, this round is your win, but the next round won’t be that easy.” With that, he waved his hand to beckon to his secretary, saying, “Inform the Commanders from the other armies. I’m going to call for a meeting for aDEFCON 1 1  situation.”

The secretary was stunned for a moment before saying hesitantly, “Is this taking the situation too seriously?”

A DEFCON 1 meeting was something that only Commanders could call upon to gather all the other Commanders for a meeting when they discovered a danger that concerned the entire Earth’s survival.

This was the first regulation that the 13 Heroes had set after the first onslaught. However, this DEFCON 1 meeting had only been called for once till now.

Hui He smiled coldly and said, “Fang Xingjian violated the One-Three Agreement and killed an important member of our Gray Army, stirring up an internal war amongst the armies.

“Don’t you understand what it means for there to be internal war amongst the armies?

“If this isn’t considered a danger that concerns the Earth’s survival, then what is?”

…The news of Fang Xingjian defeating the joint efforts of Grade and Hui He spread through the entire planet like a passing tornado. Yet, what followed was an extreme state of tranquility, like the calm before the storm.