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Saminaga didn’t know what kind of thing this was, but he felt that although
the pure power concentrated in each ball wasn’t high, their superposition
could produce a similar power to a light elemental forbidden spell.
Any forbidden spell would cause irreversible effects upon exploding.
Saminaga could at most resist the attack when aimed at him, but relying on
his strength to stop it would require him to at least unleash an even
stronger forbidden spell.
Even with Saminaga’s strength, completing a forbidden spell would require
some time! And this being the demon camp, using yet another forbidden spell
would only make the damage even more terrible.
The next instant, the powerful aspect of the demon gods manifested. After
Saminaga shrilled in rage, the other six Great Demon Gods immediately joined
his side.
Facing this terrible forbidden-spell-powered attack, these seven demon gods
held seven positions, letting out brilliant rays with great intensity.
In the midst of the demon camp, the seven demon gods glowed intensely. The
seven immense pillars shot up, landing on each of the seven great demon
gods, who all did the same movement of extending their hands forward.
One could see that the light emitted from the body and the pillar of
Saminaga was grey colored, while from Vassago’s, yellow colored light
issued forth.
This didn’t mean that their original attribute was something other than
darkness. The difference of color actually displayed their great power.
Different colors meant different paths of strength. Only after breaking
through the ninth step would one’s spiritual energy display its natural
qualities.Skills that were performed with this energy would far surpass the
ones using their originally colored spiritual energy.
The seven demon gods were all surrounded by waves of spiritual energy of
different colors. This proved that they were at least at the ninth step in
terms of strength. With the addition of the boost provided by their demon
god pillars, one may imagine the terror of their joined power.
A radiance of seven different colors burst out, and produced a great effect,
to the extent that one could call it terrifying. Litting up at the same
time, they restricted the blasting forbidden spell of light element to a
certain scale, preventing it from spreading more than that.
Since they couldn’t block it, they decided to at least limit its scale. The
damage a light elemental forbidden spell could inflict to demons was just
too much of a threa.
Noticeably, the bright light was already covering an area with a radius of
about 200 meters, turning the demons gathered in that area into ashes. The
powerhouses from the Demon Emperor Legion inside were doing their utmost to
resist in the midst of miserable cries, but still crumbled one after
another. Even those with powerful defenses such as Demonic Bears suffered
the same fate.
And this was under the circumstances that this forbidden spell didn’t
spread. If it had really spread beyond a one kilometer radius, its effects
would have been really terrible.
The complexions of the seven demon gods were extremely unsightly. The seven
of them resisted it together, and could still bear its power. After all,
their demon god pillars were present nearby, so as long as they consumed
some of their spiritual energy, they could escape harm. But seeing a large
amount of elites from the Demon Emperor Legions die against this forbidden
spell, and not even on the battlefield, one may well imagine their rage. The
worse was that this was all they could do, and now they could only watch
this situation unfold before their eyes, without even any way to chase after
the fleeing knights.
Right at this time, on another side of the demon camp, where
This time, the seven demon gods really looked concerned. Even Saminaga was
already ashen-faced.
Since the start of the Holy War, this was the first time the knights
attacked the demon camp. They didn’t expect this attack to be so decisive.
Although they didn’t know how the humans managed to create such a powerful
forbidden spell by superposition, they knew that the power of this surprise
attack was at its greatest while the demons were huddling in tiredness, cold
and hunger in the deep night.
Right when the seven demon gods were handling that light elemental forbidden
spell that had just exploded with great power and needed their full power to
stop it, another attack occurred on the other side of the camp. This was
clearly prepared in advance.
The Holy War had already been going for a year and a half. Just like the
demons had a deep understanding of the defenses and strength of the Knight
Temple, humans also had a complete understanding of the demon armies.
The superiority of the demon armies was undoubtable, but some of their
shortcomings and weaknesses were found out by the powerhouses from the
Knight Temple long ago.
All else aside, the crowded aspect of their camp alone was a big issue. If
fire was to spread in the camp, burning down the whole camp wasn’t
impossible. But of course, given the strength of their powerhouses, by
itself
fire would at most destroy a part of the tents and would be far from enough
to harm the Demon Emperor Legions outside.
Therefore, the Knight Temple had not yet launched such a surprise attack.
That’s because a surprise attack would have its greatest impact the first
time. Paralysing the enemy requires time, and attacking requires a very
strong power. If planned carelesslly, this might only inadvertently alert
the enemy. The Knight Temple had been enduring silently until then, but now
has come the time of the counterattack.
Five other figures appeared, and didn’t insist on continuing to fight after
throwing out those gaudy balls of light, immediately turning back to leave,
and flying at great speed in the opposite direction. Once again, that
terrifying superposed forbidden spell could be heard, this time from the
other direction of the demon camp.
The intense bright light burst into the shape of an immense golden mushroom
cloud, originating from the location of Demon Emperor Legion troops in their
camp, and spread out at a frightening speed to all four directions.
Although a great amount of powerhouses from the demon armies woke up from
dreamland upon sensing the first forbidden spell, this had just happened too
fast.
Even those demons at the seventh or eighth step were far from reaching the
reaction speed of the seven demon gods. In a state of starvation and
freezing, they were deep in slumberland since long ago.
Abruptly sensing the appearance of a massive aura of light, they were at
most woken up, but didn’t have the time to rush out from their tents, before
the second wave of attacks came. Immediately, the demon powerhouses that
were in the range of the light elemental forbidden spell were sorrowfully
engulfed, thoroughly disappearing inside the holy flames.
Holy flames is a form of fire, and will, as such, spread. This second
forbidden spell didn’t get restricted by the demon gods, and frantically
spread out. Even if at a certain point after spreading it lost enough power
to
become insufficient to kill the demons, burning those tents was no issue!
The whole demon camp was put into total chaos due to the surprise attack.
And right at this time came the third wave of attacks from the Knight
Temple.
“Operation start!” Long Haochen shouted loudly, both his hands holding into
a dark metallic ball of light. Violent surges of spiritual energy were
poured into this shining metallic ball, which was then thrown into a set
location.
Reacting with the light elemental spiritual energy which was poured inside,
it suddenly grew and reached a diameter of one meter. Behind him, five
figures belonging to knights acted at the same time, firing a large number
of balls of light.
In this third wave, they also appeared in the midst of a Demon Emperor
Legion’s area, however, this time, the attack was aimed at the middle of the
demon camp. After a series of light balls was thrown, Long Haochen
immediately gave out the order of retreat.
“Boss, how about taking advantage of the chaos to rush in and kill the most
enemies possible?” Han Yu whispered in Long Haochen’s ear.
Long Haochen firmly rejected his idea, “The forbidden spells won’t last for
long. Our objective is to launch a surprise attack, and then to immediately
retreat. Otherwise, the seven demon gods will counterattack, and we won’t be
able to leave even if we try.” Although he was hurried to complete the
mission of gathering ten million contribution points, guaranteeing his
personal safety was the most important. In fact, his life could be said to
not just be his own anymore, but the whole Alliance’s hope. Therefore, he
didn’t zealously continue fighting in the least, but immediately led the
fifty knights to retreat, and withdrew back to the Dragon Resisting Mountain
Pass.
This surprise attack was orchestrated during the military meeting that took
place before, with the simple and direct objective of destroying the three
Demon Emperor Legions.
Although the three Demon Emperor Legions had yet to join the battlefield
until now, the threat they represented for the Dragon Resisting Mountain
Pass was unquestionable.
Having piled up the reports for over a year of scouting, the Knight Temple
had grasped their position since long ago, and even knew clearly where the
magical offense specialized Hell Demons were situated.
Actually, a part of the Hell Demons that were carried and defended on the
back of the Fiends at daytime was assigned to the Demon Emperor Legion. As
mage forces, they represented the greatest threat to the Dragon Resisting
Mountain Pass. Therefore, today, the main targets were the Demon Emperor
Legions as well as the Hell Demons.
The weapon that was launched previously by every knight of the group was a
secret weapon belonging to the Knight Temple, which was making its first
appearance in the battlefield.
This weapon was called Light Bomb, a powerful weapon purely aimed at
blasting light essence to kill and injure the enemies, as well as a good
item that was kept concealed by the Knight Temple.
At first, this item was developed to be used through the Magic Cannons,
which had undoubtable destructive power. But the cost was phenomenal: a
demon crystal of the fifth and the sixth rank each for only one shot. The
spiritual energy inside would be drawn out totally, and even a magical
crystal of the ninth rank wouldn’t last long after being fired.
Therefore, the Alliance wanted to develop practical artillery shells, and
used some metal with good affinity to the light element along with some low
ranked demon crystals to experiment. In case of success, it would
undoubtedly greatly affect the utility of the magic cannons in the
battlefield.
After going through several years of development, several issues appeared,
and the final project had yet to be completed. But during the attempts of
the Knight Temple the Light Bombs were developed.
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Light Bomb was totally unlaunchable through the magic cannons because it
would immediately produce a violent explosion even before being shot, or
just after coming out. This couldn’t threaten the enemies in the slightest,
and became instead a self-damaging weapon.
But during their tests, the Knight Temple’s researchers found out to their
great surprise about a good benefit of the Light Bombs. That was their
ability to superimpose their effects. After identical Light Bombs explode,
the effects of the additional ones will add up, and the continuous increase
of power could go up several-fold.
This discovery immediately brought great joy to them, and resurrected the
researches on the Light Bombs that was close to being abandoned.
After spending a long time experimenting and researching, they finally
discovered that the effects of the superpositions were the greatest when the
power of the Light Bomb was unleashed through a power equivalent to that of
light magic of the fourth step. Unfortunately, it could still not be
launched through Magic Cannons, and could only be thrown by hand. It further
required a light user to set the light essence aflame after the throw to
produce that superimposed blasting power.
After its creation, this item was very rapidly criticized, because in the
battlefield, going through this process of superposition was just too
difficult.
A Light Bomb reaching only the fourth step, when fired, would immediately be
stopped by the enemy. Where could there be any chance to
complete superposition in such circumstances? One could say that in a
situation of direct clashing on the battlefield, accumulating Light Bombs
until reaching the forbidden spell level was almost impossible.
Furthermore, don’t jump to conclusions just because Light Bombs only display
the might of spells of the fourth step: their cost of fabrication is
extremely high, not only requiring the hand of a great expert, but also
mythril, as well as many other kinds of precious metals that can be welded
together with magical crystals of the light element, making for a very high
total cost.
Therefore, this experiment was a success, but in the end, very few Light
Bombs were made. Rare metals were still manageable, and could always be
found, but the light element crystals were really hard to find, and having
the knights hunt the magical beasts gathered in the Knights’ Saint Mountain
was no solution.
Therefore, in the Knight Temple’s treasure, there were only a few hundred of
these and no more, and they weren’t really used after being invented.
But since they used up so much energy to make these things, the Knight
Temple naturally considered a situation where they could display the
greatest power. And that situation was a sneak attack. Only when ambushing
the enemy could the superposition ability of these Light Bombs be exploited
fully. And the surprise attack that took place today was the first stage for
the Light Bombs in history.
For the sake of this surprise attack, the Knight Temple made an extremely
detailed plan that would have its best effect the first time it was used.
Hence, Long Tianying gave the final decision to take out all these things
they had in store.
Launching three series of attacks was in the plans, and the segmentation of
the attacks was also planned ahead, for the sake of avoiding the situation
where those seven demon gods would disperse, as well as to guarantee that
everyone that participated in this raid would be able to escape unscathed.
In fact, those participating in this raid were all at least Mythril
Foundation Knights! And their leaders like Long Haochen or He Jun were even
more powerful. These were absolutely not forces that the Dragon Resisting
Mountain Pass could afford to lose.
The first wa
Over fifty figures shot up, flying at rapid speed by using their spiritual
wings. Long Haochen deliberately remained last, and summoned Star King while
watching the situation in the rear attentively.
This whole surprise attack went close to perfectly, aside from the first
forbidden spell that got restricted by the seven demon gods. The other two
spread out all around, and their damage didn’t limit itself to destroying
the Demon Emperor Legions, wiping out at least half of all the affiliated
Hell Demons.
This was the terror of forbidden spells. In front of such a surprise attack
composed of forbidden spells, the Hell Demons, most of whom reached the
sixth step in strength, didn’t have much ability to resist. Even the
defensive demons such as Demonic Bears could only lose their lives in front
of such a powerful attack, to say nothing of the physically weak Hell
Demons.
The seven demon gods were now infuriated to the extreme. Just as the power
of the forbidden spell they were confronting was starting to die down, the
other two forbidden spells exploded. Even if the other powerhouses of the
ninth step staying in the demon camp did their best to stand in front of the
power of the forbidden spells, in the end they didn’t have the protection
from the demon god pillars, and didn’t dare insist stubbornly on the task.
Therefore, two huge golden mushroom clouds were seen spreading out in the
sky above the camp.
Saminaga’s teeth nearly broke down from the gritting. Although the demons’
damage had always been huge in this Holy War, this was the first time they
suffered such a blow. And those were the three Demon Emperor Legions
affiliated with the Demon God Emperor! The last time, he was already furious
when hearing about the hard blow the second legion suffered. As a result, a
Devil King acting as Saminaga’s man was beaten
nearly to death, and was still recuperating even now. This time, with such a
heavy damage sustained by the three legions, even with his status, the Demon
God Emperor won’t easily excuse him. Right at this time, Saminaga took
notice of the last batch of escaping knights, and immediately noticed Star
King being ridden by Long Haochen.
That was a Starlight Unicorn King! Even in the eyes of Saminaga, that was a
considerably powerful light elemental magical beast. Moreover, he had just
seen Star King’s master display a glorious divine tool. How could he forget
such a scene that easily?
Seeing Long Haochen, Saminaga’s thoughts were stimulated, thinking secretly,
To make up for the loss of the three Demon Emperor Legions that will surely
incur the Demon God Emperor’s rage, I’m afraid I could only bring this
divine tool back to our emperor. Although the demon gods wouldn’t be able to
use them, handing over a light elemental divine tool would indeed most
likely be enough to appease the fury of the Demon God Emperor.
Therefore, right after sorting out his thoughts, he immediately set himself
in motion, and flapped his immense grey wings, immediately shooting up like
a grey meteor to chase after Long Haochen.
Long Haochen was after all not a god, and naturally couldn’t possibly guess
what the thoughts of Saminaga were. He didn’t use his spiritual wings for
fear of leaking out his identity, but it turned out that the sight of Star
King still made him a target of the Demon God of Death.
Saminaga’s sudden departure shocked the other six demon gods, because they
weren’t done handling the first forbidden spell. When he left, the power of
the forbidden spell immediately spread out, engulfing dozens of troops from
Demon Emperor Legions. The only one that really understood his thoughts was
the Demonic Bear God Vassago.
That was because he took notice of Long Haochen and was prepared to chase
after him, but was pre-empted by Saminaga.
Under the circumstances, Vassago couldn’t carry-out his plan. Otherwise, it
would be seen as a provocation towards Saminaga. Although he had always
wanted to seize the fifth seat as a demon god, he wasn’t willing to have a
confrontation with Saminaga. He was very clear on the strength of the Fiend
Clan.
Long Haochen was in the midst of retreating with his comrades, the other two
teams having already withdrawn successively to the Dragon Resisting Mountain
Pass. This time, he suddenly sensed an indescribable feeling of intense
pressure. This was the first time he had ever felt such a feeling. Even his
father and grandfather never triggered that.
The oppressive feeling didn’t subsist in the auras, but in the air. He felt
as if the air surrounding him turned sticky, pressing in on him from every
side. It increased to the extent that Star King’s speed went down. That
omnipresent pressure seemed to crush them forcibly.
“Not good!” Without needing to look back, Long Haochen could guess the
situation. Someone who could pressure him to such extent without triggering
the slightest desire of fighting back could only be at the rank of demon
god.
“Han Yu, quickly go!” With a loud shout, Long Haochen had Star King turn
back, while unleashing Rippling Light.
An orange glint was loosed from his left hand as well, quickly protecting
his whole body.
The Divine Snail Shield of Sun and Moon really deserved being called an
existence with the potential of reaching the supra-divine tool level. After
releasing it, Long Haochen immediately felt his whole body becoming light,
and that feeling oppressing his body was greatly weakening. However, he
could already discern at this time the Demon God of Death who was chasing
madly after him, and couldn’t help but gasp in reaction. That was the fourth
ranked demon god! Even as a powerhouse reaching over 400,000 spiritual
energy his grandfather admitted to not being his match. Above the ninth
step, every rank was a whole new stage, and the gap separating them could
not simply be described with words. Even if Long
Tianying had more than 200,000 spiritual energy and had his Divine Throne,
he was only able to end up in mutual destruction against Saminaga. How could
Haochen resist?
But this time, Long Haochen couldn’t retreat. No matter what, Star King’s
speed couldn’t possibly compare with Saminaga. Being targeted, Long Haochen
didn’t have the slightest chance to resist. Moreover, he was the commander
of this army, and the newly-appointed Saint Knight Head. In this moment of
life or death, how could he leave his allies’ backs to the enemy’s mercy?
Therefore, he had to remain, and do his best to resist Saminaga.
Maybe he had no other choice but to use that power. That was the only thing
that could help him escape a certain loss without leaking his identity.
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Long Haochen already made his decision. To keep living, he had no choice but
to use the Tower of Eternity. That was his only chance to escape. But that
time hadn’t come yet. He ought to use his all to stop Saminaga for a certain
time, to at least help his comrades escape successfully.
“Captain!” Han Yu also saw Saminaga, but didn’t feel that oppressive force
in the air. Saminaga’s target was only Long Haochen, he didn’t even consider
the others.
“Just go, I will be able to get away.” Long Haochen hurriedly gave Han Yu a
glance. He was fully aware that given Saminaga’s strength, the fallout of a
single one of his attacks could very possibly be enough to ruin a knight at
Han Yu’s level.
Han Yu gritted his teeth. With his understanding of Long Haochen, he
immediately understood what he was hinting at. Remaining would only make him
a burden for Long Haochen. He immediately turned back and hurried rapidly to
the Dragon Resisting Mountain Pass with the other Mythril Foundation
Knights. The difference was that these Mythril Foundation Knights had on the
contrary not the slightest worry. In their eyes, Long Haochen was a powerful
Saint Knight with a divine tool in his possession, a powerhouse taking the
rear for the weaker ones to escape. This was the convention for knights, and
what they now had to do was to hurry back at full speed, to avoid becoming
burdens for Long Haochen.
Sensing that they were escaping, Long Haochen rapidly felt more at ease,
looking at the figure that was growing in size in his eyes. Taking a deep
breath, he put away Rippling Light that was in his hand, and an orange glow
slowly began to shine in his left hand.
Long Haochen understood very clearly that a Glorious Weapon such as Rippling
Light couldn’t possibly have the slightest use against Saminaga. It wouldn’t
even be able to bear the release of his full strength. Therefore, he could
only put it away. But this time, Long Haochen didn’t intend to take out his
own two divine swords. This was not only because they were in a state of
being nurtured, which couldn’t be interrupted, but also because if these two
swords appeared in the battlefield, his identity would be leaked out. And
this would certainly bring ruin to the Knight Temple, since the Demon God
Emperor wouldn’t let him go.
Long Haochen considered it thoroughly, and decided to rely on the Divine
Snail Shield of Sun and Moon to block Saminaga, and give his comrades enough
time to go. At the same time, he was confident that from the Dragon
Resisting Mountain Pass, his grandfather surely took notice of the
situation. Until it becomes absolutely necessary, he absolutely wouldn’t
transfer to the Tower of Eternity.
Seeing Long Haochen lift up his left arm, Saminaga reduced his chasing speed
at once.
In the daytime, he had seen the might of that shield with his own eyes, and
didn’t know how the Divine Snail Shield of Sun and Moon could turn into a
divine tool. But in front of such an item, he remained extremely prudent
despite having absolute self-confidence.
The air behind Saminaga took almost no time to take the shape of a vicious
Fiend skull, instantly engulfing Long Haochen with a colossal gray airflow.
In the midst of an overflowing aura of death, it felt as if countless
specters were howling in grief.
This took a long time to describe, but only a few seconds had passed since
Long Haochen had been overtaken by Saminaga’s chase.
Long Haochen was now completely devoid of distracting thoughts. Another
Saint Knight of the eighth step would perhaps have already lost his
head in fear in front of this Demon God of Death, without even need to
specify that Saminaga was using all his strength. But Long Haochen
didn&r
Saminaga’s terrifying Domain of Death was surrounding him, but at this time,
an orange glow was radiating from Long Haochen’s left hand.
An incomparably dense sword intent came out from his shield, bursting out
into the shape of an orange disk of light, and forcibly forming a zone
exclusive to Long Haochen in the midst of the Domain of Death.
Saminaga’s pupils shrank abruptly. His flying speed slowed even more: he had
sensed a similar sword intent before, and in that earlier battle, the sword
intent had actually even injured the Demon God Emperor.
Saminaga hadn’t been living for as long as the Demon God Emperor, but he
exceeded the age of three hundred long agi, and he had personally witnessed
the scene of the Temple Head of the Warrior Temple, Divine Sword Wielder Ye
Wushang’s challenge towards the Demon God Emperor.
That battle finished rapidly, after all how could Ye Wushang’s strength
compare to the Demon God Emperor? But he had staked everything on his
powerful sword intent to injure the Demon God Emperor just before getting
killed.
And right now, on the Gold Foundation Armor Knight before his eyes, Ye
Wushang’s sword intent seemed to have reappeared. So much that compared to
the former, this sword intent didn’t reach its degree of strength, but its
intensity seemed even greater.
Ye Wushang’s sword intent was filled with an incomparable sharpness. But
this Gold Foundation Armored Knight’s sword intent seemed to give off in
addition a penetrating and overwhelming feeling.
That sword intent was different, but its might was clearly not inferior by
much. Moreover, Ye Wushang was originally using a divine sword which was
also a divine tool. Yet this knight’s weapon was incredibly more strange as
it appeared to be a shield that could release sword intent and unleash the
power of a divine tool.
Saminaga had lived for over three hundred years, but this was the first time
he saw such a thing. Therefore, he couldn’t help but act prudently.
From Saminaga’s point of view, to possess both a Gold Foundation Armor of
epic tier and a divine tool, Long Haochen was surely a Holy Knight,
powerhouse of the ninth step. That was not a Divine Knight, but relying on a
divine tool, his strength ought to be comparable to Long Tianying’s.
Therefore, his assessment of Long Haochen’s strength reached a whole new
level. Moreover, seeing the powerful sword intent overpower a part of the
area of his Domain of Death, he became even more certain of his supposition.
Long Haochen didn’t think about anything else. His sword was his everything.
Indeed, the Divine Snail Shield was not a sword, but this didn’t affect the
propagation of Long Haochen’s sword intent. Even empty-handed, his heart
formed a sword.
If a year and a half ago his spiritual energy was used to materialize into
his sword intent, the sword intent would at most have a foggy shape, at most
a barely visible shape of sword. But after that year and a half, the
entirety of the sword intent in him took a liquid shape, and his grasp on it
was total.
Based solely on his sword intent, the current Long Haochen was indeed
already able to compare with Ye Wushang. All he lacked compared to him was
cultivation and deepness of understanding. After all, he was still far too
young, the gap separating him from the veteran Ye Wushang was extremely
wide.
This sword intent was unique and domineering; after all, shocking the Demon
God of Death wasn’t something just anyone could do.
Saminaga made his move at this time. Being afraid of Long Haochen’s sword
intent was the same as giving up on the divine tool in his hand. But on the
contrary, Saminaga was currently determined. He had to kill Long Haochen no
matter what. Killing a Holy Knight with such a grasp on sword
intent was also a great contribution. Although the Golden Foundation Armor
couldn’t be kept because of the Knight Temple’s special means to retrieve
them, the spiritual core of a Holy Knight was also a good thing!
After more than nine spiritual cavities are formed, a spiritual pill, also
known as a spiritual core, will be produced. Any human powerhouse can
increase his spiritual cavities through cultivating, but will only have one
spiritual core, which remains inside his first spiritual cavity.
Spiritual pills are far more useful than the magical crystals left by the
demons. After all these were only possessed by powerhouses of the ninth
step! The demons had the means to eliminate the elemental properties of a
spiritual pill, to make it work with pure spiritual energy,and a spiritual
pill could act in the battlefield as a life, even to a powerhouse such as
Saminaga.
A spiritual pill could instantly replenish the user’s whole spiritual
energy. It takes no time and produces no side effects, which is why a
spiritual pill is, to an alchemist, an ingredient of the best quality to
make top rated medicine.
The stronger the powerhouse of the ninth step leaving the spiritual pill,
the better its effects. However, using a spiritual pill is a totally
forbidden thing for a human to do. In case a powerhouse of the ninth step
dies, it will immediately be buried in a special cemetery, in a place only
known by the supreme leaders of the Alliance. Of course, this is one of the
highest rated secret in the Temple Alliance. Even if Long Haochen wanted to
know about it, that could only wait for the day he would become the head of
the Knight Temple.
A large gray hand pierced the sky, instantly enlarging to a size of ten
meters, aiming straight at Long Haochen to grab him. At the time it just
appeared, that hand was formed of gray airflow, but when it was about to
reach out, it had already solidified completely.
Long Haochen wasn’t afraid. Looking ahead with a limpid pair of eyes, he
lifted his left hand high above his head, before slowly dropping it.
The orange glow intensified abruptly, and the orange disk of over ten meters
diameter descended slowly. Then, the incomparably sharp sword intent on it
disappeared in a brief moment, and the whole area was colored orange, except
for the golden halo that was spreading from Star King to Long Haochen’s
whole body.
Bam! The bright disk and the large hand clashed.
Saminaga’s right hand made a grasping movement. Immediately, a terrible aura
of darkness and death surged out, surrounding Long Haochen before blasting
out. Terrifying fluctuations of spiritual energy could very clearly be
sensed, even from the Dragon Resisting Mountain Pass.
Holding the Demon God of Death's full attention, he was shown Saminaga’s
true strength. What powerful attacks!
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With thin flickers of light all around, Long Haochen displayed a cold smile
on his face. Right now, all he could perceive around him was death and
darkness. But from within him, that liquid sword intent burst forth at an
incomparable speed.
Long Haochen felt that his heart produced a Ding’ sound. That feeling was
very hard to describe, as if something had been broken, while something else
had appeared. After that, a flash of understanding surged through his mind.
However, he currently didn’t have the free time to ponder over these
matters. From that disk of light came out the whole power of his sword
intent.
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A dense bluish-golden glint was shooting toward the demon camp at an
incomparable speed.
At the very moment, Long Tianying was totally fired up. He absolutely didn’t
expect Saminaga to act against Long Haochen. In the original plans, the
chance of the demon gods acting directly was calculated, but in these
calculations, they were estimated to be most likely to act at the first
stages. That is, if they didn’t care about the explosion of these forbidden
spells, they would then attack the knights belonging to the first wave of
attacks. And amongst them was the powerhouse He Jun.
His protection would be enough for the Mythril Foundation Knights to
withdraw. Moreover, during the discussions the odds of the demon gods
intervening were estimated to be negligible.
Those forbidden spells were aimed at the three Demon Emperor Legions! Even
if these demon gods extinguished the first one, they should do their utmost
to dispel the other two blasts, and reduce their damage. The Demon Emperor
Legions were very precious to the Demon God Emperor. Who could have expected
Saminaga to suddenly stop caring about the forbidden spells, in order to aim
solely at Long Haochen?
Long Tianying was now filled with regrets to the last bone. He suddenly
realized the major issue they had overlooked. Long Haochen couldn’t be
recognized: riding another mount, using other weapons, and showing an
overwhelmingly different strength. Unless Saminaga had X-ray vision, he
couldn't possibly recognize Haochen’s identity.
Then, there was only one explanation for why he aimed at Long Haochen. That
was the divine tool he displayed earlier in the day.
Long Tianying understood that he had really been careless, neglecting the
possibility of Long Haochen’s exposure. If Long Haochen’s spiritual wings
were the same as other people’s, he simply wouldn’t have been targeted by
Saminaga and would have returned safely. But his spiritual wings were a set
of four, which was an overly extraordinary sight. Therefore he had no choice
but to call forth the Starlight Unicorn King, which Saminaga surely
recognized as the mount belonging to the powerful knight that killed the two
Fiend Commanders that day. Which is why Saminaga targeted him.
Since the situation had become like this, regrets were useless. They hadn’t
planned this situation; no one expected that things could turn out this way.
Now, the only thing he could do was to go to Long Haochen’s rescue as fast
as possible.
Among all the high-ups of the Knight Temple remaining in the Dragon
Resisting Mountain Pass, only Long Tianying knew about the importance of
Long Haochen toi the Knight Temple. Moreover, all of this aside, Long
Haochen was his grandson, and his only grandson at that!
Long Tianying initially felt great guilt towards Long Haochen, but at this
very moment, seeing his grandson attacked by Saminaga and already completely
caught within his domain, how could he not be anxious?
A bluish golden flow of light remained on the trail of Long Tianying’s back,
and one could clearly see that the b
Every time the bluish-golden armor gained a layer, Long Tianying’s demeanor
became more imposing, and the sky behind him lit up with more intensity. In
his state of full power, Long Tianying showed no reserve. Even if he fell in
the battlefield, he would rescue Long Haochen no matter what. That was his
sole wish.
However, Long Tianying was not very optimistic. But since he had already
closed the distance after all, Saminaga’s offense now became slower.
At the time he set out from the Dragon Resisting Mountain Pass, Saminaga’s
Hand of Death had already gotten hold of Long Haochen and Star King.
Bzz With buzzing sounds, an extraordinary burst of power came out abruptly
from the Hand of Death.
The originally overwhelming gigantic gray hands suddenly became stiff, and
an orange glow of light spread out.
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Just like a pile of snow, the gigantic gray hand transformed from the Hand
of Death instantly smashed into pieces, transforming into surges of gray
fog, and a resplendent orange colored radiance came out, piercing through
the fog.
A mystifying scene followed. In the originally quiet night, a golden pillar
of light suddenly descended from the sky, going through Long Haochen’s body.
Riding Star King, he had a holy look, and the Divine Snail Shield in his
hand already increased its size to two thirds of a meter in diameter. The
imposing orange radiance became more intense, and as if refracting the
golden ray falling down from the sky, it changed the trajectory of the
pillar of light to direct it straight at Saminaga.
“This...” Saminaga was shocked: when his Hand of Death grasped Long Haochen,
to his stupefaction, this Gold Foundation Knight didn’t seem as powerful as
he predicted, but another shock rapidly came to him.
From the orange halo burst forth an incomparably tyrannical sword intent.
That sword intent was just like a sudden explosion of spiritual energy, only
countless times more powerful, to the extent that it tore the Hand of Death
to shreds.
To Saminaga’s astonishment, the Hand of Death was not lacerated by a
powerful spiritual energy, but by the mental force coming out from the sword
intent. In other words, it wasn’t Long Haochen’s cultivation that enabled
him to resist the Hand of Death, but that sudden burst of tyrannical sword
intent which severed Saminaga’s control over it, annihilating his blow.
The refracted golden pillar of light was filled with boundless holy power:
when the golden pillar of light illuminated Saminaga’s gray domain, an
impassioned and clear melody could be heard. Every time the gray fog made
contact with the pillar, it melted at lightning speed, totally unable to
resist the attack from the golden pillar of light.
Long Haochen was now in Saminaga’s domain! Inside a domain, the whole
control and quantity of elemental energy were under its control, but he
didn’t seem affected in the slightest. This could only prove one thing, that
the purity of Long Haochen’s light element exceeded the purity of Saminaga’s
deathly darkness element. Being the fourth ranked demon god, how could
Saminaga not be in a state of shock?
But being in a state of shock didn’t mean that he would stop attacking. On
the contrary, his fighting spirit was roused by Long Haochen’s powerful
resistance.
Confronting that golden pillar of light, Saminaga’s eyes became extremely
chilly, and lifting his right hand, he slowly charged.
His slow moves compared to the refracted light were totally incomparable.
And Saminaga’s punch finally clashed with the descending pillar of light
without deviating in the slightest.
An inexhaustible gray spiral clashed against the golden pillar of light, and
gray fog surged in response, but this time didn’t disperse from beginning to
end. A grim shrill spread out in the midst of the sweet sounds, and twelve
fierce Fiend skulls appeared, intertwining with each other, and planning on
shattering the pillar of light.
Long Haochen was using God’s Descent, borrowing power from the Goddess of
Light.
This was far from being his first time attempting such an attack. This was
naturally quite weaker than the power of the Aria of the Goddess of Light,
but the purity of the spiritual energy involved was a lot greater.
However, in the end his opponent was still too powerful. Even God’s Descent
didn’t have much use in front of the Demon God of Death.
With a stuffy groan, Long Haochen’s body shook and Star King had the same
reaction.
This looked like a simple attack, but Long Haochen already put his full
power forth. Resisting the attack Hand of Death’ which reached the ninth
step and furthermore launching a counterattack was already the most he could
do.
The difference of strength was that huge. Even with a greater sword intent,
the insufficient backup of spiritual energy would have made it unable to
display its full glory.
Saminaga was far from using his full strength to dispose of Long Haochen.
While rushing there, Long Tianying obviously paid attention to this.
Although this was a simple exchange of blows, how could he, at his
current level of strength, not sense Long Haochen’s actual cultivation
through this?
The Demon God of Death already understood that this was only a knight of the
eighth step that had a divine tool in his hand, his cultivation still very
far from the ninth step. But regardless of his cultivation, the most
important was to get that divine tool. The reason why Saminaga had yet to
use his full power was that the Divine Snail Shield of Sun and Moon hadn’t
yet released its power, so he had to remain careful. The seven-colored light
from the daytime made him really apprehensive. He had to confirm the extent
the might of this light reached before anything else.
After causing the rupture of the golden light, that gray whirlpool gained in
volume at a tremendous speed, almost instantly covering Long Haochen’s whole
body in its sphere of influence, and even Star King was engulfed inside
along with him.
Cycle of Death was Saminaga’s ultimate technique. Against it, even Long
Tianying had to rely on the power of his divine tool to have a chance of
resistance.
Could Long Tianying make it in time to rescue Long Haochen? That was hard to
say.
That’s because, on his way here, a robust figure came to block his way, the
Demonic Bear God Valefor.
Although Valefor coveted Saminaga’s position, he remained globally
sober-headed as a demon god.
After resolving the first forbidden spell, he had the other five demon gods
go weaken the other two forbidden spells’ power and rescue the members of
the Demon Emperor Legion, and came himself, flying past Saminaga, to block
Long Tianying’s way.
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How could Valefor not understand the goal Saminaga had when chasing after
Long Haochen? Saminaga was by no way the only one who would suffer a
punishment: he had his own share of responsibilities as well regarding great
damage sustained by the Demon Emperor Legions. This divine tool, which would
reduce the rage of the Demon God Emperor, was necessary to get, and
therefore, he obviously couldn’t let Long Tianying disturb Saminaga.
“Fuck off!” Long Tianying let out a loud shout, and the sky became
completely golden blue colored, creating a contrast with the gray Domain of
Death.
The magnificent golden blue armor on him covered his whole body, and the
blue moonlight shape on his back was the transformation from his Divine
Throne of Order and Law.
He had a single weapon, a very huge hammer. Even with Long Tianying’s
cultivation, his two hands were needed to manipulate it.
Quite coincidentally, Valefor was using large hammers as well, one on each
hand. Fully yellow colored, they seemed like two huge sculpted crystals..
With rumbling sounds, the hammer clashed against the dual hammers violently
in the sky.
Valefor didn’t activate his domain before that, but the instant the three
hammers collided, a tall area spread to over three hundred meters distance,
in the midst of which a yellow gigantic bear appeared. Roaring to the
direction of the sky, he shook the Dragon Resisting Mountain Pass with great
envergure. Alongside shockwave, Long Tianying was stopped, blocked
forcefully, and sent flying a hundred meters away.
The Demonic Bears’ strongest point was their physical strength, so even with
Long Tianying’s divine armor transformed from the Divine Throne of Order and
Law, his sheer brute force was unable to compete with Valefor at all.
As the sixth demon god, how could he be such an easy opponent to handle?
Without sufficient power as basis, how could Valefor dare contest the seats
of the top fifth demon gods?
Long Tianying was repelled a bit, not letting out a single word. He saw
clearly the distant gray fog, but wasn’t able to discern Long Haochen and
the Demon God of Death Saminaga’s figures.
He had crossed hands with Saminaga a few times already, and also had an
ample comprehension of Long Haochen ability. He knew that even if Long
Haochen didn’t keep his strength concealed, he couldn’t last for long in
front of Saminaga. Moreover, the divine tool power of Long Haochen’s Divine
Snail Shield was far beyond his own grasp.
But for him to actually keep calm even in such a situation, and in this
dangerous crisis, Long Tianying truly deserved to be called Divine Knight of
Control and Law.
The golden blue hammer in his hand was slowly lifted up above his head,
where one could see that its length was about four meters. Its blunt part
was circular, and about two third of a meter in diameter. On that part were
several imprints of moon shapes, full moons, waxing moons, waning moons, and
every other variations. Every one of these imprints were colored in golden
blue brilliance.
After lifting it up, Long Tianying chanted gravely, “Heaven and Earth, Law
and Order. Listen to my call, Moon God’s power. Shine!”
Immediately, the golden blue radiance covering the whole sky undulated, and
took the unexpected shape of a quarter moon. As it shot out moonlight
spreading sacred light, a pure and simple golden blue radiance lit upon his
hammer.
When Valefor’s two hammers pushed Long Tianying away, the shock he sustained
was actually important too. This was especially due to the massive light
essence poured inside Long Tianying’s divine tool graded gigantic hammer,
requiring him to spend time to scatter.
Right now, looking at Lo
The Demon God of Death Saminaga told him before that Long Tianying’s
gigantic hammer was called Moon God’s Power, and had light properties. And
at the times he would put his whole power in it, his domain would turn moon
shaped. At this time, Long Tianying is the most terrifying. The greater this
moonlight’s volume is, the more terrible Long Tianying’s attacks will
become. And upon reach of the full moon state, even Saminaga had to avoid a
direct clash.
His both arms spread wide on his sides, his chest was sticking out, and
Valefor shouted loudly. A yellow gigantic bear abruptly took shape behind
him, and Valefor’s body instantly swelled, letting out very wild imposing
manners.
In terms of cultivation, Valefor was only a bit inferior compared to
Saminaga. But out of all demons, only the Demon God Emperor Fengxiu could
dare declare he could win easily in physical strength. Even if Long Tianying
was even stronger, he wouldn’t able to escape damage while launching his
attack. That was one of the greatest battle methods of expertise for Demonic
Bears.
“Myriad of Bears’ Ultimate Power.” Against Long Tianying’s golden blue
Hammer of Moon God, Valefor let out a snarl and lifted his dual hammers,
preparing to clash head on. With a bang, the two sides clashed once again,
as the three hammers collided altogether. Behind Valefor was the gigantic
bear shadow, while behind Long Tianying was a first quarter moon, bursting
out with an incomparable brilliance. The distorted light fog
behind took the shape of a huge spiral shaped tornado, seemingly litting up
the whole area between the Dragon Resisting Mountain and the demons’ camp.
Valefor’s originally wild look gradually became filled with shock. That’s
because he clearly sensed that his power was being gradually suppressed. And
the air surrounding his body was astoundingly rapidly compressed. This
compression of the air was cutting him off from his domain: the surroundings
became under the full control of Long Tianying, as the great power of ‘law
and control’ resided in domain control. Although this divine throne was
ranked in the latter part amongst the six, its pure ability to counter enemy
domains was only second to the Divine Throne of Eternity and Creation.
Long Tianying’s domain could not only greatly amplify his power, but also
damage the enemy’s domain. And at the ninth step level, a domain’s utility
was really important.
Bang! Vassago’s two hammers was sent flying, just like huge yellow artillery
shells launched afar.
The Demonic Bear Demain behind him that used to amplify his physical
abilities was unexpectedly shattered, and the bluish golden half-moon on
Long Tianying’s back became twice larger. And the bluish golden radiance
emitted by the Moongod Hammer became incomparably resplendent.
Long Tianying’s face suddenly became abnormally flushed: beating Valefor
back was easier said than done. He had already exceeded the normal use of
the Divine God of Order and Low, but for the sake of saving Long Haochen, he
was willing to pay an even higher cost.
Taking another deep breath, as he was planning to launch an attack against
the Domain of Death materialized by Saminaga, an extremely shocking scene
came to his view.
Saminaga’s Domain of Death was bursting out, and from inside, a myriad of
bright rays of light were rushing out. Despite the strength of his domain,
it was totally unable to stop the development of these rays of light. The
whole domain was not only violently stirred, and severely shocking, but
everywhere the light passed, the gray colored Domain of Death disappeared
frantically. The whole domain was like a giant creature at its final
struggle.
How could that be? This was Long Tianying’s first thought. He was fully
aware of Long Haochen’s strength, and to say nothing about the fact he was
still unable to use the divine tool level ability of the Divine Snail
Shield, even if he could, the gap of strength between Saminagan and him
should make it impossible for him to break through Saminaga’s domain.
When Long Tianying was clashing with Vassago, he was only praying that Long
Haochen could keep going for longer with the help of the Divine Snail
Shield, to give him enough time to come to rescue. But he really didn’t
expect such a situation. That golden bright color was clearly of light
attribute, and from this, Long Haochen actually seemed to have the
advantage, and a definite advantage at that.
To a powerhouse of the ninth step, his domain was like a prolongation of his
life. In case the domain gets broken, the damage inflicted to the powerhouse
of the ninth step will be incomparable. Such a damage will not only be
limited to heavy wounds, but also be represented internally! But how did
Long Haochen achieve this?.
Actually, Long Haochen himself was shocked in the extreme too.
When Cycle of Death appeared and engulfed Star King and him in an instant,
Long Haochen immediately knew that this was something he was totally unable
to resist.
Saminaga was too powerful: on the basis of his spiritual energy exceeding
400,000, when used by him, this ability was already approaching the might of
a forbidden spell. Don’t underestimate it because it doesn’t need time of
preparation; its terrifying power is like a completely solidified Spiritual
Highland.
Although Long Haochen had the Divine Snail Shield of Sun and Moon to defend
himself, even if the latter could resist this degree of power, he would
certainly not be able to resist, and would end up lacerated by the powerful
oppressive force.
So the instant Cycle of Death descended, he immediately sent Star King back
to his own space, while stimulating the Eternal Melody on his chest without
any hesitation.
Only by escaping through the Tower of Eternity, could he cope with the
situation. In there, Long Haochen was quite safe. As his strength increased,
his connection to the Tower of Eternity came to deepen. Now almost just a
thought sufficed for him to link the Tower of Eternity. Even if Cycle of
Death was terrifying enough, it was unable to sever this connection, which
enabled him to escape. This was the major reason why Long Haochen didn’t
feel anxious in the slightest.
But when Long Haochen activated the Eternal Melody, making an instant full
contact with the Tower of Eternity, a change occurred.
On his chest, the Eternal Melody abruptly released an incomparable golden
radiance and scorching heat. That severe scorching heat nearly burnt Long
Haochen’s body, and even with his willpower, he couldn’t help but scream in
pain. Immediately, he saw a myriad of light rays of light burst forth, as
the Eternal Melody transmitted him an undescriptible feeling of ecstasy. And
then, he actually managed to repel the Cycle of Death as the myriad of light
rays wrapped Long Haochen.
Long Tianying and Long Haochen already sustained such shock, but that was
not comparable to Saminaga’s feelings.
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Saminaga’s assessment of Long Haochen’s strength was accurate, and he was
inevitably going to succeed. In front of Cycle of Death, even the might of
Long Haochen’s divine tool shouldn’t be able to last long. After all, the
gap of strength was too great. He was only waiting for Long Haochen to die
and for his soul to blend into the Domain of Death, and then, the divine
tool would naturally become his.
But when Saminaga started to pay attention to Long Tianying and Vassago’s
battle, and prepare to block Long Tiangying’s attack, a change occurred.
While engulfed by Cycle of Death, from Long Haochen’s chest burst forth a
myriad of light rays. Even in Long Tianying’s eyes, these lights had a holy
attribute of boundless purity. It was rather different in Saminaga’s eyes.
That golden light had a fantastic characteristic that was enough to give
Saminaga some dread. Although this Domain of Death was originating from him,
it continuously took essence from those who died inside as time passed. The
power of these souls was engulfed unceasingly and they turned into specters
residing in the domain, amplifying its might greatly.
For this reason, Saminaga’s domain stood out amongst all demonkind. Its
power was enough to receive high praises from Agares and Vassago: his
position as fourth demon god was precisely settled by the Domain of Death.
Right before, Saminaga utilized the twelve most powerful Specter Kings
coming from it to instantly crush Long Haochen’s God Descent. Having
attained such a level, his death magic could be already said to reach
incredible heights, totally fearless in front of the power of ordinary holy
light.
But at this very moment, he had a real feeling of dread. That’s because the
myriad of light rays that burst out from Long Haochen’s chest were
swallowing the power of his domain at a frantic speed.
That’s right, it wasn’t destroyed or dissolved, but swallowed. He could
sense very clearly that the specters composing his domain were swallowed at
an astonishing speed, and Cycle of Death was broken in almost no time. When
Long Haochen reappeared in his line of sight, a golden pagoda seemed to be
shrouding him.
And from that golden pagoda, an incomparably powerful and oppressive aura
was rushing forth. Saminaga had only felt such a pressure in front of the
Demon God Emperor himself before.
A golden light ten times more powerful than before burst out from the golden
pagoda. One could faintly discern that, inside this golden pagoda, a bunch
of whitish golden specters were lacerating his Domain of Death while
swallowing it frantically.
In a few blinks of an eye, that light had already spread to the whole Domain
of Death.
What’s that? Saminaga became totally panicked. In his panic, he didn’t have
the wisdom to keep on his back the twelve gray sparkling specters, which
were all about ten meters in diameter, and frantically shot them at that
golden pagoda.
The Demon God of Death sensed that allowing this pagoda to keep engulfing
his Domain of Death would result in its thorough destruction.
This power was really too frightening. The oppression he felt from that
golden pagoda surpassed by far Long Haochen’s Divine Snail Shield as he saw
it during daytime. At the time this golden pagoda appeared, he felt unable
to resist.
A divine tool, and definitely not an ordinary one, but one that totally
suppressed him with its attribute.
As a matter of fact, the Demon God of Death Saminaga was really excessively
unlucky. Another demon god, even if far lower ranked, would have forced Long
Haochen to teleport back into the Tower of Eternity long ago: Long Haochen
couldn’t resist in f
But the crucial point was that Saminaga had acted personally. His magic of
death used the darkness element as its foundation, and he could be said to
be the greatest powerhouse of the whole continent in death magic.
But the fact that he was the current best mage of death didn’t mean that he
was the strongest in history.
Saminaga was indeed powerful, but in front of the Slumbering Calamity Elux,
the former Scion of Light and necromancer that used holy light as attribute
to cultivate his death magic, Saminaga paled into insignificance.
Originally, it took almost the whole human force to seal Elux and destroy
his corporeal body. But the Tower of Eternity still remained, and the
Slumbering Calamity relied almost only on his own power to resist against
all humankind. The degree of terror he inspired was absolutely not below the
Demon God Emperor, and compared to the latter, he used to be even more
destructive for the human race.
The Slumbering Calamity Elux was cultivating necromancy, but necromancy and
death magic’s greatest difference resided in the summoning. Necromancy was
more inclined to summoning while death magic tended more closely to
destruction and havoc.
One used the power of the souls to provide assistance in the battlefield,
while the other one directly absorb these souls’ power to strengthen the
user.
On a fundamental basis, it’s not as if one of these two paths is above the
other. So cultivation is the greatest factor that needs to be looked at.
Saminaga was indeed a great character, ranked fourth in strength among all
demons, and current top-ranked death magic practitioner powerhouse, but the
gap separating him from Elux was not a little one.
The Scion of Light and god’s chosen one Elux even dared to blaspheme the
Goddess of Light. That’s the extent of his strength! And his wisdom and
intelligence enabled him to attain the peak in the research of necromancy,
englobing the notions pertaining to death magic. Also, he left behind the
Tower of Eternity, a supra-divine tool able to move from space to space. How
could Saminaga contend against that?
If Elux was still alive, Saminaga would, in his eyes, only be a powerful
soul to get and no more. He didn’t even qualify for a one versus one fight.
The difference in strength was quite distinct. In such circumstances, when
Haochen activated the Eternal Melody, planning on returning to the Tower of
Eternity, it sensed the Domain of Death’s massive quantity of specters and
power of death through their connection.
To humans, this was a terrifyingly destructive power. But to the Tower of
Eternity, this was simply an incomparably great tonic! Just how much did
Saminaga amass over the years? And it was a pure energy of death, which
didn’t need much filtering.
Hence the Tower of Eternity entered a state of excitement, feeling the great
tonic that was just in sight, how could it possibly let it slip by so
easily?
Therefore, a projection of it instantly shot through the space of Shengmo
Dalu, protecting Long Haochen while starting to take these greatly tonifying
things as food.
Saminaga was totally out of luck. If he hadn’t regarded Long Haochen too
highly, and instead of directly using the Domain of Death had relied on his
powerful spiritual energy to launch an attack, this situation wouldn’t have
happened.
As a supra-divine tool, the attractive force it possessed towards specters
was unquestionable, and irresistible. And holy light was no less than the
nemesis of darkness.
Encountering Elux, Saminaga was like a young girl in front of a hungry and
thirsty macho man. The two of them could compliment each other, but the
difference of strength being such, it could only end up one way…
The twelve specters threw themselves at the Tower of Eternity: these two
Specter Kings were one of Saminaga’s greatest trump cards. Having
continuously nourished them with other specters, they became powerful enough
to resist in front of God’s Descent, even without being at full power.
But upon encountering the Tower of Eternity now, all of this came to an end.
These twelve great specters were really tough: the light emitted by the
Tower of Eternity managed at most to shake them, with no way of absorbing
their extremely condensed soul force.
But the situation changed totally from the mere fact that these twelve great
Specter Kings moved towards the Tower of Eternity.
The light that seemed to have no effect on them before suddenly lit up,
turning from a golden color to an incandescent white, and a terrible sort of
soul shock burst forth from the Tower of Eternity.
The twelve Specter Kings screamed in mourning almost simultaneously. Their
massive, congealed bodies shook violently, turning into innumerable spectral
fragments that spread through the air.
Circles of incandescent white light surged out frantically, absorbing and
swallowing these soul fragments. The brilliance of the Tower of Eternity
also broke completely through Saminaga’s Domain of Death at this time,
transforming into an area of omnipresent golden light which totally rejected
the Domain of Death.
Not only was the soul force from the Domain of Death was absorbed, but even
the newly deceased troops from the Demon Emperor Legions had their souls
absorbed at a frantic speed.
This was the power of a supra-divine tool. Even the mere projection of the
tool already displayed an incomparably terrifying might.
As a supra-divine tool, the Tower of Eternity was highly wise and
intelligent in its own right. To fully gain control of it, Long Haochen
could only complete every trial left by Elux, and upon finally reaching the
top of the tower, he might receive the inheritance of the Holy Necromancer.
The main body of the Tower of Eternity had a strong sense of independance.
Feeling that this space could provide him with things of extreme benefit, it
chose not to spare any cost, spreading its divine light to this world to
plunder every benefit without restraint.
Earlier, just as the twelve Specter Kings threw themselves at the Tower of
Eternity, given its power as a supra-divine tool, how could it be unable
damage them? It just chose to do that deliberately.
That’s because the Tower of Eternity sensed the great power of these twelve.
By attacking them from a distance, it would definitely cause them to run
away in fright. And as a projection, it had no way to forcibly attract them
from a far distance.
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Therefore, it baited the twelve Specter Kings to approach, and the instant
they came into contact with the Tower of Eternity, it unleashed its most
basic power, the pure might of a supra-divine tool.
The Specter Kings were indeed powerful, but compared to the full power blow
of a supra-divine tool, how could they compare? It directly resulted in them
shattering.
The instant the twelve specters were broken into pieces, Saminaga shouted in
great despair. At this time, he thoroughly understood that this golden
pagoda wasn’t anything he could resist against. If this went on, he would
not only sustain injuries, but possibly even be consumed due to the massive
death force he possessed.
In the midst of a frantic shout, Saminaga spurted out a mouthful of blood,
and immediately, the distant Demon God of Death’s Pillar erupted with an
incomparable brilliance.
The frightful gray energy in the sky transformed into a gigantic, sinister,
Fiend shape that frantically rushed towards the Tower of Eternity and fully
absorbed the rest of the Domain of Death which was forcefully recalled.
This sinister Fiend was the root of Saminaga’s power, as well as the root of
the whole Fiend Clan’s power, not limited to the death attribute.
At the very moment, Saminaga was letting out extremely bizarre shrills, and
in the demon camp located downwards, a myriad of hissing sounds
could be heard. Countless black lights shot up from there towards Saminaga’s
direction.
Including Valefor, the other demon gods a formed up behind him, each of them
transmitting the power of his own demon god pillar.
The demon god pillars emitted different radiances, each of them originating
from their own clan’s original incarnation. Seven great shadows spread their
brilliance in the sky, and its greatest attack erupted to bombard the Tower
of Eternity.
The seven great demon gods’ joint attack created a spectacular scene, of a
kind that was unseen for several years. Even as the wielder of the Divine
Throne of Order and Law, the Divine Knight Long Tianying was caused to drop
down from the sky by the shock.
Saminaga was already fighting as if his life depended of it. His previous
shrill drew support from the whole Fiend Clan’s power, originating from his
Fiend Blood Link bloodline magic. Through this spell, he was able to
instantly transfer a part of each of his clansmen’s strength to launch his
ultimate blow.
In this Dragon Resisting Mountain Pass’ demon camp could be said to be the
root of the Fiend Clan’s forces. The boost they gave to Saminaga was as
great as one may well imagine. Adding to that the amplification from the
demon god pillars, it enabled Saminaga to use his strongest attack ever
launched.
He had no other choice but to fight at all costs. In case the Domain of
Death ended up completely swallowed, the twelve Specter Kings would be fully
absorbed by the Tower of Eternity. Then,
Saminaga’s cultivation would be reduced by half. To say nothing of the
internal wounds induced, he would never be able to keep the fourth demon
god’s seat due to that.
So, he would rather use his bloodline magic to transfer power from his
clansmen, and weaken them greatly, to try the utmost to preserve his own
domain.
The united attack of the seven great demon gods was really terrifying.
This was already far beyond the power of a forbidden spell.
The incandescent heat surrounding the Tower of Eternity twisted frantically,
but didn’t show the slightest resistance to the seven demon gods’ act of
joining their forces. It just continued to swallow all the death force it
could swallow, including the remnants of the twelve Specter Kings.
Quickly, a brilliance with the power of se
But he was just a single person. Even if the strength of a Divine Knight was
even greater, he couldn’t possibly resist the joint attack launched by seven
great demon gods including Saminaga and Valefor. The terrible pressure and
fluctuations of spiritual energy made him unable to even approach the area.
But Long Tianying immediately dropped his jaw.
Right when the seven brilliances were about to bombard the Tower of
Eternity, the incandescent colored light suddenly disappeared at the speed
of light and without suffering the influence of the seven great demon gods’
power in the slightest.
In the midst of the disappearing white light, that pagoda and Long Haochen
both totally disappeared.
The joint full power force of the seven demon gods was was redirected into
the air, guided to a high altitude.
Their joint force was certainly terrifying: it bore the full original power
of the demon god pillars! The whole sky almost instantly became seven-
colored, and remained that way for a long time. One could clearly see that
all the clouds in an area of a thousand miles had disappeared in an instant.
Only the seven-colored glint was glittering unceasingly.
The seven demon gods groaned at the same time, especially Saminaga who
spurted out another mouthful of gray blood, his face looking as pale as
paper. But this time, he didn’t dare take a rest, and moved both his hands
extremely frantically, absorbing the broken pieces of the Domain of Death
and the leftover fragments of the twelve Specter Kings.
This time, Saminaga didn’t even have any tears left to shed. Over 40% of his
Domain of Death had been swallowed in this very short time, and the twelve
Specter Kings were not only in pieces, but the souls of seven of them had
already been taken away. And this was after the seven great demon gods
promptly utilized their full power to strike the last blow. Otherwise, with
just a bit more time, the Tower of Eternity would not have left him the
slightest trace.
Even Valefor who coveted the seat of the fourth demon god didn’t have the
mood to take delight in Saminaga’s misfortune. He wasn’t any less shocked
than Saminaga.
That was a Gold Foundation Knight! And furthermore, the divine tool he was
using before should be a shield. Just how did it become a pagoda? Could this
Gold Foundation Knight actually have two divine tools in his posession? And
furthermore, this was already beyond considering an ordinary divine tool. It
was just too terrifying the way it overwhelmed Saminaga!
Ever since the start of the Holy War, this was the first time the Demonic
Bear Demon God Valefor felt such a threat from the humans. He never expected
the Knight Temple to have such a powerful trump card in reserve. After
attacking their camp by surprise, they even managed to plot against
Saminaga!
Saminaga lost a huge deal of power this time. Perhaps even fifty years
wouldn’t suffice to restore his prior peak.
He was now filled to the brim with pity. The expressions on all the demon
gods on stage were unsightly to the extreme, but they didn’t execute the
slightest action.
The power they put in the prior attack came with an immense consumption for
them. How about the Knight Temple? What did they lose in the previous raid?
Even if unwilling to admit it, the seven great demon gods did have to admit
that the knights had zero losses. Right, not the slightest loss. The seven
great demon gods all acted personally, but not a single enemy was left.
From this situation, only God knew what other trump cards the Knight Temple
could have in reserve. They were demon gods, and not expendable soldiers.
Their fright far exceeded their feelings of rage. No one wanted to be the
next to suffer Saminaga’s fate. Therefore, they only stared blindly at the
sky, seeing the wielder of the Divine Throne of Law and Order and supreme
commander of the Knight Temple, Long Tianying, return back to the Dragon
Resisting Mountain Pass.
But how could these seven demon gods know that at the very moment, the
Knight Temple’s powerhouses weren’t any less shocked than them. Including
Long Tianying, no one knew what had just happened.
The lower graded knights were all acclaiming in great ecstasy. Everyone
could see the great loss suffered by the demon side. However, the higher
ranked knights were only filled with shock, amazement, and incomprehension.
They all saw that golden pagoda, but who knew what it could be? No one had
even heard about the existence of such a powerful divine tool in the Knight
Temple.
Everyone was filled with questions, and Long Tianying was the same. But he
was even more worried about Long Haochen’s safety. To mobilize such a
terrifying power, just what could be the huge cost he had to pay? It could
very possibly be at the cost of his life.
But if the Tower of Eternity hadn’t chosen to escape rather than bear the
last hit from the seven demon gods, Long Tianying would be even more
worried.
And did Long Haochen have a real cost to pay? Right, this came with a cost,
the cost of his spiritual energy becoming in total turmoil.
With a flash of bright light, Long Haochen directly appeared in the first
floor of the Tower of Eternity, and sat crosslegged out of subconscious
mind.
Cliques of white lights were frantically leaping up around his body, and a
terrifyingly massive light elemental spiritual energy was rushing out from
his body at an astonishing speed.
Even if Long Haochen was even more unwilling to receive the assistance from
the Tower of Eternity, he had no other choice by now. The Tower of Eternity
had totally suppressed Saminaga without issue, to speak nothing of him, who
was still at the eighth step.
The current Long Haochen felt as if his body was burning like a raging
inferno. The five spiritual cavities inside him were trembling
frighteningly. And the light elemental spiritual energy coming from outside
was extremely pure, but some aura of death was mixed in, coming pouring into
his body. It needed the active filter from his five spiritual cavities to
dispel all the aura of death.
On this aspect, Long Haochen was incomparably decisive. This light elemental
spiritual energy was directly usable because of its overwhelming purity;the
Tower of Eternity was after all created by the previous Scion of Light,
Elux. The purity of his light element was absolutely no lower than Long
Haochen’s.
But Long Haochen didn’t let the slightest shred of deathly aura invade his
living space.
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His encounter with the Divine Snail of Sun and Moon was really important.
The advices he obtained were even more tremendously helpful than the Divine
Snail Shield.
The need to be strict with himself was, as a Scion of Light, one of the most
important lessons he could learn. Obtaining a divine tool only increased his
strength, but without a strict behavior, the Scion of Light could also
become contaminated and walk on a wrong route.
Therefore, no matter what kind of force Long Haochen obtained, the most
important remained for him to keep his own heart pure, and not let himself
be contaminated by anything. Naturally, this implied that he couldn’t let
this deathly aura pollute his body. He had not the slightest desire to
accept the inheritance of the Slumbering Calamity Elux either.
A massive flow of spiritual energy came pouring in, and caused Long
Haochen’s amazement because it was all pure, yet not highly concentrated,
light essence. In other words, this spiritual energy was like the one
already contained in him, and blended with him to perfectly become part of
his strength.
He had met with such a situation before as well, but it wasn’t as intense
and massive. He faintly came to understand that this should be one of the
benefits provided to him due to the Tower of Eternity’s great harvest.
After the projection of the Tower of Eternity appeared, Long Haochen also
had a foolish look on his face. A red-hot feeling immediately filled his
whole body with burning sensations, as if putting him in a half-unconscious
state.
But his mental force remained far stronger than ordinary people, and so, he
could perceive some of the external changes even in this situation.
In his mind, the Tower of Eternity was like a living being, and not simply a
building or a divine tool. In his struggle with Elux, Saminaga had simply
been led by his nose all along. This was especially true in the way that the
tower caught the twelve Specter Kings.
Long Haochen felt a palpable greed from the Tower of Eternity. The whole
area around the tower frantically swallowed the power of Saminaga’s domain
as well as the innumerable specters inside. And to Saminaga’s despair, his
all-out effort was totally fruitless. The Tower of Eternity just brought
Long Haochen away, and even the fragments of scattered Specter Kings seemed
to have become adamant to follow him back.
Because of his close relation with the Tower of Eternity, Long Haochen’s
grasp of the situation was a lot deeper than Saminaga or Long Tianying.
When the seven great demon gods joined hands to attack the Tower of
Eternity, Long Haochen could sense a great disdain emerging from the Tower
of Eternity. But it still didn’t choose to meet it head on. From this, Long
Haochen was certain that the Tower of Eternity had the capability to resist
that attack, but without a doubt, it would have had a massive cost to pay
for that. So, the Tower of Eternity directly brought Long Haochen away, and
not because of being unable to resist their force, but because it was not
worth it.
In other words, if the Tower of Eternity wanted to resist such an attack, it
would need to consume a lot of its energy. And this consumption would be a
lot greater than what he could gain afterwards. Therefore, for the sake of
getting benefits, the Tower of Eternity deemed it unnecessary to clash, and
took the easy way of bringing Long Haochen to leave through space. The lock
of the seven great demon gods left him without other choices.
Long Haochen had a chill when thinking about this performance of the Tower
of Eternity. It was just way too rational, and totally based on the notion
of profit, without consideration for the rest. And Long Haochen clearly
perceived that the Tower of Eternity could at any time unl
The last time Long Haochen and Cai’er were confronted with danger and he
gave his all to protect her, the Tower of Eternity hadn’t made the slightest
move. But this time, he just activated the teleporting ability, yet the
Tower of Eternity chose instead to appear and come to his aid just because
it sensed an immense benefit.
This felt hard to bear for the kind-hearted Long Haochen. Today, the
appearance of the Tower of Eternity gave him an increased understanding
regarding this supra-divine tool. He faintly realized that even the soul
memories left by Elux were unable to fully control the supra-divine tool in
question, which completely had its own knowledge and judgement. In other
words, even if he really ends up obtaining Elux’s inheritance, making an
unprofitable or too costly choice from the point of view of the Tower of
Eternity would end up being refused by it.
If Long Haochen was someone that could be driven by lust, he would surely
find the Tower of Eternity to be a twin-edged sword, though full of benefits
to him.
Using it was very simple, and only required him to maintain a win-win
situation for the Tower of Eternity and himself.
But Long Haochen absolutely didn’t have such thoughts. He had no desire to
maintain a win-win situation. This supra-divine tool was fully relying on
the energy of death to strengthen itself, and Long Haochen was unable to
approve its greediness.
Today, although the Tower of Eternity grievously wounded Saminaga, and
greatly intimidated the seven great demon gods, importantly, it also
reinforced Long Haochen’s rejection of it, and reinforced his resolution to
refuse Elux’s favors.
Thanks to his great mental control, Long Haochen arranged the spiritual
energy in his body in the shape of a large net to absolutely stop any
deathly aura from penetrating his spiritual energy. Only through a perfect
filtering of the spiritual energy could he perfectly integrate the spiritual
energy into his spiritual cavities.
This inevitably made it take more effort to integrate the spiritual energy,
but preserving the purity of his spiritual energy was more important by far.
Long Haochen came to the vague realization that his butt was gradually
feeling signs of a disturbance due to spiritual energy, which was the sign
of the expansion of another spiritual cavity here.
Chest, abdomen, the space in the midst of his eyebrows, and another in each
arm were the five spiritual cavities that he had already opened, and these
five supported his trunk and arms.
Only, Long Haochen didn’t expect that the process would continue so soon
after he opened the arms’ cavities.
Insight and perception all came fast and also leave fast. Hence Long Haochen
would not let go of such a good opportunity. While absorbing the spiritual
energy that came from outside, he paid careful attention to the stirred
undulations. Even if he didn’t manage to break through, this experience
would be very advantageous for his future series of breakthroughs.
Time passed, minutes after minutes, and noticeably, on the first floor of
the Tower of Eternity, a series of golden glows of light continuously
shifted from the surroundings to Long Haochen’s direction, and continuously
blended into his body. A part of it was rejected while a part was absorbed,
and at the same time, a faintly discernible brilliant light started to shine
on his body.
If at that time, Long Haochen had chosen to go for a deep meditation, he
would very possibly have constructed in a spurt of inspiration his sixth and
his seventh spiritual cavity. But unfortunately, he didn’t have such plans
for
now. Thus, after the Tower of Eternity terminated its transfer of spiritual
energy, he awoke from the state of cultivation.
Taking a deep breath, his body started to float naturally. Long Haochen
couldn’t help but exude a pleasant surprise, but after that felt an air of
unwillingness.
He indeed didn’t want to receive the help of the Tower of Eternity, because
he didn’t want to owe it anything. He went so far as to make the decision
not to set foot onto the third floor of the Tower of Eternity. But, he was
unable to deny that he could obtain extreme benefits from the Tower of
Eternity.
After breaking through the eighth step, although Long Haochen never stopped
cultivating, to fill the spiritual cavities on his arms was not the matter
of an instant. Even as the Scion of Light wielding the special physique of a
god’s chosen one, and therefore absorbing light essence much more rapidly
than ordinary cultivators, amassing these 200,000 spiritual energy needed
the time of about two years.
After all, the measure of spiritual energy is not a simple number. For
instance, gathering a bit of spiritual energy for a knight of the seventh
step is totally different from gathering a bit of spiritual energy for a
knight of the eighth step, since the latter is much more concentrated.
In other words, the same notion of spiritual energy differs totally between
the seventh and the eighth step. It can perhaps be the same in total volume
and elemental contents, but the concentration will very clearly affect the
wielded power in the battlefield. And that is one of the great strengths of
Spiritual Highland.
After reaching the eighth step, Long Haochen had a total of five spiritual
cavities, and the speed of increasing his spiritual energy actually became
slower than before, because he needed a time of adaptation.
But this time, or to be more precise, after the end of this session of
cultivation, to his nice surprise, the two spiritual cavities on his arms
became full at one third. Without need for any further effort, this time the
Tower of Eternity brought him no less than 5,000 units of the purest
spiritual energy. And this was after he filtered out a great part of it,
otherwise this count would be even higher.
Long Haochen’s current total spiritual energy was already nearing 37,000,
which was quite a qualitative leap compared to before.
Turning back, Long Haochen gave the sculpture standing in the midst of the
first floor a complex look. After calming himself down, he immediately
teleported back. He didn’t want to let himself feel any attachment for this
place. Every time he recalled the events of the past, when the Slumbering
Calamity relied on this supra-divine tool to slaughter an unthinkable count
of humans, he felt great grief rise within himself.
With a glint of bright light, when Long Haochen reappeared in the night sky,
it had become totally quiet. By chance, the flash of light disappeared
instantly, and because Long Haochen didn’t spread his wings, his body
started to fall almost instantly.
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Falling down, Long Haochen pressed down his both hands and took a deep
breath, causing his figure to float like a feather.
The time was already close to daybreak, but the sky was still dusky. So his
light elemental spiritual energy would really look conspicuous and
inevitably make him overly obvious, therefore causing issues to rise. So he
instead used very challenging methods to control his own fall.
This was all to avoid getting found out by the demons, the main reason being
that he didn’t wish for them to know that he would need to return to the
original location after teleporting to the Tower of Eternity. If this secret
is known by the enemies, strategies will easily be planned to counter him,
so Long Haochen preferred to be more prudent.
Luckily, he wasn’t too high in the sky. His distance to the ground was
roughly of four hundred meters, therefore a series of acrobatics and
propelling movements enabled him to lower his falling speed. When he was on
the eve of reaching the ground, he then assumed a curling position, and put
all his strength in his feet to perform a kick.
As a matter of fact, his current external spiritual energy was already over
20,000, making this full powered kick able to cause a huge shockwave and
drop his falling speed.
His body landed onto the ground on an oblique posture, and after a series of
rolls, he was propelled forward. The Gold Foundation Armor on him having
also helped to neutralize a great amount of the pressure from the
fall, Long Haochen stabilized after the series of rolls, jumped forward and
rushed toward the Dragon Resisting Mountain Pass.
His powerful mental capacity showed its prowess in this situation as well,
helping to conceal his figure as far as possible, during the whole way to
the Dragon Resisting Mountain Pass. It was only near arrival that defenders
from the Knight Temple found out about his return.
A misunderstanding would naturally not arise: the Gold Foundation Armor on
him was a symbol of his status, and moreover, he was the only one Gold
Foundation Knight that hadn’t returned.
Thus, when Long Haochen arrived in the Dragon Resisting Mountain Pass, high
surges of acclamations and countless looks of respects were awaiting him.
Large areas of knights were watching Long Haochen with passionate eyes,
violently beating their own armors on the chest with their fist as an
indication of their respect of greatest order for Long Haochen.
This was their tribute to the newly appointed Saint Knight Head. Even the
Divine Knight Long Tianying didn’t figure out how Long Haochen wounded
severely Saminaga, to say nothing about the ordinary soldiers. In their
eyes, this powerful Saint Knight Head had defeated the other party’s
strongest demon god, and without being a Divine Knight. Therefore, in their
eyes, it was as if the prefix provisional’ before his full title never
existed. At the same time, this gave them an even greater confidence
regarding this Holy War.
When Long Haochen stood in front of Long Tianying, his grandfather suddenly
realized that he had no idea of what he should say. He was able to feel that
Long Haochen was totally alright, and should have escaped to another space,
but how did he just accomplish that?
There certainly existed some abilities that could shatter space for a short
time after reaching the ninth step, but they required a very tranquil and
stable environment to be used. But what about the time he passed through
space? At that time, seven demon gods were joining hands against him, so
who knew to which extent space was in havoc. But even in these
circumstances, Long Haochen just crossed space; Long Tianying hadn’t the
slightest idea of how to explain this mystery.
And Long Haochen was gone for so long, which was to
“Grandpa.” Long Haochen performed a knight salute to Long Tianying. His
attitude became a lot warmer than before: at the time he was attacked by
Saminaga, he sensed how Long Tianying was trying hard to rescue him. And
before teleporting away, he saw Long Tianying by his own eyes. How couldn’t
his approval toward his own grandfather not rise from that?
Long Tianying had a bitter smile on his face, “I don’t know what I should
say right now. What was that pagoda that appeared and surrounded you at that
time?”
After pondering for a short time, Long Haochen replied, “I don’t want to
hide anything from you, but that’s a secret I am not allowed to tell. I can
only tell you that it can actually only restrict the Demon God of Death
Saminaga and no one else. And I am unable to control it as well. It just
appeared on its own. I am connected spatially to it, and it was the one that
teleported me away.”
To Long Haochen’s surprise, Long Tianying actually didn’t keep questioning
him. His look became gentle, “Is your body all right? Saminaga didn’t injure
you?”
Long Haochen shook his head, “I am all right, and can come to the
battlefield at anytime. Grandpa, the day will rise soon away. The demons
will probably be launching a retaliatory attack. I have already made my
preparations for battle, and am waiting for your orders.”
Looking at him, Long Tianying became silent, then couldn’t help but show a
little anger, “What order is there to give? Your judgement is wrong. I can
tell you with certainty that today, we can be at 70% sure that demons won’t
come to attack. Didn’t you see on your way back? Saminaga’s pillar has
already lost all its light. This time, you inflicted him extremely serious
damage: his Domain of Death was torn to shreds by your pagoda. Tell me
what’s good with you? Your grandpa Yang and I have already told you to keep
your strength concealed to avoid exposing your identity. And you kept
concealed your abilities known of them, but relied on the ones unknown to
them to gain the spotlight right away.
Given that you have two divine tools on you, how could the demons not follow
you closely? I estimate that before long, the Demon God Emperor will know
about your existence. Yet, how do you want me to keep sending you to the
battlefield? You also said that that pagoda could only counter Saminaga. If
the other demon gods launch another attack against you, what’s to be done if
you have an accident?
Although Long Tianying got angry, Long Haochen felt instead warming up. He
could clearly feel the concern and worries in his grandfather’s voice.
“Grandpa, then I will just be defending the city and no more. Even if the
demon gods want to get rid of me as I am on the Dragon Resisting Mountain
Pass, they would have to ponder over the issue beforehand. We may know that
the pagoda can only counter Saminaga, but they don’t! I think that the demon
gods won’t dare take such a risk. They should have learned their lesson from
Saminaga’s experience. And that was really not my fault! Gold cannot be
prevented to shine. And you should not want your grandson to be totally
inconspicuous in the battlefield right?”
At that time, Long Haochen couldn’t help but show a smile on his face,
looking at Long Tianying quite shamelessly.
Long Tianying also couldn’t help but reveal a smile in response. He didn’t
smile a lot, but seeing this grandson before his eyes, he had really no way
to keep restraining his joy.
After this time of worry, he had to recognize the great points of his
grandson. In fact on Long Haochen, the slightest flaw could not be seen. At
an age below twenty, he had already reached the eighth step, and had two
divine tools in his hand. Although he was not yet able to utilize them
fully, considering his age and pace of progress, it really looked like he
would be able to contend against the demon gods in a few years! And he will
surely
become a great hero and leader that will create a new page on humans’
history.
Taking a deep breath, Long Tianying replied, “This time, we have totally
filled these demons with fear. From our estimate, among the three Demon God
Legions, almost all the Hell Demons should be dead, so without any magic
offense, the Demon Emperor Legions are like a toothless tiger. And that’s
nothing compared to how Saminaga is now in a state of heavy wounds. He is
the strongest of the demon gods outside, and as you said, they shouldn’t
dare act blindly without thinking after this. They will only maintain the
previous situation, and as long as no reinforcement comes, they shouldn’t
dare launch a decisive battle against us. For this reason, I don’t plan on
letting you keep appearing in the battlefield.”
“What?” Long Haochen was immediately in high distress, “Grandpa, you can’t
do that! Grandpa Yang and you should respect your engagements.
If you don’t let me appear in the battlefield, how am I supposed to gather
those ten millions contribution points? I have to reform our team, to make a
slaughter on the demon rear.
Long Tianying stood up and slowly walked to Long Haochen’s front, with an
indignant look on his face. His robust figure really looked imposing, and in
front of Long Haochen, he gave off the same feeling as an unwavering
mountain.
“Haochen, don’t worry. I don’t share the same thoughts as your Grandpa Yang.
You are my blood-related grandson, and my only one grandson. And you are the
Scion of Light, a god’s chosen one, and humanity’s future hope. If you
remain in safety under my wing, when will you become the humans’ leader and
the leader that will annihilate demons? You need to keep tempering yourself,
and rise through hardships, just like you did before. I believe that you
have the ability to defend yourself, and to create even more miracles. So
your grandpa won’t stop you from going in the battlefield. After two days of
war, you made the enemies cower in fear one after another, making them lose
the opportunity to recover a large amount of corpse, and wounding severely
Saminaga. This will cause the demon army’s momentum to crumble. I
will keep in record these two accomplishments. As the head of the Knight
Temple, I have the authority to award you with enough contribution points.
So I decided to reward you with 500,000 contribution points, as a prize for
having turned the tides of the war in these two days. ”
“500,000?” Long Haochen was shocked, but also happy, and couldn’t help but
worry, “Grandfather, are you sure this doesn’t count as favoritism?”
“Nonsense!” Long Tianying raised his hand to tap on Long Haochen’s head,
scolding him with a smile, “Ask around in our Knight Temple, and you’ll see
that no one ignores that your grandfather is the most strict and impartial
Divine Knight! I am the wielder of the Divine Throne of Order and Law, if I
cannot even make fair decision, how could I keep the approval of the Divine
Throne? Be at ease, if anything the reward I bestowed upon you is rather
low. Just think, if you didn’t stay on the rear, how many of the fifty
Mythril Foundation Knight that were with you would have returned alive? It
is all because you spared no cost to risk your life to cover their back, and
deserves these 500,000 contribution points. You gained this for your display
of bravery and self-sacrifice. Although I am very angry that you disregarded
your own safety mole that, I can say as your grandfather and the head of the
Knight Temple that you are my pride, my grandson who did not abandon his
fellow soldiers at that time of danger, and used your actions to prove your
bravery.”
Seeing his grandfather so moved, Long Haochen’s eyes started to moisten in
spite of the situation. Despite his strength and willpower, he was still no
more than a twenty year old boy. The gain of his grandfather’s approval was
really an important thing in his eyes.
Long Tianying took a deep breath to calm down his moodiness, then continued,
“You did very well, but you really cannot remain here. Your light should be
shining where it is needed. And our Dragon Resisting Mountain Pass has
already no trouble defending strongly its position, plus you’d be no more
but a target here. So after thinking thoroughly, I came to the decision of
giving you a last mission. After completing it, you will be considered
having gathered ten million contribution points, and will be allowed reform
your Demon Hunt Squad. I should also be telling
you that this time, your grandpa Yang has returned to the Alliance to
discuss a plan that could make full use of your ability to destroy demon god
pillars. The Alliance believes that this is how your strength will develop
the best.”
Hearing about the opportunity of reforming his Demon Hunt Squad, Long
Haochen nearly hopped in excitement, “Grandpa, please announce the contents
of the million. No matter what, I will definitely complete it.”
Long Tianying replied, “Don’t place your hopes so high. How could a mission
equivalent to ten million contribution points be so simple? You can come
back first, you will be leaving for the sake of completing this mission
tomorrow. This mission is not complicated, and you will be able to
accomplish it single-handedly. With the status as Saint Knight Head, you
will have to join the defense of every of the five Temples’ defensive forts,
and accumulate at least a million contribution points in every of them, or
make a great accomplishment of yesterday’s degree. After you finish that for
every of the five defensive forts, you will automatically be gathered with
your other comrades. At that time, all of you will be sure to receive a new
mission from the Alliance. Understood?”
Happiness always comes all of a sudden. For a moment, Long Haochen was
unable to show any reaction.
Leaving for the other five Temples to participate in their battles, and
reunite with his comrades one after another was without a doubt a much
simpler mission than the one consisting on simply gathering ten million
contribution points. And moreover, being able to join his other comrades one
by one was more than he could wish. For a moment, Long Haochen was somewhat
speechless due to excitement.
Long Tianying smiled in reaction, “Is it the idea of heading to the Exorcist
Mountain Pass to see your girlfriend that makes you so happy?”
Right, wasn’t the Exorcist Mountain Pass controlled by the Assassin Temple
the closest to there? This was the place where Cai’er was!
Chapter 520
His grandfather’s remark lifted Long Haochen’s mood momentarily. He didn’t
try to conceal his current feelings and nodded strongly in response.
Long Tiangying gave a light sigh, “You youngsters really had a hard time. If
not for the demons, your grandpa would be in favor of your wedding. Treat
her well, old Sheng Yue really doesn’t have a good temper.”
In terms of seniority in their own Temple, Sheng Yue actually rated higher
than Long Tianying. But in terms of cultivation, Long Tianying was
definitely stronger in addition to possessing a Divine Throne.
Long Haochen nodded repeatedly, “Grandpa, can I depart right now?!”
Long Tianying unhappily replied, “You cannot. Wanting to see your wife is
one thing, but don’t you want to keep your grandfather company a bit longer?
Until you depart tomorrow, just stay with me.”
At this reply, Long Haochen’s surging feelings calmed down gradually,
“Grandpa, I...”
Long Tianying waved his hands to him, “I understand. At your own age, who
knows how much more rebellious than you I was. You are already doing very
well, but keep in mind that I really care about your safety. You are my one
and only grandson. You have to take good care of yourself; not only for the
Alliance but also for me. If the Alliance loses you, it will be the loss of
a great talent, but if I lose you, it will be the loss of my precious kin.
Do you understand?”
Long Haochen remained silent, and slowly approached him, giving Long
Tianying a very big hug.
Long Tianying had a smile on his face. After so many years, it was the first
time he showed such a sincere smile. He finally realized now that he really
had a grandson of his own.
Precisely as Long Tianying expected it, after the sun rose, the demons
didn’t launch an attack. But the demon camp was greatly busy, transferring
the heavily wounded troops from the Demon Emperor Legions while helping the
dying and healing the injured.
But of course, those three forbidden spells weren’t totally devoid of
benefits for them. At least, the non-carbonized corpses were treated as
food, and their armies were served a good meal, with the Demon Emperor
Legions as the special ingredient…
Because of Saminaga’s serious injuries, he immediately entered seclusion
inside his demon god pillar, and the authority over the demon armies
returned to Valefor.
But at this time, Valefor didn’t dare keep applying pressure to the Fiends,
and the reason why he didn’t immediately give the order to attack was
because they had obtained a sufficient amount of food, and more importantly
because of the current state of weakness of the Fiends.
Saminaga transferred all the deep strength of all his clansmen to launch a
terrible strike and put them in an extremely weak state. And in fact, the
air force of the demon armies was almost
exclusively formed of Fiends. Under such
circumstances, how could they launch the attack against the Dragon Resisting
Mountain Pass?
Through this battle against Long Tianying and Long Haochen, Valefor fully
recognized the powerful assets the humans had, and therefore didn’t dare act
rashly. At least, they needed a time of rest and reorganization.
One day later, at sunset, two figures came out soundlessly from the Dragon
Resisting Mountain, making sure of their direction. Then, they
headed southward under the raging wind and snow.
Neither Saminaga nor Valefor knew about it, but the Saint Knight Head from
the Knight Temple who brought them countless ‘surprises’ was already gone.
At this time, the Dragon Resisting Mountain had Long Tianying as the only
Divine Knight present
Of course, the Knight Temple’s real trump card was not Long Haochen! Since
Long Tianying dared keep the current troop arrangement against the demon
armies, he naturally had ability of his own.
Exiting the Knight Temple, Long Haochen and Han Yu were in high spirits
since they were finally able to reunite with the others. Long Haochen
understood that although on the surface, his grandfather was assigning him a
mission, in actual fact, given that Long Tianying didn’t even check his
current amount of contribution points, Tianying had no way to know in the
end whether he would really obtain a million contribution points at each
defensive fort.
Therefore, after departing from the Dragon Resisting Mountain Pass, it could
be said they just have to reunite with all their comrades.
Everyone was separated for a year and a half already, and his longing for
reuniting with them already surpassed everything else by far. Moreover, the
first one they were proceeding to was the Exorcist Mountain Pass occupied by
the Assassin Temple, the place where Cai’er was!
Long Haochen obviously realized that he had difficulty calming himself down.
The strong excitement even caused the spiritual energy in him to fluctuate
irregularly, influencing to some extent his absorption of the external
spiritual energy.
Even so, he was unable to control his emotions.
Cai’er, are you still well? It has been a year and a half, have your
memories recovered already? Can you now remember me? Thinking to this point,
Long Haochen was really wishing to grow some wings to rapidly fly to her
location.
They left the Dragon Resisting Mountain Pass, and although they were heading
to the southern Exorcist Mountain Pass, they had to head to the southwest if
they wanted to go through the Temple Alliance’s territory. After all, the
demon armies were glaring at their frontiers like tigers eyeing their prey,
and they didn’t want to encounter troubles. By going through the territory
of the Temple Alliance, with the Exorcist Mountain Pass serving as the
natural barrier, they could put their whole energy to hurrying their trip,
and proceed quickly to the Exorcist Mountain Pass.
Given Star King’s strength, it was absolutely no issue for him to carry two
people, not to mention that Han Yu’s body was also of light attribute, his
innate internal spiritual energy reaching eighty. Therefore, Star King’s
affinity to him was second only to Long Haochen. With Long Haochen supplying
him directly with spiritual energy, he was flying toward the Exorcist
Mountain Pass at his fastest speed.
Exorcist Mountain Pass.
The Holy War had been going on for a year and a half, and the war was
becoming increasingly bitter. Within the Six Great Temples, the one that had
the hardest time with the demon offenses was the Southern Mountain Pass, but
the second one was the Exorcist Mountain Pass.
Every human defensive fort was under the watch of one Temple, and when
comparing the Assassin Temple and the Knight Temple, although a gap existed
in their global strengths, this gap was actually not very wide. Yet the
Exorcist Mountain Pass had a tough time, and that was because of their own
specialities.
Although the knights couldn’t use their mounts in situations of defense,
they were after all heavy armored warriors or heavy infantry, and were like
a metallic barrier protecting the city.
But the assassins are not capable of that. In terms of offensive potential,
assassins surpass knights by far. But in defensive power, they are also much
inferior. They were specialized in concealment, assassinations, and taking a
head in the midst of countless enemies. However, continuous attacks and
defenses are not their strong points, especially in such defensive battles.
For this reason, the Assassin Temple encountered catastrophic losses in this
war. If not for the Brilliant Angel Knight Regiment standing on guard inside
the Exorcist Mountain Pass, it would have perhaps been already broken a few
times through. The Knight Temple gave a considerable assistance to the
Assassin Temple, but the Holy War was taking place on six fronts
simultaneously. Therefore, each Temple had to ensure its own defense before
it could afford to help the other ones.
Amongst the seventy-two demon gods, the top three demon gods and their clans
had yet to appear in the Holy War, and the fourth and sixth were assigned to
the Dragon Resisting Mountain Pass. With the Knight Temple having to endure
such a massive pressure, it lacked the strength to help the Assassin Temple.
Since a year and a half ago, the casualties amongst the Assassin Temple’s
high class warriors already reached one third. Under Sheng Yue’s lead,
almost everyone was injured. Some of the powerhouses belonging to the older
generation of the Assassin Temple were also thrown on the battlefield one
after another, to fight the enemies to the death. Almost every time they
repelled a demon assault, the Assassin Temple had to expend a massive cost.
At the current time, the head of the Assassin Temple, Sheng Yue, was
standing on guard in the Exorcist Mountain Pass, which is a natural
stronghold as well. It had no need to envy to the Dragon Resisting Mountain
Pass: its position inside the mountain range it stood in meant there was no
need to fear a demon encirclement. It was sufficient to block the demon
armies coming from one direction , but compared to the Dragon Resisting
Mountain Pass, its natural defenses were a bit lacking. It did not have the
same kind of vile environmental conditions, and was not so highly elevated
either.
The walls of the Exorcist Mountain’s fortress had already disappeared, the
war having mostly destroyed them. The mages that were still unleashing magic
were fewer than fifty, and they were the last bits of magic force the
Exorcist Mountain Pass had left. Almost all the powerhouses from the
Assassin Temple were standing in front of the enemies, defending the
fortress. They had even forgotten for how long they had been defending this
position. But by chance, just like the Exorcist Mountain Pass had sustained
severe damage, the same went for the attacking demons. In recent months,
their frequency of attack was not as high as before.
Cai’er was currently near the Exorcist Mountain Pass’ fortress, clad in
black, and without external armor. Her eyes were ice-cold, and after a year
and a half had passed, she had already become a grown woman. Her build was
more slender, well proportioned, and one could see on her almost any asset a
female body could have.
Compared to the time she separated with Long Haochen and the others, the
current Cai’er was much colder. Although it was by far incomparable to the
time before her loss of memories, at least the battle before her eyes was
now insufficient to instill feelings of terror in her.
Sheng Lingxin and Sheng Yue were on the other side, their complexion visibly
very pale. Thick bandages could be seen wrapped around their right arms: in
the Exorcist Mountain Pass, they didn’t have even one priestso they could
only rely on doctors to treat the injured. One could well imagine the
criticality of the situation.
“Great-grandfather, shall I go?” Cao’er suddenly turned back to ask Sheng
Yue.
The demons were already attacking the fortress, and both sides were immersed
in desperate close quarters battles. It could be seen from this that the
current Exorcist Mountain Pass’ defensive battle was at its critical point,
otherwise how would they have let the enemies come close to the fortress?
The main forces of demons attacking the Exorcist Mountain Pass was formed of
Demonic Birds, Dual-Headed Demonic Vultures, Blazing Demons, Demonic Wolves,
as well as a huge volume of Dual Bladed Demons and Demonic Eye Soldiers.
Against such a formation, although they had way fewer powerhouses allocated
when compared to the Dragon Resisting Mountain Pass, they won in the
numbers. And just for these reasons, they had plenty of corpses to serve as
food.