Raising My Trash Ability into a Broken SSS+ Rank Skill Chapter 662 The Snakey Bird
Previously on Raising My Trash Ability into a Broken SSS+ Rank Skill...
Once Vritra gains full access to his abilities, even gods or superior entities will amount to nothing.
The Titan Fall skill belongs to Titans too, granting them tremendous power whenever danger looms.
Titans can activate it at will, requiring only a brief recovery period, in contrast to Vritra's use as a demonic dragon.
Fortunately, he had already acquired Divine's bloodline and physique by then.
Watching Vritra's power surge, Divine experienced a sense of ease, since forging a Titan was almost unattainable.
Vritra and his brilliant mind were the keys to this achievement.
'I've nearly finished my role here; my avatar won't endure much longer. I can assist him a little more, yet that avatar will remain by his side.'
Divine pondered while eyeing the rest of the group.
He spun about and soared off, as those annoying pests refused to give him peace.
His true form had turned against him, prompting Divine to let out a sigh.
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Vanessa, Yasmine, and the others suffered wounds in the brief clash, but nothing severe.
With Diana present, their recovery happened swiftly.
"That whirlwind is swallowing countless mutants!!" Yennefer cried out, desperately wishing for Vritra's safety.
"Perhaps hubby requires their blood for sustenance? He ought to be alright, but we should remain vigilant." Yasmine replied, her gaze locked on him.
The team was forced to retreat further as the tornado expanded relentlessly.
Without realizing it, Vritra's bloodline triggered an inherent ability.
Similar to consuming others' physiques, it allowed him to absorb bloodlines, life essence, and blood directly.
A massive human-like mutant charged into the tornado, attempting to claim the blood.
Yet its hands shredded apart immediately, followed by its mouth, and soon its entire form vanished.
The sight left everyone stunned, as the colossal mutant perished in an instant.
The Ascension Path leaves stats untouched; it paves the way for advanced evolution and change, while bestowing enhanced powers.
Yasmine and her companions had retreated about ten kilometers from the tornado, which continued to intensify.
Thunder growled in the heavens, bolts of lightning flashing across the stormy clouds, halting all snowfall across the city.
Snow covering vast areas on the ground had been whisked away already.
Darkness fell abruptly like nighttime, with thunder crashing and strikes plummeting in a thunderous blast.
The force seemed lethal to all, compelling the nine to seek shelter beneath a structure.
They observed the tornado anxiously, powerless to aid him.
THUNDEERRRRRRRRR!!
Abruptly, a particularly horrifying, massive surge of lightning plunged straight into the tornado's heart.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!
An immense blast echoed, causing numerous buildings to tremble fiercely, akin to trees battered by gales.
No windows remained unbroken throughout the city, yet oddly, this lightning appeared unnatural.
The lightning strike ultimately dispersed the tornado, carving a huge crater into the earth.
"Honeyyy!!" Vanessa's heart pounded with dread, fearing the bolt had gravely injured her son.
They rushed ahead without delay, but after barely ten steps, a ground-rattling cry echoed.
KRRRRRIIEEEEKKKKKK!
A shadowy form emerged in the sky, far larger than any mutant encountered, unfolding its wings.
Then it swooped down.
The gusts from its wings hurled debris aside, unveiling its true shape at last.
An gigantic mutant avian appeared, but beyond the wings, it bore little resemblance to a bird.
Its form resembled a serpent more, featuring an elongated beak and enormous fearsome talons, stretching over 30 feet.
"Wha-!!" Their forms froze instinctively for a second, this creature exuding extreme peril.
Deadlier than any horror from this apocalyptic world.
The mutant then snapped at an object and gulped it down, emitting another piercing cry before vanishing skyward with a wing beat.
Maeve and the rest snapped from their daze, dread filling them as they dashed to where Vritra had stood.
"H- He is gone…?" Yennefer whispered, eyes bulging and chest constricting.
"That m- mutant must have snatched him!" Teresa burst out, gnawing her lips until they hurt.
"It headed that way; if we speed up, we could track it. I doubt the pitiful one perished so easily." Shitless declared, assurance etched on his mutated visage.
"…" Vanessa agreed with a nod, scanning the area until they located the mutant wolves and carriages.
The wolves had wisely fled when the tornado formed, luckily.
Boarding the carriages, they raced toward Riverdel at maximum velocity.
Did that city harbor such lethal beasts? This entity had transformed into an impossibility beyond imagination.
"Mom, don't fret, hubby will pull through." Yasmine reassured, despite her trembling hands.
With most mutants slain before, none assaulted them as they pressed on.
"Our power has grown as well!" Maeve uttered in astonishment, recalling Vritra's earlier slaughter of many mutants.
Evidently, he, along with them, had reaped the rewards.
"Our mutation nears 100%, yet what can we possibly do against that bird?"
Despair and helplessness weighed on them, but faith in Vritra and pursuit were their only options now.
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Within Riverdel City, major factions and alliances emerged one or two months post-apocalypse.
Those who progressed rapidly with potent skills rose as leaders; some benevolent, others despotic.
The settlement where Vritra and his group landed ranked among the farthest from the tower, resulting in sluggish evolution.
Featuring milder mutants, explaining Divine's choice to place them there.
He might have transported them nearer the tower, but aside from detection risks, instant death awaited them.
Several players had escalated to frightful strengths, aside from the mutants and scarce humans on this world.
Endowed with unique powers to test the players.
As a level 3 game, challenges were intense, perils even more so.
Beside a tree, two factions clashed in brutal combat.
One clad in crimson attire, the opposing in violet.
A stone resembling fruit sprouted from a branch, emitting a soft glow.
Both humans and mutants kept their distance from it.
Humans battled each other, mutants clashed separately, bound by an unspoken pact.
"Ergen, we've guarded it for a full month, stand down!!" A red-garbed man bellowed.
"Grrr As if protection claims ownership. Then I watched over my childhood friend a decade, served as her attendant, endured her frustrations, yet weren't you the one who claimed her ultimately? Offer me your wife and I'll relinquish this Ascension Path." The blue-clad man retorted in a gruff tone.
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