Chapter 486 - Branh (1/2)

Hao Xuan looked the man up and down, scrutinizing every little detail.

Hao Xuan pushed aside the stunned soldiers and stepped forward with a curious expression, ”What's wrong with you? Your ”powers” are all over the place, they are clashing with one another.”

This much was easy to see. Any cultivator with keen enough senses would be able to feel the several different energies inside the man's body. instead of working together, they were going against one another.

Iris and Klem, Ceni's close friends whom she had rescued from the roach camp (described in Ch 464) were standing beside her, both ready to attack.

Upon seeing their stances, the anxious City Lord quickly stepped forward.

”Branh, what are you doing? Step down! This is none of our business!” he shouted trying to sound authoritative, but his wavering voice made it difficult to have the desired effect.

While 'Branh' only seemed to have eyes for Hao Xuan as his battle intent surged.

He looked towards the city lord with a disgusted expression, ”Brother, you have become weak. You see these invaders and come crawling on your knees with a single order to please them, is that what we have come to? Pawns they can order around at a moment's notice? No!” his voice rising by the second, he looked around at all the nobles and officials that surrounded him, most of them refusing to meet his gaze.

Even the city lord who seemed to be his blood brother could only lower his head in shame.

”Pathetic. You are giving up without even putting up a fight,” he shook his head and turned to face Hao Xuan, looking him in the eyes, ”Lo and Behold! This is the power of our resolve, of all our efforts! This is our answer to your ”invasion”! We are not as helpless as you all think us to be!”

As soon as he finished speaking, the marks on his bodies starting lighting up and one by one joined together. His body started to deform even further. Sounds of the breaking of bones and ripping of flesh came from him as he grew from a mere 1.6-meter tall man to a humanoid creature over 3 meters long.

He was still standing on two feet but that's where the similarities between the old him and what he had become now ended. It looked like each of his limbs was from a different beast, all mixed and matched to make something new.

Hao Xuan, on the other hand, watched everything in silence without making a move. It was not for a lack of opportunity but because he was genuinely curious about this power Branh he was talking about actually was.

And seeing it in person, he was certainly surprised.

Earlier even though he could feel different energies coming from Branh's body, they were extremely weak. Too weak to even sense normally.

But now, out of nowhere he had morphed into this thing and Hao Xuan could not even tell how strong he had become. It was like something was blocking his senses.