Chapter 1309 You are weak

Chapter 1309 You are weak

Liam, realizing his earlier attempt had failed, shifted his focus. He needed a new strategy, and fast. His eyes darted around the chamber, searching for any sign of weakness or something that he could break and make the array weaker and his life easier.

But this time too he ended with a blank. It looked like going in with full strength was the only solution here which did not bode well for the other floors. "Damn it." Liam cursed. With this, he would have used up all the trump cards he had in his sleeve. What was he going to do on the subsequent floors? Was his climb already coming to an end in the third segment? Had he reached his limit?

However, this was not the time to worry about these things. He first had to clear this floor. Facing this sort of group attack was new for him. Even though their individual strength was not impressive, they somehow became the toughest opponents he had faced so far by pure coordination efforts. This was in a way eye-opening for Liam. If Crimson Abyss could have a few units such as this then their power could also increase several folds.

But nothing can be without a weakness, especially an overpowered technique like this. Sooner or later a glaring weakness should pop out.

And if not he was determined to make one himself through sheer force.

"Come on!" Liam grunted and started adding more fuel and power to his impregnable nether fortress. He had experimented with this back in the slaughter trials and this was currently his strongest attack and defense.

Immediately, the tall and sturdy nether fortress walls started emitting a frigid aura. The strong walls that bore the relentless barrage of lightning bolts became several folds stronger.

Liam knew that to break through their defenses, he needed not only brute force but also precision. He focused the frigid energy, channeling it into a single, concentrated point on the nether fortress's wall.

Liam charged forward ruthlessly and attacked everyone like a rampaging monster. His sword danced at a pace he had never done before. He was pushing himself to the limit. The fruits of his labor were soon evident as the cultists' ranks began to thin out.

Finally, with a thunderous cry that seemed to shake the very foundations of the ruins, Liam launched a final, desperate attack directly at the heart of the shield. The combined forces of ice and nether energy converged into a single, devastating blow.

The shield shattered with a sound like the world breaking apart, its fragments of purple lightning dissipating into nothingness.

Now Liam could clearly see what was in front of him. A few leftover cultists and a weird statue. He did not know what it was but it couldn't be anything good.

The statue was no match for Liam's next strike. As his sword connected, the statue exploded in a burst of dark energy, rendering the cultists' last line of defense useless.

In the aftermath, silence fell over the chamber. His assumption had been correct. The statue was somehow empowering the cultists.

The cultists, leaderless and broken, were quickly subdued and slaughtered. Every last one of them was taken care of. The entire place was laid to waste.

Liam stood amidst the chaos, his chest heaving with exertion, but his eyes burned with victory. He had done it. The array was dismantled, the cultists defeated, and the path forward was clear. The golden glow also started to envelop him but right at this time, a voice sounded.

"That was a pathetic display. You are weak."