Black Sword, who had just woken up from 'Instant Death', calmly looked around at the countless monsters that were pouncing on them.
In a fraction of a second, Black Sword suddenly let go of Thales and crouched down.
His right arm stretched heavily towards his feet and into the ruins of a pile of wooden planks.
The next moment, Black Sword abruptly raised his right arm from the ruins.
The worn-out wooden planks fell. Black Sword grabbed a strange black sword that Thales was very familiar with.
It was the weapon that the Blood Mystic had seized in the battle just now.
"How did you find this …" Thales was shocked.
He suddenly realized that they were in the alleyway from before. However, the surrounding buildings had been flattened by the Mystic's battle.
There was no time for them to discuss.
In the next moment, Black Sword grabbed his own weapon. Facing the encirclement that had no blind spots, he suddenly turned around and swung his sword!
Just like when they were on the Cliff of the Sky, Black Sword was like a dancer as he spun around twice in an instant.
Thales only felt his vision blur. The sounds of metal clashing entered his ears in an endless stream.
The dozens of black monsters that were the first to pounce on them were sent flying backwards in the air!
They fell into the midst of their comrades.
"Didn't I tell you just now? You must have a clear sense of the environment, and … "Black Sword said coldly," Make sure you have the most suitable weapon in your hand — the first rule of the battlefield.
"And …"
Thales looked at him anxiously.
Black Sword lowered his head and gave Thales a deep look.
"Found it," the ordinary-looking man said concisely. He raised his head and looked in another direction.
Thales shuddered violently.
"You mean …"
The second wave of monsters pounced on them in a densely packed manner.
Before Thales could react, Black Sword extended his injured and weak left arm without hesitation and grabbed the back of Thales' neck with a trembling hand.
Then, he charged in a direction that was far from where 'Giza' was …
He rushed out recklessly!
"Ahhh!"
As Thales screamed, 'Giza's' expression froze in the distance.
'What?
That direction … '
In that instant, the pitch-black monsters beside Black Sword no longer maintained their coordinated wavy attack rhythm. Instead, they swarmed toward Black Sword as if they had gone mad.
From time to time, monsters would collide with their own kind, but they would still crawl up from the ground and charge at Black Sword at all costs.
Just to stop them.
This time, Black Sword's charge was especially fast and unstoppable. He was also determined to pay any price.
Black Sword dodged most of the obstacles in his way as he spun rapidly. He swung his strange sword repeatedly and knocked away other obstacles. Even when he was occasionally injured by the monsters' attacks and left a long trail of blood behind him, Black Sword did not stop. He continued to charge forward without a care!
A second later, the blood-red stripes on Giza's face rose at an unprecedented speed!
Behind him, Kilika also began to thrash about madly. Disregarding everything else, it extended its giant tentacles towards Black Sword. Soon, more and more tentacles, as though they had gone mad, swam over from nearby or afar, above or below ground, and joined the ranks of those who surrounded them.
Giza's expression quickly changed again.
Because this time, Thales closed his eyes and thrust the Blade of Purification in front of him.
Black Sword waved his strange sword with one hand, pushing away most of the obstacles and forcing them to retreat. With his other hand, he grabbed Thales and used his legendary anti-mystic equipment to deal with the obstacles that could not be avoided.
The blade followed Black Sword's charge and moved forward.
It turned the pitch-black monsters into ashes.
It turned the intercepting tentacles into ashes.
It would turn all the Blood Mystic's toys and flesh into ashes!
Soon, Black Sword rushed out of the pitch-black monsters' encirclement. Behind him, he left behind a trail of ashes and creatures made of flesh and blood that chased after him in a frenzy.
Thales opened his eyes as he breathed rapidly. He lowered the blade of the Blade of Purification slightly.
They charged towards a gigantic dark red tentacle.
The strange thing was that this tentacle did not act like its kind and stop Black Sword at all costs.
Instead, it slithered forward and kept retreating!
Thales furrowed his brows.
'It's like … it's afraid?'
As he watched the tentacle flee for its life, Thales understood what was going on.
He gritted his teeth lightly. 'They found Giza's greatest weakness.
Her true form. '
However, in the next moment, the situation changed again!
A limping figure appeared on the path in front of Black Sword.
Black Sword's pupils froze!
The wielder of the Soul Slayer Pike, the boss of Shield District and Hammer District, Northland's heavy swordsman Gleeward stood in front of them with an unpleasant expression.
"Run!" Gleeward gritted his teeth and said hatefully, "That monster … is controlling me!"
Black Sword frowned.
Thales, on the other hand, opened his mouth in shock.
'That's the supreme class elite from just now.
'He's actually being … controlled by that monster?
'Is he just being controlled by his limbs, or …'
Thales recalled the scene in the birch tree forest where Serena and Katerina involuntarily walked towards Giza. He could not help but have goosebumps.
In the next moment, Gleeward's entire body trembled. He lowered his body and kicked horizontally!
Black Sword's expression changed. The strange sword in his right hand drew an arc that was difficult to dodge as he swung it mercilessly.
However, Gleeward retracted his limping leg and kicked the spine of Black Sword's sword, causing the latter's sword to freeze in place!
A strong force traveled into Black Sword's body as Gleeward stepped on the strange sword firmly.
Then, he followed up with a heavy punch!
Black Sword had no choice but to put Thales down. He swung his weak left arm and withstood Gleeward's heavy punch.
Behind them, the monster and the tentacles that were chasing them were getting closer and closer.
"I am a heavy swordsman. The instinct that is carved into my bones is to intercept and kill." Gleeward and Black Sword were in a stalemate. He said angrily, "And after I reached supreme class … You better run, don't let her have her way!"
Black Sword trembled as he withstood Gleeward's attack. Sensing his opponent's great strength, a solemn expression appeared on his face. He looked at the enemies who were chasing them from afar and his breathing grew heavier.
'Humans controlled by the calamity's ability?
'If I use the legendary anti-mystic equipment … I should be able to undo it?'
Black Sword took a deep breath and glanced at the 'pursuers' who were about to arrive behind him. Then, he looked at the giant tentacle that was fleeing further and further away. He sighed.
'It's too late.'
In the next second, their figures intersected and they let go of each other.
Thales felt a chill in his heart. Black Sword's words rang in his mind again.
'"The most ideal situation would be for me to break away from' Instant Death 'as soon as I find her true body. Then, I'll bring you to attack her vitals and seal her true body before she can react and escape.
'"But as I said before, the Blood Calamity is an expert in combat. She has an endless stream of strange tricks up her sleeves. Besides, I'm far from being in my best condition. Hence, there will definitely be accidents in my plan.
'"We have to minimize these accidents as much as possible.
'"For example, consciously gather these accidents at the places we want them to happen.
'"For example, me."
Thales' heart rate increased without him realizing it. In that instant, Black Sword had already exchanged several blows with the empty-handed Gleeward.
The unarmed Gleeward had the flesh and blood granted to him by the Mystic. He fought with his life on the line, and with his combat instincts, he actually managed to suppress the injured Black Sword to the point that he was in a dire situation!
'"She doesn't know that you're the user of the legendary anti-mystic equipment. She'll focus all her attention on me.
'"So, once an accident happens … Once I'm held back by the Blood Calamity and can't …
'"You, little one, you're our final trump card. When I'm held back, restrained, suppressed, or even directly killed, you have to take over my role.
'"Take the Blade of Purification and continue with my unfinished goal."
Thales took a deep breath and heard Black Sword suddenly speak.
"I'm counting on you, little one."
The next moment, Thales felt his collar tighten.
"Wait …" Thales was so shocked that he could only spit out one word.
Then, the scene before his eyes instantly changed.
It was only when the whistling sound of wind brushed past his ears that Thales suddenly realized that he had been thrown out by Black Sword once again!
Thales could only hold the Blade of Purification tightly in his bosom.
It fell towards the tentacle that might contain the Blood Mystic's true body!
In that instant, the Sin of Hell's River surged into Thales' brain, making him shudder.
Everything around him slowed down again.
Thales watched himself float in the air and slowly descend towards the giant tentacle.
Black Sword's words lingered in his ears.
'"To ensure that nothing goes wrong, I hope that you can also do this. Use the Sin of Hell's River and the Blade of Purification to identify and seal the Blood Calamity.
'"I've said it before, the Sin of Hell's River is an omnipotent Power of Eradication. It can instantly increase or strengthen your agility, reflexes, explosiveness, speed, strength, perception, vision, willpower, nerves, thinking, recovery, endurance … Everything you can think of."
Thales took a deep breath and felt the Sin of Hell's River fluctuate under his skin and blood vessels. He felt its waves of agitation.
'That's right.
This is the feeling. '
Just like the time when he fell towards Katerina in the birch tree forest, the Sin of Hell's River gradually strengthened his sense of balance in the air.
In the distance, Thales trembled as he saw Black Sword and Gleeward's figures being drowned in the tentacles and the group of pitch-black monsters.
'"Precisely because of this, the Sin of Hell's River is often not easy to control.
'"When you need to increase your agility, the Sin of Hell's River may give you the agility of an acrobatic boy, but it may also turn you into a Scud, a Hercules, and a lookout at the same time. This involuntary dispersal of power will greatly reduce its efficiency and durability, as well as your ability to control it.
"Hence, as the controller of the Sin of Hell's River, your first lesson is to learn how to summon."
[Summon. Unlike other Powers of Eradication, you need to consciously guide the Sin of Hell's River to focus on something you want to accomplish.]
'Don't treat it as a tool … Instead, treat it as a companion that you can talk to.
[Tell it, as the master of life, what do you want?]
While in midair, Thales gently closed his eyes and let the cold wind blow past his ears.
Very good.
The Sin of Hell's River …
It was an instinct that came from between life and death.
Right now, I am faced with such a choice.
I need …
What was needed was …
Seal the Blood Mystic!
So, I need your help …
The Sin of Hell's River!
At that moment, Thales could clearly feel the Sin of Hell's River, which was originally scattered all over his body.
It was fading away.
That strange wave gathered in his heart, and a moment later, it surged towards another place.
"Everyone's Power of Eradication is different. How far you can go with the Sin of Hell's River depends on your own exploration. Tremor and Instant Death are the moves I completed while I was exploring." "Everyone's Power of Eradication is different.
'"Here, I will teach you my own experience and understanding of the Sin of Hell's River. It is an extremely effective use.
'"Perception.
'"The perception I obtained from the Sin of Hell's River originates from vibrations and waves. I named it' Feedback '. Even the slightest breath will cause vibrations in the air, and they will be transmitted to the ground, walls, and even the pulsations in the human body.
'"With' Feedback ', I can sense even the slightest movement from a hundred meters away."
Thales inhaled one last time.
He opened his eyes. His gray eyes were filled with the Sin of Hell's River like never before.
The moment the Sin of Hell's River surged into his eyes, the effect of slowing down time suddenly disappeared!
His originally agile limbs seemed to have suddenly become much slower.
Thales fell hard on the top of the tentacle. His hand felt slippery.
More small tentacles instantly burst out of the tentacle and bound Thales' legs tightly!
Thales endured the nausea and nausea. He gritted his teeth and repeatedly thought about his mission.
Little Rascal's tears flashed before his eyes.
And the countless corpses on the streets of Shield District.
When he thought of this, Thales could not help but grit his teeth and roar to gather his spirit. "Argh!"
But at that moment, he noticed something unusual.
Thales raised his head. He immediately felt that the scene before him was different.
Thales was stunned.
Unlike the 'Feedback' Black Sword received, which detected the waves and vibrations, the perception Thales received was in a different form.
It was vision.
His vision became clear again.
This time, the Sin of Hell's River gave him another world. It was colorful, but the details were vivid and full of life.
This time, the Sin of Hell's River's Feedback gave him another world. It was colorful, but the details were vivid, and it was full of life.
It was as if the resolution had been increased by countless times.
He could see every inch of flesh and blood in the huge tentacle before him clearly. Every pulse was clear to him. Thales could even guess the general flow of blood in this tentacle, the specific path of muscle contraction and expansion, and which inch of tendon he would be able to break free.
He stared at the new sensory world before him, and his eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
But that was not all.
Thales looked at the tentacle that was emitting endless red light. He suddenly realized that these lights were layered, and some were deep, and some were shallow!
As he confirmed his target, the Sin of Hell's River gathered in his eyes and became denser.
Soon, in the deepest part of the tentacle, a spot of light that was so red that it was almost purple was slowly shrinking and pulsing.
'So … that is …'
Thales felt a chill in his heart. The tentacle under his feet tightened.
He did not hesitate anymore.
Thales raised the Blade of Purification and once again felt the heat from the sword.
Then, he stabbed it down!
The blade pierced into the tentacle.
In Thales' eyes, two similar red lights fused together on the blade and on the tentacle.
Then, the latter's red light collapsed the moment it came into contact with the blade!
From the spot where the blade pierced, the tentacle's flesh, which was made up of the creature's limbs, melted, evaporated, and turned into ashes.
Thales only felt his feet loosen. As the tentacle turned into ashes, his entire body sank into the huge tentacle!
In a panic, Thales waved the Blade of Purification in his hands randomly. Wherever it went, ashes scattered everywhere.
The inside of the tentacle, which looked like a red cave, seemed to be whimpering in pain. The endless tremors made Thales dizzy.
Finally, Thales' legs landed on the ground.
The second prince panted heavily, sucking in the stinky, sour air.
'Damn it.
'This place is too … disgusting, isn't it?'
He raised the Blade of Purification and stepped on the sticky and slippery flesh. He forced himself not to look at the limbs around him that were still moving slightly as if they were breathing on their own. They were heads, arms, stomachs, lungs, eyes, noses, and so on. He suppressed the desire to vomit and walked slowly towards the brightest red spot in his field of vision.
* Swoosh! *
A few fine tentacles and spikes attacked him.
But Thales only grabbed the blade in his hands, and without hesitation, he hacked them into ashes.
He got closer and closer to the bright spot.
Soon, Thales' target appeared in front of him.
It was a purplish-red naked girl whose limbs and back were 'embedded' in the wall of flesh and blood.
The young girl's face was covered in layers of blood-red patterns that were constantly trembling. It was extremely strange.
She did not have a gentle expression, nor did she have a pleasant smile. She only closed her eyes and breathed in and out slowly. Her skin was also the same strange purplish-red color.
Countless thick and thin dark red blood vessels extended from the wall of flesh and blood and connected to the girl's body. He could vaguely see flowing liquid within them.
Thales, who was dumbfounded, could not help but stop in his tracks.
The prince stared at Giza, who was almost fused with the flesh and blood behind her. His breathing slowly quickened.
'What … the hell is this?'
The girl opened her eyes abruptly.
Thales, who was already restless and had goosebumps all over his body, jumped in fright.
"You shouldn't have come here," Giza's true form said slowly. The stripes on her face trembled slightly, like a wandering parasite. "How did you find me?"
Thales first glanced at the Blood Mystic in this form in a daze.
Especially the countless blood vessels on her body. When he thought of the people she dragged into the tentacles, and how they might be flowing in the form of fragments or liquid, Thales felt another wave of nausea.
A second later, Thales took a deep breath. Under Giza's cold and crazed gaze, he slowly walked up to her and said resentfully, "About this, I can only say that you met a 'powerful person'.
Thales sighed. His gaze was firm. "Well, I can only say that you met a 'powerful person'.
"I'll remember this. Black Sword, a terrifying opponent."
Giza slowly narrowed her eyes. "I should have been vigilant when he disappeared from my senses again. How could an opponent like him use the same trick so easily?"
Thales slashed away two small tentacles that tried to stop him. He mustered his courage, ignored the disgusting limbs around him, and stood in front of Giza.
"And you, child …
"You will regret it." Giza fixed her gaze on the red blade. There was deep wariness in her eyes. "Become a Mystic, obtain power, be immortal, and be omniscient?
"No.
It is not as good as you think …
"This is not a gift, but a shackle …"
At that moment, Giza's eyes were filled with deep loneliness.
"A curse …
"And I …" Giza revealed a subtle and profound expression. Her words contained an unprecedented emotion. "I only want to free you."
Thales furrowed his brows.
He really could not understand what she said.
"Otherwise …" Giza said slowly.
"From the day you found your Name of Origin, you will never be free."
Thales shook his head to clear his mind.
The heat from the Blade of Purification in his hand reminded him of his current situation.
"Very well." Thales ignored her words. He looked at Giza, raised the Blade of Purification in his hand, and aimed it at Giza's abdomen. He spat harshly. "Then I will free you first."
Giza only looked at him gently with a sad and pitiful gaze.
It was as if she was looking at an ignorant child.
This threw Thales into chaos.
'No.'
Thales gulped.
'Thinking about Dragon Clouds City, thinking about Little Rascal …
'I have to end this.'
In the next moment, Thales gritted his teeth, threw away all his thoughts, and thrust the red smallsword in his hand.
But his sword suddenly stopped halfway.
Thales raised his head in shock and looked at the person in front of him. A person stopped in front of Giza.
Little Rascal was trembling. Her eyes were wide open, her arms wide, and she used her throat to block the Blade of Purification.
"I …" Little Rascal's eyes were almost swollen from crying. "It's not me …
You … "
Thales only hesitated for a moment.
In the next moment, Little Rascal pounced on Thales!
Thales looked at Little Rascal's tear-stained face. His arm involuntarily trembled.
He wanted to bypass her and stab Giza.
But he did not have the chance.
Thales only felt a violent tremor under his feet.
'This is?'
Following that, layers upon layers of tremors continuously attacked from beneath his feet.
The moment panic rose in his heart, Little Rascal, who could not stand steadily, pounced on him.
Both of them slid on the 'ground' made of flesh and blood.
'No.'
In the chaos, Little Rascal was on top of him. Trembling, she slapped the Blade of Purification in Thales' hand.
Thales turned pale with fright.
'No!'
* Slap! *
Thales felt a chill in his heart. The red smallsword in his hand left his palm.
It fell into another corner made of flesh and blood.
It brought up countless ashes.
Then, the Blade of Purification that had left his palm gradually dimmed.
It could no longer be of use.
In that second, Thales' mind went blank.
'Purification …
'Blade of Purification …'
Amidst Giza's maniacal laughter, the flesh on the tentacle squirmed and swallowed the Blade of Purification, which had lost its effectiveness. It disappeared without a trace.
"This is a move I learned from Black Sword —" The Blood Mystic on the wall smiled coquettishly again. "Unleash an extremely high-frequency tremor over a large area …
"If you can't even stand properly … how are you going to seal me?
How do you feel? "
Thales' face was pale. He pushed Little Rascal, who had regained her freedom of movement. He stared in the direction where the Blade of Purification had fallen.
However, apart from the red light formed by flesh and blood, there was nothing else in front of him.
The legendary anti-mystic equipment …
The only thing he could rely on when he faced the Mystic …
'Lost it?
'No.
'No!
'I don't have a chance anymore?'
Thales' heart was dead. He turned his head in a daze and looked at Giza.
'I … failed?'
Beside him, Little Rascal hugged him tightly and kept sobbing.
Giza inhaled slowly and narrowed her eyes.
Two tentacles extended from the inner wall of flesh. As Little Rascal screamed, they wrapped around Thales' arms and legs and pulled him up.
Thales struggled with all his might, but like an insect caught in a spider's web, his efforts were futile.
More tentacles grew from the inner wall. As Little Rascal covered her mouth to stifle her sobs, the tips slowly sharpened and hardened.
They became ferocious, sharp, and deadly thorns.
"I'll give you a piece of advice." Giza stared at Thales, who was pulled before her. His face was ashen and he was in despair. She flashed a pleasant smile and enunciated her words like orchids. "In battle, abandon unnecessary emotions. You saw it for yourself …
"You saw how badly it harmed you."
Thales trembled all over as he stared at the Blood Mystic in a daze.
This time, there was no Sonia, no Asda, no Black Sword.
He was the only one who could save himself.
In that instant, Giza's face revealed tender love and pity. "As I promised, you won't feel any pain, child."
Thales gulped slowly.
He could only feel the tentacles wrapped around his limbs getting tighter and tighter.
The tentacles with their sharp thorns slowly moved to Thales. One of them even extended a sharp thorn and stopped a few inches away from his left eyeball.
The fear of death instantly struck him.
Thales could even hear his heart pounding violently. He could feel his blood vessels swelling and surging. His muscles trembled uncontrollably. The heat generated from his excitement slowly spread from his chest to his entire body.
'This …
'Is this the end?
'No.
'I have to save myself.
'I have to save myself.'
Giza smiled faintly.
The panicked Thales looked at the smiling Mystic and spoke with great difficulty and pain.
"I …"
But this time, he only spat out the first word.
In the next moment, countless tentacles with sharp thorns shot out at the same time and sank deep into Thales' body!
Thales shuddered violently.
'No.'
His eyes were lifeless as he stared at the Blood Mystic in disbelief.
'No.'
The first thorn pierced his left eye and penetrated the back of his head.
'No.'
The second thorn pierced his throat and penetrated the back of his neck.
'No.'
The third thorn pierced his heart and came out the back of his chest.
'No!'
There were even more sharp spikes that pierced Thales' body mercilessly, without any hesitation, and without reservation …
But he could no longer feel it.
In that second, all his senses seemed to have left Thales Jadestar in an instant.
He seemed to have sunk into eternal silence and darkness.
He would never return.
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