Chapter 1451 An Ancient Tripod (Part One)


    Austin and the queen wanted to apply their bodily movement skill as soon as possible. They hoped that


    it would help to at least avoid the impact of the explosion.


    But that ball of light was moving faster than they had expected, rushing up to meet them like a bullet. In


    the blink of an eye, it reached where both of them were standing and threatened to shatter the whole


    mountain beneath their feet.


    It was quick and formidable. The power it released was overwhelming and bone-crushing. The energy


    waves that seemed to be shooting out from its center started to grind the mountain like an invisible


    huge hand. It was so vigorous in movement that it seemed like all the things, alive or dead, would turn


    into ashes in an instant.


    Astonished at the sight before their eyes, Austin and the queen found themselves fixed in their spots.


    They were unable to move at all. It did not matter how anxious they were to get out of that ce.


    They were petrified and were left with no chance to escape.


    Austin began to sweat. This was a life-or-death situation. As the seconds passed, they were afraid that


    they would be melt by the heat even before they got crushed to dust by the pressure. Just then, Austin


    remembered his City model, the magic space he had always carried. It cheered him up a bit. He wasn''t


    sure it would work, but he knew that it was their only hope.


    Wasting no time, he activated the transporting power of the City model. If he could send the queen and


    himself into it, there was a possibility to survive this strong force.


    The fact was that he was being too optimistic. To his surprise, the City model did not answer him. The


    ball of light was drawing nearer and nearer, but the City model seemed to have malfunctioned, turning


    into a piece of stone.


    That might also be this light''s doing! Every corner of the space around them was suppressed by the


    endless great pressure from the blinding light. It was then that Austin realized that all the spaces and


    the tunnels between them were blocked, frozen and squeezed by the lightpletely!


    It was toote. There was no way that they could travel through those blocked spaces and take shelter


    in a safe ce.


    They were doomed!


    Austin looked up at the dazzling light with a helpless sigh, even the queen could hear him. So was it


    the end? Desperateness and dejection loomed in his heart, yet he tried not to let it show. He felt


    vulnerable.


    Sensing the despair in the man beside her, the queen fell into deeper misery instantly. Her face


    suddenly softened. She turned around to look at him.


    Then, she did something that was beyond Austin''s expectation. Something that she couldn''t stop


    herself from doing.


    She wrapped her arms around his waist, like a gentle and innocent girl who was terrified by the


    situation at hand.


    "If we have to die and if this is the end of the world, I would rather die in your arms," she whispered in a


    soft voice. Her words were soft but precise.


    Austin looked down at her face. The queen''s cheeks still had a bright pink hue, even in this dreadful


    situation. It looked like that she was having a fever, but Austin knew that it was because of the heat she


    gave out from her body, which was filled with strong energy. And it was beautiful.


    Time seemed to have slowed down as he felt her hug. The moment seemed eternal. He inhaled the


    strange and enchanting perfume that reached his nose as it emanated from her body--her warm and


    soft body. She was now embracing him like a snake of fire, making his heart thump. Suddenly, he felt


    as if danger never existed. He closed his eyes to enjoy the moment, forgetting about everything.


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    Hardly had a second or two passed when Austin opened his eyes.


    Something struck him when he was sinking into her love. It suddenly gave him courage to tackle the


    distressing situation.


    The Fire St! He remembered he still had the Fire St!


    Probably those would be thest moments of his life when the memory of this treasure that he had kept


    in his elixir field urred to him.


    Ever since it had got in there, it sat quietly in his elixir field like a seed quietly spreading its roots in the


    soil.


    Austin often forgot about it, since he usually failed in using it ormunicating with it.


    However, it had saved him twice. He couldn''t exin it, but the Fire St seemed to act by itself. It


    usually came to his rescue whenever he faced life-or-death moments.


    Now, it was one such moment, and Austin thought of this savior of his.


    Taking a deep breath to calm himself down, Austin unleashed his spiritual sense and tried to make


    connection with the Fire St. He tried his best to tell the Fire St that he needed its help, and that


    he wanted to survive!


    Whoosh!


    On this asion, the Fire St didn''t keep him waiting. It was such a pleasant surprise that the


    treasure had answered Austin''s call almost instantly with its buzz.


    In a split second, the Fire St appeared above Austin''s head. It was so quick that Austin had barely


    realized its presence. It got out from his body like a shooting star with amazing high speed and turned


    into a golden light ball the moment it touched the air. It looked like Austin had brought a bright sun from


    within himself, whose radiance overshadowed the deadly ball of light above the mountain.


    Boom!


    Soon, the Fire St met the dazzling light, like the sun crashing into Venus. The collision produced


    scorching heat and fierce shock waves thatshed out against everything around them like tides.


    Austin found his ears ringing badly. Covering their heads with one of his arm, he could feel that the


    mountain below was shaking. It started copsing, reduced to dust by the energy of the st. It was a


    gigantic mountain of several hundred meters tall, yet it had been razed to the ground in less than a


    second. Austin gasped at the scene. This was how they would have ended up if the Fire St hadn''t


    worked.


    Fortunately it did work. The ball of light was swallowed by the light of the Fire St, the mountain was


    gone. But Austin was covered by the golden light bubble of the powerful treasure, safe and sound.


    Even the queen was unscathed since she had been hugging Austin tightly and got protected by the


    Fire St, too.


    In the end, when all the sound died away, Austin and the queen were floating above the ce where


    the mountain once stood, embracing each other.


    They were holding each other tight like a couple madly in love.


    And when they realized that they had narrowly escaped a close call, they exchanged delightful looks,


    smiling brightly as their eyes met. There was the exultant joy of survival.


    Just then, the queen''s smile froze.


    It was at that moment that she came back to her senses. She realized that she was hugging Austin in


    the most loving and caring way!


    She had always been a demure and serious woman, who seldom showed her affection to others. In


    fact, she couldn''t believe that she had totally lost control of herself and acted so brazenly and got so


    close to a man! It could be said that she had lost herselfpletely in the face of death, allowing


    herself to do anything that came to her mind.