216. PURGE

Noah felt his focus on the world outside the pond vanish immediately over sixteen experts were disqualified after barely ten seconds inside the pond.

Struggle appeared on his face, partially masked by the transparent helmet. But he didn't bother to focus on the fact that he couldn't even power the suit, rather he placed all his attention on trying to muster enough sheer force to dig through the surface of the pond.

Sensing danger all around him as a result of his steady closeness to the now whirlpool of doom, Noah felt forced to activate Muliix's weight manipulation features when he had gotten dangerously close to the vortex.

Increasing his weight to allow himself to sink, Noah felt both terrified and astonished to find himself approaching the vortex faster than before.

Realization dawned on him at that point, and he immediately reduced Muliix's weight to merely a few hundred grams.