[The first chapter, today's fourth chapter]
For the first time in his life, Sarlin's family badge did not kill an enemy. The shock in his heart did not affect his movements at all. He put the family badge back into the magic god ring, and the golden magic book was already in his hand. The six stone soldiers and the fire fox in front of him launched their attacks.
Van Gogh was stunned. He thought that he was dead for sure. That attack just now, was it lightning? The first attack had completely destroyed the connection between him and the Spear of Order. He had no way to defend against the second attack. The Spear of Order was the strongest offensive weapon, and also the strongest shield.
Sarlin put away the family badge. Van Gogh felt that he had reached the edge of hell, gone one round, and returned.
Such a powerful attack would definitely not happen a second time. Otherwise, there was no one that this Spellcaster could not kill. With the help of that strange Magical Tower, he could easily kill his way into the core of the Church and kill Pope Dinicio.
The thunder had stopped, and the six stone soldiers pounced. Van Gogh opened his mouth and said softly, "Time, reverse."
The stone soldiers and fire fox were frozen in place. Van Gogh could not order a level-nine creature to retreat, but time seemed to have stopped. Van Gogh bent down and grabbed the Spear of Order. This weapon could not be controlled by the soul, but it was still the sharpest equipment. With a flick of his wrist, the long chain was straightened, and the spearhead of the Spear of Order pierced through the chests of two stone soldiers.
"Petrify!" Sarlin reacted faster than Van Gogh, but the divine spell had already affected him. When the stone soldiers were pierced by the Spear of Order, Sarlin could control them to counterattack.
Even if the stone soldiers on the magic god set were completely defeated, they could be summoned again in six hours. This was the real cannon fodder that could be used at will. Unlike the elemental stone soldiers in the elemental badge, although their attack power was strong, once their elemental core was destroyed, they would need at least one or two months to recover. This was under the condition that the leader of the stone soldiers was unharmed.
If the level-ten leader was also defeated, the stone soldiers would have to wait for their elemental cores to recover before they could be summoned again.
The two stone soldiers were pierced by the Spear of Order. The spearhead was still twisting in the air like a snake, looking for the next target. At this time, Sarlin's Petrify was activated.
This Petrification was an inherent transformation of the Stone Golem, and not Salin's Elemental Transformation. The Stone Soldier that was pierced through instantly turned into a giant rock, its lower body fusing with the ground. Salin could clearly see that the ground of this cave was also made of solid rock. After being petrified, the Stone Soldiers had fused with the ground and petrified the Spear of Order inside.
In the small lava lake, the two snake heads were badly injured by the Angel from the God Kingdom. The Sword of Glory of the Angel from the God Kingdom carried the rules of the God of Light. It had strong exclusivity and unique divine power, so the snake heads could not recover quickly even in the lava. Van Gogh's divine arts had also affected the two snake heads, but the angel from the Divine Kingdom was unaffected. Within half a second, he had slashed out hundreds of times.
The two snake heads were heavily injured. They directly retreated back into the magma, unwilling to come out. The angel from the Divine Kingdom leaped out of the lava and charged straight at Van Gogh with the Glorious Sword in hand.
Van Gogh had summoned it back because he knew he was no match for this Magician. He had a lot of powerful equipment on him, but how could he compare to a Magician? A Magician's attack frequency was too fast, and his divine spells were a little slow.
That damned little prophecy spell!
Van Gogh's eyes were cold as he looked at Nicholas in the distance. The white-haired old man held a scepter in his hand. That was the equipment of a fallen one. On the scepter, there was a strong remnant of soul power.
This angel from the Divine Kingdom had an advantage in weapons. The Glorious Sword carried the rule power, and Salin had to send out two level-10 creatures to gain an advantage. One on one, his level-10 elemental creature leader might not be a match for the angel from the Divine Kingdom.
Van Gogh was also decisive. Although the fire snakes were strong, they did not like to leave the lava lake. If he did not summon the angel back, he was afraid that he would be killed by that Magician. He would rather leave trouble behind, but he had to deal with the Magician first. Especially when there was a fallen Divine Art beside the Magician.
This combination of a Magician and a Divine Art was rare. There were Magicians in the Vatican, but their levels were very low. Magic Strings would gradually degenerate, so naturally, there had never been cases of them fighting side by side. However, Van Gogh knew that no matter how slow a Divine Art's attack was, it was impossible to defend against it, especially when it came to curses. The next step was the Prophecy spell.
The attack of the Greater Prophecy spell was a power bestowed by the gods, similar to magic. This Lesser Prophecy spell was completely designed by the fallen Divine Art himself. Whatever the fallen Divine Art wanted, the result would be the result. It was inexplicably strange.
Van Gogh's attack speed was reduced for no reason, and there was often a delay. He knew that this was the old Divine Art's doing. The Spear of Order was petrified, and Van Gogh could only let go. He pointed his finger in front of him and shouted, "Protect!"
A transparent crystal-like pillar of light shot out from the ground, blocking the stone soldier and the fire fox. The Fire Fox was agile. It was the first to stop. The Stone Soldier Statue smashed into it. Its body immediately split open and swayed.
The Divine Kingdom's angel was a few dozen meters away in the blink of an eye. The golden magic book in Salin's hand had already exploded with a strong light.
A twelve-meter-long spear pierced through the air, straight for Van Gogh's chest. This spell was ridiculously fast. It was a level-nine spell that the leader of the Shining Angels had left in Salin's golden magic book. Its lethality was equivalent to a level-ten spell.
The Divine Kingdom's angel slashed down with its sword, shattering the spear of light. The God of Light was good at controlling all kinds of light, including light elemental weapons. The Sword of Glory itself was condensed from the divine power of light. Under the collision, Salin's level-nine spell was shattered. At the same time, the shadow of the spear of light was reflected, heading straight for Salin's chest.
This reflected attack was even faster than the speed of Salin's attack. None of the twelve Desolate Warriors around Salin could react, and the shadow of the spear of light accurately hit Salin's heart.
Van Gogh saw that the shadow of the spear of light suddenly disappeared, as if it had never existed.
Salin was covered in cold sweat. Nicholas was also extremely nervous. He had set up a death immunity spell for Salin in advance, and it had actually been activated. This minor prophecy spell had a certain chance of failing.
But as long as the death immunity was successful, this minor prophecy spell could make the attack disappear.
In a minute, Van Gogh experienced several ups and downs in his emotions. First was the lightning attack, which caused his Spear of Order to lose most of its power, turning it into an ordinary weapon. Next was Salin's spear of light, which actually penetrated his Holy Light Protection and almost killed him.
Then, the reflected attack of the angel was directly nullified by the minor prophecy spell. Just who was that old mage!?
Van Gogh had no time to think. The golden magic book in Salin's hands once again exploded with magical brilliance. A white halo instantly appeared under Van Gogh's feet. Within the white halo was a snow-white membrane, on which golden divine runes flowed.
This halo could only protect Van Gogh. This was a divine spell stored in his armor. Salin's spell was complete. The ground under Van Gogh's feet split open, and flames shot up wildly. These flames shot out from the ground intertwined in the air, forming magic runes that increased the temperature of the flames by more than ten times.
The flame attack formed by this spell had already exceeded the temperature of the lava lake.
Van Gogh was caught off guard. He felt his nose burning and his throat hurting. This was the result of being burned when he breathed. The halo under his feet protected his body, but it did not lower the temperature. Van Gogh was so frightened that he immediately sealed all the cracks in his armor and activated the divine crystals and divine runes on his belt.
Salin stood in place, his body covered in cold sweat. When the shadow of the spear of light had hit his heart, he had thought he was going to die. No one could guarantee that the demonic god set would be able to withstand it. No matter how strong he was, he was still a human. If his heart was damaged, he would definitely die.
Both he and Van Gogh had been on the brink of death. Although they were both wearing high-level armor, one of them specialized in magic, while the other specialized in magic. Neither could be considered a warrior. Being attacked at such a close distance had a huge psychological impact on both of them.
But Salin immediately adapted, while Van Gogh was still in shock.
Nicholas did not say a word, nor did he recite any prayers. The new Fallen Scepter allowed him to directly release all kinds of fallen divine spells.
Van Gogh was surrounded by high-temperature magical flames, and the angel could not rush to Salin in time. It could only stab the Sword of Glory into the ground to stop the spell. When it pulled out the Sword of Glory, the light on the blade had already dimmed. The price to pay for directly destroying a level-nine spell was not small.
The angel had already used up a lot of energy in the battle with the two snake heads. Van Gogh knew that if he did not use up his equipment, he would be killed by the Magician. The golden magic book in the Magician's hand exploded with a strong light for the third time.
His armor could not withstand the continuous attacks of level-nine spells. The opponent was a level-nine Magician, and could release at least twelve level-nine spells. Van Gogh knew very well that under normal circumstances, such a powerful Magician would have ample mental strength. During battle, they would first use the spells stored in their magical equipment to maintain their combat power at its peak.
Van Gogh made up his mind, grabbed a small puppet from his spatial badge, and threw it out. The puppet flew out, and its body expanded in the air. The puppet, which was originally only half the height of an adult, grew to more than two meters in the blink of an eye, and pounced towards Salin.
This puppet was much stronger than the one Van Gogh had released in the sea. Its movements were agile and fierce. After passing through the prism formed by divine light, it grabbed two stone soldiers and slammed them together. The two stone soldiers were instantly shattered. The fox pounced forward, but was blown up by the puppet's punch, and flames scattered in all directions. The puppet shook its hand, extinguishing the flames on its hand.
Salin could now confirm that this puppet was definitely not made by a Mage, but a weapon of an Astrologer. The Astrologer must have left behind a lot of equipment in the past. After being modified by the Inquisition, it still maintained a strong combat power.
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