Primordial Expanse: I have the Strongest Talent! - Chapter 374

Chapter 374: Ignite!
Mira couldn’t believe what she was seeing.

“A king class beast…”

The moment she felt that aura pressure down upon her, even while she was in the Void dimension, she realised why Alex looked so desperate for her to escape to the Void.

If she were hit by that thing, she wouldn’t be able to recover like Alex…

But now that she had escaped, that left Alex all alone to fend against the beast, which just terrified her and left a feeling of dread in her heart.

All she could do was watch…

In fact, she was so shocked and afraid that she had completely blanked out the fact that she had just entered the Void dimension, which didn’t quite end up well the last time she did so.

But right now, she had no other choice.

She was stuck between a rock and a hard place, and unfortunately being in the Void was better than being out in the Primordial Expanse and getting in Alex’s way.

With Mira gone, Alex didn’t have anything other than himself to worry about, and if Mira was still there, his mind would be under immense stress in trying to keep her safe, rather than trying to find a way to kill this King of Evermoor!

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‘Ignite!’

The moment the command left Alex’s brain, it was like all sound had been drowned out by silence.

All sight was blocked as well, as the entire surrounding area was encapsulated by a suffocatingly bright white light.

But this white light wasn’t just light.

It resulted from incredibly hot flames, that came flowing out like a volcanic eruption from Virtue’s Edge!

Alex had no idea where was, or if he was even alive anymore.

Afterall, the moment he opened his eyes, all he saw was a vast expanse of white.

For all he knew, this could be the afterlife.

But after a few moments, the light faded and revealed the destruction that the explosion of Phoenix Flames had caused.

Clang!

But taking his eyes away from the hundreds of kilometre wide and dozens of kilometre deep crater that they now stood in, Alex’s attention was drawn to a familiar sound nearby.

Whoosh!

Virtue’s Edge had dropped to the ground, released from the King of Evermoor’s grasp, leaving Alex the opportunity to finally claim it back for himself.

Even after that huge explosion, it was still just fine…

With his sword now back in his hands, Alex turned his attention to the very reason he had to unleash that attack.

The King of Evermoor.

“Weak.”

And the very words he had been ignoring up until that point drilled into his mind once again, this time they actually had an effect on his mental though.

Because there was one very disturbing sight in front of him that Alex couldn’t ignore this time.

Where the King’s hand used to be, was nothing more than empty space.

Crunch!

Ripple!

But the sound of flesh, muscles, bones and everything else that made up an organism started to fill the air.

With a speed not even Alex himself could match, the King of Evermoor’s arm grew back at an extraordinary speed.

Within mere moments, it looked like it hadn’t even been injured at all.

Only the huge crater they were stood in was the last reminder of the attack Alex had just unleashed…

Alex stood frozen, disbelief gripping him as the King of Evermoor’s arm fully regenerated before his eyes.

The massive reptilian beast, now whole again, loomed before him, its cold gaze still fixed on him as if mocking his efforts.

‘Is this really the difference between King class beasts and Variant class…’

The flames from Virtue’s Edge had reduced the surrounding landscape to a desolate wasteland, but the creature practically stood unscathed.

Not only that, but it had regenerated at a speed Alex couldn’t even comprehend.

The sight of it sent a shiver down his spine.

‘This… this is just ridiculous…’

The King of Evermoor flexed its newly restored arm, its dark, pulsating aura intensifying with each passing second.

The glow in its eyes grew fiercer, and for the first time, Alex saw something resembling amusement in its gaze.

The thought of facing something that could heal so quickly, that could shrug off such a devastating attack, made Alex’s confidence waver lower than it had fallen already.

‘How do you fight something that can’t be killed?’

But there was no time to dwell on it. The King took a step forward, its massive clawed feet crushing the shattered earth beneath it.

Rumble!

Its growl reverberated through the ground, the vibrations rattling through Alex’s body.

He couldn’t tell whether it was fear that caused his body to shake, or if it was from the vibrations in the ground…

But in his mind he knew it was probably both…

‘Focus. Stay alive. Find a way.’

Alex gripped Virtue’s Edge tightly, anticipating the huge beast to come in for an attack once more.

Even if the beast could regenerate like it was nothing, there had to be some sort of limit.

The only problem was, he had no idea how high this limit was, and if he could even breach it with his power.

The King suddenly charged, faster than Alex had anticipated.

Its massive frame blurred, and before he could react, its claws swung down towards him once again.

It looked bad, really bad.

Unable to resist, he was pulled towards the huge beast — right into the open claw that now closed around his neck.

Alex had both his eyes wide open in fear, surprise, anger, among other emotions that rushed through him in this decisive moment.

His instincts, senses and every other thought of reason in him told him to just fucking run, escape, try everything to just get away from this beast!

But he couldn’t in this moment.

Not only were the claws so tightly wrapped around his neck that he couldn’t escape their grasp.

Something deep within him kept telling him to push through.

Something that he couldn’t ignore.