Chapter 1626 (2/2)
While he was staring over toward that portion of the battlefield, dark lines spread across the golden orb and formed a complex, interlocking pattern. The palm attacks of the ninety-nine armed titan were slowly pushed back by the radiation the orb released. Steadily, that radiation flowed in the surrounding space and generated a repulsive force that dominated one corner of the warzone.
Yet no sooner had the golden orb begun to exert its Nether-fueled will upon the surroundings than the sky seemed to expand above the image and unleashed a daunting amount of pressure. Even across the battlefield, the hairs on the back of Randidly’s neck tingled to feel that suffocating pressure. The golden orb began to crack underneath the combined weight of the sky.
Randidly shook his head slightly. The third group… even he was impressed as he felt small scraps of the various image echoes that drifted over toward him. And although Randidly would have been bewildered by the presence and unity of such an eclectic group previously, he now understood what he was looking at. Randidly solemnly watched the escalating conflict. So this is the power of the Pinnacle Seekers…
The massive skeleton, which rose from the portion of the battlefield controlled by Military High Command, finally completed its assembly. It’s eyes pulsed with a pure white light, which just made its yellowed bones appear even more sinister and corrupted by contrast. The giant skeleton opened its mouth and breathed out a green-blue beam of energy that ripped through the intervening space, aiming to annihilate the large group of Pinnacle Seeker very near to Randidly and his group.
All the other images were steadily culled by the radiation of that beam. They dimmed as it shot overhead, seeming to pause the rest of the battle.
To make sure he wouldn’t miss a detail of the clash, Randidly activated his Revelations of the Atramentous Threshold Skill and allowed blue-black revelation energy to flare across his eyes. His Grim Intuition operated at peak efficiency, as he prepared to utilize Yggdrasil to defend against image reverberations.
But truthfully, Randidly wasn’t sure he would be able to withstand that blue-green blast.
Because he activated of the Skill, Randidly could easily distinguish which individuals produced which images. Which was why he felt the originator of the Crimson Thunder Eagle, the giant skeleton’s target, falter. And it wasn’t just the image; below, the woman seemed to have been stricken even before the blue-green beam arrived. She hunched down, unable to withstand the oncoming pressure.
Yet just before the beam arrived, another figure from the group strolled forward and lightly patted the faltering woman on the back.
Even as the blue-green beam was rushing toward their position, the woman stepped to the side and bowed to the new arrival. The fading Crimson Thunder Eagle in the sky immediately vanished.
Congratulations! Your Skill Revelations of the Atramentous Threshold (T) has grown to Level 375!
Randidly incredulously watched as the man on the ground cracked his knuckles, even as the beam seemed about to devour him. Then the man looked up at the attack and grinned. In an explosion of crackling red electricity, a new Crimson Thunder Eagle was birthed in the sky above the man. But whereas the previous beast only possessed a twenty-meter wingspan, this creature spread its limbs and covered almost a hundred meters. When it raised its head and screamed, the noise was incredibly captivating. The world seemed to resonate with that eagle’s cry. It’s presence blossomed and simply smothered the attack from the enormous yellow skeleton.
Randidly clenched his hands as a familiar pressure blasted outward from the new image. Sure enough… this is why the Pinnacle Seekers cannot be underestimated… this individual… might be even more powerful than Commandant Wick…
Congratulations! Your Skill Revelation of the Atramentous Threshold (T) has grown to Level 376!
With Randidly’s Skill active, he gathered so much information regarding that overwhelming image that his body suffered for it. He was over-exposed to a dangerous source of energy that continued to burn his sense. If not for his powerful physical abilities, he wouldn’t be able to peer so directly at the core of the newly manifested image. Next to him, Randidly could feel Claudette, and then Helen as she got the hang of the principle, manifesting small amounts of her image to screen the overwhelming power.
The eyes of the massive yellow skeleton glowed an equally bright light. Randidly could only squint as these dominant images faced off. The skeleton released another blast, but this time the beam was twice as thick. The other images on the battlefield were snuffed out completely by the passage of the blue-green beam, as surely as a candle flame smothered with a glass lid.
The massive Crimson Thunder Eagle shredded space with its talon to meet the enlarged blue-green energy beam from the yellowed skeleton.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!
Congratulations! Your Skill Revelation of the Atramentous Threshold (T) has grown to Level 377!
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Congratulations! Your Skill Revelation of the Atramentous Threshold (T) has grown to Level 391!
Randidly narrowed his eyes as the entire area was suffused with a blinding glow. Yggdrasil’s protective aura shrouded the hill on which he stood, mitigating the worst of the aftershocks. Just witnessing that Class was enough to push my Transcendent Skill up 16 Skill Levels… heh, sure enough, hiding my power won’t let me interfere in this sort of battlefield…
...but still, hahaha, I cannot help myself! I want to fight!
Randidly’s emerald eyes began to glow as he continued to observe. As the light from the impact faded, he could see that the area in front of the Crimson Thunder Eagle had been replaced by a massive crater. A few members of the Pinnacle Seeker group that had been unfortunate enough to be standing there now ceased to exist. Yet the Crimson Thunder Eagle flapped its wings serenely; not a bit of the yellowed skeleton’s attack managed to threaten the individuals behind it.
Seeing their attack failed, the forces of the Military High Command and the NLC switched their tactics. They gathered together in tight clumps to increase their opponent’s image self-sabotage and began to retreat toward the far spatial wall. Gleefully, the images from the Pinnacle Seeker group flared back to life and began to bombard them. Seeing that his job was finished, that overwhelmingly powerful image user dismissed his horrifying beast and allowed his subordinates to once more lead the attack.
Meanwhile, the retreat of the orthodox Nexus forces meant the battlefield became a lot less chaotic. Randidly’s eyes quickly locked onto a figure within the retreating group of the NLC. His heartbeat quickened. Found you, Shal.
Just as Randidly was deciding how he could and should enter into the dangerous fray below, at least twenty individuals from the Pinnacle Seeker group began heading toward their position. Randidly’s face twisted into a scowl and he prepared his image, but Claudette laid her hand on Randidly’s arm and shook her head slightly.
The leading figure was none other than the originator of the monstrous beast image. He was much younger than Randidly expected, with short and spiky yellow hair and wearing a maroon leather vest. He ignored Randidly completely and smiled at Claudette. “Oh, if it isn't Miss Beigon! Truly, it is very impressive that you’ve managed to proceed this deeply on your own. Have you met my son Eashen? Since you two are of a similar age, how about you allow him to accompany you for a bit?”