SSS-Rank Awakening: My Talent Multiplies Everything novel Chapter 104

Chapter 104: No Escape.

The torrent of inferno spread across the battlefield like a living tide, swallowing every possible escape route in an instant. Walls of crimson flame rose from the ruined streets, connecting into an unbroken sea of fire that completely sealed the battlefield. The four found themselves trapped within a blazing prison, while beneath their feet the ancient formation continued to pulse with sinister light, greedily drawing away every shred of vitality they possessed.

Agonizing screams echoed throughout the ruined city.

The flames clung to their bodies like starving beasts, refusing to be extinguished no matter how desperately they struggled. Flesh blackened. Armor glowed red from the unbearable heat. Every attempt to force a path through the inferno only resulted in them being driven back deeper into the formation’s range, where the relentless siphoning of their life force grew even stronger.

Their strength continued to plummet.

Their bodies became weaker with every passing second.

Hope gradually disappeared from their faces.

The man shrouded in cursed aura stared at the inferno surrounding him before finally realizing there truly was no escape.

His face twisted into one of hatred.

"You traitorous fiend!"

His furious roar echoed through the sea of flames.

"You won’t get away with this!"

"The others will find you!"

"They’ll skin you alive! They’ll torture you until you’re begging for death!"

The brown-haired man simply stood amidst the blazing inferno, watching him in silence.

There was no triumphant smile on his face.

No satisfaction.

No anger.

No fear.

His expression remained calm, as though he were merely watching the inevitable conclusion of something that had long since been decided.

The flames continued burning.

One after another, the screams faded.

The woman wielding the vine whip was the first to fall, her charred body collapsing before crumbling into ash beneath the relentless inferno. The lightning wielder soon followed, his once brilliant aura extinguished forever. The ice-haired woman struggled until the very end, only to share the same fate moments later.

Eventually...

Silence returned.

The only things left within the ruined battlefield were drifting ashes carried away by the hot wind.

The man remained standing for several more seconds, his sharp green eyes sweeping across the battlefield to ensure not a single one of them had survived. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Only after confirming the last trace of life had vanished did the calm expression on his face finally break.

The blazing formation beneath the city instantly dimmed before disappearing altogether.

At almost the same moment, the man staggered forward before collapsing onto one knee, supporting himself with one hand against the fractured ground as heavy breaths escaped his lips.

"That..."

"...was rough."

His voice sounded noticeably exhausted.

If anyone had witnessed the battle from beginning to end, they would have believed he had dominated the fight from the moment the formation activated.

Reality, however, was far less glamorous.

That formation was far from the perfect killing technique it appeared to be.

It was an ancient forbidden formation capable of devouring every trace of life within its range while sealing the surrounding space to prevent escape. On paper, it sounded like the ultimate ambush.

Unfortunately...

The formation possessed one fatal flaw.

It didn’t distinguish between friend and foe.

Anything caught within its influence became nourishment.

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