Chapter 528 What is Chaos?

528 What is Chaos?

Davy and Jones laughed mockingly, not deigning Liam's question an answer. "You have no idea what you've pulled yourself into." "Try to survive." Slowly, their forms turned intangible, fading into the murky waters. They had turned invisible, even to Liam's Spirit Sight and superior senses. Instantly, Liam pointed his finger at the cave entrance. A robust string of pure ichor shot through his nail, continuing for several seconds, before spreading outward and expanding across the entrance... crystalizing a short second later. The only form of escape had been plugged. If the two thought they were sly enough to silently disappear, they were gravely mistaken. With that being said, Liam had no clue where the two cuttlefish were!

He looked around. Shadow Sense, Shifter Sense, mental energy and Spirit Sight caught no trace of them — as though they'd gone invisible!

Maybe if he was above land the results would be different, but the waters suppressed him quite well. Now, there were several ways to get this fight over with as fast as possible, but each had its own issue.

One: going berserk and wildly firing spheres of Chaos.

Issue: a small possibility of his Chaos collapsing the underground cavity and creating another escape route for the two cuttlefish. Two: sending Honed slashes everywhere in hopes of landing one. Issue: corruption and darkness were weaker underground, and the cavity was large enough for them to simply dodge. Three: wait for them to attack, then pinpoint where they were from there.

...That sounded the most plausible, and most suitable to his personality. A fight wasn't complete with a little pain. Liam didn't bother overthinking, but shutting off his brain was never a trait of his, either. Standing idly in place, with his sword hanging to the side, Liam resembled a grim, brooding statue, radiating cold confidence and unbridled danger. Lumps of filth circled around him, idly through the waters. Silence.

Pure silence.

A deathly silent tentacle shot at Liam's heart and pierced right through. Just as fast, he used Transfiguration to relocate the vital organ to the side. A second later, Liam felt flames searing his insides, burning him from within with an invisible fire. Liam's sword flashed. A single swing was enough to cleanly sever the invisible tentacle off, abruptly ending the scorching pain.

From behind, something massive hit Liam full force. Something solid and very strong.

Something large, heavy and rigid, most likely an earth elemental, smashed against Liam's head, while something jagged and noxiously corrosive pierced his stomach — obviously a darkness ability. Disorientation and a semi-crushed skull, a lovely combo.

Liam fortified his skeleton as a diverse storm of invisible bullets, beams and cuts rained down upon his body, cracking his armor and breaking him apart, repeating the same process over and over again as he regenerated. Was he...

Was he being played around with?! By a couple of fish with tentacles for mouths?

Unacceptable! Liam used Mind Edge, the cogs of his brain crackling like lightning bolts in all directions. Liam tapped into the Sea of Darkness and spread his awareness through it, resisting the tides of disorientation that flooded his chaotic mind. There had to be a crack, a weakness, in the cuttlefish's Path. A time limit was too cliche to be true, but everything had a time limit – Liam wasn't kind enough to let them live for that long. It didn't sound like the best course of action to follow, but it was... chaotic. 'Am I doing it right?' Liam asked himself. 'Chaos...'

What is Chaos?

Was it a force of nature?

Or was it a state consisting of disarray and havoc? Maybe a volatile, bright red essence that exploded upon Liam's command?

Perhaps it was all three at the same time?

The question was too vast, even for Liam's 200,000 IQ supercomputer brain... but the longest of journeys began with the smallest of steps. ramadan is in 15 days guys, which means that i will have to fast the full month. I'll write as many chapters as I can and schedule them to upload in the coming days, but please do not buy privilege. CovidCandy