Chapter 1017 Dawnchaser's Premonition
'No wonder I couldn't sense any spirit energy in this jungle despite its overgrown vegetation. The spirit energy has been transferred elsewhere due to the formation. It seems like I will only learn what they are used for once I reach the centermost region,' Leon thought.
As the group continued their travel, Rainshine rested on Leon's shoulders with a dispirited look. In fact, she had been like that ever since Cindertail surpassed her in strength.
Unlike the Golden Suanni Clan, the Winter Cat Tribe did not have a God Beast ancestry; it only had a Divine Beast ancestry.
As such, Rainshine's blood refinement sessions only gave her limited results in comparison to Cindertail.
Even so, Rainshine still managed to rise to Mid Paragon.
However, she did not awaken any bloodline ability yet.
"Why are you still sulking? At least Cindertail doesn't fight you for the boss position anymore," Leon commented while poking Rainshine's cheeks.
Rainshine's cheeks immediately puffed up into a pout.
She didn't want to be the boss of Cindertail out of pity. She wanted to be the boss because of her strength.
Unfortunately, the reality is that their innate talents were on different levels.
"Is it possible for me to become stronger than Cindertail, Master?" Rainshine softly asked.
"It will be difficult but not impossible," Leon casually said.
"If you can ascend to the Divine Beast Realm before Cindertail, you'll naturally become stronger than Cindertail. However, Cindertail will eventually catch up and surpass you again. This is what it means to possess a superior bloodline."
"If you want to stand your ground against Cindertail and the other golden suannis, bloodline purification and effort alone won't be enough. You'll need heavenly herbs and medicine to upgrade your bloodline," Leon said.
Unfortunately, Leon was not familiar with medicine that could help beasts evolve.
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"Don't dwell on it. You'll only be depressed if you continue to compare yourself to the golden suannis. You should just set them as your goal. If you can surpass them despite your starting point disadvantage, won't it be something to be proud of?" Leon mentioned.
"But I don't even know what I should do to improve my strength, Master," Rainshine said despondently.
Other than receiving blood refinement sessions from her master and enjoying his spirit cooking, she didn't know any effective means of increasing her strength.
"If you don't know, then you just have to look. Opportunities only appear for those who seek them; it doesn't wait for anyone," Leon stated.
That being said, it's hard to say whether there would be many opportunities for beasts to grow on Planet Gaia.
Leon figured that they would have to travel to the Myriad Beast Star Realm if they wanted to find plenty of opportunities for Rainshine and the other beasts to grow.
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Central Western Jungle, Gran Crevasse
A full day since Goldenstride was placed under house arrest, tranquility returned to the Golden Suanni Clan.
However, Dawnchaser could not help but frown as he silently observed Gran Crevasse from the thick branch of a tall tree located on the outskirts of the concaved land.
Goldenstride's words planted a seed of doubt that slowly germinated and gnawed at Dawnchaser's heart, filling it with a foreboding feeling that something terrible would happen, one that is related to the abyss.
"Lord Dawchaser, you don't look too great. What seems to be troubling your mind?" a Peak Paragon-level Golden Suanni asked, joining Dawnchaser on the tree branch.
"You're here, Lord Goldblazer," Dawnchaser acknowledged the Peak Paragon-level Golden Suanni's presence before asking, "Did you come to see after leaving the others to watch over Lord Goldenstride's cave?"
"That's right, Lord Dawnchaser," Goldblazer nodded before wondering, "But why do you ask, Lord Dawnchaser? Is Lord Goldenstride's matter still bothering you?"
Dawnchaser silently nodded.
"I see," Goldblazer uttered with a look of understanding before reassuring him, "However, you don't need to worry about Lord Goldenstride, Lord Dawnchaser."
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"Although Lord Goldenstride hasn't changed his mind regarding the abyss exploration, he has not made a single attempt to leave his cave. But even if he did make an attempt, he won't be able to make it past the other six Peak Paragons guarding his cave."
Dawnchaser nodded with acknowledgment.
As Goldblazer said, Goldenstride would not be able to defeat six other Peak Paragons like himself.
Goldenstride was most aware of that. As such, Goldenstride could not be bothered to commit such a futile attempt.
"If Lord Goldenstride really wanted to enter the abyss, he would have lied to us about abandoning his intention on the abyss to secretly enter when we are no longer watching him," Goldblazer stated
However, Dawnchaser frowned at his words.
"You have spoken inappropriately, Lord Goldblazer. We might disapprove of Goldenstride's intention, but he is still a respectable and proud leader of the clan. He wouldn't throw away his integrity and stoop so low," Dawnchaser stated.
"You're absolutely right, Lord Dawnchaser. I shouldn't have thought ill of his character," Goldblazer admitted his mistake.
"Let's put that aside. Please accompany me to the abyss entrance, Lord Goldblazer. I wish to look at the state of the abyss entrance to ease my worries."
"I think you are a bit paranoid, Lord Dawnchaser, but sure, I will accompany you."
Shortly after, Goldblazer followed Dawnchaser and arrived at the abyss entrance found in the center of Gran Crevasse.
The abyss entrance was completely sealed by both thick and thin vines and looked no different from a floor made of vines—or at the very least, that was what it should have looked like.
"The abyss entrance is as it always has been. You worry too much, Lord—" Goldblazer suddenly froze when his gaze fell on a small hole in the floor of vines. "Why is there a hole in the seal?!"
Goldblazer's shocked voice immediately startled everyone around him.
The hole was so small that not even a cub could fit in it. Even so, it didn't make it any less shocking to discover.
There wasn't meant to be any gap in the seal.
At the same time, none of the Paragon-level Golden Suannis guarding the seal even realized there was a hole until Goldblazer exclaimed.
"What is going on here?" Dawnchaser immediately interrogated the guards as his premonition intensified.
Chapter 1018 The Uncanny Bone Spike
Dawnchaser's voice was raised, and his eyes expressed his solemn gloominess.
There was a hole in the vine seal. And yet, it wasn't reported, nor was anything done about it. The Paragons guarding the seal have been way too lax in their duties.
But even though Dawnchaser questioned the guards, they couldn't provide a satisfying answer.
They were just as surprised and shocked by the discovery.
"My apologies, Lord Dawnchaser. We have been too careless. I don't think any of us knew when the hole appeared in the seal or why it did, not even who could have done," one of the Peak Paragon-level Golden Suannis said guiltily.
The sealed abyss entrance had been sealed for thousands of years without an issue. And yet, an issue finally appeared on their shift.
The guards felt both ashamed and embarrassed. It was a stain on their honorable names as leaders of the clan.
"Does no one know why this hole appeared or who could have done it?" Dawnchaser frowned.
The Peak Paragon-level Golden Suannis looked at each other and saw the evident confusion in each others' eyes.
No one truly knew what had happened.
"First, the incident with Lord Goldenstride. And now, this," Dawnchaser's frown deepened.
"Someone check on Lord Goldenstride and see if he is still in his cave. If he is, bring him over here. He might be under house arrest, but this is a serious matter, and we need answers."
"Understood, Lord Dawnchaser."
Shortly after, a few Peak Paragon-level Golden Suannis quickly left to summon Goldenstride to their location.
At the same time, the unusual mood around the sealed abyss entrance drew the attention of the other leaders in the clan.
They all started to congregate at the sealed abyss entrance location, whether they were Peak Paragons, Late Paragons, or even Mid Paragons.
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News quickly spread around Gran Crevasse within a few dozen breaths, and hundreds of Paragon-level Golden Suannis were gathered.
Nevertheless, more Paragons continued to make their way over once they caught the news.
"What's going on here? Why is everyone gathered around the sealed abyss entrance?" a Mid Paragon-level Golden Suanni inquired while blindly following the crowd.
"You don't know?" a Late Paragon-level Golden Suanni paused to look at the Mid Paragon-level Golden Suanni.
"I heard Lord Dawnchaser and Lord Goldblazer found a hole in the seal when they inspected the site. Everyone is losing their composures because no one knows how long that hole had been there or who made it."
"Oh? Sounds exciting," the Mid Paragon-level Golden Suanni uttered with interest.
However, the Late Paragon-level Golden Suanni frowned at its attitude and said, "Such a serious matter, and you find it exciting… you say?"
"Ahem, sorry, Milord. It was a slip of the tongue," the Mid Paragon-level Golden Suanni fixed his attitude.
Nevertheless, the Mid Paragon-level Golden Suanni wasn't the only one like that.
The long years of idleness had left many Paragons bored. Thus, while some Paragons viewed the incident seriously, some also took it lightly.
Before long, Goldenstride was escorted to Dawnchaser while the gathered Paragons made way for him to pass through.
"Did you do this, Lord Goldenstride?" Dawnchaser cut straight to the chase.
Goldenstride glanced at the hole in the seal and slightly frowned before calmly looking back up at Dawnchaser.
"I was inside my cave the whole time. How could I have done this?" Goldenstride replied.
"No one knows when the hole was made, so it could have been made before you were placed under house arrest, Lord Goldenstride. In any case, you are still the most suspicious suspect."
"How interesting," Goldenstride smiled amusingly.
"Don't you think you said something pretty funny, Lord Dawnchaser? The seal has always been guarded, and yet, not a single guard knew when the hole appeared? Aren't our guards way too lax in their duties?"
"Nevertheless, trying to figure out the cause behind the hole isn't the most pressing issue right now, is it? Why is no one resealing the hole?" Goldenstride asked with a firm tone.
Even though Goldenstride was suspected of creating the hole in the seal, he did not feel any pressure or concern from the accusive gazes thrown at him.
An innocent golden suanni has no need to fear being guilty
Of course, it was a different story if someone was purposely trying to pin the blame on Goldenstride and screw him over.
Fortunately, Dawnchaser concluded that Goldenstride had nothing to do with the hole.
"Go fetch the strongest vines in the jungle. We will patch up the hole and further reinforce the seal," Dawnchaser instructed.
As that happened, a few high-ranking Peak Paragon dropped by the hole for a closer inspection to see if they could learn something from it.
"Hm? Lord Dawnchaser, you should come over here and take a look at this hole," a Peak Paragon-level Golden Suanni quickly discovered a problem.
"What is—" Dawnchaser's pupils shrank immediately.
The hole in the seal wasn't created due to someone sabotaging it—at least, not by anyone from the surface.
None of the vines were damaged.
"The hole was created due to the vines being pulled into the abyss…? That means… the culprit came from the abyss!" Dawnchaser and the other quickly realized.
The hearts of Dawnchaser and the nearby Peak Paragons tightened without a chance to relax as they felt a threatening sense of danger from the hole in that instance.
Danger!
Swoosh—!
Dawnchaser and the other Peak Paragons immediately retreated as a single bone spike suddenly shot out from the hole.
It was unlike any bone spike the entire Golden Suanni Clan had ever seen.
The tip of the bone spike suddenly split into four parts and curled with uncanny flexibility, transforming into a grappling hook-like shape.
"What the hell is this thing?" Goldblazer exclaimed with wide eyes.
However, no one had the chance to wonder.
The moment Dawnchaser and the Peak Paragon-level Golden Suannis saw the bone grappling hook attempt to split the vines and expand the hole, their expressions drastically changed.
"Stop it! It's trying to widen the hole!" Dawnchaser barked while jumping straight into the action.
Chapter 1019 Creatures from the Abyss
Roar!
Multiple Peak Paragons immediately leap at the bone grappling hook along with Dawnchaser, intending to destroy with mighty swipes of their claws.
However, the bone grappling hook was like a sentient being. It immediately detected the imminent threat and transformed itself into a near-liquid-like state to escape back into the hole.
Dawnchaser and the other Peak Paragons immediately halted their attacks after losing their targets.
Frowns hung on their faces as they were unable to determine what they had just encountered. They had never seen anything like it.
"Just what the heck was that thing? It looked like a big piece of bone, but I've never seen a bone that could freely move and change its state like that…" Goldblazer uttered with lingering shock.
Even after the bone escaped, a putrid stench remained in the air for a few breaths.
A disgusted look hung on every Paragon's face as they took a whiff of it.
"Don't let your guard down. Unless we seal the hole, that thing could come back any time," Dawnchaser warned everyone.
However, Dawnchaser had miscalculated. The eerie bone object did not need to come out of the hole.
The entire vine floor suddenly started shaking as if it was coming to life before the intertwined vines that comprised the seal unwinded themselves.
Dawnchaser and the Paragons in the area were quickly attacked by the vines, forcing them to retreat abruptly. They did not want to destroy the vines, which were all part of the seal.
But given the circumstance, the Paragons didn't have much choice. If they didn't fight back, they would get entangled by the vines.
"What the hell is this? Even the vines have come to life? This is so bizarre!" a Peak Paragon-level Golden Suanni frowned before swiping at a few vines going after it.
The vines were easily torn under the Peak Paragon-level Golden Suanni's sharp claws, but what followed after was a bizarre discovery.
"Are these really vines from the jungle? Why are they bleeding blue blood?!" Wildfire exclaimed with wide eyes.
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The Paragons watched the blue blood ooze from the shredded vines before the blue blood came to life and escaped back into the hole like the previous bone object.
At the same time, several other Paragons were struck by the vines.
However, the vines were too weak to inflict any damage to the Paragon-level Golden Suannis' powerful bodies.
"Stop breaking the vines! You're destroying the seal!" a Peak Paragon-level Golden Suanni shouted.
"Even if we don't destroy the seal, the seal will still undo itself! How are we supposed to stop that from happening?!" another Peak Paragon-level Golden Suanni asked.
Suddenly, they witnessed a Mid Paragon-level Golden Suanni get coiled in too many vines that it couldn't free itself.
It was quickly dragged towards the small hole like a helpless lamb about to be butchered.
Dawnchaser and the other Paragons tried to save it, but the hole suddenly expanded and swallowed the Mid Paragon-level Golden Suanni whole.
"Be careful! Don't get caught like him!"
"We need to save him!"
The Peak Paragon-level Golden Suannis were immediately divided in their priorities, causing chaos and disorder to spread through the crowd.
They didn't have a supreme leader that they could all listen to; everyone was entitled to their own opinions and thoughts on how to handle the situation.
Unfortunately, the Mid Paragon-level Golden Suanni that was dragged into the abyss couldn't afford such luxury as waiting until they sort their stuff out.
Before long, the Mid Paragon-level Golden Suanni's terrified cries echoed from the abyss until it turned ghastly and died down into silence.
A cold chill immediately numerous Paragons' hearts.
No one knew what was in the abyss or the fate that awaited the Mid Paragon-level Golden Suanni. However, they all presumed it was dead, killed by whatever was lurking in the abyss.
A Mid Paragon-level Golden Suanni died just like that, and no one saw how it happened.
Goldenstride's gaze turned serious along with many others at once.
The abyss beneath Gran Crevasse was far more dangerous than they had anticipated. It was no wonder that the surviving ancestors sealed it after a single failed exploration.
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"Back, everyone! Get away from the abyss entrance! It's dangerous!" Dawnchaser roared as he created some distance from the hole.
Dawnchaser had given up on resealing the hole. They had long lost control of the vine seal to whatever was controlling it from the abyss.
As the Paragon-level Golden Suannis retreated, the vine seal was completely unraveled, creating a massive opening to the abyss as countless untangled vines plunged inside.
The Golden Suanni Clan's leaders did not get a chance to rest.
Within moments after the abyss entrance was completely opened, ghastly voices came from the abyss. Soon, countless humanoid creatures used the vines to climb out of the abyss.
"What the hell are they? Those aren't humans, are they…? No, humans definitely don't look like that!"
The humanoid creatures share strong resemblances to humans, but at the same time, they are anything but humans.
They might have the shape, but their appearances were jarringly different that anyone could tell them apart.
The humanoid creatures did not have any flesh. Rather, their flesh was completely replaced by hard white bone-like substances that protected their softer inner organs like ants' exoskeletons.
The only thing that did seem soft on their bodies' surface was their red eyes, which all radiated with extreme bloodlust when they looked at the Golden Suanni Clan.
Dawnchaser and the other Paragons were all spooked by their weirdness. They were definitely not the friendly type.
Skreeee!
The white humanoid creatures screamed with ghastly excitement.
In the next moment, the white humanoid creatures that climbed out of the abyss all charged at the nearest targets within their sights.
They did not consider the power difference that may exist between them and the Paragon-level Golden Suannis.
The white humanoid creatures just wanted to kill everything that moved to consume their flesh or die trying.
Dawnchaser and the other Paragons were all put off by the white humanoid creatures' extremely putrid smell.
However, they could only endure it as they stood their ground to face the growing army of white humanoid creatures.
"Enemy attack! Do not let them pass! We must by time for our young to evacuate from Gran Crevasse!" Dawnchaser barked.
Chapter 1020 Arrival
Even without Dawnchaser's instruction, the Paragon-level Golden Suannis in the area quickly formed defensive lines to keep the white humanoid creatures at bay.
Within a short instance, the two sides immediately clashed.
The white humanoid creatures' numbers grew in the thousands as they continued to climb out of the abyss and charged at the Paragon-level Golden Suannis thoughtlessly without strategies.
Dawnchaser and multiple Paragon-level Golden Suanni frowned at their aggressive and bloodthirsty nature.
They did not seem to possess a shred of reason or intelligence.
Pak! Pak! Pak!
The Paragon-level Golden Suannis swatted at their white humanoid creatures with their claws, easily crushing them with their mighty strength.
The white humanoid creatures could not even put up a decent fight against the Paragon-level Golden Suannis.
"These creatures are very weak," Dawnchaser frowned.
"Did a Mid Paragon really die to these things? Even if there's a whole army of these things, it shouldn't be enough to instill fear in a Mid Paragon, let alone take it down."
"They just keep climbing out of the abyss. There's no telling how many there are in the abyss. However, there must be much more dangerous monsters lurking in the abyss," Goldenstride fought beside Dawnchaser.
"You're not running away, Lord Goldenstride?" Dawnchaser cast a glance at Goldenstride.
"You jest, Lord Dawnchaser. The abyss is right in front of me. Why would I leave?" Goldenstride replied.
"Furthermore, our clan is now under attack from these things. Do you think I would turn a blind to what is happening here, especially when it is such an exciting event? Perhaps I can finally test my full strength without needing to hold back."
"Milords, take a look at the white creatures in the back!" a Late Paragon-level Golden Suanni suddenly alerted the Peak Paragon-level Golden Suannis.
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Dawnchaser and the others quickly cast their gaze into the back of the white humanoid creatures' ranks before their pupils shrank into slits.
While the Paragon-level Golden Suannis easily decimated the white humanoid creatures, the white humanoid creatures were assimilating their fallen brethren to grow stronger.
Everything was assimilated, whether it was their bone-like flesh, blue blood, or even their organs.
However, strangely, the white humanoid creatures did not increase in size; only their overall mass and strength did.
"This won't do. Physical attacks aren't working on them. We need to obliterate their bodies. Otherwise, they will continue to assimilate and evolve into stronger beings!" Goldblazer alerted.
At that moment, the stronger white humanoid creatures were already reaching Rank 2 Transcendents.
It was only a matter of time before they reached the level of Paragons if nothing was done to stop their continuous assimilation.
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Meanwhile, Leon's group arrived within a few miles of Gran Crevasse's outskirts half a day later. They quickly noticed the unusually large number of cubs and their mothers in the area.
"Have we arrived at the Golden Suanni Clan's main territory?" Leon casually asked while looking around at the golden suannis.
At the same time, the cubs and their mothers looked back at Leon's group as they were passing through the area.
"No, Master," Cindertail shook his head and said, "There is still some distance until we reach Gran Crevasse. It's a vast concaved land, so Master should know once we reach that place."
"However, it's unusual for the cubs and their mothers to be gathered out here. It almost seems like they were evacuated from Gran Crevasse. But why would something like that happen?"
"I find it hard to believe that something bad could happen to Gran Crevasse when it has so many Paragons living there," Cindertail stated.
"Well, I guess we will find out soon enough, won't we?" Leon casually said.
"Yes, Master!"
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As Leon's group drew closer to the outskirts of Gran Crevasse, several Peak Rank 2 Transcendent-level Golden Suanni obstructed them.
Roar!
(Where do you think you are bringing your cubs? If you have any consideration for their safety, you will take them back right this instance! Gran Crevasse has become a battlefield.)
(What exactly happened in Gran Crevasse? How did it become a battlefield?)
Cindertail and the others frowned in wonder.
At the same time, the Peak Rank 2 Transcendent-level Golden Suannis guarding near the outskirts of Gran Crevasse stared at the newcomers with doubt.
(Have you not heard the news, or are you all feigning ignorance? The seal was broken, and creatures from the abyss started invading the clan.)
(Hold on a sec, I know you. Aren't you Cindertail? The one that lives near the eastern outskirts of the jungle? What are you doing so far from your lair?)
One of the Peak Rank 2 Transcendent-level Golden Suanni in the back suddenly stepped forward as it recognized Cindertail.
Shortly after, the Peak Rank 2 Transcendent-level Golden Suanni swept its gaze across the other Paragons in Leon's group before recognizing them too.
(I know all of you… You all live in the eastern parts of the jungle… Why have you all come at this time? It's impossible for the news to have reached that far, and even more impossible for you all to arrive so quickly after hearing them.)
The Peak Rank 2 Transcendent-level Golden Suanni's words surprised all the golden suannis from the main clan in the area. They quickly looked at Leon's group with suspicion.
Nevertheless, Cindertail and the others showed no concern.
After learning about the situation in Gran Crevasse, Cindertail informed Leon about it. Then, Leon decided to leave the cubs in their mothers' care before proceeding to see the situation for themselves.
(Stop, Cindertail! Didn't you hear what I said? It's dangerous in Gran Crevasse right now! You will only get in the Paragons' way if you go there!)
(It's Lord Cindertail to you now.)
Despite the Peak Rank 2 Transcendent-level Golden Suanni's repeated warning, Cindertail coolly gazed back and revealed his Paragon-level aura.
The other Paragon-level Golden Suannis in Leon's group also chose to exert their auras.
(P-paragon…? All Paragons! But how…?)
The Peak Rank 2 Transcendent-level Golden Suannis and everyone else who knew Cindertail's group's original strengths were shocked and dumbfounded by the discovery.
Chapter 1021 Hero's Role
"Let us go, Master," Cindertail spoke after clearing the path for Leon.
Although the Peak Rank 2 Transcendent-level Golden Suannis were stunned by Cindertail and the others' reveal of strength, they still possessed a shred of reason as they stepped aside.
No one dared to obstruct the path of a Paragon, let alone multiple of them.
Leon calmly nodded before striding forward and taking the lead.
As he passed the Peak Rank 2 Transcendent-level Golden Suannis, Leon turned his head back at the other Paragons under his command.
"At least one or two of you should also stay back and look after the cubs," Leon stated.
"After all, none of you and your families are part of the main clan. Who knows if the other golden suannis will bully or not while we are away."
Two Paragon-level Golden Suannis immediately volunteered to stay back.
Shortly after, Leon left with the rest and arrived at the very outskirts of Grand Crevasse, where a clear view of the concaved land was revealed before them.
In that instance, Leon, Rainshine, Cindertails, and the several dozen other Paragon-level Golden Suannis all narrowed their eyes.
The situation in Gran Crevasse could be observed from their location.
Even so, Leon still hopped onto the higher tree branches that stuck out over the concaved land for an even better view.
At the same time, Leon completely ignored the incredible wood energy levels he sensed inside the tree branch. It was not the time to be curious about that.
"Impossible… The countless Paragons from the main clan are struggling against those things? What are those things even?"
Cindertail's eyes widened in shock along with the other Paragon-level Golden Suannis.
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They had always thought the Golden Suanni Clan was invincible with their plethora of Paragons; there was no threat they couldn't eliminate if they all worked together.
However, the reality is that even the Peak Paragon-level Golden Suannis in the main clan could not defeat the white giants coming out of the abyss.
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Having fought for over half a day, Dawnchaser and the others were feeling the built-up fatigue in their bodies.
No matter how many times the enemies were defeated, they just kept coming back stronger.
It was like their numbers were endless.
The strongest Whitebone Fiend, the name given to the white humanoid creatures, had already caught up to the Paragon level.
At the same time, the Golden Suanni Clan was pushed back five miles from the abyss entrance as the Whitebone Fiend increased in both strength and numbers.
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Leon furrowed his brows.
The Whitebone Fiends reminded him of the mutated humans he encountered underneath Elvengarde in the Great Forest.
However, the Whitebone Fiends seemed even more troublesome to deal with than the mutated humans from back then.
As Leon watched the battle between the Golden Suanni Clan and the Whitebone Fiends, he noticed that the Whitebone Fiends could skillfully control the Wrath Law to assimilate other creatures and increase their own strength, even if it wasn't done consciously.
The Whitebone Fiends had lost all sense of reason and intelligence, or perhaps they didn't have any, to begin with.
Nevertheless, Leon started to ponder the relationship between devil worshippers, the mutated humans, and the white humanoid creatures before him.
"Master, how are we supposed to defeat those things? The more they die, the stronger the surviving ones become," Cindertail mentioned with a frown.
"That's right," Leon acknowledged Cindertail's statement with a nod.
"Unless those white humanoid creatures are utter destroyed, they will just become nutrients for the other white humanoid creatures. The Golden Suanni Clan is terribly mismatched in this battle against those things.
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"It's a battle of attrition between the Golden Suanni Clan's stamina and those creatures' numbers. If the Golden Suanni Clan cannot wipe out all those creatures before their stamina is exhausted or those creatures grow too strong, the Golden Suanni Clan will lose."
"And looking at those Paragon-level Golden Suannis' present states, they must have been fighting those fiends for quite a while now. However, the fiends' numbers are still growing."
"It seems that those Paragons' stamina will be exhausted first if nothing is done," Leon concluded.
In other words, the Golden Suanni Clan are winning their battles, but they will eventually lose the war—if they don't receive help.
"Master must have a solution have a solution, right?" Cindertail asked with a hopeful expression.
"There is no solution in a battle of attrition. Whoever lasts longer is the obvious winner. Those fiends won't stop fighting until they are all killed," Leon stated.
Cindertail immediately lost hope after hearing that.
However, Leon wasn't finished.
"Nevertheless, you can resolve their immediate problem, Cindertail. If you slay all those Paragon-level fiends, the Golden Suanni Clan's Paragons will have an easier time fighting off the weaker fiends," Leon added.
"Even if I can kill them, new Paragon-level fiends will just rise after assimilating the bodies of the ones I kill, Master," Cindertail stated.
It was the biggest problem that the Golden Suanni Clan was facing.
Nevertheless, after Rainshine heard Cindertail's words, she raised her head and shot him a disdainful look.
"You're really stupid, you know? Why does a slow-witted beast like you have to be born with better innate talent than me?" Rainshine spat enviously.
"You have awakened your ancestors' divine golden flames. If you incinerate those fiends with your divine golden flames, do you think those fiends can still raise another Paragon in a short time?"
"Of course, Master can also destroy these fiends. However, he is telling you to do it; Master is telling you to go and be a hero to your clan, understand? If you understand, then go and do it already!" Rainshine snapped.
"R-really?! As expected of Boss, you are really smart! This is why you are my Boss!" Cindertail bootlicked before saying, "Then, I'll head off first!"
Shortly after, golden flames surged out from Cindertail's body as if all the fur in his body had transformed into golden flames themselves.
Swoosh~!
Cindertail took off like a blazing golden star in the next instance.
As soon as Cindertail was gone, Rainshine turned to Leon and asked, "Was it really alright Cindertail to take on the role of the hero instead of you, Master?"
Chapter 1022 True Samadhi Golden Flames
"If you want the Golden Suanni Clan's allegiance, shouldn't you do things that would make them feel grateful and indebted to you, Master? This seems like the perfect opportunity for that," Rainshine added.
"That's where you are wrong, Rainshine. If I save the Golden Suanni Clan, I can indeed gain their gratitude," Leon calmly replied with his gaze fixed on the battle.
"However, gratitude isn't enough to acquire their allegiance. No, they would have to be saved on multiple occasions for that gratitude to develop into worship and dependence before I have a higher chance of gaining their allegiance."
"Something like that takes time—time that I don't have, nor the patience. I believe allegiance can be gained in the shortest time when they have sufficient gratitude, reverence, and benefits," Leon stated.
"I see," Rainshine quickly understood.
The present battle was an excellent opportunity to show off Cindertail's superior bloodline and ability and let the Golden Suanni Clan understand the benefits of following Leon.
But even if the Golden Suanni Clan didn't become aware of the benefits of following Leon, there was a high chance that Cindertail could become the Golden Suanni Clan's official supreme leader.
After all, it was the only Paragon-level Golden Suanni in the whole Golden Suanni Clan to have awakened the divine bloodline ability of their primal ancestor, the Suanni Lion God Beast.
If that happens, it wouldn't be difficult to gain the entire Golden Suanni Clan's allegiance either.
"Nevertheless, I don't think the battle will end by defeating those white fiends. There may be other threats that have yet to emerge from that hole," Leon added.
Shortly after Leon said that, Rainshine and the other Paragon-level Golden Suannis also focused their gazes on the hole at the center of Gran Crevasse.
The Whitebone Fiends continued to climb out of the abyss.
However, they weren't just using the vines to climb out. Many other Whitebone Fiends used multiple pairs of limbs to crawl along the ceiling to reach the opening like they were spiders.
Upon careful observation, it also seemed like the Whitebond Fiends had acquired the traits of several other insects.
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Meanwhile, Cindertail was like a golden meteor streaking over the sky before making a sharp descent on a giant Paragon-level Whitebone Fiend.
Boom!
Cindertail's golden figure blew a hole straight through the giant Paragon-level Whitebone Fiend's upper body before crashlanding into the ground, crushing several other Whitebone Fiends of different strengths.
Skreee!
The Whitebone Fiends howled painfully as their bodies lit on fire after coming into contact with Cindertail's golden flames.
Very shortly, chaos quickly grew within the Whitebone Fiends' ranks as the gold-flaming Whitebone Fiends collided with each other as they tried to put out the fire.
However, their contacts with other Whitebone Fiends only served to fuel the golden flames, spreading it to other Whitebone Fiends.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Skree!
The Paragon-level Whitebone Fiend shook the ground with its anguish stomps, crushing its own allies as it suffered the burning agony of the golden flames in its chest that soon covered its entire body!
"W-what the hell is going on back?!" Goldblazer exclaimed with shock as he watched the flaming Paragon-level Whitebone Fiend killing its own allies.
"I just saw a golden suanni with golden flames shot through that Paragon-level Whitebone Fiend!" another Paragon-level Golden Suanni shouted.
The Paragon-level Whitebone Fiend was an enormous giant, but a Paragon-level Golden Suanni wasn't small either.
It was impossible for the Paragon-level Golden Suannis on the battlefield to have missed it.
"A golden suanni covered in golden flames?! But that's…! Isn't that the divine golden flames of our primal ancestor, the True Samadhi Golden Flames?! Since when did we have such an individual in our clan?!"
Many Paragon-level Golden Suannis were startled after hearing about the divine golden flames, but their eyes glimmered with hope and excitement shortly after.
It's been so long since the Golden Suanni Clan had a golden suanni that awakened the divine golden flames!
"Did you hear that, Dawnchaser?! The divine golden flames as reappeared in our clan!" Goldenstride laughed joyously.
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It was the best thing he had heard in several hundred years.
"I didn't just hear it; I also saw it!" Dawnchaser stated as his eyes glimmered with excitement. He was no exception to the news.
The news brought hope to the clan.
As the divine golden flames spread across the eastern side of Gran Crevasse, the pressure on Paragon-level Golden Suannis on the eastern side also dropped.
The divine golden flames incinerated the Whitebone Fiends and halted their advances.
And without fresh troops to supply those on the front lines, the Paragon-level Golden Suannis quickly killed off all remaining Whitebone Fiends.
The Whitebone Fiend's blue blood spilled all over the ground at the front lines before they flowed down the slope and reached the divine golden flames.
At the instance of their contact, the divine golden flames suddenly surged in power like oil was added to the fire, causing the divine golden flames to spread outward.
It was rushed along the trail of blood and reached the other Paragon-level Golden Suannis in a short instance.
"Careful!" Dawnchaser cried at the sight of the fearsome golden flames rushing at them.
The Paragon-level Golden Suannis quickly retreated, but some didn't react quickly enough.
Just when they thought the divine golden flames would burn them into crisps, the expected pain did not follow.
The divine golden flames swept past them before vanishing. It only burned the Whitebone Fiends and nothing else.
Dawnchaser and the others only felt a warm breeze sweeping past them.
"We didn't get burned?" Goldblazer uttered with surprise.
"As expected of the True Samadhi Golden Flames of the Suanni Lion God Beast…" Dawnchaser's gaze shimmered with reverence.
The Suanni Lion wasn't just a God Beast; it was also a symbol of power and imperial justice.
The True Samadhi Golden Flames that it wields would only burn those that it deems worthy of being burned.
It was unlike any other flames that burn everything indiscriminately; it was a derivative of the True Samadhi Fire, the inextinguishable fire of deep concentration.
Even if Cindertail doesn't have full control, the True Samadhi Golden Flames would only burn what he intended to burn.
Chapter 1023 Whitebone Fiends' Fear
Nevertheless, the True Samadhi Golden Flames wasn't something Cindertail could use tirelessly; it burns a lot of energy.
After Cindertail made one loop and created a golden ring of burning flames to completely seal off the Whitebone Fiends' advances, he was already feeling the exhaustion of True Samadhi Golden Flames.
The True Samadhi Golden Flames wasn't just taxing on Cindertail's body but also his mind.
It was very demanding to use the True Samadhi Golden Flames, and even then, Cindertail was not yet capable of drawing out all of its power.
Cindertail's body was still not strong enough, and his mental strength wasn't firm enough.
After Cindertail stopped using the True Samadhi Golden Flames, all the True Samadhi Golden Flames burning in the region suddenly vanished like a dissipating illusion.
They didn't appear for long and left even quicker.
Even so, Cindertail's True Samadhi Golden Flames had succeeded in wiping out half of the existing Whitebone Fiends that had crawled out of the abyss.
"The True Samadhi Golden Flames comes and goes like an illusion… It really is like the mind's flames recorded in the legends… To think that a member of our clan managed to awaken the bloodline ability of our primal ancestors in this generation… This must be a sign…!"
Goldenstride commented as his eyes glowed with anticipation.
"How should I address you, Milord? When did the Golden Suanni Clan have someone like you among us?" Dawnchaser approached Cindertail with a humble attitude.
Dawnchaser had placed Cindertail on a higher level of importance despite being a Peak Paragon, whereas Cindertail was still a Late Paragon.
Might is right, but bloodline purity is royalty.
"I am called Cindertail, and I am not someone from the main clan. I live near the eastern outskirts," Cindertail replied without looking back as he focused on the remnant Whitebone Fiends in the distance ahead.
Dawnchaser and the other Paragon-level Golden Suannis nearby were immediately astonished by Cindertail's answer.
Only average members usually live outside the main clan. And yet, there was one average member with a purer bloodline than them? It was hard to believe.
Even so, it was also true that none of the Peak Paragon-level Golden Suannis recognize Cindertail.
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"Are you really not from the main clan? A bastard child that was banished to live on the outskirts, perhaps?" a Peak Paragon-level Golden Suanni doubted.
Cindertail immediately frowned at the Peak Paragon-level Golden Suanni's rude speculation.
Nevertheless, it wasn't the time for Cindertail to argue with the Peak Paragon-level Golden Suanni over it.
"Who I am isn't important right now. What's important is dealing with the enemies before us," Cindertail said sternly.
"Lord Cindertail is correct," Dawnchaser agreed with a nod before focusing on the Whitebone Fiends ahead of them with a solemn look.
The Whitebone Fiends' inactive behavior ever since Cindertail's True Samadhi Golden Flames wiped out half of them had started to bother him.
"It's strange that these Whitebone Fiends aren't attacking anymore when they showed such aggressive and bloodthirsty nature until now," Dawnchaser mentioned.
"Perhaps they fear Lord Cindertail's True Samadhi Golden Flames?" Goldenstride guessed.
"Does that even make sense?" Goldblazer frowned with doubt.
"They've been throwing their lives at us without a shred of fear for over half a day. Why would they fear the True Samadhi Golden Flames when we have been killing them all the same either way?"
"Maybe it's not fear then?" another Peak Paragon-level Golden Suanni assumed.
"Then are you suggesting something ordered them to stop attacking?" Goldblazer glanced at the Peak Paragon-level Golden Suanni before shaking his head. "That makes even less sense. These Whitebone Fiends don't seem to possess any intelligence to follow commands."
"We don't know that for sure," Dawnchaser said with an ill-foreboding feeling.
Even after half the Whitebone Fiends on the surface were wiped out, the sense of threat that he felt did not lessen; it intensified instead.
Rumble…!
The ground suddenly shook, and the Whitebone Fiends became restless.
Shortly after, Whitebone Fiends started pouring out of the abyss opening in a frenzied state as if they were running away from something, causing the other Whitebone Fiends on the surface to also flee from the abyss opening.
"The Whitebone Fiends are coming again!" Dawnchaser alerted everyone with his mighty voice.
However, the Whitebone Fiends didn't pay the Golden Suanni Clan's Paragons any attention. They just wanted to flee far from the abyss opening.
None of their previously aggressive and bloodthirsty nature could be observed; they were genuinely afraid.
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This made Dawnchaser and the other Paragon-level Golden Suanni feel uneasy.
Just what kind of being could instill such fear into the Whitebone Fiends?
Nevertheless, Dawnchaser and the other Paragon-level Golden Suanni had no intention of letting the Whitebone Fiends pass them.
The female golden Suannis and their cubs hiding in the jungle behind them would be in danger.
"Don't let them pass!" Dawnchaser roared.
Rumble…!
The ground suddenly shook again but stronger and clearer. Whatever was coming out of the abyss was drawing closer, and it was certainly not small and weak.
The Whitebone Fiends became even more fearful. They did not even try to fight back anymore.
Dawnchaser and the other Paragon-level Golden Suanni easily decimated the Whitebone Fiends with their claws and fangs alongside Cindertail.
"How can you have such a pure bloodline? Did you really awaken your bloodline ability at the Late Paragon level?" Goldenstride wondered curiously.
"Is this really the appropriate time to be asking me that—"
Rumble…!
Before Cindertail could finish speaking, the ground suddenly shook a third time.
However, this time, it was so powerful that it caused numerous Whitebone Fiends near the abyss opening to lose their balance.
At the same time, portions of the ground near the abyss opening broke off and fell into the abyss with several hundreds of other Whitebone Fiends.
Boing! Boing! Boing!
They seemed to have landed something soft and bouncy very shortly before being launched back out of the abyss.
However, they weren't airborne for long before countless fleshly tentacles shot out from the abyss and caught them all, dragging them back into the abyss.
Shortly after, an incomparably enormous heap of flesh started squeezing its way out of the abyss opening.
Leon's eyes quickly shrank into slits upon spotting it.
Chapter 1024 Prelude to Greater Disaster
Without a doubt, the thing that was trying t squeeze its way out of the abyss opening was a fleshly abomination.
However, the fleshly abomination was bigger than any fleshly abomination Leon had ever come across.
It was still severely underestimating its size to say that the fleshly abomination was a hundredfold bigger than the previous fleshly abominations; it was at least a thousandfold bigger.
"What is that thing? How can it be so big?" a Paragon-level Golden Suanni near Leon exclaimed with disbelief. "Can something like that be beaten?"
"Bigger doesn't necessarily mean stronger," Leon casually said before adding, "Nevertheless, that thing is most likely powerful for those white fiends to fear it like that."
That being said, Leon wasn't in a hurry to join the battle. He stayed on the tree branch and observed the gigantic fleshly abomination from afar.
At the same time, the gigantic fleshly abomination finished squeezing its way out of the abyss. When that happened, the Whitebone Fiends became even more frantic.
Skree!
The Whitebone Fiends screamed desperately as if they had truly lost whatever reason they had to fear. They fled from the gigantic fleshly abomination with all their might.
However, the gigantic fleshly abomination had no intention of letting any of them escape.
Numerous fleshly tentacles were shot out from the gigantic fleshly abomination's slime-like main body to catch the fleeing Whitebone Fiends.
Surprisingly, the fleshly tentacles did not wrap around their prey. Instead, they directly penetrated straight through the Whitebone Fiends' bony bodies.
The fleshly tentacles were more like muscles, while their tips had a silvery-metal shine.
Then, they continued to catch hundreds of Whitebone Fiends in the same manner before pulling them all back into the gigantic fleshly abomination's main body.
"Everyone, back!" Dawnchaser shouted.
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The Paragon-level Golden Suannis immediately retreated and created some safe distance from the gigantic fleshly abomination's tentacles while fending off the frenzied Whitebone Fiends.
"What the hell is that thing?! Are they not on the same side?!" Goldblazer wondered with great shock.
The Golden Suanni Clan's Paragons watched as the gigantic fleshly abomination devoured hundreds of Whitebone Fiends at a time with each of its tentacles.
And each time it did so, the gigantic fleshly abomination's size would increase.
Dawnchaser and the others did not know how to defeat such a monstrosity as they felt its monstrous lifeforce; it didn't seem like something that could be killed with ordinary physical attacks.
"This monstrosity… I don't know how strong it is, but that overwhelming lifeforce isn't something a Transcendent would have. This thing's regenerative abilities must be on the same level as the Divine Beasts…!" Goldenstride analyzed with a solemn look.
"Lord Cindertail, do you have any good ideas on how to defeat this monster?" Dawnchaser turned to Cindertail for answers while smacking away dozens of Whitebone Fiends in front of them.
"I don't!" Cindertail replied honestly before adding, "However, I don't think we should approach it carelessly without understanding the full extent of its abilities."
"But if we don't, that monster will continue to feed on the Whitebone Fiends and grow stronger," said Dawnchaser with a deep frown, full of worries.
"Hah, but if we try to stop it, we will become its food instead," Goldenstride added.
"Furthermore, if we break formation, the Whitebone Fiends will breach our defensive line and flee into the jungle. We can't let that happen."
Once that was said, Dawnchaser and the others could not help but agree.
They could only watch the gigantic fleshly abomination grow.
At the same time, the gigantic fleshly abomination inflated upwards like a balloon that was about to pop.
Poof!
The gigantic fleshly abomination burst, shooting out countless objects into the sky like a powerful rapid cannon.
The objects that sprung out of the gigantic fleshly abominations were… Whitebone Fiends!
However, the Whitebone Fiends had all undergone a change in their appearances after being devoured by the gigantic fleshly abomination.
They all had a layer of flesh!
Shree!
The Whitebone Fiends screeched with fear.
As it turns out, they didn't really fear the gigantic fleshly abomination. What they actually feared was heights, which was quite strange.
"The Whitebone Fiends fear heights? This doesn't make sense," Dawnchaser and the other Paragon-level Golden Suannis were immediately puzzled by the discovery.
At the same time, they were also confused by the gigantic fleshly abomination's objective in launching the Whitebone Fiends into the sky.
Leon and the Golden Suanni Clan's Paragon observed the Whitebone Fiends ascending into the sky with great momentum.
The Whitebone Fiends disappeared into the black clouds shortly after.
"Lord Dawnchaser, take a look! That giant monster looks like it is dying!" Goldblazer's words brought Dawnchaser and the other Paragon-level Golden Suannis' gazes back to the ground level.
At that moment, the gigantic fleshly abomination was like a man's dying mushroom that shriveled after unloading all its energy; it shrank to a certain point before decaying like crumbling old rubbles and turning into dust.
The biggest threat had unknowingly killed itself—or so Dawnchaser and the other Paragon-level Golden Suannis thought.
However, the worse had yet to come.
As Leon witnessed everything unfold from the tree branch, his brows knitted into a big frown. The scene had been too bizarre.
"It looks like we won't have to intervene, Master," Rainshine stated.
"No, I don't think it will end with just that," Leon furrowed his brows and said, "That giant monster exhausted all its lifeforce and energy to send those white fiends into the sky. I doubt those white fiends will die even if they fall back to the ground from such heights."
"But those white fiends were obviously afraid of heights. Why would that giant monster do such a thing, even at the cost of its own life? What is it trying to accomplish?" Rainshine wondered with a puzzled look.
"It was trying to…." Leon slowly uttered before his eyes suddenly widened in realization with great alarm. "Oh, no. It looks like a greater disaster is about to befall the Golden Suanni Clan."
Nevertheless, the situation was even worse than Leon imagined.
Shortly after the Whitebone Fiends disappeared into the sky, gaps started to appear in the black clouds, allowing sunlight to pass through and shine down on the abyss.
Chapter 1025 Powerful Sunlight
"Sunlight? Is this what sunlight looks like?"
Dawnchaser and the other Paragon-level Golden Suannis were astonished as they noticed the rays of sunlight piercing through the gaps in the black clouds.
As time passed by the moments, more and more gaps in the black clouds were created for more rays of sunlight to descend upon the dark land and illuminate it.
At the same time, most of the sunlight concentrated on the abyss.
Dawnchaser and the other Paragon-level Golden Suannis—No, all of the Golden Suanni Clan was awed by the sunlight, something the Dark Abyss Continent had not had in thousands of years.
For many witnesses present, it was their first time seeing the sunlight.
As creatures of the sun, the Golden Suanni Clan had a natural appreciation for it, just like their primal ancestor.
The Suanni Lion God Beast admired the sun so much that it wanted to be like the sun. That was the origin of how the came the True Samadhi Golden Flames came into being.
They weren't true fires of the sun but one born by the Suanni Lion God Beast's strong will.
"It's beautiful," Dawnchaser admired the sunlight before shortly frowning.
"However, the sunlight seems to be corrupted by foul energy. There's a tint of dark energy and something else inside it—something insidious…"
"But how can this be? How can something of pure yang have such impure energy mixed in it?" Dawnchaser wondered.
"I don't believe we should be worrying about that," Cindertail stated solemnly before saying, "For there to be sunlight, it must mean that those fiends had reached the very top of the black clouds."
Reaching the bottom of the black clouds and reaching the top of the black clouds were two completely different concepts.
The suppression force up there was much stronger, and a greater deal of force would also have been required to send the Whitebone Fiends up there against such force.
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Given the strength of the Whitebone Fiends, they would have been crushed by such forces.
However, not only did the Whitebone Fiends survive, but they even created gaps in the black clouds to let the sunlight outside descend upon the dark land!
"Just what did that giant monstrosity try to accomplish by sending the Whitebone Fiends up there?" Goldblazer wondered.
"It must have transferred all its lifeforce into the Whitebone Fiends so they could survive the crushing force of the suppression in the sky."
"I don't like how this is going, but I will have our answer soon," Dawnchaser said with a frown.
Nevertheless, Dawnchaser and the other Paragon-level Golden Suannis waited for some time, but they didn't see the Whitebone Fiends falling back out of the black clouds.
"Strange… The Whitebone Fiends should have descended from the sky by now, and with increasing momentum at that," Goldenstride mentioned with a frown.
"Did the Whitebone Fiends find something to latch onto in the clouds, or did they suddenly learn how to fly? Even if they were crushed by the sky suppression force, their remains should at least come back down, no?"
Dawnchaser and the other nearby Paragon-level Golden Suannis pondered, but they didn't have any idea what was going on.
No one could see past the black clouds.
Nevertheless, as time quickly passed, the gaps in the black cloud continued to widen. After the sunlight completely illuminated the abyss opening, it continued to expand and illuminate the rest of Gran Crevasse.
Pish!
Several Paragon-level Golden Suannis came in contact with the sunlight before their tough skin and golden fur were scorched. They immediately retreated from the sunlight at once.
"Be careful! The sunlight is very powerful and hot!" one of the scorched Paragon-level Golden Suanni warned.
At the same time, Leon narrowed his eyes.
Given the powerful physiques of the Paragon-level Golden Suannis, the present sun rays shouldn't have harmed them.
However, that was only speaking for the present sun rays on the Desolate Beast Continent.
The sun rays descending from the gaps in the black clouds were so concentrated and intense that they were even more potent than the first wave of the Cataclysm that struck the world.
The concentration of Wrathful Demon Energy was especially dense. It must have been accumulating above the black clouds since the start of the Cataclysm.
As the sunlight slowly spread across Gran Crevasse, Dawnchaser and the other Paragon-level Golden Suannis saw the vines in Gran Crevasse get read reduced into ashes under the scorching sunlight bit by bit.
"What should we do? If the black clouds don't stop splitting apart, the sunlight will shine over the western jungle and kill everything!" a Paragon-level Golden Suanni said urgently while backing away from the sunlight's expanding domain.
"There's no reason for the clouds to be splitting apart like that. Given the power of the sunlight, the Whitebone Fiends should have been reduced to ashes," Dawnchaser frowned.
"But the fact that the clouds are still splitting apart means that the Whitebone Fiends are still up there," Goldblazer stated before he wondered, "Just how are they doing this?!"
"Lord Cindertail, you might be from outside the main clan, and this might not be the right to say this, but please become the supreme leader of the clan," Dawnchaser suddenly said.
The other Paragon-level Golden Suannis was immediately astonished by Dawnchaser's words, but their eyes soon flickered with understanding.
"Please become our supreme leader, Lord Cindertail!" the Paragon-level Golden Suannis voiced.
They were trying to tie Cindertail to the main clan.
If they couldn't stop the clouds from splitting, Cindertail could just move back to his home. But the rest of them could not.
Gran Crevasse and the Central Western Jungle were their home; they couldn't watch them get destroyed by the powerful sun rays.
"I'm not sure what you want, but sure, I'll be your supreme leader," Cindertail casually said, thinking it would benefit his master if he became the supreme leader.
"Great!" Dawnchaser exclaimed before asking, "Do you have any solution, Supreme Leader?"
"I don't, but my master might."
"Your master…?"
…
Meanwhile, Leon had already made his move.
He took flight from the tree branch and flew into the domain of the sunlight to absorb all the dense amounts of Wrathful Demon Energy.
It might have been dangerous for others. But for Leon, it was a rich source of energy for cultivation.
Chapter 1026 The Cruel Angels' Descent
"Hm? Why is there a human this deep in the jungle?" Goldenstride noticed Leon in the sky after Leon flew into the sunlight domain.
"M-more importantly, the human isn't affected by the sunlight? No, he's even absorbing it!"
Dawnchaser and the other Paragon-level Golden Suannis gradually widened their eyes in surprise at the discovery.
"That is my master," Cindertail calmly stated.
"Your master is a human?!" Dawnchaser and the others shrieked with outrage.
"T-t-this… how can this be allowed…?! You are a royal Paragon with the purest bloodline we have seen in thousands of years, not to mention you have awakened the bloodline ability! How can you take a human as your master?! You are royalty, Supreme Leader!"
"Why can I take a human as my master? I'll have you all know I was only a Peak rank 2 Transcendent before I met my master. I was only able to reach my present level of strength and awaken my bloodline ability thanks to my master's grace," Cindertail replied coolly.
"What!" the Dawnchaser and the other Paragon-level Golden Suannis couldn't believe what they had just heard.
It was too unbelievable.
And yet, at the same time, it also seemed very reasonable. Otherwise, it couldn't explain how a member outside the main clan had such a pure bloodline and awakened their ancestral bloodline ability.
"This is crazy…" Dawnchaser softly uttered.
While Dawnchaser was still in a state of disbelief, he shifted his gaze to the lone figure in the sky.
As the sunlight domain expanded, Leon also increased his absorption rate. He devoured all the Wrathful Demon Energy into his Black Vortex Space for refinement.
The sheer amount of dark energy he obtained from Black Vortex Space after the Wrathful Demon Energy was refined was staggering.
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Even so, the amount of dark energy Leon needed to advance to the next stage of his demon cultivation was even more staggering.
Leon expanded his divine sense to the limit and drew in all the Wrathful Demon Energy with his Divine Will.
As that happened, the sunlight domain continued to expand, clearing out the darkness and shadows from Gran Crevasse.
Dawnchaser and the other Paragon-level Golden Suannis backed away from the border that divides dark and light on the ground that continuously inched towards them.
However, at a certain point, Cindertail stopped retreating altogether and decisively allowed himself to be bathed in the sunlight.
"Supreme Leader, what are you doing?!" Dawnchaser and the other Paragon-level Golden Suannis were immediately startled by Cindertail's choice. "Be careful of the…!"
Dawnchaser and the other Paragon-level Golden Suannis wanted to warn Cindertail. But before they could finish speaking, they realized Cindertail was perfectly fine in the sunlight.
The intensity of the sunlight had been brought down to a level that everyone could tolerate after Leon devoured all the Wrathful Demon Energy from it.
"The sunlight doesn't burn?" the Paragon-level Golden Suannis uttered in their astonishment before turning to Cindertail. "Is this your master's doing, Supreme Leader?"
"Most likely," Cindertail replied.
Nevertheless, Dawnchaser and the rest of the Paragon-level Golden Suannis in the area weren't lacking in awareness. They could sense all the impure energy in the atmosphere being drawn to Cindertail's master at an incredible rate.
The human was like an insatiable black hole that devoured everything.
However, that everything was only the impure energy that only demons would be fond of. That made Dawnchaser and the rest of the Paragon-level Golden Suannis doubt whether Cindertail's master was actually human or a demon.
Even so, they chose not to say anything.
Ka-cha!
Leon silently advanced to the Peak-stage of Heaven Ascension Realm, just a step short of the Truth Manifestation Realm.
However, even Leon did not know how much dark energy he would require to take that single step. What he did know, though, was that he required a tremendous amount of dark energy.
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Nevertheless, Leon didn't stop absorbing all the thick accumulation of Wrathful Demon Energy that rushed down from the sky as the clouds further split apart.
Eventually, the sunlight domain covered all of Gran Crevasse and started to expand towards the jungle.
Even with Leon's great absorption speed, he could absorb all the Wrathful Demon Energy that was so far away from his location—not unless he relied on the Divine Book of Life's gathering ability.
However, that would expose his secret treasure, not to mention the Wrathful Demon Energy would either kill or contaminate the spirit herbs in his Worldspace.
The jungle trees and plants on the outskirts of Gran Crevasse all started to sizzle and burn under the scorching sunlight.
Fortunately, the splitting clouds stopped there, ending the expansion of the sunlight domain.
When Dawnchaser and the rest of Paragon-level Golden Suannis saw that, they heaved a sigh of relief before focusing their gaze on the enormous hole in the center of the sky.
It was the Golden Suanni Clan's first time seeing the beautiful sky that existed beyond the black clouds that covered all of the Dark Abyss Continent.
However, no one had the mood to enjoy it.
Right at that instance, everyone's attention was focused on the ten gigantic Whitebone Fiends that slowly descended from the center of the hole in the sky.
Supposedly all of the Whitebone Fiends that were shot into the sky had merged into these final ten gigantic Whitebone Fiends.
They were unlike any Whitebone Fiends the Golden Suanni Clan's Paragons had fought against, whether it was appearance or size.
They were all tenfold bigger than the normal Paragon-level Whitebone Fiends.
Furthermore, they had several pairs of extra limbs; one pair of arms were fused over their heads like a ring or hood, three pairs of arms were elongated on their backs, and six pairs of legs hung over their lower bodies.
At the same time, all their flesh was melted like white cheese, causing their three pairs of elongated parks to look like wings and their six pairs of legs to look like the lower parts of a dress.
Coupled with their big red eyes that screamed with heavy bloodthirst, the ten gigantic Whitebone Fiends look like white angels descending from the heavens.
Alas, they weren't holy angels but ones filled with evil and malice. They only bring death and desolation instead of blessings.
Cruel Angels – Leon thought of a name that would describe them well.
Chapter 1027 Deadly Sunbeams
"Can we beat those things? They are tenfold bigger than the Paragon-level Whitebone Fiends we fought earlier. God knows how strong they are now," Goldblazer said with concern.
Dawnchaser and the other Paragon-level Golden Suannis also felt concerned by the ten Cruel Angels. Even Cindertail was not an exception.
"Surely, they are still within the realms of Transcendents, right?" another Paragon-level Golden Suanni hoped.
Even if the Cruel Angels were still within the realms of Paragons, Dawnchaser and the other Paragon-level Golden Suannis were confident in defeating the Cruel Angels.
However, if the Cruel Angels had already reached the level of Celestials, they could only flee for their lives.
Although Dawnchaser and the other Paragon-level Golden Suannis wanted to believe that they still had a chance at defeating the Cruel Angels, the reality is that the Cruel Angels' aura had already exceeded Peak Paragons.
The Cruel Angels were at least Half-step Celestials, if not full-fledged Celestials!
"Everyone, prepare for battle! Those white monsters are about to attack!" Cindertail alerted everyone after witnessing one of the Cruel Angels raising one of their hands and pointing down at the Paragon-level Golden Suannis.
Leon quickly frowned when none of the Cruel Angels' attention was on him.
It was clear that his bottomless appetite for Wrathful Demon Energy had caused the Cruel Angels to descend and check out what was going on with all the Wrathful Demon Energy.
However, their attention was quickly fixed on the Golden Suanni Clan instead of him after they descended.
"What's it trying to do?" Cindertail narrowed his eyes as he stared at the Cruel Angel's finger that was pointed directly at them.
Nothing seemed to be happening.
However, that was because the Cruel Angel's attack took time to arrive. As Cindertail and the rest of the Paragon-level Golden Suanni waited warily, they suddenly picked up a threatening sense of danger.
Boom!
A concentrated beam of sunlight descended from the heavens, striking the ground roughly a mile away from Cindertail's position.
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The raw power and heat of the sunbeam melted right through the ground and continued into the abyss below.
However, the sunbeam attack didn't end there.
"Dodge, everyone!" Cindertail shouted with alarm the moment he noticed the sunbeam moved towards them.
Zing—!
Cindertails and all the Paragon-level Golden Suannis in the area immediately evaded as the sunbeam cleaved its way up the eastern slope, splitting everything in half.
As the sunbeam moved upwards, it gradually dispersed into the sky.
"S-such power…!" Goldblazer glanced at the long scar left by the sunbeam. Everything was cleanly sliced apart by the powerful sunbeam.
"Fortunately, everyone managed to evade the attack—No! The sunbeam passed through the jungle as well! Are our lionesses and cubs alright?!"
Dawnchaser's short relief was quickly replaced by concern for his family hiding away in the nearby jungle.
"Everyone, watch out! More attacks are coming!" Cindertail shouted.
At that instance, it wasn't just a single Cruel Angel attacking; all ten Cruel Angels raised their arms and directed their fingers at Cindertail and the others.
Everyone immediately expected another ten such sunbeams to be coming their way.
At the same time, Leon scrutinized the Cruel Angels' pointed fingers with a frown.
It didn't look like the Cruel Angels weren't targeting anyone in specific at first glance. But upon more careful observation, the Cruel Angels indeed had a specific target in mind.
They were all targeting Cindertail.
Cindertail also realized he was the target before he decided to break away from the other Paragon-level Golden Suannis.
"Where are you going, Supreme Leader?" Dawnchaser quickly voiced his surprise.
"Away from all of you! I am their target, so I have to move a place away from everyone else!" Cindertail shouted on the move.
Nevertheless, there was nowhere to go except towards the center of Gran Crevasse as the members of the Golden Suanni Clan could be found all around the outskirts and within the jungle further out.
"We need to do something! We can't let the Supreme Leader fend for himself!" Goldenstride firmly said.
He had no intention of letting a member with such pure bloodline, the likes of which hadn't been seen in thousands of years, die here in their generation.
For the prosperity of the Golden Suanni Clan, Goldenstride would do everything he could to ensure Cindertail's safety.
Shortly after Goldenstride spoke, he glanced around before spotting a broken branch on the ground.
He immediately grabbed it with his fangs and hurled it up at the Cruel Angels in the sky to catch their attention in the next instance.
Zing—!
Ten sunbeams eventually descended on the land before one of the Cruel Angels was struck in the head by the Goldenstride's tree branch.
Skreee!
The Cruel Angel made a screeching howl before directing its sunbeam towards Goldenstride.
Swoosh~!
"I will be going ahead!" Goldenstride quickly broke away from the group as he was chased by one of the ten deadly sunbeams.
Even so, Goldenstride wasn't satisfied with only one Cruel Angel.
He grabbed several tree branches of various sizes and hurled them up at the other Cruel Angels before he succeeded in reducing the burden on Cindertail by half.
Nevertheless, the ten sunbeams devastated Gran Crevasse with numerous scars as they chased Goldenstride and Cindertail.
Before long, large pieces of land were cut off from Gran Crevasse and dropped into the abyss, significantly increasing the abyss opening.
But even with the sunlight illuminating the enlargened abyss opening, the bottom of the abyss could not be seen.
Goldenstride and Cindertail nearly fell into the abyss as the ground collapsed, but they managed to escape by leaping through falling debris to falling debris with their nimble bodies.
"We should help them too!" Goldblazer stated.
"No! It'll be too chaotic if any more of us join them! Two of them are enough to keep those monsters busy for a while!" Dawnchaser rejected before saying, "We need to evacuate the clan members further away from this region. They are not safe here!"
"L-lord Dawnchaser! Take a look at the scorched plants near the scars made by the sunbeam!"
A Paragon-level Golden Suanni suddenly directed everyone's gaze towards the jungle plants on the eastern side of Gran Crevasse's outskirts.
Chapter 1028 Empyrean Allheaven Wrath's Will
"Hm?"
Dawnchaser and the other Paragon-level Golden Suannis in the area quickly glanced at the partially-scorched plants along the scar line before their eyes widened with astonishment.
"W-what is happening to these plants?" one of the Paragon-level Golden Suannis uttered with shock.
At that moment, the partially-scorched plants were proliferating rapidly in bizarre ways that shouldn't have been possible or normal for the plants of their kind.
The green vines grew thorns. And from those thorns, more thorns grew. They coiled up into thorn bushes.
On the other hand, the transformation of the jungle trees was even more exaggerated.
The tips of the branches rapidly grew in spherical shapes while the leaves wrapped around them like a layer of skin.
The final results were numerous heads with sharp thorny teeth. The branch tips of the jungle trees had all turned into man-eating plants.
The power of Wrath contained within Cruel Angels' sunbeams had made the plants lively and aggressive.
Coupled with the toughness and tenacity that the jungle plants already possessed, the man-eating plants' threat level was comparable to Rank 2 Transcendent-level beasts.
Some even had the toughness of Rank 3 Transcendent-level beasts!
Snap!
The man-eating plants snapped at the nearby Paragon-level Golden Suannis with their thorny teeth forcefully and frantically but failed to reach them.
Even so, it caused Dawnchaser and the other Paragon-level Golden Suannis frown deeply.
"The Central Western Jungle has become too dangerous of a battlefield with those monsters around. We need to evacuate our clan members further away from here while Lord Goldenstride and Supreme Leader Cindertail are keeping those monsters busy," Dawnchaser stated firmly.
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"Goldblazer, Nickelback, and Firestar, each of you should lead a group to the south, west, and north and guide the scattered clan members to the east. Let us all meet further in the east."
"Understood," Goldblazer and the other two Peak Paragon-level Golden Suannis nodded.
Shortly after, they grabbed several dozen Paragon-level Golden Suannis and headed off to bring the scattered clan members away from the outskirts of Gran Crevasse.
…
At the same time, Leon also returned to his group's side and ordered, "Go back and bring your family far away from here. Follow the rest of the Golden Suanni Clan. None of you will be able to contribute in this level of battle."
"Master, I want to stay," Rainshine stated determinedly.
Leon glanced at the Mid Paragon-level Winter Cat and said, "I'm telling you all to leave for your own safety. If you insist on staying, I won't stop you. However, you only have yourself to blame if you get caught in the Cruel Angels' attacks."
"Un, I am aware of that. Thank you for your concern, Master," Rainshine stated.
At the same time, Firepaw and another Mid Paragon-level Golden Suanni from the group also decided to stay back while the rest led their families to safety.
Leon gradually focused on the ten Cruel Angels, which posed great threats to everyone.
The Whitebone Fiends didn't just amalgamate into existences comparable to Half-step Celestials; they were also Half-step Celestial existences that could control the Wrath and Solar Laws to some degree.
That made their threat level even higher than normal Half-step Celestials.
'The Cruel Angels are targeting Cindertail because of his divine golden flames. That means the Cruel Angels fear it. They aren't invincible,' Leon mused.
Although the Whitebone Fiends had become very strong by amalgamating to become the final ten Cruel Angels, it wasn't done without a price.
As Leon observed the Cruel Angels, he noticed that they were very slow.
Even though the Cruel Angels were stronger than the Paragon-level Golden Suannis, their sunbeam attacks couldn't keep up with their movements.
Furthermore, the Cruel Angels were keeping their distance and only attacked from the sky.
Leon found that strange.
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Nevertheless, Gran Crevasse was losing most of its ground. Leon couldn't keep analyzing the Cruel Angels.
Once Gran Crevasse loses all of its open ground for Cindertail to run on, it will be more difficult for Cindertail to dodge the Cruel Angels' deadly sunbeam attacks.
"Master, please do something!" Cindertail's plea was heard as he continued to evade the Cruel Angels' delayed sunbeam attacks on the ground level.
Leon furrowed his brows as he was bothered by the light shining on the abyss from which the monsters came.
"Just hold on for a bit longer, Cindertail," Leon hollered back.
Shortly after, Leon rose into the sky and flew past the Cruel Angels. And despite that happening, the Cruel Angels completely ignored him and focused on Cindertail and Goldenstride.
Nevertheless, Leon ascended into the clouds and used his Divine Will to pull the clouds together again in an attempt to close the big hole in the black clouds.
At the same time, an even more tremendous amount of Wrathful Demon Energy poured down on him.
Wrathful Demon Energy never stopped gushing down from outside the black clouds.
All the Wrathful Demon Energy in the Dark Abyss Continent was trying to enter the Dark Abyss Continent through this single opening in the black clouds as if they were being pulled like a vacuum.
As Leon closed the hole in the sky, he also absorbed all the Wrathful Demon Energy into his Black Vortex Space for refinement without reservation.
However, that action of his finally drew the Cruel Angels' attention.
Skreee!
The Cruel Angels howled with a piercing yet ringing frequency as they directed their fingers at Leon. They were enraged by Leon stealing the source of their power.
Nevertheless, Leon felt like another existence locked onto his presence.
No, it was more precise to say that the ten Cruel Angels were controlled by a single will. And it was that will that locked onto him.
Strangely, Leon almost instinctively knew who that will belonged to.
'This is… Empyrean Allheaven Wrath's will…?' Leon thought with surprise.
'To think the Cruel Angels had absorbed Wrathful Demon Energy to the point that the accumulated slivers of will contained within the Wrathful Demon Energy took control of the Cruel Angels…'
It was quite close to Empyrean Allheaven Wrath's incarnation manifesting in the Cruel Angels.
Chapter 1029 Pros & Cons
Nevertheless, it was far from a genuine incarnation.
If Empyrean Allheaven Wrath's incarnation had truly manifested, everyone in the world could only give up and accept their death.
No one would be able to stop Empyrean Allheaven Wrath's incarnation.
What was controlling the Cruel Angels were the concentrated slivers of will that came from one of Empyrean Allheaven Wrath's soul fragments.
It was a tiny piece within a tiny piece of Empyrean Allheaven Wrath's complete consciousness. As such, the Cruel Angels were only acting on instincts.
It wasn't Empyrean Allheaven Wrath's conscious thought controlling the Cruel Angels.
Leon was very confident of that fact.
If the slivers of Empyrean Allheaven Wrath's will were actually conscious within the Cruel Angels, they would have hunted Leon to the ends of the earth.
After all, Leon had been refining Empyrean Allheaven Wrath's slivers of will he obtained from the Wrathful Demon Energy to comprehend the Wrath Law.
From another perspective, Leon could be viewed as a thief stealing the Wrath Law away from Empyrean Allheaven Wrath.
He would have died without an intact corpse if Empyrean Allheaven Wrath's soul fragment wasn't bound to the sun with his host.
The sunbeams descended towards Leon within several breaths of the Cruel Angels directing their fingers at him.
However, Leon had long anticipated the attack; he easily evaded the sunbeams without a problem.
Unfortunately, the Cruel Angels only acted on instinct under Empyrean Allheaven Wrath's will. It did not consider where the sunbeam would strike if it missed Leon.
Zinggg—!
The ten sunbeams missed Leon and descended straight on the Cruel Angels.
Even though they were Half-step Celestials, the Cruel Angels still failed to withstand their own attack. The sunbeam struck them like a powerful laser of high temperature, melting right through the flesh and bones.
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Three of the ten Cruel Angels had their elongated arm-wings destroyed, while the other Cruel Angels had other parts of their bodies destroyed.
Skreee!
The three Cruel Angels dropped from the sky after having their elongated arm-wings broken and plunged into the abyss below.
Leon was pleasantly surprised by the damage dealt to the Cruel Angels despite it not being his intention in using their attacks against them.
He just happened to be flying directly above them when they chose to attack.
Leon didn't get to rejoice for very long as he shortly witnessed the Cruel Angels rapidly recovering from their injuries with ultra-highspeed regeneration.
During their recovery, the Cruel Angels' damaged bodies turned into a liquid-like state. All their missing bones and flesh came like water rushing to fill up the gap between them.
"Truly damned existences. It's not easy for them to die," Leon muttered before narrowing his sharp eyes.
It was just a slight change, but he noticed the Cruel Angels' overall size had shrunk.
"Interesting… These Cruel Angels became Half-step Celestial existences, but they didn't reach this level through standard methods… Their strength isn't stable," Leon's eyes brightened.
As long as Cruel Angels continue to receive substantial damage, their strength will decrease.
Skree!
The other three Cruel Angels made piercing howls as they flew back out of the abyss after regrowing their broken elongated arm-wings.
At that point, Leon thought the ten Cruel Angels would chase him.
However, the three Cruel Angels rejoined the group before pointing their fingers at Leon to strike him with their sunbeam attacks again.
"Strange… Can they only act as a group and only know one move?" Leon contemplated thoughtfully.
Given a single will was controlling all ten Cruel Angels, it was most likely the case. The ten Cruel Angels could be regarded as a single entity in that case.
Swish—!
A short while later, Leon evaded the descending sunbeams—only for Cruel Angels to strike themselves with their own attacks again.
Skree!
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Half of the ten Cruel Angels howled in pain as they were the only ones struck by sunbeams. The sunbeams had narrowly missed the other half of the Cruel Angels.
"Was it a coincidence?" Leon narrowed his eyes.
Nevertheless, Leon decided he was not in a hurry to close the hole in the sky and continued to play with the Cruel Angels.
The Cruel Angels drew power for their sunbeam attacks from beyond the black clouds; it was the reason for the delay in their attacks.
If the hole in the sky was closed, they wouldn't be able to use their charged sunbeam attack.
As Leon anticipated, the Cruel Angels started charging their sunbeam attacks once again after recovering from their injuries.
At the same time, the five Cruel Angels had shrunk again. The difference could be clearly seen as they flew side by side with the other five Cruel Angels.
Zingggg—!
The sunbeam descended a third time. And like the previous instances, Leon evaded the attacks before watching them head straight for the ten Cruel Angels below him.
However, only one Cruel Angel was caught in the sunbeam attack.
"It wasn't a coincidence!" Leon's gaze flickered with a serious light.
As the Cruel Angels sustain damage and shrink in size and strength, their response time and intelligence seemingly improve simultaneously.
Each time they lost a chunk of flesh and bones, restrictions were also seemingly removed from their bodies.
"Why is this happening?" Leon furrowed his brows in thought as he evaded the Cruel Angels' following sunbeam attacks.
Leon was slightly baffled by the situation.
As he watched the Cruel Angel fully evade their own sunbeam attacks in the fourth instance while pondering the issue, his eyes flickered with insight.
"I think I get what's going on here," Leon softly muttered with narrowed eyes.
The Cruel Angels were an amalgamation of tens of thousands of Whitebone Fiends—tens of thousands of Whitebone Fiends that weren't simply killed and assimilated.
If the Cruel Angels didn't have Empyrean Allheaven Wrath's will to control their bodies on instinct, they would have been completely immobilized by the tens of thousands of conflicting thoughts wrestling for control within their bodies.
Each time the Cruel Angels are struck by their own sunbeams, hundreds of the Whitebone Fiends are killed, reducing the Cruel Angels' burden in controlling their enormous fused bodies.
Leon could hardly tell if this was a good or bad thing; there were pros and cons to the situation.
Chapter 1030 The Cruel Angels' Cruelty
Skreee!
The Cruel Angels gave a screeching howl.
Shortly after, the Cruel Angels resumed their monotonous sunbeam attacks, which were evaded by Leon without surprise.
However, the Cruel Angels also evaded their own sunbeam attacks as they came down onto them right after.
Leon and the Cruel Angels entered a sort of stalemate where the Cruel Angels continued to attack him with sunbeams, but neither side was struck by the sunbeams.
Even so, the Cruel Angels stubbornly continued to drop sunbeam attacks on Leon.
"This is becoming a waste of time. Since you won't come at me with any other move, I will resume what I was doing," Leon coolly stated.
Shortly after, Leon used his Divine Will and control over dark energy to pull the black clouds together again.
The hole in the sky slowly closed, causing the amount of sunlight and Wrathful Demon Energy entering the dark continent to reduce over time.
As that happened, the Cruel Angels became even more enraged with Leon.
Skreeeee!!
The Cruel Angels flapped their wings and shot toward Leon with bloodthirsty gazes. They wanted nothing more than to tear him apart.
However, their flight abilities were rather clumsy.
The ten Cruel Angels bumped and crashed into each other as they soared higher and higher into the sky. Their limbs flailed over each other as if they were competing in a race to reach Leon first.
Despite the ten Half-step Celestial-level Cruel Angels rushing toward him, Leon did not feel any pressure, strangely.
Leon would have been very concerned if it was any other Half-step Celestial opponents.
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However, his present opponents were mentally-ill monsters that just happen to be at the Half-step Celestial level.
As long as he kept his calm, he was in control of the battle.
Swoosh!
Leon kicked at the empty air and retreated with a burst of speed, creating distance from the Cruel Angels.
However, it was only temporary before their gap started closing again. The Cruel Angels may be clumsy, but they were still Half-step Celestials. They couldn't be underestimated.
Leon repeatedly kicked at the empty air for bursts of speed as he continued to keep his distance from the ten Cruel Angels.
At the same time, he withdrew his dispensable Tier-3 Bone Spears, infused elemental powers into them, then fired them at the Cruel Angels' eyes with incredible precision and speed.
Puchi! Puchi! Puchi!
The infused Tier-3 Bone Spears directly penetrated every single pair of eyes without fail, sinking deeply into the Cruel Angels' giant eyeballs.
However, due to the sheer size of the Cruel Angels, the Tier-3 Bone Spears simply felt like pricks in the Cruel Angels' eyes, causing them discomfort but not enough to inflict pain or substantial damage.
"Explode!" Leon clenched his hand into a fist.
In the next moment, the Tier-3 Bone Spears embedded in each other Cruel Angels' eyes exploded one by one.
Fire, dark, lightning, death, and destruction…
Five different types of power clashed against each other and raged within the Cruel Angels' eyes, destroying everything in their wake.
Skreee!
The Cruel Angels' pursuit was forcefully halted by the tremendous pain transmitted to their minds, causing them to shake their heads furiously as if doing so would end their misery quicker.
Even though Leon couldn't see any visible changes on the surface of the Cruel Angels' eyes, he didn't doubt that the insides of their eyeballs had been hollowed out by the destructiveness of his attack.
As the Cruel Angels were preoccupied with the pain, Leon wielded the Tier-7 White Spear and shot forward, taking the initiative to close the distance between them.
Due to the sheer difference in size, Leon was no different from how humans viewed mosquitoes.
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Leon landed on the back of one Cruel Angel and unleashed a flurry of attacks on their elongated arm-wings to cut them off and disable the Cruel Angel's ability to fly.
Although Leon's Tier-7 White Spear passed through everything without resistance, his attacks were no different from small attacks.
At the same time, he quickly noticed the Cruel Angel rapidly recovering from its wounds.
"This level of attacks won't work, huh? Then how about this!" Leon decisively took out one of his trump cards, the Quasi Tier-7 Fire Lamp, and lit the Cruel Angel's back on fire with the White Luminosity Eternal Flame!
Then, Leon quickly ignored the searing pain of holding the hot Quasi Tier-7 Fire Lamp as he deactivated it and threw it back into the Worldspace.
He kicked off the back of the Cruel Angel's back and flew away shortly after, creating distance between him and the Cruel Angels again.
Skreee!
The Cruel Angel screamed piercingly in pain as it wailed about, trying to put out the White Luminosity Eternal Flame on its back.
However, no matter what the Cruel Angel did, it could not put out the extinguishable white fire. It only spread the white fire to its additional two hands instead.
Right at that moment, the other nine Cruel Angels recovered the sense of sight in their eyes before they gazed at the white-flaming Cruel Angel.
"As expected, the Half-step Celestial-level Cruel Angels can even regenerate organs like their eyes, huh?" Leon muttered with a frown after making the discovery.
Nevertheless, he was quickly startled by the following scene.
The nine Cruel Angels decisively tore at the white-flaming Cruel Angel's body, salvaging everything they could for themselves.
Skreee!
The white-flaming Cruel Angel cried as legs, lower body, upper body, shoulders, neck, and finally, its head were all dismantled apart by the other nine Cruel Angel.
They were truly cruel, alright.
The Cruel Angels did not hesitate to kill one of their own after determining that they could not save the white-flaming Cruel Angel.
The salvaged parts were quickly assimilated into their bodies, while the burning remains were left to drop out of the sky.
Cindertail and Goldenstride watched on the ground level as the white-burning chunk of flesh plunged from great heights before disappearing into the abyss.
They were greatly astonished by the White Luminosity Eternal Flame.
"W-what kind of fire was that? It didn't seem inferior to our bloodline ability, the True Samadhi Golden Flames!" Goldenstride uttered with shock.