Chapter 179 - Otherworldly Visitor (2/2)
On the other hand, Chonk and the army radiated auras of slight fear, with Chonk radiating the most intense aura of fear amongst them. Although it was just a single move, the thing broken was still the culmination of the energy of three beings that were at the existence level beyond an Inanimate. He could not help but wonder if the alliance they were fighting against had a few connections to some strong Animates, making Chonk slightly regret the fact that he wanted to wage war with such an alliance.
Nevertheless, what's done is done and all he could now was to make sure that this strong Animate did not interfere with his army while fighting against the Tempest Branch Alliance. Thinking that the distance between the alliance base and the army was sufficient, Chonk let out a sigh of relief as the state of his mind gradually turned better. He then turned around to look at his army and said, ”Let's continue where we left off.”
”Start the final part of the second phase!”
Whoosh! Whoosh!
And just like that, all of the Inanimates in Chonk's army started charging their strongest skills one more time, shooting them towards a certain place in mid-air over Chonk's head. With all of the beams shot out by the Inanimates converging in one place, Horell and Chungus followed up with their own strongest skills as well, shooting out beams of their own towards where the beams converged, transforming the energy that condensed in that certain spot into the shape of a double-helix.
As usual, Chonk went ahead and destroyed this double-helix with his front paw, allowing the particles that made up this double-helix to spread throughout the surroundings as the aura of the army intensified by a notch. A few seconds later, Chonk circulated the energy inside his body and then spread it out towards the surroundings, solidifying the aura that every member had.
”[Imperium Orbis: Tenfold Power]!” Shouting this phrase, Chonk let out a long sigh of relief, thinking that the gap of strength between his army and the Tempest Branch Alliance had lessened, even if it may be just a little bit. Just as stated before by him, before starting the third phase of Code Omega, he decided to begin Code Beta first, sending a strand of energy towards Chungus with the message, ”Chungus, can you go to the magic circle you made and wait for my signal? Code Beta is just a fancy name I made up for the Grand Restriction spell you have.”
”Ah?” Although the request was sudden, Chungus decided that it would probably be better for him to stay away from the war anyway. Even though he was hired by Chonk to fight in this war, he would rather stay safe from harm rather than be riddled with wounds all over. ”Alright, then. Just send a strand of energy once you want me to activate the spell, okay?”
”Mhm.” And with that, after Chonk acceded to Chungus's request, Chungus then turned around and started hopping to where the magic circle he made was. A few minutes had passed by with nothing happening, making Chonk think that the alliance was probably going to give up in the war until…
”And I thought we would arrive here before they could finish powering up.” A decent distance away from Chonk's army, a voice started speaking, which made Chonk look at the direction of this voice. He could not help but radiate an aura of killing intent as he looked at the three Inanimates that were gradually getting closer to where his army was.
”Hoh? A few members of the Tempest Branch Alliance deciding to come closer on their own accord? I must applaud you for your bravery.” At the instant the three Inanimates had arrived in front of Chonk's army, Chonk could not help but radiate a haughty aura as he spoke in a slightly cold manner. Surprisingly, although he spoke in this manner, the feeling he had inwardly was vastly different from his exterior.
'What the heck? The aura they're radiating far surpasses the aura the Inanimates of my army are radiating! Now that I think about it, the aura they're radiating is extremely close to intensity to Horell's! Is this the trump card of the alliance?'
”Why applaud us for our bravery?” In response to Chonk's words, a glowing wooden sculpture replied to his statement, lightly chuckling as it added, ”Don't you think you should be mad at us for having your six division leaders die from your paws? Oh wait, it was just five.”
Listening to one of the Inanimates' response, Chonk could not help but grit his teeth in anger, coldly laughing as he shouted, ”Oh? So you three were the ones who forced me to kill myself important members of my army?”
”Nah.” In response, the glowing wooden sculpture moved forward by a bit. It then responded, ”That was all me.”
In that instant, the expression on Chonk's face, as well as the emotion he was feeling inside had become similar.
Immense rage.
”Why you…!” Just as Chonk was about to hit the glowing wooden sculpture with his front paw, an aura that slightly exceeded the aura radiated by the three Inanimates could not help but make him stop in place, looking at where the new aura had come from. At the moment he looked, he said, ”Are you going to stop me, Herellia?”
In front of his field of vision was a branch covered to the brim with red carvings, radiating an aura that did not lose to the auras radiated by the three Inanimates that had come before her. Of course, this was none other than Herellia. She responded to Chonk's question, saying, ”I have all reasons to. He's the vice leader of my alliance, after all.”
After that, she looked at the glowing wooden sculpture with an aura of immense confidence before saying, ”Aurus, since you've shown me your full power. How about I show you the full power of the alliance?”
”[Forbidden Sanguine Arts]…”
”[Crimson Spirit Incarnation]!”
Whoosh! Whoosh!
In that instant, the aura radiated by Herellia had intensified by tens of times in an instant, dwarfing the auras radiated by Aurus, Fenrir, and Charisa, who were the three Inanimates that came before her. A few seconds later, the aura that surrounded Herellia took on a crimson shade as her body gradually morphed into a humanoid shape.
In response to this occurrence, Aurus only had one thing to say.
”Omg.”
…
While the war of Tempest Cliff was occurring, a rift had abruptly opened up in the boundary of the Tempest Cliff.
Whoosh!
Not long after, a mosquito the size of a large spider had exited this rift, looking at its surroundings with a curious yet confused expression. After looking around its surroundings, it could not help but mutter to itself, ”Eh? This place doesn't really suit the feeling of a cultivator's inheritance. Is this seriously the inheritance of that secluded cultivator?”
Just as he was about to go ahead and wander around the whole Tempest Cliff, its senses could not help but pick up multiple faint yet intense auras clashing with another, making it radiate an aura of curiosity as it started flapping its wings towards the auras.
”Is this seriously the place of a cultivator's inheritance? From the auras I'm feeling, I feel like that isn't the case.”
”Nevertheless, it's kind of exciting.”