Chapter 332: Is That Clawdia!?
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Although Azmond gave Calista all the sushi and fish he had stored away, nothing seemed to alleviate her opinion of the twentieth floor.
But luckily for her, he had something different to tell her this time around.
"You lucked out, Calista," he began with a few head pats before he continued, "according to Ember, what we're looking for is right over there."
Following his words, he pointed out into the distance, and what they all saw was some sort of... door?
|Why is there a large door in the middle of nowhere!?| Boundless asked with a perplexed look on her face.
Azmond looked up as he saw Boundless's assets hanging over his head before he asked, "Aren't you the embodiment of the Boundless System? Shouldn't you already know everything?"
Boundless's body jiggled a little as her eyes darted around before she responded, |That is too much work... Hehe~|
*Whack!*
"Don't 'Hehe~' me, you blockhead!"
|Owee! That hurt, you big meanie!| She yelped a little while holding her head.
*Munch Munch*
"??" "??"
They were both interrupted by the sudden sound of chewing as they looked toward a certain direction on the other side of Azmond and saw a short catkin loli eating some sushi with a content look on her face.
All it took was seeing that sight for Azmond to look toward Boundless's pouty face before he said, "...I'm sorry for hitting you."
Boundless looked at the remorseful look on his face with a slight smirk before she exclaimed, |Hehe~ I was just kidding about it hurting! Nothing can hurt me in all of existence! But I'll do you a favor and accept your apology, Hoho!|
|Owee! Why did you hit me again, you meanie!?|
Azmond thought it over for a second before he replied, "Accident."
|...|
"..."
The whole crowd became silent after their exchange.
However, it didn't take long before they were distracted by a sudden change in the large, translucent 'door' that was standing a few thousand meters away.
BZZZTT!
Some unknown type of energy was fluctuating around the 'door' as it seemed like something was trying to come out of it!
And then it happened...
BOOOOOOOM!
The 'door' exploded open as a wide spider-webbed crack spread out from the center before a feminine hand clasped onto the side of the door!
CRACK! CRACK!
BOOM BOOM!
More cracks and explosions reverberated out, as whatever was attempting to come out from the other side of the door was close to succeeding!
And just as a second hand escaped the other side of the 'door', a second powerful force erupted from the door!
WAAAA!!
It was an aura that was, at least, in the Tribulation Transcendence Realm!
And it was through this aura that the being attempting to escape was pulled back in.
However, in spite of the immense aura resisting the beings escape, she resisted with all her might!
An inexplicable tug of war commenced between two unknown forces as Azmond, Emu, Boundless, Calista, and even Ember and the rest of the Monster Queen's gazed at such a sight with intrigued looks on their faces.
Not a single one of them knew what was going on, but the clash between the two forces caused quite the spectacle to materialize in front of their eyes as some misty gray energy collided and fought with a dark red aura.
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Not even a few milliseconds passed by before it seemed like a clear winner was chosen between the two.
That winner was the red aura that was pulling back the feminine hands of the being attempting to come out of the 'door'.
"Hmm" Azmond looked at the outcome of the 'battle' with clear interest in his eyes.
He appeared to be thinking about something before he activated his Discerning Quantum Eye.
"!?"
And what he saw was all he needed to decide what he would do about the phenomenon occurring in front of him.
RUMBLE!!
A majestic crimson-colored aura well into the Fourth Stage of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm exploded out of Azmond!
Following the outburst of his full-powered aura, he condensed it down to a manageable level before he constructed a blood-colored lasso.
OOOM!
The level of energy emitting from the lasso reached the same level as Azmond's aura before it shot out in the direction of the fading hand!
SHING!
It wrapped around the fading hand before tugging at her arm with overwhelming force!
"!?!?" The owner of that hand seemed to be confused over such an unexpected variable.
But, regardless, she didn't seem to be one to deny some assistance as she worked with Azmond until they eventually reached a point where both her arms were outside of the 'door'.
"!!!!!!!!"
Upon feeling something else messing with its target, the red aura increased in intensity in an attempt to scare away Azmond!
But all it got in response was a scoff before Azmond uttered, "A mere Early Fourth Stage Tribulation Transcendence Realm Cultivator is really getting ahead of himself!"
Following such a proclamation, the lasso he created pulled even harder at the figure on the other side.
Energies were flying all over the place as the once evenly matched tug-of-war between the owner of the hand and the mysterious figure on the other side was turned into an unrelentless pull from Azmond as the owner of the hand was subsequently yanked out of the door!
THUD!
The owner of the hand fell to the ground with a loud thud as her body was presented in front of Azmond and the gang.
"..." "..." "..."
Everyone looked at her, and just as Calista and Azmond were about to speak up, someone else got to it first.
"Is that Clawdia!?" Spiritflame shouted out from inside the black sphere.
And it didn't take long before the rest of the Monster Queen's and the gazellekin recognized the owner of the gray aura.
However, the one most surprised about such a development was none other than a young catkin girl, as she screamed, "B-Big Sister!?"
The owner of the hand looked toward the familiar voice as her eyes opened wide before she muttered, "...Calista? Is that really you!?"