Chapter 3687 Two More Sizes
"This isn't good..."
"Yes. I'm beginning to notice as time passes, the number of spheres in our surroundings begins to increase..."
"At this rate, we'd all explode and fail..."
Isabella, Frostrose, and Flamerose commented. Their expressions did not look good.
Isabella took a step back and watched a sapphire soul sphere shoot past her head. It was almost as though it was targeting them, but she once again confirmed their movements were just random but fast.
"Careful. If we get hit, it might invoke a chain reaction on us..." Frostrose warned, her expression solemn.
"The smaller spheres aren't a problem. Their crimson clouds don't extend past one meter in diameter. But on the other hand, the fist-sized one extends up to five meters in diameter while the big one extends up to ten meters."
Isabella shared her findings. Frostrose also nodded, "That's true. However, the smaller spheres are way greater in number, so don't underestimate them. The chances of getting hit by the smaller spheres are way higher than getting hit by the other two spheres."
"Right."
Isabella agreed.
She was about to move to that unlucky person and investigate how he subdued a ruby martial sphere which she was the most obsessed with right now as it denied her victory when suddenly a man appeared beside him and sank a icy blade right into his forehead.
"..."
Isabella didn't know what to say.
She saw that the owner of the icy blade's expression turned unsightly. He actually turned to look at her as though blaming her for not announcing such a penalty.
Isabella smirked and shrugged with her hands raised and spread, causing veins to appear on his forehead.
However, he didn't dare approach her and slipped away.
Frostrose could only shake her head. The number of Candidates participating in the Fourth Hidden Pagoda has decreased to thirty as far as she could tell but that ice cultivator sure did suffer a big penalty similar to Isabella, having lost half the energy in all three cultivation systems.
This was a big blow to defending oneself against others and the spheres.
"Isabella, why don't you try subduing the sapphire spheres and white spheres? We'll teach you."
"Thanks~" Isabella turned to look at them, "But I refuse to back down from a challenge. If I fail, I'll leave it to you guys to win for us- oh, I guess you two would be inclined to take these rewards back to the Auraflame Clan or use them on yourselves. Rest assured, I don't have a problem. I won't plunder it from you two if you were to win since you healed me many times, and even if you didn't, I wouldn't dare offend Shirley~ Aha~"
She made her thoughts clear to them and left, leaving Flamerose and Frostrose a mess in their heads.
They couldn't really tell where they belonged.
The Auraflame Clan was their home but in truth, they were sacrificed despite being geniuses even in terms of magical beasts. They were also not opposed to sacrifice themselves for the clan as it was considered a heroic feat full of glory. On the other hand, they were treated nicely in an Anarchic Divergent's home, felt happiness and sadness.
Of course, they had also been biased against an Anarchic Divergent, thinking they were evil but after having spent so much time with Shirley and her family, they were forced to rethink their biases.
They saw no evil.
She yelled out with extreme conviction as veins erupted all over her forehead. Her fist roared at the sphere as a dragon head manifestation enveloped it within its razor-sharp fangs, causing it to shudder.
This almost made Frostrose and Flamerose jump as they saw it could expand and explode. However, the ruby sphere canceled out the force and dropped down to the grass, rolling on the ground like an ordinary crimson ball children use to play with.
"S-She subdued it..."
"Unbelievable..."
Flamerose and Frostrose's lips parted. They looked dumbfounded as they saw Isabella reach out her hand and pick the head-sized ruby sphere and looked at it with pride oozing out of her gaze.
'I thought so... my theory was right. The pigeon-egg-sized spheres require tranquil force. The head-sized spheres require absolute force, which leaves the fist-sized spheres possibly requiring optimal force...'
Isabella's lips curled like that of a cat's.
She had been quite down that her fist didn't work on a martial sphere, but now that she confirmed that her absolute force was undefeated, she overflowed with confidence.
"Frostrose, do you know what this is?" Isabella turned to look at them and asked.
Frostrose and Flamerose came near. The former opened her mouth.
"A head-sized ruby martial sphere...?"
"No, it's called a nuclear bomb~"
Isabella grinned before she took off somewhere with the big ruby sphere in her hand.
The twin phoenixes watched her dash towards a direction, and at the end was a man who flinched and turned around to escape.
"Die, Girias!"
Isabella quickly caught up as she used her Earth Dragon's Overlord Rush. Her legs were encased in a layer of brownish-golden immortal martial energy, allowing her to cross a certain distance in a short amount of time with the greatest speed she could muster.
"...!"
Girias's scalp turned numb.
He was lying await at a safe distance in order to take advantage of Isabella's failure but she instead passed. Just as he wondered if the trick was overwhelm the bigger spheres, she abruptly chased after him.
He was one step too late even as he tried to cast an escape technique.
Isabella's eyes were focused. Her fingers almost sank into the head-sized ruby sphere as she pushed it ahead with her palm.
A big ruby sphere smashed into Girias' back, causing his eyes to turn bloodshot, "Fuck!"
*BOOOM!~*
The ten meter diameter from the point of contact was instantly covered in a crimson gas cloud. Subsequently, all four of Girias' limbs of had exploded into a meat paste as though crushed and burst into a fountain of blood.
"Aaaghh!"
He screamed out in pain but, more importantly, humiliation as Isabella stepped on his head and planted his face on the bloody grass. She kept him suppressed, dragging his face through the dirt as she slid down the slope.