Chapter 631
As the voice stopped at this point, the green traces disappeared.
Right, that was the thin hope of survival that Cai’er had, which gave her
the strength to lead all of Bright Glimmer of Hope to fly away from Modu.
The instant she came in contact with Long Haochen’s corpse, this voice
spread to her mind, telling her that Long Haochen still had a hope for
survival. So no matter how sad Cai’er was, she brought Long Haochen away
from there, to put him in safety in the Tower of Eternity, in order to find
that hope of resurrection.
“That… That voice is...” Wang Yuanyuan blankly said.
“I know! It’s that girl from the Illusory Paradise. No mistake, that’s her.”
Lin Xin bounced wildly.
Grabbing Lin Xin’s shoulder, Han Yu excitingly shouted, “Yes, yes! Ye
Xiaolei! It’s her; she has a some kind of contract relationship with
captain, and is the one who came to our aid. So Captain has some hope of
revival. There’s a hope!”
The previous grim atmosphere was swept clean that instant, and everyone
regained some hope. But even if they were doing their utmost to wipe their
tears away, these tears were not wiped clean by any means. Unlike their
previous tears, these were tears of excitement! Even if there was only a
little hope, they had to grab it at any cost.
Cai’er tightly embraced Long Haochen and her tears flowed once again. But
she didn’t keep immersing herself in the sadness, abruptly shouting, “Does
anyone has a rope or a chain?”
Sima Xian responded, “I do!” Then he took out a dark golden chain from his
storage ring. This chain reached about five meters length, just like his
Gigantic Ball of Light’s chain. It was obviously used as a spare one.
Cai’er took this chain, holding Long Haochen in a standing position, as she
looked at the top of the first floor of the tower, speaking in a categorical
way, “Seven days. We only have a time of seven days; in this time, we must
climb to the top of the Tower of Eternity and obtain the inheritance of the
Holy Necromancer, Slumbering Calamity Elux..”
“Yes--” Everyone from Bright Glimmer of Hope agreed boisterously.
That spurt of vigor gave the group a sort of torrential feeling.
“I am going too!” The same words came almost simultaneously from both Yang
Wenzhao and Duan Yi.
Their wounds were much better, and although fighting would be a bit
difficult, how could they cower at such a time?
Cai’er didn’t say much more, only telling the nearby Wang Yuanyuan, “Help me
lay Haochen on my back with this chain. With him fighting alongside us,
there is nothing that could possibly stop our advance.”
“Yes!” Wang Yuanyuan raised no objection and immediately got to work. The
third girl of the group, Chen Ying’er, also let go of Yang Wenzhao’s
embrace, and helped place Long Haochen’s body on Cai’er’s back.
The tall and robustly built Long Haochen on Cai’er’s back visibly made a
baffling scene. His arms and legs had to be wrapped around Cai’er’s body,
and in the end his legs had to be coiled around her waist, to bind him
firmly.
Feeling Long Haochen’s weight, the determination in Cai’er’s eyes grew even
further in intensity. In a flash of gray light, the Sickle of the God of
Death appeared in her grasp. Maybe this was due to the recovery of her
memories, but the instant it appeared in her hand, the brilliance emitted by
this divine tool was completely different from before. Letting out blasts of
killing intent, the sickle became even more sparklingly radiating.
“We are going.” Saying that, Cai’er took large strides toward the second
floor of the T ower of Eternity.
The members of Bright Glimmer of Hope plus Zhang Fangfang, Yang Wenzhao and
Duan Yi on the rear formed a total of nine persons, who stepped up the
stairs directly.
The trials on the first and second floor were all already completed ahead of
time, and they had the four holy guards’ approval. And now, the four holy
guards inside the Eternal Melody on Cai’er’s chest all became her guards.
Only, they couldn’t give help in their fights inside the Tower of Eternity.
After entering the second floor, everyone released their spiritual wings and
headed deep ahead.
They had never entered the third floor of the Tower of Eternity before:
after they came to learn from the Divine Snail of Sun and Moon, that Elux
had put the human world in a terrible state and was the main cause of their
extremely weakened state that followed, the group never kept going up these
stairs. But now was different: Cai’er was taking the place of Long Haochen
to become that successor, and had to succeed at any cost to resurect Long
Haochen. They had not only to continue to go ahead, but moreover reach the
seventh floor where they would be able to obtain the inheritance of the
Slumbering Calamity Elux.
So, they didn’t dare tarry in the slightest. Seven days, that was all the
time they had. If Long Haochen wasn’t resurrected by then, they would have
no more chance ever again.
Now was no time to ponder over the difficulties that would be encountered on
the next four floors. Even if they would face trials on the Demon God
Emperor’s level, Cai’er wouldn’t stop their advance. If Long Haochen were to
really die, she would definitely follow him in that fate.
Very rapidly, they reached the passage from the second to the third floor.
Then Cai’er turned back and looked at her comrades following behind her.
Han Yu announced her, “Cai’er, until Captain resurects, please be our
captain. Issue your orders, and even at the cost of our lives, we will give
you our help until the very end.”
Cai’er took a deep breath. She didn’t voice her thanks, but nodded
vigorously, and was the first one to go through the teleporting passage.
With a glint, a fantastic teleportation brought the group to the third
floor.
Right after entering, everyone felt a chill at the same time, as the
surrounding atmosphere visibly became sticky.
This was a world where they no longer needed to remain afloat, and where
they could see just an expanse of darkness.
The ground was made of black bricks and in the sky was a dark purple moon.
Upon arriving here, they felt as if they were in another world. And this
world seemed endless.
As far as the eye can see, there was no end to the scenery, only endless
darkness. In the midst of this endless darkness, countless deep purple
flames pulsed: these were soulfires, ones characteric of skeleton soldiers.
Right, in this third floor of the Tower of Eternity, what came to their
sight were an endless sea of skeletons. And they were accompanied only by an
endless expanse of darkness. In that place there only existed a darkness
essence accompanied with a dense deathly stillness.
But no matter what the enemies were, all members of Bright Glimmer of Hope
only had determination in their eyes. They only had one goal, and that was
to go through all the obstructions to resurrect Long Haochen.
To the others’ surprise, Cai’er didn’t immediately break through that sea of
skeletons, looking cold and calm, instead of getting in a hysterical state
of frenzy.
She really wanted to recklessly make her way through, but she couldn’t.
That’s because she knew that they only had one chance, and couldn’t waste
the slightest time. So she couldn’t go fight blindly, but had to go through
all the trials in the shortest time, which was her current objective.
“In the first and second floor, we were tested by the four great holy
guards, whose elements were fire, ice, earth and wind, which are the four
most fundamental elements. From how it looks, we are going to face darkness
element in this trial of the third floor. As the holy guards had told us
before, they are a total of twelve. So the one who will be testing us here
is the holy guard of darkness element.
“The skeletons in the Tower of Eternity are different from the ones from
Haoyue’s world. Everyone has already experienced their strength; so many
skeletons are enough to stall us until death. There won’t be any end if we
try to kill them all, and who knows how long it will take. So we mustn’t go
kill them blindly, but look for that holy guard of darkness and defeat it to
pass through this trial.”
Cai’er’s clear voice reverberated in the third floor. Her speech gradually
calmed down the impetuous others, who found out to their surprise that even
without Long Haochen’s command, Cai’er, who became their temporary captain,
took that duty perfectly, managing to still remain cool- headed.
A feeling of confidence arose in every Demon Hunter from Bright Glimmer of
Hope. Right, it was long since the establishment of this Demon Hunt Squad
that it revolved around two cores. Only, Cai’er’s brilliance was concealed
behind Long Haochen so far.
The current Cai’er was not only the one chosen by the God of Death, but had
all her original memories back. With Long Haochen dead and having only one
chance of ressurecting him, Cai’er didn’t have the slightest heart to keep
concealing and exercising restraint. She had to lead the group with her all
to win over this last chance.
“Han Yu,” Cai’er called out.
“Yes.” Han Yu stepped forward.
Cai’er ordered, “In a bit, we will be launching all out attacks. When the
battle starts, that holy guard of darkness concealed in the midst of the
skeletons surely won’t stay undisturbed. Use the best of your Demonic Eye
Commander to find him and lock him down.”
“Yes!” Han Yu immediately responded while he summoned the Demonic Eye
Commander.
“Zhang Fangfang, forward. Yang Wenzhao, Duan Yi, and Han Yu, behind. The
rest goes as usual. Ying’er, don’t expend your spiritual energy on other
summons than McDull. Go!!”
With her last call, Cai’er waved the Sickle of the God of Death in her hand.
Zhang Fangfang stood behind his heavy shield, while moving over toward that
sea of skeletons.
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The skeletons were all black, just like this world. The only light produced
in this world was that which came out from the soulfire burning in their
eyes.
When Cai’er’s group moved, the tide of skeletons also moved, flocking
endlessly, and holding high various weapons to attack them.
Extending the spiritual wings on her back, Cai’er didn’t remain with the
team. She originally should be a wandering unit as an assassin. In a flash,
she outpaced Zhang Fangfang, and pierced through the frontline, like a sharp
dagger thrusting fiercely in the midst of the sea of skeletons.
As early as two years ago, they had already passed the trials on the first
two floors and could enter the third one but didn’t do so at all. Now that
they had finally entered, the trial in this third floor should not be too
difficult to them.
But upon really charging into the sea of skeletons, Cai’er immediately felt
a massive pressure. The trial of this third floor was above the second floor
in difficulty by far.
This was not just a mere stepping point, but an even larger test; not a one
versus one, but a team battle.
In a flicker of grey radiance, a large area of skeletons were reduced to
fragments as the Sickle of the God of Death was swept around. In just one
strike, Cai’er extinguished the soulfire of over twenty skeletons, but she
could sense that these skeletons actually had the strength of human
powerhouses of the sixth step. They didn’t have as good battle techniques as
the holy guards, but their numbers were simply endless.
But right at this time, their strength as a team became visible. Four halos
of light spread out almost simultaneously, covering an enormous area.
These four golden halos were naturally released by the four Temple Knights
in their ranks.
Long Haochen was not present, but their team was still formed mostly with
knights. And they were all the top of the younger generation of knights:
Temple Knights of the seventh step!
Four halos released the same ability, the Guardian Knights’ Halo of Holy
Protection.
Able to raise the efficiency of any attacks on enemies of darkness
attributes, it also weakened the elemental attribute and speed of the
targets in question.
Because of being used simultaneously by four Temple Knights, this halo
managed to cover an area of several hundred square meters. The incoming sea
of skeleton was greatly slowed down, immediately overpowered by Cai’er who
stood on the frontline.
This time, Cai’er’s terrifying offensive strength was fully displayed.
Having recovered her memories, she also recovered the whole formation she
had as an assassin since her childhood. The Sickle of the God of Death in
her hand descended like a real incarnation of death.
Gray glints filled with terrifying destructive power came down on the
battlefield, breaking a large area of skeletons in pieces everywhere it
passed. Under her lead, all Bright Glimmer of Light went through the sea of
skeletons at a frightening speed.
The Demonic Eye Commander was now floating above Han Yu’s head, releasing
incorporeal waves of mental force through the skeletons’ ranks, looking for
the main culprit behind their creation.
Wang Yuanyuan and Sima Xian defended the sidelines. With Long Haochen’s
death, their hearts had been repressing extreme sorrow and anger, which was
all vented out on this sea of skeletons. Their golden and silvery figures
alone took out all the enemies on the sidelines, turning into fine powders
all the black skeletons on whom their attacks landed.
Lin Xin did not stay idle eit her. The Fire Cloud Staff launched a Meteor
Shower like a magic cannon, indiscriminately bombing the incoming skeletons.
As they attacked these skeletons, everyone gradually gained some benefits.
The same situation as in the first floor of the Tower of Eternity took
place.
In the first floor, they didn’t encounter too many skeletons, but every one
of them supplied with a boost of ten spiritual energy, causing the first
burst of growth in the Demon Hunt Squad, surpassing their boundaries to make
them the number one Demon Hunt Squad of the younger generation.
For now, these skeletons didn’t likewise supply ten spiritual energy for
each of them, but every one killed boosted their spiritual energy by one
unit.
Don’t look down on this single unit. A single one or two killed made nothing
obvious, but all the hundreds of them that were killed provided hundreds of
spiritual energy.
If Long Haochen hadn’t just gotten killed by the Demon God Emperor, they
would surely all be cheering for this formidable discovery. There would be
no need to actually look for the guard of darkness: they would only need to
keep making a killing to greatly increase their spiritual energy.
But this was impossible to them now. They had to break through this stage
the fastest possible to resurrect their captain in time.
Suddenly Cai’er, who was the deepest in the frontlines just ahead, made a
sudden turn in midair, and returned to the midst of her comrades’ formation.
“Halt!” In a low shout, she stuck of Sickle of the God of Death to the
ground. An incarnation of death slowly took shape behind her, becoming
distinct rapidly. Crossing both its hands, a mystical symbol took shape in
the hands of that incarnation of death.
The symbols were all white and rapidly formed a spherical ring of light,
constituted with countless microscopic particles.
Cai’er stepped back while Zhang Fangfang immediately stepped up imposingly,
rushing toward the large tide of black skeleton soldiers.
His left feet tread on the ground, and as he kept hold of his shield, the
heavy sword in his right hand was held upwards. Zhang Fangfang abruptly
shouted loudly, and countless golden glints burst out from his sword,
rendering an enormous surrounding area gold colored.
Light of Trial.
Of course, these skeletons of the sixth step didn’t all immediately die
under the illumination of Light of Trial, but their soulfire pulsed
violently, as they drew back in panic. Some closer ones were smashed to
pieces at once, and the surrounding breath of darkness depleted to a large
degree.
This instant, Cai’er’s spell was completed.
“Get purified!” These words came out coldly from her mouth, as the
incarnation of death condensed in the air spread abruptly. With an extending
white halo, those black skeletons all turned white, rendered motionless.
The sudden appearance of a large area of white skeletons in this world of
darkness gave off a feeling of extreme strangeness.
Immediately, these white skeletons turned into white vapour, rising into the
air toward the incarnation of death. Their souls were absorbed in the
midst of that expanse of white, making the grey incarnation of death only
more substantial.
A magnificent grey armor covered his whole body, seemingly every piece of
the armor was formed with sharp blades glittering sparklingly. The only area
unclear to view was its face, looking as hazy as the night, abstruse beyond
compare.
Cai’er soared once again in a movement, appearing in front of Zhang
Fangfang. Waving the Sickle of the God of Death, she returned to lead her
comrades to keep fighting. In the mere previous instant, she had purified
over a thousand black skeletons, raising her spiritual energy by over a
thousand units as well.
This moment, the distant black skeletons came to a sudden stop, getting out
the way and forming a passage.
This instant, the black skeletons all quieted down and immediately, tinkling
sounds of a horse’s hooves rose. These clatters became more and more
distinctly heard.
A stalwart figure came to the group’s view.
This stalwart figure was entirely clad in black armor, mounted on a huge
horse armored as well. The two of them dispersed a dark purple halation, and
upon his appearance, the dark essence in the air immediately rose sharply.
In an area extending to a hundred meters around him, dark purple blossoms of
light were seen rising up.
Coming out on his own? This black knight coming to view should be the one
testing them. The trials in the Tower of Eternity were hard, but certainly
not impossible to pass. If the black skeletons in here were really
inexhaustible, even a powerhouse of the level of the Demon God Emperor would
sooner or later be stalled to death. So these inexhaustible skeletons were
only a kind of preemptive test toward them. Because a certain amount of
black skeletons were killed, this black knight which was very possibly the
eighth holy guard appeared as a matter of fact in front of them.
“Come have a go with me” Cai’er shouted and immediately rushed forward. The
Sickle of the God of Death was placed on her side, its sharp end leaving a
deep mark on the ground. A fierce murderous spirit burst out instantly from
her body, and that instant, Cai’er’s whole body was covered in a sparklingly
translucent grey drizzle.
She very rapidly approached the center of that sea of skeletons, and the
time she tried to breach through that passage, the black skeletons on both
sides threw themselves at her, attempting to stop her advance.
Cai’er had a cold demeanor but a fiery temper, burning like an inexhaustible
flame. In that very moment, all kinds of memories from her time with Long
Haochen resurged. No matter how powerful the enemy was, she would only keep
advancing. Nothing else than death could stop her advance anymore.
That incarnation of death that had just absorbed a large amount of souls
followed Cai’er forward, just like her shadow. But it didn’t use any
apparent abilities, only releasing the same grey color as Cai’er from its
body, an extremely auspicious grey.
Zhang Fangfang and the rest of Bright Glimmer of Hope followed behind Cai’er
at a rapid speed. In the meantime, as Cai’er faced off the encirclement of
the black skeletons on the sidelines, they also breached through this sea of
skeletons.
How could these black skeletons of the sixth step simply block their
advance? Just like before, they kept advancing and were rapidly catching up
with Cai’er.
Every wave of the Sickle of the God of Death in Cai’er’s hands was certain
to take the lives of many skeletons. After getting killed by her weapon,
these black skeletons all turned into gray streams of air, pouring
themselves into the shadow of death in the air.
Chapter 633
In a mere moment, Cai’er took the lead to finally reach that black knight
emitting particles of purple color.
These skeletons visibly became more powerful with the addition of the black
knight. Cai’er’s speed of advance was lowered, and the skeletons glinted in
purple, becoming far more powerful than the previous skeletons, be it in
offensive power or resistance. Cai’er had therefore to protect herself, as
well as Long Haochen carried on her back, and couldn’t advance prematurely.
But even so, these purple skeletons were still decimated one by one in front
of her Sickle of the God of Death, as she approached the black knight.
The black knight had a purplish black flame pulsing inside his eyes. His
look was focused on Cai’er, slowly taking up the five-meter-long spear
hanging on his horse’s saddle.
This knight was over three meters tall, and that height reached over four
meters with the addition of that mount, a skeleton horse extending over two
meters. This was simply a giant compared to Cai’er.
Purplish black flames instantly rose on the top of his blazing spear, and
the skeleton horse’s front limbs were raised. Immediately the air in the
scope of the purplish light became suddenly sticky. Cai’er felt clearly that
her body became suddenly stagnant, and immediately, that myriad of purple
dots of light gathered to the spear in his hand. In a flash of purple
electric light, it was thrust at Cai’er like an electric shock.
Powerful!
In just one move, this black knight startled the whole Bright Glimmer of
Hope. The aura liberated by this guy clearly reached the standard of a
powerhouse of the ninth step. Even if that was the initial stage of the
ninth step, that was still quite a thing. What’s more, from the interaction
they had with the other holy guards, their strengths were definitely not
limited to their ranking. They had all mastered martial techniques far above
powerhouses of the same grade.
Cai’er didn’t dodge: as a comrade was at her back, dodging would just make
Zhang Fangfang bear the brunt.
But right at this time, a golden shadow streaked across her side, turning
entirely purple in the midst of its elevation. Myriads of streaks of thunder
appeared, bombarding all directions. That was Sima Xian’s Purple Thunder
Electric Frenzy.
Sima Xian was not assisting Cai’er in resisting the black knight’s attack,
but assisting her in disposing of the surrounding skeletons, so that she
could focus wholeheartedly on the black knight. This was a sign of their
trust in each other: they all believed that Cai’er would be able to deal
with this attack of the enemy.
If Long Haochen was the one confronting this attack of the black knight, he
would without doubt stop it with the Divine Snail Shield of Sun and Moon.
But Cai’er wasn’t Long Haochen. She didn’t have such formidable defensive
power, so if she just defended passively, there’s no way she would stop this
mighty attack which reached the ninth step in power. As an assassin, her
greatest force was her attack, so all she could do was to meet force with
force.
Her left feet abruptly treading forward, continuous overlapping images of
Cai’er appeared behind her. The Sickle of the God of Death struck forward, a
grey crystal condensing on its front end, precisely striking the dark purple
glow.
This instant, the air seemed to congeal, as a strange scene came to view.
The series of overlaying images on Cai’er’s back abruptly flashed down
again, and as she turned, similar to an illusion, uncountable overlaying
Cai’ers took shape. n
Immediately, the Sickle of the God of Death in her hand lit up, and in the
midst of its grey radiance, the black knight’s purple glow was obliterated.
The black skeletons surrounding Cai’er were all smashed away by the purple
thunder, so only one enemy was standing in front of her at the moment.
A large figure rushed upwards, that was Sima Xian. In the air, he followed
after his Energetic Ball of Light, his spiritual wings extended. The whole
Energetic Ball of Light was glinting in purple light, and Sima Xian’s chest
was shining in a scarlet colored brilliance.
Sima Xian’s previous spot was already taken over by Yang Wenzhao, which
didn’t create any hole in the formation.
Blocking the black knight’s attack, Cai’er’s face looked slightly pale, but
she didn’t pause. Her figure flashed, appearing in front of that black
knight at rapid speed, practically the same as teleportation. But one must
know that she was carrying Long Haochen on her back, yet this seemed not to
affect her speed in the slightest.
The spear in the black knight’s hand flashed, immediately turning into a
large shade shrouding Cai’er. In the meantime, a dark purple halo rippled
from his body, only reaching a diameter of ten meters, but rising from the
ground with a solidified feel. The darkness essence in this third floor of
the Tower of Eternity immediately rushed forth to him. This felt a bit close
to Long Haochen’s knight ability Storing Power, except that Long Haochen
needed to remain unmoving to use it, while the black knight didn’t suffer
this restriction. As long as his body would remain in the area of this halo,
the Storing Power would persist, making his fighting strength even more
terrible.
Cai’er acted as if she didn’t see all of it. In front of his myriad spear
strikes, Cai’er’s body suddenly turned illusory, and all the illusory images
were shattered by the spear strikes. Her real body appeared behind the black
knight. The Sickle of the God of Death became ready to strike then, aiming
right at the black knight’s back.
The black knight didn’t turn back, because he was far too late. The back of
his spear approached, pointed toward the sharp end of the Sickle of the God
of Death.
Cai’er’s body shook violently. It was natural that she had no way to compare
with the enemies in spiritual energy.
But a whole piece of that black spear was sliced by her Sickle of the God of
Death. And more terrible, a multiple layered blade projection came out like
a lotus flower from the Sickle of the God of Death. It shrouded that black
knight all the way from behind, giving him no opportunity at all.
The black knight was also a tough opponent. Making prompt decisions, he
squatted down from the horse and abruptly dashed forward, as a dark purple
shield made of energy appeared behind him.
The Sickle of the God of Death really had a terrifying offensive power. In a
mere second, that shield of energy was crushed and disappeared, but that
managed to stall some time for black knight. Turning, the spear in his hand
was swept horizontally.
Bang. With a stuffy groan, Cai’er’s body was immediately swept back. It
wasn’t that she didn’t think of dodging, but she couldn’t at all. The
instant of that black knight’s move, all the surrounding air congealed, and
her speed dropped greatly.
This very moment, a violent surge of thunder rumbled. Nearby came down a
purple pillar of light, rushing straight toward the black knight.
Sima Xian’s Godly Purple Thunder Cannon was done gathering power since long
ago, and was only waiting for the black knight to show a gap.
And he was not the only one making a move. A resonant phoenix cry was
concealed in the midst of the bombardment of thunder. The Phoenix of Blue
Fire lifted itself high and dashed at the black knight behind the purple
thunder.
Sima Xian and Lin Xin were using their full power: Purple Godly Thunder
Cannon and Phoenix of Blue Fire were their strongest attacks!
Bright Glimmer of hope wouldn’t let a single person fight alone. Cai’er
having drawn the black knight’s attention, their attacks displayed the
greatest efficiency.
Lin Xin’s Phoenix of Blue Fire had an enormous change compared to two years
ago. First, it was much smaller in volume, and didn’t reach two meters even
with its two wings unfolded, looking just like a large bird. But, this
Phoenix of Blue Fire was much prettier than before. With no flames rising
around its body, it looked like a perfect sculpture of crystal. Three pretty
tail feathers were undulating on its back, standing out even in the midst of
the pretty hairs all over its body, making it feel just like a living
creature. Its eyes were glinting brilliantly, filled with intense flames.
This black knight was really powerful. Flying past Cai’er to confront the
incoming attack, he suddenly jumped from the bone horse’s back, raising his
upper body and blowing a dark purple flame which turned into a shield in
front of him.
But how could this dark purple fire possibly resist Sima Xian’s Gigantic
Ball of Light wielded alongside the evolved Spiritual Stove of Godly Purple
Thunder?
The shield was instantly crushed and the attack from the Spiritual Stove of
Godly Purple Thunder bombarded the skeleton horse.
Immediately, the skeleton horse let out a loud sound as if clashing against
the opposite wall and producing a large bang. As the dark knight was knocked
back, the horse’s head and half its body were reduced to shreds, the dark
knight naturally getting thrown down as a result.
Against the panther Demon God Anxerre, Sima Xian had managed to fend off the
enemy using this Purple Godly Thunder Cannon, and that was when the latter
was in his Demon God Transformed form. Neither the black knight nor its
mount could compare with that Panther Demon God in strength, so naturally
they couldn’t stop this blow.
However, the skeleton horse’s sacrifice was not futile at all. Although it
was reduced to pieces in the explosion, this blocked a great part of the
Purple Godly Thunder Cannon’s attack strength, and only some aftermath
landed on the black knight. But purple light lingered in the knight’s whole
body, slightly reducing its speed. And at this time came Lin Xin’s Blue Fire
Phoenix.
A resonant phoenix cry finally resounded in the whole third floor of the
Tower of Eternity, as the knight fell to the ground, pointing his spear
forward to shoot a spear projection at the Blue Fire Phoenix’s head in an
attempt to destroy it.
But the Blue Fire Phoenix suddenly became stagnant in midair, abruptly
turning into a blue light in the air and instantly disappearing.
This was a needle sized blue light which took a flash to pierce through the
black knight’s spear.
The black knight clearly sensed the immense threat. As it let out a shrill,
an intense purple light rose around his body, where all the darkness aura
gained in substance. A ball of dark color, wrapped in purple lit up on his
chest. his body came to a standstill, and as the purple light curled up, he
seemed just like a sculpture which had been standing for a long time.
This was clearly a technique of passive defense, quite close to Divine
Obstruction.
The next instant, the power of the Spiritual Stove of Blue Fire Phoenix
flared up.
The spear in the black knight’s hand melted from the tip, and the blue color
extended at a frantic speed, reaching its arm in the blink of an eye.
Just looking at that black knight’s spear and right arm, one could
shockingly see all of it vaporizing under the blue light, leaving not a
single trace behind. And, the blue light kept extending through its body,
locking onto that purplish-black ball on the skeleton’s chest, and clashing
intensely.
The Blue Fire Phoenix was just too powerful. That terrifying temperature
already caused twists in the nearby air. Although that black ball made it
stop, the black knight’s right arm still dissolved swiftly, up to the chest.
And this time, a sharp flash of grey swang at the black knight’s back. The
incarnation of death that had appeared priorly then shot a gray ray into the
sharp flash of gray.
The flash of gray caused the purplish-black ball to shatter in response, at
the same time as the left side of the black knight’s body.
The Blue Fire Phoenix having nothing to stop it anymore, immediately
extended at an astonishing speed, igniting that dark knight’s whole body
thoroughly in the blink of an eye.
A purplish black flame extricated from the black knight’s head, and a quite
sharp voice resounded, “Eighth holy guard, listening to your orders.” As
these words came to an end, he turned into a purple glow, disappearing
inside the Eternal Melody hanging on Cai’er’s neck.
The whole process from the start of the battle to its end wasn’t very long.
Even Cai’er herself didn’t expect that they would actually vanquish this
eighth holy guard so easily.
Without a doubt, the greatest contributors in this battle were Sima Xian and
Lin Xin. Purple Godly Thunder Cannon and the Phoenix of Blue Fire were the
greatest contributors in disposing of this knight of darkness. Cai’er
herself didn’t get to show a display of her full power at all.
Along with the death of the black knight, the surrounding world of darkness
immediately distorted, and those black skeletons also disappeared in these
twists.
When the surroundings became more clearly visible, they found out that they
were now in an extended pathway.
This place was a bit similar to the first floor of the Tower of Eternity,
except that the surrounding pillars were all black. Afar off, a drizzling
white curtain of light came to sight.
Cai’er took a deep breath and nodded to Lin Xin and Sima Xian.
Right now, the two of them were already sitting cross-legged. Sima Xian was
better off, as he had the Scarlet Dragon Armor to weaken the backlash of the
Spiritual Stove of Godly Purple Thunder on his body. It was just his
spiritual energy that was rather used up. But Lin Xin was not so well off.
His Spiritual Stove of Blue Fire Phoenix gained a much greater might than
before, but it also made the backlash even stronger, and the consumption of
spiritual energy considerable. As a reminder, they were facing a powerhouse
of the ninth step, but even this black knight of the ninth step was melted
in front of his Blue Fire Phoenix. This was his strongest attack, actually
far more powerful than Vulcain’s Finger. If it were not to gain as much time
as possible to save Long Haochen, this wasn’t a move he would use casually.
Sima Xian said to Cai’er, “Vice-captain, don’t worry about the two of us.
Now that we have passed through this trial, this place is already safe. Just
keep advancing with the others, we will be joining after recovering a bit.”
Only light attribute users or Cai’er’s death attribute would be able to
recover their spiritual energy in the Tower of Eternity. The other
individuals would be unable to rely on the elemental essence in there and
need to use magical crystals.
Right now, Lin Xin was holding a fire magical crystal of the eighth step in
each hand, rapidly recovering his spiritual energy. These were not magical
crystals coming out from demons but magical beasts, because only that way
can it be devoid of darkness attributes.
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“Keep advancing.” Cai’er nodded to the others, and took the lead to enter in
those white curtains, out-of place with the rest of the world made of
darkness.
Yang Wenzhao and Duan Yi currently had some feelings of astonishment.
Although their cultivation also reached the seventh step, they understood
clearly in the previous battle that every member of Bright Glimmer of Hope
was far stronger than them. But as one must know, they used to stand as the
central pillar of their respective teams, and stronger by a considerable gap
compared to the rest of their team. But in front of the members of Bright
Glimmer of Hope, all they could do was to resist some of the skeleton
soldiers, and because their injuries were not healed completely, even the
mere act of resisting against the black skeletons felt strenuous.
By contrast, amongst Bright Glimmer of Hope, the main offense was ensured by
Cai’er, Sima Xian, and Lin Xin, whose joint attack could even kill a
powerhouse of the ninth step. And that was an overwhelming kill, as that
black knight was not given the slightest chance to display his strength
before being killed in their hands.
Long Haochen and Cai’er’s strength aside, even Lin Xin and Sima Xian were
already so powerful. The powerful attacks they just used were even totally
unheard of by Yang Wenzhao and Duan Yi.
But it was a fact that the matching of Cai’er and these two managed to
defeat the black knight effortlessly. Actually, this was mainly due to the
dominance of their equipment plus the launch of their full-force greatest
attack.
In what looked like a short battle, Lin Xin and Sima Xian had been going all
out and using their trump cards. The holy guards in this Tower of Eternity
were certainly powerful, but they all had a common weak point, their
equipment.
Simply speaking, if that black knight was clad in Long Haochen’s Golden
Foundation Armor, they may not necessarily have ended up victorious even by
spending ten times more time.
Cai’er’s Sickle of the god of Death was a divine tool and Sima Xian’s
Energetic Ball of Light reached the epic tier. No one in Bright Glimmer of
Hope didn’t have at least a weapon of the legendary tier.
The white curtains of light were in front of their eyes. Going through the
black knight’s trial didn’t mean that they had already cleared the third
floor of the Tower of Eternity. Based on the previous two floors, they had
only cleared half of the trials on this floor.
And, the later trials would only keep increasing in difficulty. Only more
cruel fights were awaiting them.
After Cai’er stepped out and entered the white curtains of light, Zhang
Fangfang, Wang Yuanyuan, and Chen Ying’er followed.
Stepping through the white curtains, everyone couldn’t help but cough
lightly, because the air behind was just far too different, making an
overwhelming difference. ly, they were in a world of absolute darkness, but
at that moment, what came to their sight after passing through the white
curtains was an incomparably intense holy aura.
The surrounding darkness was already nonexistent, replaced by a boundless
holy light.
The pillars coming to sight on the two sides were identical, but spread out
a golden gloss filled with holiness. The ground was also entirely gold-
colored, with elegant designs extending all over.
No seas of skeletons were present. This second part of the third floor was
entirely empty.
On the end of the third floor was another sculpture of the Holy Necromancer,
Slumbering Calam ity Elux.
Under the sculpture, a single man was sitting cross-legged. A white magic
gown of light attribute enveloped all his body, and as he was looking down
slightly, Cai’er’s group was unable to discern his face.
He was sitting below Elux’s sculpture, and seemed like he was seated for a
boundless time, and appeared to be waiting for the arrival of Cai’er’s
group.
Although they were facing a single enemy now, Cai’er’s crew looked even more
concentrated. Right because the enemy standing in front of them was by
himself, his strength would undoubtedly be even greater, at least far
stronger than the black knight.
Cai’er turned back to her comrades, and told Chen Ying’er, “Ying’er, do not
intervene. We will be mostly relying on your power on the next floor. The
others, come with me.”
As she said that, Cai’er’s figure flashed, already clashing against that
light elemental mage who was clad in a white gown the next instant. As an
assassin, she was obviously the greatest candidate against a mage.
Han Yu, Yang Wenzhao and Duan Yi felt clearly their spiritual energy being
boosted enormously in the midst of that holy aura. The three of them
immediately put into use their halo abilities, attaching them to Cai’er.
Although Yang Wenzhao was a Retribution Knight, he didn’t charge out. With
his wounds having yet to heal up, if this enemy was even stronger than the
previous one, him charging would have no use at all.
Wang Yuanyuan followed, charging alongside Cai’er. A fierce reek of blood
instantly leapt behind her, and one could faintly see a red glow shoot
up, turning into an illusory image with the same appearance as Wang
Yuanyuan.
Wang Yuanyuan’s murderous spirit was greatly different from Cai’er’s.
Cai’er’s murderous spirit was full of a deathly aura, while Wang Yuanyuan’s
murderous spirit was permeated with a bloody aura.
One was originally an attribute of the user herself, while the other one was
produced through incessant slaughter. The two murderous spirits seemed to
complement each other. Under their full power, this brilliance rooted in a
brilliance rooted in an extreme holiness
The light mage made his move, his body launching itself aloft the instant
Cai’er’s group started charging.
A golden staff appeared in his hand. Pointing it forward, it oscillated with
wave-like golden ripples coming from it.
Having Long Haochen on her back, Cai’er was unable to immediately enter the
state of invisibility. But she was the fastest of all Bright Glimmer of
Hope. She was already accelerating quickly the instant she charged, and was
able to close the distance to the light elemental mage below two hundred
meters in just two flashes.
But after she approached closer than one hundred meters, that soft light
halation blocked her.
Feeling a kind of gauze on her, Cai’er found out upon contact with the
golden halation that her speed plummeted completely and she was completely
bound. Like that, her movement was in slow motion.
A gray radiance filled with dense murderous instant immediately burst out
from the Sickle of the God of Death. A divine tool was a divine tool, and
immediately the light magic of unknown name ruptured in front of the
tyrannical Sickle of the God of Death.
As Cai’er was moving forward and prepared to keep charging, that ruptured
golden light coiled around her body.
Wang Yuanyuan faced the same issue as Cai’er. The two of them were about a
hundred meters from the light mage, and found it difficult to keep charging
at him.
A twisting radiance swept across at this time, charging straight at the
light mage. It was the Demonic Eye Commander.
That light mage slowly lifted up his head while emitting powerful soul
waves. Under his cloak, one could see a pair of pulsing golden flames in his
eyes.
The Demonic Eye Commander’s psychic attack had yet to reach out, as it was
repulsed by that powerful soul force. It didn’t manage to bring the
slightest injury to this light mage.
Waving once again his staff, he continued a downcast chant. Immediately, a
few knights appeared on Cai’er and Wang Yuanyuan’s side. Due to the unknown
spell used by this light mage earlier, a golden halo blocked their way,
stopping them from advancing any further.
“This is the spell of the ninth step, Divine Binding!” Yang Wenzhao shouted
suddenly, “But wasn’t this spell long since lost? How could it appear here?
Damn it, it’s even insta-cast!”
A spell of the ninth step, and without even the use of any incantation. That
was something close to the level of forbidden spell, so no wonder they would
be stopped still. If that was just a spell of the eighth step, Cai’er
absolutely would not, by any means, be stopped so thoroughly with the Sickle
of the God of Death in her hand.
The light mage’s incantation was ongoing, and everyone knew that if it
completed, the group would hardly manage to resist it. A mage’s offensive
power is far above a warrior’s, especially this light mage that appeared
right after the black knight. Don’t get wrong thoughts because of the
extremely cozy feeling of light aura: this trial is surely a lot more
challenging than the previous one. And most of all, how could they break
through Divine Binding?
This time, Cai’er suddenly called out, “Yuanyuan.” Wang Yuanyuan who entered
through the curtain of light about the same time as Cai’er exchanged looks
with her the instant she heard her call, filled with tacit understanding.
Although Cai’er just had her memories recovered, the memories she had gained
after her amnesia were not raised by the past ones, but merged thoroughly,
so their mutual understanding still had yet to disappear.
“One, two...”
Cai’er started to count in a slow motion. Her look was on that light mage
from beginning to end.
Except for Yang Wenzhao and Duan Yi, the rest of Bright Glimmer of Hope was
visibly calm and stopped charging at the protective barrier. That was mutual
understanding: without even need for Cai’er to say anything, they all
understood her aim.
“Three… Go!” Cai’er shouted.
As watched in shock Yang Wenzhao and Duan Yi’s, the silver light on Wang
Yuanyuan amplified greatly, and the next instant she disappeared, only to
reappear in front of the light mage. Orange and scarlet colors interweaved
in Bloodstorm, bringing an incomparable burst of bloodlust. A pitch-black
crack appeared in a flash in front of the light mage, the innate ability of
Bloodstorm, Dimensional Storm.
In fact, now that Bloodstorm had reached the epic tier through incessant
slaughters, its might was as different from the time before as sky and
earth.
In front of that intense light essence, it launched instant cuts. The
terrifying Dimensional Storm produced humming sounds upon contact with that
defensive spell of the ninth step, and the space inside was torn into
countless chips.
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This was Wang Yuanyuan’s long prepared strike, a perfect match between
Bloodstorm and the Spiritual Stove of Spatial Gates. Extreme offensive
power, but most of all, complete unexpectedness.
The power of the Spiritual Stove of Spatial Gates is to open a gate towards
another spot within sight, and enable Wang Yuanyuan to teleport there.
Unlike a rapid movement, she just has to be able to see the spot to be
unhindered by any obstacles during this teleportation.
Don’t underestimate the Spiritual Stove of Spatial Gates just because it
does not come from a fusion of other spiritual stoves. Through Wang
Yuanyuan’s long period of slaughters, this spiritual stove had evolved three
times, giving it a great range, number of uses, and stability of
teleportation.
The light mage was visibly quite panicked. He visibly did not expect these
opponents to break through his defensive spell of the ninth step in such a
manner.
And just because of his absolute confidence in Divine Binding, he had dared
so brazenly incantate a powerful offensive spell. As long as this spell was
completed, he had the confidence that it would wipe out all the humans in
front of his eyes.
But Wang Yuanyuan’s sudden arrival completely cut off his train of thoughts.
That terrible Dimensional Storm engulfed with terrible bloodlust left him
helpless, with no choice but to cut off his spell close to completion. With
a stuffy groan, he drew back while releasing an intense bright light from
his hand, hindering Dimensional Storm’s arrival.
The attack was blocked, but that staff in his hand shattered instantly, and
because of that, Divine Binding was removed, letting Cai’er lead the group
on another charge.
The light mage was really exceptional. While drawing back in such an
unfavorable situation, he pointed his hand toward the nearest Wang Yuanyuan,
causing a golden halation to rise from under her feet, releasing Holy Light
Binding.
This was a light elemental control spell of the seventh step. Even while
under the effects of the previous chant’s backlash, he still made this
instant- cast, showing his degree of understanding toward light magic.
In the meantime, his body abruptly shifted back, and a formidable scene
arose. What seemed to be the sculpture of Elux on the edge of the stage
shifted backwards alongside him, trying as far as possible to increase the
distance. In the meantime, he kept chanting at an increasingly fast speed.
Flapping the spiritual wings on her back, Cai’er came chasing like a grey
lightning bolt, tracing a clean cut with the Sickle of the God of Death in
her hand.
Mages undoubtedly had highly rated offenses, but their defensive power and
attack were inversely proportionnal.
The suddenness of Wang Yuanyuan’s attack was a very key factor. Although her
attack didn’t succeed, it managed to pierce through Divine Binding, and
terminated his spell on the verge of being completed. Cai’er’s previous
counting was a timer before the light mage’s incantation would complete, so
that Wang Yuanyuan would interrupt it the instant before its termination.
A spell’s backlash is an extremely dangerous thing to happen. If a mage’s
spell is interrupted during its preparation, it will very possibly backlash,
and this backlash grows the more powerful this spell is. In particular, this
backlash also becomes all the more powerful the closer to completion the
spell was.
Even if this light mage was even more of a tough opponent, he had after all
just sustained a backlash of highest grade, and had yet to find the time to
recover his breath. an
Cai’er had no plans to let him complete any spell of a high grade.
But, to her surprise, this light mage’s speed went even beyond her
estimation. When her Sickle of the God of Death was about to land, another
of his spells was completed.
As the holy light took shape, the Sickle of the Goddess of Death abruptly
paused, and immediately, a powerful force burst out.
This formidable force was close to irresistible. Filled with the radiance of
light, but also containing an unquestionable impact force, it didn’t cause
any damaging effects, but even Cai’er’s Sickle of the God of Death was
unable to disperse this soft looking holy light.
This spell bears the name of Holy Offering, able to ignite the light mage’s
own life as a fuel. And from the looks of it, his soulfire was the very one
thing to be ignited. Although he was no more than the Holy Guard guarding
this place, he had his own pride, and would in no way let himself be
defeated so easily.
The use of Holy Offering alone managed to push his opponents back, giving
him some time for incanting, so he still felt confident in defeating these
humans.
Right as Cai’er wrinkled her eyebrows and already felt unable to win any
longer against this light mage, a mystifying feeling suddenly surged out
from her.
A soft orange radiance revolved around her body, and dispelled the white
light from Holy Offering sticking against Cai’er’s body, and caused that
previously irresistible force to disappear completely.
Right as Holy Offering made its way, everyone from Bright Glimmer of Hope
found out with astonishment that this orange radiance was coming out
from Long Haochen’s left arm. Its imposing luster and the quality of its
holy light was one grade above Holy Offering, suppressing it at once.
Cai’er had no idea what just happened, but with her ample combat knowledge
how could she let go of such a good opportunity?
In a flash of light, countless figures of Cai’er took this opportunity and
made their way forward, surrounding that light mage. And, myriad images of
the Sickle of the God of Death sent the light mage in the middle away at
once.
Myriad Image Strikes. After awakening as the one chosen by the God of Death,
Cai’er’s original Thousand Strikes Spiritual Stove got an improved attack.
Although it was now part of the Spiritual Stove of Samsara, Cai’er had
already acquired all the knowledge in comprehending and using it through her
constitution as a god’s chosen one, making its attack far more powerful than
before.
Making use of Holy Offering was already the light mage’s last card. If he
did not even manage to stall for any time, then even his other most powerful
secret arcana from ancient times would be of no use.
Among ear piercing breaking sounds, the light mage disappeared and turned
into a streak of golden light pouring into Cai’er’s Eternal Melody. In the
meantime came out a resounding voice calling, “The Seventh Holy Guard pays
allegiance to you.”
Nimbly landing on the ground, Cai’er’s eyes still had a hazy look.
Unconsciously she looked towards her own neck, at the arms of Long Haochen
being carried.
Tears immediately moistened her eyebrows. That was the Divine Snail Shield
of Sun and Moon, the previous orange radiance was characteristic of it.
In an abrupt turn, Cai’er looked at her comrades, and called out loudly,
“Did you all see? He’s not dead! Haochen is alive! He will surely come
back to us, there’s no doubt!” Reaching this point, her arms tightly held
Long Haochen’s arms, her whole body violently shaking.
No one knew why the Divine Snail Shield’s power had erupted. With Long
Haochen already dead, he couldn’t be the one who activated it. But the
brilliance from the Divine Snail Shield gave them extreme confidence, as if
Long Haochen’s death was not a thing that had happened.
Since their entrance to the Tower of Eternity, there had passed less than
half an hour from beginning to end, and they had already gone through two
gates and were reaching the end of the third floor. All Bright Glimmer of
Hope’s strength manifested without doubts: in fact the guardians they had to
face were all powerhouses of the ninth step! Even if that’s only the
beginning of the ninth step, they still reached it thoroughly.
As a matter of fact, it was with a great self-confidence that Long Haochen
had brought his comrades deep into demon territory. Don’t give a hasty
judgement just because all members of Bright Glimmer of Hope only reached
the fifth rank of the seventh step in cultivation. They all had spiritual
stoves, powerful equipment, and great talent; making them no worse than
ordinary powerhouses of the eighth step.
If not for the fact that they had met an unmatchable enemy such as the Demon
God Emperor, and had fallen in his trap, they would have had plenty of
opportunities to escape even in the most desperate straits.
It was already too late to comment on the matter. Long Haochen was already
dead, but in this last hope of resurrection, every Demon Hunter from Bright
Glimmer of Hope displayed their own radiance.
Maybe this Demon Hunt Squad remained extremely powerful even without Long
Haochen, but without him, Bright Glimmer of Hope had lost its very soul.
With much difficulty, Cai’er repressed her surging feelings, “Everyone take
a rest and retrieve some spiritual energy.”
The way to the upper floor opened, lit by the sculpture of Elux in front of
it. Just by treading into this pillar, they would enter the fourth floor of
the Tower of Eternity.
But this time, no matter how hasty Cai’er was, this could not be more
pressing than letting the group recover some strength.
The group hadn’t gotten a lot of rest since the start of the mission in
Modu. The trials of the third floor being this hard, what would follow in
the fourth floor could only get even harder. How could they pass through the
trials in the fourth floor without an ample rest? No mistake is allowed when
honing your own knife. The best solution to maximize their chances in the
next challenges was to be in the best condition for them.
Lin Xin and Sima Xian were also called out there. The second portion of the
third floor was full of holy aura, assisting them greatly in recovering
spiritual energy. Even the fire user Lin Xin had a much easier time
cultivating in a world of light essence compared to a world of darkness
essence.
Yang Wenzhao and Duan Yi were seated at the back, glancing at each other.
They both discerned great shock in each other’s eyes. Being excellent
figures of the younger generation of the Knight Temple, they had already
lost all suicidal thoughts after being cursed so harshly by Long Haochen.
They even originally thought that even if Long Haochen and Cai’er were far
beyond them, they should still be at least a bit stronger than the others.
But now it seemed that these thoughts were clearly mistaken. From the
display of strength showed by all Bright Glimmer of Hope’s members, even if
the two of them joined hands, they may not necessarily even prevail over any
one of them.
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However, Yang Wenzhao and Duan Yi didn’t show signs of dispiritedness, but
instead had their fighting spirits greatly stimulated by that.
Their wounds still had yet to recover for now, but they already had made
their resolve. No matter what, they had to put effort into cultivation to
grow as powerhouses. As Long Haochen said, there is not only one Divine
Throne. At least three more Divine Thrones were there for them to contest
over.
This period of rest was rather long, taking no less than a whole hour, after
which everyone successively opened their eyes. Aside from Lin Xin who was
still sustaining the effects of backlash of the Spiritual Stove of Blue Fire
Phoenix, the others were already back to their peak state. And even Lin Xin
would have no problem using his full-powered magic as long as he would not
activate his spiritual stove.
Carrying Haochen on her back, Cai’er stood up, still quite pale looking.
Mysteriously, the incarnation of death she had previously materialized had
not disappeared all this time, floating in midair from beginning to end. And
after defeating the Seventh Holy Guard, this shadow seemed to become all the
more clear.
Even the others from Bright Glimmer of Hope could only make some guesses,
that this should be an ability exclusive to the one chosen by the God of
Death, but had no idea about the details regarding it. This was something
Cai’er had never showed use of in the past.
Cai’er declared, “In the third floor of the Tower of Eternity, we have been
confronting the trials of the Twelfth to Seventh Holy Guards. It can be seen
from their numbering that we have six more holy guards to face off next.
From this third floor on, the holy guards will have already reached the
ninth step in strength, and the next trials will only be even more
challenging. The elements we have already encountered are fire, water, wind,
earth, darkness, and light, all six of the great elements. The most powerful
ones were darkness and light. The rarer attributes such as spatial
attributes have yet to appear, but even if they are all added up, it doesn’t
make a total of six. So we will very possibly face some holy guards of the
same elements as the previous ones next. I will be the main attacker next,
and Ying’er, prepare yourself to take part in the fourth floor. If possible,
you will be our main power in passing through the fourth floor’s trials, so
that we can directly enter the fifth floor.”
“Yes!” Chen Ying’er agreed with no hesitation, nodding to Cai’er. She
completely had been wholly unable to take part in the battles of the third
floor and was still in top form, as well as the most unexhausted in the
group. But she’s also a god’s chosen one, and Saint Spiritual Daughter is
not just a name. In some particular situations, her strength and utility
surpassed even Long Haochen and Cai’er.
Their silhouettes stepped into the light, disappearing, and quietly faded
away.
Fourth floor of the Tower of Eternity.
This was an empty space, contrasting with the tides of skeletons on the
first part of the third floor. Upon entering the fourth floor, the
surroundings were absolutely empty,
Just like in the first floor, a sculpture looking like Elux was visible far
away.
Chen Ying’er advanced to Cai’er’s side, and asked in low voice, “Can I get
started?”
Cai’er nodded.
A summoner’s casting time is generally the longest, so getting started now
that the enemy had yet to appear
would give her the most plentiful time.
Chen Ying’er directly sat down at her current spot, with the little pig
McDull jumping from her arms. A soft incandescent radiance was emitted from
her body, while all the spiritual pellets on her Saint Spiritual Robe lit
up.
Chanting a melodious incantation, Chen Ying’er crossed hands, as her crystal
appeared slowly in the midst of her chant. Mystical spiritual waves came out
from her. The others rapidly formed ranks, surrounding her.
As her incantation went on, Chen Ying’er gradually floated from the ground.
The Saint Spiritual Robe let out a magnificent brilliance, making it appear
as if all the magical beasts on it came to life. Intense waves of spiritual
energy ascended above her at an astonishing speed.
Yang Wenzhao gazed dazedly at Chen Ying’er. This instant, he felt like he
couldn’t recognize his own fiancé at all.
What about the little girl who used to always hide behind his back? She
actually became this strong already? At this very moment, the spiritual
waves spreading from Chen Ying’er visibly reached the eighth step’s
threshold, and, moreover, were gaining in strength at a massive speed.
Although Yang Wenzhao was unaware of what kind of magic Ying’er was using,
she had clearly already surpassed him in strength.
A feeling of loss came out relentlessly from his chest, and a bitter taste
filled his mouth. From the look of it, he really had to persevere with all
the more efforts.
Right at this time two radiances appeared simultaneously.
These were two immense pillars, both of which measured over five meters. On
a blue and a red pillar of light, two tall skeletons appeared,
intense soulfires pulsing in their eyes.
Souls of powerhouses.
Could there be two holy guards appearing at once this time?
The expressions on the group’s faces changed at once. From these two
pillars, one could tell that they were fire and ice element users, just like
the two holy guards who were assigned to the first floor. But the difference
was that they had just appeared together! And without a doubt, they surely
had cultivations above the two holy guards from the third floor.
A powerhouse of the ninth step and two of them were completely different
things to face. Their addition will surely not be a matter of one plus one,
but something way over that. Moreover, these two were one close range
warrior and one mage. And to the opposite of the eleventh and twelfth, the
fire elemental skeleton was a mage, clad in scarlet gown, and the ice guard
was a warrior, clad in ice-blue armor, and with a huge ice- blue sword in
each of its two hands.
They were very clearly attracted by Chen Ying’er’s incantation. This floor
looked empty, but the presences of the two testing them seemed to fill it up
with immeasurable pressure.
As the pillars of light vanished, the ice warrior’s figure flashed out,
carrying an unbearable pressure as it dashed at Cai’er’s group. The fire
mage lifted its staff high, and murmured incantations.
One could clearly see two regions of red and blue in front of the group,
quite distinct, and throwing a massive pressure on them.
Right at that time, everyone had the same thinking, if only Captain was
there...
In front of such powerful enemies, what they needed the most was a leader
able to fend off the enemy attacks. If Long Haochen was still alive, he
would surely be stopping the ice warrior’s attacks with the use of the
Divine Snail Shield of Sun and Moon, enabling the others to make full use
of their abilities. Even if Cai’er’s attacks were even more powerful, she
didn’t have an ability to attract the enemies like the Saint Spiritual
Stove. And in a frontal clash, there’s no way she could stop the offense of
a powerhouse of the ninth step.
Zhang Fangfang didn’t cower in the slightest, standing in the front of the
group, but Han Yu rapidly passed through his position.
This was the first time uncoordinated actions were taken by the team since
the start of their climb of the Tower of Eternity. But Zhang Fangfang
immediately came to an understanding, following Han Yu’s movements.
Zhang Fangfang and Han Yu were about equally matched in strength, each
having their specialties. Han Yu was below Zhang Fangfang’s level in terms
of defense, but as a real member of Bright Glimmer of Hope, he had the Soul
Sharing Chains on him.
A huge blue fireball was shot at the ice warrior, Lin Xin’s first move.
Being a fire mage, he was visibly the main force against an ice user. The
blazing Heart of Fire distorted the air, immediately going for the ice
warrior thanks to his mental locking.
The blue soulfire in the ice warrior’s eyes didn’t waver in the slightest.
As if stepping on an icy soil, his feet suddenly made a sliding motion. The
huge sword on his right hand struck above him, and as the temperature
plummeted, a powerfully attractive sword projection was released from his
heavy sword, pulling the large fireball to its direction.
Immediately, the sword in his left hand was raised, unleashing a one meter
long ice blade projection, aimed at Bright Glimmer of Hope’s group. More
shockingly, after completing this blow, Lin Xin’s large fireball was
repelled by his right sword, thrown afar before exploding.
The look on Lin Xin’s face changed. While releasing a half-moon shaped
projection, the ice warrior had just actually cut the link between his spell
and him, preventing the fireball from exploding immediately.
The ice-colored half-moon projection travelling above the ground didn’t grow
in size like it would normally, but as the attack came, the nearby
temperature plummeted frantically.
Lin Xin swiftly stroded forward, arriving behind Han Yu. An intense blue
fire surged out from him as the light in his eyes flickered. Immediately, a
large canopy of blue flames attached itself to Han Yu’s body, giving him the
looks of a god of fire.
Lin Xin was naturally not the only one to make a move. Zhang Fangfang, Yang
Wenzhao and Duan Yi all brandished their weapons at the same time, producing
glints of gaudy holy light intercepting that ice attack.
The attack they launched was extremely clever. Blade projections came out
from their weapons, and their connection was immediately cut off to avoid
sustaining backlash from the pulling force on the air.
That ice-colored blade projection nevertheless had an irresistible force,
showing no weakness. The bombardment of blade projections could only cause
it to disperse some icy fog, but without showing any trace of weakening.
When the ice colored moon arc blade looked like it was about to smash Han
Yu, flashes of intense light came from his left and right side. The left
side was silver colored, while the right side was purple colored.
Wang Yuanyuan’s Divine Soul Shield launched Space Splitting Sauté, while
Sima Xian used the Godly Purple Thunder Cannon.
These two heavy bombarding attacks were really powerful. In the midst of
intense rumbles, that ice-colored moon arc strike was split, before coming
to a stop.
Han Yu then used Shield Bouncing to scatter the remnants of the ice blade.
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It took almost everyone’s power to resist an attack from this powerhouse of
the ninth step. And in the meantime, that ice warrior rose to the air, and
was now heading towards the group.
Without a doubt, in a case where he would make it to the midst of the group,
no one would be able to stop his attacks.
This ice warrior may not necessarily be much stronger than the previous
black knight, but never forget about the fire mage threatening the group
with an overwhelming pressure far behind him.
When the ice warrior seemed to be rushing towards all Bright Glimmer of
Hope’s group, his body suddenly stilled in midiar. Immediately, he gave up
on his offensive stance, making a sudden turn to his side in midair, while
crossing his heavy swords in front of him.
The grey spectral light coming from a slash came to view, violently
attacking the space between the ice warrior’s crossed swords.
Ding. A chirping sound of collision reverberated in the fourth floor of the
Tower of Eternity, rising gradually. That valiant ice warrior was pushed
over forty meters away by this strike, striking against a stone pillar
supporting this fourth floor. On his pair of ice colored swords appeared
blatant cracks. Without the support from his powerful spiritual energy,
without a doubt they would have crumbled.
Cai’er was still standing there, putting down her Sickle of the God of Death
slowly, as her sparkling eyes flashed a cold look.
There was no sufficiently powerful Guardian Knight to stand in front of such
a powerful enemy, so they could only rely on absolute force.
The first of the seven absolute arts of the god of death, Death in
Childhood, finally descended.
This Death in Childhood was at least twice as strong as when used in her
amnesic state. The ice skeleton was a holy guard with knowledge on battle
techniques from ancient times, but didn’t have any escaping technique or
cheap trick against this attack. He was sent flying by Cai’er and narrowly
lost his weapon in the process. From this, one may well imagine how
terrifying this formidable power was.
From their return to the Tower of Eternity to their arrival in here, Cai’er
had yet to use her full strength. That’s because she understood thoroughly
that the following trials would only get harder and harder. To obtain the
full inheritance from the Slumbering Calamity Elux and have the possibility
to resurrect Long Haochen, she had to be in her best condition, which is why
she borrowed her comrades’ strength all this time, and unceasingly
accumulated power all this time.
The recovery of her memories made her two selves merge as one, but her
powers as a god’s chosen one were still a bit unstable. This powerful
strength was being assimilated in the midst of battle.
Ordinary attacks were already insufficient to stop an ice warrior of the
ninth step. In case he were allowed to break in, even if the group could try
to defeat it as fast as possible, it only needed to interrupt Chen Ying’er
to make Cai’er’s group end up failing this trial for certain.
At the same time this ice warrior was split away, the distant fire mage’s
spell was completed almost simultaneously with Chen Ying’er’s spell.
One gate of light after another lit up at Chen Ying’er’s back. This total of
six gates let out an intense radiance, each colored differently. They
carried the six elemental colors: red, blue, yellow, green, gold and black.
In the midst of intense snarls, six immense Earth Dragon came out
simultaneously from their gates, revolving around the members of Bri ght
Glimmer of Hope. Chen Ying’er was right in the center of their formation.
Unfolding her spiritual wings, Chen Ying’er’s body instantly came to a
standstill three meters away, floating in midair and facing her crystal ball
toward the distant fire mage. The six hexagonal formations flashed and all
the Demon Hunters in their midst could feel a huge rise of all the elemental
fluctuations around them.
Right now, the whole Tower of Eternity had turned into a world of red.
A series of gold-red fireballs appeared around the fire mage, very rapidly
taking every corner surrounding him, just like a fire wall, showing not the
slightest crack.
“Be careful, this is a real Meteor Shower, possibly comparable to the rank
of forbidden spell!” Lin Xin abruptly showed an affected face. If a fire
elemental spell of this level was left on the battlefield, it would be
enough to get rid of a whole legion. The space in the Tower of Eternity was
wide enough, but such a multidirectional spell gave them no chance at all to
avoid it.
Grooaa! Six roars rang out, as six breaths of different colors were released
simultaneously from the Earth Dragons’ mouths.
These Earth Dragon were all magical beasts of the ninth rank, matching human
powerhouses of the eighth step.
The crystal ball in Chen Ying’er’s hands joined the midst of these breaths,
turning into a multicolored beam.
“Go,” Chen Ying’er ordered adorably, and the six-colored radiance was shot
at the distant fire mage.
The fire mage’s staff was waved about the same time, bestowing the Meteor
Shower with an incomparable might and launching it toward their direction.
Right now, that ice warrior had evaded behind a pillar, disappearing from
view.
Some defensive barriers were unleashed by the group, but to their
astonishment, no matter how hard they tried, none of their defensive spells
could take shape, all of them dissipating in the midst of those six Earth
Dragons’ formation.
How big could the light beam released from the crystal ball be? It was just
a little larger than an ordinary person’s fist. And how about Meteor Shower?
That’s an overwhelming thing! For a moment, even Cai’er became anxious. But
right now, she could only put her trust in Chen Ying’er. After all, she
clearly saw that at the time Ying’er released that six-colored ray, her eyes
looked full of confidence.
The six-colored ray collided against Meteor Shower, and the instant these
spells with their own transcendant might came into contact, all members of
Bright Glimmer of Hope had an eerie feeling, as if everything had come to a
standstill at once. That fierce Meteor Shower abruptly stopped, and like a
rock in the midst of a sea of fire, the six-colored ray rippled lightly.
The hundred and eight spiritual pellets on Chen Ying’er’s Saint Spiritual
Robe shone brightly, as her pair of thin hands made a commanding motion.
Immediately, the six-colored radiance on the crystal ball sprayed out,
forming a multicolored barrier, which enveloped the whole group inside with
the backing of the six Earth Dragons.
The next instant, time resumed its flow. Meteor Shower’s fall still kept
going, but the most central part of the meteorite had already lost all its
light. From the looks of it, it became closer to a huge ring of fire.
Although it still followed the same course, it had at least lost its core
right then.
Massive sounds of explosions rang out, and the terrible fire caused terrible
twists to appear in the air. But having lost its core part, the meteorite
could only clash with the air surrounding the group. The remnants of that
red-hot fire was then melted by Chen Ying’er’s six-colored barrier like ice,
losing all efficiency.
More shockingly, the six-colored ray that melted the meteorite had yet to
disappear, still shooting towards the distant fire mage.
Back then, Lin Xin had suffered a great loss against this trump card of Chen
Ying’er. But right now, its use was far stronger than when comparing notes
with Lin Xin, obviously she had been lenient that time.
The most mystical aspect of that six-colored ray of light was the
unidentifiable magic element forming it, able to annihilate anything
instantly, without being affected in the slightest.
When the fire mage who had just unleashed his Meteor Shower suddenly saw the
six element radiance rush toward him, he immediately suffered a loss,
hastily erecting a thick fire shield in front of him.
Right at this time, an ice-colored figure appeared instantly in front of
him, crossing a pair of swords in front of the six element radiance.
Pop. When the six element radiance landed on the ice warrior, its body
instantly came to a stop. Even his powerful elemental ice attack of the
ninth-step grade actually had no use. His whole body was only flashing in
gaudy multicolored light and was stagnant, as if turned into a magnificent
sculpture.
Elemental Cage.
Chen Ying’er had a tranquil look. Right now, she didn’t have the slightest
bit of her usual playful appearance. Putting the forefinger of her right
hand on that ice crystal, she let her clear voice reverberate in this wide
space.
“Elemental Dispersion.”
A terrifying scene came to view. From the six-colored radiance on the ice
warrior, the six elements, being water, fire, earth, wind, light and
darkness, suddenly dispersed, the instant of their dispersion landing an
indescribable attack on the ice warrior.
Clang. The ice warrior’s body suddenly smashed to pieces, turning into six
parts before breaking in fragments in the midst of black holes formed by the
attack formed with six split elements.
This attack alone matched the ninth step in power.
However, after launching such an attack, Chen Ying’er visibly had a pale
look, and the hundred and eight spiritual pellets on her Saint Spiritual
Robe shone even more dazzlingly.
As she changed her hands’ posture, she suddenly opened her mouth, letting a
mouthful of blood flow onto the crystal ball in front of her.
The six Earth Dragons shook simultaneously before releasing others of their
breaths, once again gathered onto the crystal ball.
“Go--” Chen Ying’er shouted delicately. Immediately, another six- colored
radiance was shot out, heading towards the fire mage.
At the same time her second attack was launched, Cai’er also swept the
Sickle of the God of Death in her hand.
The soulfire in the eyes of the opposite fire mage pulsed violently. In
front of that six-colored attack, even such a powerhouse couldn’t help but
have a brief absent-minded look. Despite mastering magic abilities from
ancient times, he was still unable to comprehend the ability Chen Ying’er
just used. It could only erect layers upon layers of fire defenses,
attempting to exhaust the power from that six elemental pillar of light.
But that six-element radiance was like a matchless being, disregarding any
fire-based elemental defenses. In the end, it came into direct contact with
that fire mage whose body turned six-colored as well.
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This time, Chen Ying’er naturally had no need to launch another Elemental
Dispersion. Cai’er caught up soon after, her Sickle of the God of Death
carrying a sparkling grey radiance as it ended the fire mage’s life.
The sixth and fifth holy guards both returned to the Tower of Eternity.
The members from Bright Glimmer of Hope all had foolish looks. The
atmosphere around them was originally extremely heavy, with these two
powerhouses of the ninth step in front of them.
From their point of view, passing through this hurdle would necessarily be
extremely difficult, and hardly thinkable without paying a large cost.
But who would have imagined Chen Ying’er’s full power moves to be so
terrifying? Turning the situation all around, she had thoroughly crushed
these two great powerhouses of ice and fire elements.
Slowly falling to the ground, Chen Ying’er’s face looked as pale as paper,
as she couldn’t help but spurt out blood. In a flash, she fell on Yang
Wenzhao’s embrace, murmuring the words, “Leaving the rest to you guys...”
before fainting
Although she was the Saint Spiritual Girl, and had the Spiritual Temple’s
only divine tool on her, she was after all just a summoner of the seventh
step! To get rid of another powerhouse of the ninth step and bind another
one at this level was not just a display of higher-grade power anymore, but
a total overdraft pushing her body past its limits.
In order to raise the chances of resurrecting Long Haochen, Chen Ying’er
showed no reserve at all. Her captain having done so much for her, she would
have no regrets in the slightest even if she had to lose her life here.
Elemental Cage was Chen Ying’er’s self-created magic, but it was actually
outside the boundary of summoner magic. It was something she found
inspiration for from Haoyue’s Essence of Disorder, but it would need to wait
for her to reach the ninth step to gain true full control over it. At her
current cultivation level, the limit should be only one Elemental Cage, and
at a far weaker level than the previous one.
But Chen Ying’er’s previous forceful burst of Elemental Cage achieved
through capacity overdraft was just too powerful, not only stopping the fire
mage’s attack, but, moreover, getting rid of the ice warrior through the
usage of Elemental Cage.
Elemental Dispersion was an ability extending Elemental Cage that Chen
Ying’er would by no means be able to use without overdraft of her latent
capabilities and use of her vital force.
Elemental Cage was actually not an irresistible technique, as it was only
able to counter the six great elements of magic. It only had a great
restricting ability, but no great offensive power. And this binding would
only last for a very brief time.
In other words, if Chen Ying’er was unable to kill the ice warrior a short
time after the Elemental Cage, in case he recovered, it would be without the
slightest wound. And with the defensive power of the ice warrior of the
ninth step, even if Cai’er was to go all out, she would not necessarily be
able to kill the enemy in one blow. This was why Chen Ying’er forced herself
past her limits to this extent to use Elemental Dispersion. The fire mage
being a mage, his defensive power was naturally not comparable with the ice
warrior, so Cai’er’s prompt response was sufficient to end it, making their
move a smooth success in passing through the fourth floor’s trial
To achieve three instances of self-created abilities activating through the
use of Spirit Bestowal, Chen Ying’er had needed to go thr
ough a massive use of the Saint Spiritual Robe’s supply. But this spiritual
energy needed to be supplied in the scope bearable by her body. Exceeding
this capacity would only end up with an explosion of spiritual energy and
death.
Speaking of which, she felt really grateful for Lin Xin’s Forest Boa
Training Pills which raised her external spiritual energy over ten thousand,
greatly strengthening her physically. Otherwise, there would be absolutely
no way she would survive from that previous burden. Even so, in such a
heavily injured state, Chen Ying’er would be unable to recover for a short
while. She was already no longer a possible addition to the following
fights.
The six Earth Dragons were already back through their own gates of light,
which subsequently disappeared. McDull hastily hopped around Chen Ying’er.
Being her contracted beast, he could sense her current weak state.
Cai’er was already turned back. Looking Chen Ying’er, she watched her for a
short time before commanding, “Yang Wenzhao, you stay to take care of
Ying’er. The others, follow me onto the fifth floor.”
Yang Wenzhao was using light magic to treat Chen Ying’er, nodding at these
words. Although feeling an extreme heartache, he was entirely able to
understand the reasons for Chen Ying’er acting so. If he was the one who had
such an ability, he would surely not show reservations.
The passage from the fourth floor to the fifth was straightforward. This
test looked simple and its process was actually even faster than in the
third floor, but actually, if not for Chen Ying’er’s burst of power, they
wouldn’t easily win against the combination of the ice and fire holy guards.
This wouldn’t be an issue if Long Haochen was present as he could fend off
the enemy attacks, but now they were exactly in short of a strong guardian
able to resist the enemy attacks.
So what would appear on the fifth floor?
Cai’er had already used up her daily use of the Seven Arts of the God of
Death, but still didn’t show any intention to stop by and have a rest.
Leading her comrades to the fifth floor, she walked into the transporting
light.
Fifth floor of the Tower of Eternity.
In a flash of light, Cai’er, Wang Yuanyuan, Sima Xian, Lin Xin, Han Yu,
Zhang Fangfang and Duan Yi appeared altogether in a whole new world.
Unlike the fourth floor, they perceived immediately upon arrival an
overwhelming massive pressure inflicted upon them. In that pressure, they
all had the reflex to release their spiritual energy at fullpower, making it
a bit lighter.
Cai’er stood motionless, looking ahead with great determination.
The fifth floor of the Tower of Eternity did not look much different from
the previous floors. Its breadth and the layout of the two stone pillars on
the sides, extending all the way ahead was the same. The pathway extended
fifty meters long, and beyond that, a hazy figure was visible.
Cai’er analysed coldly, “The fourth floor was combining ice and fire, like
the first one, but the mage and warrior specializations were just swapped.
This fifth floor will very possibly combine earth and wind. Take care
everyone.”
After passing through the third and fourth floor, they had already lost the
Saint Spiritual girl Chen Ying’er, and in the group, Lin Xin’s strength also
plummeted greatly due to using Blue Fire Phoenix. After arriving there, they
could only struggle as hard as they can.
But every floor of the Tower of Eternity would get much harder than the
previous one. Just what would they encounter in there? The answer would only
come out when the opponent appears.
“You all remain here. I will draw out the enemies from this floor.” Saying
that, Cai’er slowly raised the Sickle of the God of Death upwards, still
seeing that flashing grey figure after raising her head.
The environment was much darker than the previous floor. Only the center of
the floor was illuminated. Originally, she had planned to spend some time
for rest and reorganization before proceeding, but if she did so, perhaps
the Shadow of the God of Death would disappear. Its existence would only be
maintained in the state of battle.
Cai’er did not walk fast, but every step she took gave off an illusory
feeling. That was clearly a special stepping exclusive to assassins.
The pressure in the air seemed to keep increasing, and at the time Cai’er
took her tenth step, a yellow pillar of light abruptly fell from the sky, in
the midst of which appeared. a tall yellow figure
A huge yellow skeleton, over four meters tall and looking much sturdier than
the black knight, held a hammer in each hand. He caused the air to suddenly
become heavy upon arrival.
Earth warrior.
This time only one assessor came and no longer were there two holy guards at
once. But Cai’er didn’t relax because of that, becoming even more tense.
The fifth floor’s trial was certainly more difficult than the fourth
floor’s. But only one examiner had come out, and that was an earth warrior
as she had expected. But would it really go so easily?
The next instant, this earth warrior told them the contents of this fifth
floor’s trial.
The radiance surrounding the four meters tall earth warrior disappeared in a
flash, its right feet stamping the ground loudly. Immediately, a terrifying
shaking force rose, massively bursting into the group.
Under Cai’er’s lead, all Bright Glimmer of Hope’s members soared without
hesitation, spreading their spiritual wings to avoid the seismic waves.
But, they very rapidly saw the seismic waves take shape upon arriving under
them. Yellow streams of air issued a massive pulling force created from the
ground. Even Cai’er, whose cultivation was the highest, was instantly pulled
back to the ground. The massive pulling force dragging them made them feel
as if pulled in an ooze.
“Domain!” Han Yu cried out in alarm, identifying the kind of ability that
the earth warrior was using right now.
Right, they had only one opponent to face in this floor, but that was a
powerhouse of the ninth step strong enough to use a domain!
What’s a domain? That’s a trademark ability of a powerhouse of the ninth
step. Only someone able to wield a real domain can be called a supreme
powerhouse.
Generally, a domain ability would hardly be acquired at the first stages of
the ninth step. Any domain inevitably has some unique characteristic. Even
two powerhouses of the same element cannot possibly have an exactly
identical domain.
In his own domain, a powerhouse of the ninth step can wield a several- folds
higher power, while binding the opponent greatly. And generally, having a
domain implies a spiritual energy above 200,000.
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Maybe this earth warrior had a weaker equipment, but his fighting strength
should already be close to the level of someone like the Dragon Rider Demon
God Asmodeus. But of course, that's if you only count one of Asmodeus' three
head.
Everyone from Bright Glimmer of Hope had already experienced Chen Hongyu’s
powerful domain in their battle. But because Chen Ying’er was here as the
Saint Spiritual Girl, Chen Hongyu’s ability as Spirit Master was greatly
restricted. But right now, they were facing a skeleton warrior wielding an
earth elemental domain. In other words, an even more powerful opponent than
the previous combination of the ice and fire elemental holy guards.
What everyone got to experience was the Ultragravity and Swamp Technique
attached to this earth elemental domain. Even if this warrior wouldn’t
attack, the persistent effect of this swamp would perhaps be enough to
annihilate them.
But moreover, how could this warrior just stand still? After activating his
domain, the earth warrior strode forward, his body lustering resplendently,
shooting out innumerable lights, and making appear an armor made of a
diamond-looking material on its torso. Earth is widely known for its
superior defense, and there stood no doubt that this earth warrior held high
prowess in this regard.
Sweeping its huge hammer, it swung it at Cai’er.
Cai’er suddenly let out a shriek, her ear-piercing voice lanced through the
warrior’s soul like a sharp needle. Monstrous Brain-filling Sounds.
In the meantime, her body suddenly had an illusory look. From the effects of
Brain-filling Monstrous Sounds, the earth warrior’s hammer wielding slowed
down greatly. Cai’er took advantage of this short delay to lightly tap that
huge hammer with her Sickle of the God of Death, seizing the opportunity to
draw back.
However, this earth warrior’s strength was actually a frightening thing.
Cai’er felt three consecutive impacts on her, and let out a stuffy groan.
But in the end, she managed to draw back to a distance a dozen steps from
her comrades.
“Cojoined Spiritual Pills!” Cai’er shouted loudly, and in the meantime,
pointed the Sickle of the God of Death at the deathly shadow. An overflowing
murderous spirit burst out at once from her body.
To some extent, an opponent of earth element was the hardest type to deal
with, the difficulty lying in the earth warrior’s defensive power and
powerful force, and most of all, on this domain’s existence. Even if Chen
Ying’er still had enough fighting strength to keep going, relying on
Elemental Cage to bind the earth warrior may not necessarily give enough
time for their attacks to finish it off in the short binding duration.
But, right at this time, a tall silhouette suddenly sprang out in front of
Cai’er, shouting determinedly, “Vice captain, let me do it.”
The one that popped up in front of Cai’er was Sima Xian.
While shouting to take Cojoined Spiritual Boosting Pills, Cai’er had already
taken one. And this time, the earth warrior was already coming up. Avoiding
the attack by a hair’s breadth, she immediately let go of the Sickle of the
God of Death and pressed both her hands on Sima Xian’s back.
In the meantime, at Cai’er’s back, Wang Yuanyuan, Han Yu, Zhang Fangfang,
Lin Xin and Duan Yi all entered the connection the next instant. Duan Yi’s
pill was directly inserted from Lin Xin to his mouth.
The seven of them immediately formed an
panheptagon, with Sima Xian standing as the vanguard. The Gigantic Ball of
Light was lifted high above his head, making a large bang as it forcibly
stopped the downwards swing of the warrior’s two axes.
Intense rumbles followed as the seven who consumed the Cojoined Spiritual
Pills had their bodies shake violently. In the front, Sima Xian’s body was
flashing in fiery-red and gold radiance, the defense boosting of the Scarlet
Dragon Armor, and the Soul Sharing Chains’ effects.
Even if that was done the instant of the Cojoined Spiritual Pills’ effects’
completion, receiving this blow still caused some damage.
However, the Energetic Ball of Light truly deserved being called a weapon of
epic tier. Crush, Smash, and Triple Blast’s power erupted instantly against
the dual hammers, forcing the warrior back two steps.
“Your father is going to make it an all out fight against you!” Sima Xian
had his round eyes wide open, his whole body’s muscles swelling violently.
An incomparably intrepid bearing was felt from him.
“Sima, you can’t!” Lin Xin shouted in haste behind him. But as if Sima Xian
didn’t hear anything, he directly unleashed his Berserk ability.
There’s no way he would have forgotten Lin Xin’s numerous warning that the
Berserk ability couldn’t be used under the effects of the Cojoined Spiritual
Pills, because in case he enters Berserk state, his external spiritual
energy will immediately erupt, greatly amplifying his body’s capacity. But
if a too large amount of internal spiritual energy is poured in the body,
upon termination his body would very possibly not be able to bear the burden
and would crumble.
However the current Sima Xian seemed as if he had totally forgotten all
this. Instantly entering Berserk Mode, his body seemed to swell as his
muscles tore through his gown. His right fist shot out, beating on the
Gigantic Ball of Light to make it bounce back, and in the meantime his
right feet stamped on the ground. A surge of purple electric flow rushed out
from his body, spreading to the surrounding like lightning flashes.
Each of the seven reached over 15,000 spiritual energy, and all of them had
taken Cojoined Spiritual Boosting Pills. Adding to that Sima Xian’s self-use
of Berserk mode and the Spiritual Cojoined Boosting Pills, now, although the
current Sima Xian’s spiritual energy was still below the earth warrior, it
was not much below.
The earth warrior swung its two hammers, abruptly knocking the air and
shooting a yellow ray of light out upon collision, shooting straight to Sima
Xian’s chest.
His greatest defect after making use of the Cojoined Spiritual Pills was a
lack of agility, so Sima Xian did not think at all about dodging. With a
loud roar, his hands gripped onto the handle of the Energetic Ball of Light,
abruptly meeting with the enemy.
In another loud collision, yellow light was dispersed all around, but this
time none of the light from the Life Sharing effects of the chains
manifested.
The previous happening of his right foot stamping the ground was not wasted
at all. Making use of the shock it caused to avoid the attack, he made use
of the enhanced power of the Spiritual Stove of Godly Purple Thunder to
temporarily neutralize the earth elemental domain under their feet.
“Feel free to try out my great self!” The Energetic Ball of Light was lifted
from his chest as Sima Xian shouted out in fury, causing the power of the
spiritual stove to break out in all directions. An incandescent purple-
colored ball of light took shape, flying straight to the earth warrior.
Positioned behind him, Lin Xin unconsciously shut his both eyes, which were
already muddled. As the creator of the Cojoined Spiritual Pills, no one else
understood their effects better than him.
Sima Xian was under the effects of Cojoined Spiritual Pills, and was using
Berserk mode together with his Purple Godly Thunder Spiritual Stove, with
over ten thousand spiritual energy. The burden on his body could only be
described as terrifying. When this battle ends, the backlash on his body
would only be of the same level! Even Lin Xin didn’t know whether he would
be able to bear it all. And, for now, he could only pray for that Scarlet
Dragon Armor to be strong enough to protect his body.
The strengthened Purple Godly Thunder Cannon burst out instantly in front of
the warrior, who met the attack with crossed hammers.
An intense explosion burst out the next instant.
As expected, thunder was not very effective against earth, but that’s only
if you speak of elemental affinity. Sima Xian’s Purple Godly Thunder
Spiritual Stove also had a terrifying explosive force outside its thunder
elemental power.
When facing the Panther Demon God Auxerre, even an ordinary use of the
Purple Godly Thunder Spiritual Stove was able to repel him. This earth
warrior, though, was certainly even stronger than Auxerre, in addition to
having the support of a domain. But Sima Xian’s enhanced Purple Godly
Thunder Cannon was more than twice as strong.
Bang!
A terrifying explosion nearly took all Bright Glimmer of Hope’s members’
hearing at once, as the earth warrior fell back after being pushed back a
distance of four walking steps.
The pair of hammers in its arms were already cracked, and its entire body
was surrounded in purple light. The process of its back-step looked like the
sight of a falling drunk man.
Although the powerful explosion force did not manage to make that earth
elemental’s body numb, this Purple Godly Thunder Cannon’s might did cause
the earth warrior’s soulfire to get numb.
Sima Xian once again roared, rotating the Energetic Ball of Light thrice
above his head before throwing it fiercely.
The comrades behind him didn’t see it, but right now Sima Xian’s both eyes
were already colored blood red. And, a similar bloody-red ray was spreading
from the chain to inside the ball.
Sacrifice, the knight ability.
This is an ability Long Haochen had used not only once. Originally, priests
should not be able to use such an ability, but Sima Xian was not an ordinary
priest but a Discipline Priest! And, this Sacrifice ability was something he
had pleaded Long Haochen to teach him.
In the current situation, Sima Xian did not give the slightest thought about
the aftermath for this battle onhis body. Only memories of Long Haochen’s
death in the Demon God Emperor’s hands kept surfacing in his mind. He was
Long Haochen’s retainer knight, yet wasn’t able to help him in the slightest
back at that time.
Sima Xian was quite a bit older than Long Haochen, but ever since this Demon
Hunt Squad got formed, he had been following him wholeheartedly. In his
heart, Haochen was not only his captain, but also an elder brother. Being
the soul and cornerstone of his team, Long Haochen had acted several times
as the burning soul of that team.
Sima Xian only had a single thought now, and that was to pave the way for
resurrecting their captain without sparing any cost. Since a girl such as
Chen Ying’er dared do that, how could he shrink before making sacrifices?
Even under the effects of the Cojoined Spiritual Boosting Pills, Sima Xian
understood that he didn’t have much prospects in winning. But he still stood
there, bearing the responsibility of becoming the focal point of the
Spiritual Gathering Pills. The thoughts he had were: If this lasts, I can
only end in defeat. With the domain boosting him, that earth warrior is not
someone I can win against. So his strategy was to launch an attack of
unprecedented intensity, to get the earth warrior in an instant kill.
Chapter 640
After revolving thrice, the Gigantic Ball of Light had turned into an
amethyst color. The terrifying electricity emanating from it had a
translucent feel, and carried a truly ruthless reek of blood.
The instant the one-meter-diameter Energetic Ball of light came flying, Sima
Xian spurted out a large mouthful of blood. In a resonant splurt of blood,
his Scarlet Dragon Armor then smashed to pieces suddenly. With a loud bang,
his upper-body covered in scars came to sight.
Bamdoom!
The retreating earth warrior was bombarded by Sima Xian’s full powered and
willed Energetic Ball of Light. The pair of hammers shattered, and
immediately, the ball left a mark on its chest.
Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang.
Twelve repeated booms resounded the same as alternated shots from magic
cannons.
In the midst of these twelve blasts, the earth warrior’s body shook
violently. Without a single burst of sound, the gap on its body spread out
even more massively as the cracks multiplied.
At the time of the last echo, the earth warrior’s body was already blasted
to shreds. It wasn’t even able to pay a single word of allegiance to its
master, turning into a yellow light shooting at the Eternal Melody on
Cai’er’s chest.
“Sima!”
The instant that earth warrior collapsed, Sima Xian crumbled as well,
falling to the ground with a large shock underneath Cai’er. His upper-body
was full of bloody wounds, having turned into a man of blood the instant of
Berserk mode’s ending.
Two glints of light landed on Sima Xian’s body almost at the same time,
coming from Duan Yi and Zhang Fangfang’s Holy Protections. The instant after
the two released this instantaneous spell, they immediately started chanting
healing magic of higher scale.
Han Yu came to Sima Xian’s side, releasing his Spiritual Stove of Light
Blessings to help everyone present recover their spiritual energy. Lin Xin
stepped forward, holding Sima Xian’s fallen body and placing pills into his
mouth before inspecting his wounds.
Leaning on Lin Xin’s chest, Sima Xian’s chest moved up fiercely as blood
flew continuously from his mouth, nose, and ears. But despite it being full
of blood, he had a smile on his face.
“I… Succeeded… Vice-captain… Leaving the rest to you… Possible… Domain… Wind
powerhouse… Take care… Just before. This opponent… Power… Wielded with
Nature element… We… Must… Resurrect... Boss…”
As if these were his last words, Sima Xian spoke these words as his body was
shaking all over. By chance, Zhang Fangfang and Duan Yi’s high level magics
were completed successively right after that, healing his bruised body.
The bruises on the surface healed easily, but the internal wounds were not
that easy to heal.
Cai’er was kneeling in front of Sima Xian, strongly pursing her lips
together to stop her tears from flowing down. She was now the whole team’s
leader, and as such, she had to stay strong.
“Thank you, Sima.”
Sima Xian’s whole body was shaking, gradually entering a state of serenity
from the healing magic, but in the meantime his vital force became fainter
and fainter.
Wang Yuanyuan grabbed Lin Xin’s shoulder, asking hastily, “How are things?”
Lin Xin grinded his teeth tightly, and did not give a reply to Wang
Yuanyuan’s question, taking out other pills to pour into Sima Xian’s mouth.
Right now, Sima Xian was already unconscious, and couldn’t swallow it on his
own. Lin Xin we
Under the effects of Han Yu’s Spiritual Stove of Light Blessing, and Duan Yi
and Zhang Fangfang’s nearly simultaneous usage of healing spells, it still
took a whole half an hour for Lin Xin’s face to finally become a bit more
relaxed.
“How are things?” Wang Yuanyuan asked hastily.
Sima Xian breathed in a large gasp as he replied, “Our baldie is tenacious,
and finally managed to make it through alive. The backlashes from his
spiritual stove, berserk state, and use of the ability Sacrifice was majorly
sustained by his Scarlet Dragon Armor of epic tier. Otherwise, how could a
piece of equipment of epic tier break down like that? But even so, that
nearly cost him his life. His internal organs had started to crumble and
decay. But my pills and the brothers’ healing kept them alive by a thread.
At least now his life is stabilized and is not at risk anymore.”
“Pah, Pah… Shit, what a loss. Why did I have to make contact with this guy’s
thick lips… An incomparable loss!”
The tense atmosphere finally relaxed after Lin Xin said these few words.
Aside from Cai’er, the whole group exuded smiles. In normal times, they
would perhaps be laughing in joy, but right now, they were only filled with
heavy feelings.
This was only the test of the first half of the fifth floor, and they had
already lost Chen Ying’er and Sima Xian. Since the following tests would
only get harder, would they really make it to the final seventh floor?
Although Sima Xian had vanquished the earth warrior by himself, that was
after using the Cojoined Spiritual Boosting Pills, therefore making everyone
fall into a weakened state. Although it was continuously improved by Lin
Xin, who made the backlashes far weaker than before after adding a lot of
ingredients, they were in the midst of continuous battles, making even Light
Blessings insufficient to return them to their optimum state.
Although Cai’er was worried, she could obviously not keep advancing
immediately. By continuing, they would face off against even more powerful
opponents wielding domains, against whom they could only have a chance by
using the Cojoined Spiritual Pills given the current state of the team.
“Everyone have a rest here. After our weakened state is over, we will keep
advancing.” Reaching this point, Cai’er cautiously untied Long Haochen from
her back, placing him on the ground.
Seeing his pale, bloodless face, Cai’er’s body couldn’t help but shake.
Raising her hand and gently stroking his face, tears fell down beyond her
control.
Idiot, you idiot! I will bring you back to life no matter the cost!
This time of rest was much longer than the previous one. Under Lin Xin,
Zhang Fangfang, Han Yu, and Duan Yi’s joint efforts, Sima Xian’s body was
finally stabilized, at least guaranteeing his certain survival.
It was at this kind of time that the effects from the Forest Boa Training
Pills became visible. Compared to other powerhouses of the same vocation at
the same level, their powerful external spiritual energy made their
resistance towards the side effects of the Cojoined Spiritual Pills much
better than ordinary powerhouses. This was something Duan Yi got to see very
clearly.
After roughly eight hours, Cai’er’s group was already done recovering for
the most part, apart from Duan Yi’s weakened state which still persisted.
Under these conditions, he wouldn’t be able to take another Cojoined
Spiritual Pill, so even if he begged repeatedly, Cai’er decided to instead
have him stay and take care of Sima Xian.
“Everyone, have Cojoined Spiritual Pills prepared.” Cai’er asked sternly,
“Lin Xin, do you have some more spares of Cojoined Spiritual Pills?”
Lin Xin nodded, “I have another set on me. Adding it to the set in
everyone’s hand, we can still go for two more battles.”
Cai’er wrinkled her eyebrows, nodding slowly. After less than a day, they
had successively taken the third and fourth floor trials, and half of the
fifth’s. But this Tower of Eternity had seven floors in total! Since the
fifth floor already had powerful holy guards wielding domains, how about the
incoming sixth and seventh floors?
Right now, everyone had a very grim facial expression. Although they were
unwilling to think of it, they faintly realized that the final climb of the
seventh floor would perhaps be extremely difficult. But none of them was
willing to speak out these facts, much less believe in them. No matter what,
they would strive their greatest effort to fight for time and fight for the
opportunity of resurrecting Long Haochen. This Tower of Eternity was their
only hope out there!
Cai’er took a deep breath, “Another trial is waiting for us right after
this. Up next, we should have to face a wind elemental mage in control of a
wind domain. Wind mages’ greatest strength is in their speed. We have no way
to know about the opponent’s domain in advance, but I will be in charge of
the offense, while everyone else boosts me through the Cojoined Spiritual
Pills. We must defeat the opponent in the shortest time, and not let him
deploy his greatest attacks!”
While speaking up to there, she had already placed Long Haochen back on her
back, binding him tightly with the chains.
“Cai’er!” Wang Yuanyuan suddenly called out her name.
“Yeah?” Cai’er looked at her puzzlingly.
Wang Yuanyuan determinedly stared at her face, “Let me be the one
undertaking this duty.”
“No way!” Cai’er rejected her suggestion without giving it the slightest
thought. Just before, Sima Xian had to try hard with his life at stake,
narrowly dying in battle. How could she, as the temporary captain, let her
comrades take such risks? Moreover, the strongest of the team was her!
Wang Yuanyuan grabbed Cai’er’s shoulders, facing her face on, “Cai’er,
listen to me. We are a team, and resurrecting captain is by no means a
business all your own. Ying’er and Sima already gave their greatest shot, so
the next one to go should be me! I am confident in succeeding, as the Space
attribute is a counter to Wind element. Moreover, just like everyone else I
have secret moves of my own. I am very confident!”
Cai’er still shook her head, “Yuanyuan, I know that you have good
intentions, but I have greater chances than you.”
Wang Yuanyuan suddenly gave an emotional response, “I know that you have
greater chances than me, but are you confident in being able to stay
unharmed while defeating the enemy? No, you cannot. With your current
cultivation, you must utilize the seven arts of the God of Death to vanquish
a mage wielding a domain, but you have already used it once in the past
twelve hours. Using it once again will undoubtedly cause a terrible
backlash. Don’t forget that this is not the last trial we are going to face.
We still have the sixth and seventh floors coming up after that. You may be
the strongest of us, but this is all the more of a reason for you to
preserve your strength for what’s coming next.”