79: Despair! Statham's true strength
The Warden’s eyes narrowed slightly as he gazed at the terrifying Wind Wall slowly advancing.
He had to narrow them.
He was severely nearsighted, after all.
Fortunately, the Wind Wall was large enough that he could easily aim at it without much effort.
With a casual wave, a pitch-black chain emerged from his body.
Its name was Soul-Devouring Chain.
It extended from behind the Warden, growing explosively against the wind, as if it could extend infinitely.
The chain’s surface was covered in a bizarre red Arcane pattern, which even Meng Yun would likely find difficult to decipher at this moment.
At the tip of the chain was a skull-shaped hook-claw, seemingly capable of tearing through and piercing anything.
Carrying a rich scent of blood, the chain’s hook-claw whistled towards the Wind Wall.
“Crack.”
The wind, which had no physical form, was firmly grasped by the hook-claw.
The red Arcane pattern on the chain lit up from near to far with a roar.
A certain Arcane power operated, frantically tearing and absorbing the energy from the Wind Wall, decomposing it back into pure wind elements, with a portion dissipating back into the world, and more of it flowing into the Warden’s body.
The dense wind elements gradually formed a massive and terrifying energy sphere above his head.
This energy extraction was exceptionally terrifying; even with Vivian mobilizing the remaining energy from the Sigh of Wind to compensate, the rate of depletion still exceeded the rate of replenishment.
Crack, crack…
Finally, cracks appeared in the Sigh of Wind.
Once these cracks appeared, they could no longer be repaired, spreading across the entire wall in an instant.
Seeing it was about to collapse, Vivian simply took the initiative to reclaim the elements, transforming them into a thousand-meter giant blade that slashed towards the Warden.
“Arcane Energy Cannon!!”
The Warden neither dodged nor evaded, pushing out the elemental light sphere he had stolen from Vivian in one go.
“Boom!!”
A massive shockwave swept through instantly, causing even the three S-ranks from before to change their expressions drastically, frantically unleashing skills to defend!
One must know that there was a vast difference in strength even between S-ranks!
After all, as long as they hadn’t reached the God Art Master tier, no matter how strong, they were still just S-ranks!
“Crack…”
Newt City’s Arcane barrier also emitted a crisp sound of buckling under the strain.
An eight-level defensive Arcane pattern, a massive barrier maintained by hundreds of people, actually couldn’t withstand a single clash between the two!
“It’s hard to hold, we can’t hold it!”
“Hold on, hold on!”
“Even if you can’t hold it, you must!”
Countless Arcanists worked together, frantically gathering elemental power, even resorting to using the city’s crystal reserves and squeezing out their elemental power!
A group of people felt dizzy and disoriented, their sanity rapidly declining, but under this desperate, no-holds-barred repair, the defensive Arcane pattern was barely restored to its original state.
Amidst the shockwave, Vivian and the Warden stood opposing each other from a distance, with only their clothes fluttering.
It was as if that shockwave was merely a gentle autumn breeze.
“Vivian, you are very strong,” the Warden commented indifferently.
If it weren’t for Statham, who sacrificed countless contained objects for him to devour, allowing him to ascend to the peak of S-rank, with his previous strength, he would have been dead beyond dead in a single encounter!
But there was no ‘if’!
Only he was qualified to be the strongest S-rank!
“You are much stronger than before,” Vivian also praised.
However, what she meant by “before” was her previous life’s reincarnation.
As she spoke, a flash of lightning crossed Vivian’s mind.
She knew about the Warden’s nearsightedness.
But now, this guy wasn’t wearing glasses…
Had it been cured, or was his eyesight still of no concern to anyone?
She would know with a test!
Lost in thought, Vivian raised her hand, re-mobilizing the scattered wind elements, and then compressing them tightly!
She wondered if this guy could see a wind pellet the size of a sesame seed?
To prevent the Warden from detecting it through aura, Vivian casually launched hundreds of Wind Blades, feigning an attack.
These actions were completed in an instant, but launching such a powerful offense simultaneously also brought a considerable burden to her body.
However, if she could successfully injure him, this burden would be nothing!
In the Warden’s blurry vision, he only vaguely saw the overwhelming Wind Blades sweeping towards him.
He wielded the Soul-Devouring Chain, frantically lashing out at the Wind Blades.
“Hmph, petty tricks.”
Although the Warden said so, the dense Wind Blades still brought him a considerable burden.
More importantly, he couldn’t see clearly.
He truly couldn’t see clearly.
Relying solely on aura to distinguish attacks always led to misjudgments.
That wind pellet, under these circumstances, bounced rapidly, closing in.
At a certain moment, Statham, who had been observing, looked up in astonishment.
Damn it, why was this Warden so arrogant, not dodging or evading!
“Warden, behind you!”
Statham cried out in urgency.
But it was common knowledge that under normal conditions, the speed of sound was 340 meters per second.
With Vivian stirring the wind elements, the speed of sound would only be slower.
But Statham clearly hadn’t studied modern physics.
Before his warning reached the Warden’s ears, his back had already been quietly pierced by the wind pellet.
Swoosh—!
The wind pellet emerged from his chest, passing through his body.
Although it was somewhat despicable and an unfair victory, Vivian had to admit that a sneak attack from behind was truly satisfying.
Continual backstabbing was continually satisfying.
The Warden’s face showed surprise as he looked down at the slowly dissipating wind pellet on his chest.
The entire world seemed to pause for a moment.
“Warden, behind you!”
Statham’s voice finally came, breaking the pause.
The Warden: “…”
After a moment of speechlessness, came utter rage.
“Die!!”
The Soul-Devouring Chain, without any fancy moves, shot towards Vivian’s direction.
It didn’t matter if Vivian escaped.
Anyway, behind her was the city, and the defensive Arcane pattern.
Escape? Would she dare to escape?
Behind her were the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians!
Even if the Warden was nearsighted, Vivian had to willingly take this attack!
As if responding to his offensive, the three unproductive S-ranks also brought out their weapons, attacking the city’s barrier.
Newt City was in danger!
At this moment, Vivian’s aura had dropped by thirty percent due to the continuous attacks.
But the wind pellet’s effect earlier was outstanding; the Warden’s current strength was at most only thirty percent!
If he hadn’t already transcended the realm of humans, this single blow would have killed him.
A thought flashed through her mind, Vivian neither dodged nor evaded, looking at the chain that was eight zhang (about 26 meters) away from her, and even charged directly into it.
Elemental power gathered in her palm, Vivian grabbed the chain, and like swinging a yo-yo, she directly flung the Warden on the other end away.
Then she once again unleashed elemental power, declaring death to the three S-ranks who were rampaging like they owned the place, frantically harvesting the lives of the weak.
Three Wind Blades almost pierced through the void, appearing before the three S-ranks in an instant.
Swoosh, swoosh—!
Clang!!
Two crisp cutting sounds fell, and two heads crashed to the ground.
The only survivor was the Foundation captain, who held a shield and instinctively blocked it in front of himself.
“Oh my god…”
He was still shaken, and his body rapidly retreated.
If this continued, his life would truly be gone!
“Oh, hooray!”
“Saintess is awesome (voice cracking)—”
“We’re saved, we’re saved!”
The light of hope began to spread throughout Newt City.
Bringing all of this was the seemingly frail, petite female figure in the sky.
Vivian.
With her present, it seemed everything had hope.
This was the Saintess!
Statham quietly watched all of this, took a deep breath, and spoke indifferently:
“It seems I still need to make an appearance.”
Originally, after much preparation, he even thought he wouldn’t need to act.
However, at this moment, he realized that he had been naive.
One must know that Eastern Abyss hadn’t even appeared yet.
Vivian alone had slaughtered his mighty generals, leaving them in disarray.
But it didn’t matter.
He had already stepped halfway into the realm of God Art Master.
A demigod was also a god!
It was time to let Vivian experience the despair brought by a god!
First, kill Vivian, then kill Eastern Abyss, as for that troublesome Meng Yun, let him be a coward for a lifetime if he dares!
An irresistible aura awakened from Statham’s body.
It made people submit.
It made people bow their heads.
It made people worship.
Gods were not to be looked upon directly.
A terrifying and despairing atmosphere instantly spread throughout the entire scene.