Endless Evolution: Last Star Chapter 209: Essence Monster (Part 21)

Ten minutes ago, in the middle of the salt wasteland, there were only a few people, dark Phantoms from Ruby Dew led by Tirana hunting Adam, but... in Dead Lands, sotis, ten minutes was like an eternity, during which everything could change.

What had been a battleground for so Phantoms had beco a massacre where not everyone would survive.

Obviously, the dark Phantoms would support Tirana and Olax, for they had co to their aid, so they would fight the Phantoms of the Upper Ring, of which there were the majority.

However, the ho of the Phantoms was not Dead Lands, but the Citadel, and they were not the owners, but the monsters!

Whoooooooooooooosh.

A massive centipede with electric shocks running through its body and hundreds of legs with sharp tips burst out from beneath the layers of earth, clenching its ghastly jaws several tis per second and emitting an eerie, snapping sound.

If it wanted to, this centipede could curl around a tall building like a serpent from ancient myths, for one purpose only - to instill fear in anyone who ca under its gaze.

Waves of salt pushed Tirana and Adam & Ester further apart. Oddly enough, the monster's appearance helped Adam & Ester escape Tirana's swift attack, for Olax would no longer be able to move her, first, he had to get close to her and restore her energy.

"Damn it! Where did you co from!" Tirana exclaid furiously, did a sorsault, and landed a few ters away.

She looked up at Centipede, whose body was moving quickly since the monster hadn't fully erged from the ground yet. Given the way the electric shocks were traveling through Centipede's body, it was obvious that this monster had appeared along with the anomalies.

At the sa mont, several insect-like monsters erged from the ground, with long legs covered in chitin and dagger-sharp forelegs. Their bodies shimred as they quickly rushed toward Tirana, her first target.

However, Tirana was clearly not the best option for such weak monsters.

"Away!" Tirana exclaid furiously, bringing her sword down, causing a wave of flas to spread across the ground.

In a heartbeat, the flas turned the monsters into handfuls of ashes that in a mont were carried away by a random wind current.

Step.

Tirana stepped forward before her flas stopped, bursting forward at high speed.

The flas reached the Centipede, glowing its protective plates, but unable to penetrate such strong armor.

The monster was angry that Tirana had attacked it, even though Centipede was not her target.

"Rooooaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrr!!!" Centipede roared furiously, towering over Tirana, who wouldn't even look at the monster. It wasn't that she was afraid, no, on the contrary, she didn't care because she had another, more important goal.

The Centipede's six eyes were intently focused on Tirana as electric shocks began to accumulate in front of the monster's jaw. A few more seconds and the huge monster would deliver its crushing blow to Tirana.

Bam. Bam. Bam.

At the sa mont, several projectiles flew into Centipede from the other side - it was the Dark Phantoms, and their task was to help their leader.

Centipede couldn't ignore it, as so of the attacks managed to damage its plates, so the monster turned sharply and headed towards the Ruby Dew squad.

The wide tail of the monster ca out of the ground and raised a wave of salt, high enough to cover everything within a few ters, but it created a kind of tunnel through which the surfers passed on the waves in the seas.

So, Tirana simply accelerated her stride, while the huge wave slowly descended on her, before crashing completely to the ground.

But, Tirana was already ahead, gradually catching up with Adam and Ester.

'Surely you're hoping that these monsters and other Phantoms can hold off, but that's naive!' Tirana inwardly exclaid with a fiery look, 'Chaos has its advantages. In chaos, everyone becos equal because it's unclear what's going on!'

Whooooooooooooosh.

Electric shocks ran through Adam's eyes. His pupils shifted as he saw Tirana, who sohow was right behind them.

Then, Adam pushed Ester away from him and jumped aside.

A mont later, a wave of fire swept between them that would have left serious burns on their backs if they had collided.

Adam and Ester looked at each other, they realized that they couldn't run together anymore, moreover, they had different tasks - Ester had to protect Adam, and he had to escape sowhere safe.

"You're not leaving!" Tirana exclaid, heading after Adam.

However, no sooner had she taken a few steps than ice and mist arrows flew at her from both sides, left and right.

At the sa mont, Ester made several leaps, coming around Tirana from behind, with her axe drawn back to attack.

Tirana's eyes narrowed, she realized that if she dodged the arrows, Ester would surely hurt her. Tirana, as an experienced Phantom, could tell in an instant if Ester was worthy of being wary of her power.

'Fine, I can get rid of all of you at once!' Tirana inwardly uttered before abruptly stopping and starting to spin in one place.

A plu of fire remained from her massive sword, creating a sort of protective barrier around it.

As she suspected, it was enough to throw the arrows aside and protect herself.

"Agh...?" Tirana's eyes went wide as the broad blade of the axe passed through her fla barrier, slicing it apart.

Then, Ester's smirk appeared as she stepped forward confidently, seemingly not afraid of the flas at all.

"Hey, do you really think I'm scared of fire like the others? Fire is my strength as well!" Ester said with an excited expression, swinging her axe towards Tirana.

Tirana's eyes went wide as she arched sharply, lowering her torso and allowing Ester's axe to sweep right over her. She saw her face in the reflection of the axe blade, and she didn't like what she saw.

'Is that fear...? Shit! I'm not going to be afraid of so ordinary Phantom! Unlike Adam, she's only slightly above average!' Tirana inwardly exclaid, clenched her hands tightly into fists, and rushed into battle.

...

At the sa ti, Fred, standing in the distance, was preparing one of his most powerful attacks.

The fog gradually thickened, turning into a huge arrow. It was an attack with only one charge, which was different from how Fred usually unleashed a hail of arrows on his enemies.

This one arrow was more than enough to pierce Tirana, and it would definitely be the end for her.

Earlier, Fred had tried to use this ability to kill North Keeper, even for him, the arrow speed was too fast to dodge, but... North Keeper just grabbed the arrow and broke it like glass.

Well, it was a failure, but obviously, Tirana wasn't capable of such crazy things.

"Fine... Just a little more, and your head will explode... This is going to be perfect..." Fred whispered as if trying to enchant his arrow for success.

Soon a dark smoke appeared beside him, strongly standing out against the snow-white ruins covered in salt.

"Agh...?" Fred's eyes went wide as a thick black mist appeared right in front of him from which a hand erged, aiming for his neck.