Life After Reaching The Pinnacle

Chapter 35: Explosion

Everyone took a step back in fear, seeing Aurora's twisted face.

"You see, you've all been freeloading until now, so you'd better do something productive now. I can see that the seal has weakened, so break it; I'm resting," Aurora ordered, and ignoring everyone, she sat a little distance away. "Oh yeah, since this seal has weakened, it means that Liam guy has died, so the tomb could explode anytime now."

Hearing Aurora, the group immediately began to use their strongest attacks on the seal. After a few minutes, some cracks began to appear on the seal, which made the group ecstatic. They unleashed their attacks without caring for their Profound energy reserves or anything.

But only cracks were appearing, and the seal didn't look like it would break soon.

Among the attacks, a big flame wave hit a bigger crack, and the seal broke like a mirror and dissolved in the air.

Of course, that attack was from Aurora, who was getting impatient as the thing she had placed beside Liam could explode at any moment.

She then jumped out of the entrance as everyone followed her.

They heaved a sigh of relief as soon as they got outside; finally, they were safe.

The three elders of the three kingdoms also arrived soon after sensing them. They frowned when they saw the number of people who survived. Especially after seeing Aurora's condition, they were really stunned to see her like that.

Jev went to Shihab and asked, "What happened inside? Why did only eleven of you survive?"

Max and Tapori also listened closely to their conversation.

However, before Shihab could say anything, the earth beneath them began to stir.

At first, there was a low, ominous rumbling, like the growl of a slumbering giant awakening from a deep sleep. The air crackled with tension, and the ground trembled beneath the feet of everyone. The mountain's once-steady facade began to fracture, as if the earth itself were breaking free of its rocky prison.

All of a sudden, with a super loud noise that shook the whole world, the mountain burst open. Smoke and dust shot up into the sky, blocking out the sun and turning day into night.

The three elders hurriedly erected a barrier covering everyone, pouring every ounce of their profound energy into a single barrier. They felt death hovering over them and knew everyone would die if this barrier broke.

Eventually, the barrier couldn't handle the pressure and broke. Fortunately, Tapori used a defensive artifact and covered everyone. The other two also supplied the artifact with profound energy.

The noise was deafening, like a thousand thunderstorms happening all at once. The rocks sizzled and popped from the extreme heat, and animals ran away in fear. Lightning flashed inside the dark cloud of dust, making it look like the end of the world.

The mountain kept exploding, and it seemed like the Earth itself was crying. There was a rush of hot mud and rocks rolling down the mountain, causing even more chaos. The ground kept shaking, and even the elders were stunned by the incredible, wild power of it all.

Aurora was just watching the destruction with a drop of sweat on her forehead.

'Phew, now I feel grateful that the dumbass died easily,' Aurora thought. Aadi had just told her that the stone just explodes and could even kill Heaven Profound Stage Artists. That's why she was confident when she was fighting. If she had used this as her trump card, she would surely have died with Liam.

Only after what felt like an eternity did everything calm down, and Tapori retracted her artifact. She was breathing heavily as using the artifact took a toll on her body.

What they saw left them dumbstruck; they could only describe the aftermath with only two words: pure devastation.

In the aftermath, the once-mighty mountain now looked like a broken and smoky ruin. It was all messy and destroyed, and the land around it became a perilous and transformed landscape.

The elders were now even more curious as to what had caused such destruction. They were sure that even they couldn't produce an attack of this level.

Jev turned and looked at Shihab, who had just calmed down. Shihab noticed Jev's gaze and understood, so he told him about everything from red-horned rats to Liam and how Aurora herself defeated him, although they didn't watch how it ended.

Shihab could have told everything to Jev after they reached the kingdom, but since everyone already saw everything, there was no point in hiding.

As for the three elders, the more they heard, the more dumbfounded they became, especially when Shihab told them about the battle between Aurora and Liam, who was at the Peak-grade Earth Profound stage, according to him. Their eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

'I have to have her on our side or she has to die; the Kela kingdom can't have such a genius. She'll definitely be a problem for us in the future,' Mark thought as he glanced at Aurora, who was still looking at the devastation. Unconsciously he released some killing intent towards Aurora, but that was only for a moment as he controlled himself.

Of course, Aurora immediately turned her head, sensing the killing intent. Even if it was released for a moment, it was easy for her to sense it. Seeing who it was, an idea came to Aurora's mind.

She dropped to her knees and coughed up blood, her body trembling, and blood dripping from the corner of her mouth. She stared at Mark with a determined look and shouted, "How could you bully a junior as a senior, even though I saved everyone from your kingdom?"

Mark, who was planning his plans for Aurora, became dumbfounded hearing the accusations Aurora placed on him.

Jev also turned his attention to Aurora, hearing her shout, and as soon as he saw her situation, fear and anger rose in his heart, and he immediately released his full power of High-grade Heaven Profound Stage. His mind was just filled with one thought: 'I'm really gonna die if the expert finds out about this.'

Mark and Tapori both looked at Jev in horror and amazement as they thought the same thing: 'Seventh-Grade Heaven Profound Stage!!'"