Chapter 857 - 567: Austin Sage’s "Beating the Grass to Scare the Snake
Chapter 857: Chapter 567: Austin Sage’s "Beating the Grass to Scare the Snake
A giant claw!
A terrifying giant claw, seemingly forged from Dark Gold Refined Steel and unimaginably massive, suddenly thrust out of the Nebula! Its speed was absolute, snatching at the last fleeing Energy Avatar.
That Energy Avatar—carrying a trace of the Sage’s Spiritual Branding and rivaling an ordinary Catastrophe Level powerhouse—couldn’t withstand the giant claw for even a second. It was crushed instantly like fragile glass, exploding into motes of the purest energy that scattered in all directions.
Raylo’s pupils abruptly shrank to the size of pinpricks.
The giant claw did not retract after crushing the avatar. Immediately after, an incomparably colossal and terrifying body, radiating a monstrous and fierce aura, slowly squeezed out from the violently churning Nebula.
It was a terrifying creature resembling a Giant Eagle, but its body was covered in Dark Gold feathers. The World Destruction Level coercion swept out like a tsunami, pressing down so heavily that Raylo could barely breathe.
Raylo’s mind went completely blank for a moment. This face... This aura... He recognized it! It was the terrifying entity from the spatial rift deep within the Black Stone Mountain Range, the one that had filled him with endless dread with just a fleeting glance! A Celestial Claw!
However, before he could recover from the immense shock, an even more spine-chilling scene unfolded. After that first Celestial Claw appeared, came a second... a third... a fourth...
One after another, Celestial Claws with equally formidable sizes and auras surged out of the Nebula in quick succession. In the blink of an eye, their numbers exceeded double digits! It wasn’t just one; it was an entire flock! Over a dozen terrifying World Destruction Level Magical Beasts appeared right before them just like that. Their gazes emanated a cold, tyrannical will, firmly locking onto the two "tiny specks" in the void.
"We’re doomed," he thought. "We’ve poked the nest of World Destruction Level Magical Beasts!"
Raylo instinctively whipped his head around to look at the Austin Sage beside him. Yet, the instigator’s face showed not a hint of surprise or panic. On the contrary, the Austin Sage actually wore a trace of... a satisfied smile.
Raylo was struck by a sudden realization as an utterly absurd thought exploded in his mind. It wasn’t an accident. It was intentional! He was the one who had lured this pack of World Destruction Level monsters out of their nest!
"Sage, you..." Raylo’s voice was incredibly dry, barely able to form a sentence.
"Shh." The Austin Sage raised a finger, signaling him to be quiet.
Facing those dozen or so terrifying, world-destroying gazes, the smile on his face only grew more composed. "Don’t panic," he said. "The real show has just begun."
In the next instant, the Austin Sage moved. He didn’t flee, nor did he defend. He simply raised his hands slowly, meeting the cold, tyrannical stares of the dozen World Destruction Level Celestial Claws head-on.
HUM!
Violent Magic fluctuations erupted with him at the center! The most primal and furious Magic Storm manifested! Thunderbolt, Frost, Arcane Magic, Shadow... Countless Magic Elements transformed into a torrent of destruction that swept across a radius of tens of thousands of meters, crashing down overwhelmingly upon the dozen Celestial Claws that had just charged out of the Nebula!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
At the exact same time, the previously escaping Energy Avatars detonated themselves without hesitation!
SCREECH!
An earth-shattering shriek echoed out. The dozen massive Dark Gold figures charged out, braving the violent torrent of Magic. There wasn’t a speck of dirt on the indestructible Dark Gold feathers covering their bodies; the overwhelming Magic had not caused them even the slightest bit of harm.
Their eagle-like eyes locked onto the two insignificant figures in the void.
However, the mastermind didn’t even spare a glance at his "masterpiece." At the very moment he released the Magic, the Austin Sage rolled up his robe’s sleeve, wrapping it around Raylo, and took a step forward.
"Let’s go." Space unfolded beneath his feet like flowing water. In a mere instant, the two figures vanished from where they stood.
Almost the very second they disappeared, the dozen Celestial Claws appeared at their previous location as if teleporting, their violent energy tearing that patch of space into shattered fragments. They had caught nothing but air!
SCREECH!
Furious roars materialized into physical soundwaves, spreading wildly through the dead silence of the void. One of the Celestial Claws, possessing the most colossal physique, jerked its head up and locked onto a twinkling starlight in a distant direction. It flapped its wings!
BOOM!
Its massive body, large enough to obscure the Stars, instantly turned into a Dark Gold streak of light, tearing through the void in pursuit! The rest of its kin followed closely behind. For a time, over a dozen World Destruction Level meteors streaked across the dark void.
HUM.
Tens of thousands of miles away in the void, space rippled slightly as the Austin Sage emerged with Raylo. Before Raylo even had time to catch his breath, a terrifying aura that made the hairs on the back of his neck stand up locked onto him from far behind.
Looking back, those dozen or so Dark Gold specks of light were rapidly growing larger in his field of vision at a speed visible to the naked eye! Fast! Unbelievably fast!
"When venturing through the void, the most important skill isn’t combat; it’s speed," the Austin Sage’s leisurely voice echoed in Raylo’s Sea of Spiritual. "To survive, it’s fine if you can’t defeat anyone, but you must be able to outrun everyone."
Before his voice could even fade, the figures of those dozen Celestial Claws behind them were already clearly visible. With just a single flap of their wings, these terrifying beasts crossed a distance unimaginable to ordinary people. In the span of a breath, they had left thousands of miles of the void far behind them!