623 Lightning Tribulation Part 1 (2/2)
Alex took a deep breath before saying, ”Come!”
*Rumble!*
As if responding to Alex's words, lightning appeared from within the cloud.
…
At the same time, there was something happening a bit further from his place.
*Tremble!*
In the Undead Territory, specifically in Atlas's palace, a vibration shook the entire territory. He, who was sitting on his throne, suddenly stood up and shouted. ”Wait! What is this?”
A powerful wave of energy suddenly swept the room, jolting Atlas's mind. ”This… It's coming from the Soul Altar?”
He quickly came out of the castle and flew toward his Soul Altar.
Zekhram had been waiting for him outside with his forehead covered with sweat. ”Atlas. Do you know anything about this?”
”What did you do?” Atlas shouted.
”I don't do anything. It suddenly released powerful energy like this.” Zekhram shook his head furiously.
”We need to take out the weapons first until I can identify the source of this problem,” Atlas said with a severe expression. He was afraid this sudden phenomenon might do irreplaceable damage to Alex's weapons. He had promised him to deliver the sword and spear with perfect quality in exchange for breaking the barrier.
However, he couldn't see Alex if something happened to his weapons. His Soul Altar would be destroyed anyway if they were going home, so Alex's weapons had more importance.
”Understood. I will help you.” Zekhram nodded. He had come to this place a month ago after nurturing the soul inside Alex's weapons. The weapons were eating the souls to nourish itself at the moment, so this sudden problem made him panic.
”This is…” Atlas observed the Altar and noticed something off. ”The soul and energy in the Altar are being depleted? No… To be exact, it is going to the top…”
*Gasp—* It only took him a moment to realize what would happen after this sudden change. He shouted to Zekhram. ”This is not good. We are going to grab those weapons from this place. If I'm going to fix the Altar as it is, the weapons might have some kinds of accidents.”
”What should I do?” Zekhram shuddered and asked immediately.
”I am going to make a safe passage for you. It will only be one or two seconds. You need to grab the weapons within that time.” Atlas said.
”Understood!”
”Sh*t!” Atlas cursed when he saw blue light appear on top of the Altar. There were many white wisps that were hovering around the tower. At the same time, the blue lines on the tower also glowed brightly as it released powerful energy.
”Mion Rio A!” Atlas chanted as blue lines appeared on the ground from his feet toward the Soul Altar. The moment blue lines appeared, the souls that were hovering around the tower suddenly disappeared, creating a two-meters hole toward their formation.
”Now!” Atlas shouted.
Without his shout, Zekhram already knew it was the time. He jumped toward the hole, entering the Soul Altar once again and grabbing the two weapons before retreating outside.
There wasn't much of a distance to begin with, so he somehow managed to get outside the barrier before the blue lines vanished.
”That was insane.” Zekhram took a deep breath a few times to calm himself down. ”There was too much pressure inside the tower.”
”What is exactly happening?!” Atlas narrowed his eyes.
”I don't know.” Zekhram shook his head. ”Why don't you fix-”
Before he could complete his words, the blue light that slowly expanded on the top of the Altar suddenly shot to the sky like a laser.
”This…” Atlas became even more bewildered. ”This Soul Altar never becomes like this… Why is it suddenly happening? Does someone challenge Heaven at the moment to make the souls become unrest like this?”
”What should we do?” Zekhram didn't understand what he was talking about and only wished for a solution. He checked the weapons and let out a breath of relief when nothing happened to the two weapons.
”I don't know what is happening, but our objective right now is to stop this phenomenon. I will calm the soul and deactivate the Altar for now. It might be hard but doable. You help me by stopping the others from coming here.” Atlas instructed.
”Alright.” Without further ado, Zekhram vanished into thin air with the two weapons.
On the other hand, Atlas looked at the sky and found this ridiculous. The dark cloud circled the blue light like it was creating a portal. However, he also noticed that Heaven seemed to have sucked all this energy for itself.
He realized and gritted his teeth. ”I can't stop it like this!”
”Ah!” Atlas took out his wand and raised both hands. ”Even if I can't stop it, I will reduce the energy amount as much as possible. Something like this shouldn't happen for too long. Also…”
Blue lines began appearing one after another from his feet, spreading toward the tower and enveloping the Altar. It created a five hundred radius circle filled with blue lines before creating a barrier. ”Don't underestimate me!”
The blue lines linked with each other, and the barrier suddenly obstructed the blue light. Thirty percent were absorbed by Atlas's barrier, but it was still far too much.
”I will fight with you till the end!” Atlas gritted his teeth and increased the power output. The blue lines shone brightly and began absorbing at least half of the energy.
”Come!”