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With a flicker of complex dark-green symbols in his pupils, as if sensing something, the Church of the God of Combat's Archbishop Andor Corvette abruptly raised his head.
It was as if a deep black light appeared from nowhere, covering the entire sky and making his surroundings extremely dim.
This change was fleeting, and everything around him instantly returned to normal, appearing as if nothing had happened. However, relying on his "Eye of Demon Hunting" for its strong sensitivity to negative states like evil, degradation, and curses, Andor Corvette acutely "smelled" the scent of danger.
"The reinforcements from East Tucker have arrived…"
This thought flashed through his mind. He had already anticipated this situation when he and Shaman King Klarman failed to kill Joseph Weil immediately after joining forces.
But he wasn't too worried. The only Angel of the East Tucker family would be tied up along the West Balam coast. As long as it wasn't an Angel, even if a Sequence 3 Saint arrived, the two of them could retreat calmly by joining forces.
His eyes, filled with complex dark-green symbols, scanned his surroundings, but he found no further abnormalities. He frowned slightly, thinking of the strange influence he had just experienced, and after a moment of hesitation, he extended his left palm and crushed a ball of golden light.
Golden fragments drifted down, revealing the object wrapped within: an eyeball that seemed to contain a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. Without the isolation of the golden shell, dark-red, almost black, threads spread outwards from the eyeball.
This was a Grade 1 Sealed Artifact of the Church of the God of Combat, numbered "1-05" and also known as the "Demon's Eye."
Andor Corvette obtained it by hunting a Sequence 4 Demon in the northernmost part of the Fog Sea in the Northern Continent before he took office in the Southern Continent.
A Sequence 4 Demon is both a physical Demon and a mental Demon. Although manifesting an incomplete mythical creature form can easily lead to loss of control, Demons can make a part of their body exhibit mythical creature characteristics and maintain them long-term, thereby gaining unique and strange effects.
This eyeball was the body part of the slain Demon that manifested its mythical creature form. It not only retained numerous abilities related to filth and evil spells but also possessed enhanced malice perception and desire control.
But none of this was the reason for its high ranking among the Church of the God of Combat's many Grade 1 Sealed Artifacts. The most important reason was that it contained some pollution from the Abyss, which was reflected not only in its attacks but also in its terrifying negative effects.
Normally, Andor Corvette would not use this Sealed Artifact. Even though its effect was powerful, the negative effects after each use had to be completely eliminated by returning to the Twilight Hall in Saint Millon, the capital of the Feysac Empire, otherwise, it would leave a huge hidden danger.
However, that strange deep black light and the enemy that even his "Eye of Demon Hunting" couldn't perceive still made him use this Sealed Artifact. He believed that the malice perception at the demigod level was enough to find that guy who was putting on an act.
Just as Andor Corvette was using the "Demon's Eye" to search for Aaron with its malice perception, he didn't notice that dark-red, almost black, patterns had already gradually covered his "Dawn Armor."
Above the dark-gold mist, Aaron looked at the prayer light spot with a strange expression. Through the true vision provided by the Sefirah, he could see that the black mist, symbolizing bad luck, on Andor Corvette's body was all surging towards that eerie eyeball.
The powerful bad luck brought by "Divine Curse" seemed to make this demigod ignore the abnormality on his body, fully devoting himself to searching for Aaron's whereabouts.
"Tsk, doesn't this just add another layer of restraint to my damage?"
Feeling the evil and degraded aura, Aaron clicked his tongue and turned his head to glance at the blazing, pure, and infinitely purifying Sun Chaser Scepter in his right hand.East TakArrow of Sun-Chasing
Time was limited, so he no longer hesitated. He immediately mobilized all his power, and with the frantic consumption of spirituality, endless radiance, mixed with a little dark-gold mist, condensed into an extremely pure white arrow of light.
The spiritual enhancement gained from advancing to Sequence 5, as well as the assistance of the "Crimson Eye" and the Black Emperor card, only made Aaron's face slightly pale, and he didn't become directly exhausted as before.
Waving his right hand holding the "Sun Chaser Scepter," the "Arrow of Sun-Chasing," mixed with some dark-gold mist, suddenly plunged into the prayer light spot, heading straight for Archbishop Andor Corvette of the Church of the God of Combat.
On the battlefield in the center of the forest, Shaman King Klarman, who had lost his moonlight transformation ability due to Joseph Weil's forbidden full moon effect, somewhat disheveled, smashed a large pit in the ground.
Facing a demigod who controlled the Imperatives of mysterious weakening and reality enhancement, Klarman, also a demigod, was directly suppressed when alone.
His Dark Wings vibrated slightly, and Klarman instantly left his original position, appearing in the distance. While lamenting the power of an Imperative Mage in his heart, he also cursed his unreliable teammate, wondering what he was doing.
He hadn't felt the aura of "Divine Curse," and being tightly entangled by Joseph Weil, he had no time to worry about Andor Corvette.
Only now, after enduring a blow to break free from the entanglement, did Klarman turn his gaze to his teammate. When he saw the figure in silver armor covered in corrupted patterns in the distance, before he could utter a warning, he witnessed something that would be unforgettable for the rest of his life.
An arrow of light, seemingly condensed from pure radiance, appeared out of thin air above Andor Corvette. Accompanied by terrifying pressure, Klarman, even from a considerable distance, instantly bled black blood from his eyes just by looking at the patterns flowing on the arrow of light.
Trembling incessantly, Klarman didn't hesitate for a moment, decisively fleeing into the distance. He completely cast aside the rewards previously promised by the Feysac Empire and the orders from the Rose School of Thought, with only one thought remaining in his mind:
"An Angel! There's actually a Sun Pathway Angel hidden here! Escape, quickly escape…"
Klarman didn't know, and didn't want to know, why an Angel would suddenly appear. As for whether this Angel came from the Eternal Blazing Sun Church or other unknown secret organizations, he didn't care.
At this critical juncture, self-preservation was naturally the most important thing. When disaster strikes, everyone fends for themselves. As for the Archbishop, he could only wish him good luck.
That soul-piercing sense of death awakened Andor Corvette, who had fallen into some strange state. Without any hesitation, in the blink of an eye, he transformed into a four-meter-tall "Giant."
His body was dark green and gnarled, every inch of skin, every pore, every piece of flesh, seemed to defy normal human perception, combining in a special form, containing an unimaginable sense of impact.
He manifested an incomplete mythical creature form; his head didn't change too obviously, just expanded quite a bit, and a dark, vertical slit, like an eye, split open from his forehead to his nose.
Although this would come with intense madness and a tendency to lose control, it also brought a significant increase in his inherent strength and level, and it was the most likely method he could think of to survive at the moment.
His remaining sanity made him crush a token made of unknown material on his chest. The token was engraved with the "Twilight Hall" emblem. He then knelt on one knee, and a strange light, a mixture of dawn and degradation, appeared around him, enveloping him with a Guardian force connected to the earth.
The Grade 0 Sealed Artifact, empowered by the dark-gold mist, instantly shattered the Guardian barrier. Endless blazing light emerged, accompanied by Andor Corvette's final desperate and painful wail.
Affected by the Sealed Artifact, Joseph Weil, who was constantly emitting plague and disease auras, did not pursue the fleeing Shaman King Klarman. Instead, his figure shifted, and he used an Imperative to change his position, his gaze solemn as he looked at the miniature Sun that had suddenly expanded in the distance.
He also judged the level of the attack. Although he was worried about the unknown Angel's purpose, his territory of East Tucker was right behind him; he could neither retreat nor had any path to retreat.
Looking at the huge lava pit formed by the dissipation of the Sun and the terrifying aftershocks spreading outwards, he tensed his entire body and continuously recited Varna Weil's honorific name in his heart.
On the edge battlefield of the Ancient Forest, the soldiers of both sides almost simultaneously ceased their attacks, their eyes filled with horror as they looked at the distant Sun. They knelt on one knee in unison, relying on their heavy armor to resist the sweeping aftershocks.
At the forefront of the battle, a Sequence 5 Guardian, wearing "Dawn Armor" and a clergy badge, began to tremble upon hearing that unwilling roar, clearly recognizing it as coming from the Archbishop.
Realizing that something was wrong, he immediately gathered all his soldiers, enduring the grief and anger in his heart, and retreated with alternating cover.
Above the dark-gold mist, Aaron leaned back on the throne, looking at the huge lava pit that had appeared out of thin air in the Ancient Forest, and clicked his tongue slightly. Just as he was about to collect his spoils of war, his gaze suddenly sharpened.
An orange-red light appeared from the horizon, illuminating the entire forest. Under the twilight glow, directly above the lava pit, a burly old man appeared, wearing a black robe with white edges, a grizzled beard, and a square hat.
His eyes were light blue, with few wrinkles, and he naturally exuded an aura of looking down on all things. Aaron, familiar with the information of the major righteous God Churches, instantly recognized the identity of this Angel.
The Warrior Pathway Sequence 2 Glory, Archbishop Larrion of the Church of the God of Combat.
Aaron looked at this entrance, which came with its own celestial phenomenon, through the prayer light spot, and a feeling of having overplayed his hand immediately welled up in his heart.
However, after careful observation through true vision, he found that it wasn't the true body that had arrived, but a projection of power formed based on some medium, which also made Aaron breathe a sigh of relief.
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In the West Balam sea area, two Weather Warlocks confronted each other in silence. After roughly confirming that Varna Weil's condition was indeed poor, Awatoma Einhorn, who believed he had probed the true situation, was considering how to retreat.
After all, he was only a power projection, and neither his duration nor his strength could compare to Varna, who had arrived with his true body by roaming with the Grade 0 Sealed Artifact "Crown of Stars."
The distorted figure, suspected to be Varna, grabbed at the void with his right hand. The "Crown of Stars" shone brightly, and the clouds, lightning, and storms filling the sky instantly distorted and deformed. The entire space continuously shrank, like a seal.
A grey-blue, illusory Door with seven brass keyholes slowly appeared, seemingly wanting to swallow the entire sealed space. Behind the deep, boundless illusory Door seemed to be a dazzling Cosmos.
It seemed that he had already obtained the answer he wanted. An illusory figure walked out of the boundless subconscious ocean. As it walked out, the figure rapidly expanded, transforming into a giant dragon covered in large grey-white scales.
Incomplete mythical creature form - "Dragon Transformation"!
The dragon's head had undergone some changes, becoming more lizard-like than human. Its pale gold vertical eyes and the facial scales interwoven with mysterious patterns were cold and distorted.
And with the manifestation of this incomplete mythical creature form, throughout the entire sea area, various thoughts, spirits, desires, and wills, like a storm, semi-illusory and semi-real, invaded the mental islands of everyone towards "Varna" and the fleet behind him.
This was a combination of "Mind Deprivation" and "Mental Plague," which could cause every affected and corrupted creature to suffer pollution and go mad on the spot.
And for Angels, such an attack was most insidious, because their mental states all had certain issues, and they could lose control directly at any time due to the tilting of the scales!
The shrinking sealed space where the lightning storm raged nearby immediately stopped contracting. The scene behind that deep, boundless illusory Door suddenly changed, replaced by a vast, calm blue sea.
Layers of illusory Doors appeared, obstructing the invasion of the "Mental Plague."
With Gusman Weil's cooperation, the space where the entire fleet was located distorted and shrank, instantly dyed with dazzling starlight, becoming extremely illusory, as if transforming into a brilliant gem, actively plunging into the deep, boundless illusory Door.
In the last instant before disappearing, the distorted figure wearing the "Crown of Stars" condensed a long spear interwoven with flames and lightning in his hand. A phantom portal suddenly appeared beside the giant dragon covered in large grey-white scales.
The large grey-white scales had no effect and were instantly pierced by the long spear extending from the portal. Flames and lightning wantonly destroyed, directly damaging half of the dragon's body.
The uncontrolled shrinking space nearby was pierced by a silver-white long spear wreathed in flames, and the seal originating from the "Crown of Stars" was violently broken.
The already illusory power projection of Awatoma Einhorn slowly walked out, his eyes flickering as he looked at the scattered starlight left behind after the distant illusory Door dissipated.
And the two demigods, Egor and Zatwin, who followed him out, twitched their eyelids as they looked at the damaged giant dragon nearby, simultaneously feeling fortunate that they were not the ones who had suffered the direct attack.
Awatoma also turned his gaze, and after a moment of scrutiny, he spoke faintly:
"I never expected that even the President of the Psychology Alchemists would come personally."
As his words fell, another illusory figure appeared beside the damaged dragon corpse, chuckling with a voice that brought comfort to body and mind:
"Greetings, Your Excellency Awatoma. Our Psychology Alchemists naturally wouldn't let an ally in cooperation encounter danger."
"Using a separated identity to ensure the safety of our allies is also a demonstration of our sincerity."
As he spoke, the damaged giant dragon slowly disintegrated, one part turning into streams of light and re-merging into the illusory figure, while the other part transformed into a ball of light enveloped in flames and lightning.
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