2022. Center
Noah and his team had long since stopped viewing the crackling avatars as worthy opponents. Those puppets weren't weak, but Heaven and Earth had used them in countless punishments. Each expert who managed to reach the ninth rank had memorized their functioning and had learnt how to counter them.
However, the sheer number of crackling avatars made Noah and King Elbas reevaluate that idea. They didn't fear a small platoon, and they also believed that they could deal with a single upper tier puppet. Still, the city contained too many of them. Noah wouldn't have trouble completing the requirements for the ninth rank if he absorbed a mere fraction of them.
'This is too much,' Noah thought as the massive display of power left him astonished.