Chapter 491: Waiting [Bonus]


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    This time, Ss nned to hold nothing back. He used up the third and final usage of nar Convergence Gate without the slightest hesitation.n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om


    The instant he did, there was a new and sudden surge of Aether and the entire situation


    changed.


    General Song was inplete shock. Seeing the gate appear, he suddenly realized that from the very beginning, everything had been triggered by Ss.


    This gate and the one on the Great Celestial Wall were identical!


    The tide of beasts split in two, and suddenly the perimeter that had protected General Song near the back of the army waspromised as arge number of beasts began to divert their attention to this Gate instead.


    However, Ss had already reached out another green hand formed of his Will into the cage and touched the Basilisk King.


    The two master and beast didn''t exchange a word, but Ss wasn''t blind. He could see the injuries on his body. It was just that Ss didn''t have it in him to have the usual sentimental response... not for a beast, at least.


    That said, he could recognize those de marks, and even if he had no sentimental, emotional attachment to the Basilisk King... what he did feel was that the Basilisk King was one of his keys to be strong enough in the future to break Earth free of its predicament... to be strong enough to truly control his own life.


    Anyone who threatened him in this way had to die.


    Ss took a leap backward after the Basilisk King vanished and entered the portal. From start to finish, he didn''t look at Morgan more than once.


    "After him!" General Song roared furiously. He realized that Ss wasn''t trying to target him at all, he just wanted to get his beast and escape.


    They had made the wrong y. It seemed that Ss only cared about the beast and didn''t care about Morgan. It was even likely that Morgan had been tricked just like the rest of them had been. After all, Morgan''s exnation was perfectly sound.


    ...


    Ss appeared in a familiar Evergreen forest. He looked toward one direction and found the System City in the not-too-far-off distance. It was all well in his calction.


    His gaze shed as Da, Paul, General Song, and a surge of other Celestial Republic soldiers were sent flying into the forest as well. Without hesitation, he turned and ran.


    The location of the gate wasn''t ideal, and he had been flung away from the city. If he tried to run toward the city now for support, he would end up surrounded by therge number of men and women that were nowing after him.


    Seemingly without a choice, Ss pulled out his Blue Cyclone Horse. Blood fell from his shoulder in waves and his Speed seemed to have hit rock bottom.


    A chase began through the forest and Ss only seemed to be growing weaker.


    However, all of a sudden, he came to a stop.


    The horse beneath him vanished and hended on the ground. He stared out into seemingly nk space before his head snapped in a certain direction.


    This was exactly what he was waiting for.


    WHOOSH!


    A surging aura came from Ss as he popped the Arctic Emperor Cobra''s transmutated pill into his mouth. The moment his healing reached a certain threshold, his Fusion with the Bone-Tailed Lizardpleted in an instant.


    His spine rippled and formed a twin, parallel line of bone spurs, his skin became covered in a muddy green array of scales, and a heavy bone tail extended from his back.


    He activated the Bone Coil Gene Talent at the same time and his Constitution more than doubled in a brief instant. At that moment, he had a Constitution of over 1500, not even including the over 400 Defense of his Aether skin.


    He reached out and grabbed at the air.


    An invisible dagger was caught in his palm and the sound of shing metal reverberated around the world.


    Before Grin could react, Ss'' fist was even faster. A green glow enveloped his arm and he unleashed his strongest


    .


    His tendons threatened to shear off the bone, but his bones themselves were practically like steel, their density so great that his fist tore right through Grin''s guts.


    The feeling of intestines shifting and a spine breaking echoed through his body.


    Grin shuddered and he keeled over, coughing out a mouthful of blood so dark it almost looked ck. His eyes were wide. Never did he expect something like this to happen.


    He didn''t realize until thest moment that Ss had done all of this just for the sake of making sure he was dead. He even intentionally set up the Gate in the wrong location, knowing it would expel him further from the city, because he knew that Grin would still be trapped outside of it.


    Someone who knew his trump cards would find it obvious. He hadn''t fused with his contract, he didn''t use <Cyrobane Elevation>, he didn''t even use <Madness Control> or summon Nosphaleen who would have been a huge additional help...


    In what world could he possibly have been going all out?


    And it was purely to set up this situation right here.


    With a hand firmly grasped onto Grin''s spine, Ss ripped and contorted his torso to dodge an arrow beforeunching him.


    Grin''s body shuddered once before it erupted into a rain of ash that fell from the skies above, obscuring the vision of many as the now dead man''s dagger pierced itself into a nearby tree.


    Ss'' expression was as cool as ice as he took a step forward, entering the storm of ash. All one could see in the darkness was a pair of eerily glowing green eyes.


    Then, with another step, he elerated.


    <Cyrobane Elevation>.


    <Madness Control>.


    The 70% boost to his Speed and Dexterity became 84%, causing the two to almost hit 960 in a


    sh.


    What was left in Ss'' wake wasplete and utter carnage.


    Every time his tail shed, a head exploded. Every time his fist collided with flesh, bone shattered. Every elbow, every kick, every knee.


    He turned the battlefield into a dance floor caked with blood, the rhythm of his steps bringing


    death.