Chapter 1296
“D*mn, is it possible that the old man actually intends to eliminate his own people?” Hayden muttered
with uncertainty.
The atmosphere in the small garden at this moment could be described as extremely eerie.
The death soldiers from the North Outer City governor’s residence were surprisingly singled out as
well, targeted one after another as if they had be the primary focus of the ck Armor Legion.
Kathleen, on high alert, regarded Hayden, whoy on the ground like a limp pile of mud, and inquired,
“Can your venomous insects still exert control over others?”
At this moment, Hayden’s spiritual energy and vitality had not yet recovered, making it impossible for
him to muster even a shred of fighting strength. He was so weak that he couldn’t even stand steadily.
If it weren’t for Jonathan risking his life to pull Sterio out of Insect Sea, thetter would probably have
been chopped into pieces by now.
Although these individuals each belonged to different factions and didn’t particrly care for one
another, they couldn’t afford to y any tricks when faced with amon threat.
“I possess parasites capable of controlling corpses. You’ve all witnessed them on the Ascension Peak’s
square tform. However, the insects I’m releasing presently are not that type of parasite; they are
highly toxic creatures. I believe Celestus is merely concocting an excuse. It’s evidently another trap.”
No sooner had Sterio’s words left his lips than sharp noises began to rend the air.
Joshua brandished the Formation Crusher in his hand, casting it out in all directions. Several
formations and restraining barriers took shape, providing protection for everyone within.
Someone roared angrily at Celestus, “Celestus! Are you nning to rebel?”
At this moment, Celestus appeared utterly nonchnt.
“Rebel? Rebel against who? Are you talking about Governor Carmichael, who’s dead? Since you are
so loyal, I will grant your wish of following him in hell.”
As he spoke, Celestus raised his right hand high and swung it forcefully forward.
The ck Armor soldiers put down their longbows and drew their swords, charging into the small
garden. They began to indiscriminately ughter every death soldier within the garden.
Amid the initial onught of arrows, the individuals left within the garden, except for Jonathan and a
handful of other outsiders, were the death soldiers. Caught by surprise, they had sustained substantial
casualties.
At this juncture, the remaining twenty or thirty individuals, although they had been meticulously chosen
by Roy as elites, found themselves incapable of withstanding such arge-scale massacre.
Within the garden of North Outer City, a ceaseless mor of shouts and curses resounded.
The only ones who could be considered safe were Jonathan and hispanions at the very center.
Those ck Armor soldiers seemed to be aware of the abilities of the few individuals, so they were
extremely cautious when approaching the center.
Nheless, the garden’s size was limited. Even moving at a deliberate pace, someone had already
closed in on the group.
Hayden fired a shot using his sniper rifle, sting a basketball-sized hole in the chest of a ck Armor
soldier.
Nevertheless, this gunshot was also a signal.
In just a blink of an eye, the ck Armor soldiers erupted with roars, brandishing their weapons and
charging toward Jonathan and hispanions.
Kathleen shouted loudly at Jonathan, “Jonathan, set up the formation!”
Earlier, Hayden had severed Celestus’s arm, and the formation te that hadn’t had the chance to be
activated was seized by Jonathan and stored in his storage ring.
If they could use the formation in the small garden against the enemy, although it wouldn’t allow them
to escape, it could at least buy them some time.
Yet at this moment, Jonathan’s face was ashen.
He took out the formation te, along with Celestus’s severed hand that was still tightly gripping it, and
threw them all to Kathleen.
“It’s merely a jade ornament; there’s absolutely no formation engraved upon it. Celestus never had any
intention of rescuing Roy from the outset! If my assumption is urate, Neil was able to orchestrate
this trap because his informant within North Outer City is likely Celestus.”
Everyone present was crafty and cunning.
Although Jonathan didn’t delve into extensive exnations, these few spections sufficed for
everyone to grasp the underlying cause-and-effect rtionships.
Neil had assembled a substantial private army, indicating his clear intent to revolt.
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However, the supposed deal between him and Joshua simply didn’t exist.
Neil spoke of wanting to obtain the formation markings of this small world. Indeed, from Joshua’s
reaction, it was clear that such a thing truly existed.
However, for reasons unknown, Neil had ced Joshua in an exceedingly dire predicament.
Was it because that particr item held no significance, or was there another motive at y? They
remained in the dark.
In short, if Neil wanted to revolt, the best strategy would be to divert Yannopolis’ attention.
If chaos were to erupt in North Outer City, it would perfectly serve Neil’s purpose. The best candidates
to create this chaos would be them, the ounders.
As for Neil’s prior deceit involving Kathleen and others, persuading them to transmit secret messages
to his family, there undoubtedly must be another motive concealed within it.
Neil nned to lure the ounders together with such a method, and then execute them all at once.
Neil’s words were carefully crafted, blending truth and falsehood seamlessly, rendering it nearly
impossible to discern any inconsistencies.
Hence, everyone truly found themselves in a desperate situation.
Joshua was ceaselessly waving the Formation Crusher in his hand. Amidst the tumultuous surges of
his spiritual power, rudimentary restraining barriers and formations unfurled continually around
everyone, effectively holding the ck Armor soldiers at bay.
Joshua gritted his teeth and said, “Forget about whether the formation te is real or fake. Even if it’s
real, it can only help us hold off for a while.”
“Jonathan, you just unleashed a Pryncyp attack. What was that all about?”
“How the h*ll am I supposed to know what’s going on?” At this moment, Jonathan felt incredibly
frustrated.
Just now, in order to help Hayden block those attacks, he chose to endure a multitude of assaults.
When Jonathan was on the verge of bursting, he mustered all his strength to swing his sword. For
some unknown reason, it carried the aura of Pryncyp.
Even if Jonathan could perfectly replicate the process he just went through, he wouldn’t dare to try it
again.
After all, it was a rather peculiar equilibrium.
During that moment, if he had slightly intensified his own attack, he could have easily been reduced to
a pile of mush instantaneously.
“It seems we are certainly going to die here.”
At this point, Sterio had managed to recover some of his strength. Though still considerably feeble,
he could now move independently, with only his hands remaining immobile.
“I never imagined that in the end, I would die alongside you guys. It’s truly ironic.”
The surrounding ck Armor soldiers caused the group topletely lose any chance of escape.
At that very moment, Jonathan felt as if something within his body was trying to burst out.
Before he could even react, the clothes on his abdomen were already torn apart with a ripping sound.
Within it, a pitch-ck glimmer of light shed out.
Boom!
The final formation set up by Joshuapletely shattered under the shadow of that pitch-ck light.
A colossal coffin suddenly appeared before everyone and sent at least a dozen ck Armor soldiers
flying.