Chapter 171 - Irreconcilable (1/2)
”[Heaven's Extermination Ray]!”
”[Necro Ruination]!”
”[World of Frost]!”
”[Asura's Wrath]!”
”[Shadowbinding Arts: Hidden Death]!”
”[Wave Arts: Unending Reverberation]!”
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
In that instant, six ultimate skills, coming from six different Inanimates, were cast on the territory of Chonk's army simultaneously. These six skills went ignored by the members who were still dumbfounded from the words uttered by their division leaders, with them only realizing what they had done until it was too late.
”Ahhhhh! Nooo!” At the very instant they realized what their division leaders had done, they did not spare any time to avoid the skills that were cast, or if they were stronger, defend against them. Although they now abhorred their division leaders, they could not direct this hate towards them since being alive was better than being dead.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
As if it was an orchestra, a plethora of skills, ranging from barriers to movement speed boosting skills, were activated by the members of the six divisions in succession, holding onto the hope that they would be able to survive the attacks of their division leaders. Unfortunately for them, the division leaders packed more power than they thought.
Fsh! Fsh! Fsh!
On one part of the territory, a beam of light shone down from the sky, vaporizing any Inanimate that came into contact with it along its path. Even those that had barriers all over their bodies were not spared, dispelling their barriers in one hit before slicing their bodies into two.
In another part, multiple Water energy particles congregated over the division leader's head before spreading out like a raging tsunami, easily catching up with those that had movement speed boosting skills activated. Once they were caught by the raging tsunami, they were heavily bombarded with a ton of Water energy particles, hastily rendering them dead.
The method of killing was different in the other parts, but ultimately, most of the members of the six divisions were not spared by the ultimate skills of their division leaders, turning into lifeless Inanimates in a matter of an instant. That's why they became division leaders. It was because they knew how to command other Inanimates, as well as hold power far greater than what normal Inanimates have.
While this was happening, Horell could not help but be mesmerized by how Aurus was able to do all of this. In awe, he muttered, ”Not only did he cast the ultimate skills of these division leaders, but he also made sure that they overlapped over one another, making sure that those that escaped would be caught up in another ultimate move.”
It was around this time that Horell obtained a message from Aurus through their connection, with Aurus saying, ”Hey Horell, make sure to protect your division well! I'm gonna redirect a bit of the ultimate skills towards your division, so Chonk has more reason to kill these division leaders!”
”Ah?” Although the message was abrupt, Horell hastily snapped out of his daze as he replied, ”Got it!”
Whoosh!
Not long after replying, he hastily made multiple strands of energy with a message on it, sending towards the members of the division he controlled.
”Everyone, get close to me! The other division leaders are going on a rampage!” This was what the strands of energy contained, which made the division members look at their division leader from a new perspective as they hastily got congregated to where Horell was.
Unlike the members of the six divisions, the members of Horell's division were not informed of what was happening on the other divisions, which greatly surprised them after finding out that the other division leaders went on a rampage. Seeing as Horell did not go on a rampage like the others, they could not help but think that the other divisions were pitiful while solidifying their beliefs towards Horell.
After some time, the ultimate skills started to converge towards Horell's division after seeing that almost all of the members of the six divisions were dead. Although Horell did not get a signal from
Aurus through their connection, he knew what he had to do, conjuring a large and thick barrier over the members of his division. This move could not help but make the members feel awe for Horell, thinking of him as a true division leader.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Eventually, the ultimate skills collided with the barrier, attacking it with all its might. Surprisingly, even though the skills were at their full power, they weren't able to break through the barrier, shocking the members of Horell's division while Horell was looking at the ultimate skills in awe.
Since he was a Mana Spirit, he could vividly see the flow of energy in skills and spells that use any form of energy. He noticed that even though the skills looked like they were attacking the barrier at full power, most of the energy in them were redirected towards the appearance of the skill rather than its power. He knew that the opposite was happening a while ago, if not, Aurus would not be able to kill all of those division members with these ultimate skills as easily as he did.
While making sure to not look out of place, Horell sent out a message to Aurus, saying, ”I thought you were already at your limit when you made those division leaders use their ultimate skills. And now you're making it look like the skills are attacking at full power even though they're not? Although I would like to say that my barrier could withstand the full power of a few X-grade Inanimates, what you're doing is more amazing.”
”How did you do it?” he asked soon after.
”I guess I have an innate affinity for these things,” Aurus soon replied, deciding to not tell Horell about the system. In actuality though, the reason why he was able to do this was all due to the [Dualtasking] skill he had obtained a while ago.
The [Dualtasking] skill was in actuality, a C-grade Mortal level skill, which allowed him to easily level up and upgrade this skill to a far stronger variant. At the moment, it was now an S-grade Mortal level skill, which took on the name [Pentatasking]. With this skill now enhanced, the burden he felt while controlling these six division leaders was now minuscule, which allowed him to deploy the surveying soul balls in mid-air again.
Eventually, the ultimate skills gradually weakened as they were colliding against the barrier, which made the members of Horell's division trust him even more. While this was happening, Aurus sent a message to Horell, saying, ”I'm pretty sure Chonk has been notified about what I've done. The sounds made by these ultimate skills are incredibly loud.”
”I'm pretty sure as well,” Horell could not help but respond to Aurus' statement, adding, ”What kind of reaction do you think he's going to have?”
”What else?” Aurus let out a slightly malevolent chuckle as he replied.
”Rage. Unending rage.”