Chapter 309: The Angel's Descent (Part 6)
"You dare play me!"
Samael's chest heaved violently. A massive amount of dark green venom spewed from his sleeves, forming two snake-like monsters the size of human arms.
He stomped hard, instantly cracking the ground beneath his feet, and charged forward.
But the next moment, Samael suddenly clutched his head, then looked towards the sky behind him.
His expression fluctuated constantly. After hesitating repeatedly, he retracted his hands.
"Hmph, consider yourself lucky. Don't die here."
After leaving a harsh remark, Samael quickly vanished in another direction.
On the other side, William withdrew his gaze.
"He didn't chase after me? Is he wary of the Sweepers, or does he have another purpose..."
Since the other party had no intention of getting entangled, he wouldn't deliberately go looking for trouble either. After all, there was still a bunch of Sweepers in front of him.
After sending Haggai over to Ruen's side, William also arrived at the edge of the battlefield.
The ground everywhere reflected the red glow of magma. The weeds in some depressions had already been dissolved by the high temperature, and the places where people could stand were becoming fewer and fewer.
Clatter-clatter-clatter-clatter.
Dense collision sounds echoed in the air.
Kalvis was seen bare-chested. Several sections of bone extended from his skin, forming a set of armor like an exoskeleton, blocking all the high-speed spinning chainsaws.
At the same time, he used a dagger to slice open his palm, letting the fresh blood fall to the ground.
"In the name of the Son of God, I offer my blood to cleanse the most evil creatures in this world..."
As Kalvis chanted the scriptures, the blood on the ground quickly formed a magic array, scorching the Sweepers' surroundings.
"Bones, blood... using Holy Arts of two different Brands right off the bat. As expected of someone from a Holy Clan," William thought to himself.
On the other side, a pure white Holy Light barrier also appeared around Lorcy, but its radius was five or six meters, much larger than William's range.
This nun waved her hands, and subsequently, the Sweepers caught within began to retreat. Judging from their struggles, this was not voluntary.
However, Lorcy was also struggling greatly. Obviously, the consumption of such an ability was not low.
Aside from that, Bettis, Olivia, and the others also joined the battle respectively.
The former continuously took out high-quality holy artifacts. She had held it in for too long along the way.
As a member of St. Peter's Cathedral, what she lacked least were these exorcism tools. But due to the rules of the Land of the Holy War, Bettis had always felt like her hands and feet were bound.
Now finally liberated, she didn't skimp on the consumption at all, throwing ten-year vintage Holy Water like candy beans.
Even Olivia aside was somewhat surprised.
But whenever the Sweepers were burned by the holy artifacts, the surrounding dense fog would immediately heal them, and then these monsters would recover as before.
Therefore, despite the various methods used by the Holy Clergy Members, they were only barely fighting the Sweepers to a draw.
William wasn't in a hurry to strike. Three circles of golden patterns surfaced in his eyes, carefully observing the power fluctuations on the Sweepers.
Soon, he discovered an anomaly.
Relying on his layer-by-layer understanding of spirit particle runes, William keenly captured an energy fluctuation on the Sweepers.
It was a puppet-string-like thing extending from the back of these serial killers' heads all the way up into the night sky.
Connecting this with the Evil Spirit's control over these monsters, William determined that this was the Sweepers' source of power.
He immediately told the crowd about this discovery.
Kalvis and Lorcy were both true members of the Vatican's Holy Clans and immediately noticed the anomaly.
The former looked at William, the surprise in his eyes undisguised.
"Three circles of golden patterns. He has actually practiced his eyes to the [Divine Eye Seal] stage. No wonder he could find so many stone seals earlier..."
Kalvis himself had only just completed the [Holy Pupil].
Even so, it far surpassed other Holy Clan members, especially considering he was practicing multiple stages simultaneously.
On the other side, a brilliant light also bloomed in Lorcy's beautiful eyes.
"Who is this person? Why have I never heard of him before..."
These thoughts only lasted for a split second.
The two quickly focused their attention back on the enemies in front of them.
They each took out a few sacrifices. Spirit particle power was different from evil aura and could not be directly purified with Holy Power.
Therefore, items specifically targeting these powers were needed.
As the two respectively threw out the items in their hands, energy collisions instantly erupted in the air.
Olivia and the others didn't have such rare sacrifices, so they could only take on the role of guards.
But Bettis took out a silver bracelet, and the glowing halo from it directly interrupted the Nurse Butcher's teleportation.
William narrowed his eyes tightly.
From his perspective, the power of these sacrifices was disintegrating the spirit threads on the Sweepers, but the effect was limited.
At this rate, perhaps the sacrifices would be depleted before this power was destroyed.
Thinking of this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and then he walked towards the Sweepers.
Kalvis and Lorcy glanced sideways out of the corners of their eyes, secretly guessing this person's purpose.
"The Evil Spirit's power replenishes very quickly. I'm not sure if we can destroy it." Seeing William walking toward her, Bettis immediately stated her problem.
The latter nodded: "Just stall for time for me."
Bettis didn't understand what William wanted to do, but out of her understanding of him, she chose to trust him unconditionally.
"Alright, I won't let it move before you finish," Bettis said, increasing the intensity of the sacrifice's activation.
Subsequently, the power on the Nurse Butcher weakened visibly to the naked eye.
"I understand your difficulties. You were all forced to come here. Perhaps you also suffered many hardships while you were alive..."
To the shock of all the Holy Clergy Members, William actually began to console the Sweeper.
"Is this... verbal soothing? Father William has actually even practiced the basic Holy Arts of the Soul Body stage."
"But... do these serial killers have consciousness?"
"Isn't that Mr. Freddy an example!"
"..."
Discussions instantly erupted in the crowd.
Kalvis glanced at those people, disdain flashing in his eyes.
"Hmph, a bunch of fools. This is clearly the Tier 2 Holy Art of the Soul Body stage, [Salvation Persuasion]. But... I didn't expect him to possess multiple Brands as well." Kalvis narrowed his eyes.
But then he was a bit puzzled again: "He shouldn't have been able to use Holy Arts earlier. Then how did he reach a cooperation with that monster in the striped sweater?"
Although Lorcy didn't speak, she also took a deep look at William.
The latter naturally had no time to pay attention to this.
At this moment, in William's eyes, these Sweepers were surrounded by two distinct auras.
Bright red, light gray.
These were precisely the Sins representing "pain" and "hatred."
William called out to the emotions buried deep within the Sweepers' souls and guided them in the direction he wanted.
This did not belong to a Holy Art, but an ability attached to his system panel.
Before long, the Nurse Butcher indeed showed anomalies.
Its throat let out a hoarse roar, and then it began to scratch its rotting skin, while that spirit thread also became unstable.
"It really works!" William's eyes lit up.
Bettis certainly wouldn't miss this opportunity. A pure white halo enveloped the spirit thread, melting it in an instant.
The Nurse Butcher also withered at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then fell into a fissure in the ground.
Bloop.
The magma merely bubbled, and the shadow of this Sweeper could no longer be seen.
Seeing this, Kalvis and the others immediately followed William's example and began talking to the Sweepers, but the effect was not significant.
Just as the few were planning to ask, the vortex in the night sky showed an anomaly again.
An extremely massive pitch-black pillar extended from inside, like an arthropod limb, its tip looking very sharp.
This thing smashed straight down toward William's location with astonishing speed.
After a violent tremor, both William and Bettis disappeared from their spot.
"Are you okay?" The former let go of the nun's waist.
Bettis had a look of surviving a disaster and shook her head. If William hadn't been there just now, she probably would have died long ago.
At this moment, a Holy Light barrier surfaced around William, with a radius approaching three meters.
It was precisely this Holy Art that had saved them just now.
Previously, by observing Lorcy, William had noticed her method of controlling the Holy Light barrier. He then tried injecting more Holy Power into the barrier, and didn't expect it could actually expand the range.
However, the consumption was indeed massive, but for him, he could still hold on for a long time.
At the same time, the black pillars also smashed toward the others.
The two Holy Clan members and Olivia dodged quickly, but the rest were a bit too late.
Just at this moment, a dazzling golden glow blocked the invasion of the black pillars.
People looked at a figure in surprise.
"Shiloj, you..." Hugh widened his eyes, looking at this blonde youth.
The latter held a golden crucifix, surging with powerful Holy Power fluctuations, even distorting the surrounding space.
The black pillars were forced back little by little, and Shiloj slowly floated into the air.
"Lord David! So you were here!" Shock flashed in Kalvis's eyes. "Please forgive my inability to salute at this moment..." This Holy Clan member actually showed immense respect.
Lorcy also looked surprised and bowed deeply.
"David..." William narrowed his eyes.
If he remembered correctly, this was the surname of the current Pope of the Church.
Bettis beside him gave the answer: "Shiloj David, the heir to the David clan. It's said he possesses at least six Brands and is the person most likely to become the next Pope."
"I didn't expect this Excellency to have followed us for so long." She was somewhat in disbelief.
"Sounds pretty impressive," William thought to himself.
Then he looked back and forth between mid-air and the ground: "How did this guy..."
At the same time, Shiloj spoke up: "Pay no mind to these formalities. Next, I will hold back the Evil Spirit. Listen to Father William's instructions."
"I can feel a power that does not belong to this space gestating. Those guys who invaded the Holy Land must be plotting something. We don't have much time left." His gaze was solemn.
Subsequently, the range of the golden glow continued to expand, forming a giant net that covered the entire night sky.
On the other side, Kalvis frowned slightly.
In the Vatican, the David clan was one of the few names he had to respect.
Therefore, despite his internal reluctance, he still looked at that lower-ranking priest: "What do you need me to do."
William naturally sensed the change in the other party's emotions but didn't care at all.
"I will try to soothe them and create openings for you," he pointed at the group of Sweepers.
"Then we'll trouble you, Father William." Lorcy, however, had a smiling face, looking quite amiable.
After this, William wandered around the periphery of the Sweepers, guiding their emotions.
And the spirit puppet strings hanging from the night sky each began to destabilize.
Coupled with the mutual coordination of the Holy Clergy Members present, the Sweepers began to fall one by one.
Some of them fell directly into the fissures, while others, like Jason, relied on their own power to break free from the restrictions of this space.
Freddy was one of them.
He sliced open the dense fog with his blades, then turned around and took off his fedora: "Our cooperation also ends here."
William narrowed his eyes.
He took out the parchment; the contract power on it was dissipating. Although he didn't know how Freddy managed it, this was indeed a sign that the deal was over.
"Hey, don't look at me like that. The Source Power here is fluctuating abnormally, which is why the contract became invalid," Freddy unexpectedly explained.
"You aren't going to return to that school, are you?" William probed.
Since the other party had laid his cards on the table, naturally, he couldn't stay any longer.
"Hmph, who knows," Freddy was vague. "But the next time we meet, I'll leave you with a good dream."
As soon as his voice fell, he stepped into the mist vortex.
"Saying such ambiguous words on purpose... trying to distract me, huh." William snorted coldly.
But Bettis beside him had a weird look in her eyes.
"The relationship between these two seems a bit strange," she thought to herself.
Before long, all the Sweepers in this area had vanished.
At the same time, the mist vortex in the night sky also began to spin frantically.
After a tremor that affected the entire area, the dense fog gradually thinned out.
Thud!
Shiloj also fell from the sky to the ground.
"Lord David, for you to enter this place all alone is truly too dangerous. This is a dereliction of duty by our Saul family." Kalvis immediately came over and bowed.
Lorcy also walked over: "Did you find that item?"
Shiloj shook his head: "The Book of the World fragment present in this area is merely a counterfeit; it cannot be restored into that holy relic."
Hearing this, both revealed expressions of disbelief and each took a metal fragment from their pockets.
Subsequently, Shiloj reached out his hand, and massive Holy Power surged into them.
The fragments merely flickered a few times on the surface before completely turning to powder.
"Aside from the Holy Clans, no one could possibly know about this." Kalvis's face darkened.
Lorcy also frowned: "Even if they knew, to create a counterfeit convincing enough to fool the Church's holy relic detection is unheard of."
"You don't need to be disheartened. The Book of the World is a legendary item to begin with; it's perfectly normal not to obtain it," Shiloj comforted them.
"I do have some leads, however."
The two raised their heads upon hearing this.
But the blonde youth shifted the topic again: "But right now is not the time to focus on this."
"Just now in the sky, some powerful force restricted the Evil Spirit, so this area might not hold out for much longer."
Even if he hadn't mentioned it, everyone could notice that the cracks in the ground were getting larger, and quite a bit of magma had already welled up.
Shiloj immediately walked toward William not far away: "Although now is not the time, I still thank you very much for your help."
"Otherwise, Kalvis, Lorcy, and those innocent survivors would have certainly perished here."
William was somewhat surprised, not expecting this big shot to maintain his manners. Whether it was genuine or a show, at least the other party was someone who could clearly read the situation.
Therefore, he also nodded and returned the greeting: "May the Lord bless us. This is the duty we should fulfill."
Shiloj also drew a cross on his chest.
Subsequently, the group immediately rushed towards the gate, which was the only remaining area unaffected by the magma.
But very soon, everyone discovered an anomaly.
The switch was not connected to a circuit; instead, a giant "face" appeared on the gate.
More accurately, it should be that a "face" had become the gate.
Not only did it have distinct facial features, but judging by its characteristics, it was also male.
At the same time, a dense evil aura churned nearby; even some dead spirits were dragged over.
The Holy Clergy Members all frowned.
Ordinary evil spirits could not reach this level of power.
Then there was only one possibility—a demon.
At this time, the "face" also opened its eyes. The amber pupils further confirmed the demon speculation.
It looked around at the crowd and suddenly spoke: "Ignorant humans. If you wish to leave this place, you must do one thing for me."
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