109 Exterminating Bugs (2/2)
Dozens of crawlers that dived into his domain were struck and grinded to death like they were shot by hundreds of bullets.
He wasn't satisfied and dived into a sea of crawlers with his moving domain and it shred apart a few hundred more.
”Buddy, your move is very fancy, but aren't very effective in killing them en masse!” Jeffrey commented.
”Clap of Mother Earth!” Jeffry shouted.
A gigantic palm rose from behind him. He clapped his hands like a crocodile snapping its jaws and the gigantic palm descended and laid waste to tens of thousands of crawlers.
His face paled from exhausted all his earth essence in a single move.
In his own location, Howard leaped into the air above a sea of crawlers and dropped down like a meteor before slamming the ground with his palm.
”Grand Stalagmite!” He roared.
Within fifty yards of him, several thousands of crawlers were impaled to death by earthen spikes striking of various sizes rising from the ground. The spikes destroyed the foundation of a buildings within it's radius and collapsed, crushing thousands of additional crawlers.
A light glinted in Jack's eye and he did not use his usual technique but called out a new name on the spot.
”Almighty Collapse!”
He roared and forced the various abandoned buildings around him to collapse and crushed all the crawlers in its vicinity. His move was nothing short of mass demolition.
”Muahahaha! I am a genius!” He laughed hysterically.
Countless night crawlers were killed under his move and the numbers were in calculable. It may have possibly exceeded the hundred thousand mark, but many people's homes were destroyed in the process.
Leon was amused by their little game until it escalated and blown out of proportion.
The palace guards were in a league of their own, with their exquisite control of their earth elements.
He had no choice but to admit that their techniques were quite high level despite having exaggerated names as well as… peculiar ones...
But… did they have to go overboard and demolish so many people's homes? Whether it was burning, damaged or intact ones, they were all indiscriminately demolished. Leon felt his face twitched at the mess they caused.
He racked up thousands of kills himself, but it was nothing compared to his guards.
They had stolen his thunder and disrupted his plans.
”That's enough. We are retreating.”
Leon called out to his guards. They had quickly exhausted most of their strengths in such a frenzied killing manner and wouldn't be able to continue for much longer.
Although he could keep going for several more hours due to his conservative kill method, he had to care for his own guards… because they would not retreat without him.
In any case, they had accomplish their objective in killing heaps of crawlers and reducing a portion of their numbers.
”Yes, your highness!”
They hear and obey. The palace guards quickly regathered by Leon side and they retreated together.
Jack was smiling because he believed he had not killed the least for once. In fact, he killed the most!
The others groaned at this fact. This bastard was so unscrupulous in his methods to win.
People could be hoping of returning to their homes once the disaster was settled, but he had directly destroyed their hopes and turned hundreds of people homeless.
”So, who lost?”
His question was like setting off a powder keg.
They unanimously answered with,
”Fuck off!”
…
As the group headed to the Upper West District western entrance, Leon wondered how his mother will resolve the crisis. He wouldn't believe it if his mother said the royal family didn't prepared a countermeasure for a day like today.
Everyone in the capital have now witnessed what horrors lied beneath them and it can no longer be kept quiet.