Chapter 702: Another


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    Ss forgot about everything but the battle before him.


    They said that there was something particrly primal that one could tap into when faced with a situation of fight or flight. Some told stories of mothers lifting cars off of their children, others told tales of entering a state of hyper-focus and adrenaline that fueled athletic feats they never thought possible...


    Ss didn''t feel anything so mystical. All he felt was an intense drive inside of him, a Demonic sort of instinctual desire.


    It wasn''t one that he could exin properly, but it made his Will sharper, finer, more potent. BANG! BANG! BANG!


    Ice Bolts fell from the skies in sparkling rains of blue. Mist filled the air as the heat and cold collided, obscuring clear vision of the battlefield.


    It wasn''t clear if this was Ss'' initial intention or not, but what was clear was that it didn''t impede his own movements in the slightest. In fact, the billowing mist only increased the concentration of Ice Aether in the region, allowing Ss'' Skills to flow more smoothly than ever before.


    When Ss felt that the stage was adequately set, he pressed down on the Basilisk King''s head with a foot and rapidly shot out, moving with such Speed that the Basilisk King''s head was almost pushed into the ground from its once lofty position.


    The Basilisk King, though, didn''t miss a single beat, using its body and Constitution like a sledgehammer against their opponents.


    Ssnded on the ground in the midst of the carnage wrought by the Basilisk King''s enormous body. A menacing light flickered in his eyes as he elerated once more, grabbing a Fire Monkey sent flying out by its tail and whipping it toward another.


    The two creatures mmed into each other before one burst into a rain of ash.


    A me more powerful than anything the volcano''s heat could produce sprung upward and caused the second Fire Monkey to shriek. But it hardly mattered as the collision alone shattered all the bones in its body.


    Ss side-stepped the charge of a Fire Rhino, diving to the side as the Basilisk King''s tail mmed into its proud horn.


    The creature surely had powerful Constitution, but it was nothing before the Beast Totem buffed Basilisk King. Its horn pierced back and into its skull, and it died before it even finished gliding through the army.N?v(el)B\\jnn


    More Ice Bolts were summoned from Ss'' Madness Key and he didn''t seem to care how many he used up or wasted. They fell in an endless, perpetual rain, leavingrger andrger blooming tforms of ice in their wake.


    PENG!


    Ss heard the howling wind before it evennded, but the Basilisk King had summoned a <King''s Shield> and he cast right afterward.


    The sudden, Aether-fuelednce that tore toward the pair shattered the Basilisk King''s shield before stopping dead in its tracks at Ss'' own.


    The two worked together seamlessly, and the attack of the snail that should have ripped through both of them was instead resolved with ease.


    Ss tore through the stragglers the Basilisk King missed while the Basilisk King itself was akin to a battering ram through the army, and soon, the Portal was within their sights. But by extension...


    So too was the snail.


    Or, rather, the Snail Queen.


    [Snail Queen (Bronze)]


    [Level: 41]


    [Physical: 1453]


    [Strength: 634]


    [Constitution: 3999]


    [Dexterity: 510]


    [Speed: 669]


    [Mental: 3999]


    [Intelligence: 3999]


    [Wisdom: 4027]


    [Charisma: 3971]


    [Will: 999]


    Seeing the Snail Queen from afar and facing her might within dozens of meters was apletely different experience.


    It felt like there was a veil permanentlytched onto the surroundings, digging into one''s very psyche.


    It was a strong Charisma that made one want to bow in inferiority. And Ss had no doubt that it was even stronger than what he was seeing through his ...


    That was because he was 100% certain this Snail Queen had a Comprehension.


    Its name was different from thest time he had seen it, but it only seemed natural. It was no longer that obscure snail species, named by the scientists of Earth.


    No... it had now be somethingpletely different, somethingpletely unique to its own.


    The antenna of the Snail Queen shook and ripples spread out in all directions. Ss felt the oppression on his mind strengthen.


    His gaze suddenly sharpened and he sent out a palm at the same time.


    BANG!


    A sh of telekinesis rippled through the skies as an invisible tug of war shook the space. The heavy mist in the surroundings bent and twisted, bing the only evidence of their sh.


    Ss sent out a fist with his other hand,manding the Basilisk King to attack with an all-


    out swing.


    Unfortunately, as easy as it was for Ss to split his attention, it was even more so for the Snail Queen. At the same time as he was sensing new Fire Monkeys surge in from the surroundings, Ss could also feel the Snail Queen conjuring up a defensive skill, all while it was still shing with his telekinesis.


    It was overwhelming. Especially when Ss realized this was far from the only thing the snail was doing. It was still maintaining a Domain over the region, albeit in a much shorter range than earlier, all while directing some more finger details of therge army around them. Compared to the first time Ss had faced off against this beast, it was truly akin to night and


    day.


    However, in this realm of telekinesis...


    Ss refused to lose.


    ''Shatter.''


    Ss'' Aetherflow activated. By now, he could already feel that this Bronze Unique Gene wasgging behind too much. It was still powerful, but it felt far toocking when facing off


    against enemies like this.


    However, the Unique Gene was one matter...


    His Will was another.


    CRACK.


    The invisible sh suddenly solidified as fragmented ss appeared in the middle of the air,


    looking as though reality had just cracked like thin ice.