Chapter 154: Unspeakable Sound

Suddenly.

The source power that had been surging and churning throughout the entire Sugg Ruins City

abruptly calmed and quieted within a few short seconds.

The many powerhouses still in battle also sensed this sudden change.

Even some strong individuals with keen perception took the opportunity during the fight to glance around.

The turbulent source power suddenly calming—this was too abnormal.

Moreover, the stillness of the source power was as terrifyingly silent as a mirror's surface, without the slightest ripple.

In Gunei's vision, the surrounding source power at this moment seemed frozen.

Gunei knew better than anyone that this was the brief calm before a violent storm.

Softly.

“Woo…”

A low, melodious, heavy sound, filled with an indescribable terror that made one tremble, erupted throughout the entire Sugg Ruins City.

It was as if an unspeakable existence spanning endless time and space had uttered its own voice.

Merely its faint utterance effortlessly influenced and even transformed the entire world.

At this moment, Gunei felt as if his physical body, source power, blood pool, and even his soul consciousness had all been frozen.

His entire person was completely immobilized in place.

Not only Gunei.

Those fifth- and sixth-order experts leaping through the air were also frozen in midair by this sound, unable to move.

Even the spells flying through the air were frozen in place.

The entire Sugg Ruins City seemed to have been pressed with a pause button at this moment.

Even those Transcendent Masters near the 9970 main cave, who were attacking the altar protected by several powerful forbidden curses,

as well as the Barbarian Saints and Scion of the Evil God hiding within the altar protected by forbidden curses,

everyone was firmly imprisoned by this sound.

Not a single person was an exception.

“Is this the terrifying power of the unspeakable? The moment I heard that sound, I felt as if I had already died.”

At this moment, Gunei's entire body trembled under that sound, trembling completely uncontrollably.

The fear in his mind grew wildly like weeds, constantly assaulting Gunei's self-will.

At this moment, Gunei gritted his steel-like teeth, stubbornly resisting all of this.

“Even if you kill me, so what? That will only make me stronger.”

“Sooner or later, I will climb to the stars and become a terrifying existence that makes you tremble just by hearing my voice.”

Gunei roared madly in his mind.

High in the sky, the endless sea of blood suddenly surged.

Rumble…

Every surge of a wave caused the Sugg Ruins City to tremble violently.

But alas, that majestic power could not directly cross the invisible barrier to descend upon the Sugg Ruins City.

No matter how fiercely it churned, it could not cause substantial damage to the Sugg Ruins City.

At this moment, the altar that summoned the sea of blood and called upon the mysterious existence suffered disaster as the blood sea surged violently.

The aftershocks of the blood sea's surge began to tremble along the sacrificial channel.

At the point above the altar where the sacrificial power met the blood sea,

“Boom—”

A violent explosion burst open in the sky, and blood-colored ripples rapidly spread across the entire firmament.

With the sound of this explosion, the imprisonment caused by the unspeakable terrifying existence's voice vanished instantly.

The Sugg Ruins City regained its vitality once more.

A second ago, everyone was still in the lingering fear of being imprisoned by the terrifying power.

The next moment, they were already drawn by the explosion from the distant altar's sky.

The explosion extended downward from the sky.

Watching the spread of the explosion's ripples, Gunei narrowed his eyes slightly.

Gunei had been waiting for this moment.

“The Human-Faced Flower Empress borrowed the power of the altar; the bloody torrent is not only on the Flower Empress's main body but also on Meersha herself.”

“When that power explodes, Meersha, can your shield hold?”

This explosion came faster than Gunei had imagined.

The ripples of the sky explosion had just unfolded.

Boom—

The location of the altar on the ground also exploded violently.

A huge mushroom cloud rapidly rose, shooting into the sky, merging with the explosion in the sky.

Both the sky and the earth trembled violently at this moment, as if the apocalypse had arrived.

“This power… even a Transcendent Master too close would die.”

Looking at the rising mushroom cloud, Gunei thought to himself.

“Ah…”

A heart-wrenching, agonizing scream suddenly rang out.

This scream directly pulled everyone's attention back from the distant explosions in the sky and on the ground.

The one letting out the miserable scream was Meersha.

The more comfortable it had been to borrow the sacrificial power earlier,

the more miserably Meersha now wailed in agony.

Falling to the ground, Meersha's body twisted inhumanly.

The completely distorted, miserable howl showed just how ferocious the blow Meersha had suffered was.

After a moment of shock, everyone plunged back into battle.

The roar of source power collisions from close-quarters combat and the sounds of spells being released and detonating once again echoed through the streets.

Gunei's attack was even faster than the others'.

At the same time, Gunei's target was Meersha.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh…

A dense swarm of Magic Blade Curses slashed madly toward Meersha.

The moment the Magic Blade Curses touched the area one meter in front of Meersha,

the golden shield reappeared.

But before, the golden shield had a rich luster and was half a meter thick.

Now, this golden shield had sparse luster and was as thin as paper.

The power transmitted just now had pushed Meersha's shield to the brink of collapse.

Now, Gunei's Magic Blade Curses' bombardment accelerated the golden shield's collapse.

“Break… for me…”

Gunei's spells surged to their peak.

“Crack crack…”

Gunei could already hear the sound of the golden shield breaking.

Suddenly, Meersha's body stiffly stood up.

Then Meersha abruptly raised her head.

She looked at Gunei.

Her eyes were hollow and lifeless, like a dead thing.

Gunei sensed danger, extremely intense danger that could even threaten his life.

But Gunei did not retreat; his spells erupted to their maximum.

Kill Meersha, obtain her corpse for blood—then Gunei would have ways to find Meersha.

If he let her escape today, there would never be such a good opportunity again.

Looking at Gunei, Meersha smiled, a ferocious smile.

Facing Gunei, Meersha opened her mouth.

She gathered all the power this body could muster and unleashed her ability as a leader creature—Flower Nightmare.

The moment Flower Nightmare bloomed,

Hum!

Hum!

Both Gunei and Meersha vanished from the spot instantly.