Synthetic Wizard - Chapter 247 - 163: You’re the One Left Alone
Chapter 247: Chapter 163: You’re the One Left Alone
No one expected the enemy to pull off such a move.
Caught off guard, before they could escape the cave, they were buried under the gigantic stones that descended from above!
Rumble!
In an instant, a loud noise erupted, and dust rose everywhere.
Sunan suddenly felt darkness close in around him, and the ground disappeared beneath his feet, causing him to plummet downward.
In the blink of an eye, Sunan decisively activated the Demon Pattern Core to envelop his entire body, along with the defenses of the Ring of Extreme Protection and the Shield Skill, making the falling boulders unable to harm him in the slightest.
Immediately after, he activated the Floating Skill on his Invisibility Robe, stabilizing his falling body and hovering in mid-air.
Gradually, the rumbling sounds around him began to diminish.
No more boulders fell from above.
Only then did Sunan have the opportunity to examine his surroundings.
He was also in a massive cave, but with a difference: there was a large, irregular hole above, about seven or eight meters in diameter, reaching upward into darkness.
He had fallen from there just moments ago.
The underground world had a complex terrain, resembling a gigantic, more intricate beehive.
One side of a cave connected to another, which didn’t surprise Sunan.
What astonished him was that the Stone Scorpion had managed to launch such a vast attack, collapsing the entire cave and altering the surrounding terrain!
This was definitely not something a Wizard Apprentice’s magic or magical items could accomplish!
“It’s a bloodline ability, isn’t it.”
Sunan mused thoughtfully.
This was very likely a targeted ability to manipulate earth and stone to change the environment.
If the Stone Scorpion’s true power were really enough to cause such widespread environmental changes, then it wouldn’t be far from an Official Wizard’s level, and it could have easily destroyed them all on the spot without resorting to such tactics.
However, this disruption meant the encirclement was broken.
If the members of the Eternal Life Association took the opportunity to escape, their mission would be considered a failure.
“But those madmen probably won’t leave so easily.”
As if to confirm Sunan’s thoughts, a section of the rock wall about forty or fifty meters away slowly protruded forward, quickly taking the form of a Stone Scorpion.
“…As expected.”
Sunan smiled wryly, his eyes fixed on the Stone Scorpion.
“Choosing to fight in a place like this is a huge mistake that will make you regret it.”
The Stone Scorpion detached from the rock wall, floating in mid-air, looking down at Sunan with eyes like a predator watching prey caught in a trap.
“This is my domain!”
“In a place full of earth and stone, no one is a match for me!”
Sunan’s gaze swept over the scorpion’s tail behind the Stone Scorpion, and he suddenly laughed.
“Stop pretending to be mysterious. It’s just the Shattering Shriek, posing as an Earth Element when you’ve got the Stone Singer bloodline.”
At these words, the Stone Scorpion was momentarily stunned, its pupils constricting sharply.
How did this guy know?
The Stone Singer was extremely rare; if not for his fusion with the Stone Singer bloodline, he wouldn’t even know such an ancient bloodline existed.
He had never revealed his bloodline to anyone, not even his companions in the Eternal Life Association.
How did this person figure out his secret at a glance?
Seeing the hesitant look on the Stone Scorpion’s face, Sunan chuckled to himself.
In his previous life, he had seen a wizard with the Stone Singer bloodline, though the features differed slightly from this Stone Scorpion, so he hadn’t recognized it at first.
However, once the opponent used the signature ability of the Stone Singer bloodline, the Shattering Shriek, he immediately made the connection.
The Stone Singer is a terrifying and peculiar creature made of flexible, shape-shifting stone, resembling a scorpion at first glance.
They excel at using songs to manipulate earth and stone, creating effects similar to Earth Element magic.
Of course, what they call songs are just harsh noise to humans.
Their ability to control earth and stone isn’t as strong as that of Earth Elements, but they possess a petrification ability.
Creatures stung by a Stone Singer’s tail become petrified.
Afterward, the Stone Singer would take the petrified prey back to its lair, forcing them to listen to its songs, eventually devouring them for nourishment.
Sunan recalled that Stone Singers no longer existed on the Starlight Continent.
Even in the upcoming era of elemental resurgence, wizards captured Stone Singers from other worlds.
This Stone Scorpion’s ability to fuse with the Stone Singer bloodline was indeed fortunate.
In the current Starlight Continent, this was probably one of the few ancient bloodlines with strong power, minimal personality impact, and negligible bloodline rejection reaction.
“…Your knowledge is quite surprising to me.”
The Stone Scorpion came back to its senses, sneering repeatedly.
“Unfortunately, that doesn’t change your fate.”
“Now that you’re separated from your companions, and you’re all alone, I’ll kill you first, then deal with the others!”
A thoroughly frigid voice filled with lethal intent.
Sunan remained indifferent, smiling lightly, “You’re the one who’s isolated.”
As his words fell, countless gray mists suddenly materialized around the Stone Scorpion, rapidly coalescing into giant gray clawed shadows, which then descended furiously towards it with piercing sounds!
“Disaster Claws!”
The Stone Scorpion’s expression changed instantly.
Wasn’t this the ability of the Micro-Light Level magical artifact, the Ring of Disaster?
Yet he clearly remembered that the Ring of Disaster could only summon one Disaster Claw!
Sunan was somewhat surprised that the Stone Scorpion recognized the Disaster Claws, indicating it had seen them mentioned in some Wizard’s Scripture.
