Chapter 721

Chapter 106: Rebirth Fifteen

“Scoundrel! You! Dare—!!”

Yellow wind, dust, flowing water lines, and tremendous impact force erupted from the side of the chaotic crowd as soon as the Grand Knight’s fist struck down. The wild shouts that were moments ago far away now approached with the rising dust!

The bulky figure wrapped in black smoke appeared in the peripheral vision instantly. She raised her heavy hammer, like an unstoppable cannonball, “Boom—” directly smashing through the sealed sin barrier. The Grand Knight didn’t even have time to turn around, and the hammer wind, akin to a wolf’s howl, brought an irresistible hurricane and power, slamming the man straddling Carlos sideways by 45 degrees, spitting blood and groaning, then flying out nearly ten meters.

“Grand Knight!”

“Retreat, retreat quickly—”

Outside the shattered sin barrier, the three knights who had come with the Grand Knight were filled with shock, shouting and running towards the direction the man had flown, intending to take their wounded commander away first. However, the old woman did not intend to give them this chance.

When she struck that blow, she braked sharply beside Carlos, then jumped up with a “bang,” swinging the heavy hammer again towards the three knights. The hammer bottom crashed into the ground, causing a huge flow of water to spread out fan-shaped on the yellow earth, creating turbulent mud waves. The knights cried out as they were hit head-on, struggling in the murky waist-deep yellow water, then losing balance, blood pouring from their mouths and noses, one after another fainting and floating away, carried off by the mud.

Whoosh—

The holy spear whistled past from afar, and Apfel, covered in blood, straightened up, “Clang” repositioning the heavy hammer on the flooded ground, then turning back: “Boy, you—”

Her expression was cruel, dark red blood dripping down her hair, trying hard to say something, but she was interrupted by Carlos’ weak voice: “Help me… pull me… quick…”

The man suffering the same severe injuries bit his teeth and wriggled his body, gasping for breath, desperately trying to get up, but his hands were already broken, unable to exert any force. Seeing this, the old woman hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, limping two steps, only to stop when she saw the black mist drifting from her body.

“Boy, can’t you… walk anymore…”

She thought the man wanted to leave but couldn’t move, but that wasn’t the case. Carlos’ left elbow joint was completely dislocated. He struggled to lift his twisted right hand, his middle finger and index finger trembling violently, wanting to move but failing to rise, yet his arm pointed in one direction.

“That way, uh… someone wants to…”

Apfel turned her head: “What…”

“To stop them…”

“Stop what?”

The old woman didn’t quite understand his meaning. With her body eroded by the dead smoke, she felt increasingly weaker, her mind becoming muddled, the originally unbearable pain now numb, consciousness gradually fading.

She knew she couldn’t hold on much longer.

However, in the next moment, the old woman vaguely saw several shadowy figures in long robes at the boundary of the ruins and barren land, bypassing the knight squad still rushing over here, heading quickly toward the direction of the black sun in the sky.

Those people were about three hundred meters away from them.

She froze for a moment.

Then, she began to understand Carlos’ intentions: “Hey, boy…”

Apfel’s face darkened abruptly in the black aura. She suddenly laughed, turning to scrutinize the man’s blood-soaked, swollen face, the smile spreading at the corners of her mouth looking hideously distorted due to the terrible ulcerated wounds.

“You don’t want me to stop those little fellows over there and do something about that damned abyss, do you?”

“Apfel Senior, cough, listen to me…”

“Damn it, Carlos… Do you want to die in my hands.”

“Charge! Hold them off—”

On the other side, the golden-armored knights were gradually chasing back towards the two, having reorganized their formation after a brief pause. The knights advanced with a thin sin barrier, seemingly raising a shield of miracles, swords piercing through the gaps in the light shields. Horse修士 (horse monks) roamed behind, shouting to quickly encircle the two. Someone ran over to help the Grand Knight up as he struggled to rise.

“Do not attack rashly, do not attack rashly! Just surround them!”

Someone waved their arms shouting, others gritted their teeth, glaring at the old woman with red eyes: “Faith Order, seal this area!”

“Let them fall on their own, no one should waste any more energy…”

“How noisy…”

The old woman, Apfel, frowned and looked around, spitting out a large mouthful of pus-stained black-aura blood with a “puh,” the erosion sounds still emanating from her body. Her hair fell out in clumps, turning to ash in the air. That black eye was almost completely rotten flesh, already blind.

But she showed no signs of falling.

“Senior, please… help me this time…”

The swordsman named Carlos’ eyes revealed anxiety, his gaze piercing through the crowd, fixating on the horse monks who were getting closer to the black sun, stopping and completely ignoring the situation here, looking up at the gray sky while talking to each other.

“Uh…”

The man started crawling toward them despite his injuries.

“He still wants to struggle!”

“Faith Order, what are you doing—”

Buzz!

The light of miracles suddenly shone brightly, several chains emerging from the barren land, about to bind Carlos who had just moved half a meter.

At that moment, the man opened his blood-filled mouth, roaring desperately: “Ah ah ah ah!!!”

Crash!

Azure lightning surged around him, wrapping his body like a startled snake, the golden chains missing their target. Before the knights could fully form their encirclement, Carlos had already transformed into a bolt of lightning, “Boom—” shooting out from the gap in the crowd, the light blinding, speeding toward the direction where the horse monks were.

This was almost his potential exploding, he had exhausted his last breath.

Everything happened too suddenly. The seemingly dying swordsman suddenly burst forth with such energy that all the knight clerics failed to react effectively in an instant. The speed of the lightning was too fast; in the blink of an eye, it was already dozens of meters away. At this moment, the knights began to shout loudly. Someone’s body emitted holy light.

“Traitorous knight!”

“Damn it! Intercept him with a miracle!”

“Beware of Pope Knight Apphief!”

“Stinky little brat—”

In the midst of the chaos, the knights were like panicked headless flies, wandering around the perimeter. Without any command, the knights on the outside acted independently. A monk named Laryx also chased after him wrapped in golden light. After the attention of the encirclement was distracted, Apphief took advantage of the opportunity to leap up and fly over countless heads, instantly rushing to the forefront.

And in the distant view, the five monks who had acted on their own initiative, disobeying Bishop Alersta’s orders, chanted softly. A dazzling light suddenly shot into the sky, piercing through the rolling black clouds.

“Aaaahhhhhh!”

In the lightning, Carlos, covered in blood, screamed hoarsely, driving his remaining strength to rush across the yellow earth, continuously closing the distance with the radiant light. Two hundred meters, one hundred eighty meters, one hundred fifty meters… The man sprinted全力冲刺, wanting to delay them for a while before they could perform their miracles. Even if it meant risking his life, he had to stop them. He understood what those people wanted to do.

But in the next moment, the lightning wrapping around him suddenly dimmed. Carlos’s figure tumbled out, bouncing and leaving a deep trail on the barren land. After stopping, he lay仰面躺下 on the ground, as if his body had completely lost sensation. For a long time, he couldn’t catch his breath.

In the end…

It was too much…

The man looked at the gray sky, his vision extremely blurred. He had exhausted his last bit of strength but still couldn’t rush ahead of those monks.

Buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz—

In a daze, he heard the sound of a miracle coming from nearby, growing more piercing. Golden light dispelled the gloom, instantly filling his entire field of vision.

Carlos’s face pressed against the sand, his blood mixed with yellow mud. He struggled to turn his head to see what would happen next — in the next moment, he saw a fat figure descending from the sky, wrapped in black mist blocking his way.

“Get away—”

The hoarse cry of the old woman reached the man’s ears. Before he could see what happened, he felt a powerful force in his chest. Apphief kicked him flying. Carlos groaned as he rolled in mid-air and landed more than ten meters away.

“Cough!”

After landing, he coughed up a large mouthful of blood, as if his organs had shifted. His ears rang “buzz buzz buzz buzz,” whether it was the sound of the miracle or tinnitus, he couldn’t tell. All he could see was the golden light almost blinding him.

“Apph…”

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