Chapter 176 - Chapter 176: Chapter 169: The Ambush of the Monarch Powerful Expert! (2/2)

“This is bad!”

Resurrected once more, three cheetah-like monsters, whose bodies were composed of purple crystal and nearing high-level Transmutation, stared ferociously at the many Extraordinary Exponents gathered, ready to charge at any moment.

Viscount Bast said calmly.

“Run.”

“Those creatures are opponents that we cannot wholly defeat, and their numbers will only increase. Escaping is the best option.”

Since Viscount Bast had given the order, everyone else stopped contemplating other options and all turned to flee through the passage, while the three purple crystal cheetahs charged forward in unison.

“Heh.”

Viscount Bast did not flee first but stayed behind alone, as if to cover everyone’s retreat.

“According to the contract, entangle them!”

He extended a finger unhurriedly, calmly pointing at the three cheetah monsters as a dozen terrifying creatures with wholly dark bodies and various shapes suddenly emerged from the shadows at his feet.

They were like shades from hell, brimming with an eerie aura, and Viscount Bast stood in the dark shadow, his face blurred and dark, his eyes devoid of any trace of human emotion.

That ancient finger seemed like a baton of death, effortlessly commanding the truly evil creatures to entangle the purple crystal “cheetahs.”

“The bodies of three Transmutation Extraordinary Exponents as a sacrifice, that should roughly satisfy your appetites for a while… Truly a profitable deal!”

Viscount Bast shook his head and turned to leave.

Byrne had already reached the palace with the other dozen or so Extraordinary Exponents. However, they suddenly sensed a terrifying presence just outside the palace!

“Monarch! It’s a Monarch-level Extraordinary Exponent!”

“Why is there a presence of a Monarch powerful expert here?”

Everyone inside the palace was profoundly shocked; they were so frightened they could barely move, and soon the Extraordinary Exponents stepping out of the palace saw it.

Outside the purple crystal palace stood five unfamiliar Extraordinary Exponents.

The leading Extraordinary Exponent was a middle-aged man wearing a blue robe with six symmetrical patterns on his face, and blue flames erupted from his eyes.

What should we do?

People exchanged glances, and Byrne wanted to step forward to negotiate, but Lieutenant Colonel Abel Leone beat him to it.

“Sir, may I ask which Extraordinary Exponent you are, to which country you belong, are you also from the Ouden Continent? The situation inside the palace is somewhat complex, perhaps we can communicate and cooperate…”

Lieutenant Colonel Abel’s face paled as he asked his question. He immediately felt an intense sense of suffocation erupting from the middle-aged man, filled with pure murderous intent!

In an instant, Byrne understood the Monarch powerful expert’s intention.

He wanted to kill everyone here!

“…”

The deputy leader of the Spiritual Tunic Secret Priory remained silent, simply stretching out his hand to don the completely invisible and intangible “spiritual tunic,” as if it never existed.

He transformed into the form of an elderly woman, dressed in a black robe and holding an old bronze pendulum in her hand.

“She” merely had to gently shake the bronze pendulum, and instantly an Extraordinary Exponent from the Lion clan died, turning into blue specks of light—everyone was stunned, not even knowing how that Extraordinary Exponent had died!

Byrne took a deep breath, realizing that the opponent had long been prepared to kill, otherwise they wouldn’t have offered not even a chance for dialogue.

Viscount Bast walked out of the palace with an unrestful expression. He had harbored a slight hope, but when he truly saw the man outside blocking everyone’s way, his expression finally changed completely.

He shouted loudly, “Let’s split up and run!”

Of course they had to run. Byrne immediately used shape-shifting to exchange his position with a distant pile of rubble.

And the Monarch Extraordinary Exponent’s hunt began. He watched as the numerous Extraordinary Exponents scattered in all directions, switching his “spiritual tunic” again, transforming into a bald middle-aged man, then murmuring to himself, closing his eyes, as the ground beneath him began to glow with rotting black light, summoning many powerful undead creatures out of thin air!

A flood of undead creatures began chasing the fleeing Extraordinary Exponents, and in the blink of an eye, two low-level Transmutation Extraordinary Exponents were surrounded by the undead creatures and quickly killed.

At that moment, three purple crystal cheetah monsters ran out of the palace. They immediately launched a fierce attack on the nearest Monarch powerful expert, leaping up to bite.

“Hm?”

The deputy leader of the Spiritual Tunic Secret Priory paused, then shifted his “spiritual tunic” again, turning into a beastman, and transforming into a colossal, immensely strong creature, shattering the three nearly high-level Transmutation “cheetahs” in a short time.

But they quickly revived and reformed into four purple crystal “cheetahs,” causing the deputy leader to fall into thought.

Byrne looked back for a moment to see two knights in black armor riding spectral warhorses, approaching rapidly through the air towards him, each with strength comparable to mid-level Transmutation.