Chapter 136: The Umbrella (1/2)
The Sky Controller Floating Spider arrived before the Spider World, finding a lack of entrance to allow its entry. It hurriedly transmitted its voice, bouncing the contents off the surface, intending for the lingering senses along the silk rope to transmit it to the source.
But for some reason, despite it trying numerous times, the Spider World showed no signs of action, barring any entry. It was like a perfectly isolated world, anything that happened within it was blocked from the outside world.
Faint ripples formed across its surface, colliding with one another, either negating or fusing to form a larger ripple. The Sky Controller Floating Spider used four of its psychic arms, with each holding blades in their ends, all Tier 5 Artifacts. It focused its attacks on an area where many ripples formed, trying to drill its way to the inside, feeling a premonition that something bad had happened in there.
Its final psychic arm coursed through Vi Ha Su Warlord's body, negating all traces of the influence Jyovic Bone had infused into it, extracting the foreign flesh and blood in a matter of seconds. The excess flesh and blood fell on the ground, forming a tiny pool, squirming like maggots for a couple of seconds before turning placid.
Vi Ha Su Warlord's body soon began to regenerate, recovering from its wounds in a matter of seconds, achieving peak battle strength immediately. Its gaze turned sombre, gazing at the Spider World in fluster, transmitting its voice to the psychic arm hovering next to its body, ”We have to hurry inside. Facing against Jyovic Bone alone is dangerous; Vu He Su Warlord died without warning even under our watch.”
”Leave it to me; I'll make an entry point within 10 seconds. Hide behind me and sneak up on Jyovic Bone when an opportunity arises.” The Sky Controller Floating Spider said, using all five of its psychic arms to attack a particular spot on the Spider Dome.
Suddenly, its actions paused, transmitting the message to all the Tier 5 Floating Spiders, ”We faced an information crack in the northwest of Marble City; Marble City has been alerted. Make a retreat, now!”
It raised its attacks to the maximum, impacting the same spot with perfect accuracy, soon forming a pin-sized hole. A psychic arm entered through the hole, surrounding the gap while exerting fore, widening it soon to a size capable of fitting its 4-metre sized body.
The Spider World was important to them; not just due to the cost it took to create it, but also due to the lives inside. They were all at Tier 3 and Tier 4, composing significant battle strength, with many of them elites, possessing the potential to become Tier 5 Floating Spiders in the future.
While it was busy trying to enter the Spider World, the other Sky Controller Floating Spider spotted two black dots approaching them from the west.
Trailing behind the two dots was a long black line, marching forth like a silent meat grinder, masking a suffocating presence. The Sky Controller Floating Spider pushed away Ankrakhen Light, shouting in its home language, ”Their main force has arrived. We have to retreat now.”
Suddenly, each of its senses, trained through numerous battles sent a multitude of warnings, instilling in it a threat that was a level greater than Jyovic Bone. It hurriedly retracted its psychic arms, wrapping around itself, forming five layers. It did not have enough leeway to shield the others, despite the frightening speed of its psychic arms, signifying how hard-pressed for time it was.
Its heart suddenly began to beat in frenzy, pumping the blood through its veins at an alarming rate. Its muscles contracted and expanded, shivering in fright, seeking to break out of control. This forced the Sky Controller Floating Spider to shield itself even tighter, using the maximum length of its psychic arms to surround itself, forming a massive cocoon.
The other Sky Controller floating Spider, the one that had been attacking the Spider World too did the same, enveloping the Floating Spider Warlord—with sparks around its fists—within its barrier.
As for Vi Ha Su Warlord, it stuck right next to the Sky Controller Floating Spider, falling under the protection of the psychic barrier.
As for the Floating Spider Warlord with arms of frost, it was caught in an awkward position, having to face the attacks of Ankrakhen Light who suddenly focused all his strength on it. It then watched the muscles on its hand squirm, looking like many worms were dancing underneath.
Having witnessed the actions of Vi Ha Su Warlord and the insight the Sky controller Floating Spider had provided, the Floating Spider Warlord flew towards the sky, raising distance from the two approaching dots.
Its skin was ripped off, pulling out the muscles from within, grabbing hold of the nerves. Many blobs appeared on its skin, attracted towards the two dots, hurriedly severed by a pair of sharp nails.
Now that they were within a kilometre in sight, their figures were clearly outlined; two humans, a man, and a woman sporting a similar base facial structure, seemingly siblings.
Seeing their appearance, the Sky Controller Floating spider shot towards the sky, grabbing hold of the Floating Spider Warlord—the one with a pair of frosty arms, sporting numerous bone-deep injuries—using one of its psychic arms, making use of the speed of a Sky Controller to the full extent. In the span of two seconds, it had arrived at an altitude of 15 kilometres from the ground.
The two of them looked at one another, arriving at a decision. Without any suspense, they flew west, staying beyond the attack range of the other party, heading towards their home, shuddering in fright as they glanced below.
Hubert Bone dropped his arm, heaving out a breath, glancing at the Spider World. He controlled his faintly shivering body, putting on a strong front. His previous attack that influenced the environment consumed more than half the energy in his Heart Crystal within an instant, putting a massive strain on his body.
Watching two batches of the Floating Spiders take off towards the skies, Hubert Bone glanced at his sister, Havita Bone, motioning towards the Spider World through eye contact. Havita Bone made a beeline towards it, looking ready to engage in battle.
'Four of them escaped, two Transformers, and two Sky Controllers; no, it was five, the fifth barely had a presence.' Hubert Bone arrived above the Spider World, exerting his influence on it, making the surface squirm, soon opening a large hole—for human entry—in a matter of seconds.
”I am done here,” A voice resounded through the area as Jyovic Bone flew out, carrying with him two thumb-sized spheres. He placed them on his stomach, allowing them to seep inside as the armour parted way.
Ankrakhen Light arrived at the scene, seeping a psychic arm into the Spider World, watching its interior. With a face filled with shock and surprise, Ankrakhen Light exclaimed, ”As expected of the hero of the Flying Throne Raid. An exemplary work as usual.”
”Thank you,” Jyovic Bone nodded, ”I have restrained all the Warriors; I had to kill the Espers though since they proved to be troublesome. But, the restrained ones are all elites, enough for us to conclude this mission.”
Four psychic arms entered the Spider World, bringing out one truck after another, placing them on the ground. A dome soon flew out, carried by the psychic arms, displaying the soldiers, most of whom were alive, only suffering from a state of severe energy depletion.