The moment Elder Li and his subordinate leave them behind... that was the very moment the barrier started to weaken and getting dull.
The energy input is evolving more and more unbalanced as the dark flood of worms responded to it even more aggressively...
Banging their body against the barrier while the flood kept on ravaging the whole land.
"Wait where is Elder Li?!..."
"What?"
Noticing this... some of the remaining elders asked in doubt while they tried searching for Elder Li's whereabouts.
And to their surprise not only did Elder Li had vanished... there is also a dead body about in the barrier.
"What happened!?"
One of the elders asked.
"Elder Li is gone! and elder Fu's body is over there!"
"You don't have to dwindle the words too much... it's so clear already! we were abandoned!!!"
Suddenly one of the elders resolved their confusion with a breathtaking declaration.
The very statements that they are fearful of...
without Elder Li... they will lose the hope of surviving.
Despair began overrunning their hearts as their eyes dilated in fear... realizing that their only hope had long been devastated.
"..."
Silence... utter silence...
*sizzles* *sizzles* *sizzles*!
No one could give any ideas for them to break through this situation... all they could do is kept on staring towards the slowly collapsing barrier with despair and unwillingness.
Realize this... you will never understand someone's true heart by noticing the outside of him.
But when you set fear in front of someone and then in the next juncture... trust me you will see the complete contrary of him.
The only defect of humanity is the contradiction of unity.
"If I'm going to die here. at the very least... I want to do something that I had always wanted."
Abruptly one of the male elders spoke while gazing towards an unconscious female student...
"This?... "
"..."
The remaining elders were in shock but didn't know what else to tell... since... it was pointless... none of them tried stopping him.
No one...
The ugliness of one's heart... became so apparent after a serious unfortunate event.
Especially... inevitable death.
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1 hour later...
*sizzles* *sizzles* *sizzles*
*cracks!*
Finally... a sudden cracking sound echoed within the barrier as the noises of it began to widen at a disturbing rate. The barrier started to disperse into dots of light as the dark ocean of suffering eventually made its way into it.
But to everyone's surprise... there was no one within the barrier. Not a single (living thing)...
All there was just a lonely giant hole originating from within the ground. Seemingly to be drilled by a large existence... and next to this hole is a large patch of blood-drenched around the circle...
Evidently from that... a creature had already devoured them all to death.
*screeches* *screeches* *screeches*
*Trembles* *Trembles* *Trembles*
The bizarre noises of the dark flood began to reverberate once again as it steered into the following land. Consuming everything that is within its path. The earth trembled as the sky began to darken... looming from the horizon as it was slowly coming down.
The ocean of darkness swept forth across the barren land as they continued onward towards the next region.
Suddenly...
*Roarrrr!!!*
*Boom!*
An ear-piercing roar exploded from the front as the shockwave from it crazily blitzed the whole region... railing *against* the thousands of worms.
In an instant, the whole mass movement was halted while the atmosphere seemed to be squeezed and sluggish at the same time.
*Shakes!* *trembles*
The ground shivered in panic as the trees began to swivel around crazily. Frightening coercion poured out from the front... toppling the whole land under its heaviness. None of the worms could run under this pressure... only death awaits them.
"This is your plan to defeat me? How pitiful..."
*boom!*
A deafening voice vibrated throughout the land...
Up ahead in front of the hordes... stood there a gigantic serpent with its head being lifted to 20 meters tall. Peeking towards the pitiful army of the death worm emperor. A taunting sneer could be observed emerging on its face...
"Come out now Death worm emperor! I know you are underground!"
His voice echoed once again as his eyes slightly leaned downward... supposedly being able to see through the soil.
"Serpent emperor! How dare you came into my territory blatantly like this! You are evoking a war!!"
Suddenly another boisterous voice throbbed from the ground... as the piece of land slightly forward of the serpent slowly distorted and ruptured... twirling into a hole.
In the next second... a large behemoth gradually wriggled its way out from within as the very first thing that protruded out was its large dark teeth.
Dark in color added with its worm-like form...
A giant purple crystal is entrenched on its forehead while its lower body is half crystallized...
"A worm like you don't deserve to stand before me!... I'm a great serpent... a life form that stood above yours!"
Hiro casually conveyed his words as his eyes were filled with disgust... looking at the lower life form in front of him.
"You mere snake dare to degrade my honor! I will crush you into pieces!"
Hearing such words... a tide of anger erupted from within as the death worm emperor scowled toward hiro with rage. One's honor must be preserved... if not what's the point of living.
The air thumped slightly as the ground began to shudder...
Terrible coercion bursts forth from one side to the other flanking and clashing in the nucleus of the barren land. Generating a clear contrast of white and darkness as the distinctive difference in both energies collided in between.
Shaping a large torrent blasting forth the surrounding space into and the next area...
Turning the whole land upside down as a circle of devastation gradually engraved its path straight across the land in all directions. Vacating behind a large crater where in the middle stood 2 giant figures facing off against each other.
While the aura of them both kept on increasing and increasing even until the sky and clouds began to break apart.
The serpent eyes glowed in Emerald noble while the dark crystalline purple glared back in response.
"Bold! This is my turf and you dare to proclaim yourself above me! We both are an Emperor!"
The death worm emperor shouted as his voice screeched into the dept of this crater.
"I was willing to be kind from before but after the act of your slaves rapidly ravaging the land right before my eyes... I had changed my mind as such today shall be your demise."
" You are an arrogant snake! I had been living in peace for over 2000 years! I had not bothered into your land but you still insisted on this?"
"I wish to inspect your land... that was all there is to it..."
"What! for such reason!? then die! I won't allow you to lay a single touch upon my precious home!"
The death worm emperor become more and more enraged as his eyes glistened intensely.
"Then I also shall declare your death under one move of mine! "
Hiro responded casually as his cold eyes darted slightly...
The two behemoths facing off against each other while their earth-shattering aura toppled the whole land into nighttime and despair. Who of among the creature below them that retain the ability to move?. None of them deserve...
Zooming out into the sky as the clouds gradually entered into the view making their way above the horizon... From afar, we could easily glimpse a large collision of different lights fiercely competing for sovereignty above the other. While the mountains below shook in between as a visible slight tremor arose on it.
At-End of this chapter
(Yes I'm prolonging the battle a bit: V)
Hope dear readers won't mind
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