Chapter 47: The Fall of the Saints
The waters of the Flowing River surged, but as the crew on the riverbank watched the two massive bodies of the Infernal Fire Phoenix drift downstream, their hearts trembled.
Looking up at Linley, who seemed like a demon god, they felt only one thing in their hearts—invincible, powerful!
"Lord Linley is the strongest." The crew was filled with worship.
At this moment, above the Flowing River, after Linley killed the Infernal Fire Phoenix, a fierce battle had fully erupted. The Radiant Church, the Dark Church, and Linley's side were all engaged in combat!
"Boom~~~" The fierce battle among the many Saint-level powerhouses caused even the spatial currents to become chaotic. The roaring sounds were like a hurricane approaching, with sand and stones flying. Even the waters of the Flowing River below seemed to be stirred by a giant, churning violently.
"What a terrifying ultimate warrior." Claymerson was filled with fear in his heart. Then, a sound like a beast's roar was heard, "Roar~~"
The Fallen Angel leader 'Claymerson' looked up and roared, his forehead revealing a black magical imprint, and his body surface burned with a cold, eerie flame. The surrounding temperature seemed to drop significantly. In particular, a dark golden battle armor appeared on his body surface, which was the legendary 'Dark Saint Armor', very similar to the 'Earth Guardian Armor' of the earth magic system.
"No matter how loud you roar, you will still die." Linley's indifferent voice sounded.
Linley's right hand, covered in dragon scales, clenched into an iron fist and struck out as if piercing through the void. Wherever the fist passed... the space produced illusory overlapping shadows. Claymerson's black longsword, wreathed in cold flames, thrust out again at extreme speed, like lightning.
The dragon-scale-covered fist met the tip of the black longsword wreathed in cold flames!
"Clang!"
The sound of metal clashing rang out.
"Fallen Angels exist for battle; why would I fear you?" Claymerson was full of confidence in his heart, but in an instant, blood gushed from Claymerson's eyes, nostrils, mouth, and ears. His entire body went limp and fell directly from the high altitude.
His body plunged into the waters of the Flowing River, floating and sinking as it drifted with the current.
Earth's Profound Truth—256-layered Vibrational Waves!
With a single frontal exchange, Claymerson's internal organs had been completely shaken into mush.
"A six-winged Fallen Angel dares to fight me in close combat?" Linley's dark golden pupils held a trace of icy coldness. The current Linley was in his Saint-level ultimate form of the Dragonblood Warrior. In terms of pure strength and battle qi, he was ten times stronger than an ordinary Saint-level powerhouse!
With such a high foundation, combined with Linley's 'Wind's Profound Truth' and 'Earth's Profound Truth', both were extremely terrifying close-combat attack methods.
When the foundation and the laws both reached an extremely high level, and the two complemented each other, even a powerhouse like Desri, who was on the verge of stepping into the divine domain, would not choose to engage in close combat with a transformed Linley. Fighting an ultimate warrior with such deep law comprehension in close combat was suicide.
"Don't engage him in close combat!" Haydyn immediately shouted from a distance.
"Linley's attacks are very strange. Everyone be careful." Usono also shouted loudly, at this moment he was battling the transformed 'Saint-level Undying Warrior' Barker.
The Dark Pope 'Afleck' and the Chief Arbiter 'O'Casey' both changed expressions. The third major figure of the Church, the 'Fallen Angel leader' Claymerson, had fallen and died just like that. Afleck, standing on the head of the Saint-level Black Dragon, immediately produced a black crystal ball.
Afleck's expression was solemn, his lips moving slightly.
"Hmm?" Linley's expression changed.
"What is this?" Linley clearly felt an invisible, cold force penetrating into his body. His 'Pulsating Defense' was completely ineffective. That cold force rapidly surged toward Linley's head.
Dark Forbidden Secret Art—Evil Force!
This was cast by the Dark Pope using the Church's treasure, a crystal ball from the Dark Divine Plane. As long as the enemy was hit by this 'Evil Force', they would be completely controlled for a period of time. The duration of control depended on the caster's mental strength.
If used against a 'Saint-level Archmage', it might not be able to control him, but it could still cause the Saint-level Archmage's head to spin, leaving him unable to react in time.
In the most mysterious part of the mind.
The boundless mental energy surged like seawater, with a mysterious, semi-transparent seven-colored crystal suspended within it. When this evil force directly rushed into the mind and collided with the boundless mental energy, the faint cyan halo contained within the mental energy clashed against it.
The Dark Pope 'Afleck's' eyes were cold and eerie, with a strange allure. He stared at Linley.
"Go, kill that rat-type magical beast." Afleck said softly.
"No... O'Casey, kill him quickly." Afleck suddenly changed expression. He clearly sensed that Linley's mental energy was resisting. Although Linley was affected, the Evil Force could not invade Linley's soul.
O'Casey held the two-meter-long 'Judgment Blade'. The cold, moon-like 'Judgment Blade' carried a strange fluctuation as it directly slashed toward Linley.
The Judgment Blade struck Linley's 'Pulsating Defense' on his body surface.
In an instant—
"Pfft!" Like a bubble bursting, the 'Pulsating Defense', affected by the Evil Force and not actively controlled by Linley, was directly shattered. This 'Pulsating Defense' required Linley's control to achieve the level of the earth's pulsations, making its defense high.
If the Pulsating Defense was not controlled, it only had simple vibrations, and its defense would not be high.
However...
Linley's dragon scales were different. Regardless of whether Linley was conscious or not, the dragon scales remained dragon scales. The defense of a Saint-level peak Dragonblood Warrior's dragon scales was monstrous. The ancestors of the Baruch family had relied on this to dominate the continent.
"Ssshhh—" Like an ordinary chopping knife hitting rock and iron, sparks flew. It only managed to barely create a crack in one of the dragon scales.
"One more strike and it will break." O'Casey thought to himself. The Pulsating Defense had only absorbed part of the power. O'Casey's right hand moved like a blur, and the Judgment Blade swung again, aiming directly at the crack.
"Buzz~~"
As if on fire, deep cyan battle qi suddenly erupted from Linley's body surface again. The battle qi once again vibrated with a very profound rhythm. With a 'clang', Linley's dragon-scale-covered hand directly grabbed the Judgment Blade.
Of course, between the palm and the blade of the Judgment Blade, there was an extremely thin, flexible layer of battle qi.
"You have no chance." Linley's dark golden pupils stared at O'Casey.
O'Casey's expression changed drastically: "Not good!" He didn't even have time to pull out the Judgment Blade before he immediately retreated. As he retreated, a strange purple light flashed through the spot where O'Casey's body had just been.
It was the Violet Blood Soft Sword! O'Casey felt a cold sweat on his back; he had only narrowly avoided being cut in half.
Linley briefly observed the situation on the battlefield. At this moment, Bebe was locked in a stalemate with the mysterious 'Lord Fallen Leaf'. Bebe couldn't kill this Lord Fallen Leaf.
In terms of comprehension of the Light Laws, the ascetic leader 'Lord Fallen Leaf' was the deepest among the Church's members.
Especially his ability to turn his body into light; his 'light-speed' movement and flight were much faster than that of Olivier back then. Even Bebe, who was the fastest on Linley's side, could only match this 'Lord Fallen Leaf' in speed.
"Bebe, stop messing with that old man. Kill all the angels first." Linley immediately gave Bebe the order.
"Got it, Boss." Bebe also felt that this old man was too troublesome.
This old man Fallen Leaf didn't engage Bebe in close combat. Relying on his terrifying speed to move quickly, he simultaneously, like a spider, easily shot out countless white threads. These white threads contained a terrifying power of holy flame, constantly trying to bind Bebe.
Even with his speed, Bebe couldn't use it effectively.
"Fighting this old man is like being stuck in a quagmire." Bebe cursed inwardly.
"Fighting this big guy is just a waste of time." Usono was also helpless at this moment.
The Saint-level Undying Warrior 'Barker', known for his defense, ignored Usono and directly pursued the weaker angels, occasionally launching a surprise attack on Usono. After all, Usono's Shadow Clone Technique was too strange, and Barker found it hard to injure him.
But Usono also couldn't injure the Undying Warrior 'Barker'.
"Hmph, I've become the soft target." Sethler sneered as he watched a large number of Fallen Angels and Holy Angels charging at him.
The three Saint-level undead were decent, but they didn't reach the level of 'Hodson'. They could only deal with these Fallen Angels and Holy Angels. However... would a Saint-level Necromancer be so simple? Summoning was just one branch of necromancy.
"Die." The Fallen Angels and Holy Angels, their eyes gleaming coldly, surrounded and attacked him.
Sethler stood indifferently in midair, his lips moving slightly. Then, an invisible ripple spread out in all directions from Sethler's center. This invisible wave was very similar to when Desri attacked Rumble and when the Saint-level Golden Dragon attacked Linley.
But this range was clearly wider.
The two nearest Fallen Angels and one Holy Angel, struck by this invisible soul attack, trembled.
"Pfft!" "Pfft!" "Pfft!"
Very cleanly, the three Saint-level undead simultaneously pierced the chests of the 'two Fallen Angels and one Holy Angel', crushing their hearts. In an instant, three angels died. Adding the two Linley had killed at the start and the three Bebe had killed at the beginning.
Only one Holy Angel remained, while three Fallen Angels were left.
...
Only one person on the field was idle—the Radiant Pope 'Haydyn'. Haydyn had been holding the Holy Bible, muttering something under his breath. He had been muttering for too long... Linley felt a trace of worry in his heart.
"Desri and the others are taking too long." Linley's mouth curled up slightly as he casually cut through the ice tentacles like meat pillars with his Violet Blood Soft Sword.
In fact, Linley had been waiting throughout this battle... because he had arranged for Heiru to go directly and invite Desri and his group over. As for the three Saint-level dragons, they had been lurking in the distance, not to be brought into play until the critical moment.
And now...
"Roar~~" The roar shook the heavens like thunder, and a bolt of lightning streaked across the sky. With a 'crack', a Fallen Angel, unable to dodge in time, was directly smashed into a pulp. The speed of a Saint-level Thunder Dragon was so fast that even a transformed Linley couldn't dodge it, let alone a Fallen Angel.
The Thunder Dragon's attack was not enough in front of Linley.
But killing a Fallen Angel was more than enough.
"Big brother, leave one for me." A deep voice sounded. The Tyrannosaurus Rex's massive tail flashed, directly smashing the fleeing Holy Angel into a pulp. By then... all three Fallen Angels were dead, all killed by the Saint-level Thunder Dragon.
Its speed was too fast.
"Whoosh!" An invisible ripple rapidly spread out.
"Be careful." Lord Fallen Leaf exclaimed, but it was too late. This invisible ripple quickly struck Usono's four figures in succession. The four figures of Usono dissipated, finally merging into one.
This move was the Saint-level Golden Dragon's ultimate technique—Soul Roar!
"Haha~~" A burst of laughter was heard. Barker, in his Undying Warrior form, wielded his giant axe and directly cleaved toward Usono's body. At this moment, Usono's soul was in turmoil, and he was completely dazed, with no reaction.
"Pfft!"
Without any surprise, the axe cleaved directly from the top of Usono's head, splitting his entire body in two.
It was only then that Haydyn finally finished reciting his ultimate technique. A cold glint in his eyes, Haydyn pointed his finger at Linley from afar and whispered, "Life—Deprivation!" An invisible force instantly enveloped Linley.
PS: Chapter one has arrived!