Whispering Verse

One second ago, there was only white mist outside the church, but the next moment, overwhelming souls occupied almost every corner of the field of vision.

The miraculous elements and magical power carried by the church itself spread instantly when faced with the first wave of attacks, repelling the undead closest to the church building. Then all the ring warlocks above the high level left the church and entered the outside world to fight. The bell on the top of the side tower was ringing, and the ripples composed of golden divine light continued to spread toward the outside of the church, counteracting the invasion of the whispering elements that followed the tide of undead.

Outsiders have never seen a real war in their hometown. They have experienced so many major events in this world, but they have never experienced a real war. It wasn't until this moment that he actually witnessed a battle between three-digit transcendent beings. Even though he holds the [Night Watch] in his hand and has the help of the Witch Necklace and the Divine Afterglow, he still doesn't think he can play a big role here.

Together with Iluna and other middle-circle warlocks, he stood at the door of the church to resist the undead who were able to fight through the outside. While the magical power was blooming around him, Shade also received various amplifying effects from others.

While his strength, agility, spirit and even soul resistance were improved, he also used "solar rays" to attack in conjunction with the "Night Watch" without hesitation.

The power of the sun and Shade's diligent performance gave the church's ring warlocks further confidence in him. The high consumption of [solar rays] also prevented Shade from staying on the front line at all times. When he temporarily retreated to the campfire to rest, the nun in charge of logistics actually gave him three bottles of holy water, and it was high-purity No. 2 Holy water puree.

This is a rare commodity that you cannot buy even if you want. Only the Natural Church, which produces its own holy water, can be so generous.

It can be seen that even without Shade, Iluna is guarding the door, relying on the power of "balance" to suppress the power of the undead, the church can still be defended. But with Shade, the "master of swordsmanship", he first used the solar ray "light cannon" to clean up the scattered enemies, followed by the long-range thaumaturgic attacks of the church ring magicians, and finally everyone rushed out of the door to clean up the enemies who were still alive in close combat. .

This standard combat process reduces the pressure on defense a lot. Even when tough enemies break through the outer defense rituals and attack by high-level warlocks and climb the steps in front of the church, Shade can still rely on his powerful lethality against evil spirits. [Night Watch] to hold the opponent back for a period of time.

There seemed to be an endless number of undead, rushing in from all directions from the beginning of the church ceremony. The undead in front were crushed, and the undead in the rear rushed forward again with their spirit bodies that had not yet dissipated.

Not only on the ground, undead with the ability to fly such as bone dragons and vengeful banshees appeared in the sky. There were also huge worm ghouls in the ground that wanted to get out, but they were immediately suppressed by the power of the church itself.

On the ceiling of the main auditorium, where the lush World Tree mural was originally located, there is a pale golden three-layered ring. As the ceremony progresses, the light gold is transforming into bright gold, and once all three layers of rings transform, it means the ceremony is successful.

In the first hour of the battle, Shade would look up every time he took a break, but then he had no time to pay attention to the patterns on the ceiling.

This was not the most desperate battle he had ever experienced, but it was indeed the most draining of energy. There are enemies everywhere you look. If you pierce a target with the sword in your hand, the next target will appear immediately.

Joey Barton never appeared until 9:20 pm in the real world, when Shade returned to the bonfire again and sat there cross-legged, trying to restore his fighting state as soon as possible, when suddenly there was a sound outside the church. There was a thunderous explosion.

"What's wrong?"

He hurriedly stood up, uncorked the No. 2 holy water bottle at hand, and took a swig. Looking up, two-thirds of the three-layered ring on the ceiling had turned bright gold.

"Someone big is coming!"

There was a reply from the door, and then two explosions came from the air.

The sound of footsteps came from deeper inside the church, and the Sister of Thorns, who had never appeared, walked out. After exchanging a few words with the old nun in charge of logistics beside the fire, he also walked out of the church and flew into the sky.

This time, Shade clearly saw a golden lightning piercing the clouds, and then a huge thing fell in the thick fog in the distance. But then, a roar like a wild beast came from directly above the church, and the sound even made the building itself tremble.

【The natural wind blows, and the dandelion flowers bloom! 】

The hoarse man's voice recited the words of sublimation, and Shade indoors could only see countless green dandelions falling from the sky.

The effect of the word of sublimation allowed the high-level warlock and the giant beast above the church to temporarily leave the battlefield. But then, a rumbling sound came from outside the door again. Shade, who was holding a sword, hurriedly came to the door. Together with the people with life rings appearing behind them, they saw an army of headless undead in neat formations wearing armor, riding on skeletal horses. On his body, he was rapidly rushing towards the church from the fog.

"Sage-level relics [Headless Knights]? How come they appear in Fort Midhill?"

Iluna was greatly surprised, but then, as the desolate horn sound sounded high in the church, pale golden light penetrated from the outer wall of the natural church. In those golden lights, souls with transparent bodies and solemn faces walked out of the walls. Among them were even the souls guarding the church that Shade had seen the last time he entered the church.

"They are the past guardians of the narrow chapel!"

The Undead Ring Warlocks from the Church of Nature appeared and charged outward, scattering the Headless Knights who were about to come into contact with the church. The appearance of these souls who voluntarily guarded the place also caused the miraculous elements in the church to spread to further areas outside the church, illuminating a larger area.

"Three-quarters of the ceremony is completed! The real world has sent the relic!"

Someone shouted near the bonfire, and then a brass box was delivered to the second floor of the church. Immediately afterwards, green seeds were thrown from the second-floor window to the square in front of the church. As the dazzling green light flashed, only gray-green grass grew in the narrow space of black, white and gray. The grass grew crazily outward. It only took a few minutes for the natural church to be surrounded by wild grass.

"The angel-level (level 1) relic [Seed of Resentment of the Plant Protector] housed by the Nature Church. Once the relic gets out of control, it will ignore any conditions and grow plants wildly until all the nutrients in the land are drained. This is enough if there are no restrictions. Destroying most of the relics of the Old World, the Church of Nature is very cautious in using this thing."

The emergence of plant power further pushed back the frontline position of the undead tide, and also gave the living people a chance to breathe. But they were not too happy because as a huge sickle swept across from the thick fog, all the grass on the ground was reduced to ashes in an instant.

The sickle even reached the door of the church. The two middle-circle warlocks who had no time to retreat into the church were hit by the decaying black light and died almost immediately. It is unknown how many victims this is since the battle began.

"finally come!"

The dense wave of undead was separated to the left and right, and a short and deformed figure walked from it. Behind him, a tall black figure wearing a cloak was holding a scythe, preparing for the next attack.

Valley puppet

The whistle blew from high above, reminding people of Joey Barton's arrival.

There was no need to make a tentative attack at all. Mr. Barton, wearing a children's black windbreaker, slowly rose into the air and reached a high place. The black sphere in his hand expanded rapidly and then exploded:

"Give you—destined death!"

Black light swept across, but this time Shade had no illusion that time was suspended. Because from a higher place, the crown of thorns was thrown down, and the crown caught Barton, trapping the spreading black light, and then perished together with the chosen one's innate ability.

"This is the final battle! Mystery Lock - the narrow space between life and death!"

A thicker mist came in, and the compressed mist covered the top of the church. Joey Barton's figure disappeared together with almost two-thirds of the high-level warlocks, entering the mysterious lock.

"Something's wrong, how could he be willing to face so many ring warlocks at the same time? No, that's not the main body, it's a clone!"

There was no need for Shade to remind others that something was wrong. All the high-level warlocks on the periphery rushed back to help, but at the same time, a huge black scythe swept out from the depths of the thick fog.

But this time, the sickle was stopped:

"balance!"

The dark golden scale behind Iluna blocked the sickle.

The scythe was retracted, and another Joey Barton came out of the fog. This time, he rushed to the church with the surrounding undead, and became entangled with the church's high-level warlocks.

"Here comes another one!"

The black scythe continued to attack, and the third and fourth Joey Barton came out of the fog. He seems to have the ability to enhance the power of evil spirits, and the undead around him become obviously more powerful.

"Beas, don't leave the church door!"

After telling Iluna, Mr. Landau from the Peace Church had to leave the church and join the fighting outside. In the fusion part [between life and death], although Joey Barton is still no match for the church, he has entangled most people.

Everyone knew what he wanted to do, so Iluna stood ready at the door of the church.

"coming!"

Shade reminded loudly. Before his voice could finish, a thick black beam of light rushed out of the white mist and shot towards the door of the church like a light cannon. Although he didn't know what it was, Shade rushed forward immediately and thrust forward with his sword:

"Daylight~Ray!"

The warm yellow light cannon shot out from the tip of the sword and met the black beam of light. The huge thrust caused Shade to stumble and slide backwards, and the hem of his clothes rustled in the wind pressure. But he was supported by others behind him in time, and the spirit that had just recovered more than half was quickly consumed.

Four black lights flew past him from left to right, up and down at the same time, but Shade used all his strength to fight against the dark beam of light and was unable to intercept it.

"Four Joey Bartons! Are the chosen ones too unreasonable?"

There was an exclamation from behind, and the aura that erupted later made even Shade, who had his back turned to them, feel dazzled.

The battle took place inside the church. In just a few dozen seconds, Shade couldn't even tell how many bursts of spiritual light appeared behind him. Until the end, the appearance of two words of sublimation in succession seemed to stop the battle, but then came Iluna's voice:

"It's a substitute. His power destroyed the defense ritual. He entered the church invisible!"

This sentence was definitely meant for Shade, and then Iluna's footsteps disappeared.

"Damn it!"

Shade rarely swore a curse word. As Joey Barton went deeper into the church, the black light cannon that was confronting him also became weaker and finally disappeared completely in the sunlight.

Turning around and looking behind him, he saw that the main chapel of the church was in a mess. Silver cords and charms were scattered on the floor, and almost all the long seats were smashed into pieces. But fortunately, the ceremony was not destroyed, and the three-layered ring on the ceiling was still slowly transforming into bright gold.

The ceremony has been carried out so far, and as long as the ceremony itself is not destroyed, the three passages are completely safe. Even if Joey Barton enters it, he will never come out again. But he still rushed into the depths of the church as if he didn't know anything.

Joey Barton did not attack the old priests, but a few of the ring warlocks guarding the place turned into statues, half of them were unconscious, and the only ones who were awake no longer had the strength to stand up:

"They are heading to the deepest point!"

Someone reminded, Xia De ignored his unrecovered physical strength and spirit, picked up the fishing rod and kerosene lamp beside the campfire, and chased after them.