Chapter 418: Thanks for Teaching Me This Technique (1/2)

”Alright, listen carefully.” Jyorta shouted as he craned strength into his legs, ”I have one shot of my basic aura beam. It can give us a time buffer. But as for the rest, I'm the weakest of the team now. When we are near the goal and are blocked by Frenzy Beasts, even if you have to throw me towards the goal, do it.”

”Alright,” Sreshta shouted, ”We'll take care of it.”

The four of them immediately formed a protective cover around Jyorta. Rishana covered the front and Duvic covered his back. Sreshta and Bilena covered his left and right respectively. The Graduation Ceremony had started the moment they landed on the ground.

”We'll make a path, follow us!” Jyorta bellowed as he and his team shot forth without a second's delay.

”Follow Jyorta! He'll make a path!” Dalna Doppler shouted, trailing right behind him.

”Yeah!” Followed by a collective shout that thundered across the area, even drowning out the roars of the Frenzy Beasts for a second, all the students made a beeline towards the first green circle. It was the closest green circle they had seen. It was more like the only green circle they were able to see.

The ground was flat, covered by slightly moist mud that splattered when one stomped hard. The only other variety on the ground was the presence of numerous boulders of all shapes and sizes, ranging to almost 20 metres high.

They formed large obstructions that blocked their view, preventing them from seeing beyond their immediate surroundings. Moreover, it also created a good vantage point for the Frenzy Beasts to use against them.

His team had only crossed ten metres when the floor underneath them caved in. They didn't have enough solid footing to leap away. His teammates were only slightly stronger than regular humans, so they weren't able to do anything drastic.

Duvic's first action was to shield Jyorta as they fell into the pit. The pit was 10 metres in width, having pulled in the teams of Jyorta, Dalna Doppler, and a couple others. Thankfully, its depth was only three metres. But, that was the free depth, for the layer was covered by wriggling Ring Worms, numbering hundred in the area.

The actual depth of the pit wasn't seen thanks to them covering it in its entirety. There were Tier 1 and Tier 2 Ring Worms mixed into it, moving about in a degree of freedom only available to their serpentine wriggly bodies.

Their sheer quantity determined one thing. The moment they fell into the pit, irrespective of how well they fought, they were done for by this point. Without any hesitation, Jyorta collapsed his two psychic arms, fuelling the psychic energy into his body by activating Regen.

Before collapsing, he seeped it inside his body and covered every inch of him. This way, the Regen made it target every part of his body at the same instant, causing the recovery of his presence to skyrocket.

It was a technique he learned from the Tier 3 Relic, Wave Formation. It was a dangerous technique due to the fact it strained the body and the mind, making the user enter a state of lethargy immediately after.

But, it was the fastest method considering the slow speed of movement of an Area Controller's psychic arm. The collapse of his psychic arm wasn't done slowly, rather he had forced them to detonate. As the psychic energy was his, it didn't face any resistance as it flowed through his body. But, this abrupt action strained his body, tearing numerous muscles.

But in the end, it did its job. The scenario was something he had practiced enough times to do by heart. In reality, he had only done it once. But, he experienced the memory thousands of times—using his blue soul—that he instinctively did it in a fraction of a second.

They had only fallen halfway through the pit when Jyorta finished all the preparations, summoning his corrosion as he unleashed his aura beam using all his presence, this time, from his feet. His feet were facing the pit as he fell, so it was the perfect outlet to attack, considering the time constraints.

Adding onto the property of corrosion on his aura caused his aura beam to also affect the air, corroding everything in its path. But, this also caused something else to happen. The force of the aura's ejection, and the resistance it faced in the air—due to the aura in it and the molecules in the air—caused his action to become something akin to a rocket thrust.

The air was blown to such an extent it created a platform, a cushion of sorts that acted as a blanket to temporarily halt everyone for a moment. In the meantime, the aura slammed into the wriggling mass of Ring Worms. Just the force from the thrust air flattened them while the property of corrosion in it melted their bodies.

Adding onto the aura that annihilated their own, the bodies of all the Ring Worms splattered into a pool of blood. A fraction of a second later, the four teams landed into the pit, getting submerged into the pool. It seemed the depth of the Ring Worms was greater than they had expected, for the gooey mass alone surpassed their height.

A second later, a student flew out from the pit and landed on the ground above. After every second, two students flew out in the same manner. It was Dalna Doppler who was using her strength to throw them all up.

The pool in the pit wasn't water, but the blood of the Ring Worms, filled with their respective Essence of Frenzy. There was also Jyorta's corrosion in it. So, it became a deadly place for them to be in. Thankfully, Jyorta's corrosion was acting against the Essence of Frenzy and the Frenzy Beast blood, so they could still manage to survive.

Within ten seconds, everyone managed to come out as Dalna Doppler climbed out of the pit, gasping for air as she rested on the ground. There were faint burns all over her body, but overall, she hadn't lost any combat strength.