Chapter 475 - Hubris (1/2)

In a place filled with volcanos of all shapes and sizes both active and inert, earthquakes were nothing out of the ordinary.

But when the entire mountain range which was tens of thousands of kilometers long and perhaps just as wide moved in its entirety, that was anything but normal.

Hao Xuan was standing in the entrance of the cave that was dug out by Henrik and company to take cover from the rain when it felt like someone had pulled the rug from under his feet. He stumbled forward, almost falling headfirst towards Ceni who was standing nearby but managed to regain his balance at the end and quickly straightened himself.

But many of the others weren't as lucky and were thrown off their feet. A few pieces of rocks fell from the ceiling and hit a few people. Thankfully everyone here was a cultivator so something like this wasn't enough to hurt them no matter how weak they currently were.

”What the hell is that?!” Henrik asked while being helped up by Hazel, who was like a professional bodyguard at this time.

Hao Xuan had just arrived at this place and didn't even have time to say anything to Henrik when it hit them.

Hao Xuan turned to face towards the place where all the cultivators that chose to stay with Dai Zhi were. There were still a couple of volcanos between them but he could already feel the sensation of being drowned alive coming from there.

And if he could feel it from dozens of miles away, what would it be like for the people that stayed?

”Come, we have to leave right now. It's not safe here,” Hao Xuan shouted and walked out of the cave, letting everyone get ready.

Borrowing a shoulder from Hazel, Henrik also limped over.

”Is it really that dangerous? We are so far and most of the cultivators from the three institutions should already be there by now. Dai Zhi called for reinforcements from all of them.”

Hao Xuan shook his head silently. When he said 'here', he meant this planet, not this particular mountain.

”Trust me, we can't be anywhere near this place when it wakes up. Doesn't matter if its a hundred cultivators or a thousand, it will only feed that thing,” Hao Xuan mumbled and gestured for Salome to come over.

Salome was his responsibility so he would take care of him at very least.

”You guys ready?” he asked the rest of the people one last time, getting confirmations from most of them and the ones that wanted to go join Dai Zhi changed their minds after what happened a few seconds later.

A deafening roar, an intense earthquake followed by a muffled boom was carried over to their location.