Atticus's Odyssey: Reincarnated Into A Playground novel Chapter 629

Chapter 629 Bitterness

To Atticus, the seconds ticking by seemed like days.

Time moved slowly, and every moment felt like hell.

Atticus lost count of the number of times he felt his spine tingle during this battle. He was fighting for his life, and it was draining—not just physically, but mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. It was everything.

Atticus had to muster up every fiber of his being just to prevent himself from getting killed.

Niall was relentless. Until now, Atticus had no idea why the man—or beast—was this angry at him. He knew it was because of the way he addressed the sovereign, but… why the hell would he want to kill him just because of that? At best, he should be teaching him a lesson.

Niall's movements were deadly. For a beast resembling a man, he sure knew how to battle like one. His movements were swift, each of his attacks lethal.

The thick roots whipped around him, following his every movement. Every attack he unleashed was accompanied by roots with pointed ends shooting forward from every angle.

Atticus found himself overwhelmed at every turn. The entire pit was engulfed with roots, and his fire couldn't burn them. The only things that had the slightest effect were his light element and katana.

Eventually, Atticus had to run on the walls. But that soon turned out to be a dead end as thick, blackened roots erupted from the walls too.

Atticus had felt the threat of death more times than he could count. He got punched, smashed onto the ground and walls, his bones broken countless times, but he kept moving.

He had used the water and light elements to heal himself more times than he could count. His breaths were heavy, and his heart was beating so fast that he felt it could burst at any moment.

In conclusion, Atticus was thoroughly exhausted and was forcing his body to move. He had long since unleashed his space element; this element was the only reason he was still alive—rapid teleportation.

He could move instantly with far less energy than his other powers. Despite the terrible situation, he wanted to go back in time and torture his past self for not using the space element from the outset. He could have conserved his energy better!

Regardless, it was in the past already. He could only accept his current situation. It went without saying that Niall had been thoroughly shocked when Atticus utilized the space element. To think the boy still had so many things up his sleeve.

This only increased Niall's desire to kill Atticus as quickly as possible. But as the seconds ticked by, only amazement remained in Niall's thoughts.

'How is he still alive?'

Niall wondered. He had been true to his word and had limited his power and abilities to the grandmaster- rank.

When he first received the orders from the sovereign, Niall had been elated. In his thoughts, it would only take a few seconds to kill the boy. A grandmaster- versus a master-? The result was obvious.

However, since the battle began, he had been baffled more times than he had since his birth.

He could feel it in Atticus's aura that the boy was at the master- rank, but he seemed to be able to exhibit strength and power just one level below a grandmaster-.

Niall couldn't even begin to fathom how the hell this was possible.