Chapter 538 - 440: War-Torn Earth Begins (3)
Chapter 538: Chapter 440: War-Torn Earth Begins (3)
The numerous eyes on his face fluttered open and shut chaotically as he took a sharp sniff in Archie’s direction.
SNIFF!
"..." Archie remained silent, his face a mask of vigilance.
"Tsk, tsk. There’s a scent about you that I find utterly captivating. Ah! If I’m not mistaken, you’ve already located a Divine-level Space Fragment, haven’t you?
No, that’s not right. This scent... you must have come into contact with it! Let me guess, the reason you found the Crystal Stone and kept it secret is..."
Qianyan deliberately drew out his words, hoping to see an involuntary expression of anxiety or anger on Archie’s face.
"What are you doing here?"
"The King sent me to urge you to find the Divine-level Space Fragment. Also, the sudden drop in the number of low-level slaves is your fault.
The King sent me with a message for you. If you can’t do your job, you will be punished upon your return."
Archie’s vigilant expression suddenly wavered, then he broke into a smile. A grin that was enough to make one’s blood run cold spread across his fair, handsome, human-like face.
"Qianyan, believe it or not, even if I were to kill you right here, the King couldn’t do a thing to me."
Qianyan froze, staring into Archie’s eyes. He saw a hint of seriousness and bloodlust there, as if his life would be forfeit the moment Archie wished it.
However, that look on his face lasted for less than three seconds before he burst into loud laughter.
"Do you think I’m the same Qianyan I was before? It’s true, a month ago I was no match for you. But if the King sent me this time, it’s because he’s given me the means to keep you in check.
Believe it or not, you... can’t kill me."
The air in the cave seemed to solidify at Qianyan’s words. A strange magnetic field enveloped the two of them, isolating them in a pocket of space within the cave as they faced off.
For a moment, Archie’s body felt unresponsive. Within his sea of consciousness, an explosive, self-destructive urge welled up.
’No, this is all wrong!’
He couldn’t seem to control his thoughts or actions.
He realized then that he had fallen for Qianyan’s trick. "You... when did you awaken a Spiritual Ability? Have you... achieved the Undying Body?"
’It’s impossible for our Undead Clan to awaken any superpowers before achieving the Undying Body!’
"Hahaha! Not quite! But I’ll have you know that even without it, you are no longer my opponent!"
But in the brief moment Qianyan was speaking, Archie suddenly broke free from his spiritual power and seized his neck with one hand.
"Is that so? Then it seems I can’t let you live!"
Back at the Morhaven base, Flora Bloom was overcome with a sense of unease.
The people in the base didn’t know what was happening in the outside world, but they knew these plants wouldn’t harm them. In fact, on several occasions when disaster struck Morhaven, it was these very plants that had protected them.
It wasn’t hard to guess that the plants were controlled by the mistress of Villa No. 3. This meant that the captain, Flora Bloom, had been secretly taking measures to protect them all this time.
The current state of Morhaven base must also be part of her efforts to protect them.
"Don’t worry, Sis! The boss will be back soon!"
"Yeah, don’t worry. Didn’t the fortune-teller say that the divination for you and the boss’s future was ’highly auspicious’? You shouldn’t worry so much!"
Indeed, Lex Cross was currently riding Shadow, racing toward a familiar energy signature. He finally breathed an inward sigh of relief upon seeing a few familiar faces.
’Thank goodness... It’s not my older brother’s men.’
The members of the Cross family, the Leroy family, and Solomon Sterling’s group numbered over a hundred people in total. The one with the highest Superpower Level among them had been the Planet Level Graham Cross.
But with Lex Cross’s arrival, Graham now ranked second.
As the number of spatial rifts on Earth had increased, Lex Cross’s superpowers had been slowly recovering. And just moments ago, when a hole was torn in Earth’s protective layer, his powers had been fully restored.
Not only were they restored, but he also seemed to have taken a great leap forward, bringing him closer to breaking through to the War God Level.
Right now, his Thunder Element had reached the peak of the Cosmic Level. His Dark Element superpower had reached Cosmic Level, Level Two. Only his Devouring System still lingered at the pitiful Planet Level.
He was confident that as long as he could cultivate his Devouring System superpower to the Cosmic Level, he would be able to break through the shackles of the Cosmic Level, and reaching the War God Level would be well within his grasp.
"Young Master, you’re really here!" Graham Cross’s eyes welled with emotion upon seeing Lex Cross, but he quickly blinked the tears back.
"Uncle, let’s go. I’m taking you all somewhere."
However, just as Lex Cross arrived at Morhaven with his large contingent of over a hundred people, Flora Bloom appeared anxiously in the sky above the base, waiting for him.
"Lex, quickly, come with me! That madman Archie is in trouble."
Flora Bloom appeared before them, riding the Golden Crow. Strapped to her chest was Polly, who was giggling and waving her little arms and legs without a care in the world.