Defying the Fate of Beheading-Chapter 365 - 213: I’m Very Afraid, But I Have to Go
The Iron Guard’s power seems to have some restraining effect on that divine statue.
But, it’s only just a restraint.
"Can someone tell me, what is going on with this thing, why did it suddenly start moving?"
"And what in the world is the Adventurer Guild doing, why did the divine statue of the Dark Night Goddess Temple find an opening to escape from your side?"
"Hasn’t the Shadow Country not been opened yet?"
Fortunately, it didn’t take long before the Adventurer Guild seemed to finally have made the necessary preparations.
Accompanied by a white light shooting skyward, the organizer’s member of the Adventurer Guild shouted loudly:
"Retreat! Retreat! Don’t get caught up in the ritual magic."
Louis looked up at the dark clouds in the sky, then turned his head and released a Grip of Greed towards the area shrouded in dust below.
In an instant, four people were directly pulled out.
A soot-covered William and the three Fox brothers were dragged away from the surrounding area by him.
The next moment, Louis felt a slight tingling on his skin.
He looked up at the sky and gasped.
In the sky, six spheres of light emerged, leaving a dazzling trail in the air, eventually merging in the center.
A powerful shock wave scattered the dark clouds across the sky.
The brilliant golden sphere ultimately forged into a giant light sword nearly a hundred meters long, crashing to the earth as if the sky were caving in.
The divine statue also sensed the terrifying energy gathering above, and let out an indignant roar:
"Kalina!!!!!!"
"Shut up!" Louis cursed loudly, and the surrounding earth rose like dragons and snakes to fiercely restrict the statue’s movements.
He could clearly feel that this ritual magic was already a huge threat to the statue.
So he didn’t hesitate to pour most of his energy into matter manipulation.
The tightened earthen dragons bit down on the statue’s limbs, making it impossible for it to break free.
The angry voice echoed through the clouds, but in the next moment it was slashed fiercely by the descending light sword.
The terrifying impact was like a large missile detonated on the ground.
The shock wave that surged upwards pushed everyone around to the distance.
Louis felt like a leaf blowing in the wind, wavering endlessly.
Not long thereafter.
When everything returned to calm, they had already been swept by the shockwave to entirely different directions.
"Was it successful?"
Louis looked at the ground shrouded in the mushroom cloud and said instinctively.
Yet in the next moment, the dust suddenly twisted, under the terrifying impact opening instantly.
A silver palm struck the airborne Lumi, who was holding the little swan.
The blood aura entwining them quivered suddenly.
The statue raised its hand, ready to launch a second attack.
But Lumi’s speed was faster than it.
Only in this instant did she step on the large bow, consecutively shooting several heavy arrows like cruiser missiles.
In the first shot, the statue originally about to strike was sent staggering.
In the second shot, the next heavy arrow bent the statue’s neck back.
In the third shot, the entire divine figure’s battered body suddenly tilted backward.
Then followed various skills shooting from all directions.
Seeing someone restrain the statue’s actions, those adventurers decisively chose to hit where it hurts.
Skills rained down like meteors on its body.
Seizing this opportunity, Louis took one more look at the colossal golem, which practically had the adventurers pinned down.
"It got injured, huh."
The ritual magic unleashed by the Adventurer Guild, although not yet fully in effect, certainly demonstrated remarkable power.
The statue, which appeared indestructible, had already been cut open with a massive pit.
Perhaps due to the injuries, its movements considerably slowed.
On the ground, unbeknownst to them, ink began to writhe increasingly.
Streams of ink rose into the air, tugging the statue’s body into them.
The statue let out a discontented roar, suddenly casting a palm strike towards the direction of the little swan.
Yet this strike forcibly sent Lumi and the little swan flying backwards.
"Stop her!"
The voice of the Black Swan suddenly rang out.
Filled with anxiety, Louis realized that the Black Swan had stealthily approached the area’s surroundings at some unknown time.
But it was too late.
The palm strike was too swift.
Even at the level of the maid captain, it hadn’t been dodged, let alone Louis stopping it.
With a booming sound, Olivia and Lumi were thus slammed to the ground.
The spreading ink on the ground directly swallowed both of their figures, disappearing from this area.
Louis narrowed his eyes.
The little swan entered the shadow plane without any defenses.
The agitated voice of the black swan echoed in Louis’s mind:
"When did this guy awaken?"
"Damn it, I have to save her!"
"Louis, help me, please help me!"
However, what responded to her was a cold voice from Louis:
"Shut up."
She seemed a little stunned, not expecting Louis to suddenly change his expression.
"Do you know about the existence of that god statue? It seems you’re very sure that statue is going after the little swan!"
The black swan suddenly fell silent.
"Not talking anymore? Fine, I’m going to do what I have to do."
Louis looked at the few people he had brought out and said in a deep voice:
"You guys make arrangements outside, I have to leave for a while."
Grace reached out to grab Louis:
"Mr. Caesar, are you going to the shadow plane by yourself?"
Louis calmly said, "I promised someone that I would protect the little swan."
He regretted it.
Really regretted it.
Although he didn’t know why the little swan was targeted by the Dark Night Goddess’s statue, he was more furious that...
He didn’t stop the little swan earlier.
He shouldn’t have listened to the little swan, taking a chance to let her participate in this competition.
The little swan clearly told him she encountered unknown dangers in the Dark Night Goddess Temple.
Grace looked at Louis’s hands:
"But, Mr. Caesar, your hands are shaking..."
Louis: "...Maybe I’m a little scared?"
Grace said anxiously, "That god statue’s combat power has clearly exceeded level 20! That’s the legendary realm that ordinary people can’t surpass; if you go..."
"I know..." Louis calmly said, "but I can’t not go because of fear; this is the choice I made."
Because of his insufficient strategic planning, when he was chased by the Undead Legion on Dragonbone Prairie, the little swan ran away from home to find him, not expecting to encounter danger.
So, he was scared, but he had to go.
"...Then let me go with you. To deal with this kind of curse-like power, you might need to use me."
Grace said seriously, "If you really want to rescue Miss Olivia and the others, please use me as much as you need."
Louis looked at the young girl with a headache.
Finally, hesitated for a moment:
"Okay."
Alice looked at Louis and sighed:
"I won’t go down to cause more trouble, and the Fox brothers, too; you stay behind, I need you to help me as a coordinate."
Alice threw a crimson gem into Louis’s hand:
"Take this, and don’t break it for me."
Louis took a glance:
"What is this?"
"The Crimson Lover’s Dream, our Ashford Family’s heirloom."
When hearing Alice say this, Louis suddenly felt the item in his hand a bit scorching.
But after hearing Alice’s next words, he eventually took the item away.
"The effect of this thing is simple; it can directly generate a directional teleportation array in the surrounding area, forcibly transferring people in the surrounding area to the side of another Crimson Lover’s Dream gem."
Alice took out another identical red gem from her cleavage:
"Go save them; if you’re on the Star Continent, no matter where you are, even in a Death Magic Zone, you can teleport to me."
"But you’re going to the shadow plane, and the Crimson Lover’s Dream’s effect isn’t evident enough, I need to stay in this marsh, to serve as a coordinate for you."
"Only this way, you have a chance to safely teleport to me."
"But it’s a bit too dangerous here, with the Fox brothers staying, I will be able to wait for you."
Louis nodded:
"I’ll keep the item, return it to you when I return."
Alice smiled and said:
"As long as you bring that fool back, everything is negotiable."
At this point, the trembling voice of the black swan came.
The voice was filled with an indescribable fear:
"I can give you my power...please bring her back, only you can help her, Grace is not enough now."
