Chapter 276 - 229 : Are you Sure? (1/2)

Inside the meeting room at the central tower in the MoonStar Sect, Jackob and Anastassia gazed at the rising mushroom cloud. The sheer size of this black-ish cloud is so big that it could be seen from any location on Astria. It covered the whole Human Continent, or what remained of it, and even stretched a thousand miles in the ocean surrounding the deserted land.

The shaking only quietened a bit after a minute or so but that didn't mean the dread the people were feeling was gone.

”I guess the Human Continent is no more. Good riddance if you ask me.”

Jackob spoke half-jokingly as he saw the razor sharp invisible wind blades that were appearing on all the buildings. They weren't particularly destructive but they still caused some damage.

”There's no telling if it'll be us next or not. For the aftereffect of that attack to even reach here, I cannot even imagine the intensity of the fight.”

Anastassia”s eyes were lost in thoughts as she spoke without giving much thought to what she's saying. Seeing her in this state, Jackob consoled her

”Don't be so pessimistic. Perhaps the fight has already ended, no one can tell.”

In response to what he said, the woman bitterly retorted

”Exactly... no one can tell.”

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”I must say, that's some terrifying thing you created there.”

The copy complimented Arthur as it also witnessed what happened. The area around them was already covered with dark fog that blocked their view, Arthur's eyes shone with a dim blue light as they tried to see through this fog but it couldn't as he massively overworked their abilities earlier.

A bunch of notifications were appearing in front of Arthur only to be dismissed immediately. The grey-ish bullet not only was it constructed using countless miniature bombs, but these bombs also had a lasting poisonous effect. Arthur was currently possessing a green mantis' body, it was the body with the highest poison resistance amongst all his arsenal.

More than fifty passives that resisted the chemical poisoned of the bomb were activated, protecting him from being killed.

”Even if it survived the blast, it can't remain alive for long, the radioactivity is too strong and suffocating.”

This place has already become a place of ghosts, any living being that enters this fog will be inflicted with the poison and the intense radioactivity.

Even he, wasn't an exception, he may be able to survive for some time as he's able to resist the poisons but the radioactivity is another thing, sooner or later, his physical body won't be able to hold on any longer.

With a speed slower than a turtle, Arthur dragged his body as he headed West, trying to break off this enormous fog. He only wanted to get away first then wait for things to calm down and recover for a bit before entering again because currently, he had no strength to use, he used every bit of Mana, Nether Energy, and Mental Power he got. His physical body was heavily injured, he was mentally exhausted and the accumulated stress is making him feel as if he'll fall unconscious at any second.

”Wait! Something is not right...”

The copy's voice rang in his ears but Arthur still didn't stop, he pushed his body to its limits, the thin and fast wings of the Mantis flapped intensely as he transformed into a green light that pushed the fog in its way.

”This is madness, you've truly angered them. They are dead set on you now, it even sacrificed itself!”

The copy sighed as he relayed its thoughts to Arthur, who suddenly halted mid-air and said

”Sacrificed itself? Why?”

”I mean it literally! It sacrificed itself to resurrect its three comrades instantaneously, it seems they have become much stronger too.”

Unlike his usual, the copy seemed a bit panicked as it spoke to Arthur, normally it was pretty nonchalant even if he was close to death's door, just like against Rozak, but this time, it truly was worried, which made Arthur uneasy too.

For a second, Arthur didn't know what to do in such a situation. Running away won't solve this problem since they were deadlock into killing him, fleeing to the West would only lead to the destruction of that continent too.

Staying here will result in his miserable death, there's nothing he could do at such a situation.