Chapter 322: The Convergence At Brooklyn
The concrete beneath Nirvana’s boots felt like ice, yet sweat tore down her face, stinging the open gashes across her cheeks. Blood, thick and hot, dripped down her arm as she clutched her shattered elbow, kneeling helplessly on the fractured asphalt of Brooklyn.
"How can such a monster exist on this planet?!" Nirvana asked in shock, her breath hitching in her throat as she looked up.
Standing just a few paces before her were the remaining members of the Sword Academy’s Invincible Five. Once heralded as the peak of their generation within Galaxy Fall’s global rankings, their gazes were now entirely stripped of pride, filled only with absolute horror. Behind their trembling defensive line, five lower-year students huddled together, their weapons shaking so violently they rattled against their armor.
"Help me!! Let me go!!!"
The desperate, piercing scream sliced through the stagnant air. They all stared at the screaming Girl, a promising member from their team, whose head was currently held in the massive, iron-like grip of the Dragon gatekeeper. Unlike the gatekeepers encountered by other teams, this entity bore an evolutionary mutation—four jagged horns crown its skull, pulsing with a dense, violet-black abyssal energy that distorted the gravity around it. A cruel, mocking sneer was etched across its reptilian face.
BAM!!
Without an ounce of effort, the monster clenched its hand, instantly shattering the head of the girl. The horrific crack of bone echoed through the ruined street before her lifeless body dropped to the ground, dead.
’Damnit! This monster is a lot stronger than a realm Boss! How can such a monster appear here!’ Jessica thought, panic threatening to override her training. Her Mythic Eye was fully active, its complex irises spinning at maximum frequency as it frantically tried to calculate the gatekeeper’s hidden stats. Every reading came back in corrupted, bloody red syntax.
She looked over her shoulder with growing dread. All her elite teammates were beaten, coughing up blood or unconscious against the rubble. She was the only strong one left standing between this predator and the remaining students.
"Die human!!"