The branches of the giant tree writhed like living things.
They were tightly entangled with the body of the Titan Python. The two colossal monsters were locked in a silent struggle.
And directly above the heads of these two behemoths, the epicenter of a vast and highly corrosive acid rain cloud churned and roiled!
The acid rain had clearly been summoned or released by one of them.
Meanwhile, when Samson Sharp saw this, he felt as if his entire worldview had been shattered.
His legs grew weak, beyond his control.
His Talent was screaming wildly, warning him that the area ahead was an absolute death trap.
Samson Sharp’s voice trembled as he suggested, "I... We... shouldn’t we get out of here? Fighting something like that is just asking to die!"
In an inconspicuous corner of their small group, Charlotte Carter was huddled silently, her face still bearing the purple bruises from her earlier beating by Lily Holloway.
Her head was bowed, but her eyes held no fear of the giant beasts—only an impenetrable gloom and resentment.
Her gaze swept silently over everyone present like a viper’s, lingering especially on Brandon Barton and Heath Summers, her powerful "saviors."
...and Lily Holloway, who had stolen her spotlight and her support.
’Why don’t all these people just die?’ Charlotte Carter thought viciously.
’Why am I the only one who’s so weak?’
But remembering she still had to rely on these people to survive, Charlotte Carter hid her malice.
Victor Sharp watched the terrifying battle in the distance, a clash fit for mythical beasts.
Feeling the constant pressure on the Energy Shield as the acid rain continuously wore it down, he proposed in a grave voice,
"We can’t just stand here and take it. My Energy Shield can block the acid rain for now, but the spiritual power drain is immense. It won’t hold forever. We need to find a place with natural cover from the rain to conserve my strength."
"I agree." Brandon Barton took temporary command, his eyes scanning the surrounding terrain, which had been ravaged beyond recognition by the acid rain and the battle’s aftershocks.
"Everyone, spread out and look for a cave, a crevice, or any large abandoned structure we can use for shelter!"
Shielded by the Energy Shield, the group immediately began to anxiously scan their surroundings for a potential refuge.
"Look! Wh-what’s that?!" Lily Holloway suddenly pointed toward a relatively open area not far away, her voice filled with alarm.
There, a "black line" like a rising tide was rapidly spreading in their direction!
"It looks like..." Heath Summers squinted, trying to get a better look.
But before she could finish, Brandon Barton’s expression changed drastically. Without another word, he threw her over his shoulder and roared, "Don’t look! Run!!"
Before the words even left his mouth, he shot off like a cheetah.
Thanks to his Talent, he’d also acquired items that enhanced his vision, granting him extraordinary eyesight. That was why he instantly recognized what the black line was.
As they ran, the others finally saw the true nature of the "black line."
It was a flood of countless misshapen monsters of all shapes and sizes!
Irradiated hounds, many-legged centipedes, giant beetles, twisted crawlers... They seemed to have lost all reason.
With only madness and greed in their eyes, they ignored the corrosive acid rain and charged madly toward the two battling behemoths—or rather, toward the massive source of radiation!
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