Fell remembered about the metallic box filled with explosives. He turned around and exclaimed in a loud voice filled with good intentions."Thanks for the help. By the way, they will turn aggressive in a short moment.", he added before disappearing in the distance. The direction of his steps was toward the wall, and before long, he stood in front of the smooth and large construct that protected the city.
His hand touched the soft and slippery steel and couldn"t help but have a change in his expression. "This can become quite difficult…", he thought while trying to use his finger to hold him. But the wall lacked any degree of adherence, and after climbing a few meters high, his figure began sliding down with an acute, grating, noise.
"Well, this option isn"t very reliable…", He looked at his deprived body and couldn"t help but sigh with discontentment. "If only I had a few energy left in this body."
The state of his body was truly at his lowest, and he didn"t dare to overexert his tired physique. "Wait!?", an idea popped in his mind, and as soon as he thought about it, he couldn"t stop himself from trying it.
He closed his eyes and made contact with the veined white hole near his head. An influx of ephemeral soul power escaped from his body and coursed through veins toward his arms.
He extended his hand and focused himself on giving shape to that energy. It took him a few seconds to condense and give shape to the energy, but with the help from the memory of the creature he had gained. His control of soul power rose to another level, and three large tentacles made from soul power were wiggling out of his arms.
"With this, it should be much easier.", he mumbled with satisfaction as he glanced at the slightly purple-colored tentacles that left his hand. They weren"t yet completely materialized but were condensed enough that they were capable of interacting with objects.
"Let"s hope they can hold the weight of my body.", he thought before trying once again to climb on the wall. His leg tapped on the ground, and his body was sent upward in an explosive manner.
He rose dozens of meter high in a split second, and just as his body began losing the last bits of momentum it contained. His soul-powered tentacles moved and grabbed the smooth and steep wall in front of him. They connected without any difficulty with the wall, and a gripping strength once again propelled him upward.
He repeated the action a few times, and before long, only a few meters separated him from the top portion of the wall. With one last effort, he pushed once again with his tentacle on the steep wall. A gripping strength propelled him past the wall, and he landed with ease on the construct.
He exhaled a lengthy breath, and he cut the flood of energy that kept the tentacle materialized. The tentacles disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving only a few glints of purple energy hovering in mid-air.
Fell turned around and gazed at the battlefield from a distance. And as he predicted, the raging fire of war had once again resumed after his departure. Now that he stood on high ground, he managed to get a decent view of the ongoing battle.
His eyes darted toward the west field, where he had started fighting. He noticed a few soldiers standing on the wall, and the rest of the beast wave didn"t return, making the west wall quite secure.
He gazed at the north wall that was the closest to his position and watched the army of MechSuit take down one beast after another. "They won"t face any problem against those weak beasts…", he mumbled in a soft tone beginning to walk away.
"The road to the other walls is quite long…", he exclaimed while gazing at the state of his clothes. "I guess that going through the streets of the city in this state isn"t something that should be done…", he thought with a wry smile.
A wave of soul power washed the higher part of the wall. And a pained expression flashed on his face, he sighed and began stepping toward the south wall.
"Guess walking on the wall is the only way…", he thought with a self-deprecating smile. He couldn"t help but have his mind wander while gazing at the long road in front of him.
At some point, he stopped in his track and decided to change clothes. He took out a large bottle of clean water, and as the higher part of the wall was quite empty. He took off the ragged parts that were left from the martial attire he had been wearing. He nearly burned what was left from his clothes but decided to just stock them in his spatial pocket for now.
A groan of pleasure escaped his lips when he felt the sensation of the clean, freshwater on his body. He took his time and had to sc.r.a.p the pieces of blood that had solidified, under those scabs, were a small trace on his skin left from the many injuries he had gotten.
"Thankfully, my body is quite resilient. If I wasn"t a body cultivator, I would have pretty much died today from all the blood loss.", he exclaimed with a wry smile while rubbing the filth out of his back. The worst was his hair that had turned into an ugly red color due to the blood and dirt that had ama.s.sed in it.
Before long, he managed to clean himself and had donned one of the martial attire he had stocked earlier in his spatial pocket.
"Now that"s better!", he exclaimed with a satisfying sight. He couldn"t help but stop for a little moment and enjoyed the sensation of the fresh wind brushing against his skin. Before long, he resumed his walk, and although he didn"t eat at all, his footstep quickened as he felt refreshed from the short pause.
And before long, the s.p.a.ce separating him from the south wall was less than a kilometer. From a distance, and due to the angle that the circular-shaped wall gave him, he could see a moving ma.s.s of dark that represented the beast wave. And as he approached, he began seeing the raging battle going on in the south wall.
"I can detect numerous strong blood essence.", he exclaimed with surprise. He accelerated his steps, and soon entered a running stance where he darted toward the south wall. Then, he stopped in an abrupt manner with surprise flashing on his face.
He tried detecting those blood essence, but it was to no avail as he couldn"t find their signature energy again. "Does it means that someone had taken them in one go?", he mumbled with a pensive expression flashing on his face.
"Although I wouldn"t be faced with much trouble if I had fought those creatures. The fact that he had taken them in one go in such a lightning-fast mean is a feat that couldn"t be ignored.", before long the ma.s.s of creature turned into clearer figures, and he could see them individually from high in the wall.
He also noticed a few figures standing on the wall, close to the line of cannon that shot rays of light every few seconds. "Seems like the south defenses are faring quite well…", he exclaimed with a pleasant surprise.
From his position, he could feel the ma.s.ses of energy running through the battlefield with even more clarity. And his vision could now clearly see the figure valiantly defending the walls of New Casablanca.
"The gladiators!", he exclaimed as he noticed a specific MechSuit moving in a strange way. "I have already seen this style of martial art in the core!", he thought with images of the man appearing in his thought.
"So, they did come in the end.", he thought with another wave of pleasant surprise that made his heart blissful. "I guess they truly have one word. People like them pay attention to the promise they make."
From the moment he knew that the gladiator"s had made their way from the Core to the gigantic walls, he began looking for a specific figure among them. He had met the man a few times and had even exchanged a few moves with him. "The disappearance of the b.e.s.t.i.a.l blood essence should be caused by him.", he thought with his eyes darting left and right.
"Found it…", he said with a strange smile on his lips. There, in the middle of the battlefield, could be seen a red-haired figure fighting without wearing any MechSuit.
"Looks like he is quite confident in himself!", he exclaimed as he saw him. "Well… His body is quite resilient on its ow-", he mumbled before stopping in his words. As he gazed at the red-haired man, he noticed a strange oddity happen in the middle of the battlefield.