Huff, breathe...
Huff, breathe...
Gaia's extraordinarily powerful canopy will made every breath unbearable for the Ironblood Arbiter as he waited for the canopy-shielding device to be constructed. It was as though a mountain weighed upon him, leaving him unable to breathe.
The two Ironblood Predators fared even worse. Amidst the clinking "ding-dang, ding-dang" of metal impacts, their bodies were actually trembling.
In contrast, those scarred Ironblood Warriors seemed utterly unaware, constructing the canopy-shielding device and magnetic tower transmission station with Ironblood discipline.
"Something seems wrong. The Mysterious Corruptor possesses such immense power—why hasn't he taken this opportunity to... Hm!?"
Boom!
The Ironblood Arbiter's entire body felt as if it had been struck head-on by a massive hammer, making him shudder instinctively.
With a whoosh, the Ironblood Arbiter sprang to his feet in horror, even burning his origin blood. Yet he discovered that all the lower-ranking Ironblood Warriors had already been thrown into disarray. As they rolled about, they struggled to rise with practiced discipline. The two Ironblood Hunters behind him also burned their origin blood in an instant, flying into the sky with two whooshes.
Once the three understood what had happened and recovered their senses, they discovered that the ground had violently trembled just now!
"Where is the enemy?"
An Ironblood Hunter in a falcon mask rapidly swept his Ironblood eyes across every direction. Finding no trace, he continuously spiraled higher into the sky, expanding his search range in an attempt to find even the faintest clue of that unknown enemy.
Yet Gaia's canopy suppression was simply too powerful—powerful beyond belief. Every breath consumed a tremendous amount of his origin blood. Now that the half-built canopy-shielding device had been destroyed, it seemed their complete descent upon this planet and integration into its native canopy would have to be delayed