Chapter 333
Chapter 333: Something unforeseen
Dozens of arrows whistled through the air as they hurtled towards Han Shuo like raindrops. However, the arrows had yet to arrive when the life-reaping light expanded in his palm and shot out once again.
As the Demonslayer Edge was infused with another thirty percent of Han Shuo’s magical yuan, countless resentful wails hissed out. The fresh souls, that the Demonslayer Edge had just absorbed, still yearned for life. They emitted an air of unwillingness and grievance that rose into the sky.
However, the bandits’ souls were tightly bound by the power of the Demonslayer Edge. They were simply unable to escape this eternal prison. Instead, the resentment and hatred made the “Bloody Radiance of Ten Thousand Cuts” even more powerful. Each blade of light was brilliant like blooming, colorful fireworks, charming and beautiful.
The Demonslayer Edge shot out of Han Shuo’s grasp and once again waltzed through the sky, creating a spiky, glaring red sun. None of the arrows reached Han Shuo as they were ground to dust by the “Bloody Radiance of Ten Thousand Cuts”. The attack didn’t lose one iota of momentum. It stretched the endless resentment and murderous intent into a dazzling, beautiful arc in the sky, aiming directly at Fass’ group.
“No! Boss, retreat quickly!” A bandit next to Fass cried out loudly. As soon as the shocked scream rang out, everyone turned their horses around, fleeing with their tails between their legs like defeated dogs.
Fass had originally wanted to scold the underling when he saw the latter frantically fleeing. However, he suddenly recalled the brutal scene from earlier created by the slashing, bloody lights and couldn’t help but tremble with cold chills. Fass no longer dared to put on a heroic front. He yanked on the reins of his horse and fled.
The rotating, brilliant, bloody light was a ferocious life-reaping spectre for every person it shone down upon. Everything was disintegrated. Six minor leader bandits were first smashed to pieces. Then, the Demonslayer Edge roiled forth with its billowing murderous aura, spinning mid-air with a savage screech under Han Shuo’s control. The weapon pursued after Fass’ group, slowing down for no man.
The corpses below Brettel City wall were resurrected one by one whilst under the Canopy of Necromancy, blindly attacking all beings in their surroundings. A corpse strutted around with its intestines intestines hanging out, wielding its weapon and dripping with blood. This was obviously a major blow to the bandits, who’d been relentlessly rushing at Brettel City.
A human’s most instinctive reaction in the face of fear would be to escape as far as possible. These bandits fully illustrated the depths of this reaction. The elite bandits on warhorses, under Tuku’s command, fled at a much faster pace than what they’d charged forward with. Some had taken the opportunity to dash out like lightning before Han Shuo had created the acid swamps. It was quite the mystery where such potential had come from.
It was because this process took five times the amount of time that it gave the six high ranked Templars around Kosse time to create a hexagonal formation. They quickly surrounded the rapidly spinning Demonslayer Edge in the center. Their six longswords, which had been blessed by baptism in holy water, burst out with a pure, divine light, shooting all at once at the Demonslayer Edge erupting with a thousand rays of bloody light.
A string of pleasing, metallic sounds rang out, followed by sprays of flying firesparks. The longswords possessed a certain purification effect after being baptized in holy water. The portion of soul energy that the Demonslayer Edge had just absorbed but had yet to fully assimilate was actually released back into the heavens and earth.
The remaining power of the holy light stopped the Demonslayer Edge from its continued rotation. It seemed that the sword formation of the six high ranked Templars had indeed some miraculous effect. The Demonslayer Edge’s speed became increasingly slower due to gradually exhausting its supply magical yuan. The weapon ultimately shot from within the sword formation into the sky under Han Shuo’s mental control.
The six high ranked Templars with the cross insignias on their chests were panting a bit after the Demonslayer Edge disappeared into the sky. Their eyes followed the weapon’s disappearance with lingering fear in their hearts, as if afraid that it would return again.
Red Archbishop Kosse was inwardly trembling in fear at the happenings before his eyes. He held “Revelation” and prayed over and over. Only when he saw that the Demonslayer Edge had truly disappeared, did he turn to speak to Han Shuo, “Heretic, your sins cannot be forgiven! Being burned by the holy flame shall be your final destination!”
Kosse had tried to patiently persuade Han Shuo last time, but he no longer had any patience with the latter today. In Kosse’s eyes, Han Shuo was a genuine demon through and through, even more evil than the Calamity Church. He must be exterminated at all costs, so as to free more people from his evil.
“I’m actually waiting to be burned by your holy flames, but I’m afraid that you won’t have the opportunity to do so!” Han Shuo coldly snorted with disdain. He suddenly set his right hand on fire, wrapping his entire right arm in the flames. Han Shuo glanced at his blazing right arm before glaring coldly at Kosse, asking, “Isn’t the color of your holy flame also something like this?”
“Heretic who dares to blaspheme the holy flame? Ye shall be judged by the God of Light!” Kosse held his head high and shouted loudly. He then sang the holy hymn within the careful protection of the six Templars.
Along with the melodious hymn that Kosse was singing, the Church of Light’s divine artifact, “Revelation”, began to quickly flip its pages quickly, even though there was no presence of wind. Circle after circle of light spread out into the surrounding with their holy presence. The corpses resurrected by Han Shuo instantly turned to dust under the shining of the holy light.
Even the green-black Canopy of Necromancy that blotted out the sky was torn apart by rays of dazzling golden radiance, the acid swamps evaporated as well. In just a moment, the vast empire of death that Han Shuo had poured a great deal of mental strength into to build, had crumbled under the enclosure of the holy light.
It was indeed correct to say that the Church of Light was the natural enemy of necromancers. Han Shuo obviously didn’t think much of low ranked light mages. However, Kosse, who could use the power of the divine weapon “Revelation”, truly posed a great threat to Han Shuo.
Han Shuo had originally been certain of his victory, but now had his momentum disrupted due to the emergence of Kosse and his group. If he had no way to use his undead creatures to defend the city, protecting Brettel City with Han Shuo alone would be as hard as ascending to the heavens.
“I hate this light!” Han Shuo spoke with disgust when he saw the halos of holy light spreading out. However, his mind rapidly spun for a way to deal with them.
This was because he’d suddenly discovered that upon Kosse’s appearance, the desperately fleeing bandit leader Fass had led his underlings to return again.
The holy light cleared away all dangers given by the corpses and acid swamps. The several hundred bandits below the Brettel City walls once again began eyeing the sparsely scattered soldiers.