Chapter 202

Chapter 748: Blue Fire Burns the Moon, Blood Dyes the Royal City Part 8

Rumble… Boom —!!!

With a shocking roar, the ground in front of us suddenly caved in, forming a deep trench.

The underground cellar was destroyed!

I was startled. I immediately grabbed Richter’s collar and stepped back rapidly using my moon step. The dust storm in the sky rose like a tornado, reaching dozens of meters high. The deep crack extended from the lawn near the bell tower to at least a hundred meters away outside the Catacomba courtyard.

Wherever the trench passed, walls collapsed, houses fell, and half of the old street far away was instantly reduced to rubble. The raging fire spread from underground, spitting out large tongues of red flames that turned the night sky into a bright crimson.

After a moment, howls and screams could be heard coming from afar.

“Damn it—!”

Looking at the chaotic scene before me, my anger was hard to contain. I couldn’t hold back my rage and shouted furiously, my mind racing. I turned to Richter and said, “Your injuries are severe. Stop fighting. Go save people and evacuate the children!”

“Okay.”

Understanding the situation, Richter knew that continuing to fight would only slow things down. He gritted his teeth, wiping the cold sweat from his face, and gave me a deep look.

“Theresa still has her hands free. The church rumors say her faith power is even stronger than the current High Priestess. You must be extremely careful. Once she uses a miracle… you absolutely cannot fall for it. Also, make sure she doesn’t take Boswell away with her.”

His expression was serious as he earnestly warned me.

“Please.”

I nodded.

“Sure, leave it to me.”

With a decision made, we acted immediately.

I began running around the flying dust, heading toward the side. I opened my eyes wide and listened carefully, searching cautiously for the nun’s whereabouts.

Just now, when the ground sank, I saw her retreating toward the right wall of the orphanage. Was she trying to take the blood bead and escape?

No way would I let you get away so easily!

Boom!

A thick ice pillar rose beneath my feet, sending my body soaring into the air. As the wind roared past my ears, I looked down and around.

The view was still filled with dust, no sign of anyone… not high enough yet.

Feeling the downward trend, I condensed an ice platform under my feet and pushed off with all my strength, propelling myself higher into the air.

Theresa… where are you…

Whoosh—

Suddenly, sharp whistling sounds came from below.

Something… is a rock!

As soon as I caught sight of the incoming object, my body reacted faster than my brain. My left ice scythe swung instinctively to the side, exploding into a cloud of white mist. Using the force, I quickly shifted sideways. The rock, the size of a head, whizzed past my shoulder.

I broke out in a cold sweat, but before I could catch my breath, a massive force hit my lower abdomen.

Another rock…

“Ugh!”

I spun several times in mid-air, losing balance both physically and mentally, and plummeted downward with a strong urge to urinate.

Swoosh… Boom!

I crashed through several obstacles and landed with a thud.

“Ugh… Ugh…”

The impact left me dazed, my ears ringing with the sound of debris scattering. Then, a sharp pain shot through my back, and after a long while, I finally managed to catch my breath.

Where did I land…

Struggling to lift my head, I scanned the surroundings… a wooden table… a small bed… it seemed like someone’s bedroom… there was a big hole in the ceiling caused by my impact…

“Ahhh—!”

A sudden scream made me jump. I immediately raised the giant scythe and looked in the direction of the sound.

A woman in her early thirties was trembling in a corner nearby. She clutched two young children tightly, their faces filled with fear as they hid in the shadows.

“I’m sorry…” Her voice trembled with unbearable pain as she whispered, “Run.”

I need to stand up…

The thought had just formed in my mind when the wall in front of me exploded. A nun wielding a giant axe burst out from the crumbling earth and stone, raising her right leg—

Bam!

This kick landed on my stomach, nearly folding me in half. My vision blurred, and I felt a snap in my waist as I flew backward, crashing through a wall and landing in a muddy alley.

“Ugh… Cough—”

Blood splattered on my collar, and my internal organs felt as if they were being crushed in someone’s hand.

Stand up quickly…

I propped myself up with my elbows in the mud, struggling to rise. Then I realized… I couldn’t feel anything below my waist.

It’s broken… This is bad…

Suddenly, the tattered nun’s dress filled my entire field of vision. My heart sank as I lifted my head— the nun, covered in blood, swung the giant axe enveloped in flames, aiming straight for my head.

I can’t dodge it.

“Ah—!”

I could only muster all my strength to roll to the side, swinging my left ice scythe towards her face. My right hand transformed Captain Gray’s weapon into an unstoppable spear, thrusting it toward the nun’s chest.

Plop, clang!!

The life-for-life clash ended in an instant. The ice scythe pierced through her mouth and exited the back of her head, while Captain Gray’s spear easily went through her heart. At the same time, the giant axe struck my shoulder and then exploded—

Rumble…

I lost consciousness instantly.

…

Crack!

The sound of ice breaking woke me up. My eyes slowly opened.

… I can’t see out of my left eye… It seems I’m leaning against some wall.

The wall… It hurts so much… Mud is all beneath me… Eh, I can feel my lower body…

Everything is blurry.

Faintly, I see in front of me, next to the dim gray wall, Theresa throws away her shattered ice-blue short scythe with one hand and grabs Captain Gray’s handle with the other, slowly pulling out the blade from her heart. During this process, the grotesque wound on her head gradually heals.

Plop.

The bloody giant scythe is thrown to the ground, splashing mud.

“I’m sorry.” She walks towards this side slowly, saying what sounds like a sigh, “I didn’t want to kill you. If possible… I would really like to be friends with you.”

“Cough cough…”

I want to say something, but I can’t make a sound… So I tremble and raise my hand, slowly showing her the middle finger.

…Ah, she doesn’t understand what that means.

So I think for a moment and spit some blood at her… But I don’t have the strength, the blood falls on the collar of my chest.

But she understands what I mean.

Boom—

The giant axe burning with karma fire is raised high in front of me.

“Miss Silvija… Goodbye.”

Thump thump…

Thump thump.

My heart beats clearly.

At the instant that an unbearable itch comes, I suddenly spread out my middle finger. “Bang,” the frost mist explodes in front of me, and I stand up.

My left eye vision has returned…

“You are—”

The shocked look on Theresa’s face hasn’t even formed when my right hand, glowing blue, presses against it and forcefully pushes down toward the ground.

Boom—

Bright ice crystal fragments mixed with dirty and foul-smelling mud splash onto my face.

Half of Theresa’s body is mangled by the fierce impact of the cold current, her head smashed in half, frozen blood and flesh flying into the mud pit and walls, turning into a nauseating color in the thin frost.

…Not enough yet.

I shake my left arm, clenching and releasing my fist… The injury on my shoulder has completely recovered, my left hand is now functional.

Bang.

I kick Theresa’s giant axe far away, grab her calf, and lift her frozen body upside down from the ground.

…There are too many people here. Theresa, let’s fight in the sky.

Bang!

Ice pillars rise from under my feet, and I step out, my body soaring upward like a cannonball, charging toward the sky.

Ten meters… twenty… still far off.

Crack.

An ice platform forms under my feet, and I leap upward another dozen meters with a single step.

…Again.

Crack.

Still not enough.

Crack, crack, crack—

Just like when I fought the endless abyss in the small village, I continuously create ice platforms, rising 50 meters… 100… 150… 200… at an unbelievable speed.

Boom!!

Suddenly, intense flames surge beneath me, and I immediately feel an unbearable burning sensation. Karma fire climbs up my left arm to my shoulder, igniting half of my body.

“Aah!”

The flames crackle fiercely in the wind, and I scream in pain as I fully activate the frost order, bursting into dazzling blue light in the night sky. Intense icy white mist spreads throughout my body, intertwining with the blazing red flames. A massive steam current freezes in an instant, then evaporates again in the next second, a sharp, ear-piercing sound almost piercing through my eardrums, making the air almost unbreathable.

“Ugh ah—!”

Theresa, held upside down by me, finally lets out a furious roar. Her other leg transforms into a crimson whip, kicking my buttocks repeatedly.

Bang! Bang! Boom—

Flames explode from her leg, the intense impact and burning pain almost suffocating me.

Damn… It’s about to bloom…

No… The cold air will drop… I must rise higher.

I am kicked so hard that my scalp feels like it’s exploding. Biting my teeth, I leap upward again, finally unable to hold on any longer, my body tilting, my foot slipping.

Here… almost there.

In the instant of weightlessness, I throw Theresa’s hand upward, while spreading out the fingers of my other hand… and suddenly clench them tight.

The Frost World.

Whoosh—

The fire on Theresa’s body is extinguished instantly.

Her face, with a hint of anger, is frozen in place, her right leg in a kicking posture, covered in frost.

In the night sky over the royal city, extremely cold ice currents swirl wildly.

I close my eyes in the rapid descent.

This time… should win, right…

If I fall like this, she’ll shatter into pieces… won’t hit anyone, right?!

I pray it won’t…

Rustle rustle… tear—

The already tattered skirt cannot withstand the strong wind, tearing off a large piece and revealing the corner of the lantern pants inside.

…Damn!

But at this point, I have no time to worry about these details.

While desperately trying to control my body to maintain balance in the air, I start thinking about how to land safely.

Using the thrust of the frost mist… probably not enough, if I don’t use the power of the abyss, I might die from the fall.

Just use a little… don’t be afraid… it’s fine…

Suddenly, I feel the speed of my descent slow down.

…Hmm?

It seems a current is holding me from behind… before I can figure out what’s happening, a gust of wind blows strongly, carrying a strange fragrance, wrapping me in its embrace. Then, someone holds me in mid-air.

“Reckless.”

A voice with a slight chill says.