Atticus's Odyssey: Reincarnated Into A Playground novel Chapter 673

Chapter 673 Withstand

The fire on the fifth summit of the fire sanctum was scorching. When Atticus first entered the river of fire, it was unrestrained and unpredictable. The fire molecules were the most potent and free he had ever encountered, almost as if they were alive.

Atticus had no idea why this was so. Though they were numerous, as soon as he walked into the river of fire, he could immediately sense just how different these fire molecules were compared to the normal ones.

In simple terms, they were more stubborn, like rebellious teenagers unwilling to listen to instructions.

Just getting through to them was one of the hardest things Atticus had ever done. It required extreme patience, akin to a mentor or parent trying to reach a rebellious teenager.

Atticus had to first control the flames before even thinking about using them to form his domain.

However, through persistence and patience, he managed to achieve this initial feat. After months of meditation and connecting with the flames without a single break or sleep, Atticus finally felt something—a moment of perfect equilibrium.

However, Atticus had never sat in one position for this long before. He had gone days, which stretched into weeks and then months, without moving. More importantly, he hadn't eaten or drunk any water during this time.

At this point, Atticus's lips were parched, extremely dry and cracked, as if they might split open at the slightest movement.

His once flawless skin had grown paler, drained of its usual vigor. The sharpness of his features had intensified, with hollowed cheeks and dark circles under his eyes that made him appear almost gaunt.

His muscles, once compact and defined, had shrunk, leaving him with a frail, almost skeletal appearance.

Each breath he took was shallow and labored, and his eyes, once bright and focused, now seemed sunken and dull.

Despite all of this, Atticus's eyes blazed with intense determination. As soon as he felt this equilibrium, the river of fire swirled around him in a harmonious dance, causing the ground of the fifth summit to quake.

A blinding light ignited in the middle of the summit, engulfing even the river of fire before it shot skyward with intense force.

"Your control over fire is st—"

Dekai's words abruptly paused as his head shot upward, seeing the blinding light splitting the sky.

He had been instructing the five on the fourth summit when he felt the enormous energy coming from the fifth summit.

'Has he already…?' His heart trembled at the thought that the monster boy might be forming his domain.

It wasn't only Dekai; everyone in the sanctum had their gazes focused upward. They had all heard that the monster kid was on the fifth summit, and for something this grand to happen could only mean one thing—the formation of a domain!

Members of the other seven elemental sanctums paused whatever they were doing and looked toward the fire sanctum.

Everyone held their breaths, many of their gazes fixed upward, their expressions serious.

However, as Dekai turned towards the fifth summit where the cause of all the commotion was, his expression darkened.

But before he could act, a streak of lightning descended, splitting the blinding light in the sky in two and striking Atticus as he sat on the fifth summit.

The lightning engulfed his entire body, spreading outward and parting the river of fire for many meters.

Atticus felt no pain, not a single thing. It wasn't because his body wasn't in a world of pain—quite the contrary, it was. But Atticus had already gone unconscious, his breathing faint.

Magnus appeared on the fifth summit in an instant, lifting Atticus up with tendrils of lightning.

A vial appeared in his hand, and he immediately poured its contents into Atticus's mouth. A subtle glow radiated from Atticus's body, and a little life began to return to his skin.

Magnus's brows knitted into a deep frown. 'He almost died.'

The tendrils of lightning moved around Atticus's body as Magnus scrutinized every inch of it. After a moment, he found that nothing was wrong.

Dekai appeared in a burst of flames the next second, a panicked expression on his face.

"Master Magnus! Is he…?"

The situation was so serious that Dekai had completely forgotten to bow in respect.

"He's fine. I got to him before anything irreparable happened."

Dekai sighed in relief. As soon as his gaze had landed on Atticus earlier and noted his condition, his heart had nearly burst out of his chest. It had been so close! A second later, and the boy would have died.

"I'll take him back to the airship to recover. You should get things back in order here."

Another sigh of relief escaped Dekai's lips as he looked over the fifth summit. The space that was supposed to be filled with the river of extremely stubborn fire had been parted by lightning due to Magnus's descent. There was no battle; the fire remained docile, not even approaching the lightning in the middle. _{freewebnøvel.com}