Chapter 1753 Higher Level Defense <TOC> Chapter 1755 Unparalleled Speed
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“High Priestess Hayley, what should we do now?” quivered a figure in a black robe, under the terrifying gaze of Toby.
Hayley’s face darkened. Looking at Toby who appeared unharmed, she clenched her fists, “This brute is tough-skinned and thick-fleshed. We can’t attack him directly. He surely has a weakness. Once we find it, there’s definitely a way to eliminate him…”
As she spoke, Hayley began to silently communicate with the dwindling faith power within her. She hoped to leverage the faith of the Profound Lord to pinpoint Toby’s vulnerability.
However, Toby wasn’t about to just stand there being inspected. After inexplicably getting pummeled, Toby’s fury had peaked.
Toby had initially refrained from retaliating because his adversaries hailed from Sky Mechanical City and he was considerate of his young master’s concerns. However, after glancing around, he noticed the absence of Angel and Gloria. Whether they were genuinely absent or deliberately hiding didn’t matter; it signaled one thing: there would likely be no one to intervene if he decided to confront these foes.
With that thought, Toby’s eyes grew even colder.
The pent-up frustrations in his heart demanded an outlet, and this group seemed like the perfect prey.
Toby hissed, emitting a dark red snake-like tongue, and his massive body began to sway. The first thing he did was lash his tail, extinguishing most of the candlelit discs surrounding him.
He wasn’t sure of the function of these discs, but he attributed his recent immobilization to them.
After destroying the discs, Toby, without any hesitation, lunged at the increasingly disheartened group in black robes.
Under the imposing and fearsome gaze of Toby, his massive form, strong defensive abilities, and cold, bloodthirsty eyes have already exerted immense pressure on the gathered crowd. Now, as Toby glides menacingly towards them, they feel an even deeper sense of shock. Their once solid and unwavering spirits are slowly eroding under this intense pressure, burning with an internal fire of uncertainty.
While Toby isn’t consciously manipulating emotions at this moment, his sensitivity towards them has peaked. Especially since the very fire burning within these individuals is a result of his power, he can discern with clarity who remains steadfast and who’s teetering on the edge of collapse.
This ability to perceive and sense the emotions of beings around him is a newfound power Toby hasn’t yet fully understood. However, he doesn’t seek to delve deeper into it right now. All he desires is to vent his simmering rage.
Toby refrains from employing his extraordinary powers immediately. Instead, he relies purely on his immense physical strength, harvesting the crowd with ruthless efficiency.
There’s an inexplicable exhilaration in these physical confrontations. For Toby, there’s a satisfaction far greater than using any other power.
With just a sweep of his tail and a slight ripple of his body, one can hear the cacophony of collisions, accompanied by a chorus of agonized screams.
This substantially quenches Toby’s need for catharsis.
Such wanton satisfaction even grants Toby a moment of leniency, allowing those who flee to do so without immediate pursuit.
——However, those who believe they’ve truly escaped life’s clutches are gravely mistaken. They’re unaware that speed is truly one of Toby’s unparalleled advantages.
Whether Toby’s defenses can be compared to that of the formidable Leviathan remains uncertain. However, without even testing, Angel can assert that Toby’s speed definitely surpasses the Leviathan’s. Naturally, a Serpent-Bird’s velocity exceeds that of the Griffin. If one factors in the influence of the Gravity Lines, even a wizard of true knowledge would likely find themselves outpaced should they attempt a chase against Toby.
Toby did not pursue those who had escaped. Those who had managed to flee did not dare to spontaneously open a passage to flee further but instead gathered around Hayley, awaiting further instructions. Despite this, their courage was already on the brink of shattering.
However, Hayley remained silent, her eyes fixed intently on Toby. Her deep green eyes shimmered with a mysterious light, and if one looked closely, within that glow, there was a pattern reminiscent of a “solar eclipse”…
Meanwhile, Toby continued to use his formidable physical strength to crush those who couldn’t escape in time. However, his internal urge to destroy had mostly been sated. The reason he continued was that he had sensed traces of emotional manipulation at work.
Among these people, those more deeply affected by emotional influences saw a significant drop in their reaction speeds and their ability to handle complex situations.
With a simple flick of his serpent-like tail, even without using his top speed, Toby managed to catch two individuals whose emotional state had almost reached breaking point and who failed to dodge in time.
As for those whom Toby sensed still had some control over their emotions, they promptly fled.
Observing the two individuals, whose eyes were dilated with fear and whose legs trembled, Toby seemed to come to a realization.
He did not attack further. Instead, with his deep red and cold gaze, he watched them intently, starting to experiment with a unique ability this Serpent-Bird form possessed——Control Over Emotions.
Not just any negative emotions, but specifically those elicited by him, centering around feelings of envy, resentment, and a range of other limited negative sentiments.
Although this was Toby’s first time harnessing this ability, when he truly tried to manipulate it, he found it wasn’t difficult at all; he could employ it almost effortlessly.
Those feelings of fear, anger… and various other emotions appeared so vividly before Toby.
He had the power to magnify, diminish, or even erase certain emotions. Naturally, diminishing or erasing these emotions was out of the question — as that would inadvertently aid his opponents. Hence, Toby began testing his capability to amplify emotions.
Amplifying the anger within one person’s heart, Toby also intensified the fear within another.
With Toby’s emotion manipulation power, the person whose anger had been magnified felt a burning rage building within. His mind seemed fogged, overwhelmed by a dominant fury.
Confronting Toby, he lost all the caution expected of a wizard, wanting nothing more than to use any means to destroy him.
However, someone blinded by such intense rage could hardly be a match for Toby.
With a swift tail swipe, Toby unleashed a massive force directly onto the man’s waist. A crisp cracking sound echoed, suggesting broken bones within. The man was hurled like a cannonball, ultimately vanishing into the depths of the void.
“Damn it, it’s Lyle…” A cloaked figure, who had grouped near Hayley, watched as Lyle disappeared into the abyss, eyes filled with shock and dread. They dared not ponder Lyle’s fate, knowing that they too could share his fate.
Several cast uneasy glances at Hayley, “High Priestess, should we retreat?”
Hayley remained silent, appearing as if she hadn’t heard them, her focus solely on Toby. The group exchanged anxious glances. As one of the chief priests of the Profound Alchemy Association, Hayley held command over them. Without her word, they wouldn’t dare flee.
Meanwhile, Toby turned his attention to the individual whose feelings of fear and terror had been amplified.
Chapter 1753 Higher Level Defense <TOC> Chapter 1755 Unparalleled Speed