When a sudden, blinding flash erupted from the depths of the ocean, turning the inky blackness into a searing white, many witnessed this scene and felt the raw power sear their retinas.
Those who were anywhere near close to the range of white light lurched violently, tossed around like toys in a bathtub by an unseen giant.
Silence… an unnatural silence descended, broken only by the groaning tremors and shockwaves like raging beasts.
This lasted for about five minutes before the light started to fade away. However, despite the blinding light absence, it didn't mean everything had returned to normal; it was far from it.
The temperature of the area around the blast was like a raging inferno as huge amounts of bubbles and fog were rising and spreading, making it impossible for anything to be visible.
In this fiery fog, Jacob's figure was floating in the water, completely unbothered by the high temperature or the powerful radiation around him. But the thunder whale mount of his was nowhere to be seen and there were some faint burning marks on his winder breaker.
'I thought I would end up in a somewhat miserable state… but it seems I've underestimated the cursed bone marrow stage. Not only my resistance to fire and poison has increased, but I can even sense the dense blood mixed in this fog and water.
'The explosion was simply too strong, and I don't think anything would've survived. Even if they did, they would've already turned into ashes because of the radiation heatwaves.
'But just to make sure those three steps of legends are really gone, I better check. After all, since nothing happened to me, it might be because I was too far away from the explosion. Let's see how the epicenter of the explosion is doing.
'Furthermore, the closer I'm to the source of blood, I'll be able to gather it more quickly, even if it completely diluted into water or fog. As long as the blood is in some kind of tangible state, I can extract it, and this ability is getting stronger with each runic line sculpted to my bones.'
Jacob smiled coldly as he used his magic to swim toward the location of Mermaid Faith City. Although the temperature was rising as he went closer, and the mist was getting thicker and darker, he remained unaffected, and with his eyes, nothing remained hidden from him.
At this moment, Jacob arrived and saw that the location of the Mermaid Faith City was now a deep crater of molten rocks glowing an angry red. Tsunamic shockwaves, invisible yet powerful, rippled outwards, churning the water into a roiling maelstrom.
However, Jacob's expression changed because, with his eyes, he spotted something extremely unusual within this molten crater. He saw dense color spectrum particles in the shape of silhouettes gathering together in the center, and they seemed to be sheltered by colored lines.
'Living things protected by a magic barrier!' Jacob instantly recognized those color spectrums.
But he wasn't much shocked because he was expecting this much from people above unique rank. After all, if he could rank the current explosion, it would be around the level of Advanced Inception Legend Rank, which means no one should survive below this stage, and even a Quasi Legend might suffer injuries if they were at the center of this.
But this was still his speculation since he didn't have enough data on both ranks. He was still astounded when he noticed that more than one person had survived that blast. He didn't think Siren Hymn Temple was hiding such experts.
Nonetheless, Jacob wasn't planning on spearing anyone, especially if that survivor was the Ocean Oracle. After all, he was doing all this to get rid of this troublesome opponent.
Although he didn't know why, from the moment he heard about Ocean Oracle, his killing intent was instantly provoked, and he was hellbent on killing her no matter what. It was like she had provoked something inside him, and because her ability was just as dangerous, both Jacob's mind and instincts were on a unanimous decision to kill her.
Jacob, enduring the terrible heat, quickly made his way toward the hidden barrier he was seeing. It was clearly not visible to the naked eye, and the two people inside it seemed extremely weak. If not for their potent power, they would've been long dead, and Jacob mused they might be healing right now.
After all, he still completely reads the changes in the color spectrum of flaws in the Eyes of Judge and can only make vague guesses from his own experience and experiments.
Other than the Judgement Gaze, he still had no clue about the true depths of his eyes, and Immoritka just refused to reveal everything. Nonetheless, he was still doing fine and slowly learning about his eyes, and he knew he would one day master them completely.
Jacob arrives in front of the invisible barrier, hiding his presence with stealth since he doesn't want to alert the other party.
Fire aura suddenly covers Jacob's fist at this moment, and using his full power, he throws a punch right at the invisible barrier! He wanted to test his new strength and see if he could blast apart this barrier seems to have protected these people from the blast.
"Boom!"
A huge shockwave released, and a sound like a glass shattered rang. In front of Jacob, it was like an illusion had shattered, and two bodies enveloped by a gentle green mist were revealed.
Both suddenly opened their eyes, which seemed to be empty, like black holes with clear shock and terror, especially when they noticed two golden bloodthirsty eyes staring at them at this moment like they were just pieces of high-quality meat!
"Who are you!!?" Their voices were eerie as they questioned at the same time.
Jacob couldn't help but carefully notice their charred bodies, but he felt something strange about these two as a peculiar kind of feeling rose in his heart, a feeling of utter disgust and contempt.
However, before Jacob could make sense of this strange feeling, he noticed both charred beings started to gather their magic secretly, and he felt threatened!
So, without hesitation, Jacob directly controlled the fiery water around him. With a simple thought, the water turned into countless blades and shredded those two into countless pieces before they could even react!
But what happened next was something Jacob wasn't expecting!