Chapter 1086 Power Testing
Meanwhile, on the southern side of the crater, the Black Warbear Tribe and its subordinate tribes remained stunned after the flying black Earth Dragon decimated the Whitebone Fiends in the area with its dark flames before taking off to another location.
"Chief, Chief! What are your orders, Chief?" a Low-rank Battle King from the Black Warbear Tribe repeatedly called out to Chief Blackbear.
ραndαsnοvεl.cοm Nevertheless, it still took some time before Chief Blackbear and the other warriors in the area recovered from their shock.
"What?" Chief Blackbear glanced at the Low-rank Battle King.
"Your orders, Chief. What are your orders? What should we do now? The Earth Dragon dealt with these devil spawns, but we don't know whether the Earth Dragon is a friend or foe. It could direct its dark flames at us later," the Low-rank Battle King voiced his concern.
Although the Low-rank Battle King didn't mention it directly, everyone understood that he implied whether they should stay or leave.
"If the Earth Dragon was a foe, where can we even go?" Chief Blackbear replied while gazing at the uphill in the distance.
"A flying Earth Dragon is unheard of. This Earth Dragon must have tapped into the power of the Divine. There must be some reason why this Earth Dragon suddenly appeared here in the Central Region."
"I think it came from the western direction. Maybe we will find our answer there—"
Boom!
Just as Chief Blackbear glanced towards the west, he suddenly saw the western sky brightened with myriads of colored lights before the ground shook from a powerful impact.
Fuuu…
Chief Blackbear and several warriors deeply inhaled to relieve their shock and tension. Something was definitely happening on the western side of the crater.
"Let's go. We'll head over to the western side and check on the situation."
"Yes, Chief!"
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A few moments earlier…
After Leon sent Goldenstride and Nightingale out to take care of the southern and northern sides, Leon gazed at the Whitebone Fiends roaming the western side from atop the hill with Rainshine and the others.
"My Lord, if you sent Lord Goldenstride and Lord Nightingale to deal with the northern and southern sides, who would deal with the creatures here?" Chief Ironshield asked.
"I will deal with them," Leon replied coolly.
"You will, my Lord?"
"That's right."
Chief Ironshield, Chief Sar-Rakshi, Chief Sul-Dahki, and all the elite warriors were all stunned by Leon's decision. But in the next moment, their eyes brightened with anticipation.
There was not a single person among them that wasn't curious about Leon's strength.
Nevertheless, after Leon gave his confirmation, he soared into the sky and glanced down on the Whitebone Fiends in the area.
A portion of the Whitebone Fiends was attracted to the southern and northern sides, but a majority of the Whitebone Fiends roamed the center of the western side aimlessly.
'I can finally test the power of an Early-stage Truth Manifestation Realm cultivator with fifteen Law Fruits,' Leon mused. The Whitebone Fiends will do just fine for target practice.
Dark power surged out of Leon's Truth Manifestation Tree of Darkness a few moments later and spread outside his body before condensing into a black spear of pure dark energy.I think you should take a look at ραΠdαsnovel.cοm
Swoosh—!
Leon hurled the dark-powered spear without hesitation. It cut through the air with great momentum, causing the air to weigh down on Whitebone Fiends as if gravity had increased.
However, it only lasted a split second before the dark-powered spear struck the ground in the next instance.
Boom!
The dark-powered spear erupted on impact. The rapidly expanding black sphere of dark energy instantly swallowed hundreds of Whitebone Fiends.
Nevertheless, the black sphere deflated shortly after, leaving behind a huge crater with hundreds of withered corpses as if every form of energy and fluid had been wrung out of their bodies.
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Although it was just a casual attack, it was comparable to the attack of an Early Paragon.
If he had used a spirit art, it would have been even more powerful.
However, Leon wasn't concerned about that. He was still in the midst of testing his power. After testing his dark power, Leon tested the power of two Law Fruits next.
Fire and darkness merged before forming dark flames in Leon's hand. After it condensed into a dark flame spear, he fired it like the last one.
Boom!
Hundreds of Whitebone Fiends were immediately engulfed in the eruption of dark flames. Their bodies quickly crumbled like broken charcoal, and not long after, they disintegrated into ashes.
The attack was stronger than the last attack, but it was still far from being comparable to the attack of a Mid Paragon; it was about the middle stage of Early Paragon at best.
"These dark flames were quite similar to Nightingale's dark flames. However, Nightingale's dark flames were far more powerful than this…" Leon mused.
Shortly after, he tested the power of three Law Fruits by adding the power of the Solar Fruit. The addition of solar power immediately raised the power of the dark flames to the Mid Paragon level.
Nevertheless, it was hard to still call it dark flames at that point. After fusing the three powers, the orb of dark flames transformed into a ball of black light.
It looked like a black hole with an event horizon marking the borders of light entering it.
However, the ball of black light didn't have any of the black hole's gravitational power. Instead, it had a scorching-high temperature full of destructiveness.
When Leon fired the ball of black light, a pillar of black light descended towards a group of Whitebone Fiends on the ground like a laser beam.
Zinggg—!
The black beam blasted a deep hole straight through the ground, unlike the previous two attacks. Only a few Whitebone Fiends were caught in it.
However, little remained of their visible existence; they were vaporized into atoms.
It was clear that the triple-law-powered attack had far great penetrative power in exchange for the large destruction range it had lost.
"The power rose exponentially with additional law power added, huh?" Leon mused.
He still couldn't guess how powerful his attack would be if he fused the power of all fifteen law fruits on his Truth Manifestation Tree of Darkness.
That being said, it might not be that easy to fuse them.
Chapter 1087 Power Testing (2)
With the power of darkness enveloping the other law powers, it was easy to bind the different powers together.
However, that was just putting the powers together. To completely fuse them was much harder and increasingly challenging with each additional law power added to the mix.
Furthermore, some powers mixed well while others conflicted and made fusion far more difficult.
Nevertheless, Leon continued to test the limits of his abilities and power output. He proceeded to add the lightning power to the mix.
Lightning and fire had always produced great destructiveness. Even so, the result still exceeded his expectation.
After fusing lightning power with fire, solar, and dark powers, Leon was able to produce an attack on the same level as the very peak of Mid Paragon, just a bit short of reaching the power of Late Paragons.
Leon fired the quadruple-law-powered attack at the Whitebone Fiends below before he witnessed a new result that differed from the previous three instances of his attacks.
This time, the black lightning lost both its destructive range and penetrative power. But in return, it gained pure destructiveness.
Multiple Whitebone Fiends were obliterated—almost the same way the Destruction Law would affect them.
Afterward, Leon fused the wood power with lightning, fire, solar, and darkness and produced a power that rivaled the Peak Paragons.
Furthermore, the quintuple-law-powered attack gained a chain reaction effect that allowed it to bounce from target to target indiscriminately, obliterating everything organic within a fixed distance.
It wasn't just strong; it was extremely deadly.
"I should be careful when using this kind of attack in the future," Leon frowned in thought.
He could easily wipe out his own people if they were ever caught in the attack, whether it was an accident or not.
ραndαsΝοvεl ƈοm "On the other hand, I have only fused one-third of my Law Fruits, and I even picked the relatively easier ones to fuse together," Leon muttered to himself.
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Of course, there were also other combinations of law power he could try, like the primary five elemental powers.
However, he already understood what kind of power he could produce from that; it wouldn't increase his attack power like he had sought.
"I am already nearing my limit. Whatever I try to fuse with the previous five law powers at this point will have conflicting properties. An imperfect fusion will cause a loss of power…"
Nevertheless, this was what he was testing for – to experiment and explore what he could and couldn't do, so he wouldn't make critical mistakes during important moments.
Even if he deemed a sextuple law fusion to be extremely difficult, he still had to try it.
"I have the highest accomplishment in the Death Law right now… But the Death Law won't increase the destructiveness of my current combination of law powers…" Leon mused.
The power of death was Yin in nature, while lightning, fire, and solar power were all Yang.
Adding death power into the combination would only generate a loss of power from the conflicting powers canceling each other out.
"As I thought, if I want to continue increasing the destructiveness of my attack beyond quintuple law fusion, there's only one thing suitable power to use," Leon thought after some contemplation.
Shortly after, Leon started to fuse the power of his Destruction Fruit into the quintuple-law-powered attack to create a sextuple-law-powered attack.
However, the proceeded more smoothly than he anticipated.
At that point, the quintuple law fusion combination was already similar to the power of destruction. After adding destruction power into the mix, they merged like two magnets attracted to each other.
More importantly, the power generated from his successfully sextuple law fusion soared like adding oil to fire.
Leon couldn't contain the power for long before he was forced to fire it at the Whitebone Fiends. The result was a destructive blast that wiped out thousands of Whitebone Fiends in an instance.
Even Chief Ironshield and the others standing on the hill quite some distance away from the area felt the aftermath of the powerful blast.
Several elite warriors from the Divine Tortoise Tribe were forced to look away due to the strong winds hurting their eyes.
When the force died down and they could observe the situation ahead once more, they were quickly stunned by what they saw.
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A huge crater was created as a result of Leon's sextuple-law-powered attack.
Fuuu!
"T-this… this is the Lord's power? H-how powerful!" Chief Sar-Rakshi exclaimed after sucking in a deep breath of cool air.
"I didn't know shamanic powers could reach such an extent… Even the Battle God's shamanic power wasn't this stronger…" an elite warrior from the Divine Tortoise Tribe commented.
Due to the elite warrior's lack of knowledge, every power that wasn't generated from physical might was automatically labeled as shamanic power.
"As expected of the Lord. Someone who could obtain the Golden Suanni Clan's allegiance would definitely be extraordinary," another elite warrior from the Divine Tortoise Tribe commented excitedly.
The elite warriors were all glad that such a powerful person was their Lord.
…
Meanwhile, Leon continued to hover in the sky while looking down on the result of his attack.
"About the same level as a Half-step Divine Origin, huh?" Leon quietly muttered with a calm look, feeling neither surprised nor disappointed by the result.
It was as if he had expected—or rather, calculated as much.
"An Early-stage Truth Manifestation Realm cultivator that can use energy-based attacks on the same level as Half-step Divine Origin Realm practitioners… Something like this would definitely be unheard of," Leon thought with amusement.
Nevertheless, this sort of law fusion was only possible because of his True Grandmist Body's high affinity with the elements.
The power of darkness from his Truth Manifestation Tree was only meant to let me use multiple law powers simultaneously and not as a single fused entity.
That being said, Leon wondered how powerful the attack would be if he used the power from all of his fifteen Law Fruits simultaneously.
"I don't think it would be more powerful than a sextuple law fusion attack, but it shouldn't be weak either. I will find out shortly…" Leon mused while preparing for his next test.
If the destructive power isn't too bad, he wouldn't mind using it more often.
After all, a sextuple law fusion attack was simply too demanding in terms of energy consumption.
An ordinary Early-stage Truth Manifestation Realm cultivator wouldn't have the energy reserve for that level of attack.
Chapter 1088 Unprecedented Force Of Destruction
A few moments later, Leon started channeling the power from all his Law Fruits out of his Truth Manifestation Tree of Darkness.
The multi-colored energy flowed out from the Truth Manifestation Tree of Darkness like colorful vein-like threads. They then weaved around each other like coils before being overlapped by dark energy, concealing their colorful light from being seen from the outside.
Only a thicker black thread of darkness could be seen; the colorful lights of the other fourteen law powers were hidden.
Nevertheless, as the dark energy thread tightened, the other fourteen law powers were forced to draw closer to each other.
However, the force of mutual repulsion and attraction began to act on each thread of law power as they pushed and pulled.
Ultimately, the force of repulsion was much stronger.
But with nowhere to go due to the tightening dark energy thread and the coiling of the fourteen other energy threads, the fourteen energy threads eventually shattered into countless multi-colored particles.
For a period of time, the countless multi-colored energy particles were like the colorful clusters of stars in outer space. Alas, they were eventually spread out as the black thread of dark energy continued to shrink and bind them.
At a certain point, the clusters of multiple-colored energy particles rearranged themselves under the force of attraction and repulsion and hit a state of equilibrium.
As such, a harmonious relationship was created, where they are all completely locked into place by the mutual force of attraction and repulsion acting on each energy particle within the dark energy thread.
"This is…"
Leon studied the thread of multiple-colored lights after the energy particles were all bounded and locked together by the force of attraction and repulsion within the dark energy thread.
At a single glance, it looked like an extremely sturdy energy thread, even though the various energy particles were only connected tightly and not fused as one.
However, Leon was aware of just how dangerous the multi-colored energy thread truly was. He couldn't imagine what kind of force would be generated if the multi-colored energy thread's harmony was disrupted.
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Besides that, Leon had some doubts regarding the harmonious multi-colored energy thread created.
"This colorful energy thread looks almost like celestial energy…" Leon thought.
Although Leon thought that way, there were still some clear differences between the multi-colored energy thread and celestial energy.
ραndαsΝοvεl ƈοm For instance, celestial energy contained every color, just like the sun. Except ordinary human eyes could only perceive it as white due to its intense brightness.
Furthermore, celestial energy was still multi-colored, whether it was a single celestial energy particle or a celestial energy thread. In contrast, the multi-colored energy thread Leon created could only retain its colorfulness as a thread.
Nevertheless, the multi-colored energy thread hidden within the dark energy thread resembled celestial energy and gave Leon some ideas.
'If I can create celestial energy at the Truth Manifestation Realm, I would have a powerful trump card to use during crucial moments… But celestial energy without celestial arts is nothing…' Leon mused.
'Well, for now, I better get rid of this thing,' Leon glanced at the dark energy thread in his hand.
The multi-colored energy thread inside was too rigid and inflexible; it couldn't be bent or twisted to form any magic seals for any celestial arts—or perhaps, even divine arts.
It was apparent that even if he wanted to create or imitate celestial energy, he was still far from his goal.
Nevertheless, Leon increased his power output, and the dark energy thread enlargened into a dark spear. The multi-colored energy inside had also increased in volume.
Shortly after, Leon fired it at the devastated ground below, where a group of Whitebone Fiends was just starting to regroup again after they climbed out of the crater.
The moment the tip of the dark spear deformed under the impact of the collision with the ground, countless energy particles within the multi-colored energy thread clashed chaotically.
The complete collapse of the harmonious relationship within the multi-colored energy thread resulted in a deadly force that made even Leon, who was high in the sky, feel danger.
Leon immediately fled at the first sign of danger.
Boom!
The explosive power contained within the dark energy spear immediately ripped apart the earth as it rapidly expanded.
Thousands of Whitebone Fiends and countless tons of earth were swallowed in the fiery black spherical cloud of chaotic energy that revolved with tremendous force, pulling everything towards it like a powerful vacuum.
As the black spherical cloud of chaotic energy rapidly expanded, the vacuum force also increased tremendously.
Large pieces of land were torn from the ground and sucked into the violent revolving black spherical cloud of chaotic energy along with countless Whitebone Fiends and unfathomable amounts of air and energy.
The black spherical cloud of chaotic energy inflated violently, and various spots of multi-colored light started to escape from it.
In that instance, a greater sense of danger was felt by Leon and also everyone else back on the distant hill.
Even as Chief Silvertooth's group arrived at the edges from the northern side and Chief Blackbear's group arrived at the edges from the southern side, their faces paled with horror.
The suction force was simply too terrifying!
"Be careful!"
"Retreat!"
Both sides quickly cried in horror as they pulled their troops away from the area.
Just when everyone thought a greater explosion would occur from the collapse of the enormous spherical black cloud of chaotic energy, it started to shrink with decreasing momentum.
Eventually, the spherical black cloud of chaotic energy became so small and weak that it vanished like a wisp of smoke dispersing into the air at the epicenter.
However, the devastation it left behind would be forever etched into the memories of everyone that witnessed it.
About nine-tenths of the western side had been swallowed in the energy eruption, leaving an enormous crater that was one-fifth of its neighboring crater.
The horrendous eruption of energy had far exceeded the scope of Half-step Celestials and entered the realms of the Celestials.
Even Early Rank 1 Celestial Warriors would be hard-pressed to recreate such a powerful attack.
Leon's lips twitched at the extent of the devastation.
Chapter 1089 Palace Master Ragnir
Who would have known that the fifteen law powers could create such an unprecedented level of destruction once their harmony was disturbed?
Nevertheless, Leon didn't find it surprising to accept after giving it some thought.
After all, the fourteen law powers within the dark energy thread were already bound to their limits. Once the harmony in their binding force was disrupted, it was like trying to fuse all fourteen law powers while containing them forcefully.
The failed fusion of so many law powers would naturally have dire consequences. That being said, it was still something that could be weaponized.
Nevertheless, Leon couldn't imagine how much greater the level of destruction would have been if he had pumped any more power into the attack.
Gulp!
Chief Ironshield, Chief Sar-Rakshi, Chief Sul-Dahki, and the elite warriors of the Divine Tortoise Tribe all swallowed hard on their saliva.
The suction force almost lifted some of them off their feet and pulled them into the spherical black cloud of chaotic energy.
If that happened, they would have died without a doubt.
"T-this is the strength of the Lord? T-that was so horrifying…!" Chief Sar-Rakshi commented with shock, awe, and fear before he added nervously, "But I suppose a Hegemon has to possess this much power…"
Whoever had rebellious thoughts against Hegemon Leonhardt could have their entire tribe erased with the snap of a finger.
Chief Sar-Rakshi and Chief Sul-Dahki were utterly convinced that Leon was stronger than Nightingale. They didn't believe anyone could survive being hit by such destructive power.
It was fortunate that they had such a powerful person as their Lord and not their enemy.
After all, Chief Sar-Rakshi and Chief Sul-Dahki wouldn't be able to sleep in peace knowing their enemy could hurl one of those dark energy spears and end everything in an instance.
"Your might is unparalleled, my Lord!"
Chief Ironshield and everyone else dropped to their knees and lowered their heads out of respect and fear after Leon returned to the hill. Even Rainshine similarly lowered her head in worship.
Leon smiled ruefully at everyone's reaction.
If his position hadn't been cemented in their hearts before, it was definitely cemented after what they had just witnessed.
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Meanwhile, on the eastern side of the crater, the warriors on the battlefront jointly led by the Battle God Palace and Holy Sunfire Tribe all felt the sudden earthquake.
"C-chief! Did you feel that powerful tremor just now?" a warrior of the Holy Sunfire Tribe asked.
"I would be a fool if I didn't feel such a powerful shaking," Chief Whiteflame solemnly replied while gazing into the distant western direction with narrowed eyes.
"The source of the earthquake most likely came from the crater—No, the other side of the crater!"
After Chief Whiteflame quickly determined the source of the earthquake, he quickly urged his people, "Hurry up and finish off these creatures! We will head over to the western side to check on the situation once we are done here!"
"Yes, Chief!"
The warriors of the Holy Sunfire Tribe quickly charged at the Whitebone Fiends with their fiery Soul Weapons and attacked with greater ferocity.
The Holy Sunfire Tribe was well-known for making fire-attribute Soul Weapons capable of igniting with strong flames.
Although the additional fire attribute doesn't necessarily increase the quality of the Soul Weapon itself, the Holy Sunfire Tribe's fire-attribute Soul Weapons had certainly shown their strength in the battle against the Whitebone Fiends.
…
"Palace Master, it seems like Chief Whiteflame is preparing to lead his people away after finishing off the creatures in this area. Should we follow them?" A Low-rank Battle King from the Battle God Palace asked.
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However, Supreme Elder Ragnir—or rather, it was Palace Master Ragnir now, shook his head.
ραndαsΝοvεl ƈοm "No, we will not follow them. If it weren't because these creatures posed a great threat to our borders, we wouldn't even be here," Palace Master Ragnir stated.
There was only a short distance between the enormous crater and Steelpeak Mountains, where the Battle God Palace was situated.
"Once we are done here, we will immediately return to Steelpeak Mountains and fortify our defenses. There are too many forces here. If they all decide to join forces and launch a surprise attack on our Battle God Palace, we will not be able to resist them."
"Understood, Palace Master," the Battle God Palace's warriors replied obediently.
All the warriors present were Palace Master Ragnir's most loyal subordinates even before he ascended the throne and became the Palace Master of the Battle God Palace.
Nevertheless, they could not help but cast their gaze to the west. They did not like the fact that they would remain oblivious to whatever was happening on the western side of the crater.
"Of course, we won't be investigating with our main force, but that doesn't mean we can ignore whatever is happening in the west. We will send scouts to investigate," Palace Master Ragnir stated.
"Our options are limited until our other forces return from their campaign in the Eastern Region. It would be best if they could finish conquering the eastern tribes in the next three days."
"Given the elites of our Battle God Palace had been sent out to complete the task, I believe it is only a matter of time, Palace Master," a Mid-rank Battle King reassured.
"Hmm…"
Palace Master Ragnir silently acknowledged the Mid-rank Battle King's statement even though there weren't any sources to back it up.
Nevertheless, after a few moments, Palace Master Ragnir frowned and asked, "Has the little runt been caught yet?"
"My deepest apologies, Palace Master," the warrior in charge of capturing Young Master Zion lowered his head fearfully.
"We've scoured the entire Steelpeak Mountains, but we still haven't found the Third Palace Lord's youngest son. However, our leads did suggest that Young Master Zion had already fled from Steelpeak Mountains."
"Furthermore, there's a high chance that the Holy Sunfire Tribe had captured him," the warrior added.
"Captured by the Holy Sunfire Tribe, huh?" Palace Master Ragnir frowned deeply before saying, "It will be troublesome if the Holy Sunfire Tribe learns what happened within the Battle God Palace."
"After we return to the palace, have some scouts sent out to investigate the Holy Sunfire Tribe. Report back once any new leads on the little brat are found."
"Yes, Palace Master!"
Chapter 1090 Lingering Danger
Shortly after Palace Master Ragnir finished talking to the warrior in charge of tracking down Young Master Zion, a High-rank Battle King turned to him.
"Palace Master, if Third Palace Lord's youngest son was caught by the Holy Sunfire Tribe, wouldn't it be too late to stop them from learning what happened inside the Battle God Palace?" a High-rank Battle King asked.
"Not necessarily," Palace Master Ragnir replied with narrowed eyes.
"The entire Battle God Palace was locked down during our house-cleaning operation to seal all news from escaping Steelpeak Mountains. Furthermore, Steelpeak Mountains is isolated from the rest of the Central Region."
"As such, no one outside of the Battle God Palace would know what's going on inside. If the Holy Sunfire Tribe captured someone important like that little brat, their first thought wouldn't be to interrogate him but to use him as a hostage and gain an advantage over the Third Palace Lord."
"But the Third Palace Lord is dead, along with the rest of his family and everyone else from the First Palace Lord and Second Palace Lord," the High-rank Battle King mentioned.
"Exactly," Palace Master Ragnir affirmed with a nod.
"However, the Holy Sunfire Tribe doesn't know that. I don't know why they are waiting, but they will realize the little brat has no value as a hostage once they try to blackmail our Battle God Palace."
"Until then, the little brat wouldn't spill anything on his own if he is smart enough," Palace Master Ragnir said.
"But what if the Holy Sunfire Tribe didn't actually follow what Palace Master said and interrogated the Third Palace Lord's youngest son first to gain intel on our Battle God Palace?"
"Then forget I said anything," Palace Master Ragnir casually said.
"Nevertheless, if there's a chance that the Holy Sunfire Tribe hasn't learned anything, it's best that we kill the little brat before they learn something. At the very least, it would save us some trouble. If not, it doesn't matter too much anyway."
"I see…"
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"Chief, the Battle God Palace's forces are pulling away early," a warrior of the Holy Sunfire Tribe notified after discovering the movements of the Battle God Palace.
Chief Whiteflame glanced at the retreating forces of the Battle God Palace before he casually said, "Ignore them. The Battle God Palace was useless against these creatures anyway. It was our Holy Sunfire Tribe doing all the work anyway."
"But what if the Battle God Palace takes this chance to attack our tribe while we are busy here?" the warrior mentioned.
After hearing that, Chief Whiteflame's expression changed immediately.
"Whiteash, I'll leave you in charge of matters here with half the warriors. The rest will follow me back to the tribe in case the Battle God Palace targets our tribe."
"Understood, Chief. You can leave it to me."
Shortly after the Holy Sunfire Tribe's forces finished dealing with some of the Whitebone Fiends on the eastern side of the crater, Chief Whiteflame immediately left the region with half his forces.
"Since Chief Whiteflame left, we will also start moving," Whiteash informed the remaining warriors left under his command.
"Yes, Lord Whiteash!"
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Meanwhile, some distance away from the southern edges of the newly-formed western crater that neighbored the larger one, Chief Blackbear and his people gradually approached the edge of the crater after recovering from their shock.
The violent spherical storm of chaotic energy was gone, but the devastation it left behind forever scarred the land.
Within the newly-formed crater, the blackened ground still sizzled with intense heat.
Chief Blackbear and his people stared hard at the hot black soil before a warrior decided to approach a little closer to investigate.
"Don't touch it!" Chief Blackbear barked, causing the warrior to retract his hand immediately.
"We don't know what kind of power caused such destruction here. It would be unwise of you to touch anything here without proper knowledge of what it could do to you. Of course, if you think you have too many lives to spare, you can try again."
The warrior smiled awkwardly without attempting to touch the blackened soil again. He had lost his courage—or rather, he hadn't thought about the potential danger when he made the first attempt.
Nevertheless, the warrior paused in thought before tearing a piece of his cloth and tossing it onto the blackened soil.
Poof!
The piece of cloth immediately vaporized into the air.
Upon seeing that, the warrior's body trembled with shock and fear. Fortunately, the chief had warned him.
At the same time, Chief Blackbear and the other warriors turned solemn after witnessing what happened.
"Such destructive power…!" a High-rank Battle Master exclaimed after taking a deep breath to calm his nerves. Then, he added, "This can't be the work of mortals."
Although the chaotic energy storm had disappeared, the lingering danger had not.
Nevertheless, while Chief Blackbear and his people were trying to make sense of what happened on the western side, several warriors spotted the huge figures of the Golden Suanni and Earth Dragon returning.
"Chief, look! It's the Divine Beast-level Earth Dragon! And there's also a… flying Golden Suanni?! Don't tell me it's also a Divine Beast?!"
After the warrior from the Black Warbear Tribe alerted, Chief Blackbear and everyone else were also startled as they cast their gazes in the pointed direction.
"It really is a Divine Beast-level Golden Suanni…" Chief Blackbear uttered with astonishment before wondering, "Since when did Divine Beasts become so common?"
"They're flying towards that hill over there, Chief!" a warrior alerted before mentioning, "I think I see some people over there. Could they have something to do with the destruction in this place?"
"We'll know once we head over there," Chief Blackbear firmly decided.
"We're going to where the Divine Beasts are headed…? Is that a good idea?" a warrior had misgivings regarding Chief Blackbear's decision.
"If someone had this much power, don't you think it is wise to quickly submit to such a person or being? Or would you rather be the enemy of such a powerful being?" Chief Blackbear casually said.
He made it pretty clear what the obvious choice was if they wanted to live.
Chapter 1091 Voluntary Submission
"Furthermore, two Divine Beasts-level beings appeared out of nowhere. At first, I assumed they were attracted by what fell on this land. However, those two Divine Beasts are flying close to each other as if they are on the same side."
"Given that they are flying towards the same destination, they must be related to the person or being that created this crater. Besides this person, who else is more qualified to become the Infertile Plains' Hegemon?" Chief Blackbear uttered with a sigh.
Even if Chief Blackbear wanted to become a hegemon, he lacked the capability to actually become one. He was made painfully aware of that fact.
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On the far northern edge of the new crater where Mighty Whitewolf Tribe's forces and the forces of their subordinate tribes arrived, Chief Silvertooth was having similar thoughts as Chief Blackbear.
Even though they were separated by tens of miles, they were painfully aware of the situation when the two Divine Beasts appeared.
"Whoever controls the two Divine Beasts also controls the fate of the Infertile Plains," Chief Silvertooth spoke while gazing at the blackened soil within the crater.
"We have no choice but to submit to such great power, don't we?" the leader of a subordinate tribe asked.
"If the difference in strength wasn't great, we could still try," Chief Silvertooth said before adding, "In fact, it's why the competition within the Central Region is so intense; our strength was more or less around the same level."
"However, the difference in our strength here is so vast that the competition wouldn't even exist. It will just be a pointless massacre if we try to resist and oppose this kind of power."
"Let us go and meet the powerful being. With this much power, it's time to end the battle for hegemony once and for all. We've spilled enough blood in this war," Chief Silvertooth stated.
"Understood, Chief Silvertooth!" the warriors complied.
Even Chief Silvertooth was aware that the battle for hegemony had gone out of hand.
But even though he was aware of that, he still continued to spill more blood to ensure his own Mighty Whitewolf Tribe's interest. He had no choice but to keep making mistakes for that purpose.
Chief Silvertooth was unwilling to let his Mighty Whitewolf Tribe live under any of the other three King-rank tribes, which weren't superior to them.
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However, now a newly emerging power that completely eclipsed the whole Infertile Plains. Chief Silvertooth naturally has no choice but to bow to such great power.
"Let us move!" Chief Silvetooth barked.
Before long, the forces under Chief Silvertooth began making their way around the western crater with the distant hill as their destination.
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Meanwhile, Goldenstride and Nightingale returned to the hill after completing their task.
Goldenstride was forced to land further away, but Nightingale directly shrank back into human form after circulating her celestial energy according to the Divine Beast Transformation Art.
"Ahem!" Leon coughed.
Nightingale immediately realized the reason for Leon's cough before she quickly put on a new set of clothes.
Nevertheless, Chief Sar-Rakshi, Chief Sul-Dahki, and a few elite warriors from the Divine Tortoise Tribe all had a good look. They were spellbound by her beauty, but alas, they quickly snapped out of it.
They did not dare to direct any impure gazes and thoughts are someone who was a Divine Beast.
"My Lord, the destruction in this land… did you do this?" Nightingale inquired with some lingering astonishment. I think you should take a look at ραΠdαsnovel.cοm
Goldenstride immediately perked his ears to listen.
Whether it was Goldenstride or Nightingale, they had both sensed the tremendous surge of energy and destruction from a distance, and both felt shocked by it.
Even after flying over the vast crater, they couldn't hide their astonishment and fear.
ραndαsΝοvεl ƈοm Besides the Lord, they couldn't think of anyone else who could have possibly had the power to create such a huge crater.
Although they didn't experience it firsthand, they could tell that there was enough power behind the destruction to destroy them if they had been hit by it head-on.
"Yeah, I was testing some things, and I guess you can say that it got a little out of hand," Leon replied wryly while shifting his gaze to the crate ahead.
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It wasn't as big as the one created by whatever fell from outer space, but it was still big enough to open a new entrance to the abyss.
A seemingly bottomless hole was seen at the center of the crater—much like the one found in its far bigger neighboring crater next door.
"Your power is unparalleled, my Lord!" Nightingale bowed with worship and awe after receiving Leon''s confirmation.
"Unparalleled, huh?" Leon muttered with a slight smile before shaking his head. He was still far from it.
How could he be considered unparalleled when there were far stronger existences out there? He was still an ant in the vast universe.
"Hm?" Goldenstride's ears twitched before turning his head in one direction and saying, "We have unwelcomed visitors, my Lord. Should I deal with them?"
When Chief Blackbear's group heard the Divine Beast-level Golden Suanni utter those words, their entire bodies froze in shock and fear.
On the one hand, they were completely intimidated by the Divine Beast-level Golden Suanni. And on the other hand, they were shocked to confirm that the Divine Beast-level Golden Suanni had a lord.
At the same time, Chief Blackbear also recognized Chief Ironshield in the distance, along with Chief Sar-Rakshi and Chief Sul-Dahki standing not too far away from Chief Ironshield.
Those two warriors appeared to be tribal chiefs from the Western Region, if he remembered correctly.
"No need. We'll see what they want first," Leon waved his hand dismissively at Goldenstride before making his way through the crowd.
Before long, Leon stopped in front of Chief Blackbear and his people without only a few yards between them.
"Who are you, and what do you want?" Leon casually asked.
However, to Chief Blackbear and his people, Leon's words were like the mandates of heaven; they demanded complete obedience and honesty.
Without a doubt, Chief Blackbear immediately understood that the person before him was the leader of the group.
Furthermore, this person was also strong beyond belief and possessed a power unlike any other.
"I am Chief Blackbear of the Black Warbear Tribe, and I have come to express our voluntary submission."
"Please accept our allegiance!"
Chief Blackbear and his people all knelt simultaneously as if they had rehearsed it.
Chapter 1092 The Bicker Between Chiefs
Before Leon could open his mouth to accept Chief Blackbeard and his people's allegiance, Chief Silvertooth and his people came rushing over after discovering another group of warriors was one step ahead of them.
"Your Excellency, I, Chief Silvertooth of the Mighty Whitewolf Tribe, and my people would also like to submit to you! Please accept our allegiance too!"
"Chief Silvertooth, huh? I see you also had the same thoughts as I. Unfortunately, you came late. Hmph, you better wait in line for your turn. We were first!" Chief Blackbear snorted after Chief Silvertooth interrupted at the crucial moment when the supreme being was about to accept them.
"Mim-mim-mim-mim-mim-meh. What are you, a child? Who cares if you came first or not. It's not up to you to decide the order. The supreme being will decide whether to accept us or not," Chief Silvertooth responded cynically yet immaturely.
"You…!" Chief Blackbear felt his blood boil after listening to Chief Silvertooth's mockery.
Nevertheless, Chief Blackbear forcefully calmed himself with a deep breath before asking Chief Silvertooth in a low tone, "Do you dare challenge to a life-or-death battle right now?"
"O-ho, such bloodlust. I'm scared~!" Chief Silvertooth reacted exaggeratedly before shaking his head.
"Why would I want to fight you? If the supreme being accepts all of us, we'll be on the same side. You are directing your killing intent at a potential fellow subordinate under the supreme being. I question your usefulness because it seems like you'll be a problem instead."
"I'm not sure if the supreme being would want to accept a problematic person like you into the ranks. Who knows if you would start killing everyone you bear a grudge against in their sleep or not?" Chief Silvertooth added.
"How dare you question my integrity as a warrior, Chief Silvertooth! You've gone too far with your words!" Chief Blackbear barked furiously.
"Chief Blackbear, please calm down! Chief Silvertooth is intentionally trying to provoke you!" a High-rank Battle King from the Black Warbear Tribe quickly tried to appease his chief.
"You think I don't see that?!" Chief Blackbear snapped before saying, "But how can I endure these insults? Chief Silvertooth is purposely trying to alienate us from the supreme being!"
If they weren't on the same side as the supreme being, they wouldn't be able to sleep in peace at night!
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ραndαsΝοvεl ƈοm Meanwhile, Chief Ironshield glanced at the two King-rank tribal chiefs bicker with amusement.
Chief Ironshield never thought there would be a day when he would see two great people fight over their submission to the Lord.
Nevertheless, Chief Ironshield didn't find it too surprising. The Lord's power could bring the world to its knees, let alone two King-rank tribal chiefs.
"That's enough, both of you. I will accept everyone," Leon coolly said, having seen enough.
"However, I do not condone any more killing. Enough human blood has been spilled on these lands. I don't care if you verbally abuse each other or beat the sh*t out of each other. But once you are done, I expect you all to hold hands and work together."
"Since you have pledged your allegiance to me, your lives are all mine. Without my permission, you are not allowed to kill each other. Is that clear?"
"Yes, my Lord!" Chief Silvertooth and Chief Blackbear answered along with their people.
"Good! Then you may all rise."
"Thank you, my Lord!"
Eventually, everyone from the Black Warbear Tribe's faction and the Mighty Whitewolf Tribe's faction stood up again.
Afterward, Chief Ironshield stepped forward and said, "With the addition of the Black Warbear Tribe and Mighty Whitewolf Tribe's forces, you now have control over half of the Infertile Plains, my Lord."
"All that is left is the Battle God Palace, Holy Sunfire Tribe, the Northern Region's tribes, and the Eastern Region's tribes. Once you bring these remaining powers under your rule, the Infertile Plains will be unified again."
"Hold on a minute," Chief Silvertooth interrupted before saying, "I can understand the Divine Tortoise Tribe and Western Region's tribes being included, but what about the Southern Region's tribes?"
Chief Ironshield, Chief Sar-Rakshi, and Chief Sul-Dahki glanced at Chief Silvertooth weirdly, causing the person to be taken aback.
"What?" Chief Silvertooth uttered with surprise.
"You pledged your allegiance to the Lord without knowing who he was, didn't you? Chief Silvertooth?" Chief Ironshield inquired with a particular look.
"Yeah, how did you know?"
"Because if you knew who the Lord is, you wouldn't mention the Southern Region's tribes, Chief Silvertooth," Chief Ironshield stated before introducing Leon, "Our Lord is the alliance leader of the southern tribes, Young Master Leonhardt."
"But given the Lord's power and the forces under his command, we've already started referring to the Lord as Hegemon Leonhardt," Chief Ironshield added.
"Y-young Master Leonhardt? The Divine Doctor who can cure Demonic Possession?" Chief Silvertooth was startled to learn Leon's identity.
Although the Mighty Whitewolf Tribe was situated in the northern parts of the Infertile Plains' Central Region, Chief Silvertooth had still heard the rumors from the Southern Region.
Chief Silvertooth didn't expect Leon to be as young as he seemed.
"Such power and capabilities at such a young age… Such envious and heaven-defying talents… This is totally inconceivable…" Chief Silvertooth muttered in his shock.
Suddenly, Chief Silvertooth dropped to one of his knees in front of Leon again and said, "Allow me to pay my respects to you again, my Lord. I do not doubt that you were destined to lead us all."
"That's fine. You may rise."
"Understood, my Lord."
…
Meanwhile, Chief Blackbear was frozen in shock after learning about Leon's identity as the Divine Doctor from the Darkmoon Tribe.
There had been some friction between the Black Warbear Tribe and the southern tribes. After all, Chief Blackbear had sent warriors to secretly cut off the southern tribes' water supply.
Furthermore, Chief Blackbear had even sent people to bring the Divine Doctor back to the tribe.
Although nothing happened in the end, it wasn't wrong to say that Chief Blackbear had offended the Lord on multiple occasions.
Chief Blackbear wasn't sure if the Lord would punish him for those offenses.
Chapter 1093 Whiteash's Shock
Nevertheless, Chief Blackbear's concerns were unfounded. Leon did not care about the Black Warbear Tribe's past.
"What is our next course of action, my Lord?" Chief Ironshield inquired.
Leon glanced at the two craters in the distance and discovered more Whitebone Fiends were still climbing out of the further crater.
ραndαsΝοvεl ƈοm "There are still remnant forces of the Whitebone Fiends in the area. Once we secure the perimeters and eliminate all of them, we will investigate what fell into the abyss. We have to make sure the Whitebone Fiends are completely eradicated before they pose further problems."
"Understood, my Lord," Chief Blackbear responded as he wanted to quickly leave before the Lord remembered his past offenses.
"I will lead my forces back to secure the southern perimeters and check on the east while I am at it. I believe the Battle God Palace and the Holy Sunfire Tribe is still holding off the eastern side."
"Not necessarily," Leon casually uttered after spotting a large group of warriors approaching from the southern side of the western crater. "It seems like they were also attracted over by the destruction I caused here."
"Who can tell me which power they are affiliated with?" Leon asked shortly after.
Chief Ironshield and the other chiefs immediately peered into the distance with squinted eyes as they tried to make out the details of the small figures.
They strained their eyes for several breaths as the group drew closer before they eventually recognized the people approaching from afar.
"I believe they are part of the Holy Sunfire Tribe, my Lord," Chief Blackbear answered.
"There are also some subordinate tribes' forces with them. However, I don't seem to see Chief Whiteflame among them. Furthermore, they only seem to have half their forces."
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"That is only half their forces? There are at least five thousand warriors in that group—about the same as each of your forces."
Leon turned to Chief Blackbear and asked, "Are you saying the Holy Sunfire Tribe's forces are as strong as your Black Warbear Tribe and Mighty Whitewolf Tribe combined?"
"Not at all, my Lord," Chief Silvertooth shook his head and said, "We've only dared to bring half our forces to investigate the impacted location."
"I don't know about the Black Warbear Tribe, but I left half my forces behind in the Mighty Whitewolf Tribe to guard against potential surprise attacks from the northern tribes."
"It's the same for us, my Lord. We also left behind half our forces to guard against… the southern tribes," Chief Blackbear added awkwardly towards the end of his sentence.
"The Holy Sunfire Tribe is quite reckless or fearless, huh?" Leon muttered.
"On the contrary, they are quite careful, my Lord," Chief Silvertooth corrected before explaining, "The Holy Sunfire Tribe needed to bring their whole force with them to deter the Battle God Palace from attacking them during their investigation."
"As for the eastern tribes, they are too busy defending against the Battle God Palace's other forces to launch an attack on the Holy Sunfire Tribe."
"I see," Leon rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
"But if the Battle God Palace recalled their troops from the Eastern Region to attack the Holy Sunfire Tribe, they would be caught in a pincer attack if the Battle God Palace decided to attack the Holy Sunfire Tribe instead, no?"
"Not necessarily, my Lord," Chief Silvertooth shook his head again and said, "Every King-rank tribe in the Central Region is very well fortified."
"Although the Battle God Palace possesses the strongest military power, it could take them days to breach the Holy Sunfire Tribe's defenses. It won't be easy for the Battle God Palace to conquer the Holy Sunfire Tribe."
"Furthermore, with the Holy Sunfire Tribe's main force right behind them, they'll be drawn into an all-out war and suffer heavy casualties on both sides – something both sides don't want."
"After all, once the Battle God Palace and Holy Sunfire Tribe are severely weakened from duking it out with each other, it would be easy for either my Mighty Whitewolf Tribe or the Black Warbear Tribe to swoop in and reap the benefits of their labor.
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"I see," Leon understood the situation before saying, "Well, I suppose we should go and meet them for now."
…
At that moment, Whiteash had just arrived at the edge of the western crater with his army of five thousand warriors.
They had been completely shocked by the appearance of the second crater that came into view as they were drawing closer to the western side of the big crater.
"What on Gaia happened here? The western side was supposed to be infested with the most monsters, but they have been completely eradicated," Whiteash gazed at the blackened soil within the crater with great astonishment.
"Do you think another object had fallen from the heavens, Lord Whiteash?" a warrior from the Holy Sunfire Tribe wondered.
"No, that shouldn't have been the case," Whiteash shook his head and said, "We would have seen its descent clearly if that was the case. Furthermore, the crater's formation here is different from the other one."
"This blackened soil… still has some sort of lingering power within them… How strange… What's stranger is why didn't find anyone from the Black Warbear Tribe's faction while we passed through the southern side…" Whiteash said as he studied the black soil along with the other warriors.
Just as some of the warriors had thoughts of touching the blackened soil within the western crater, a sudden voice that appeared quite close warned them, "I wouldn't touch that blackened soil if I were any of you."
"Who?!"
Whiteash and the rest of his men were immediately alerted as they raised their heads and followed the direction of the voice to locate the source.
The voice had come from Chief Silvertooth, who was riding on the back of Goldenstride along with the other chiefs in the sky.
When Whiteash saw Goldenstride's huge figure in the sky, his expression drastically changed along with the rest of his men.
They had been so preoccupied with the crater that they did not notice such a big Golden Suanni approaching them!
Nevertheless, Whiteash forcefully calmed himself before he was quickly surprised again by his new discovery.
"Chief Silvertooth, huh? Chief Blackbear and Chief Ironshield too… What are you all doing together? And what exactly happened here?"
Chapter 1094 Stubborn Loyalty
"What are we doing together, huh? You mean why we are together, right? Well, that's because we all follow Lord Leonhardt—No, Hegemon Leonhardt," Chief Silvertooth replied with an intriguing smile. He was curious how the person would respond to it.
And as expected, Whiteash did not disappoint him as he did not take it well.
"Hegemon Leonhardt? How arrogant. The battle for hegemony isn't over yet, Chief Silvertooth. Aren't you getting way too ahead of yourself?" Whiteash frowned at Chief Silvertooth's statement.
"Furthermore, I've met Young Master Leonhardt before at the Darkmoon Tribe. He is indeed very impressive and capable for his age. There aren't any Battle Masters strong enough to be his opponent."
"However, he is still too young, and his strength is still inadequate. And yet, you made that person your Lord? No, wait a minute…" Whiteash was suddenly alarmed as he recalled an important detail. "Your Mighty Whitewolf Tribe and the Black Warbear Tribe weren't together before this…"
Whiteash quickly realized that the Mighty Whitewolf Tribe, the Black Warbear Tribe, and their subordinate tribes must have joined forces with the Divine Tortoise Tribe during the battle against the creatures from the crater.
"The two chiefs from the western tribes are also here… Along with you all claiming Young Master Leonhardt as your Lord, that means the southern tribes are also part of your alliance…"
"T-this… so many powers had actually joined forces…!" Whiteash was shocked.
But even then, Whiteash had yet to realize the most important point. Or rather, Chief Silvertooth had already pointed it out. However, Whiteash refused to believe and accept it due to his own lack of knowledge and worldly view.
"Hahaha…" Chief Ironshield chuckled while stroking his grey beard before saying, "Arrogant? Perhaps, we are arrogant; however, we have the right to be arrogant!"
ραndαsΝοvεl ƈοm "Well said!" Chief Sul-Dahki exclaimed.
"More than half the Infertile Plains has been united under Hegemon Leonhardt's banner. Even if you think this much force isn't enough for our Lord to assume hegemony, do you think there is anyone to contest our Lord in power?"
"Whose power did you think created this crater, Whiteash?" Chief Sul-Dahki asked shortly after, causing Whiteash to be stunned.
"You mean… Young Master Leonhardt caused this?" Whiteash briefly glanced at the crater before returning his disbelieving gaze to Chief Sul-Dahki for confirmation or anyone who could confirm for him.
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"Kekeke, look at that dumb face of yours. It must be hard to believe, right?" Chief Blackbear chuckled before saying, "If we did not witness it for ourselves, we wouldn't have believed someone could wield so much power."
"But even without the Lord's power, we still have Lord Goldenstride and Lord Nightingale."
"Who are Lord Goldenstride and Lord Nightingale?" Whiteash asked.
"I am Lord Goldenstride," Goldenstride replied.
Meanwhile, Nightingale sat on Goldenstride's back with the others in silence. She was too lazy to respond.
Nevertheless, Whiteash and his men were given another round of shock after witnessing the Golden Suanni speak.
Furthermore, it was also a Golden Suanni that could fly!
"Arch Demon level—No, Demon Lord-level Golden Suanni…?! But a Demon Lord-level beast would be called a… Divine Beast!" Whiteash exclaimed in horror.
When Whiteash only saw one Golden Suanni and a few chiefs on its back, he thought he had the advantage before their forces arrived on foot.
However, the reality was that there wasn't any advantage, to begin with. More accurately speaking, the Holy Sunfire Tribe didn't stand a chance from the start.
"Well, it seems you are aware of the power difference now," Chief Silvertooth stated.
"Hegemon Leonhardt, Lord Goldenstride, and Lord Nightingale are all existences that stand above the Battle God Realm. Your Holy Sunfire Tribe and even the Battle God Palace will not be able to stop our Lord from unifying the Infertile Plains."
"If you're wise, you know what to do right now, don't you?" Chief Silvertooth asked shortly after.
Whiteash narrowed his eyes and asked, "Are you telling me to submit to Young Master Leonhardt?"
"Isn't that obvious?" Chief Silvertooth raised an eyebrow.
"After hearing everything you all said, I must admit that Young Master Leonhardt has every right and capability to assume hegemony," Whiteash acknowledged.
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"However, my loyalty lies with my chief. I live for my chief, and I will gladly die for my chief. Unless my chief submits to Young Master Leonhardt, you won't get a submission out of me. You either let us go, or we will die fighting our way out."
"You'd rather sacrifice all your men than submit to our Lord?" Chief Silvertooth and the other chiefs frowned at Whiteash's stubborn and foolish decision.
"I do not fear death, nor does any of my men!" Whiteash firmly said.
However, Chief Ironshield and the others noticed many among the subordinate tribes wished to voice their fear. Alas, they ultimately kept their silence.
Chief Silvertooth and the others gave Whiteash a hard stare before they retracted their gazes with a sigh.
"My apologies, my Lord. I was incompetent and unable to talk Whiteash and his people into submitting," Chief Silvertooth said to Leon with regret.
After Chief Silvertooth wasted so much breath on Whiteash, he still couldn't accomplish anything for the Lord.
If the Lord had taken charge of the matter from the start, perhaps the result would have been different – or so Chief Silvertooth thought.
However, stubborn people are not easy to convince when they don't even fear death.
"It's fine."
Leon casually shook his head before standing up and staring down at Whiteash and his warriors from the Holy Sunfire Tribe and their subordinate tribes' warriors.
"Your loyalty is worthy of respect. However, you are also very foolish. Now, leave! I will not repeat myself," Leon commanded with a firm tone, full of authority and pressure.
Whiteash and his men were shaken and intimidated. But at the same time, they were able to confirm that Leon had become an unbeatable existence.
Nevertheless, they quickly lowered their heads gratefully before Whiteash pulled his forces away and left the area.
"Are we really letting them go like this?" Chief Silvertooth asked while looking at the Holy Sunfire Tribe's forces retreating in the distance.
"Yeah," Leon casually replied.
"Surely their chief will make the wiser choice when we meet. However, that is for another time. The Holy Sunfire Tribe isn't important right now. We still need to deal with the Whitebone Fiends and the crater."
"Right."
Chapter 1095 Grave News
Sometime later, the Chief Silvertooth and Chief Blackbear's forces circled around the vast crater to catch any stragglers and secure the perimeters.
At the same time, Goldenstride and Nightingale flew around to finish them with their special flames.
As the number of Whitebone Fiends reduced, the encirclement created by Chief Silvertooth and Chief Blackbear's combined forces tightened until they reached the top of the crater.
The seemingly bottomless abyss in the center was revealed. Whitebone Fiends continued to crawl out from the edges in numbers, albeit fewer than before.
Nevertheless, the Whitebone Fiends were reduced to ashes and cinders all the same, no matter how many of them were left.
"Please be careful, my Lord," Chief Ironshield cautioned as Leon descended into the abyss alone. However, he awkwardly smiled a few moments later as he recalled his words.
Chief Ironshield doubted anything could endanger the Lord, given the Lord's almighty power.
"Does our Lord even need to be careful?" Chief Sul-Dahki cast a glance at Chief Ironshield before he paused in thought. Then, he added, "Well, I suppose a bit of prudence wouldn't hurt. We don't even know what fell from the heavens."
"Yeah," Chief Ironshield fixed his expression and solemnly said, "For all we know, there could be far more dangerous and ominous creatures down there. Objects from the outer worlds had always been a mystery."
"That aside, I doubt something so big could cause so little destruction after crashlanding from the heavens. It seems like the subterranean region has always been mostly hollow…"
Chief Ironshield stared at the darkness of the abyss before he added with a frown, "A Mid-rank Tribe used to be here… And yet, it's become this vast and bottomless pit… I fear this will cause some problems—"
"Chief Blackbear, I've come bearing grave news!" a distant shout interrupted Chief Ironshield before everyone in the area turned around and glanced in the southern direction of the crater.
They quickly spotted a warrior riding on the back of a Lesser Demon-level Black Bear.
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Although the Black Warbear Tribe did not have many tamed beasts, Chief Ironshield and the others didn't doubt it was a warrior from the Black Warbear Tribe heading their way.
"Chief Blackbear, I've come bearing grave news!" the warrior shouted while riding the black bear and glancing left and right, not knowing where Chief Blackbear and his people were.
The bottom plains outside of the vast crater were devoid of people, and only the scars and burn marks on the ground spoke of a great battle that previously happened there.
"Looks like the warrior is looking for you, Chief Blackbear. You better see him quickly before he wanders off looking for you elsewhere," Chief Ironshield suggested.
"It seems to be something very important."
"I can see that, Chief Ironshield," Chief Blackbear replied with a frown before informing, "I'll leave first and see what's up."
Shortly after, Chief Blackbear immediately left the top of the crater and headed down to meet his tribe's messenger with a few accompanying warriors.
At the same time, Chief Ironshield and Chief Sul-Dahki observed them.
"I wonder what could be so urgent for the Black Warbear Tribe's messenger to come running so desperately…" Chief Ironshield stroked his bead curiously.
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"Now that I think about it, I don't think the southern tribes know about the Lord's accomplishment in the Central Region yet."
"Are you saying the southern tribes did attack the Black Warbear Tribe, Chief Sul-Dahki?"
"I'm only guessing, Chief Ironshield," Chief Sul-Dahki shook his head.
"However, I can't think of any other reason to make the messenger sound so desperate—Actually, there is another reason… A very bad one…" Chief Sul-Dahki became very startled when he thought of another possibility, and his expression quickly turned grim.
"What reason?" Chief Ironshield glanced at Chief Sul-Dahki with curiosity.
"That is…"
…
ραΠdαsΝοvel.cοm "Chief Blackbear, I've come bearing grave news!" the messenger loudly informed as he met up with Chief Blackbear, who came down the slope from the top of the crater.
"I know; I've already heard you several times from a distance," Chief Blackbear said with a solemn look before barking, "Speak! What happened? Is the tribe under attack? Is it the southern tribes?"
"No, Chief Blackbear! The tribe is not under attack!" the messenger quickly shook his head and said, "It's far worse than that! The Celestial Water Spark's power in the underground caverns has been depleted!"
"What!" Chief Blackbear and his accompanying warriors were immediately shocked by the terrible news.
"How can that be! I checked the Celestial Water Spark myself just three days ago! The Celestial Water Spark should have at least lasted a few more weeks! How could it be depleted now?! Speak! How did this happen? Are you lying to me?!"
"I wouldn't dare, Chief Blackbear!" the messenger quickly groveled on the ground with his trembling body and fearfully said, "I was only ordered to deliver the news to you, my Lord!"
Chief Blackbear's face became very grim.
The Black Warbear Tribe was the guardian in charge of guarding and monitoring the status of the Celestial Water Spark.
Thus, if the messenger was ordered to deliver the news to Chief Blackbear, then it was most likely true.
Nevertheless, the news was too sudden. They weren't prepared for it.
"You've come bearing grave news indeed. The situation couldn't have gotten any worse than this…" Chief Blackbear said with a heavy mood.
"What should we do, Chief? Please give me your orders," the messenger said with his head lowered.
"I need to inform the Lord of this terrible news and await the Lord's decision…" Chief Blackbear said with a frown, but his eyes suddenly brightened as if he just caught onto a glimmer of hope. "Right, the Lord must have a solution for this!"
"The Lord? Who is the Lord? No, we had a Lord?" the messenger appeared flabbergasted.
"In the past, we didn't! But now we do! I have already submitted to Lord—No, Hegemon Leonhardt. With his vast power and knowledge, we will surely have a way to save us all from this water crisis!" Chief Blackbear hoped.
Chapter 1096 Cause Of Water Depletion
"Chief Blackbear, you're back," Chief Ironshield welcomed him before seeing the grim look on his face. "Looks like you have some terrible news to share."
"The Celestial Water Spark's power depleted, didn't it?" Chief Sul-Dahki asked right after, prompting Chief Blackbear to look at him with surprise.
"How did you know, Chief Sul-Dahki?"
"So it's true then…" Chief Dahki sighed after receiving Chief Blackbear's indirect confirmation of the news. "I was hoping you would say otherwise."
"This is just plain terrible. The Infertile Plains haven't been unified, and it would take a great deal of time and preparation to gather all our people for the great migration. Furthermore, we haven't decided on a destination," Chief Ironshield frowned with worries.
"The object from outer space must have destroyed numerous water veins beneath the surface when it crashlanded into the ground. The water reserved would have been drained from the water veins like open floodgates," Chief Sul-Dahki speculated.
ραΠdαsΝοvel.cοm "Even then, we were supposed to have enough water to last a few more weeks! This was too fast—way too fast!" Chief Blackbear said with a heavy look.
"I agree that the Celestial Water Spark's power depleted too quickly," Chief Sul-Dahki agreed with a nod before saying, "However, it is possible if one of the major water veins running underneath these lands was broken by the impact."
"Major water veins!" Chief Blackbear frowned.
The major water veins were like the main bodies of the natural underground water vein network.
It held vast amounts of water reserve and was responsible for supplying water to countless other smaller water veins connected to them.
"If the major water vein was damaged, then it is indeed possible," Chief Blackbear nodded before saying, "The most pressing issue now is to inform the Lord and hope the Lord has a solution. Otherwise, people will start to die within the next week or two."
"You don't need to worry too much, Chief Blackbear," Chief Sul-Dahki assured him.
"According to what I know, the Southern Region seemed to have procured a stable source of food and water outside of the Infertile Plains. Though I do not know whether it is enough to support the entire Infertile Plains, it should buy us some time."
"Right." Chief Ironshield recalled what happened back at the Divine Tortoise Tribe and mentioned, "I don't know about water sources, but food won't be a problem with the Lord around."
"Still, we need to inform the Lord right away. This isn't a problem that should be taken lightly," Chief Blackbear argued before stating, "The longer we delay it, the bigger the issue will be."
"I understand what you are saying, but the Lord already went down into the abyss. Lord Goldenstride and Lord Nightingale also followed some time ago. How are you planning to reach the Lord?" Chief Ironshield calmly asked.
"This…" Chief Blackbear froze.
Only those who could fly would be able to reach the Lord easily. Otherwise, they would be risking their life by trying to climb down into the abyss.
A single mistake could cause them to plunge to their death.
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"What should we do? We can't just wait for the Lord to come back, right? We don't know how long the Lord will be down there," Chief Blackbear frowned before wondering, "Should we start moving our people to the south to seek refuge?"
"You want to bring over fifty thousand of your tribesmen to the Southern Region to leech their food and water without the Lord? Do you think the southern tribes will agree to that?"
Chief Ironshield glanced at Chief Blackbear weirdly and said, "It would be strange if the southern tribes don't attack your people on the spot."
"That's right," Chief Silvertooth's sudden voice came from a distance as he joined their conversation.
"We've only recently joined the Lord, so I doubt the southern tribes will know we are on the same side." Thus, without the Lord to vouch for your Black Warbear Tribe, do you think they will care about your tribe's needs?"
"What are you doing over here, Chief Silvertooth? Shouldn't you be guarding the northern side of the abyss opening with your warriors?" Chief Blackbear raised an eyebrow at him.
"My people will do just fine without me," Chief Silvertooth casually said before his expression suddenly turned solemn. "More importantly, I've heard the news. The Celestial Water Spark's power depleted – or so I've heard."
"How could you have heard the news when you were all the way on the northern side of the abyss opening?" Chief Blackbear frowned before he suddenly thought of something.
After glancing around at his warriors guarding the southern side of the abyss opening, he returned his gaze to Chief Silvertooth.
"You planted spies within my tribe?" Chief Blackbear asked gloomily.
"Oh, come on. It's not like you don't have spies planted in my Mighty Whitewolf Tribe as well," Chief Silvertooth casually said with a shrug, indifferent to Chief Blackbear's hostile glare.
"Hmph!"
Chief Blackbear flicked his wrist and turned around as he prepared to leave the crater region.
"Where are you going, Chief Blackbear? Don't tell me you are still planning to migrate your people to the Southern Region before the Lord returns?" Chief Ironshield asked with startled surprise.
"Hmph, I am not that stupid!" Chief Blackbear snorted before saying, "Since the Celestial Water Spark's power depleted, I need to make a personal trip back to my tribe and make arrangements to conserve whatever water reserve we have left."
"I will leave my men here," Chief Blackbear threw out those words before leaving without further notice.
"Chief Blackbear made a good point," Chief Silvertooth acknowledged after Chief Blackbear was gone and said, "We need also need to make arrangements back in our tribes to conserve our remaining water."
"Don't tell you are also leaving, Chief Silvertooth?" Chief Ironshield glanced at him.
However, Chief Silvertooth shook his head, "No, I do not need to leave. It's enough for my right-hand man to bring the news back to the tribe and make the arrangements in my stead."
"I will be staying here until our Lord returns," Chief Silvertooth firmly said.
…
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While Goldenstride and Nightingale exterminated hundreds of Whitebone Fiends climbing up the rocky walls, Leon descended several tens of thousands of feet down into the abyss.
Although Leon knew a deep hole would have been created from the space debris entering Gaia, the depth still exceeded his expectation.
It was even deeper than the space debris in the Gran Crevasse's abyss.
Despite his long way down, the number of Whitebone Fiends tirelessly climbing up the rocky walls did not end.
"There are far too many Whitebone Fiends… If these creatures all came from the space debris that fell… It must be a very long piece…" Leon mused.
By looking at the clues during his descent, he concluded that the space debris had a long pillar-like form—though he had yet to learn what it could have been part of exactly.
Nevertheless, as Leon gradually approached the same depth as the vine and tree root region in the other abyss entrance, he started to pick up the sound of water.
The deeper he descended, the more evident the sound of water became. Before long, Leon was forced to halt his descent.
Roughly four hundred feet below him was a sea.
"How can there be so much water down here…? Did the space debris fall into a groundwater reservoir that the people of the plains didn't know about?" Leon wondered.
"No, that's not right…" Leon frowned in the next moment.
He recalled that the Celestial Water Spark had stretched itself throughout the underground like a massive nerve network of water called the water veins.
"Given how big the space debris was, and the Mid-rank tribe it smashed on top of… Then, all this water came from the water veins?!" Leon's gaze turned serious in an instant.
He did not see any water flow or dripping water from the cave entrance above. Thus, he quickly concluded that the water reserve had been drained in its entirety.
"If the water veins had been drained of all their water, then various tribes would soon believe the Celestial Water Spark's power had depleted early. I can't spend too much time here. There will be chaos if I don't return to control the situation," Leon determined.
Nevertheless, Leon did not plan on returning to the surface immediately. He still had some time to explore and investigate the space debris that fell into the abyss.
"All this water, though…" Leon frowned at the vast amounts of water below.
"The space debris must have struck something hard or got jammed in a narrow part of the abyss, causing all this water to be trapped here…"
Moments later, Leon narrowed his eyes at the reddish-brown color of the water.
"I could have collected all this water and brought it back to the surface, but it looks like the water has been contaminated."
Leon didn't need to guess what contaminated the water.
He could already smell the pungent scent exuding from the water. He also sensed the vast amount of wrath energy mixed within the massive body of water.
Anyone that drinks such water would definitely fall ill—even if they purified it with standard means.
"Given this much contamination, it shouldn't have been caused by the Whitebone Fiends alone… Their numbers are many, but not nearly enough to contaminate all the water to this degree… As I thought, the space debris itself is the problem."
"I should check it out before I return to the surface to deal with the other matters," Leon decided.
Chapter 1097 Living Metal
Splash!
A Whitebone Fiend lost its grip on the rocky walls and fell into the massive body of contaminated water with a huge splash.
Splash! Splash! Splash!
Several more Whitebone Fiend fell into the contaminated with heavy splashes.
However, they did not fall after losing their grip on the rocky walls. Instead, the Whitebone Fiends were throwing themselves off the rocky walls in an attempt to reach Leon's position in the center and catch him.
Unfortunately, the Whitebone Fiends fell short by a large margin. They did not come close to reaching him.
Even so, it did not stop the Whitebone Fiends on higher rocky walls from making the same attempt.
Their intelligence was abysmal, but their efforts were praiseworthy.
Nevertheless, the Whitebone Fiends' existence could not be accepted; they had to be exterminated for the betterment of all other races.
Leon suddenly flew towards one side of the rocky walls and slammed into it with great momentum.
At the moment of impact, a wave of Rank 1 Transcendent-level flames surged out of Leon's body, sweeping away all the Whitebone Fiends in the area as the rocky walls greatly shook at the same time.
In the next moment, Leon planted his palm on the cracked rocky wall and connected to the earth to borrow its boundless power as if it was Celestial Earthshaker lending her power to him.
Authority of Earth!
Rumble…!
The entirety of the rocky walls in the region greatly reverberated and shook off all the Whitebone Fiends clinging onto them.
Splash! Splash! Splash!
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Thousands of Whitebone Fiends quickly splashed into the contaminated water like countless raindrops.
Once all the Whitebone Fiends fell into the contaminated water, they quickly swam towards the rocky walls and attempted to climb up again.
However, Leon didn't give them such an opportunity.
Leon fused dark power with ice and lightning powers. Once a dark-blue energy spear was formed from the triple law fusion, he hurled it into the body of contaminated water.
Splash!
A huge splash was created upon impact. But within the next half breath, the splashed water solidified and retained its splashed form, frozen by the icy properties within the dark-blue energy spear.
However, the freezing effect wasn't just limited to the splash area.
The frozen contaminated water quickly spread across the surface of the contaminated water with a visible borderline that did not seem to stop until the entire water surface was frozen.
It was a result of the all-encompassing property of darkness and the conductive property of lightning.
Bzzt! Bzzt! Bzzt!
All the Whitebone Fiends caught in the frozen region were immobilized and zapped to death as the dark-blue energy spear scattered into countless snakes that jumped from one target to another.
Several breaths later, all life within the frozen sea of contaminated water was snuffed out by the chain-lightning attack.
Leon's feet slowly landed on the frozen surface as he descended.
Afterward, a wave of nihility swept out. It reduced everything in Leon's immediate surroundings into countless wisps of True Grandmist Energy that he soon devoured and fed his Truth Manifestation Tree of Darkness.
Leon drained the contaminated water as he descended toward the space debris situated at the bottom of the sea of contaminated water.
As the space debris came within the range of his divine sense, Leon narrowed his eyes.
'What the hell… is this?'
Leon's astonished eyes soon landed on the dark-red exterior of the space debris—no, the tip of the colossal pillar from space.
The exterior was fully painted in a dark-red color, while the interior was partially silver or black.
Nevertheless, it didn't change the fact that the colossal pillar was dominated by the dark-red color of blood.
However, what was important wasn't the color itself.
'The blood had completely fused with the metal to create some sort of blood-metal material… But more importantly, it contains such a dense amount of wrath energy within the bloodmetal and almost feels… alive?'
Leon became suspicious of the bloodmetal.
It didn't take long before the colossal blood-metal pillar confirmed his suspicion by moving parts of its structure as if it was trying to wriggle its way down into the deeper parts of the abyss.
'It is alive…!' Leon was shocked by the discovery.
He had seen the wrath-infested creatures assimilate other organic substances. But it was the first time he had seen them assimilate non-organic substances.
Although it did cross his mind for a moment that the blood-metal structure could have been a type of living metal that gained sentience and hosted a metal spirit, it was quickly crossed off the list of possibilities.
Just like how heavenly flames and fire spirits exist, heavenly metal and metal spirits also exist. The same also applied to other types of elements.
However, they were extremely rare and only born under very specific conditions and a long passage of time.
But the deciding factor was that heavenly metals were formless and definitely did not take on the forms of structures that were obviously manmade.
'This… can be considered a type of artificially-made heavenly metal by fusing the blood of wrath-infected creatures with the metal…' Leon thought.
Nevertheless, the living bloodmetal might not be as strong as genuine heavenly metals.
Heavenly metals aside, Leon understood why the water had been contaminated to such a high degree. It was indeed caused by the space debris, which was the colossal living blood-metal pillar.
Parts of its blood-metal substances had fallen off from its main body like rusty powder, and the dense amount of wrath energy within them was released into the water.
Suddenly, Leon started feeling his skin crawling with goosebumps when he discovered the rusty powder was alive like tiny dust mites.
It was unknown what sorts of dangers and health problems would arise if anyone were to consume the contaminated water containing these bloodmetal mites.
Leon immediately labeled the bloodmetal mites as extremely dangerous existences. It wouldn't be easy to cure people that are infected by them.
Sometimes, the tiniest of creatures could become even scarier than the biggest of creatures.
'I have to exterminate them!' Leon decided.
Chapter 1098 Swarm Of Bloodmetal Mites
After setting his mind on exterminating the bloodmetal mites within the contaminated water, Leon immediately acted upon it by increasing the range of his nihility.
Millions of bloodmetal mites were quickly reduced into wisps of True Grandmist Energy.
Although the bloodmetal mites were many, possibly in the billions, they hardly produced many wisps of True Grandmist Energy.
In fact, it took millions of bloodmetal mites to produce a few wisps of True Grandmist Energy.
The mass of objects used did not equal the mass of True Grandmist Energy produced. This was even more true for the puny bloodmetal mites that could be barely seen by ordinary human eyes.
Evidently, a majority of the matter was lost in the conversion process. They were gone from the world forever, reduced to nothingness.
Leon had been aware of that.
Even if he had the power to reduce the entire universe into True Grandmist Energy and recreate the universe again, it would never be as vast as it once was.
Everything was born from nothingness, and everything will return to nothingness – there was truth in these words.
The only solution to a true everlasting world was to create new True Grandmist Energy from nothingness or perpetually freeze the irreversible process of returning everything to nothingness.
However, these solutions were the same as not having any.
Leon couldn't even begin to fathom what kind of power was needed to pull something like that off. Even the Empyrean Gods and Devils didn't have that kind of power.
If they did, the primordial era wouldn't have ended, and Primal Chaos wouldn't be in such a broken and damaged state that required repair.
Nevertheless, as Leon reduced hundreds of millions of bloodmetal mites into True Grandmist Energy, he had seemingly provoked the colossal bloodmetal pillar.
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Rumble…!
The entire abyss region shook as the colossal bloodmetal pillar stopped wriggling its way down into the deeper parts of the abyss.
Instead, the colossal bloodmetal pillar tried to climb up from the abyss again to reach Leon. Alas, its body was too heavy for its own good.
As the entire region shook with large tremors, chunks of earth broke off from the rocky walls and fell on top of the colossal bloodmetal pillar, causing it to sink further deeper into the abyss.
Nevertheless, Leon felt himself being locked onto by a powerful consciousness—which also felt all too familiar to him.
It was definitely a branch will of Empyrean Allheaven Wrath's soul fragment, and it was precisely coming from the colossal bloodmetal pillar.
'The prolonged years of exposure to the Wrathful Demon Energy in space must have transformed the space debris and allowed the slivers of will to congregate,' Leon thought.
Although the colossal bloodmetal pillar seemed extremely formidable even with its limited movement, it was nothing to be feared if it couldn't reach him – was what Leon initially assumed.
However, the dark-red surface of the colossal bloodmetal pillar started to move like a living painting on a wall as it concentrated on the top of the pillar.
It almost seemed like the dark-red patch of concentrated bloodmetal was about to break free from the rest of the colossal pillar structure from space.
In the next moment, it did precisely so—just as Leon suspected and started to fear.
Billions—no, trillions of bloodmetal mites flapped their wings and flew like ladybugs. Leon couldn't exactly tell how many there were, but their numbers were overwhelmingly high.
After they departed from the colossal pillar and left it behind them, the colossal pillar structure looked like it had suffered from countless long years of metal corrosion.
Nevertheless, Leon couldn't care any less about that.
The trillions of bloodmetal mites moved like a single entity and swarmed at him like a massive dust storm.
Although Leon's outer and inner body had been strengthened, he wasn't sure what the bloodmetal mites could do to his body if so many of them flooded into his body and ran amok.
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Either way, he was interested in finding out.
His instincts were screaming danger proved that the storm of bloodmetal mites posed a certain level of threat to him.
Leon quickly retreated before giving the countless bloodmetal mites a taste of destruction and death with a wave of his hand.
The swarm of bloodmetal mites quickly decayed and crumbled down to infinitesimally tiny ashes and atoms. Their formation easily broke under a casual attack.
Evidently, their numbers were great, but their defenses weren't very strong. In fact, they were very weak.
Even so, tiny creatures like them didn't necessarily need to be strong to kill a person.
Nevertheless, after breaking the bloodmetal mite swarm's formation, Leon's eyes shortly narrowed as they locked onto the persistent bloodmetal mites that flew out from the pile of their fallen brethren.
Soon, the bloodmetal mites quickly regathered their numbers and restored their group formation.
Buzz—!
The bloodmetal mites flapped their wings at high frequencies, creating a droning noise. It was as if they were trying to express their fury at Leon.
However, they did not swarm at Leon again.
Instead, they flew away and smashed into the rocky walls, stunning Leon for a moment before his eyes gradually widened in alarm the next moment.
Because the bloodmetal mites were creatures that comprised a mix of organic and non-organic substances, they could assimilate both organic and non-organic materials.
At that moment, the countless bloodmetal mites were assimilating parts of the hard rocky walls and increasing their sizes at an alarming rate.
Nevertheless, Leon didn't intend to watch them finish their assimilation process.
He quickly struck the swarm with a powerful blast of nihility that easily ripped a hole right through their group formation.
However, the devastation of nihility went beyond mere physical damage; it destroyed the conscious will controlling the bloodmetal mites.
As a result, the entire swarm was disabled like a nervous system that just lost its electrical signal.
The bloodmetal mites' assimilation process halted, and their bodies fell into deeper depths of the abyss, where the remains of the colossal pillar structure had already plunged and disappeared after becoming nothing more than a hollow shell from the bloodmetal mites detaching from it.