Chapter 182 - 165.1 : An Obedient Shell (1/2)

This punch was more devastating than the first one as the mud tower was already shaking heavily when Arthur attacked. The thick crack dividing the room into two parts became even bigger and all people close to him were sent flying high up in the air or blown away, crashing into the falling wall or out of the room, some even fell into the huge hole at the end of the room from which gargoyles came from.

It was as apparent as the sun that Arthur was way superior to them, after all, when he was just an Immortal, he managed to kill an almost peak grade God from the Underworld, so, although Ti Eru and the rest were decently strong, if Arthur was to go all out like last time, they won't be able to get away unscathed, however, the probability of killing them all without suffering nothing is equally impossible too.

Rumbling sound echoed in the mud tower and a third of it collapsed on itself which forced the huge crowd to dart away from the room. Ti Eru was wise enough to stay away so he quickly left the room along with his army when he saw the astonishing devastation. His anger had long since vanished when he saw the gargoyles suffer this much. Without wasting another second in here, he enveloped his army with a red energy and flew away from the mud tower.

Due to the damage caused by the white-clothed man, Tarathiel was forced to focus on him and let Ti Eru get away, he rushed to catch his brother, who had a pale face, blood leaked out of his lips and his body had multiple bloody scratches, ugly to behold.

What they didn't know is that in the second punch, along with using Heavenly Mountain Fist, he also added Natural Lightning, which caused vibrations in all the surroundings and in no time, they invaded the God's body and injured him internally.

Natural Lightning is one of the deadliest abilities Arthur could use, along with his fire and Dark Magic. Void magic is also overpowered but if it isn't used wisely, it could easily turn on its owner and cause self-harm, death in some extreme cases.

Everyone was focused fleeing and dodging the falling boulders and ignored the source of all this damage. Grasping this opportunity, Arthur's figure blurred and appeared near Rose, who was intending to jump into the big hole.

Just as she was about to jump, a small whirlpool flashed near her and vanished by the next second. Without her, or anyone else noticing, Arthur was able to slip in and avoid the focus of the three Gods, which were busy dealing with this complicated situation.

In fact, even if the boulders were to hit them, they would receive no damage, however, that was something else for their armies, especially the gargoyles, who had Spirit and Mortal ones lingering in that huge army

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Deep underground, in a decently large room with a simple bed and a special yard with a few medicinal plants growing in it, there sat a female gargoyle with red hair and long ears, she was not a top beauty but her looks were not average either, the only thing you can criticize her for is her missing arm. She quietly sat on the bed with eyes closed and crossed legs. For the last two days, Rose stayed in her room, recovering from the injuries she suffered. Adding the arm she lost, a strange green lightning invaded her body and caused some injuries. It was not severe but it couldn't be ignored either as she needed to slowly push out the lightning, which stuck to her organs and kept vibrating and causing annoying pain.

The shut eyes opened at last when the last bit of green lightning was expelled from her body, Rose breathed a sigh of relief as she inspected her body one last time. When she saw nothing out of place, she prepared to wear her armor and head out to meet the clan leader only to be stopped.

Wide open eyes, half-open mouth and a flabbergasted expression, she didn't even stand yet when her vision landed on a gray-haired man standing a meter in front of her. He didn't emit any dangerous aura but that didn't stop her from freezing on the stop, it was unknown if she stopped moving due to fear or hesitation, but it certainly wasn't surprise.

All kinds of thoughts rampaged in her mind but no matter how hard she thought, she couldn't guess how he managed to appear here. This underground layout is the real stronghold of the gargoyles and even a God cannot pass undetected when sneaking in here, it is also why the gargoyles were able to last this long and are considered one of the strongest factions here.

'How did he get here? Teleportation? No! That's not possible! There's an array against that... then how....'

Rose didn't thoroughly think through, she glanced at her sword which was not far away. She kept it outside to nurture it and increase her intimacy with the sword. Sword cultivators like hers always nurture their swords, only Arthur would hide Makaze in his storage and only take it in dire times.

Actually, since he has peak mastery, he doesn't need to nurture his katana, however, what he didn't know is that his mastery is not enough for him to show what real sword mastery is.

”Fate let us meet again, how do you do, General Rose.”

Arthur talked with a calm tone as he displayed a playful smile, he didn't feel threatened and already knew what she was thinking about. He didn't push away the sword or destroy it, in fact, he acted as if he didn't know her intention.

The indifference Arthur showed only made the general more panicked, various foolish and risky thoughts popped in her mind but at the end, she didn't dare to act as she remembered how she was completely hopeless against him last time and lost an arm without even realizing it, it was absolute fear that came from deep inside her.