Chapter 84: Mission Complete

The Poison Woman did not pause in the slightest, launching another fierce attack. Its massive body charged forward, its huge ramming horn stabbing viciously at the Tower of Heaven.

Boom—!

The entire tower shook violently, large sections of the wall peeling away. A series of cracking sounds rang out, and a huge fissure appeared on the tower's body; even the pipes winding around the outside had begun to collapse.

Gerald was pinned beneath a pile of rubble, blood continuously welling from the corner of his mouth, staining the surrounding stones red.

At this moment his eyes were bloodshot, pupils contracted to pinprick size. His face was twisted from extreme anger, veins bulging. He roared, his voice hoarse and savage: "Enough! You damn insects!"

Gerald slammed both hands onto the Poison Woman's horn, his knuckles turning white from the force. Magic power rapidly condensed in his palm, forming a miniature energy vortex.

"Get lost!" He roared in anger, instantly releasing the accumulated magic power.

Boom! The Poison Woman's massive body was pushed back a step by this force, its claws carving deep grooves into the ground.

Gerald staggered to his feet, his clothes tattered, his whole body covered in blood. But a mad light flickered in his eyes, like two burning flames.

The next second, his hands moved rapidly through the air, fingertips flashing with black light.

In an instant, a complex magic circle manifested in midair, runes spinning rapidly within it.

The magic power in the air began to fluctuate violently, as if countless invisible threads were trembling. The surrounding temperature suddenly rose, the air becoming scorching hot. "Stop him!!" Fugaku suddenly shouted, his voice filled with urgency.

The Poison Woman's massive body reacted swiftly. Its huge tail, covered in spikes, lashed out at Gerald like a bolt of black lightning.

The air was torn by the tail, emitting a sharp whistle. However, just as the Poison Woman's tail was about to strike Gerald, the magic circle in front instantly took shape.

The corner of Gerald's mouth curled into a smile, a mad light flashing in his eyes: "Forbidden Magic: Purgatory Shatter!"

If this move were unleashed, the powerful magic power fluctuation would even be detected by the Magic Council, but the current Gerald had already lost his reason due to anger, no longer caring about these consequences.

The moment his voice fell, terrifying magic power erupted instantly, a pitch-black light sphere shooting out. The Poison Woman's body in front was instantly pierced, then turned into smoke.

Facing this strike, Fugaku's breathing suddenly halted, his heartbeat seemingly pausing at this moment as well.

And his left eye Mangekyou, which had never been used before, suddenly began to spin wildly. Complex patterns rapidly changed within the pupil.

In an instant, the surrounding world seemed to have been put on slow motion. The erupting energy expanded slowly in midair, wriggling like a viscous liquid. Dust motes in the air were clearly visible, drifting slowly, while Fugaku's own movements were completely unaffected.

Fugaku manipulated the remaining Partial Susanoo to violently yank the Eight-Headed Snake, dodging to the side.

However, this bizarre state lasted only half a second. Fugaku felt a sharp stabbing pain in his left eye, as if someone were poking his eyeball with a red-hot iron needle. The world suddenly returned to normal speed.

Whoosh! A black light sphere whistled past, brushing the edges of Fugaku and the Eight-Headed Snake's bodies.

The violent shockwave blasted both of them away. Fugaku let out a pained muffled groan; his right arm had already vanished in that instant just now, and the Eight-Headed Snake was even left with only a single head.

The two tumbled through the air like kites with cut strings, finally crashing heavily onto the distant sea surface. Fugaku immediately lost consciousness.

Simultaneously, that black energy sphere fell on the horizon at astonishing speed.

Boom! An earth-shattering loud noise; the whole world seemed to tremble.

Countless tons of sea water instantly evaporated, revealing the deep seabed. A huge circular crater appeared on the sea bottom, its diameter spanning several kilometers. Rocks at the crater's edge melted under the high temperature, forming streams of scorching magma rivers.

The next moment, a tsunami hundreds of meters high, like a moving wall of water, spread in all directions with world-destroying momentum.

The nearest Tower of Heaven bore the brunt, about to be devoured by this terrifying wall of water.

Gerald stood before the Tower of Heaven, thrusting both hands forward. A golden barrier unfolded before him, splitting the surging tsunami in two.

Then he panted heavily, looking into the distance, a trace of incredulity flashing in his eyes: "It actually missed?" A killing intent flashed in his eyes, his figure flashing as he flew toward the two:

"Since I didn't hit, I'll finish you off with my own hands!"

Not far away, the Eight-Headed Snake's last head began to melt, revealing Orochimaru's weakened figure.

He stood beside the unconscious Fugaku, barely supporting his body, laboriously forming hand seals, his voice hoarse: "Detonate!"

Boom boom boom! A series of rumbling sounds suddenly came from inside the Tower of Heaven. The already leaning tower body trembled violently, rubble pattering down.

"What did you do?!" Gerald whipped his head around, his face changing drastically.

He reversed his flight back to the tower's side, a yellow magic circle manifesting in his hand, barely stabilizing the tottering tower body.

Gerald stared wide-eyed; the scene inside the tower appeared before his eyes.

"This is...!" Gerald exclaimed, then roared in anger, "Bastard!"

He saw several white snakes continuously spitting out talismans from their mouths, pasting them onto the tower's load-bearing positions.

Gerald immediately activated the tower's internal mechanisms, instantly crushing those white snakes to death.

At this moment Orochimaru reached into his bosom, pulling out a kunai.

"Kunai Shadow Clone Technique!"

Orochimaru gave a low shout, throwing the kunai with force.

In an instant, one kunai turned into countless ones, dense and numerous, flying at Gerald. The air was filled with sharp sounds of breaking sky, as if thousands of hummingbirds were flying simultaneously.

At the moment of throwing, Orochimaru abruptly grabbed Fugaku and fled into the distance.

Gerald coldly snorted, an invisible barrier appearing; the kunai in front were all knocked away, clattering to the ground. "Pathetic, you think you can escape like this?"

However, just then, Gerald suddenly noticed a scroll mixed among the kunai flying over.

His pupils violently contracted, a sense of foreboding surging in his heart.

Orochimaru's voice echoed in the air: "It's over."

The moment his voice fell, the scroll abruptly unfurled, a cylindrical object flying out from within, immediately followed by a piercing white light suddenly erupting from the cylinder. Gerald subconsciously raised his hand to defend, but it was already too late.

Boom! An earth-shattering loud noise suddenly exploded. A terrifying shockwave centered on Gerald, spreading wildly in all directions. A scorching air wave swept past; surrounding buildings collapsed instantly like paper under this force.

At the explosion's center, a huge mushroom cloud slowly rose, blotting out the sky. Dust and rubble were sucked into the cloud, forming an apocalyptic scene.

And the distant Orochimaru felt his body instantly blasted away, as if about to be torn apart. A strange sensation welled up from his limbs and bones, like every single cell was being slowly decomposed.

Just then, a majestic and calm voice suddenly rang out in his mind:

"Main Mission Completed, return?"

Without the slightest hesitation, Orochimaru immediately shouted: "Yes!"

The moment his voice fell, darkness fell before Orochimaru's eyes; he instantly lost consciousness.

【Treatment successful, negative status removed, 700 Reward Points deducted.】

(Chapter End)