The battle turned in an instant.
The four-armed giant grew rapidly as if injected with stimulants, quickly surpassing the black-armored magic dragon in height. Its combat power was overwhelming, each punch causing the dragon's body to continuously cave in.
Anderson and the others rejoiced.
But their expressions changed in a flash, "Wait, the enemy still has a Super Aberration!"
On the rooftop of a skyscraper, the Bloodbeard expert's expression also shifted.
He was somewhat surprised.
To completely suppress a Calamity-grade Aberration, this combat strength was indeed formidable among the non-human level.
The Bloodbeard expert had to admit that this native was stronger than him!
He was astonished, and also jealous.
But thinking that such a monstrous talent would also perish here, his expression relaxed.
The horn blew.
The giant crocodile had arrived on the battlefield, and the three-star Aberrations proficient in long-range attacks, under the Bloodbeard expert's command, also launched their assault.
The advantage was still on his side.
The situation was still within his control.
A slight unexpected turn of events would not derail his plans.
The Bloodbeard expert mused, then his eyes widened.
In his vision,
Not far from the four-armed giant, a monstrous silhouette suddenly emerged and entangled with the charging giant crocodile.
The two figures were evenly matched!
This was another Calamity-grade Aberration! It was the Black Flame Giant Centipede!
"To be able to control two Calamity-grade Aberrations, how is this possible!"
Even the knowledgeable Bloodbeard expert found it incredible.
Furthermore, this Black Flame Giant Centipede also instantly increased in size, firmly suppressing the newly arrived Calamity Aberration.
Calamity-grade Aberrations had thick hides and could not die quickly, but at this rate, their demise was only a matter of time.
Under the overwhelming pressure, the surrounding three-star Aberrations were of little use.
The Bloodbeard expert tried to comfort himself, "Forcibly controlling two Calamity-grade Aberrations, and even amplifying them, this kind of burst state cannot last. The advantage is still on my side."
He gazed intently.
Time passed,
The magic dragon and the giant crocodile were blasted into the ground.
The magic dragon and the giant crocodile were covered in wounds.
The magic dragon and the giant crocodile began to be dismembered.
The magic dragon and the giant crocodile...
The Bloodbeard expert could no longer sit still.
He became anxious, but even when he forcibly ordered the surrounding Aberrations to attack, they could only slightly hinder the two Calamity-grade Aberrations.
Suddenly,
He caught sight of a figure.
The silhouette standing atop the giant! That Blue Star expert controlling the Calamity-grade Aberrations!
The Bloodbeard expert's eyes lit up.
By common sense, an awakened individual with the ability to control Aberrations would have a relatively fragile body.
At the same time, her strength was fully concentrated on controlling the Calamity-grade Aberrations.
This was an opportunity!
The Bloodbeard expert tore off his cumbersome clothes, and blood-red tendrils emerged from his back, weaving together to form a pair of wings.
He flapped his wings, and his figure vanished under the red moon.
At this moment,
The battle of the four-star Calamity-grade Aberrations was still ongoing. Dust and smoke filled an area of a thousand meters. Buildings were reduced to rubble. Even the two and three-star Aberrations that swarmed in were mostly dismembered, and living beings dared not approach.
Suddenly,
Not far from the four-armed giant, a crimson light flashed. The Bloodbeard expert, enveloped in scarlet blood flow, had somehow appeared beside An Jianyou.
The lightning strike, condensed with the full power of the Bloodbeard expert, descended abruptly.
"Got it!"
The blood-colored blade slashed down.
The robust shoulder of the four-armed giant was gashed several meters long. The slender figure standing on its shoulder was already...
Where was she?
The blood-colored blade only cut through an afterimage.
But in the next moment, the female human expert reappeared in the same spot. An invisible force, like a battering ram, struck downwards.
The Bloodbeard expert's entire being flickered for a moment.
His consciousness went black.
In his last moment, he only saw a grotesque smiling face appear before him. His entire body was torn apart like tattered cloth.
His upper body flew up.
His lower body fell.
Dense blood-red tendrils grew from both sections, but before they could spread, the monstrous puppet, wreathed in black light, pursued them with near-instantaneous speed.
It sliced the Bloodbeard expert's two severed halves into fragments.
Fragments no larger than a thumbnail.
Amidst the swirling dust, the Bloodbeard expert responsible for Splashing Wave City perished!
An Jianyou gritted her teeth and punched, "Finally, I've lured out this hidden enemy."
She looked at the falling flesh and foam. After a moment's thought, she ordered the Black Flame Giant Centipede to temporarily ignore the giant crocodile and instead spew its nearly inextinguishable black flames, incinerating the entire surrounding area.
Only when her gaze swept over the area repeatedly and found no trace of anything remaining did she finally breathe a sigh of relief and pat her chest.
It was too dangerous, it had almost scared her to death.
...
Mist City,
Compared to Splashing Wave City, the personnel of the Hearthfire organization in Mist City were fewer, and the journey was longer. By the time the ritual began, many combatants had not yet arrived.
However, compared to the Splashing Wave Kingdom, the Sunset Kingdom, with its secret realms, possessed even greater awakened power.
Their official department was called the "Night Watchers," led by the Round Table Conference. But the entire department, and indeed the entire Sunset Kingdom's recognized strongest individual, was a prominent figure within the Night Watchers who did not actively manage affairs.
The Law Saint, Andrew Anthony!
Many countries did not have a universally recognized strongest individual. Prince Anderson of the Splashing Wave Kingdom was merely one of the strongest awakened individuals, and Ice King Sergei of the White Bear Kingdom was also only one of three strong individuals.
Three strong individuals, five strong individuals, seven strong individuals... these were the appellations used by most factions.
In reality, it was indeed difficult to establish a definitive ranking, as awakened abilities and combat styles differed, leading to mutual counters.
A strong individual A might defeat strong individual B, and strong individual B might defeat strong individual C, but it was possible that strong individual A was not a match for C.
Listing rankings would displease many powerful individuals.
In the Sunset Kingdom, the Law Saint's position was indeed universally recognized. He was number one, the strongest!
His experience was also legendary.
He was once a university librarian, advanced in years. However, after a mysterious descent, Law Saint Anthony's power surged, breaking through the barriers of awakened power layer by layer.
At this moment,
Mist City was shrouded by the red moon. Aberrations surged, and cultists went mad.
An elder with white hair and beard, yet not a single wrinkle on his face, walked step by step towards a group of Aberrations not far away.
"Fire!"
"Lightning!"
"Lightning-Fire Fusion!"
Crimson and violet light shot out, exploding into a sky filled with fireworks. The tempestuous energy easily tore apart a fifteen-meter-tall flesh giant.
With a single blow, a super-sized Aberration was eliminated.
"Praise Lord Law Saint!"
"With Lord Law Saint here, we will surely defeat these enemies!"
The appearance of the Red Moon Ritual and the sudden assault by cultists and Aberrations had caught the Mist City Night Watchers off guard.
They admitted their carelessness.
They hadn't expected such a vast cult to have developed right under their noses.
However, the decisive actions of the Law Saint, destroying one terrifying Aberration after another, had restored a significant amount of confidence to the Night Watchers.
They saw hope!
Only Law Saint Anthony himself maintained a grim expression.
"There are too many enemies."
"If this situation continues, even with the support of that strange artifact, my life energy will not hold."
"And..."
He saw a terrifying colossal shadow approaching.
An existence that he was not confident he could deal with.
What ignited his hope were the two mysterious strong individuals who had appeared in Mist City.
One female expert, wielding a bell-shaped strange artifact, had purified countless cultists.
And a male expert with a ferocious punch, capable of sending a car flying with a single blow and smashing cultists into pieces.
"They are very strong."
"Perhaps they are the experts from that mysterious organization that sent the letter."
The ritual had begun, the red moon appeared, and the descriptions in the letter had come true one by one. The entire Night Watcher organization had been analyzing the situation, and someone had even presented the original letter to him.
Law Saint had examined it meticulously.
He had even personally destroyed an energy node.
He was well aware of the ritual's esoteric nature and the ingenuity of the energy nodes. He did not dare to underestimate the mysterious organization that had described the method of destruction so early on.
Especially now, with powerful mysterious reinforcements appearing in Mist City.
They must be from that organization!
"Can we contact those two?"
"Does Lord mean...?"
"A great calamity is approaching from afar. With the strength of our Night Watchers alone, it will be difficult to resist. We need those mysterious reinforcements, we need those two mysterious experts!"
Surveillance had captured the combat process of those two.
Law Saint Anthony had also watched them during a brief rest, seeing the whole from a part, and the big from the small.
"These two are not simple. Their strength might... be no less than mine!"
"With their assistance, we can deal with that Super Aberration!"
"Find them!"
The Night Watchers were shocked.
There were awakened individuals whose strength was not inferior to Lord Law Saint's? And two of them?
Was this possible?
They found it impossible. The surveillance footage alone didn't seem to show much power. Lord Law Saint was too modest.
However, since Lord Law Saint needed them, they had to find them.
They searched.
They searched continuously.
Mist City became increasingly chaotic, with shouts, screams, and explosions everywhere.
Law Saint Anthony, riding a vortex of wind, ascended dozens of meters into the air. Suddenly, his pupils contracted. The composure he had been struggling to maintain faltered slightly.
Cold sweat beaded on his forehead, and his expression became extremely grave.
Because in the distance, another colossal shadow had appeared.
A Super Aberration that would require the combined strength of three individuals like him to even have a chance of fighting, and there were not one, but two!
How could they deal with this?
How to deal with it?
The two colossal shadows approached continuously. The ground trembled, and piercing whispers and the thudding sounds of colossal impacts reached their ears.
Law Saint Anthony and the elite Night Watchers grew somber.
This damnable world!
"Have those two experts been contacted?"
"I'm very sorry, sir, not yet."
Anthony clenched a staff made from a strange artifact, remained silent for a moment, and walked forward.
If that was the case, he could only...
"Lord Law Saint, there are some unusual occurrences in the city!"
"But... but it seems to be good news!"
said a Night Watcher.
He displayed the image on his tablet.
On the street, vines suddenly grew, binding the cultists with blood-red eyes, their thorns piercing deep.
Immediately after, one by one, dark green vines emerged, spreading across the road, climbing up the buildings on both sides, and even burrowing into the corridors, piercing the cultists with sharp thrusts.
Such a sight was astonishing.
But the Night Watchers noticed that the vines avoided the crowds, attacking only the cultists.
It seemed to be reinforcements!
And powerful reinforcements!
'Is this the third expert from the mysterious organization?'
'If we can contact all of them...'
Law Saint Anthony pondered.
Suddenly, he noticed something unusual in front of him. Young sprouts broke through the soil, followed by a second, third, and fourth.
They rapidly grew, like earth dragons emerging from the ground.
And from near to far, they continuously spread!
In the blink of an eye, thick vines, tens and even hundreds of meters long, twisted and danced like dragons, covering the earth and soaring into the sky!
It was as if the entire Mist City had transformed into a world of vines.
At 79 minutes and 43 seconds into the Red Moon Ritual,
At this moment, the Tree Realm descended, and myriad vines bloomed.