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Chapter 851

[Ashton city, Earth.]

Whiiish—!

Coming out of the pocket dimension, Liam and Han Yufei were rather disoriented. The sudden change in environment confused them for a moment, and the fact that they hadn't been back on earth for over five years didn't help with the situation.

"Are we back?"

"It looks like it."

The familiar city streets, the pillars in the faraway distance, the serene blue sky… they were truly back.

Not that they had seen the Pillars before...

Liam sighed in relief, but he didn't get to enjoy the relief for very long. All of a sudden, the ground trembled, and one of the skyscrapers near them collapsed.

BOOOM—! Something crashed against several of the buildings as they collapsed.

They were taken aback when, after turning their heads to look at the structures, they noticed a familiar figure off in the distance.

Liam was able to identify them in an instant, as evidenced by the sudden yellow glow that emanated from his eyes, and he quickly disappeared from the spot.

"Hey, wait for me!"

Appearing right above the skyscraper, Liam could hear Han Yufei's voice in the far distance, but he didn't particularly care and cocked his head.

"Do you need help?"

Bang—!

Crashing against the wall, Emma looked up and glared at Liam.

"What do you t—Akh!"

KWAAANG—! Crossing her daggers, she barely managed to block the demon's claw. Groaning, she nudged her head several times. As if trying to tell Liam to get on with it.

Cracka! Cracka!

Good thing that Liam got the message, and lightning crackled around him.

The demon that was on top of Emma immediately froze on the spot, and Liam appeared behind it. He slashed his hand across the demon's thigh as his eyes took on a yellowish tinge and began to shine even more brightly than before.

That's where he felt the core was.

"Huek!"

That was about it for the demon. Just one move from Liam was all it took, and its entire body turned to dust.

"Thank… haaa.. you."

Catching her breath, Emma sighed in relief.

Upon closer observation, Liam realized that Emma's complexion was rather bad. Her face was pale, and her head was covered in sweat.

Thinking about the demon that he had just defeated, his expression turned strange.

"You were struggling with just that?"

Actually, now that he took a closer look at her, she seemed different from how she normally was. He hadn't spent much time with her, so he wasn't too sure, but… she seemed a little wilder.

If that made any sense.

"Do… hhaaa… do you really think that's the only… haaa.. demon that I was up against?"

Catching her breath, she pointed toward the distance, and that was when Liam finally noticed. A street littered with demon corpses.

It was a sight to behold, and his mouth instantly shut.

"That's fair enough."

"No shit…. Haa… I'm fucking tired."

Well, he could tell. The fact that speaking made her this tired was a great testament to that.

"Want a potion?"

He offered her a potion as an apology, but she rejected him right away.

"I'm good."

"Well, suit yourself."

Putting the potion away, Han Yufei suddenly appeared beside them. With his broadsword on his back, he gazed at the streets hidden behind the skyscraper and put up a thumbs up.

"Wow, impressive."

"Thank you."

and gulping it down.

she was about to speak, Liam's expression suddenly changed, and his head snapped upwards, toward the

"What's wrong?"

Liam's expression, Han

couple of

"Liam?"

but his subsequent words startled

have any way to

which always seemed lazy and lethargic, had an unusual seriousness to it that made both Han Yufei

about his words, and Han Yufei was

knows of a way to

"Okay."

Liam nodded his head.

and tell him that he is

"He?"

"Yeah… he."

***

WOOOM—!

"…"

of the dimensional

at the world around them without saying a

inside of the

"Are you…"

eventually broke the silence as she turned to face Angelica. She was quietly staring at the ground, her

toward Angelica, following her words, and sensing the attention

"I'm fine."

At least, that was what she tried

was that

wasn't something she

knew it had to be done and she deserved it…

her very own mother. Someone she looked up to despite hating her at

you sure

when she turned, she saw a face she hadn't

"I'm fine."

She smiled at Smallsnake.

I'll believe you for

he could see right through her, but it was good that he let the topic go and

"What are we sup—"

your communication; are you

was stopped by a familiar voice

the moment he heard the

"Ryan?"

and brought it to her

"Ryan, is that you?"

ah, no never mind. That's not important. I was just about to say

"Ryan?

moving closer to Ava. It was there that the communication abruptly turned

"…"

"Ryan?"

more, hoping that he could hear

"…"

response. Just as he was about to try again, the communication turned

guys trying to

he spoke, and

still remembers my

and his head moved closer to

in front of him. Turning the camera on, Smallsnake waved, a soft smile on his

saw him; he had become an adult, and looking at how disheveled his appearance was, he knew that he must've had a hard time during the few years he

grown up a

words that came out of his mouth when he saw

but his appearance was what reminded him of how times had changed and that

"…"

and when his gaze met Smallsnake's, his eyes blinked several times until, eventually, droplets of water

more, he brought his arms over his face and continued to wipe at whatever was

"Huuu."

with his hands, he hoarsely

left, I am approximately

"Ah… I see…"

lips trembling

huh… I, sure missed

"Yeah… yeah you did."

***

an unknown area,

world outside the pillars was a mess. Buildings crumbled, ecosystems were torn apart, and the ground was shredded into

at the enemies with such utter precision that they didn't even have the time to react. The accuracy of his attacks completely shattered their cores

Thump—!

black threads would spike out from the point between his foot and the ground, shooting directly

at a level where only Prince ranked demons could

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