87 Turn of Events 1 (1/2)
Chapter 87: Turn of Events 1
Peng!
Garen’s arms stopped in front of the man’s face as if an invisible wall completely blocked his attack. Pieces of broken, transparent debris shot out into the air in a crisp sound like a glass breaking.
Garen’s distorted face was completely red, he made a fierce inhale and, as his muscles instantly swelled up, he grew from 178 cm to over two meters tall. His arms resembled steel pincers, and he clamped his arms with all his might.
”Roar!”
In a cracking sound, the protective screen in front of the man shattered, and the dark blue arms that looked like steel beams scissored towards the man’s neck.
However, a strange thing happened: Garen’s arms went through the man’s neck without touching anything solid.
What he cut through was an illusion, and on the ground not far from here, the man slowly appeared again.
”Brother taught you nothing, did he?” He raised his chin, a trace of disappointment gleamed in his eyes. ”I’ve heard reports that you killed a few psychokinetics, and I thought that I would be able to see my brother’s Everlasting Night Stars… but you are just so worthless.”
”Who are you calling worthless?!” Garen squinted his eyes, as he took a breath, his body inflated and deflated as if he was a real mammoth with huge lung capacity. His voice was so strong and deep that the words echoed and lingered in the air.
He stood on the empty ground, his body had an unnatural purple-black color.
”Since you are a worthless and incompetent, I will take back what belongs to my brother…” The man reached out his hand and pointed at Garen.
Shoo!
An invisible force crashed down on Garen like a clump of dried glue.
Garen suddenly felt that his whole body was immobilized.
”Trying to chain me up?” A sharp light flashed in his eyes, his arm and elbow stroke to the side with a loud crash.
A crisp crackle resounded, and the man’s expression changed.
”A mortal like you…” He flicked his finger, another invisible force crashed onto Garen.
Vroom!
A giant spherical force field formed within ten meters of Garen.
The sand and weed on the ground, the daffodil seeds floated in the air, dust fell off from the stone walls, and a few dried leaves were blown airborne by the wind.
Everything was frozen and restrained.
Garen was standing in the center of the sphere, his muscles and veins jumped following his heart beat. His heart was frantically pumping blood, and his veins seemed like they were about to explode. His vigorous heart was strongly resisting against the forcefield outside.
Sss…
His skin had tightened from the pressure, and his heart seemed like it was going to blow up. A faint painful feeling came from his left chest, his heart was failing under the influence of the forcefield.
The massive force and pressure restrained his body, he could not even breathe, and his face was gradually turning purple and red.
”It’s over.” The man took back his index finger as he slowly walked towards Garen. ”Like an insect stuck in an amber, pathetic.”
Crackle!
Suddenly, an astounded expression rose on his face. ”The Layered Levitation Finger… You broke free?”
Boom!
The forcefield around Garen was completely shattered, he felt his power and strength exploding like a volcano, his sight went black for a second, and a tearing pain came from his muscles.
He lowered his head and saw the necklace hidden in his shirt slowly rising up, floating in front of his face. A line of words emerged on the necklace.
”Ain Gregoria, Third Life Ritual – Protection.”
”Everlasting Night Star… It was on you this whole time. I didn’t expect Brother to leave this on you.” The man instantly lifted his cloak, revealing his seaweed-like long and dark hair.
His eyes were glued on the necklace, this necklace in the shape of an open book was exactly what he was looking for.
”A treasure like this is such a waste on you.” His hand slowly reached out and gripped at Garen.
Peng!
Garen wanted to dodge, but as soon as he took two steps to the side, he felt everything go black as an invisible hand was choking him by the neck and prevented him from breathing.
”The difference in strength is too much!” His heart was mixed with disappointment and rage. ”There is still hope!” His hands tightly gripped the invisible hand on his neck, trying to break himself free. His attention turned to the Skill Pane at the bottom of his vision.
Within the Skill Pane, behind the Mammoth Secret Technique, the transparent and blurry word ”Explosive” was gradually turning opaque and clear.
He had the feeling that when this Mammoth Secret Technique finally reached the point of ”Explosive”, his body would have a dramatic change. His strength would increase by a large margin.
”Damn it, come on, faster!” Drops of blood emerged on his face from under his skin from overusing his explosive force.
At this moment, the man in the dark cloak was already standing in front of him, he reached out and grabbed the necklace.
”Everlasting Night Stars, it’s mine now.”
Bam!
Suddenly, a dark blue fist fiercely punched his right cheek.
Garen finally broke free of the psychokinetic hand and swung a hard blow.
”Got you!”
He sprinted over, let out a frenzied roar, and kneed the man in the black cloak who was still staggering.