In the far corner of the continent.
On top of a mountain, a girl dressed in black attire stood expressionless. She gazed at the pinkish light on the horizon, her face bathed in its hue. A strong wind blew, rustling her beautiful black dress and catching strands of her long black hair, sending them dancing in the wind.
Her eyes glimmered with a mysterious light, giving the impression that everything happening in that pinkish light was bare.
The girl in black opened her mouth and spoke, "Gare."
The moment her voice fell, a man in a hood suddenly appeared behind her, kneeling in respect to his master.
"Kill that disobedient child," the girl in black said calmly, her gaze never leaving the pinkish light on the horizon.
"It will be done, master," the man in the hood responded respectfully and vanished to carry out her order.
When the man in the hood left, the girl in black mumbled quietly, "Back to square one."
Blue Rose City
Ambist Queen and Trio Captain Battlefield
The Ambist Queen gazed at the huge meteor cautiously, redirecting her attack to destroy it in one go.
The Monster Bomb continued to form, powerful mana flowing like a tsunami throughout her body, gathering in her mouth. A sphere of destruction formed, growing larger by the second. A huge Monster Bomb with a diameter of 5 kilometers took shape.
With a resounding sound, the Huge Monster Bomb was launched, flying through the air at great speed toward the Massive Meteor.
Boom!
The huge Monster Bomb and the Massive Meteor collided, resulting in a powerful explosion. Mana and Space Rock momentarily fought for supremacy, but it didn't last long. The Monster Bomb suddenly expanded, swallowing the Huge Meteor instantly and then disappearing abruptly, leaving nothing in its wake, as if the collision of two disasters had never occurred.
The Ambist Queen shifted her gaze to the trio with disdain.
"Did my eyes play a trick on me? Is that thing mocking us? Doesn't it have any intelligence?" Jake said in confusion.
"Sigh!" Erisa sighed as if giving up on something.
Seria, on the other hand, said nothing, her eyes never leaving the Ambist Queen's figure.
The Ambist Queen moved, raising her remaining hand and slamming it to the ground. A vast amount of mana flowed out and fused with the ground.
Seeing the Ambist Queen's action, the trio tried to stop her, but a horde of level 8 monsters attacked, blocking them from reaching their queen.
The man in the robe who was meditating opened his eyes, his eerie green eyes glowing mysteriously. He saw a vision of a catastrophic future.
The Ambist Queen released one of her devastating attacks. The ground shook and the tremors spread throughout the continent and the surrounding areas. The next moment, the ground cracked and shattered, and countless spikes made of crystal erupted, piercing the ground and the sky, destroying everything in their path. A forest of towering crystal spikes spread in all directions, swallowing the entire continent and the neighboring regions, leaving nothing but destruction in their wake.
"Crystal Spike Forest." A magic ability possessed by the Ambist Queen, this attack creates a Crystal Spike Forest that could encompass half of the world, destroying everything in its path.
Seeing the impending future, Eecher sighed put his right hand on the ground, and whispered, "Shatter." When his voice fell, a powerful Nen erupted from his body and flowed into the ground.
Suddenly, a powerful earthquake struck, bringing the apocalypse upon the entire continent. The earth shook, buildings collapsed, rivers flowed chaotically, mountains fractured, and massive cracks like an abyss emerged out of nowhere, dividing the lands, forests, mountains, lakes, rivers, countries, and seas like a sharp knife. A huge sinkhole that swallowed countries was triggered. The ocean retreated, revealing coral reefs, and a hundred-meter tsunami rapidly approached the coast, threatening to wash everything away. Volcanoes erupted, spewing magma and ash that blanketed the sky. Hundreds of millions died, and panic engulfed the continent.
The cause of this cataclysm could be found in the deepest depths of the earth, where the Ambist Queen's devastating magic "Crystal Spike Forest" and Eecher's ability "Shatter" were relentlessly clashing, trying to destroy one another.
Countless crystals kept growing, multiplying, and spreading throughout the underground, covering almost half of the world. The red crystals moved upwards, changing their shape into towering spikes.
Countless Crystal Spikes moved upwards, heading towards the surface and piercing the earth like drills.
As soon as the crystals shifted into towering spikes and moved toward the surface, a powerful energy of destruction suddenly shattered the crystal spikes. This energy was none other than Eecher's Nen ability. This Nen ability turns Life Energy into Energy of Destruction, with three ways of destroying which are shatter, dismantle, and erase.
A wave of endless Crystal Spikes continued to move upwards, trying to destroy everything, but to no avail. The energy of shattering destruction broke every crystal that collided with it.
The constant cycle of regeneration and shattering lasted for a few minutes before it ended.
The Ambist Queen stopped her magic, and half of her magic depleted. She roared in dissatisfaction, after all, one of her trump cards was countered.
Her anger boiled to the point of exploding, and her deadshot eyes locked on the three ants in front of her. She opened her mouth and formed another Monster Bomb.
At this time, the trio had just finished wiping out the horde of level 8 Ambists that attacked them. They felt a terrifying magic forming again. They looked at the source, and when they did, they saw a Monster Bomb heading toward them.
Jake and Erisa vanished from their spot, leaving Seria alone.
Seria raised her hand and stuck out her index finger. "Black hole," she said. When her words fell, a small black hole formed at her finger, and powerful gravitational forces erupted, pulling everything within a kilometer radius and swallowing everything until nothing was left.
The Monster Bomb was pulled by the black hole's powerful gravitational force, and in just an instant, the Monster Bomb was swallowed whole by the Black Hole.
Seeing this, the Ambist Queen didn't care and continued to throw attacks furiously toward the trio.
The trio didn't stand still and immediately used Magic Sense to improve their perception, dodging the Ambist Queen with precision and mastery as if they had been doing this for a long time. Not a single attack landed on the trio.
If the Ambist Queen were in her peak state and not weakened by the Missile, this kind of accomplishment performed by the trio would not be possible.
Punch after punch, kick after kick, roar after roar, Monster Bomb after Monster Bomb, the wave of attacks did not stop, giving the trio no chance to take a breather.
Jake dodged the Ambist Queen's punches, vanishing and reappearing anywhere in the vicinity.
Erisa tried to seal the Ambist Queen's movement with one of her trump cards, but unfortunately, the Ambist Queen didn't give her the chance. Hundreds of level 7 Ambists charged towards Erisa, attacking her relentlessly.
Seria, on the other hand, was being suppressed by multiple Monster Bombs thrown at her. Yes, she could easily solve a Monster Bomb with her Black Hole, but it didn't mean she could handle multiple at the same time. She could only manifest five small black holes simultaneously. Five small black holes, the size of marbles, constantly orbited around Seria like planets, defending her from all the Monster Bombs thrown at her.
While the constant cycle of dodging and attacking continued, Seria made a peculiar hand gesture.
Upon seeing Seria's hand sign, Erisa and Jake's movements suddenly changed. Their actions became unpredictable yet purposeful as if they were following some kind of pattern.
Jake exploded with terrifying force, breaking through the layer of attacks suppressing him, exchanging injury just to close the distance. On the other side, Erisa rushed forward, dodging all the Ambists blocking her way.
Seria dispelled the five small black holes orbiting around her and focused all her energy on gathering a large amount of mana from the depths of her body while dodging and running around so that the Ambist Queen couldn't interrupt her.
Amidst the pain of his injury, Jake reached the Ambist Queen. He swung his axe wildly, creating huge slashes that forced the Ambist Queen into a defensive position. Her black skin visibly changed to red, and her body shrunk to half its original size. Her physical strength and defense in this form weakened, while her magic output erupted, becoming ten times stronger than her original output, and her speed increased fivefold.
Upon experiencing the sharpness of Jake's slashes, she didn't dare receive the blows with her body. In a surprisingly agile movement, the Ambist Queen dodged all of Jake's slashes.
Erisa rapidly approached the Ambist Queen's blind spot, unnoticed by the Ambist Queen.
As soon as Erisa reached a suitable distance from the Ambist Queen, she activated her magic with a heartfelt voice, "Seal."
Her mana solidified, forming a 10-meter-long red lasso. This rope was unbreakable, could infinitely extend, and could seal beings two levels more powerful than her.
With a snap of her wrist, the lasso flew from her hand. In the air, the lasso extended, and its loop expanded. It sailed through the air in a graceful arc. Time seemed to slow down as the loop of the lasso hung, suspended just above the Ambist Queen. Then it fell, slipping neatly over her chest and hands, tightening with a sharp tug as Erisa leaned back.
All of the Ambist Queen's magic was sealed, including half of her strength. The Ambist Queen went wild and tried to escape but couldn't. Erisa's strength was now greater than the Ambist Queen's, thanks to her seal.
The Ambist Queen roared and tried to release a Monster Bomb, but it failed. Her magic was sealed, and she couldn't move at all.
At this moment, Seria, who had been dancing with death, stopped abruptly.
WHAP! She clapped her hands together.
A huge amount of mana erupted from her body, like a tsunami that swept everything. A powerful gravitational force descended throughout the continent.
Amidst the huge gravitational force, Seria moved. She raised her hand in front of her face, extending her ring and middle fingers while curling the index, pinky, and thumb inward.
"Black Hole!" she whispered.
All of her mana suddenly disappeared along with the gravitational force pressing down on the entire continent. In the next moment, an enormous black hole with a diameter of 50 kilometers slowly manifested, bringing fear and destruction with its presence.
In an area of hundreds of thousands of kilometers, the earth began to be destroyed and float, being sucked into the black hole along with oceans, rivers, and lakes. At this moment, the apocalypse descended, making everyone who knew nothing feel despair.