While Maddog and Gracier were about to start their second round, the man with the golden eyes, the mysterious guild vice master's son, arrived on the second floor; he was shocked by what he saw.
Unlike the previous, this second mainly was comprised of few glasses tubes of human height; these tubes used to contain test subjects such as Pandora, Alice, however, now all of them were broken, the test subjects inside were killed, some had their heads lopped off, some had their heart crushed, it was such gruesome sight to behold.
Advancing through the wrecked floor, the man with golden eyes tried to keep his calm; however, he seems unable to do so as the air around him was twisted, a testament to his growing anger.
Finally, the man saw what he was looking for, then he erupted.
All the broken glasses on the air, the dead subject bodies momentarily levitate in the air before disintegrated; this is an attestation to the man's strength.
If Sera were here, she would be shocked by how much the man had progressed in the span of few days; even he was hiding his strength, Sera was not an opponent one could fight against while still conserving one's strength, so it was astonishing to see that someone could jump from Rank 12 to 13 so shortly.
''Hehehhehe, Good, extremely good. Although I have suspected that something was wrong with Pandora, I never expected her to do this. First, by helping that little girl break free. Then sabotage things here; she even dares to kill Alice.''
From the man's words just now, it seemed to be aware of what was going on the lower floor. However, he was not concerned, not worried in the slightest; Maddog can take care of Gracier, while for him, he could take care of everything, things might have gone a little bit awry, but everything was still under his control.
Presently, he was the most powerful after all. Unless Alex brings with him a Saint, there would be nothing to fear. Well, he believes it was impossible to move a Saint Realm expert in such a short period; Alex would probably appear with a Grandmaster at best.
The man walked toward Alice's head; he picked up the head before walking toward Alice's body; he connected the severed head against the neck, instantly it began regenerating, and before long the head was connected back to the neck; however, Alice showed no sign of waking up. The man then took a small black stone from his space ring and put it inside Alice's hollowed chest where her heart used to be.
When the black stone entered, numerous black tendrils shot out and got attached to the damaged muscle.
Gakin! Ba-dump Ba-dump!
Then, it started beating like a normal heart; before long, Alice opened her eyes and looked around before her emotionless eyes landed on the man above her.
''Get up, we have some sneaky rat and guess to welcome.''
The man said before leaving the room; he chooses the same direction as the fleeing Pandora.
Eighty kilometers from this base, a group of people, appeared before disappearing again; naturally, it was Alex's group moving under Silveria's Accel.
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Back on the lowest floor, Gracier and Maddog's location.
Inside the fire domain were Gracier and Maddog; they have exchanged blows for five minutes; Gracier knew that time was running for her; she must quickly wrap things up before losing this boost. So, she took action.
A movement of her golden eyes made the domain spit hundreds of fireballs like a meteor shower.
Maddog lifted a hand to create a shield of hardened, indestructible skin.
He rotated the skin shield around him at such speed that it became a series of blurs.
RUMBLE~
The fireballs violently smashed on the skin shield. Melting heat ripples surged outward, and a few fireballs bounced back, smashing on the domain border.
BANG!
Gracier, who appeared behind him and slashed at Maddog, got pushed back.
Normally, inside Gracier's domain, Maddog would have a hard time breathing; his skin would be sweating as not only Gracier's domain was powerful, she could also control the fire in the air to weaken her opponent, for example, amplifying the heat to reduce the amount of water inside her opponent's body that would prove to be fatal. Gracier had increased the ambient heat to drastic measures.
Yet despite the overwhelming nature of the domain, Maddog was unaffected! His body wasn't the least bit dry!
Seeing that nothing was working, Gracier pulled back before slashing it out diagonally. In the trajectory she made, the air ignited itself and exploded out like an arc of fire.
"Half breed! You are wasting your strength for nothing!"
Maddog said with disdain as the arc swept forward, slashing like the scythe of the grim reaper. He lifted the hardened skin shield, and the arc smashed on it.
BANG
Sparks flew out like firecrackers, but unlike the previous attacks, the arc of fire didn't repel back or fade. Instead, the potent fire energy spread through the shield in the form of tiny chains and seeped directly into the pores.
After coming to the other side, these tiny chains of fire energy concentrated back in the form of an arc and strike Maddog. Everything happened in a matter of seconds!
BOOM
The potent force exploded on contact, and Maddog was blown back by over twenty steps. His skin manipulation powers absorbed the explosive force, saving him from harm.
Still, Maddog was astonished.
Not by the power of the attack, for it only pushed him back due to the surprise factor, but rather the quick-thinking of Gracier to bypass the shield. To come up with such a method in the middle of battle, she must be a genius gifted in the art of war, such a shame she was about to die.
''Half breed time to end this little charade.''
Maddog declared and was ready to launch an ultimate attack on Gracier, the latter mocked.
''Really?"
Gracier asked before closing her eyes and announced,
''Condense!"
Maddog's eyes flickered, and he quickly looked up just in time to see a humongous head, made of fire, descending.
The fire around gathered to form a gigantic fire dragon head.
The humongous Fire dragon head opened its enormous mouth and exposed its sharp teeth that were, in fact, spears of volcanic flames.
ROAR
The dragon head roared before swallowing Maddog and shutting its mouth. Terrifying pressure erupted inside the mouth, just like the second before the volcano erupts.
Astonishingly this time, Maddog's skin dried completely under the dark golden flame.
"Half-breed bitch!"
Maddog cursed as the flame spears rushed forward to impale him while the entire head exploded into molten lava.
BOOOM
A terrifying explosion blasted through the lowest floor, making its shake to the core.
''Ultime Skin Armor.''
Sensing his impending doom, Maddog shouted; his shriveled body faded even more, he seemed to have gotten younger, yet he couldn't hide the rides all over his face; he appeared to be in late teens, then a dreadful white skin armor appeared on his body.
He shot out from the raging flame and arrived before Gracier; his speed was too fast, so she couldn't dodge as she got blasted back and collided against the melting walls on the other side; Maddog was already before her, intending to finish her before suddenly freezing and dropping to the ground.
''What did you do to me?"