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Molting the Mortal Coil - Chapter 574

Published at 29th of March 2024 06:14:45 AM


Chapter 574: Round Two

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Chapter 574: Round Two

Seeing the spider being pushed around, Sage had to move his plan to the next stage. He yelled up at the Swamp Genesis Spider, and somehow it understood his tone of voice and immediately retreated. Having just pushed back the trio of Nascent Souls, it had the time to retreat a few steps and then sink into the water. The swamp they were battling in was only three to five feet deep in most places, but somehow the giant spider was able to dive down without an issue.

It hadnt moved very far from its initial starting position, which just so happened to be where a large hole in the web was placed. It was the one spot that the spider used to surface if it ever needed to. Usually, it only needed to push out a single limb to draw in air every few days, but it was also an escape route, or for a situation like this where its swamp was being threatened. When the Living Disaster had entered the swamp with such force and ferocity, its mere steps threatened to break the spiders web and so it was compelled to make a stand.

The giant spider disappeared into the water, sinking below the surface of the salt-water swamp and into the ocean proper. Beneath the swamp was a murky stretch of sea, one that the spider was overlord over. It didnt just have a web to form a shallow bottom for the swamp, but also as a giant wall to separate it from the rest of the sea. Anything that wished to enter this area had to be small enough to fit through a gap in the web, or strong enough to break the web. With the exception of course being the hole in the web itd just used. It flipped over, hanging from the web underwater and turning to lie in wait for one of the Nascent Souls to leap into the water and suffer its wrath. That moment of disorientation when entering the water, the large splash and the moment of closed eyes to resist the sudden water pressure was its favorite moment to strike.

With the Spider safely retreating, Sage had to buy it some time to recover from the vicious attack. The Swordsman and Fu Clansman had fled, while the Yincha woman was picking herself up after being thrown through a few trees. At that time, the swamp came to life around them. The trees in a half-mile radius had already been infiltrated by vines and power from the Sacred Banyan and fell under Sages control. The tree that the woman had finally used to stop her momentum came to life behind her. Shed just pushed off the shattered bark and shook the dizziness out of her eyes when the remaining half of the trees intact limbs stretched downward. The number of branches suddenly multiplied, and thousands of new leaves sprouted, twisting and spreading into a thick green wall around her. At the same time, the roots of the tree curled upwards. The roots were hidden under the surface of the murky water and it drastically reduced the time she had to respond when those roots experienced an explosive growth spurt, shooting like spears towards her.

It will have to do.

Tree trunks splashed loudly into the water and leaves were blasted into the air along with their attached branches from loud thundering sounds and bursts of black smoke. The three Nascent Souls burst into a large clearing at the same time. The Fu Clansman and the Swordsman were staring at the Yincha woman across from them, but where had their target gone to?

At that moment, Sage had taken advantage of his lack of physical body to sink down into the swamp and pass through the gaps in the web and sneak into the sea beneath them. Hed made a big show to give them a goal and waste their time fighting off the trees, simply to buy a little more time before running to join the spider for an undersea battle. They clearly had an advantage in an underwater fight considering his lack of a physical form and it being the Spiders den, and thats all he had to rely on at this moment.

Especially when the water rippled around him and he heard the distorted rumble that could only mean one thing. The Living Disaster was back in action.




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