Emily Harris
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6
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A second arrow pierced space to accurately land on the tip of the eel’s nose. Jack sensed the Dao of Lightning leak out. The eel shook its head and chased him with renewed effort. They exchanged strikes. He was on the losing end, but not by much. His punches caved its flesh almost as much as its lightning charred his, but he had the Indomitable Body and Life Drop’s regenerative properties, and the eel had nothing. Its greatest weapon, the lightning’s lingering effects, was countered by Jack’s…-
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Light speared through the darkness, illuminating a long, mile-wide area. A bright path stretching from the middle of Space Ring to an exit tunnel leading to the next ring. As Jack’s group found themselves flying through the light, he was stunned and speechless. Just a hundred feet away, the darkness was impenetrable. It could hide the richest treasures or greatest dangers of Space Ring, and nobody would know. Bubbles occasionally floated through the light, entering from one side to quickly disappear in…
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The outer half of Space Ring was brightly lit by the sun mushrooms that covered the outer wall. That light dimmed as it traveled. By the middle of the ring, the lighting was like a starry night. And the final one-fourth of the ring was pitch-black. Fifty miles of darkness crowding with the strongest, meanest space monsters around, but also treasures that nobody had accessed yet. Jack, Brock, Nauja, and Gan Salin were currently edging the darkness, skirting around just outside its border. This area had…
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Jack and his companions couldn’t sense the aftermath of the girl and the fat guy’s attack, but it must have been tremendous. The space monster horde had all but evaporated before them, sent flying by the giant palm or burned to cinders by the sun that erupted in their midst. Thankfully, those people were so far away they were barely visible. “As I was saying,” Gan Salin continued, “that’s Lady Priya of the Exploding Sun faction. One of the three Lords.” “Exploding Sun?” Jack’s ears…
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Jack, Nauja, Gan Salin, and Brock hurtled through open space, approaching a large number of biome bubbles. The curved, sun mushroom-filled ceiling was on their backs. It felt like a descent into darkness. There were three bubbles near them. One was a wide grassland, maybe a mile in diameter. The second was a valley, complete with cliff walls on either side, while the third was a barren mountain peak, also a mile across. Jack raised a hand, pointed at the three bubbles, and gestured “which?” They…
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The Space Ring put all physics Jack knew to shame. It was a vast expanse of space, stretching so far he couldn’t see the end. The sun mushrooms around him pierced the darkness, illuminating little colorful bubbles, tiny compared to the vastness surrounding them, slowly floating through. Jack could see a forest, a valley, an icy tundra, even an active volcano surrounded by an archipelago of stone islands. It was like someone had uprooted pieces of the terrain, put them in bubbles of air, and sent them…
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“That was amazing!” Nauja said, walking excitedly next to Jack. “The way you tricked them… Genius! And here I thought you were a dumb meathead!” “You are literally a barbarian,” Jack replied, but he wasn’t annoyed. He was exuberant. Just now, he’d earned a great victory and secured the safety of himself and his companions. Plus, he’d punished the asshole who slapped Brock. “That was for you, little bro,” he said, turning to the brorilla, who was walking with his back almost…
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Jack’s world sharpened to a point: the minotaur. Everything else fell away. He entered combat. A battle he couldn’t afford to lose. Bocor closed the distance in less than a blink. His hooved legs carved the sand under them, parting it like air. He was fast, too. But Jack was also fast. The sharp butt of a tower shield crashed where Jack used to stand. He’d jumped away, turning in mid-air and smashing a Meteor Punch into the minotaur’s side. The ensuing explosion could fell a hill. Sand flew away…
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“Your offer is tempting, Lord Longsword,” Jack said, consciously relaxing his body and mouth. He even forced a small smile. The first step was to give Lord Longsword his respect in front of everyone. “How could anyone refuse? You are an unmatched prodigy. Honestly, after fighting you once, my respect for you is through the roof.” Longsword nodded. He assumed Jack was just complimenting him to make up for his earlier disrespect. Before he could say anything, Jack continued. “Besides, I would…
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Jack, Nauja, Gan Salin, and Brock ran over the sand dunes, heading as far away from the village as possible. They thought they would be fast enough. Turns out, they weren’t. Lord Longsword’s team was the first to crest the tall sand dune between the village and the desert, sprinting after them. Jack could see them clearly under the silver starlight. Longsword himself was at the front—or, at least, the person Jack assumed was Longsword—followed by the icy witch and the dickhead minotaur,…
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