Chapter 80 — Scram
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One might be wondering why the trio was still floating and suspended in the middle of the air...
It was because Socrates was grabbing hold of both of them....
His right hand was buried deep into the dagger and he used that opportunity to tightly curl his fingers around Binata's fist while his left hand held the unconscious Kamira whose face was disheveled and mouth hung open with holes where her teeth were supposed to be....
Adrenaline tore through Socrates veins which bulged with pressure as it overclouded the weak control of his mind...
'Stay calm...' He tried to tell himself but he couldn't as he dragged the terrified Binata closer with just the fingers curled around her fist..
Binata's heart screamed violently as she couldn't even move an inch... She had never felt such pressure before and it had caused almost all her body system to shut down...
'Is this Socrates?' She questioned inwardly because the pressure and presence he was giving off was completely different...
Socrates dragged her closer and then suddenly pushed his head forward, butting her head violently in the sky with enough force to instantly knock her downward as cracks spread across her skull...
THUD*
Snow scattered everywhere as her body smashed directly onto the ground less than two seconds after being headbutted while her consciousness struggled desperately to remain awake through the overwhelming pain...
Not until Socrates descended from the air...
It was as though he was an air bender as the wind parted around him, allowing him to descend in less than two seconds before both legs slammed directly onto Binata's body, crushing her head and chest apart...
Squelsh***
There was an uproar throughout the crowd as blood splashed everywhere, staining the snow-white field crimson....
Socrates had just killed Binata in the most gruesome way imaginable by stomping through her face and chest, causing parts of her body to scatter beneath his legs while brain matter and flesh spilled across the icy ground....
The Ichigo Clan members and several others cried out furiously while many spectators simply stared in stunned silence...
Even the referee was completely frozen as the short man couldn't move an inch from where he stood... His fat legs trembled violently as he stared at Socrates who was carrying Kamira gently with one hand..
Then, as if sensing his gaze, Socrates slowly turned his head toward him...
'What?'
Their eyes met instantly as the transmission stone slipped from the referee's grip..
He quickly fell to his knees and picked it up before hurriedly bringing it toward his mouth...
"Socrates, The Disciple of the Northern Gladiator, is the winner of this competition... He's now officially part of the Outer Ranking 50, currently sitting at Rank 50.." The referee announced and loud cheers instantly erupted amidst the crowd...
"Where's the infirmary located?" Socrates asked and the referee immediately pointed toward a direction with shaking fingers..
'His voice... It sounds feminine... Is he the one?'
Unbeknownst to everyone, the silhouette standing here wasn't truly Socrates...
It was Lady Achillia occupying Socrates' body...
Socrates himself was unconscious within his Sea of Consciousness and until he woke up, he wouldn't be able to regain control of his body...
Right now, Lady Achillia was the one controlling everything and her consciousness was far more powerful than his own...
If not for Socrates powerful physique, he wouldn't have been able to withstand Lady Achillia's consciousness because her soul was monstrously powerful...
Perhaps more than ten times stronger than his.
She clenched her fist and the dagger slowly pulled itself out from his hand before she used the same hand to gently scoop Kamira beneath her legs...
Lady Achillia suddenly felt a strange sensation as she looked backward, her eyes drifting upward toward the snowy sky...
She squinted slightly but sensed no one before deciding to leave...
That was when three men landed heavily onto the snow-covered field...
Two of them were from the Ichigo Clan while the remaining one belonged to the Lu Family...
All three were at the Foundation Establishment Realm..
"You think you can leave after killing one of our clan members?" The man from the Ichigo Clan spat venomously.
"Do you think you can stop me?" Lady Achillia asked calmly...
"I don't know what treasure you used to get yourself out of the Blue Square Formation and display this amount of strength... But I'll kill you and seize that treasure for myself.." The man from the Lu Family challenged.
"You're unworthy.." Lady Achillia replied with a cold defiant gaze...
"IMPUDENT—!!"
The three men roared furiously as they unleashed their aura...
The pressure of three Foundation Establishment Realm experts condensed together, forming a violent chaotic force that rushed toward Lady Achillia who simply took a single step forward..
"SCRAM—!!"
Lady Achillia's voice rang across the arena as the combined energy attack instantly dissipated...
The force scattered apart like shattered glass while she took another step forward, this time stomping heavily onto the ground.
Boom!
Before the three men could even react, the snow beneath them exploded upward as the ground violently rose beneath their feet...
Massive spikes erupted from underneath the frozen surface and pierced directly through the bodies of the three silhouettes before they could make a single move...
Blood splashed across the arena as Lady Achillia didn't even bother waiting for them to die before leaping into the air toward the direction of the infirmary while carrying Kamira within Socrates' body...
Members of the Lu Family and Ichigo Clan rushed down onto the snow field only to discover that the three men were already dead...
The spectators were too stunned to even understand what had just happened...
All they knew was that Socrates was terrifyingly powerful...
Meanwhile... there were still people who understood that something far deeper had just transpired...
Among them was Judas who stood there stunned beside Cleopatra...
"Is this in line with your prediction?" Cleo asked while staring at the disappearing figure in the sky.
Judas slowly shook his head...
"Nothing like this..."
"Then how were you so confident he would win and yet he actually did?"
"I just had a feeling he wasn't ordinary... and truly he isn't." Judas replied.
"A feeling, you say? Should I remind you that your so-called junior brother unleashed a powerful elemental attack without channeling energy... Do you understand the level of control required for that? Let's not even talk about the fact that elemental attacks can only be cultivated after reaching the Master's Realm... Just how did he do it? I thought he was a broken cultivator..." Cleo analyzed while snow drifted across his shoulders...
"Except there's only one possibility..."
The two turned toward each other simultaneously.
"Treasure..." They both muttered at the same time.
"What a sky-defying treasure..."
"It's an earth-splitting treasure..." Cleo laughed loudly.
"What a lucky lad..." .
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His hands rested behind his back as snow drifted down endlessly but never touched him... His white robe fluttered softly in the freezing wind as he stared into the distant horizon...
Then he slowly brought his hands forward, revealing two golden bracelets...
"I've found your secret, Socrates..." Elder Hestruin voiced out as he rubbed the two bracelets against each other...
"You've stumbled upon a living treasure.... The treasure doesn't lie somewhere else... It's inside you... It's within your body..." Elder Hestruin smiled faintly before throwing the bracelets toward the floor.
Boom!
The rooftop cracked apart instantly from the impact.
Suddenly, another figure appeared behind him dressed completely in black, contrasting heavily against the snowy atmosphere...
"I've Arrived Elder..."
"Good you... Let me go straight to the point.. The Top 50 Rankers will be assigned on a mission to the Ice-Flame Dungeon...
Whoever retrieves the Ice-Flame will become part of the Inner Ranking while anyone is free to challenge and seize another's ranking.
You're Number 36.
What I want you to do is once you've entered the Dungeon is to ...."
Tbc....