Just like that, the Archbishop died unwillingly. It went against Baiyi's original intention of letting him die in peace. Baiyi used his Psychic Energy to check on the Archbishop's soul and found that it was still lingering around him after it left his body, as though it was trying to find out more secrets.
Suddenly, a heart-chilling laughter rang out from the magical furnace. Then, the Archbishop's soul was sucked into the furnace by a strong suction force.
The soul of a devout was the devil's favorite tonic...
Disgusting! Baiyi cursed under his breath as he began to chant an incantation. At the same time, five different colored elemental formations appeared behind his back: Fire, Ice, Nature, Wind, and Light. As soon as the incantation ended, various elemental light bombs shot out from the formation and rained down on the magical furnace.
Unfortunately, the five elemental attacks were all blocked by an invisible barrier. The light bullets disappeared as soon as they hit the barrier. Not even a ripple could be seen on the barrier. The same went for the light attack, which was theoretically the most effective against the devil.
The result was not out of Baiyi's expectation. That Arthas, oh wait, Rodhart, had walked in so brazenly, there was no way that he did not have a backup plan.
Once again, he began to chant a different spell. With his right hand pointing at the furnace, his five fingers slightly spread out and his left hand holding onto his right wrist, the five different colored formations behind him all turned red, representing the fire element. Then, they moved from his back to the front of his right hand, keeping an even distance from each other as they stacked on top of each other. A spear that was completely made of fire gradually took shape in the middle of the formation. It looked as though the spear had pierced through the center of the formation.
"Daocheng Temple Bell, the Hundred and Eighth Form, Fire Dragon Spear." Suppressing his embarrassment, Baiyi recited the name of the spell and completed the last incantation. This was a new spell that his teacher, the Archmage, had derived from the base of the Level 7 Fire Spear Spell. Although he had no idea where the name of the spell was plagiarized from, it was still the most powerful spell that Baiyi could cast at the moment.
"Urgh..." Just as he cast the spell, Mia, who was still in class, suddenly felt dizzy and uncomfortable. It was as though something was about to burst out of her body. Powerlessly, she slumped onto the desk and let out a pitiful whimper.
"What happened?" Tisdale hurriedly asked with concern. However, just as she finished asking, a loud explosion came from afar and the entire classroom was thrown into chaos. The students and teachers rushed to the window at the same time and looked towards the direction of the explosion. They saw plumes of black smoke rising from the top of the tallest Mage Tower in the academy.
Tisdale turned around and saw that Mia seemed to have returned to normal. She looked at her little hands with a strange expression and shook her head. Finally, she lowered her head and looked at her chest with a regretful expression.
I really don't know what she's thinking …
"What's going on, Big Sis Tisdale?" Mia asked Tisdale, noticing that her classmates were behaving strangely.
"I don't know." Tisdale shook her head. "I think there was an explosion at the Mage Tower."
Just as the students were discussing whether it was a professor who had failed his experiment or an alchemist who was messing around, Baiyi, who was at the scene of the crime, cast a Breeze Spell and blew away the thick dust that had been stirred up by the attack just now. Then, he saw that the magical furnace was still standing there, perfectly fine. The Invisible Shield that was covering the furnace was still emitting waves of ripples before it gradually disappeared.
His most powerful conventional spell still did not work. Instead, it was the fireball that burst out after the Fire Spear collided with the Invisible Shield and blew the temporary church into a mess, causing a huge commotion that could be seen by the whole school.
This time, Baiyi was at his wit's end. The strength of the Invisible Shield was beyond his imagination. No matter what was going on inside, Baiyi could not disturb it at all. His strongest attack would be the Forbidden Spell and the use of Void Energy. But since there was no Invisible Shield, he could not do whatever he wanted, let alone forcefully chanting a Forbidden Spell in such a situation.
So, he shook his head in disappointment and prepared to retreat. There was no other way. Who knew what would come out of the furnace in the end? Earlier, Baiyi had noticed that the things that were put into the furnace were not only the Octuplet Twin Crystals that provided energy but there were also a lot of metal materials and bone claws. At first, he was a little puzzled when he saw it but now, he understood what was going on.
The biggest function of the Mana Furnace was not to be used as a furnace to incinerate corpses but to forge and refine. By throwing all those things into the furnace, it was obvious that he wanted to use the furnace to create a barely usable body for the Devil Lord. The poor Church! They had such a beautiful idea but from the beginning till the end, they were being toyed with by Rodhart. The whole plan was basically to liberate the Devil Lord.
For that reason, it was better to leave the mess to the judicial paladins and wait for the two sides to finish their fight. After all, both sides were his enemies. Let's just watch them fight each other first.
"I know, I know! Don't worry! I won't let him go! This is a tactical retreat! I'll be back! I promise you! " Before Baiyi left, he patiently explained to the Painter and the Apprentice. The two of them were the first to jump out and oppose Baiyi's escape because Rodhart, the one who sent them into the Void, could be considered as their biggest enemy.
However, after a few steps, he found three fist-sized crystals on the ground. Using his Mana to grab them, he realized that they were three Octuplet Twin Crystals that had used up all of their Mana. They looked a little like the crystal glass on Earth. They must have flown out from somewhere after the series of explosions.
Baiyi's heart skipped a beat. He put the three empty Octuplet Twin Crystals into his storage pouch and leaped out of the workshop's window. With his arms wide open, he began to search for the thatch on the ground.
He did not find any thatch but what he saw was a scene that made him gasp. It turned out that the outside was already in a mess. The judicial paladins were divided into two groups and they were fighting each other. There was a group that clearly had an absolute advantage. They all had a burning imprint on their chests.
It seemed like this was not just a case of one or two judicial paladins but a large-scale rebellion!
Baiyi's heart skipped a beat. He knew that his plan to take advantage of the situation had gone down the drain. Just as he was about to use the Levitation Spell to go back to deal with the mana furnace, he saw a few Marked Paladins pouncing on the unarmed choir. If he was not mistaken, the little village girl that he cared about should be in the choir.
Left with no other choice, Baiyi chose to believe in the Prophet. He used his Mana to speed up his descent.
However, the situation of the choir was not optimistic at all. If they were an ordinary choir, it would still be fine. If they were screaming and running away, the Fallen Paladins might have let them go since they were not a threat to them. However, they were just some knight students and saintess candidates. They did not have much ability but they were brave and their beliefs were firm. When they saw that there were only two Fallen Paladins coming to deal with them, they actually dared to fight back when there were 100 of them on his side?
This was destined to be a massacre. Not only were the students not strong, but they also did not carry any weapons. They were even wearing all kinds of gorgeous costumes. They could not run fast, so how could they be a match for the Fallen Knights who had the blessing of the mark? In just a blink of an eye, more than a dozen students had been decapitated.
Now that they knew that the pot was made of iron, the originally well-arranged formation was suddenly thrown into chaos. They began to scream and cry as they scattered in all directions. Unfortunately, it was already too late. The two Fallen Paladins had instantly turned into wolves that pounced on a flock of sheep. They laughed maniacally as they wantonly reaped lives. Blood gushed out of their bodies and they even stuck out their tongues in disgust, licking the blood on their swords.
At that moment, they were no different from demons.
However, amidst the chaotic crowd, there was one person who stood out from the crowd. It was a beautiful girl with a golden braid. She was the village girl that Baiyi was looking for. However, she did not seem to be panicking at all. Instead, she calmly walked through the crowd and helped a fallen comrade up.
"Help me! Help me! "The student grabbed her hand and five red marks were left on her fair arm.
"You're already saved! Run!" The girl said as she pried the student's hand away and tore off the book necklace on the student's chest. She stuffed the book into his palm and held his hand tightly before closing his palm.
"You will be saved, God will protect you," the girl said repeatedly, and then quickly ran to the next person in need of help.
The student stared blankly at the girl's white back and then lowered his head to look at the book in his hand. Suddenly, a surge of courage surged in his heart. Gritting his teeth, he quickly rushed to the side of an injured comrade who was struggling to crawl on the ground. He lifted him up and the two of them continued to limp and run away.
At that moment, the girl had already run to the side of another injured student. Looking at his thigh that was cut by the Chi Blade, without hesitation, she tore a strip of cloth from her skirt and started to bandage the wound for him.
It was probably not the first time that she had done this. The long skirt that she was wearing had already been torn into a miniskirt. Two snow-white and smooth long legs were exposed to the air. Unfortunately, no one had the time to admire them at that moment.
However, the student did not seem to appreciate her kindness. He struggled to sit up and pushed her away.
"Don't worry about me, Laeticia! Just run on your own!"
"No! God said that we can't abandon our comrades! " The girl who was called Laeticia shouted as she returned to the injured student's side. "Trust me! We'll survive!" She forcefully helped the student up and grabbed his arm, preparing to leave.
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