The witches were here!
It was definitely those witches who were behind this. Otherwise, with the strength of the swamp creatures here, it would be impossible for them to harm the Paladins …
The seven Golden Knights who led the team instantly understood what was happening. They drew their swords and began to cast a wide range of Holy Light protection. Rays of brilliant holy light shone from the head of the team to the back. Almost every single one of them was overflowing with dazzling Holy Light.
All the swamp creatures belonged to the category of dark magic. Once they entered the range of the Holy Light, the dark power in their bodies would boil like sulfuric acid. Instead, it would burn them and make them scream miserably.
Under the illumination of the milky white Holy Light, those weak creatures stumbled around like headless flies. Then, their entire bodies began to melt as if they were soaked in strong acid.
And the evil souls that lost the protection of their filthy flesh were burned into ashes by the pale white flames!
For a moment, the attack of the swamp creatures was interrupted.
Swoosh swoosh swoosh …
A series of Holy Light bloomed around the team without any gaps. Any evil that was shrouded by the pure Holy Light would be burned into ashes by the pale white flames. Whether it was the old lady hiding in the swamp or the extremely hard to kill Sludge Monsters, they all retreated in defeat before the pure Holy Light, revealing the despicable and timid faces of the low-level magic creatures.
Apart from the magic creatures, even the poisonous swamp that was filled with a foul stench was retreating under the illumination of the Holy Light. Two different types of energy collided. The Holy Power and the dark aura intertwined, either annihilating or devouring each other. There was no possibility for them to coexist.
The swamp that was shrouded by the Holy Light kept emitting wisps of black smoke. Then, it quickly melted in the endless Holy Light. Immediately, the soft and muddy swamp became dense and hard again. It became a solid path that could be stepped on at will.
As for the monsters and monsters hiding in the depths of the earth, they were also purified.
How could these demons and monsters resist the joint attack of the seven Golden Knights? With just one strike, half of the swamp creatures that had gathered on both sides of the Holy Knights were wiped out. The remaining ones howled in pain as they hid far away from the Holy Light's reach, cursing the damned intruders with the most vicious and filthy language.
In the deepest part of the poisonous swamp, a round stone altar was slowly operating.
More than a dozen strange figures, tall and short, fat and thin, stood around the altar, silently waiting for something.
When the divine power surged from the edge of the poisonous swamp, a snake-shaped dagger hovering above the altar began to overflow with strange runes. Each of these runes was surrounded by a lingering evil aura. As soon as they appeared, they immediately resonated with the bloody altar, and the entire swamp seemed to become even darker and gloomier.
"Seven explosive points … Looks like the seven Golden Knights have all entered the poisonous swamp!" An old Deception Witch raised her head and looked at the Holy Light that lit up half the sky in the distance. She silently sensed it.
"It's best if they all come in. It's time to let them suffer!" Another Deception Witch sneered.
In the past few years, many of the Deception Witches had fallen under the Holy Knights' butcher knives. Therefore, when there was a chance to retaliate, all the Deception Witches present were elated and happy.
"Let's do it. The swamp creatures on the periphery won't be able to stop them for long! Before they get here, let them have a taste of the 'Corrosive Blood Rain' … "The grade 3 Tess Witch hissed and ordered.
Five grade 2 witches stood at each corner of the bloody altar, silently channeling their power into the altar. The bloody altar and the mysterious witchcraft hidden everywhere in the poisonous swamp were linked together, and began to slowly project this powerful and evil power out.
Perhaps they were still as calm as ever, as if nothing had happened. However, at the edge of the swamp seven or eight miles away, the world had changed drastically, and it had become a land of death where no life could stand.
The originally gloomy and dark sky darkened once more.
The gray aura of death and the black evil power dispersed from the ground, mixed with the thick and heavy fog, causing the light in the poisonous swamp to weaken to the point where one could not even see their own fingers in front of their faces.
Waves of stinking rainwater fell from the sky, hitting the wet and muddy swamp, splashing red water.
Many of the Holy Knights looked up and were shocked to find that it was not normal rainwater, but a kind of blood full of the smell of decay.
The blood dripped on the Holy Knights' armors, and immediately made a sizzling sound, as if they were soaked in strong acid. If it fell directly on the skin, there would be a piercing pain, and the surface of the skin would begin to swell and fester, and then there would be a terrible sound of flesh and blood corroding.
If not treated with the Holy Light, not only would the skin on the surface and the flesh inside be corroded, even the bones wrapped in muscles and tendons would be corroded until they became brittle and soft. Then, the whole body would collapse like a sand tower.
"Put up the Holy Light protection … Don't let the blood rain touch your skin!"
The high-ranking Holy Knights shouted loudly. Beams of bright Holy Light lit up one after another in the whole team, wrapping each Holy Knight in a milky white Holy Light.
Before the blood rain from the sky could even touch the holy knights, it was purified by the Holy Radiance that lingered around them. They could no longer be harmed.
"Move forward … Move forward … Get out of this blood rain area as soon as possible …"
Under the command of the seven Golden Knights, the Holy Knights put up the Holy Light to resist the corrosion of the blood rain, and rushed forward along the newly formed path, one foot high and one foot low. The path of Holy Light gradually loosened under the corrosion of the overwhelming blood rain, turning into the appearance of the Evil Swamp again.
Although the corrosive blood rain did not kill any of the Holy Knights, it had effectively consumed their Holy Power storage. Along the way, in order to protect the Black Iron Knights as much as possible, the seven Golden Knights had to maintain the Holy Light Illumination for a long time.
Perhaps the Golden Knights didn't care about this little bit of power consumption, but when they stepped into the inescapable net set up by the witches, they would probably regret their 'reckless' actions!
Still, it was before the bloody altar.
Tess, the grade 3 witch, sneered.
"They've already passed the Corrosive Blood Rain. Now, let's see the abilities of those corrosive wizard beasts! Liv, it's up to you now! "
"Don't worry, Lady Tess! These wizard beasts have been trained by me for the past few days, and they've become powerful enough. It's just the right time to eat those Holy Knights … "A witch with a pale and stiff face that looked like she was wearing a mask replied in a low voice. She turned around and mounted an abnormally large swamp lizard, rushing into the mist and disappearing in the blink of an eye.
Grimm could see clearly that this was a Grade 2 Witch who was good at cooking Wizard Beasts.
"Although Liv's wizard beasts have been strengthened, they can't cause too much damage to them. The few of you, immediately activate the bloody altar and add 'tearing', 'bleeding', 'slowing' and other witchcraft effects to all the corrosive wizard beasts to increase their power … "Witch Tess clearly knew that these temporarily concocted wizard beasts would not be able to cause too much damage to the holy knights, so she wanted to increase their lethality from the side.
To be honest, it was all thanks to the resources and materials provided by Baglim that they were able to build this bloody altar and bury various mysterious witchcraft formations all over the poisonous swamp. Without them, even the cleverest housewife could not cook a meal without rice. Even if the witches had brains full of witchcraft knowledge and sinister means, they would not be able to make up for the huge gap in numbers between them and the Holy Knights.
Now, with these additional 'little tricks', the witches could completely eliminate the Holy Knights' strength bit by bit. When the Holy Knights were exhausted and mentally exhausted, they would appear and launch a sneak attack.
Before losing the Witch Tower, the witches would not care about the Holy Knights no matter how many of them there were.
But now, they could only rely on these 'little tricks' to close the huge gap in numbers and strength between the two sides!
As Grade 3 witches who had lived for four to five hundred years, Tess and Itariel naturally had more than these little tricks up their sleeves. Under their joint command, sinister witchcraft and terrifying traps were activated one after another, causing the Holy Knights who had entered the poisonous swamp to suffer great losses.
As the main force of the upcoming battle, Grimm naturally would not participate in these peripheral harassment tactics. Instead, he silently nourished his mind and calculated the problems that he needed to pay attention to in the final battle.
The reason why he was so 'enthusiastic' in encouraging the witches to launch a decisive battle against the Holy Knights was that he wanted to 'harvest' as much as he could before he left. After leaving the Envik Plane, it would be difficult to return to collect the holy light souls.
Moreover, after this barbaric massacre, the Holy Light faith in the Envik Plane had suffered a great blow. If he wanted to restore it to its previous scale, it would probably take at least a hundred to two hundred years.
Therefore, Grimm knew that this trip to another world was rare, so he tried his best to maximize the benefits.
This time, his target was the high-grade Holy Knights.
If there was a chance to wipe out all the high-tier Holy Knights who had ventured deep into the poisonous swamp, the Holy Light Souls of the seven Gold-tier Knights and more than fifty Silver-tier Knights would be enough to push their spiritual power to the pinnacle of tier-3.
This trip to another world allowed him to collect so many holy light souls, and he also 'accidentally' obtained the remains of a strange Astral Beast. No matter how one looked at it, it was a huge harvest that exceeded his expectations!
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