Acht had to take several deep breaths to calm down his heart which was beating at an unbelievably fast rate. He could feel his soul force depleting to a low degree instantly of the huge usage that he did not so long ago.
Stretching Ooze to the size of a whole city was something that the Acht from a week ago wouldn't be able to pull off. It was the effect of absorbing multiple SSS-Rank soul stones and leveling up.
He was able to advance 4 levels quickly and reach the threshold of the second phase of his core which was the orange soul.
This made him basically evolve to a whole different level of strength that he himself couldn't even imagine reaching in such a short period of time.
Then, after calming down considerably, he eyed the area around him. The sight alone made him freeze for a moment.
What was before a lively district of the city turned into a desolate area that lacked any resemblance to what it was a few minutes ago.
All the buildings were basically erased from existence without leaving a single trace of their existence except for some small debris that could be found scattered around.
'Damn.' He thought as he felt the whistle of air as it blew his black hair left and right.
He then looked back at the soldiers behind him. Because of what Acht did, most of the soldiers were standing with minor injuries on their bodies. The fact that most of them were also awakeners helped in preserving most of the army intact.
However, that didn't mean that they were still the same just like before the war started. Their determined eyes were now as horrified as any person could be.
Their hands were shaking and their faces were sweating profusely as they looked up with hesitant glances.
From a simple clash with the clones, the army was rendered basically useless. The power from the clones' attack was simply way too much to handle even for the most optimistic of these bunch.
'Fuck! They are already as scared as a bunch of chickens. I guess that was expected. The case is also probably the same if not even worse in other cities around the world.' Acht thought with a cold glare.
He couldn't find a reason for him to still rely on these bunch of cowards since they will be slaughtered anyway. However, they could work as a decoy for him and for the more capable hunters.
Lastly, he took a look at the machines of mass destruction that were floating in the sky like true gods eyeing mere mortals and preparing to punish them.
However, they didn't seem to be preparing another attack for now. Their positions also didn't change much.
*DING* *DING* *DING*
As he was glancing at them, his phone rang out of nowhere. He looked down and it seemed Lein was calling him.
He was very far away from the base so it was understandable.
He picked up the phone and said immediately.
"The soldiers are now basically scared shitless. We have to deal with this alone."
"Fuck! I expected that. That attack alone almost broke my ribs! Fuck! The others are here and we are going to attack them from afar to see how they will react." She replied with a clearly irritated tone.
Acht stood silent for a moment before nodding his head. He was aware of the huge risk they were taking but it was needed to gauge their powers and also to see if there was any possible way to harm them other than the crystals.
"Leave those weapons you prepared for later. They are our tramp cards." He said as he closed the phone.
Then, under the surprised gazes of the people, he vanished from his place like a ghost.
When he was far enough, he stood on top of a building that somehow survived the storm. Then, he lifted his hand up in the air as high as he could.
After that, he channeled his soul force into his hand. Simultaneously, he activated his gift and started creating a huge gravity bullet.
It was the biggest he ever created so he had to focus or it would explode and harm him greatly.
Gradually, the energy on the palm of his hands turned into gravity and increased the pressure on the air around his hand.
He felt the veins in his arms bulge out because of the heavyweight he had to lift.
After what was almost a minute, the gravity bullet was fully prepared. It was so big and so compact that it almost distorted the space around it.
Then, he lifted the gravity bullet with both of his hands and jumped high in the air before starting to spin wildly with his whole body.
He kept spinning and spinning as he increased his momentum rapidly. At some point, he was almost like some kind of human fan except he was 10 times faster than a fan.
'Take this!' He thought as his eyes widened and his muscles contracted before launching the gravity bullet.
The speed that it reached because of the momentum he created was so unbelievably fast that it broke the sound barrier easily as if it was nothing.
The clones looked at the attack that was flying toward them. But, they didn't move at all.
No sane human would want to stand at the end of such an attack. However, these clones were no sane humans.
The moment the bullet reached them, it erupted in one single motion.
Acht watched the scene as he was landing on the ground. He muttered under his breath.
"Boom."
At the same time that he uttered that word, the gravity bullet hit them.
However, instead of some kind of flashy explosion, nothing happened. In fact, a few seconds passed in total silence as if the gravity bullet vanished from existence.
Yet, even with that, Acht didn't feel anxious or weirded out. He just waited patiently and then it happened.
He could see one of the clones starting to change. His lower torso started stretching in a weird manner. It was as if his body was made out of clay. After his lower torso, the whole right part of his body started stretching and distorting in a hideous way.
The other clones also had the same experience. At some point, their distorted bodies that were getting pulled away from them created the form of a vortex in the middle of the sky.
Then, in a moment, they were all pulled into the middle where the gravity bullet erupted.
Even with their emotionless looks, they started fighting back the pulling force but failed miserably.
The gravity in that area was just simply something that shouldn't exist in a world like this where the laws of space were considerably weak and could be manipulated easily with enough strength.
After getting pulled into the vortex in what seemed to be a scene that never happened before, their bodies started crashing against each other. They got blended violently as their bones were disseminated and their flesh torn to parts.
Then, as if it had enough time toying with their bodies, the vortex spits them out. The speed at which their bodies were blasted away made them appear like a blur.
*BOOOOM*
When they reached the ground they crashed violently, creating huge holes that dug meters deep.
No one could believe the scene they saw, even Nightingale themselves who were aware of Acht's power. They couldn't understand what happened at all.
The only one that wasn't shocked at all was Acht who had a huge frown on his face.
It didn't take long for the worst case possible to happen. Even after such a horrifying attack, the clones stood up and blasted into the air again. Their bodies were unscathed and their faces didn't seem to change nor feel any kind of pain.
Acht looked at the scene and unconsciously clenched his sword tightly.
He was aware of their strength but he at least hoped that his strongest attack could do some damage. But, nothing of that sort happened.
All he could see was a bunch of monsters that couldn't be killed.
But, that didn't make him fall into despair. He still had hundreds of things he wanted to try on them.
`We can't use the crystals now. It's far too early for it. If we waste them from the start then later on we will be fucked.' He thought as he jumped down and started running through the streets.
As he ran, the clones also seemed to also lose their patience as they started preparing for another attack. This time, however, they didn't stay floating in the sky but instead flew down directly toward Acht, all at the same time.
'Fuck!' He cursed with widened eyes. His previous attack seemed to trigger some kind of unpleasant reaction from the clones who, albeit being emotionless, they seemed to have felt some kind of anger toward the young man.
Acht was now the target of hundreds of enemies.
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