Chapter 421: Pick Your Preference (1/2)
”It feels good to be back to full health,” Jyorta slammed his fists into each other as he spoke, getting sent outside the green circle. He then placed his hand on the transparent pillar of green, coming into contact with a tough surface that wouldn't budge no matter what. 'It is as they have said. We can enter a green circle only once. Just in case I get injured, I should try to find another green circle.'
”I guess we have to split ways from this point,” Dalna Doppler said as she looked around, noticing the narrow paths between the boulders that formed a maze. ”A big group would just paint ourselves as a target for all sneak attacks.”
”Indeed,” Ashten nodded, fist-bumping Jyorta, ”Take care, man. We'll look for a yellow circle first, followed by a black circle. Hope you find one soon too.”
”No worries,” Jyorta smiled, looking at his team of four that readily stood behind him. ”Shall we go?”
”Yes,” His team members nodded and enacted a formation, taking positions on his four sides. Jyorta unleashed his stronger psychic arm, condensing it into a sphere as he enlarged it, covering all his teammates into it.
Their figures slowly disappeared from the vision as Jyorta looked around, watching the figure of Madam Mary flicker and disappear. In their apprehensiveness, some of the Tier 2 Frenzy Beasts had unleashed their aura. It caused the figure of Madam Mary to flicker, no longer looking as imposing.
They immediately realised that they had been fooled, growling as they gazed at the students. A couple of Spindle Bees shot their spindles at the 10-metre-tall figure, watching the spindles penetrate her without any resistance and fall on the ground after making a long arc.
The roars of the Frenzy Beasts increased by a notch as they sprinted towards the humans before them.
”Scatter!” Dalna Doppler shouted as she led her team through one of the paths passing between a couple of boulders, sending a Spiked Lizard in her way flying with a kick. She was fully healed now and was also brimming with energy, so Dalna Doppler moved with unstoppable might.
She was only using her Tier 1 Skill to keep track of everything, preventing her teammates from falling under harm. The sounds of fluttering wings resounded as tens of Spindle Bees flew over them, aiming the stingers at their faces.
”Crouch!” She shouted and crouched, touching the ground. Her teammates too reacted on reflex, imitating her actions. It seemed she had trained them to behave accordingly, so they didn't drag her down.
The spindles timely flew over them, hitting the ground a couple of metres behind. Dalna Doppler slapped on a protruding piece of rock, breaking it as she threw the piece towards the Spindle Bees, slamming into three of them. The attack damaged them as the rock crashed 30 metres away.
The Spindle Bees winced as they were unable to fly. Part of their wings had been damaged. Dalna Doppler grabbed the head of one of them and slashed around, severing the heads of the other Spindle Bees by using its stinger.
She had made use of the Spindle Bee with a stinger larger than the rest. Once she made her slash, Dalna Doppler grabbed hold of the stinger and pulled it out, noticing some internal organs be attached to it. She slammed them on the nearby rock, thrashing them out as she held the stinger.
She wielded it like it was a knife. Dalna Doppler looked at her teammates that moved without any commands, pulling out the stingers from the slain Spindle bees. They planned to use them as weapons until they came across a yellow circle.
Ten boulders away were Jyorta and his team, hiding underneath a boulder's protrusion. It was wide enough for them to hide underneath, no longer having to fear attacks from the air. He had fully unleashed his domain, keeping track of the underground too.
Jyorta knocked the forehead of Rishana, ”Did you sense the pit from before?”
”I only sensed it when we set foot upon it. I am only able to sense it vertically.” Rishana bowed her head, watching Jyorta sigh.
”If we had more time, we could have increased the range of the surroundings you could detect.” Jyorta looked around, watching ten One-Horned Rhinos run before them. As they were shielded by his psychic energy barrier, the One-Horned Rhinos hadn't detected their presence.
His barrier blocked out everything except for the passage of air. Even then, he ensured their presence wouldn't be in it, not to mention the vibration of the air molecules thanks to their conversation.
”Consider this as your training too,” Jyorta looked at Rishana, ”Altitude Perception only functions vertically beneath you, but you must try to increase the area under which you can perceive the altitude. Try to develop in this direction now.”
”Yes,” Rishana nodded, closing her eyes as she focused on the task, remembering her experience from before. As she had already trained herself in the rock pillar region, she had grasped the functions of her Tier 1 Skill, Altitude Perception. Now, she already understood what she had to do to develop the functions of her Skill.