Child of Destiny

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Boom!

Due to the huge commotion happening below, the attention of Arthur and the others was suddenly attracted, making them turn toward that direction.

They then saw that Luminous Dragon, Tyrant Dragon, and Lawrence were currently being assaulted by the more advanced jiangshi.

They immediately saw that the batch of jiangshi that were attacking this group was much stronger than the ones that they were facing earlier, especially when Arthur and Aoki could clearly sense that there was something different about them.

“They seemed to be much more intelligent in comparison,” mumbled Aoki after seeing the movements of this batch.

At the same time, Arthur seemed to have sensed something before shouting at Leonard. “Leo!”

Leonard, who was also paying close attention to what was happening over there, swiftly moved, jumping off the back of the giant dragon and descending straight to the battlefield at extreme speed.

Swoosh!

He looked like a meteor that was rapidly falling from the sky.

Boom!

It was at this moment that Lawrence was suddenly caught by a massive hand and dragged toward the ground.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

It then left a hole, which Leonard entered during his descent, trying to catch up to that massive hand as fast as he could.

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Boom!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

“Argh!” Lawrence fell flat on a cold and hard floor after the massive hand had thrown him before suddenly rising once again, seemingly trying to block something.

Swoosh!

BOOM!

While Lawrence was trying his best to pick himself up, a thunderous explosion suddenly erupted over his head, which was where he came from.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Not long after, shattered fragments of rocks fell from above like rain, hitting him repeatedly.

“Ouch! Ouch! Ah!”

These shattered rock fragments might not be dealing that much damage to him, but the pain that they gave him was a bit too much even for him.

Tak! Tak! Tak!

After doing his best at rolling on the ground for a while, the rain of rocks finally stopped and gave him a good while to recover.

Whoosh!

Bang!

While he was resting, Leonard suddenly appeared, falling from the darkness above and causing another loud explosion upon touching the ground.

Lawrence almost jumped from fright, being caught off guard by the sudden appearance of the latter. “Whoa!”

He first put his guard up, preparing himself for a bitter fight.

Fortunately, he immediately recognized that the opposing party was someone from Arthur’s group.

“Ah! You-… you’re the War God! Simba, the War God!” he exclaimed after recognizing the other party.

Leonard did not immediately respond to him and was currently surveying the surroundings with his extremely sharp and fierce eyes.

He was passively radiating with a powerful and brutal beastly aura that made those around instinctively distance themselves from him.

Even Lawrence, who was not being subjected to such an aura, could not help but subconsciously retreat after sensing bits of the scattered auras filling the air.

He felt like being suffocated under such horrifying pressure. It was as if he were suddenly submerged in the depths of the ocean.

“Huff! Huff! Huff!” he struggled hard to regulate his breathing while also keeping himself from falling.

He only managed to recover himself when Leonard suddenly retracted and suppressed most of the aura that he was passively emitting.

It was also at that moment that Leonard turned toward Lawrence.

Swoosh!

His sudden turn gave the latter an illusion of seeing a horrifying primordial beast that was ready to devour him.

“Cough!” Lawrence gave his best, trying to recover as fast as he could.

Leonard did not have time to worry about the latter’s situation because he sensed their surroundings were far from safe.

Within that darkness, he could tell something extremely terrifying was hiding there. There were also those smaller ones that he found a bit tricky to deal with.

Leonard was about to walk over and pick Lawrence up when he suddenly sensed a threat coming from behind.

Swoosh!

He swiftly ducked forward, dodging a sharp sword that was supposed to cut his head.

Shing!

A flash of light flew over his head, barely escaping such a deadly ambush.

Whoosh!

In response, Leonard suddenly turned while tightly holding his pair of war axes. He then swung them hard while making his body spin.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

It was the standard method of executing the ‘Whirlwind’ skill, which was among the most common skills of the Berserker Class.

Unfortunately, he had hit nothing but air due to the quick reactions of his opponent.

Bang!

However, Leonard would not give up that easily. He forcefully halted his spin with a powerful stamp into the ground.

Bang!

He then launched himself forward, swiftly chasing after the one who had just ambushed him.

Swoosh!

His mobility might not be as flexible as the others, nor his movement speed be able to match the others who focused on this area.

However, his burst speed was the fastest among everyone he had even, which even included Shin, Diablo, and Faker.

Swoosh!

He managed to catch up to the opposing side within an instant before suddenly swinging his war axes toward the latter.

Shing!

Seeing that Leonard caught up to them that easily, the opposing party abandoned the idea of running away, especially when he could see the blades of those war axes were already upon him.

Swoosh!

Their body flickered, trying to confuse their opponent’s senses during the attack.

Such a simple trick would not work against Leonard, who possessed powerful senses, especially his Bestial Instincts.

The scent of his opponent would never escape him once he locked onto it.

Shing! Shing!

His war axes suddenly separated midway, turning the horizontal cleave into a diagonal one.

Unfortunately, despite locking onto his opponent, the opposing side seemed to be expecting such an outcome and only used the earlier trick to somewhat delay the incoming strike, buying himself enough time to adjust their movements.

Clank!

Clang!

Boom!

A pair of swift flashes suddenly collided against the side of the war axes, causing their trajectories to further stray from their original path and make them land on the ground instead.

Swoosh!

Using this opportunity, the assaulter swiftly retreated, distancing themself away from Leonard as far as they could.

Leonard might have missed his target and did not have enough time to continue his pursuit, but he at least got a glimpse of his opponent’s appearance.

“It is the other guy from the Hydra Guild, huh?” he mumbled after seeing Boa retreat and melding into the darkness.

“I guess I can’t afford to lower my guard even for an instant,” he added after recalling the earlier exchanges.

They might have only done a couple of exchanges, but it was more than enough for Leonard to understand the gravity of their situation.

That single ambush was more than enough to tell him how dangerous the opposing party was.

He could try to catch him again, but if he continued such a pursuit, he would only play along with the scheme that the other party was trying to lure him in.

With such an environment, the opposing side would surely gain a great advantage in the long run.

Aside from it, he also had to be mindful of Lawrence, who was the true reason why he was here in the first place.

Arthur could not directly make his move due to his sensitive relationship with Lawrence’s big brother. They had to be a bit careful about it, so that the opposing parties would not instantly figure it out.

Moreover, Arthur was more needed on the surface due to the nature of his abilities.

Leonard was the perfect choice for this role.

They just did not expect that Boa would also follow Lawrence into this place, given the relationship that the Hydra Guild had with the Dragon Pavilion.

He also needed to be careful of the place itself. He was not sure what other things were hiding within it, but he could at least tell that they were not as simple as the ones from the surface.

Returning to Lawrence’s side, Leonard immediately asked. “Can you move around?”

Lawrence took a while to reorganize himself before nodding. “I should be fine.”

“Then there is no time to waste, we have to move now,” said Leonard before swiftly turning his gaze toward a certain direction. “We do not only know why you have been dragged into this place, but there must be a reason for it.”

“After all, they can just kill you on the spot just like what happened to Gunner, yet here you are alive and kicking,” he added.

He did not bother to suppress his voice since this was such an obvious thing. If it was something that he could figure out, then Boa had most likely figured it out as well, especially when the other party belonged to the cunning ones.

A while later, Lawrence suddenly raised his head, seemingly sensing something from a certain direction.

Noticing the strangeness of his action, Leonard could not help but ask. “What’s it?”

He also raised his head and turned toward the same direction, but failed to see anything aside from absolute darkness.

“There-… there seems to be something calling for me from that direction,” he whispered while knitting his brows deep.

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