allendalepharm Chapter 246: Defeating the "Black Knight" who was left with only a sliver of health.
Chapter 246: Defeating the "Black Knight" who was left with only a sliver of health.
Chapter 246: Defeating the "Black Knight" who was left with only a sliver of health.
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Bradel's undead unleashed a terrifying "storm of light" that swept across a desolate field.
The next second, a huge explosion rang out, and the earth shook.
The hills were leveled, and huge pits appeared in the wilderness.
The ears of everyone around were ringing, and the ground beneath their feet was still shaking. Such astonishing power gave them a sense of despair, like when faced with a natural disaster.
As the enormous explosion subsided and the dust settled, numerous fragments of the Pythians lay scattered on the ground.
But most of the Pythians hid behind an illusory shield, the "Shield of the Giant King," which was "simulated" by the saint who manipulated the black books using sealed artifacts!
Raphael smiled slightly in the "Dark Lodge". In his plan, Bradel's living corpse was meant to hold back the opponent's "god-level" sealed artifact.
If the Pythians didn't have a divine-level sealing artifact, they could escape now.
Bradel then drew a slender, straight sword with a twilight glow from the void and charged toward the "Shield of the Giant King".
At that moment, the allied forces of Sen'er City and the disciples of Dark Lodge launched an attack.
The sealing artifact that blocked the light was still effective, so they were still invisible. However, the Pythians' spirituality had already sensed the danger and quickly deployed a defensive formation in the direction of the enemy's attack.
A few seconds later, a fierce and extraordinary battle unfolded on the desolate plains. The people of Sener City and Bitdis City were old rivals, and their Sequence 5s were familiar with each other. They quickly found their opponents and began to fight.
After the battle, the disciples of Dark Lodge immediately split into two groups. Two cultivators who were equivalent to Sequence 4 went to deal with the enemy's demigods, while the other five extraordinary individuals who were equivalent to Sequence 5 formed a simple formation to search for the enemy's "middle sequence" extraordinary individuals.
They remained calm and collected, attacking one by one, which quickly attracted the attention of the Pythians, who also sent five "middle-order" extraordinary individuals to deal with them.
But then the people of Pythia discovered that they were no match for the five of them. These five strangely dressed people seemed to have a certain rhythm in their footsteps. They could always concentrate the strength of three people to attack one target, while the other two people would temporarily defend against the attacks of the other four targets.
So the Pythians had no choice but to keep sending "middle sequence" extraordinary beings towards this place, eventually sending five sequence 5, five sequence 6, and five sequence 7 before they were finally surrounded.
This greatly relieved the pressure on Sener City, since in the "Forsaken Land," those extraordinary beings at the Sequence 5 level are also an important fighting and command force, and their numbers are limited.
At this moment, Bradel's undead was relentlessly slashing at the demigod wielding the "god-level" sealed artifact. This undead was slightly inferior to a true angel, but it still had some advantages over a sealed artifact comparable to Sequence 2.
Everyone else was focused on the fight, because the "storm of light" that came out at the beginning had caused the Pythians to lose a lot of men, and with the support of the Dark Lodge disciples, the strength of the two sides was almost equal.
Therefore, the battle was extremely fierce, and it was impossible to determine a winner for a while.
Raphael, the divine messenger, seemed to have vanished at the very beginning of the battle.
Raphael did not participate in the team battle. Instead, he entered a state where he was both a "vengeful spirit" and a "demon," and entered the spirit world to search for the enemy's wounded saint.
After searching for about two or three minutes, he finally found the unfortunate saint Gianlu in the distance of the battlefield. Gianlu had been cursed by the "Lord of Evil Desire" from the beginning and was later blown away by Bradel.
In the spirit world, Raphael could only vaguely see the other's condition; he still had a tongue with teeth and eyeballs.
As time passed, those tongues seemed to acquire a kind of sentience, beginning to coil around the saint's body and using their teeth to carve deep wounds. Their eyes also seemed to come alive, slowly turning and revealing a malevolent gaze.
While the "Lord of Evil Desires" isn't particularly skilled in curses, and can't even turn someone into an animal, his level is such that this curse will be very difficult to remove. His tongue and eyes will continue to drain the saint's spirituality, becoming increasingly difficult to deal with, until he finally transforms into a monster.
This is a manifestation of the authority of the "alien species." The "alien species" does not only refer to species such as "werewolfs" and "demons," but also represents monsters that are different from normal creatures!
But for this saint, the most deadly thing at this moment was not the curse, but that he had just been blasted by the "storm of light," which had blown away most of his abdomen and half of his chest, and one of his legs had been blown far away.
His missing chest and abdomen were being replaced by a mass of black, and he was crawling towards his legs using both hands and feet. Although his crawling posture was awkward, he was very fast, looking like a bizarre reptile.
Raphael immediately understood that this was a saint of the "Mystic" path who had used "flesh magic" to "grow" his internal organs, but now he obviously didn't have enough flesh and there were no creatures around to use, so he needed to reattach his legs in order to stand up again.
This was precisely when the opponent was at their weakest, so Raphael scratched his finger with his nail and immediately returned to the real world.
Because the "Lord of Lust" was currently focused on controlling Bradel's undead, Raphael's plan was to summon his own phantom as soon as he returned to the real world, and have that phantom with Sequence Level 3—
After advancing to Sequence 5, the phantom of himself that Raphael summoned had already reached the level of Sequence 3.
He planned to use the phantom to deal with the demigod, while he would provide support from the side.
But to Raphael's surprise, the moment he decided to attack, the "Black Knight," who had been crawling in a sorry state, suddenly stopped.
The moment Raphael emerged from the spirit world, he felt as if a part of himself had been separated from him. This feeling was as if he had lost something, but he didn't know what he had lost. He just felt empty inside and fell into a semi-conscious state.
He noticed that the disheveled "Black Knight" was looking at his shadow in the distance. In the "Forsaken Land," Raphael also needed light. He had a portable electric lamp on his head, the kind miners use, so he also had a shadow. However, his shadow was originally just a clump, but now it was spreading out against the natural order.
In an instant, the unfolding shadow, like a black cloth, wrapped around Raphael, rendering him completely immobile.
Raphael then snapped out of his daze and saw the "Black Knight," missing a leg and with his internal organs exposed, stand up. He now held a deep, straight sword in his hand, and with a sudden burst of power from his remaining leg, he lunged at Raphael.
Raphael felt threatened by death!
This is the "Black Knight's" "Spirit and Flesh Blade," which can corrode flesh, obliterate the soul, and shatter barriers. It is an attack that Raphael cannot currently block.
Even a saint with only a sliver of health left is still a saint!
Fortunately, he had already cut his finger, and as blood flowed out, a black phantom appeared in front of him.
That was Raphael within the "Dark Lodge," using the "Eye of Illusion" as a medium to create a phantom image by mobilizing the power of the "Dark Lodge."
The phantom instantly produced a greatsword made of magma, which it used to block the "Black Knight's" attack.
Raphael breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself: Fortunately, I'm not your average Sequence 5.
Raphael currently possesses considerable power in summoning his own phantom.
In addition to being able to use many of the Sequence 3 abilities of "Criminals" and "Prisoners," it also possesses extremely strong combat abilities, and can summon a "Magma Greatsword" to engage in close combat with enemies. Most importantly, it is purely composed of the power of "Dark Lodge," making it immune to injury.
However, the "Eye of Illusion" phantom has limited autonomy. It is perfectly fine for entangled enemies, but the timing for killing them is always difficult to grasp, often resulting in the loss of opportunities to severely injure them.
Of course, dealing with ordinary saints involves entanglement, but dealing with this "Black Knight" is different.
Because this "Black Knight" was severely injured both spiritually and physically, he could only hop around on one leg.
Normally, even if the "Black Knight" loses a leg, he can use flesh magic to "grow" a new one. But the two who just injured him were the "Lord of Lust" and Bradel's undead, so he no longer has enough power to grow a new leg.
Raphael realized this, which is why he blocked Raphael's path to "pick up the leg".
At this moment, Raphael was in no mood to watch the phantom fight the "Black Knight," who was almost dead. His own shadow was tightly binding him, making him unable to move.
Raphael took a breath and suddenly transformed into a "demon" with curved goat horns and bat wings, but in the next instant, he turned into a shadow and quickly shrank his body.
From the outside, he first grew to be more than three meters tall, but before you could see his face clearly, he turned into a small lump.
The shadow, which resembled a black cloth, was initially pulled very high, but then the tall "demon" it entangled shrank, and a large gap appeared between the shadow and Raphael in the previously tightly wrapped black cloth.
Raphael used the opening to quickly break free from the shadow's grasp, and then he opened his mouth and let out a sharp shriek at the shadow.
At this moment, his shadow's state was somewhat like a part of Raphael's spirit, which was perfect for dealing with the shadow using "Wraith's Howl".
The shadow was frozen in place due to the "shriek," and Raphael also seemed to hear a shriek in his ears, and his spirit was also shaken to some extent.
This is the damage suffered by the shadow, which was transmitted to the main body through the connection with the physical body.
Anyone who is normal but extraordinary should be careful at this time to avoid hurting themselves.
But Raphael grinned maliciously, summoning the "Magma Sword" and unleashing the "Crawling Hunger" ability to "Harvest." The instant the "Magma Sword" pierced the shadow, Raphael clutched his head in agony, exclaiming, "Hahaha, it feels like a hole has been punched in my own body!"
Although the process was very painful, the effect was quite good. After Raphael's shadow shook violently, it obediently shrank back into a ball and returned to Raphael's feet.
Raphael paused for a second or two, shook his head, and looked back at the battle on the other side of the phantom.
At this moment, the "Black Knight" was "herding" the soul of a "Priest of Light," summoning a "holy light" that illuminated a large area around it, directly hitting the phantom and bathing its entire body in sunlight.
The moment the "Black Knight" smiled, a "magma greatsword" shot out from the bright light, piercing through the "Black Knight's" chest, which was covered in cold black armor.
puff~
The "magma sword" exploded, burning a large hole in the "Black Knight's" chest. The hole was so large that if it were any bigger, it could have severed the "Black Knight" in half.
The "Black Knight" jumped back in disbelief. When the bright light faded, the phantom with the "Eye of Illusion" and curved ram's horns was unharmed. It shuddered as if it had just taken a cold shower.
Raphael smiled, this "Black Knight" had no idea how advanced the power that constituted this phantom was.
If it were "herding" a soul at the demigod level of the "Sun" pathway, it might make the phantom tremble, but the attack of the "Priest of Light" was simply not enough.
The "Black Knight" was severely injured once again. Even if the "Eye of Illusion" was slow to react, it knew to take the initiative to attack. It let out a sharp screech and struck the "Black Knight's" spirit body directly.
Just as the "Black Knight" was about to dodge, Raphael quickly raised his hand and infused "Adam's Gift" with his spiritual power: "Frenzy!"
After his ascension, Raphael's spirituality became much stronger, and he was able to use "Adam's Gift" continuously without worrying about the depletion of his spirituality.
The Black Knight's rationality was instantly overwhelmed by madness. The illusory "Eye of Illusion" struck the Black Knight's spirit body with a single blow, completely "smashing" the spirit body out of his body.
The next second, the phantom of the "Eye of Illusion" swiftly appeared in front of the "Black Knight's" spirit, stretching out its hands to tear the spirit into pieces.
The already mangled body of the "Black Knight" bounced twice on the spot before collapsing to the ground.
"Roar!" Raphael smiled broadly, but only after confirming that the "Black Knight" was indeed dead did he step forward to search.
He quickly found a rough pendant with three long, sharp teeth as its main feature. This was the Level 1 sealed artifact of the "Death God" path!
There was no time to examine it closely, so Raphael temporarily sealed it with the "Wall of Spirituality" and put it away for now.
While searching for the sealed artifact, Raphael was also using the power of "Wraith" to accelerate the extraction of extraordinary characteristics. Soon, the characteristics of the "Black Knight" were formed, along with the characteristics contained in five other spirits that he had "herded".
These characteristics are all at the level of Sequence 5.
We're rich! We're rich!
This is why Raphael risked everything to find this injured saint; if he could kill him, the operation would be worthwhile.
After collecting the spoils, Raphael turned his attention to the main battlefield.
He couldn't help but frown; something had changed on the battlefield.
The battle between Bradel's undead and the Saint Pythias who wielded the "god-level" seal has also moved away from the main battlefield.
The main problem is that their fighting is extremely destructive; previous battles have already killed or wounded many of their own people.
Bradel's undead grew stronger with each battle, his twilight-colored longsword becoming increasingly solid, and a full suit of twilight-colored armor appearing on his body.
On the other hand, the Saint Pythias possesses a sealed artifact called the "Book of Wisdom," which is a Sequence 2 "Cherubim" artifact that corresponds to the "White Tower" pathway. It can see through everything about the enemy, has excellent defense-breaking capabilities, and can simulate many powerful extraordinary attacks.
But it was the saint who held this sealed artifact who felt despair after seeing through the state of Bradel's undead.
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He saw an evil figure manipulating Bradel's corpse. The figure was so powerful that just one glance was enough to corrupt his body and soul.
The saint thought that killing him would be as easy as stepping on an ant.
The reason this terrifying being hasn't made a move is simply because he finds it amusing, or perhaps he thinks a saint isn't worthy of his personal intervention.
What this saint didn't know was that the more he saw and the more he knew, the more terrifying this being became to him.
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