[801-1000] THE EVOLUTION OF A GOBLIN TO THE PEAK

Chapter 940 Battle at the Selnes Country: Battle for the Tears of Divine Might I

Souta gestured, manipulating gravity at his command. For some reason, the Tears of Divine Might reminded him of Gilaine. She had mentioned tending to it, perhaps creating a connection between them.

Shen Yao, Black Blader, and Adel fixated their gazes on Souta. The fruit was just within his reach. They realized they couldn't prevent Souta from claiming it. Even if they managed to defeat the twin spirits, it would be too late.

"Kill!" Man-Eating Tamer's enraged cry reverberated. His eyes were brimming with fury.

Boom!

A powerful aura erupted, enveloping everyone. A colossal figure tore through space, hurtling toward Souta.

Souta was on the verge of grasping the fruit when chaos ensued. The Tears of Divine Might spun through the air.

'Be careful, Souta!' Saya's voice resonated in his mind.

Looking downward, Souta spotted the enormous figure. He narrowed his eyes and muttered, "As expected, he already brought this one along. No, he had all his minions here ever since he set foot in the Selnes Country."

The colossal figure was a black centipede, measuring approximately thirty kilometers in length. Its aura surpassed that of a typical fourth-stage monster; it was the Earth Drill Centipede, the mightiest minion of Man-Eating Tamer, now at the fifth stage.

Swoosh!

As the centipede sped past Souta, its overpowering aura seemed to exert a suppressing force against him, akin to a higher species subduing a lower one. It felt as though an immense weight was pressing down on him, hindering his movement.

Souta swiftly reached out, grasping one of the centipede's legs.

"Fortunately, I anticipated this outcome."

Narrowing his eyes, Souta glanced upward, observing the centipede's trajectory towards the Tears of Divine Might.

This entire sequence of events had played out as he foresaw. Upon recognizing the familiar faces of the Deadly Sins experts, he had predicted the inevitable confrontation and its potential outcome.

Although Souta hadn't sensed this particular centipede previously, he was well aware of the high probability that Man-Eating Tamer had already tamed a fifth-stage monster by now. Moreover, the tumultuous battles that had transpired had overshadowed the centipede, concealing its presence in the darkness.

"A fifth-stage monster...? This is troublesome," observed Naruse, watching from the sidelines as she narrowed her eyes. She noted Man-Eating Tamer still had hundreds of fourth-stage monsters around him.

This highlighted the true power of a tamer, derived not from their physical abilities or combat skills but from the creatures they had tamed.

"Did he really bring a fifth-stage monster here?" Adel muttered, visibly shocked. The sight of a fifth-stage monster in this place was beyond belief for him.

"Technically, we're still inside the All-Filter Barrier Formation, so that monster isn't operating at full strength. Nevertheless, being a fifth stage, defeating it will be an arduous task," Shen Yao remarked in a subdued tone.

The consensus among them was that it would be nearly impossible to stop a fifth-stage monster in a brief moment, leaving most convinced that Man-Eating Tamer would successfully acquire the mythical-grade fruit. They hadn't anticipated that Man-Eating Tamer would conceal a fifth-stage monster in Selnes Country immediately upon his arrival.

Souta pushed himself to take action. Standing atop the centipede's back, he cracked his neck with determination.

"It's just a fifth stage... I've taken down beings like this in the past," Souta said with a smirk. His aura surged, pushing back against the centipede's presence in the area.