Chapter 716: Hunters or Preys? (4)

The flying ship descended at the grand entrance of the barren entrance of the church's mountain, and the people inside disembarked the ship with solemn expressions.

"So, he's here?" Sylas asked with a heavy expression as he looked at the church on top of the mountain. He knew things were no longer as simple as he had thought. The temple was really going to take a hit after this blunder.

"Yes, and that hateful thief is coming our way!" Queen Ice Fiend Locust nodded in

affirmative. The locust's eye shimmered with hatred, and it started to emit dense killing intent. She was almost at her boiling point.

"Her Majesty is right. I can see him walking down the mountain path. But it's quite strange. His silhouette is like fog, so I can't see through him or measure his strength. I think he also had a powerful protective treasure, so spiritual attacks might not work on him. Just who is this person? He's giving me very terrible vibes!" Samara, who was using her spirit eye, solemnly stated.

"Hah, who needs a sneaky spirit attack? I'll just crush him with my fists. Since he's arrogant enough to come out on his own, it seems he's very confident in taking us on. He's clearly underestimating us just because we are in the conflict plains!" Vermont disdainfully stated. He took a step forward, and violet lightning began to cackle all over his body, ready to subdue the other party with his tremendous strength.

Samara glanced at Sylas when she noticed he didn't stop Vermont this time and asked, knowing what he was thinking, "So we are directly going to confront him without any talking?"

While listening to their conversation, Diminutive looked towards the empty mountain road as an ethereal glow shimmered in the depth of his eyes. 'I can't sense force on this person, nor can I see through his power or any sign of injuries. It seemed he really did have a treasure that blocks all the probing.

'If he had also started to comprehend the totem, like me, then wounded or not, these guys wouldn't be his match if he knew how to use the legendary energy. But it's still not completely clear; I'll let these cannon folds fight him to see for myself.

'If he has really awakened the legendary energy, I can use this guy in the path of legend. But first, I need to make sure he is in a situation where he has no choice but to accept my help. Only then can I control him.

"This idiot insect is perfect for it. No matter how powerful he is, and even if he has legendary energy, there is a limit to that energy, and if he excessively uses it, he'll fall into danger even more quickly. After all, he's but a lone Quasi Legend with millions of insects in unique rank. Even I don't dare to go against them alone.

'Now, I just need to make sure to appease the Locust Queen at the right time. I'm sure he'll prefer coming to my side instead of getting captured by an insect who wanted to torment him...' Diminutive's lips rose slightly under his cloak in a shrewd smile, as if everything was under his control as he watched others.

"He's dangerous, and he might also have other means to flee since he's coming out on his own. So, just to be safe, let's try to subdue him first before interrogating him." Sylas coldly stated, clearly not intending to talk amiably with this cruel bastard who had caused huge trouble for the temple.

Samara sighed, deciding not to push any further. If the same had happened with the witch race, she would've made the same choice as Sylas. After all, even an idiot could guess what had happened here after seeing the once lively holy mountain range in a desolated state.

'Whoever this thief is, he is a one cruel and merciless bastard! Could it be he's a Dark Being?' Necro thought as his eyes burned with anticipation.

If his speculation were true, then this would change everything. After all, he was willing to follow a Dark Being that could inflict fear into these high and mighty treaty members, and he no longer needed to play obediently or act like their dog!

At this moment, while everyone had their own thoughts, calm footsteps rang, and a giant figure wearing a long black windbreaker, his head covered under a hood, appeared in everyone's vision.

"He's only this tall? And here you guys are making him some kind of monster." Vermont spat in disdain when he saw the giant's height was half of his, and as a common sense about giants, the taller you are, the more powerful you'll be.

Vermont, as a Quasi Legend, knows better than anyone that a Quasi Legend Giant can grow up to 40 meters, and only those unique ranked giants have a height of around 20 meters. Even if this guy was using some kind of treasure or was wounded, it shouldn't have affected his height if he was really a giant. While the other races with tall height can't grow to this size, especially those races like whales, their hominoid form wouldn't match giants since it was a racial trait that only giants possess.

Even Diminutive and others started to wonder if their judgment was truly wrong and if this guy was just some lucky individual who had some sort of powerful treasure that helped him achieve all these feats.

However, when Vermont saw that the hooded giant was still walking nonchalantly towards them and treating them like winds, his expression went deadly cold since he felt as if this guy was looking down on him despite his 'little size' and didn't know life from death.

The next moment, Vermont no longer waited and turned into a violet lightning bolt. It shot toward Jacob, leaving behind a trail of lightning, and only a second later, a powerful shockwave rang in the vicinity.

Even the Queen Ice Fiend Locust was still controlling herself, yet Vermont was even more impatient than her. After all, he had been suppressing his displeasure for giving in to Queen Ice Fiend Locust's demands, and now this 'hotshot' turned out to be nothing but a giant

disappointment.

Furthermore, since Sylas didn't speak until now, he knew he was free to do as he pleased, and in fact, he was even glad that this guy pissed the old man.

The next second, Vermont was right in front of Jacob while sticking out a powerful punch surrounding with lightning, aiming at his hidden face with a cruel smile on his face.

Since he was using a soul puppet, he knew this guy wouldn't die even if he used the full capacity of this soul puppet. Nonetheless, his face will be disfigured, and he'll lose consciousness or might even turn into a vegetable with the impact and lightning.

However, what happened next made everyone snap out of their thoughts, and all their doubts about Jacob instantly vanished into smoke.

"Boom!"

A huge impact occurred; however, this impact wasn't because of Vermont's punch connected with Jacob's face, but from a powerful slap that was even faster than Vermont's lightning and came out of nowhere.

Just as Vermont thought his punch was going to connect, he saw only a streak. The next moment, he felt a mountain suddenly smack on his face before everything went dark. Because what happened next was his head exploded like a watermelon!