Chapter 484: Zion Zergs (2/2), Destructive Silence
[Zion Zerg Event will start in 5 minutes.]
[Scoreboard]
Group Relintes: 0
Group Serfang: 0
Group Ueakil: 0
These three groups stood on three different circular stone platforms floating in space with asteroids flying and stars sparkling in the distance and nearby.
The rules of this event were simple and straightforward.
The platforms had a barrier around them with a durability of 10,000 points.
Each group must save this barrier from waves of Zion Zergs, a powerful race consisting of a myriad of Insectoid-type monsters.
The group members can fight while staying in the barrier or outside, but their goal is to kill as many as they can while defending the barrier.
The groups couldn't hurt each other with their attacks, so it was a race on who would kill most of the Zion Zergs while maintaining the durability of their barriers.
"Hmm, let's do it like this. Five will stay inside, and five outside," Korin said as he looked at everyone. "Erix, Rin, Kenshin, Lily, and I will stay outside. The five of you can stay inside."
"We have a collective goal that is to kill as many as we can while not letting them attack our platform's barrier, and it's up to you all on how you want to accomplish this."
Everyone nodded.
Erix floated outside, sitting on his Regalon Drive's throne while activating all of his powers as his Concept Gears and Elementals appeared.
Nihilir Elemental and Life Elemental floated to his left and right while his Supreme Concept absorbed the rest of the Concept Gears, causing the gems that were created as mediums for those concepts to light up.
The other two groups were ten kilometers to their left and right.
The left group had ten elves, their aura powerful and all of them having their Mind Zone awakened.
The other group was a mixed bunch filled with two humans, two demons, two elves, one wolf-beastfolk, and three Shuras. All of them also had their Mind Zone awakened, but the three Shuras emitted the most powerful auras.
They stood at an average of 2 meters tall height with majestic curved horns half a meter tall.
"Shuras are going to be a bit of a problem," Korin frowned. "If we target the elves, we'll have better chances of wiping them out."
"Shuras?" Erix raised his eyebrows as he looked at them. Two males and one female. They looked humanoid except their skin was of extreme colors.
One male was entirely black with golden patterns and marks, and golden eyes. The other two had dark red skin with black patterns.
"Shuras are an evolved version of Demons," Nira said. "Demons in general have a lot of various races and forms, but when they reach a certain level in their Bloodline, they evolve into Shuras."
Korin narrowed his eyes, "Their Bloodline is one hundred percent more powerful than ours and they can increase their combat power higher than ours because of their Bloodline."
"Shuras also have another term—Demon Lord," Nira wryly smiled. "These Shuras are probably born from Reverend-order Shuras who are planning to ascend."
Rin snorted, "But they are not unkillable, right?"
"Of course not," Korin shook his head. "But if we fight that group, chances are that we will also suffer causalities. Pushing those Shuras to the extreme and making them go all out by using their Bloodline will hurt us a lot."
"But if we kill them now," Korin added with cold eyes, "Then we'll have eliminated a powerful group near us."
"Do you think they are also thinking about taking on a fight to kill others after the event?" Isabella speculated.
"The Shura group might do it," Nira said with a nod.
"They might indeed," Korin nodded.
"Let's focus on the event first then," Erix said as he looked at the countdown, which only had 10 seconds left. "We'll decide what to do after finishing it."
"Not to mention, I want the first rank in this," Erix snapped his finger as ten rows of black holes with dark silver and purple borders appeared, each row having ten blocks the size of a watermelon.
Countdown hit 0 and everyone sensed a vast amount of aura rushing towards them from all sides!
There wasn't even a single gap to look at anything but hundreds of thousands of Zion Zergs, each being an Empyrean-order lifeform with peak foundational stats!
[Zion Zergs Count: 1,000,000]
[Good luck, everyone.]
The notifications rang while those Zergs rushed towards them, the distance between the groups and the army was merely 50 kilometers.
Erix's eyes glinted as the hundred black holes instantly released sleek black orbs with eccentric purple and dark silver patterns that shaped into a skull-shape design.
'Null Puncture Array.'
Erix attacked on all sides, releasing black orbs from the 100 Null Punctures above him. Moreover, he changed their position into a round one to release attacks on all sides.
Erix was the first one to attack, as he was also the only one with Space powers in this Event. His reach was the longest in this open space and he made full use of his advantage.
The black orbs instantly vanished after releasing from Null Punctures, teleporting at the incoming Zergs and exploding in a 10-meter radius black hole filled with utter destruction, instantly killing multiple Zergs.
Upon seeing Erix making a move, the people from the other two groups also started attacking.
Erix's eyes shone brightly while his aura increased and so did the number of his attacks as he went all out.
However, Erix was getting more powerful each second, and so was the intensity of his attacks!
[Scoreboard]
Group Relintes: 139,236
Group Serfang: 74,030
Group Ueakil: 54,304
The more the gap in score increased, and the more Erix killed Zergs higher than others, the more his overall stats increased!
The Supreme Crown shone, boosting his powers, increasing his recovery, increasing his energy pools, be it Soul energy, Aethir energy, or Prana!
The black orbs released from the Null Punctures increased at an ever-increasing rate, killing Zergs faster and faster in those utterly devastating spherical explosions!
"Erix…" Rin was shocked, and so was everyone else!
[Scoreboard]
Group Relintes: 271,493
Group Serfang: 164,340
Group Ueakil: 134,962
The gap only increased each second while Erix just sat on his throne, his eyes whirling the control and constant improvement of the Null Puncture as he bent their effects to his desire, achieving the destruction of Zergs that no other could catch up to…until it was too late.
In just ten seconds since the first wave started, the battlefield was clear and most of it was cleared by Erix alone!
[Scoreboard]
Group Relintes: 625,428
Group Serfang: 219,296
Group Ueakil: 155,276
[1 minute until the Wave 2 begins.]
At the moment, it was utterly silence with the other two groups directing their senses at Erix.
The three Shuras had a grimace, their veins bulging as they were riled. It was clear they were going to go all out from the next wave.
The elves had a grim atmosphere, but they didn't seem to want to give up as they discussed among themselves.
However, the Relintes Group was utterly silent.
Rin's eyes were ignited like never before as she looked at the countdown and then Erix before closing her eyes.
Lilith, Lily, and Isabella also did the same.
Erix's gaze was only on the cooldown.
'He is already more powerful than me,' Korin narrowed his eyes. 'That skill array was top-notch, level 20 skill stage move.'
'Yes!' Nira was excited. She had now witnessed herself that Erix had surpassed her in terms of raw power.
'If he also turns out to be this brilliant in Soul Battle, then he is definitely a top-notch Elite Empyrean at the moment. That Supreme concept is crazy….'
The countdown reached 0 in silence and preparation, it felt like a couple of seconds instead of one full minute, but everyone was ready and raring.
Erix's eyes shone brightly before his aura exploded.
'Transform.'
There was no way he also wouldn't improve.
Erix held the Vorterend Voidferrum Quill, his eyes clear and focused, filled with only one emotion—Trust. Trust towards himself.
'Become Supreme or nothing.'
Erix made a horizontal and vertical slash, drawing an unstable ink-like cross with the Quill right as the army of Zion Zergs appeared.
This time, the Zergs numbered ten times more than before!
[Zion Zergs Count: 10,000,000]