1160 The Klaxosapes Author's Note: Unedited Chapter ------------------------- Boom! A small explosion suddenly rang out behind. A group got blasted across the air with their tree flying out of their grasp. "Are those...?" "Yeah they stepped on traps," Gustav answered Teemee before he could complete his question. Now they understood why Gustav had been directing their movements. They still didn't understand how he was doing this without activating any abilities. What they didn't know was Gustav had been using his perception this whole time. Perception was a default ability just like how strength was and since it would always be active without need for any activation, it was practically a normal part of him. Gustav's perception was so powerful at the moment that he could slightly sense an occurrence before it happened. Besides this, his perception was spread to the ending point of the race so he had a mental depiction of how the terrains looked in his mind. "Left..." Gustav quickly yelled as they arrived at the top of the mountain path. They group quickly swerved as quickly as they could. A group catching up from behind saw this as a window of opportunity and quickened their pace. They caught up in just a few moments and sped across the part of the path Gustav's group avoided. Fwwheeeiii~ "Uh?" Their eyes widened as a massive hole suddenly opened up on the path. "Arrrghhh!" Screams were heard as the alien lifeforms with gator like red heads fell into the hole. Gustav's group continued on ahead without stopping as they reached the part of the path that led downwards. The groups that had taken the ground path were currently struggling with escaping a river of molten lava that was flowing from the mountain walls on the side. Screams were heard as they tried to outrun it. Using abilities were not allowed so those who could originally fly were unable to use that at the moment -"What in the hell?!" -"Are they trying to kill us?" Some of the groups complained as they sped upwards but some were soon caught in the river of lava. "Kiarrrhhh!" One of them quickly activated powers and blasted the river of lava away from his surroundings after letting go of the tree. "Planet Thrizta Disqualified," "Planet Ezretil Disqualified," "Planet Riz Disqualified," In the span of a minute a couple more planets got disqualified and were teleported off the race track. Currently forty six planets had been disqualified while up a hundred were still struggling with pulling out their tree at the starting point. More than two thousand five-hundred were still in the race and sixty three of them has gone past the middle point of the race. Earth was still in first position but other planets were not too far behind. In the next minute, Gustav and the others were close to the ending path of the mountain. "Follow them closely, don't lose them," A group behind with humanoid figures but purple wings closed in on Gustav and others from behind. The wings on twenty of them back obviously meant they could fly but with the current state of things, that would get them disqualified. The instant Gustav and the others arrived at the bottom of the mountain, the group from behind closed in the distance. "Time to get them kicked out of the race, they're too dangerous," The captain of the purple winged team voiced as they charged forward intensely. Gustav who was well aware of them closing in from behind looked towards the side before yelling, "Grow!" The instant everyone heard this, they held on tighter to the tree, their arms completely wrapping around its body. The purple winged group behind pushed their tree forward in a bid to slam it into Angy's back since she was the one behind. one thousand tons tree along with his teammates. 10:50 Dust blasted in all directions as he gave the group behind a massive gap in a matter of seconds. However in the next instant, Gustav raised the tree up with everyone holding onto it. Fwwhii~ The tree top heading towards Angy back missed, as she got raised completely with the tree after Gustav lifted it. Swwoosshh~ He swerved to the side with speed and charged forward with intensity. Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! It sounded like giants were pounding the ground as he charged forward intensely while lifting the one thousand tons tree along with his teammates. Dust blasted in all directions as he gave the group behind a massive gap in a matter of seconds. "What?" Their jaws nearly dropped to the ground as they witnessed this. "How is he...?" Cheers! Cheers! Cheers! More Cheers were heard from earth's spectators area everyone who witnessed this action were left in awe. "Chase!" The captain of the other team yelled out and the group tried to increase their pace in a disorderly manner. This caused some of them to subconsciously separate one hand from the tree and nearly got disqualified. With the present state of things, the captain decided not to push it. The only way for them to move forward with speed and ease was to adopt the same method Gustav had used but it didn't seem like anyone of them were on Gustav strength level. Up ahead, Gustav announced that he was going to bring the tree down and they should be ready to keep a steady pace once more. Gustav's budged up muscles that were being displayed from their battlesuit slowly returned to normal as he brought the tree down to the normal height. The group quickly got accustomed to the normal speed and continued heading forward. They weren't surprised at Gustav initial action since they were well aware of his high physical prowess. However, keeping it up would be an issue as Gustav might run out of stamina before they reached the finish line. Even if stamina wasn't an issue, it was still dangerous for him to keep it up for various reasons. Hundred of feet behind, the other groups struggled to catch up as they began to ram into each other. More groups caught up and it turned into a tree battle which ended up slowing them down even more. It seemed like Gustav's decision to get ahead was a wise one. If they had engaged in any tree fights, it would have slowed them down as well. There was no telling if they would have gotten disqualified from there too since anyone could get hit from the group of twenty. They were beginning to close in on the finish line at this point and Gustav could sense that there was only one more rough terrain left. The last one seemed tricky but he knew they could scale through with proper coordination. Bang! Bang! Bang! Far behind, more groups were catching up and it had turned into a tree battle as they continously rammed into each other. A group slammed the tree into the head of another group member causing her to instantly let go. "Planet Rivide Disqualified," "Planet Caymure Disqualified," This clash had caused up to a hundred Planet disqualification and it was getting even more intense by the second. Some groups were trying to break out of the area and move up ahead to prevent Earth's win but it was proving difficult due to the numbers. Bang! "Arrghh!" While they continued to clash a figure was spotted heading in their direction from above. Baamm! The figure holding onto the five hundred feet tall Blovan tree landed directly in their midst. Everyone's eyes widened as they noticed this rocky figure was holding onto the massive tree like a stick while his teammates were latched onto it. "Riaaaahhh!" The rocky figure swung the tree sideways with intensity, clearing a bunch of groups from the path with ease. Bang! "Arrrghhh!" Screams rang out as groups were scattered across the place from the brute strength of this rocky being. "Fuck its the Klaxosapes," A person yelled in terror as it recognised the group. However the group didn't seem to want to engage them for long as the captain held the tree straight up and leapt forward again. Thooooomm~ Dust scattered across the place as they disappeared into the air in the next instant. The other groups cursed as having that level of high physical prowess wasn't their specialty. A couple of groups made use of this opportunity to charge out of the battle area. Their speeds were pretty high as they soon left the others in the dust. The ones behind didn't want to be left in the dust and quickly stopped fighting. They began to push forward as well. Up ahead, Gustav and the others were currently running steadily on a path of ice. "Is this ice even strong enough?" Fildhor could see that there was water underneath. "Since it has supported our weight so far, it is strong," Teemee replied. "But, we have to be careful to make sure it doesn't give way," Falco stated as well. "Incoming!" Gustav suddenly voiced with a serious tone. "What?" Everyone voiced with wary tones. "Grow!" Gustav yelled. Everyone instantly held onto the tree tighly as they heard this. ------------------------