Chapter 156 - 153 : Foreign World (2/2)

As the incantation was done, a cubic barrier jet black was formed around Arthur, its size was not that big, only five cubic meters in height and length but that was only the appearance.

The Cube also enveloped a bit of the ground for the circle not to shatter. The shaking stopped and a small area around Arthur stopped shattering and whatever was eating the word couldn't cross his cube.

Arthur could see what's happening outside but the outsiders would only see an ominous dark cube, if it was a sphere then anyone would mistake it as a black hole.

Everything around the cube was destroyed, in just seconds, it was only a floating black cube with distortions in space all around it and the rumbling sound of the shattering sky.

Once he laid the cube, which was one of the techniques related to the Dark Anguish-technique, Arthur turned his attention to the blue circle on the ground and tried to imitate what Elias did.

The old man chanted for a short time before he injected some Mana in the circle, it seemed like an easy process but Arthur knew that a small mistake would lead him to nowhere or even the Void if it worked, that is.

Remembering something he experienced was no big deal with such high intelligence, within seconds words were coming out of Arthur's mouth, some were incomprehensible while others sounded weird, almost like gibberish.

It didn't take a long time for him to finish the chant, he soon followed by injecting a bit of Mana to the blue circle and waited for a reaction.... which never happened.

Seconds passed yet nothing occurred, there was only a confused Arthur standing motionless and staring at the teleportation circle.

He thought it might be because of the cracks but that it didn't seem to be the case as he could feel a bit of Mana inside the circle, maybe its what's channeling it.

Time was slowly running out as his Nether Energy was being consumed to keep him safe but that won't last long. The cube created a small space, just like what the Grim Reaper did previously but this was a smaller and weaker version. With the constant strong pressure from the outside and his lack of Energy, it will shatter sooner or later.

”This can't be happening. Think Arthur, think!”

Countless plans surged his mind but each was more dangerous and risky than the other. He could choose one but the probability of surviving is meager. If he gets engulfed by the Void, he either wander endlessly or dies from the powerful explosion that's happening.

Either way, it's not a good outcome. The dark cube was beginning to crack and Arthur began feeling some strange heaviness weighing him down, making him unable to breathe properly or think straightly.

'Here it comes!'

With but a few seconds left but he is exposed bare to what's about to come, Arthur decided to risk it all. He took one of the two last remaining perfect corpses for him, the silver wolf one and instantly possessed it without hesitation.

[Transmutation] was activated along with all the other passives which could be used, none were spared and the agonizing Mental didn't lag behind either, it struck Arthur's mind and made him feel dizzy for the first few seconds.

*Crack* *Crack!*

The cube shattered and the small space vanished, Arthur felt a surge of unstoppable pressure pushing him behind with no ways of resisting it.

With a loud howl, two wide flaming wings appeared on the wolf's back, the wings flapped nonstop and helped Arthur resist the pushing pressure, he dared not look behind. Even for someone who has complete resistance to Fire, he could feel a deadly heat coming from behind.

Boulders, dust and even air were pushed to the same direction, all clustered together into a ball or just being devoured by something.

'Damn! All this for a girl I don't even know!'

*ROAR*

The green lightning wolf ran against the pushing force, managing to overcome the strong pressure but wound after wound appeared on its body as spatial tears would appear everywhere and even a small one would kill an Immortal Realm like Arthur.

Arthur's attention was focused on one direction, his goal was to not lose sight of the blue circle. Obviously, it had disappeared but not its Spatial Tunnel, it wouldn't vanish that fast, he wanted to ride the tunnel before it disappears, it is a difficult thing to achieve with all the destruction that's happening but it's not an impossible feat.

He just had to find it before the grand explosion happens, because at that time, even with multiple bodies, he won't survive and even if he did, his soul itself would be hurt by the impact, he would be severely weakened and would just wander into the devouring Void.

[Griffin's Bloody Switch]: You choose one specific stats to reduce its value by 90% and add 50% of that value to another stats.

Cost: 50 Mental Power (Permanently)

[Mother Of All]: The user can produce Golden threats, unbreakable yet soft.

Cost: 10 Mental Power per second.

Arthur both of these techniques the second he spotted a Tunnel a distance away from him. The problem was that the wolf's body was being pushed back so he had to rely on there albeit that the cost is Mental Power.

At least the second one didn't take them permanently, still, the cost was outrageous so it doesn't matter. The lightning Wolf spit golden threads that stretched to its back and began pouring on it like crazy until it formed a golden circle.

Arthur also strengthened the circle with his own threads and activated Griffin's Bloody Switch to add to his Vitality by sacrificing his Wisdom. When his Agility was boosted by millions, the Wolf transformed into a green streak that bypassed the Spatial Tears and the devouring Void.

When he was almost there, the golden threads had already made a gigantic sphere, or to be more precise, it looked a bit like the tip of a cannon.

When Arthur was rejoicing due to the Tunnel being within his reach, a force similar to sturdy iron wall crushed the wolf's body and literally sent it flying hundreds of kilometers away but this was the good part, the worst part is that his Health was reduced by 70% and the left flaming wing dispersed which reduced his Speed yet again.

What followed was a blinding light similar to the one created by Rizaki's, at that split second, Arthur realized that he's doomed if he's engulfed by it.

He abandoned all thoughts of flying to the Tunnel and used the Griffin's skill three times in a row to add all the stats into his intelligence. The golden threads brightened a lot, illuminating the gloomy surroundings, they also became fast and more beautiful to look at.

As he was being pushed back, Arthur focused his absolute attention on creating the thing on his back, the process took but a few seconds, however, few seconds were all it took for the pushing force to send him flying thousands upon thousands of kilometers.

....

Exactly thirty seconds later, Arthur was almost going to crash into an extremely big orb that was devouring everything and emitting a blinding light and a deadly heat. He knew that it's going to explode soon yet he could not resist, not after he gave up on his Strength and Agility Stats.

When that half minute was done, the lightning wolf now had a large golden cannon on its back, it was twice its size and looked breathtaking.

'It's ready! Now let's try it and hope it works! Please....'

With all of his hopes stacked on the cannon, Arthur closed his eyes, cut off his hearing and activated [Rinotsu] using the Wind Attribute.

The skill was used inside the cannon, which quickly made an engine-like sound and fired the compressing air which just exploded.

The explosion was nothing compared to what's happening Arthur. Albeit noticing that he was not pushed against the force with that try, Arthur was not angry or sad as he felt his body advance a few inches.

'84.9 left, alright then'

'BOOOOOOM'

Ten million Mana points, that's what Arthur just consumed to powerup a Rinotsu using the Wind Attribute, the force of the explosion which was fired by the cannon pushed Arthur way ahead and further from the bright orb.

The pushing force was strengthening by the second so Arthur didn't wait for it to lose its momentum, twenty million Mana points were used again to use a third Rinotsu.

Fortunately, he can use it again if he is in the wolf's body with the help of [Blood For Blood].

Blood For Blood: By sacrificing continuous Mental Power, the user could ignore the cooldown of a chosen skill.

Cost: 150 Mental Power for each use.

Falling a few Grades or even a Realm is much better than dying or suffering an endless hell. He regretted every thought of saving Alina, he never thought it'll end up like this. It was foolish to come unprepared but the original criminal is Elias, who caused this world destruction by launching the big teleportation circle at the cost of this world's essence coupled with Stored weird Energies.

First thing he does is killing that bastard when he goes back to Astria, but that was rather unlikely as Elias, more than anyone, knew that there are people who can beat him and be the clever geezer he was, he must have thought of a plan of some sort and teleported his kin to a safer place.

....

The distance between him and the Spatial Tunnel was shortening with every use but Arthur's Mana pool was almost not recovering due to the absence of Energy in this godforsaken world.

'Crack'

The golden cannon started cracking after four shots so Arthur could only expand his remaining 38 million Mana points into one last Rinotsu.

For the last time, and the last hope, Arthur used the ancient flames in Rinotsu, creating a deafening explosion and shattering the golden cannon the second it was shot. A dark Red beam appeared in between the Spatial tears, burning boulders and destroying flying lands, even the Void could not contain it or devour it, it was like a moving calamity.

Arthur on the hand was literally pushed ahead with no way of moving a finger due to the intensity of the force pushing him, in comparison, the earlier force was nothing, it was like comparing the strength of a mouse to an elephant's.

The unfathomable distance that was separating Arthur and the Spatial Tunnel was crossed in mere seconds. With his Mana Pool totally Empty and no present Mana to recover, Arthur could only rely on what's left of his Strength and Vitality to overcome the Spatial Tears and force his body to divert for a bit and head for the Tunnel.

Fortunately, with the help of the earlier explosive blast created by Rinotsu, Arthur was able to more or less arrive near his destination. Although he achieved his goal, just when he was a few meters away, the long-awaited explosion of the gigantic orb has finally occurred.

As if the light that it was emanating was not bright enough, at the moment of the main explosion, a white blinding ray of light covered Arthur's vision just as he opened his eyes and the next thing he felt was a heat that immediately extinguished his remaining wing and deactivated [Transmutation] by consuming the green lightning.

With a final push, Arthur was able to use the main explosion and his earlier momentum to enter the tunnel but not after the wolf's body was ripped to shreds and devoured by the Void.

He only entered the Tunnel with his real body, which was ejected from the wolf's. It is the first time he dies inside a corpse.if he didn't possess the wolf

If he didn't possess the wolf and didn't have those countless passives activated then he would have long since died due to the Spatial Tears and the dangerous Void. With his Mana Pool empty, His stats lowered and in an exhausted Mental State, Arthur abandoned any thought of controlling his body and let the Tunnel drift him to its destination by its own.

His main body was intact at first but as seconds passed, the wounds he suffered inside the wolf's body began appearing, he was in a disastrous state, literally and he had no power left to move properly.

The good thing is that his Mana began regenerating at a rapid pace by absorbing scattered Mana which helped him greatly as he made use of this to use simple yet effective Healing Skills.

It was a one minute trip but for Arthur, it seemed like a one-year trip. He thought of many things, his weakness, his helplessness in such a situation, his wife Lucy, who he missed so much. If she were with him, maybe he would have been more careful, maybe things wouldn't have gone wrong, so many things would have been different yet there are no ifs in life.

When the short trip was finally over, Arthur appeared in a destroyed room, it looked a bit similar to the one Elias teleported from but the only difference is that rubbles and dust were all over the place.

With the bit of strength he managed to muster, Arthur got up and looked around only to realize that he was back at the same place. Albeit receiving all these injuries, he breathed a sigh of relief as he was back in a safe place.

He didn't linger there any longer, he left through the door, or what was left of it, and arrived at the shattered mansion in no time.

The place was still broken and dusty, just like he left it, with corpses all over the place and its reeking smell of blood, if not for the golden broken pillars and some structures that were still left, anyone would think this was a place where a bloody war occurred and not the mansion of the Humen Emperor.

Without sparing a glance to the deceased soldiers, Arthur left the mansion and spread his Sense as far as he could only to be surprised when he sensed someone not far away but his surprise soon turned into astonishment and anger as he sensed the second presence.

His Mana was recovering at an astonishing speed but he had to rely on his body for now. He retrieved Makaze and held it tightly whilst staring at a specific direction.

”Looks like I need to rely on you again, friend.”

In response, the black katana vibrated intensely and black flames started burning on all of its edges, seemingly ready to cut anything in its way.

Arthur took one final breath before he squeezed every last bit of strength he got and darted to the North.

.....

The Royal Garden, which once was one of the most beautiful things is now dyed with blood, the breathtaking flowers died and the trees were cut down or destroyed by either sharp weapons or from the previous explosion.

Taliya had decided to wait a bit longer for Arthur, she had inspected the dark room underground but found nothing except that blue circle. She knew its function yet didn't know how to activate it, furthermore, she had to evacuate as the roof was falling and the ground kept shaking. She couldn't die in such a place after going all the way here.

She had high hopes for Arthur and wished he would return with Alina but an hour passed and still, nothing happened.

After waiting for so long and hearing or seeing nothing, dejected, Taliya could only shake her head in sadness and remorse and turn around to leave.

She felt a bit bad for involving Arthur and causing him to suffer so much. She didn't know what happened to him but by the look of it, it doesn't seem to be going well, just by the fact that he didn't return. But she felt sadder for Alina, who is still young yet had to suffer at the hands of the filthy humans just because she had special origins.

Seeing the destruction and rubbles all over, her mood worsened. With the death knight next to her, Taliya left the mansion and was just about to leave the main gates, which didn't exist anymore, when she heard a loud explosion just a hundred meters away from her.

Before she could see what just happened, another explosion happened a distance away from the first one and this continued for a few more times before it stopped.

....

Arthur somehow managed to catch up to whoever is aiming for Taliya, with Makaze in his hands, he used [Faster Than Death] to appear next to Bucama and swung the sword, cutting one of the monster's arms. Arthur then lifted his free hand and fire a dark red flaming ball which instantly hit the hideous creature due to the distance between them being just a couple of inches.

With his state being so bad, Arthur couldn't afford to relax. As the monster was sent flying away, he followed after it with a few teleports and appeared behind it while it was still trying to stabilize itself.

Again, Makaze stabbed the back of the monster, where its horn used to be, this time, it was met with no resistance. Blood gushed out and a gaping wound was formed by the sharp katana but that was not all.

Arthur injected Natural Lightning and his special black flames and made them invade Bucama's body and destroy its cells one by one, aiming for the Dantian and Meridians.

Honestly, Arthur was confused and surprised at how this monster managed to come here. His knowledge of that foreign world was limited so perhaps there was an extra teleportation circle but how did Bucama manage to reach it so fast with all those Spatial Tears.

It definitely had something to do with that weird horn and the red beam which penetrated the sky, nevertheless, what is done cannot be undone and this monstrosity has to be killed on the spot!

....

With only two arms remaining, Bucama got up and stared angrily at Arthur. It received severe injuries due to the destruction of its world and it was in a very bad state. As it found a prey to absorb, Arthur attacked out of nowhere.

Fortunately for Bucama, Arthur was also injured all over his body which made them in worse states. With a disgusting grin, the monster stared back at Arthur and shrugged its arms while saying

”Friend, I can see why you want to kill me but let's stop for now. Don't you see our states? Fighting further would be meaningless. In return, I can promise you that I will leave this place as soon as I recover.”

Although the creature was speaking to him, Arthur ignored it and ordered the death knight to take Taliya further. It was apparent that Bucama needs her for something and if having her means it can recover then she retreats immediately.

When he was in the Spatial Tunnel, Arthur tried many times to enter the ARK but it didn't work no matter how much he said the word. Even when he was rushing here, it didn't work either. It's either malfunctioning or he is still in battle mode but he didn't know how to leave that mode as the System never mentioned it or specified how.

...

As she was in total disbelief of the calamity that appeared before her eyes, Taliya snapped out of it when the Death Knight grabbed her and put her on its shoulder then it jumped away from the monster while taking big strides similar to wide jumps on each step. The Knight only stopped when Taliya struggled and slashed continuously with her short blades.

Due to the shock, Taliya didn't have time to glance at the second figure but she knew it was Arthur, as far as she knew, he's the only one strong enough to fight such a monster.

...

As the monster kept speaking nonsense and making peace treaties on its own, two thick black flaming chains sprang out of the ground and wrapped around the monster instantly, making him unable to move a finger.

Arthur held Makaze with his two hands and didn't waste a second, he teleported in front of Bucama and used [Thousand Waves] straight at the monster's chest.

With such a close distance, coupled with a sharp blade and a peerless wielder, Bucama was literally cut in two vertically and you could see its four eyes filled with disbelief, unwillingness, and anger.

'poof' 'poof'

Two pieces lifelessly fell on the ground, not moving. the chains dispersed soon enough and what was left was a panting Arthur who was bending on one knee and using Makaze as support.

Such a strong strike could not be resisted by Bucama, which was already injured and weakened.

Despite winning, Arthur still felt regret over the stupid decisions he made, at least he managed to clear the danger. As he was about to get up and leave the place before more unwanted enemies come, the two pieces of Bucama shined with red light and the remaining scales vibrated and exploded and created countless tiny sharp pieces which struck everything in the small area around the monster's body.

Arthur, who could not react in time, was left defenseless against this. The sharp pieces were just about to hit him when a black shadow suddenly appeared behind him and grabbed him by the back of his head then darted away from the area.

The shadow was even faster than the pieces as it barely saved Arthur from being hit.

....

Taliya, who was confused and still scared of the monster, mustered her courage and decided to head back. Her resolve strengthened when the Death Knight suddenly dispersed and vanished from sight.

The distance the knight crossed when it grabbed her was a bit far so she pushed her speed to the maximum to return to the mansion yet again but as she was almost there, a tall figure appeared in front of her.

With a long black hair, a bronze skin and a two-handed large axe on his shoulders, Jackob smiled at Taliya and said

”Now now, what is the Head Maid of the Demon Royalty doing here?”

Although the MoonStar sect is in the West and didn't expand further, Taliya fully know who Jackob was, she also knew his Strength and immense brute power.

She held her two short blades and stared coldly at Jackob without uttering a word.

”Those are two dangerous blades missy, I would recommend you to not be so careless, as long as you cooperate, nothing will happen to you.”

As he said that, Jackob held his axe and pointed it at Taliya as his two eyes glowed with a hazy red light....