Chapter 837 - 405: Star Flame Frenzy (Part 3)
"Ah, about the tremor..."
Li Ang organized his words: "The tremor was something I asked Anna to do."
"What?!"
"Earth Serpent Anastasia, as a weapon of civilization destruction, her special attack [Seismic Level Climbing] enhances the shockwave with each use. If not stopped, the accumulated power can shatter any land."
"I’m not talking about that, why did you—"
Halfway through her words, Meimei realized Li Ang’s intentions.
"Ah, you planned this all along? You foresaw this situation?"
"Yes, when I heard that Hedaya was already fused with this island, I started considering the feasibility. Fortunately, Anna has grown stronger recently, giving me a larger operational window."
During the battle with Horarius, Li Ang had already sent a signal to Anna waiting on the surface. She manifested her true form and began to induce tremors on Lupus Island.
"The timing was just right. Now there’s still time to stop her, but we can also let her continue. It won’t be long before the seismic power becomes unstoppable."
"This is truly..."
Meimei’s lips moved, but she didn’t speak the follow-up words. However, her eyes were fixed on Li Ang’s back, and she couldn’t help but fall into deep thought.
At this moment, a booming sound echoed in the rock walls, deep and expansive, layered and massive, as if it could spread to the entire island.
"Is this a sign of a Star Soul earthquake?" Farina asked.
"This isn’t it. It seems the Demon’s methods have started to manifest."
Li Ang had already activated the spirituality of all Demons, and upon learning this news, they no longer conserved their qi power and started running with all their might.
The overhead rock layers began to fracture and fall, and as the people and the Demons struggled to cope, the strength that Li Ang lost from his severed arm started to recover. He raised his magic staff and, using the Earth’s Favor grafted from Anna, controlled the Earth Element to gather the falling rocks and form a protective umbrella to shield from the falling debris.
In the current state, relying on the Favor for Earth Element control was his strongest method.
Unexpectedly, the last time they were pelted by falling rocks, the instigator was Anna, and now they were using her power to resist such a situation.
Finally, after a not-so-long but seemingly endless race through the underground, they saw the exit revealing the orange-red firelight of the volcanic crater ahead. They rushed out from the underground, and the Eternal Summer was already waiting in front.
Andasu had activated the Water Attribute protection across the entire ship, lowering it to a sufficiently low altitude just to wait for the returning group.
She and Dorothy, along with Livi, were looking at the ship’s side. Seeing everyone emerge, they breathed a sigh of relief, and the White Wolf immediately returned to the helm.
As the Eternal Summer flew away from the boiling volcanic crater, Dorothy quickly stepped forward and said, "I was so worried, all the volcanoes erupted at once. I thought something had happened, and now my shoulder hurts—"
She rubbed her shoulder, and the Ring of the Chain of Guardian on her ring finger gleamed in the firelight. Seeing Li Ang’s empty sleeve, she opened her mouth, a look of anticipation as if she had anticipated it, but worry quickly took over.
"We’ll explain later, hold tight, let’s ascend!"
The surrounding Fire Element grew denser, and the Demon began to initiate the final island destruction process after all.
You want destruction, but I’ll beat you to it.
Li Ang, through the mind link, issued a full-power attack command to Anna.
As the Eternal Summer ascended, they all saw the golden giant serpent accumulating power on a charred land. Her body had grown nearly twice as large, with an estimated length exceeding forty meters, a giant beast like a small mountain.
She thrust her crown-shaped horns into the ground, and the intense shockwaves were enough to plow the surface. Previously, she just followed Li Ang’s instructions, maintaining a certain speed of strikes, but now, with full force, a few strikes made the ground of Lupus Island visibly shake.
The earthquake had begun.
Though in the intentions of the Demon Transformer, Lupus Island was destined to meet its end, the situation where it’s initiated by him versus by Anna were entirely different things, and in the latter case, the Star Flower Travel Corps had taken control of the initiative.
He will undoubtedly make one final counterattack.
The numerous volcanoes of Purgatory Island began their intense eruption, magma columns shot into the sky, falling as a rain of fiery meteors, heralding the arrival of a true doomsday scene.
On the ground, the earthquake devastated the remaining buildings, and as the city disappeared into the smoke and dust, the island’s rock layers began to collapse, even the solid volcanic structures wrapped in lava, sliding into the island’s inner sea with the momentum to engulf everything, but without causing large waves because the water had seeped into the island’s already disintegrating structure.
The ultimate destruction of fire and earth manifested simultaneously at this moment.
In the clouds, a captivating beauty, dressed in a noble earth-brown gown, silently watched this scene.