Chapter 197: Fleeing Desperately, Newfound Hope
Elton and the others gradually continued their journey, moving as carefully as possible. It was at this moment that a Gold Tier 4 expert among the Red Flounder race suddenly felt a huge chill crawl down his spine as his special ability warning him of future impending doom activated at an alarming rate.
"B-b-boss Aka-ko!! My special ability is heavily warning me of a terrifying danger!! We have to get out of here!!" the Red Flounder man said with a terrified expression.
The moment the Red Flounder man shouted those words, Aka-ko and the others from the Red Flounder's group shuddered in fear. The others all around vaguely heard him.
"Oh great masters, we have to leave now!! I can vouch for my friend here! He has saved me on various occasions with his ability to sense an impending doom!" Aka-ko said with a pleading tone.
Elton, Christy, and the others all looked at each other with expressions of uncertainty before Christy activated her Kokon Tengan with great might and scanned the lands far and wide for anything possibly approaching. Elton too utilized his Celestial Sense to locate anything hiding within the area.
It was at this moment that Christy suddenly paled in fright at the vague images she saw in the distance. What truly terrified her was the powerful auras—especially one in particular that was at the Middle Stage of Mortal Lord.
"We've got to flee from here as soon as possible!! No more being careful! There is a swarm of powerful insect creatures heading toward us with multiple Mortal Lords. One of them is even at the Middle Stage!" she shouted with a trembling voice, causing all present to pale in terror.
"Everyone fly forward at full force!! We have to flee!!" Elton swiftly gave the command, and without hesitation all of the beast mounts sped off incredibly quickly through the skies with reckless abandon.
The giant flying ants at that moment also threw away all restraint once they sensed the fleeing group and began to chase at a terrifying speed.
The Winged Serpent seemed to suddenly sense something as it roared with terrifying might and also gave chase, further alerting many beasts who either grew irate and pursued as well or ran amok with terrifying roars of their own.
…
The three-faction alliance with the Aka Boshi no Tengan group led by Christian, the Fanged Elves group led by Grand Duke Aerlan, and the Bright Brilliant Blade Sect group led by Elder Murphaus had reached a place with towering mountains and trees. Strangely enough, this place was normally hard to find as it seemed to be inside a dimensional void.
"To think such a place existed, and even up until now no one has ever found it… and it's only because of our two ladies that we managed to locate it." Jewleaf murmured with a somewhat shocked expression.
"Indeed, it's truly unexpected," Aeloria nodded in agreement. "But more than that, if it wasn't for our friends from the Aka Boshi no Tengan clan being able to spot it with their incredible visual abilities, it would have taken much longer."
"Oh, come now. There's no need to belittle yourself too much on this. In the end, our top priority is to find the young lady." An elder of the Aka Boshi no Tengan clan said with a slight smile.
"It's great that we've found such a place, but I can sense that this place connects like a bridge to the actual place that the two young ladies are in right now. We must move immediately. I get the feeling that there are quite a few dangers lurking about," said an expert from the Bright Brilliant Blade Sect.
"Then we will use our prisoners to swiftly scout the areas by all means." Peak Elder Murphaus spoke with a dangerous expression.
Everyone agreed and forced all of their prisoners, including the four terribly injured Mortal Lord prisoners like Gonald, to move about with sealing shackles on their necks.
Gonald had an extremely tired expression on his face, seeing how he, a Mortal Lord, was actually being treated in such a terrible way. He could only clench his fist with gnashing teeth for now as he followed the orders given by those people.
Eventually, they stumbled upon what may have been the entrance gate after slaughtering the various creatures that lurked around while also attacking them.
"Hmm… I sense tremendous amounts of essence energy on the other side! What a paradise. We have to be careful though, because I also sense that there are likely extremely powerful individuals on the other side," Duke Aerlan said with narrowed eyes, to which everyone agreed.
First, the prisoners were forced to step forward, moving in the distance through the giant entrance as scouts, before the three forces followed behind them…
…
Only one word could describe what was happening currently as Elton and the others fled for their lives.
Chaos.
Extreme chaos!
The giant flying ants had nearly caught up and devastation spread everywhere, involving various other creatures swept up in their path. No matter how much Elton and company sent waves of attacks from behind as they fled, the giant flying ants easily powered through them, even if a number of them had faced injury or death. There were far too many—not to mention the Gold Tier ranked and above. Especially that Middle Staged giant flying ant.
What was even worse was that the Winged Serpent Demonic Beast didn't make anything better. Though they were fortunate that its attacks felt like deadly indiscriminate bombings of sharp explosive winds and dark flames.
"This is really bad… this can't continue!" Elton grimaced as he tried to come up with some sort of solution.
Booooom!!
The entire group was once more forced into suffering from a barrage of aerial explosive attacks from who knew what creatures. Their injuries piled as they did their best to evade and defend.
"Gege, we might not have any choice but to abandon these guys and have Elchris truly explode with his full speed if we wish to have any chance of escaping…" Christy said with an ugly expression of uncertainty.
"That… if possible, I would rather n—Look out!" Elton, with a complex expression, suddenly shouted in shock as a large, powerful light smashed through a group of the flying ants, killing them on the spot before blowing through the five groups on top of their large flying beasts as it aimed straight for Elchris with a roar.
Elton charged forward, leaping from Elchris as he swiftly unleashed an attack.
– 4th Bright Brilliance Sword: Starfall Severance –
Even though Elton's Blue Heavenly Star Destroyer chopped completely onto the massive light, he was still blasted far into the distance as that light eventually revealed itself as the Winged Serpent Demonic Beast. Both of them crashed heavily into a small mountain.
"Gege!!!"
"Brother Elly!"
"Master Elton!"
Christy, Shayleaf, and Tongsheng all screeched in horror as desperate expressions filled their faces. Obioma and Obianuju similarly had terrified faces upon seeing that charge. They all continued flying at rapid speed, nearly reaching the area where Elton and the Winged Serpent had crash-landed, when suddenly the Middle Stage flying ant gave a huge screeching noise before unleashing a barrage of large sharp liquid needles that pierced toward the entire group, whose faces were flooded with despair.
"DON'T YOU DARE, YOU DISGUSTING CREATURES!!!"
Suddenly a powerful voice shook the land as a terrifying aura erupted with furious wrath.
Giant nearby trees suddenly glowed with a powerful green light as they moved at ridiculous speeds, blocking the liquid needles before being obliterated. At the same time, a terrifying sword aura erupted with shocking might, smashing into many of the beasts there—especially the giant flying ants.
– 5th Bright Brilliance Sword: Mortal Radiant Fang Spiral –
The explosion of sword ki left the area in ruins.
Then, appearing like teleportation, a tall man with a sword in one hand and a woman's waist wrapped in the other appeared on top of Elchris with a serious expression as he sighed. Just as quickly, three people appeared in the skies, moving completely past Elton's comrades and subordinates, with huge killing intent erupting from their bodies as they faced the many essence beasts and demonic beasts.
"Dad! Mom!" Christy shouted with teary eyes upon seeing her parents standing beside her.