Chapter 900: 900. Head
Noah and the others couldn't know how effective the emblem would have been, but it did far more than its description implied.
The item had taken care of all the threats in a large area, destroying the entirety of the formation that kept the group trapped. It had even affected Noah's Demonic Form, but it seemed unable to hurt living beings since the hybrids were fine.
The Ghostly Snakes' minds were at their limits, and their instincts were about to take control of their bodies. The emblem would have targeted them if it could affect living beings.
The only drawback of that divine item was the amount of light needed to recharge it. It wouldn't be a problem for a divine cultivator with a light aptitude to keep it always ready, but Daniel was only a being in the fifth rank.
No one in the group knew how long it would take for the emblem to become operational again. Daniel's only hope was that Chasing Demon decided to relocate some of the resources of the Hive for that purpose.
Nevertheless, the state of the emblem was the last of the group's problems right now.
Noah performed the second form of the Dragon's Claw martial art as soon as the Demonic Form reactivated. A tall fissure appeared in the sea and created an empty path that connected Noah and the cave in the distance.
Without the obstruction of the formation, Noah's attack managed to reach the control center and create a deep crack in that area.
An earthquake soon filled the bottom of the sea, but no one came out of the destroyed cave. It seemed that that place was abandoned and only functioned as the core of the formation.
June and the others were ready to charge, but the outcome of Noah's attack made them stop their tracks. Their enemies weren't there.
"They have to be near!" June shouted as she unfolded her consciousness to search for the assailants.
She knew that the inscriptions didn't store the spells inside the formation. They required someone nearby to use and redirect them into specific matrices meant to teleport the attacks inside the isolated area.
Nevertheless, the fact that their enemies had yet to appear meant that they had no intention of revealing their presence. It was highly possible that they had considered the ambush a failure already and that they had started to run away.
After all, that area was near the Coral Archipelago, and Daniel had just activated a divine item. The experts in the islands couldn't miss that disturbance and would investigate the matter.
Also, Noah and Daniel were late for their appointment in the Archipelago.
The mission was over by then, and the group had to split so that everyone could return to their respective organizations. The battle didn't last much, but the Elders of the Hive hadn't been able to contact Noah and Daniel in that period.
Noah was sure that reinforcements were already on the way, especially since the rank 5 Elders knew that the group was probably walking into a trap.
However, Noah didn't want to let the assailants go. He wanted to know which organizations were involved in the ambush.
The current political situations wouldn't allow him to exploit the eventual capture of one of them. Still, Noah could at least understand who was so bold to attack them while the Empire still had a rank 6 existence.
Of course, his suspects were the Royals. Yet, there was a chance that the Council had decided to join the ambush due to its greed.
Noah's consciousness expanded to its limits, but it didn't manage to sense any living being. That area of the sea even lacked magical beasts!
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