Doomsday Pillars

Chapter 182 - Giving Up

The monster in front of Alex wasn't part of the zombie's evolution. It's a different monster, a monster that could talk and recognize Alex was something he had never encountered in his previous life.

"Kekekekekeke..." The monster laughed, it slowly walked around the people who were hard pressed on the ground struggling to move.

Alex barely raised his head and asked, "What do you want?"

The monster's crimson eyes glared at Alex and replied, 

"Kekekeke... Tell me who you are, Alex."

"..."

"I see what you have done to this island… tell me how do you know about the end times?" The monster asked as it titled its head.

Alex was as silent as a thousand languages.

"Kekkeek... It sounds like you need encouragement." 

The monster raised its hand and then a sudden strong burst of energy emanated from the monster slowly dragging everyone on the floor toward itself.

In just a couple of seconds, the martial arts masters, Daisy, Tommy, Cindy, Oscar, Oliver, Jerry, Sergei, Arief, and even James and Rama, who were critically injured, were all dragged a few meters from it. As for Alex, he was specially placed right in front of the monster in a kneeling position.

All of them tried to break free from its control, but all of their efforts were in vain. They were like pigs struggling to be freed, but they were lined up to be slaughtered.

The monster then glanced at a corner of a building.

"Aaahh. There's one more." It smirked; it then waved its hand and a female figure holding an energy rifle appeared out of nowhere.

"!!!"

Aria's special ability wasn't able to fool the monster.

Aria then pulled the trigger. The energy rifle hummed and was about to fire when smoke suddenly rose from its barrel. It began to tremble and then a trail of electricity burned Aria's hand causing her to let it go. The weapon was used so frequently that it finally blew up.

After that, Aria could no longer control her body and slowly floated toward the monster..

Alex tried to stand but the unknown force from the monster didn't allow him to move more than an inch. This monster's powers were very different from the other zombies.

The monster enjoyed Alex's reaction and crept up a smile. "Kekeke. Looks like you care a lot about this one, Alex."

Once Aria was close enough to the monster, it then grasped Aria by her throat.

More will die if Alex didn't do something. Alex looked at everyone using all of their strength to get up. He then felt the power of the Hexagram's fourth stage nearing its limit. He had been using it for too long. In desperation, Alex thought of only one solution. He opened his storage ring and summoned a yellow spirit stone. Alex once more revolved the power of stage four Hexagram inside of him to its full potential momentarily making him move enough to swallow the stone. "ARRGGGHHHH!!!"

The monster watched Alex with great interest.

The human body under the mortal realm actually couldn't handle the essence of the yellow spirit stone. Although consuming it would grant Alex more strength for a few minutes, it would then paralyze him or even kill him. Alex knew this, but he didn't care.

Alex screamed as every veins in his body swelled. And with each time his heart pumped, the essence of the yellow spirit stone caused him pain throughout his whole being as if a thousand needles pricked him every half-second. But this pain came with great strength. 

Alex broke the shackle of the unknown force from the monster and stood up. He then slammed his fist at the monster's head with the full force from the stage four hexagram.

BAMMMMM!!!

His fist hit the monster's head and made it step back and released Aria from its grip.  Everyone then felt the powerful force holding them down vanished… But that was all Alex's punch did.

"!!!"

The monster grinned with anger as it looked back at Alex, it clearly wasn't expecting this human to defy it. The monster then grabbed Alex's throat and lifted him up. Its crimson eyes blazed ready to kill its prey. The monster pulled Alex closer and asked, "TELL ME NOW OR I'LL KILL EVERYONE!"

But before Alex could say anything, the monster immediately pulled a big man who was lying nearby.

"Sergei!!!" Alex exclaimed.

Sergei was still fearless as he made use of the momentum of the pull to slam the golden monster with his giant hands. But the two giant fist from the former Russian wrestler champion faced a counter punch from the monster.

Brrraaccckkk!!!

Sergei's giant arms shattered as the monster's punch pierced through Sergei's body. He coughed out blood right next to Alex and the monster pulled back its arm. Sergei fell on the ground with lifeless eyes. The spirit enhancer who was always cheerful finally breathed his last.

"SERGEIIII!!"

"Kekeke, still not enough?" The monster waved its hand again and pulled Oscar at its feet. The monster then stomped Oscar's head causing it to explode!

Splatt!!!

Oliver screamed as he watched his brother die. The monster looked at Oliver and he ended up with the same fate.

Splaatt!!!

Oscar and Oliver, the twin spirit enhancers, just died. Pretty soon, everyone would also die and Alex couldn't do anything.

"AAARRRGGHH!!! Fuuxxxx…!! WHAT DO YOU WANT!"

"Kekekekke..." The more desperate Alex became, the more the monster felt happy. "Like I said…Alex.. Tell me how do you know about the end times?"

"I….." 

Alex understood that this monster was really going to kill everyone. He looked at his surroundings and gritted his teeth. Maybe if he did tell this monster what it wanted to know, would it somehow release them? Alex finally gave up.

Alex slowly talked about his 10 years of doomsday experience and his reincarnation... Alex's explanation shocked everyone as well as that monster.

"Huh! The power that penetrates time and space!" the monster exclaimed.

The monster thought for a moment and then said, 

"Now here's more reason for you to die right now. This time, you'll die forever. Goodbye! Kekeke."

The monster raised its fist ready to smash Alex's head when a strong aura suddenly covered the sky of the island of Bali.

KKYAAAHHHH!!!

A giant bird appeared from the darkness of the night and immediately lunged at the monster.

Ssswoooossshhh!!

The golden monster jumped back managing to avoid the bird's attack.

A strong wind covered the whole area and a magnificent 5 meter length brown feather bird, the legendary bird.. Garuda landed next to Alex. The high-level mutated animal which dwells in the Bali mountain unexpectedly appeared.

THUMPP!

Tonight was full of surprises after another. Not only did this Garuda saved him, another figure of a little girl descended from the bird back.

"Tiffany!" Alex exclaimed.

Tiffany didn't respond but instead walked toward him. The last time Tiffany managed to control this mythical creature, she only did it for a few seconds. But now it seemed like the Garuda was under her control or maybe it was the opposite.

Once Tiffany was beside her father, the Garuda flapped its wings and attacked the golden monster. 

The Garuda and the golden monster clashed as wind and explosion resulted in each exchange. The Garuda's wings and talons were as sharp as a sword. Each flicker of its wings managed to scratch the golden monster, but the golden monster had great regeneration ability and all of its injuries healed immediately. The two monsters were fighting fiercely that everyone could only watch.

In the midst of explosions and wind roaring, Alex's attention was fully focused on his child's safety. "Tiffany.... Why are you here?"

Tiffany's white eyes directly looked at Alex and said, "Don't worry, this child is going to be fine."

"!!!"

The manner of speech was different. This wasn't Alex's daughter. "What? Who are you? What did you do to my daughter?!"

Tiffany was about to answer when she looked at the direction of the battle. "This is bad!"

As the battle between the golden monster and the mighty Garuda continued, the golden monster was starting to win. The Garuda's strength mainly relied on its extreme speed and mobility, but the golden monster started to release golden rays once more and several fireballs. 

Husshhh hussshhh hussss Kaboom! Kaboom!

Although only two fireballs hit the Garuda's neck and wings, it was enough for the Garuda to cry out in pain and lose its balance falling to the ground.

Tiffany could tell that Garuda's not gonna last longer and said, 

"Apparently we cannot win"

Suddenly, the Garuda screeched!

Kkkwwaaakkkkk!!!

The golden monster ripped the Garuda's wings. The Garuda knew it couldn't defeat the golden monster but didn't give up as it pecked the shoulder of the golden monster.

PAAAA!!!

Golden red blood splashed from the golden monster's shoulder but it wasn't enough to kill it. The golden monster then jumped and stomped the neck of the eagle. The monster's hands transformed into long golden blades and slashed the neck of the Garuda. Finally, the mighty Garuda died.

Alex had never been friends or had any relationship with the Garuda. But after watching the magnificent creature try its best to save them and die in the hands of this abomination like this. Alex too couldn't help but feel depressed.

Tiffany then said, "Hmmm. It seems useless. There isn't anything in the world today that can defeat that golden monster."

The monster felt pleasure in killing the Garuda. It smiled at Alex and then rushed toward him. Alex immediately stood up and jumped in front of Tiffany. It didn't matter if there's someone controlling his daughter. As a father, he wouldn't want to have his daughter hurt. 

The golden blade was only an inch away from Alex's head when it suddenly slowed down. Alex then looked around the surrounding area and noticed that everything became gray and moved at an extremely slow pace.

"!!!"