Chapter 175: Source Essence 10!
“Li!”
Blood Knight’s death made Oriana cry out in grief.
The reason she was completely unharmed in the previous fight was because Blood Knight had stood in front of her.
And this,
resulted in Blood Knight being seriously injured. Facing Soden’s second form’s sneak attack, he had no power to resist.
The phantom flickered, appearing behind Oriana, a blood-red claw abruptly reaching out.
“Be careful!”
“Clang…”
The moment the blood claw touched Oriana’s back, a metallic clang rang out, and a white light flashed.
Before the others could surround them, the phantom flickered and disappeared into the void.
The scene fell silent once again.
Oriana gritted her silver teeth, fear evident in her eyes.
If it weren’t for the protective artifact her mother had given her, she would have suffered the same fate as Blood Knight.
The others’ faces turned cold, and even though they were not on good terms, they subconsciously huddled together.
Karl frowned. He was the most relaxed among them, but he couldn’t think of a way to deal with this.
The phantom,
was actually difficult to perceive with magic.
“It’s not invisibility.”
The Second Elder brandished his longsword, blocking the attack that came from nowhere, his face grave as he said:
“It should be a method of hiding within the void, which is why our attacks are ineffective against it.”
As a warrior who had lived for over a hundred years and experienced countless battles, his experience was undeniably rich.
After several probes,
he quickly arrived at an answer.
Karl’s eyebrows twitched slightly.
He suddenly raised his arm, swinging his giant hammer backward.
“Bang!”
With a loud crash, a pool of blood stained the ground behind him. Soden’s figure disappeared once again.
“When it attacks, its body emerges from its ethereal state. That’s when we can hurt it.”
Their faces darkened.
Karl made it sound easy, but among them, only he was likely capable of counterattacking in time.
“Phew…”
The Second Elder took a deep breath, stepped forward, and held his knight’s sword straight in front of him.
“God loves the world!”
“Pfft!”
A cold light flashed.
The Second Elder’s left arm was severed at the shoulder, blood gushing out. His expression remained unchanged.
Only his upright sword changed to a horizontal slash.
And a smear of blood appeared on the blade.
“It’s useless.” Karl narrowed his eyes.
“With your speed, even using yourself as bait, you can only inflict minor injuries at best, and you can’t force it out.”
“Whoosh!”
The phantom flickered again.
“Clang…”
This time, the Second Elder swung his sword in time to block the incoming attack, and a dazzling white light burst from his body.
Holy light can purify everything.
However,
it couldn’t force the monster hidden within the void to reveal itself.
“It has no reason.”
The Second Elder’s body trembled slightly, blood dripping from his tiger’s mouth. A sharp glint flashed in his cloudy eyes as numerous thoughts raced through his mind.
“Soden won’t keep attacking me, and it wouldn’t fail to see through my actions. It only attacks based on instinct.”
“Therefore…”
He glanced at Karl.
“Guardian, if you don’t kill it, you won’t be able to leave this City Lord’s Residence.”
Karl raised an eyebrow.
The Second Elder didn’t know he had the Divine Domain Fragment and could leave at any time, though he would return to this same spot.
The Second Elder’s words clearly aimed to bind Karl to his side.
“Pfft!”
Blood splattered once more.
The Second Elder staggered forward, his knight’s sword rapidly swinging to intercept the incoming attacks.
“Joints, throat, back of the heart…”
“It’s targeting vital points, and there’s a momentary pause after it hits its target.”
“Poison has no effect on it, and there’s no way to lock onto its body with poison.”
“Pfft!”
“Pfft! Pfft!”
Ghastly wounds appeared on the Second Elder’s body one after another. In the blink of an eye, he was covered in injuries.
“Whoosh!”
A cold light flashed and disappeared.
The Second Elder’s body tilted, his right calf gone. He could only stand precariously on one leg.
***
“Besides its hands, it also bites. Its bite force is terrifying, even a Legendary Knight’s body can’t withstand it.”
“The Guardian should have no problem.”
Karl remained silent.
He tightened his grip on the Gravity Warhammer. He wanted to help, but he knew there was nothing he could do.
He could protect himself, but not the others.
The Second Elder gripped his knight’s sword, taking one last look at Karl. A complex emotion seemed to flash across his eyes.
Then he gritted his teeth and swung his sword sideways.
Before being killed, he had to verify as much as possible, searching for the target’s weakness.
“Clang…”
Sparks flew.
Another hideous wound appeared on his body, the flying blood seeming to envelop a phantom.
“Blood!”
The Second Elder’s eyes lit up, and he roared:
“Fresh blood can affect the time it takes to submerge into the void. My blood doubled the time!”
“Pfft!”
A blood-red claw appeared on his chest. With a gentle squeeze, his still-beating heart shattered.
“Heh…”
A pitch-black figure appeared before them for the first time.
It had a slender and well-proportioned figure, a stark contrast to Soden’s bulky form. There were no facial features on its head, only a single, enormous vertical eye. Its icy gaze seemed to connect to another world, sending chills down their spines.
“Whoosh!”
The eerie figure vanished once again.
“Ugh!”
At the same time, Oriana let out a muffled groan, staggering backward. A bloody gash appeared on her abdomen.
However, a bloody shadow also appeared in the field.
“Blood!”
With a Legendary Knight’s powerful life force, losing their heart wouldn’t lead to immediate death. They could still hold on for a few breaths.
The Second Elder collapsed to the ground, blood frothing at his mouth:
“Demigod… blood…”
Oriana’s expression changed, her grip on her weapon trembling.
She understood what the Second Elder meant. The blood in her body could make Soden reveal itself.
But…
How much blood would it take?
How useful would it be?
Oriana hesitated, even subconsciously taking a step back. A trace of fear appeared in her eyes.
At that moment.
Someone stepped forward, extending their arm, and swung their sword down towards it.
“Bang!”
Before the sword could land, the arm exploded under the stimulation of Battle Aura, turning into a spray of blood that enveloped the surroundings.
It was Black Sword Milia!
Her face was cold, her eyes emotionless. She simply glanced at the dying Second Elder on the ground and plunged the sword into her abdomen.
“Pfft!”
Blood splattered.
God’s bloodline, she also had it!
Oriana’s heart trembled. Only then did she see the direction the Second Elder had fallen. He hadn’t expected her to act.
He had counted on the Desecrated Knight.
The Second Elder and Milia were hostile towards each other, their blades clashing before, but they shared the same unwavering determination.
In that sense, they were the same kind of people.
“Ah!”
Milia let out a roar as the blood gushing from her body splattered in all directions, engulfing the entire area.
A phantom gradually materialized within the blood.
“Whoosh!”
Karl charged forward like lightning, his giant hammer crashing down.
“Bang!”
The ground trembled.
The phantom flickered rapidly.
It wasn’t as strong as Karl, but it was faster, and as time passed, it could disappear into the void once again.
The effect of Milia’s blood wouldn’t last long.
Black Sword ━ Cage!
Her pitch-black longsword crossed in the air, carrying the blood of a Pseudo-God as it enveloped the phantom.
At the same time.
Yana, wielding her greatsword, lunged at the phantom.
First-Circle Spell ━ Tidal Force!
First-Order Rune ━ Thunderbolt!
“Boom!”
Several attacks landed on the phantom in succession. Karl’s figure flickered, and he activated twenty times the gravity on his giant hammer.
Die!
The invisible force field distorted everything around it as it slammed down.
Source Essence,
+10!
