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Chapter 166, Battle! VS "Gluttony" Chardo!

"Is this the place?"

Gu Yuan, along with Alyssa and the elite forces dispatched by the Loki and Freya clans, quietly arrived at the designated meeting point.

The night was as dark as ink, the air was chilly, and the deathly wind howled eerily through the buildings.

All eyes turned to the cluster of warehouses lying in the darkness.

"Yes, according to intelligence, their base is here."

Grace responded in a deep voice.

The experienced dwarf warrior did not rush into action.

He knelt on one knee, his rough palms pressed against the cold ground, closed his eyes, and focused intently on feeling the extremely faint vibrations coming from underground.

"There's no mistake—there's a huge cavity below, and the size and vibration frequency do indeed match the characteristics of an area where thousands of people live."

He stood up, dusted off his hands, and prepared to deploy the specific steps for reconnaissance and assault.

Just then, Gu Yuan's gaze swept past everyone and landed precisely on Allen Fromo of the Freya Familia.

Although the other person tried their best to conceal their presence outside the tavern that night, that unique physique and outline were imprinted in Gu Yuan's memory.

A strange sense of familiarity made Gu Yuan instinctively ask, "Have we... met somewhere before?"

Buzz!

Alan Fourmer felt as if his brain had been struck by a heavy hammer, going completely blank for a moment, his body stiffening almost imperceptibly.

Cold sweat almost broke out, but it was forcibly suppressed.

He struggled to maintain composure, even attempting to project a hint of the impatient arrogance typical of "The Chariot of the Goddess": "Imagine it? How could someone like you or me forget someone I've met?"

However, the fleeting panic in his eyes betrayed his inner tension.

Damn it! Did he really recognize me? It was pitch black that night—

My sternum seemed to be throbbing again, and that feeling of helplessness from being so easily crushed resurfaced.

Gu Yuan didn't speak, but simply stared at him silently. This brief silence felt more oppressive to Allen than any sharp interrogation.

Just when things were so tense they were about to snap, BOOM!!

A violent aura, clearly released intentionally, erupted from the depths of the warehouse like a dormant volcano suddenly erupting!

The aura was filled with fighting spirit and provocation, and its target was clearly locked onto Gu Yuan!

Almost at the same time, inside the warehouse, deep in the shadows.

"Gluttony" Chardo, his towering, armored figure like an iron tower, slowly raised the giant sword that was as thick as a door.

Beneath the visor, his eyes recalled Erebus's words and Gu Yuan's feat of escaping from Alphia's clutches, igniting a pure fighting spirit.

Behind him, twelve silent figures stood like stone statues.

They were the core members of the former "Orises Familia". Because the chief god was sent away, they harbored a deep hatred for Orario. After converting to the Apat Familia, they underwent some kind of forbidden physical modification.

At this moment, they all possess strength comparable to Lv.5, making them hidden blades of revenge.

"The time has come."

Chardo's voice, muffled like distant thunder, came through the thick visor, carrying a terrifying sense of impending doom: "As planned, those elites below Lv.5 are yours to deal with. The goal is to sever Orario's backbone."

"And I—I'll go and meet that interesting young man."

Outside the warehouse, the moment Gu Yuan sensed that provocative aura, he made the highest level of alert gesture and warned his companions.

But it was too late!

Rumble, rumble, rumble—!

Before he finished speaking, the solid ground beneath their feet suddenly groaned in pain!

The ground collapsed on a large scale without warning, like building blocks whose foundations had been removed!

The soil and rocks at the edge poured inwards wildly, swallowing everything on the ground!

"Watch out—!" Grace's powerful cry of alarm was instantly drowned out by the deafening sound of the collapse.

"Ah!" Alexie let out a short gasp as the feeling of weightlessness suddenly gripped her.

Gu Yuan instinctively grabbed her arm.

boom!

The muscles in his feet instantly exerted force, unleashing astonishing agility at the SS level, attempting to leap upwards using the last small foothold that had not yet completely collapsed!

However, the trap was designed to be extremely malicious, and the speed and extent of its collapse far exceeded the laws of normal physics!

"Ais!" Grace roared.

Out of the corner of his eye, Gu Yuan saw that the golden-haired swordswoman's footing had completely collapsed, and her petite figure plummeted into the bottomless darkness like a kite with a broken string.

In the instant of falling, her pale gold eyes widened slightly due to the sudden weightlessness, and she instinctively reached out her arms.

Gu Yuan's heart sank!

But he was in mid-air, holding onto Alicia with one hand. His old strength was exhausted and new strength had not yet been generated, so he had no power to be distracted by anything else!

He saw Grace swing her battle axe, trying to chop into the pit wall, and saw Allen and the other members of the Familia fall like dumplings into a pot amidst the dust and screams.

—Everyone lost their balance within those one or two seconds and was mercilessly swallowed up by this sudden dark pit!

Just as Gu Yuan was about to land, searching for even the slightest point of leverage, BOOM!!!

To the side and in front, the thick wall of a warehouse suddenly shattered as if it were made of paper!

Amidst the flying debris and wood chips, a massive figure clad in heavy armor, as large as a mountain, charged out with ferocity!

It was none other than "Gluttony" Chardo!

His goal was crystal clear! The giant sword, which resembled a door panel, did not strike Gu Yuan's vitals directly, but instead drew an extremely heavy arc.

The powerful wind pressure even dispersed the billowing smoke and dust.

This sword strike perfectly blocked all of Gu Yuan's possible routes to move upwards or to the side!

"Stay here!" Chardor's low growl rolled across the battlefield like muffled thunder.

"clang-!!!"

A deafening clang of metal pierced the night sky, bursting into dazzling sparks!

Gu Yuan was forced to parry with his sword. The moment the two swords clashed, an unimaginable, immense force surged along the blades!

Although he successfully blocked the attack, the powerful recoil propelled him backward!

Chardo struck decisively without hesitation.

His massive body, propelled by the impact, fell like a meteorite, relentlessly pursuing him.

Clearly, the intention is to drag Gu Yuan completely into the pre-planned underground battlefield, giving him no chance to return to the surface!

"Thump!"

In just a few seconds, the earth-shattering collapse and the lightning-fast confrontation came to an abrupt end.

All that remained on the ground was a grotesque, enormous crater and billowing smoke.

Silence returned to the surroundings, with only the night wind carrying the scent of dust, telling the story of the dramatic events that had just transpired.

Not far away.

On the top of a dilapidated building, a white owl, almost completely blending into the night, witnessed the entire raid.

Its pupils contracted sharply in shock, and then it silently flapped its wings and quickly disappeared into the thick darkness of the night.

"We're doomed, Uranus—"