Chapter 1326 - Narrow Escape (1/2)

The magic storms easily shredded his shield of magic power. They passed the blood transplanter’s body ragingly. Devastating screams burst out, but there was nothing he could do. His body seemed to have suffered thousands of years’ worth of erosion in this one second. The mana inside his body was carried away by the horrifying magic storms. He was soon dehydrated and dried until he fell apart into countless pieces, just like a statue of sand that had been blown apart by the wind….

In only one second, the Heaven Rank blood transplanter died just like that. Even his body had been minced into the tiniest of pieces by the magic storms. His mana was also absorbed into the chaotic magic storms that were filled with destructive power. Then, inside this cavern which had a dozen channels, the same destructive storms were erupting from more than seven of them.

The colorful and glamorous magic storms erupted from the narrow channels like springs. Whatever was hit by the springs, be it the hard stone wall or the magic crystals that were exposed to the air, fell apart into pieces. After the magic crystals were shattered, the stable mana inside them would turn violent. Then, it would be added to the chaotic magic storms as additional power.

In less than two seconds, the entire cavern had been filled up by the chaotic magic storms. The experts of the Thorny Crown unfolded their shields, but their shields were all quickly declining like thawing ice.

Myers’ crystal eyes glittered. He unfolded a crystal shield, and soon found a place to hide.

“Everybody, hide in that corner. George, quickly. Control the rocks and let us in.”

Myers unfolded a crystal shield, which immediately transformed into a channel. Everybody passed through the channel in half a second, arriving in a corner that wouldn’t be hit by any of the magic springs. This corner was the farthest from every place that was hit by the magic springs. Also, it was least vulnerable to the rolling magic storms inside the cavern.

Myers had keenly discovered the corner, and led everybody to it without hesitation. George activated his bloodline power, and let the stone wall collapse. A green membrane of light appeared where the stone wall used to be, and everybody hid behind the membrane. However, the magic storms outside were getting more and more powerful—all the magic crystals exposed to the air had been shattered, which strengthened the storms.

In only five seconds, George had already turned pale. In another two seconds, his face turned so red that it was almost bleeding. The smell of blood was spreading out as George was having a nosebleed. Even his veins became obvious on his skin. Inside his veins, a lot of clumps were wriggling. George’s face became redder and redder, and he looked more and more powerful. However, there was greater and greater chaos in his power too.

“Dolores!” Myers roared. Then, another bloodline transplanter walked to the green membrane of light and extended her hands, releasing a curtain of water that was stuck to the green membrane.

Immediately, George lost control of the green membrane of light. His bleeding face was gradually back to normal. Then, it became pale again. In only a few seconds, he had already used all of his strength. He had to boil his blood in order to gain greater power. However, the power was too great for him to control. His body would’ve exploded if he hadn’t been interrupted.

George breathed heavily on the ground. He used his remaining strength to expand this pit and narrow its entrance so that he could buy more time for others. After all, his ability was about controlling rocks, and he was better at disguise than protection. If he narrowed the entrance of the cave, it would be easier for others to provide protection.

Outside the pit, the chaotic magic storms were continuing. The terrifying magic storms spread to other channels after they filled up this enormous cavern. However, even though they were moving away, the lingering magic storms were still dreadful.

In only one minute, the Heaven Rank expert who took over the defense was unable to continue. Sheldon stepped up to the entrance of the pit, which had been narrowed to two meters in width. The black smoke on his skin turned into dark hideous demon skulls that established a wall and blocked the entrance, resisting the magic storms.

Three minutes later, Sheldon couldn’t carry on, either, and had to ask for a replacement.

Half an hour later, everybody was unable to continue. They were never good at such pure clashes of magic power, which were more likely to make their bloodlines unstable than normal battles.

Everybody else had to take a rest except Myers, who was the last one. Myers solemnly walked forward, ready to take over the defense.

Although the magic storms had already been weakened, they were continuing. If even Myers couldn’t carry on any longer, and the magic storms remained as powerful, everybody would die here.

Looking at the magic storms that looked like colorful streaks of light outside of the pit, Myers wore a complicated expression. He silently reached the edge of the pit, and stuck his hand to the wall. Immediately, crystals spread out of Myers’ hand and formed a wall, blocking the entrance of the pit. The last bloodline transplanter, who couldn’t hold on any longer, fell on the ground, and breathed heavily with a trembling arm.

Myers was the strongest of them, and also their last hope…

The wall of crystals stood at the entrance of the pit. The destructive magic storms continuously surged towards the wall. When the seemingly gentle streaks of light brushed the surface of the crystals, the thickness of the crystals would be reduced by one-fourth. Then, Myers would have to release more crystals, and continue this war of attrition.

20 minutes later, Myers became pale, and his crystal eyes could no longer glitter in a fixed pattern. A lot of his mana had been exhausted. Even though he had much more mana than others in storage as a level-5 Heaven Rank expert, this war of attrition depended on the power of his bloodline, which was a burden for those mages who hadn’t transplanted their bloodlines perfectly.

If things went on like this, his bloodline would be unstable. Then, he would be no different from anyone else. He still had more mana, but his blood would be boiling.

The magic storms outside had dwindled a lot, but not to the point where other people could resist them yet. There was desperation in Myers’ eyes. He was struggling to continue, but his companions couldn’t hold back their desperation anymore.

“We’re going to die here. The monster that Mafa Merlin mentioned must’ve been woken up…” a bloodline transplanter mumbled in desperation. The others simply stared at Myers, who was still struggling in silence.

“When the terrifying magic storms arose, I detected the power of hell in them that belonged to Sunny. That b*tch must’ve summoned the devil lord. If she hadn’t, the terrifying monster that Mafa Merlin mentioned wouldn’t have been woken up…”

“That wretched b*tch must be already dead. Yet, the rest of us have to die with her…”

“Mafa Merlin is probably dead too. He must’ve traveled further than we did, and was closer to the origin of the magic storms. It must be Sunny’s doing. She didn’t believe what Mafa Merlin said, and invoked great power in the underground world…”

Immediately, everybody began to curse Sunny, venting their fury on her. Unfortunately, everybody was certain that Sunny had already been killed. It was impossible for her to have survived the storms on her own.

The magic storms were launched with pure mana, and were even more terrifying than most spells. Whatever boasted such an extraordinary amount of mana was at least a level-49 beast, and a rather powerful one.

Everybody cursed Sunny to ease their fear of death. Myers silently stared at the outside of the crystal wall, which had been reduced to half a meter of thickness from one meter. In every second, half a meter of crystals was corrupted by the magic storms. Myers had to refill exactly the same width of crystals every second to ensure that the crystal wall didn’t collapse.

His blood was changing and boiling, and his eyes were cramping beyond his control. The excruciating pain from his eyes was escalating. Myers couldn’t help but feel desperate…

Screwed. I’m completely screwed. There isn’t enough time. My eyes are painful. They don’t fit my body anymore. My blood is boiling. In 10 minutes at most, my bloodline will collapse, and I won’t be able to continue resisting. Even if the others have been more or less recovered, they can only resist for another three minutes at most.