"… With my will as the guide, Earth Splitter!" After a lengthy prelude, earth sacred magus Dempus finally finished chanting the complete incantation for the Earth Splitter.
Suddenly, sacred magus Dempus frowned slightly. He felt that the flow of the earth element in the depths of the earth was somewhat uncontrollable. This was a situation that had not occurred in the past ten years, causing him to vaguely think that he was getting old. Could it be that he had chanted the incantation incorrectly?
Just as Dempus was in a daze, he suddenly sensed a soaring baleful aura coming from the bottom of his feet. This soaring baleful aura did not have any concealment. The moment he sensed it, it tore through the hard rock and stabbed towards him like an indestructible sharp sword.
Frightened, earth sacred magus Dempus no longer had the leisure to correct the 'Earth Splitter' that had gone out of control. All of his attention was focused on the sudden danger. That surge of killing intent that tore through the rocky ground was blood red in color and was stabbing towards his feet like a waterfall.
Dempus cried out in his heart and hurriedly rose from the ground, using the levitation spell to fly towards the sky. At the same time, Dempus hastily chanted the 'Earth Armor', the earth defensive spell. Dense earth element frantically gathered on his body from all directions.
A grayish-brown armor formed from the condensation of the dense earth element instantly covered earth sacred magus Dempus' body. He also released a tenfold gravity spell that only shrouded the area around his feet.
Han Shuo, who was flying at lightning speed, suddenly felt the pressure increase tenfold when the Demonslayer Edge was about to pierce Dempus' feet. His speed of soaring into the sky unknowingly slowed down for a moment. Han Shuo promptly made a decision and frantically poured his demonic yuan into the Demonslayer Edge while his body abruptly descended.
Under the infusion of Han Shuo's demonic yuan, the Demonslayer Edge suddenly flew out with thousands of blood rays. It was no longer affected by the gravitational force after a moment of hesitation in the air, blasting towards earth sacred magus Dempus with the Blood Ray of Ten Thousand Cuts.
Dempus' expression was aghast. In his haste, he did not have the time to chant another earth magic spell. Without hesitation, he smashed the magic staff in his hand down with all his might. The magic staff in his hand was similarly condensed with dense earth elements, becoming as hard as the most solid diamond.
Amidst the ear-piercing sounds of metal clashing, Dempus' magical staff was shattered into pieces by the Demonslayer Edge. The Demonslayer Edge, which had finally become an arrow at the end of its flight, still persistently bombarded Dempus' body, enveloping Dempus, who was covered by the 'Earth Armor', before finally releasing its remaining energy into Dempus' body.
Dempus' earth armor did not have any damage, but the strands of cold air within the Demonslayer Edge had penetrated through the earth armor's physical defense and directly entered Dempus' old body. Earth sacred magus Dempus shuddered as his eyebrows suddenly froze.
Beside Dempus, some of the experts who had followed him over only reacted at this moment. In an instant, all kinds of magic and weapons bombarded the Demonslayer Edge. The Demonslayer Edge slithered forward like a python, evading most of the attacks before suddenly disappearing into the ground.
"Rumble …"
At the same time, an earth-shaking rumble suddenly came from beneath their feet. The knights and soldiers standing on the ground all lost their balance and began to sway from side to side. All of a sudden, hundreds of earth spikes burst out from the ground like sword rays, piercing some of the knights and soldiers who were caught off guard and killed them.
Amidst the violent rumbles, the ground suddenly split open with many large and small ravines. The bottomless ravines swallowed dozens of lives.
For a moment, the area with Dempus as the center had become the main area to withstand the effects of the Earth Splitter spell. Amidst the rumbles, people were continuously killed by this astonishingly powerful earth magic.
Dempus, who had the cold air invading his body, could feel the chaotic cold air in his body. He felt that his body had turned from spring to winter. His hands and feet suddenly became somewhat stiff and numb. He was so cold that cold air was emitting from his entire body. His hair and eyebrows were actually showing signs of freezing.
Dempus had obviously also discovered the abnormal movements that were impossible to appear beneath his feet. Unfortunately, Dempus, whose hands and feet had turned cold due to the cold air, was unable to suppress the abnormality beneath his feet. He could only tremble as he watched his Earth Splitter spell cause huge casualties on his side.
"Lord Mage, this, what is going on?" A Temple Knight of the Church of Light was pulled up from the abyss by a white-robed priest. He angrily looked at Dempus who was floating in the air above his head and reprimanded.
"Kaka, kaka …" Dempus was very anxious as he tried to explain that this wasn't his fault. Unfortunately, the only thing that came out of his mouth was this kind of trembling sound.
"Lord Mage, are you too old? You can actually release such a crucial spell wrongly. Do you know how many experts we have lost because of this wrong spell of yours?" Another white-robed priest of the Church of Light similarly had a furious expression.
Sacred swordmaster Karel, who was rapidly charging over, suddenly sensed the abnormality at Dempus' side midway. His heart was filled with doubts. After a few Cross Slashes forced the sacred knight to retreat, Karel frowned as he looked at Dempus from afar. Suddenly, he seemed to have understood something. He immediately abandoned the sacred knight and turned around to rush towards Lawrence's side.
The survivors beside Dempus who were frantically cleaning up the mess didn't have the leisure to care about Han Shuo who had once again dived into the ground. One by one, they pulled up their companions who were still struggling in the gully and helped treat the wounds of the survivors who had been stabbed by the Earth Spikes.
Han Shuo rapidly distanced himself from Dempus' area after his attack. The Demonslayer Edge returned to his hand. Unknowingly, Han Shuo had arrived beneath the feet of the sacred knight from the Church of Light. Calmly observing the sacred knight through a mystical demon, Han Shuo discovered that the sacred knight was looking at Dempus with a puzzled expression. He was frowning as though he was considering something.
Han Shuo held his breath and concentrated. He wasn't in a hurry to make a move. Instead, he used the mystical demon to observe every change in the sacred knight's expression from afar. He was looking for the most opportune moment to give the sacred knight a fatal blow.
The sacred knight looked at Dempus with a puzzled expression. Suddenly, he seemed to have understood something. His puzzled expression turned into anxiety. The golden spear in his hand trembled as he rushed towards Dempus, as though he wanted to help Dempus disperse the cold air in his body.
Han Shuo, who had been waiting for the most opportune moment, suddenly used the same trick again when the sacred knight had just taken a step. He once again made use of the Demonslayer Edge's unstoppable sharpness to pierce through the ground towards the sacred knight's left foot that had yet to take a step.
The boundless killing intent couldn't be concealed. The sacred knight's expression greatly changed as he immediately retracted his right foot. His right foot, which was mixed with divine energy and fighting aura, ferociously kicked towards the bottom of his foot. Han Shuo's Demonslayer Edge had just pierced through the ground when a torrential force violently surged over.
"Rumble …"
The sacred knight stomped his right foot and a large ball of golden light suddenly entered the ground. With his right foot as the center, a round pit suddenly appeared.
Han Shuo definitely didn't expect the sacred knight's reaction to be so quick. Before the Demonslayer Edge could stab into the sacred knight's left foot, the sacred knight had already retracted his right foot and exploded with a terrifying force. The soft ground suddenly became as heavy as a mountain under the force of that stomp, forcibly stopping Han Shuo's sneak attack deep underground.
"Hehe, Marquis Brian, I knew it was you!" The sacred knight above laughed loudly. The golden spear in his hand trembled with hundreds of strands of golden light. He waved it for a moment before abruptly stabbing it into the deep pit beneath his feet.
Suddenly, needle-like fighting aura pierced through the ground and shot towards Han Shuo at high speed. Those strands of golden fighting aura contained a sacred aura that Han Shuo loathed immensely. With a speed that made it impossible for Han Shuo to dodge, they arrived in front of Han Shuo in an instant.
Cursing loudly in his heart, Han Shuo raised the Demonslayer Edge in his hand to form a black screen formed from demonic yuan to defend against the hundreds of strands of fighting aura. His body hastily deployed a protective shield to form a second layer of defense against the hundreds of strands of golden light.
The hastily formed black screen shattered like an eggshell when the fifty-seven strands of golden light arrived at the same time. The remaining dozens of strands of golden light pierced Han Shuo like golden lightning. Han Shuo only felt as if his body had been continuously pierced with steel needles dozens of times. His incomparably tough body couldn't withstand it and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.
The protective shield dimmed. Han Shuo looked as if he had been pierced dozens of times by arrows. Dozens of finger-sized bloody holes suddenly appeared on his body. Even his forehead had three bloody holes, completely destroying Han Shuo's handsome face, making him appear incomparably terrifying.
"Kid, I knew you were up to no good. I was waiting for your sneak attack. Hehe, you're still a bit too inexperienced!" The sacred knight's laughter came from above. He flicked the spear in his hand and prepared to attack Han Shuo again.
This was the first time Han Shuo had failed like this since he started cultivating. He cursed the sacred knight's eighteen generations of ancestors in his heart. He knew that his premeditated sneak attack had been seen through long ago, and that he had ended up in a situation where he tried to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it. Forcefully resisting the urge to charge out and fight it out with the sacred knight, Han Shuo didn't wait for the sacred knight's next wave of attacks to arrive. He decisively returned along the path he had come from.
Having cultivated the demonic arts to Han Shuo's level, as long as his consciousness wasn't scattered and his demon infant wasn't destroyed, he would be able to recover no matter how great the damage to his body was. Therefore, Han Shuo wasn't worried about his disfigured face. There were too many experts on the other side. Han Shuo knew that he wouldn't be able to gain any benefits by forcefully going out. Although he was extremely unwilling, he had no choice but to retreat.
The earth elite zombie, who had just destroyed the earth sacred magus Dempus's Earth Fissure, suddenly felt the boundless anger and resentment in Han Shuo's heart. The earth elite zombie, who was deeply affected, disobeyed Han Shuo's orders for the first time. He actually forcibly escaped from the depths of the earth. Suddenly, thousands of earth spikes abruptly rose from the ground one by one.
The earth was like a continuous stretch of forest, undulating up and down. While the sacred knight's body was unstable, the earth elite zombie, who had been naive all along, recklessly charged at the sacred knight. Chunks of earth flew out from the earth and stuck to the earth elite zombie's body.
In an extremely short period of time, the earth elite zombie was covered by tens of thousands of tons of earth. The earth elite zombie had turned into a ten meter tall clay man. His original naive appearance could no longer be seen, as though he had merged with the earth. He ferociously stomped on the somewhat stunned sacred knight.
"No!" Han Shuo, who was deep in the earth, suddenly let out a heart-wrenching cry. Ignoring the bloody wounds on his body, Han Shuo once again soared into the sky from the ground, anxiously charging at the sacred knight.
However, before Han Shuo could get close to the sacred knight, the golden spear in his hand suddenly shot out a dazzling golden light. The spear stabbed right at the foot of the ten meter tall clay man that the earth elite zombie had transformed into. A torrential force suddenly erupted, all of it rushing into the earth elite zombie's body.
The earth elite zombie's body, which was formed from mud, suddenly shone brightly after the golden light entered it. Soon after, large chunks of the mud covering its body fell off. The earth elite zombie, which had returned to its original size, was struck by a beam of golden light and was suddenly sent flying backwards. A large chunk of the natural armor on its chest had caved in deeply.
Han Shuo's eyes were crimson red. He had never been as angry as he was now. Little Skull, the fire elite zombies, and the wood elite zombies in the other plane all sent a strong message that they wanted to descend to this plane. They wanted to join forces with Han Shuo to viciously retaliate against the enemy who dared to harm Han Shuo and the earth elite zombie.
Han Shuo, who hadn't lost his mind, forcibly stopped Little Skull and the others' urgent desire. He watched as the earth elite zombie actually struggled to charge at the sacred knight once again after falling into the ground to avenge him. Han Shuo choked with sobs as he shouted, "Idiot!"
Soon after, Han Shuo ignored the earth elite zombie's persistent desire and used the fastest speed in his life to chant a reverse magic incantation, forcibly sending the simple-minded earth elite zombie back to the netherworld.
"Foolish undead creature, you are truly courting death!" The sacred knight chuckled as he looked at Han Shuo. He pointed the golden spear in his hand at Han Shuo and said, "This time, my target is you. Your strength is not bad, no wonder you were able to force Kosse to retreat twice in a row! However, your good luck ends here! "
Han Shuo had never hated a person as much as he did at this moment. All along, Han Shuo's attitude towards the Church of Light had been to ignore them, taking passive measures to counterattack. It wasn't until the earth elite zombie recklessly got injured for him that Han Shuo truly made up his mind to fight to the death with the Church of Light.
Han Shuo's crimson eyes stared at the sacred knight who had a relaxed and boastful expression. He panted violently, ignoring the blood flowing from the bloody holes on his body. Because of his agitation, blood was flowing from the three bloody holes on his nose and left cheek, making him look as sinister as a demon who had walked out from the depths of hell.
"I will remember you. As long as I am alive, the Church of Light will never have a day of peace!" Han Shuo slowly spat out these words, pausing between each word. He then turned around and flew towards Karel using the Demonic Nine-Heads Technique.
The space sacred magus of the Lancelot Empire, Sabakas, had appeared at an unknown time. He was currently drawing a teleportation array under Lawrence's feet. Apart from Sabakas who was concentrating on drawing the teleportation array, everyone's gazes were focused on Han Shuo.
Phoebe's bright tears uncontrollably fell from her eyes, but she was firmly held down by Karel's hand, preventing her from attempting to fly towards Han Shuo.
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