1018 Contend 2 (1/2)
The ambush by the Eight-Eyed Giant Lizard and the simultaneous three-man attack on him had all been resisted by Anthony. With that, the chances of survival for the three of them had decreased.
”Are you okay?” Yannen helped his team member up.
”I'm alright, chief. What do we do next?” The team member moved his entirely numb body which was in rather bad shape. Anthony had now joined the White Ghosts. This man was cruel and relentless, and had never allowed for any leeway, so if this continued on…
”In a while, the Eight-Eyed Giant Lizard will come out. When that happens, we grab the opportunity and withdraw!” Yannen said in a low voice.
The two team members, as each other's right-hand man, exchanged looks at that moment and nodded slightly.
”Lightning Heart!”
A voice growled.
On the wall of rock not far off, Anthony's entire body was madly shooting off electric currents, blasting his three attackers once again.
Step by step, he walked closer to Glory and picked her entirely limp body up. She had no energy at all to get up. With the tip of his finger, he lightly pricked and drew a line of glabella blood from Glory's glabella.
Strangely, this line of blood did not fall according to its weight but made a beeline towards the stone wall opposite of it, as straight as a sword.
Roar!
There was a sudden furious roar of a wild animal from under the wall of rock which was moving.
There was a flash of frantic enthusiasm across Anthony's eyes as he watched the fresh blood spurt onto the rock wall. Like acid, it began to corrode the black stone quickly.
The strange thing was that after the stone had been corroded, there were strains of whitish gold blood flowing out.
Fuh!
The stone wall began to shake violently and two gigantic blood-red tongues whipped out from both sides of the rock, winding towards Anthony who stood in the middle.
It was only then that the people there could clearly see, this was not a stone wall. It was a giant lizard in disguise, crouching on the ground.
There were eight eyes on its head and two small mouths, one on each side. The two tongues just now had been spat out from there.
”Lightning Contract!” Anthony stretched out his hand abruptly and slapped his palm on the part of the Giant Lizard that had been corroded.
Huge bouts of electrical current erupted from his body and flowed into the body of the Giant Lizard violently.
Roar!
The Eight-Eyed Giant Lizard lashed around in pain.
”Lightning Contract! He wants to control the Giant Lizard! Quick! Quick, interrupt him!” Glory screamed. She wanted to jump over, but her entire body was still weak; after forcing herself to get up, she fell to the ground again.
”It's impossible for him to succeed! No one has succeeded in the family for over a hundred years! It's impossible! Impossible!” The little boy from the mud did his best to get up. There were bloody wounds all over his body, making him look like a human made of blood.
”Let's attack together!” Angel shouted, shooting up from the ground. He was the White Ghost who had dragged Anthony's steps back just now.
”Thunder!”
He bellowed ferociously, as he pushed out an invisible forcefield like a clap of thunder in a mad frenzy.
Seeing this, Glory and Beirut knew that this was their last chance. If they were to wait until Anthony had a free hand, the three of them die without even knowing how.
”Thunder!” The two of them roared at the same time.
This was a desperate killing move, the most powerful move amongst the Ice Thunder techniques of the family, which would kill the executioner of the move as well as their target. In an instant, all the ice thunder electric fields in their bodies would explode.
The electric fields of the three people were combined into one and suddenly condensed into a slightly black electrical current ball the size of a brain. Angel held it in his hand and ferociously pushed it towards Anthony's back.
Anthony turned his head and a sneer finally appeared on his face.
”Thunder Flash!”
With one hand, he turned around to push him back just in time to face the slightly black ball created by the forces of the three individuals.
There was an explosion.
Numerous electrical currents dissipated in the eruption like a water jar being blasted into pieces. There was a detonation in between the two people, sending out countless electric arc pieces. The discharge caused the mercenaries in the area who could not dodge them fast enough to be completely numb in their bodies. One of them, unable to move fast enough to avoid the harm, got electrocuted in the arm, which charred it completely.
Ripples of electrical residue suffused and spread through the soil and plants on the ground everywhere. The blue electrical residue continued to spread out, climbing onto tree trunks and crossing over the grassy earth. However, most of it had hurtled towards the body of the Eight-Eyed Giant Lizard which was close by.
Roar!
With an excruciating howl, the Eight-Eyed Giant Lizard's spider-like red eyes finally turned blue, and it suddenly crouched down. Its head curled onto the ground tightly before Anthony, in complete submission.
”Hahahahaha!” Anthony lifted his head and began to cackle wildly.
The plan he had to conceal for so many years had finally succeeded today!
”With the Eight-Eyed Giant Lizard, let's see who can stop me from getting the secret scroll!”
There was a maniacal flash in his eyes as he watched a black stone door slowly open in the ground the Eight-Eyed Giant Lizard had moved away from. The stone door seemed to look like a shadow of an illusion, appearing and disappearing in a slight blur. However, Anthony knew that this door was indeed, enterable. This was the great fortune that the Ice Thunder family had been accumulating for hundreds of years. The Ice Thunder scroll was not the only thing in there.
As Glory and the rest watched in despair, Anthony reached out his hand to take off the metallic pendant hanging on his necklace. It was in the shape of an icy blue lightning bolt.
”Go, Lightning Heart. Open the great door that truly leads to the secret trove.”
He lifted the Lightning Heart gently and shook it forward.