Chapter 310

Chapter 96 The Divine Relic of Nero

After the hurricane subsided, the soil and stones that had been flying in the sky fell one after another. However, the dust that could obscure vision did not dissipate completely for a while. The visibility around was still low, and almost nothing could be seen beyond ten meters. I vaguely sensed that there seemed to be a faint golden glow flickering from the direction of the burning town in the distance.

Clang—

The heavy bell rang again.

In front of my line of sight, under the light emitted by the golden bell, Bishop Nero’s figure fell to the ground with the second toll of the bell.

His invincibility had disappeared…

Opportunity!

Realizing this, I immediately focused, pulling the trigger of Captain Gray’s gun with my right hand. The sound of gears turning “click-click” came again from the scythe handle, and the black chain was instantly retracted into the combined scythe handle. The sharp black blade transformed back into its giant scythe form. In the next moment, I raised Captain Gray over my head.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh…

Air currents stirred into wind pressure, lifting the slowly falling dust around me once more. A large amount of dark mist surged out from within my body, climbing up the scythe handle and converging at the tip, where Captain Gray trembled violently in my hand, emitting a buzzing sound.

Compressing…

Further compressing…

Feeling it was about to reach its limit, I took a step forward and suddenly swung the giant scythe towards Bishop Nero’s direction.

Kill!

Whoosh—

Like a crescent-shaped huge black blade carrying a howling wind, it swept down from the scythe, slicing through the scorched earth and creating a deep trench as wide as an arm. It carried flying dirt and pebbles, disappearing into the golden light in an instant, aiming to strike the still struggling Bishop Nero on the ground.

At the last moment, he sensed the danger and let out a desperate roar, rolling clumsily to one side. The black blade nearly grazed his body, shrieking as it vanished into the night.

“Aaaaahhh—”

Bloodlight blossomed silently amidst the golden glow, and Bishop Nero let out a miserable wail.

He was heavily injured!

I felt a surge of joy.

Suddenly, that slightly plump figure disappeared from the golden glow.

!

Where did he go—

Buzz!

The air in front of me twisted abruptly, and a dazzling light flashed before me. Before I could react, Bishop Nero appeared just inches away from me.

He was covered in blood.

His upper half, bare and scarred, was riddled with wounds and bruises. The wound on his neck, about half an inch wide, was bleeding profusely but slowly healing. From his left chest to his lower abdomen, a sharp blade had cut him open, exposing fat and red flesh, revealing several ribs underneath, and even faintly showing some organs wriggling deeper inside.

Black death smoke rose in wisps from the wounds, continuously eroding his flesh, emitting a grating “sizzling” sound. Even half of his face was covered by black smoke. The death smoke was fiercely resisted by the weak golden light swirling around him, ultimately unable to advance.

His hair still had ice fragments, his mouth was full of blood foam, his face was grotesque, and he exuded a violent aura. The eye not yet eroded by the death smoke shot out a frenzied light like that of a wild beast.

“White—! Night—!”

Bishop Nero shouted hoarsely.

It didn’t sound like something a human could produce.

His scream, rising to an extreme, seemed to come from a blood-soaked demon filled with hatred.

In a flash, Bishop Nero grabbed my neck with his blood-stained hand. The moment his palm touched the armor, a “sizzling” sound came from my neck. It was as if wet meat was being placed in a freshly heated oil pan, but Bishop Nero paid no heed. He was strong, and lacking a timely reaction, his forceful push made me stagger backward uncontrollably.

Immediately afterward, golden light once again bloomed splendidly before my eyes.

What do you want to do!

As black mist exploded from beneath my feet, I lifted Captain Gray once more, striking fiercely at his head.

“Yaaahhh—!”

I’m not afraid of you!

The blade tip flashed with cold light, wrapped in black mist and accompanied by the wind, swiftly aimed at Bishop Nero. At the same moment, his fingertips touched my forehead quietly.

Bad…

Instantly, a strong sense of crisis swept through my entire body, coldness rushed from my spine to my brain, and my hair stood on end. I suddenly jolted, using all my strength to turn my head to one side. I heard a “buzz” and felt scorching light grazing past my cheek and hitting behind me.

So painful!

It felt like pressing my face against a red-hot iron, unbearable burning pain made my face twitch involuntarily. This burning sensation vanished in an instant, and my right cheek quickly turned numb and lost sensation.

At the same time, Bishop Nero ducked to avoid the scythe attack, the blade passing over his head and cutting off several strands of hard, needle-like hair. With his right hand, he gathered golden light and swung it with a gust of wind, striking straight at my face. I switched the scythe to my left hand, preparing to slash his side waist in return.

Death smoke and golden light intertwined and churned around us.

Suddenly, as I bent down to dodge his punch, golden light exploded before my eyes.

Bang—

Dazzling light hit my face instantly.

I didn’t feel any pain, but I couldn’t open my eyes.

Immediately afterward, a loud noise came from below.

Boom!

A heart-wrenching pain tore through my lower abdomen, and my body flew backward.

Swoosh… Crack…

My body flipped and crashed into the ground, bouncing back up. All I heard were the sounds of grass and wood breaking. I felt a tumultuous turmoil inside, as if my intestines were knotted, my stomach convulsed constantly, and I barely held back a rush of urine. I didn’t know how far I had flown or how many meters I had slid before stopping, and my mouth was full of mud and sand.

Dad Li…

“Guh—”

Before I could get up, I vomited.

Pain…

So much pain!

I couldn’t help but reach for my lower abdomen.

The sensation transmitted through my hand was no longer cool and flat as before. I felt hot cracks, and hurriedly looked down — the skirt armor made of deep mud, starting from the left side of my lower abdomen where it was struck, began to crack. Countless cracks spread outwards in a petal-like pattern, extending and diffusing irregularly until they reached my chest.

Several pieces of debris fell into my palm.

So hot!

I immediately threw the still-smoking fragments onto the ground.

The armor had cracked…

Fortunately, the soft mud membrane on the inside remained intact; otherwise, I would have been scalded…

“Mmm…”

I endured the excruciating pain, struggling to stand up.

The next moment, wind and heat swept over,伴随着

With a terrifying sonic boom, it came whistling from the front.

Bang, bang, bang—

I…

Moon Step!

In that instant when my feet kicked up the earth, I flashed over to a lawn more than ten meters away, then turned my head to look back—scarlet fire lines broke through the sound barrier, accompanied by incessant “bang” sounds, sweeping through the air currents and tearing across the night sky, racing past the lawn where I had previously stood.

The scorching fire lines resembled the breath of a dragon burning everything in its path. Despite looking as thin as a thumb, the suffocating heat made me feel danger even though I was far away. My feet moved again with the Moon Step, retreating another twenty meters or so.

That…!!

The fire line flowed past one meter above the ground, shooting toward the darkness further away, gradually disappearing from sight. Wherever it passed, grass and soil were flung into the air by the scorching flow, then ignited by blood-red flames, quickly disintegrating into ashes and dust, scattering in the air. The ground was left with deep, long, crimson scorched marks from the immense destructive force.

Scorching waves hit me, searing my cheeks.

This power…

Just by watching, I knew that if I were hit, it would be… Was I just hit by this thing?!!

Probably…

What miracle is this?!

Suddenly, an absurd idea popped into my mind: This is the sinfire of the Gate of Truth.

But I immediately denied it.

No, it’s not…

Although it looks similar, the power is much greater… and the color is deeper… Stop thinking, concentrate.

Whoosh—

Black flames surged again around me.

A needle-like pain pierced my brain.

I clenched my teeth, rubbing my temple lightly, and looked at Bishop Nero, who was covered in golden and red light, rising like the sun in the night, burning the soil beneath his feet.

He raised his right hand toward me, and scarlet flames engulfed his entire palm starting from his thumb.

At the same time, black flames began to spiral around me in a rectangular pattern. A blue arm emerged from the flames and slammed into the ground.

Give it your all, get rid of him…

Boom!

Grass, ashes, and dirt mixed together, flying high into the air.

Countless fireballs burning with black flames suddenly rose into the sky, roaring into the night, illuminated by moonlight, rushing toward the sun on the plain.

“Nero…Nero!”

At that moment, from the direction of the burning town in the distance, I heard a weak, intermittent female voice shouting.

…It’s Margaret!

“You dare, you dare violate the doctrine…without authorization! To use the power of the divine relic! Have you gone mad?!”

…!

What did she say…

Is it the divine relic?!

The fireballs roared through the night, halfway between Nero and me.

“Stop!”

Margaret continued to shout, her voice rapidly approaching.

“Otherwise, I will also use the divine relic…to sanction you!”

After these words, the crimson glow on Nero’s body gradually dimmed, and the flames in the golden light extinguished.

Next, a pitch-black rain of fire swept over.

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom—

Explosions raged across the plain, like mysterious and spectacular flowers suddenly blooming in sight, shaking the soil beneath our feet slightly. The air currents brushed against my face, my hair fluttered to my lips. I wiped my mouth and squinted my eyes.

I turned my head toward the source of the sound.

Under the night sky, under the faint moonlight, a graceful figure rode a white unicorn, galloping swiftly on the devastated grassland. She held onto the beast’s back with one hand, emitting dazzling light from her palm. The hooves trampled scorched earth and ashes, causing flowers to bloom wherever she went, reviving the scorched land.

Her posture was like that of the goddess of life in legend, reviving all things.

How beautiful…

An unexpected admiration arose in my heart.

I lowered my head, looking at my hands wrapped in black armor, then glanced at the nearby grotesque blue arm, and the distant swirling black flames and thick smoke, suddenly wanting to hide my hands behind my back.

The blue arm complied with my thoughts, quickly retracting into the flames.

I sighed in relief.

I didn’t want her to see this…

Then I looked up and saw Bishop Nero’s figure appearing not far to the left of the explosion, emerging from flickering golden light. Before he could steady himself, countless long vines burst from the ground under his feet, tightly binding his body, immobilizing him.

Well done!

Seeing this, I scratched my itchy cheek, gripping the scythe and charging forward.

But before I took several steps, blinding white light shot out from the vines, sweeping wildly around. These lights were like sharp swords, slicing the vines binding Nero into pieces. The vines lost their vitality instantly, no longer writhing, falling quietly at Nero’s feet. Freed from his bindings, he quickly slipped out from the broken vines.

After taking a few steps, Nero stumbled, nearly losing his balance.

!

The fat man can’t hold on much longer…

Taking a deep breath, I bent my knees, jumped, and leaped high into the air.

I controlled the black flames, sliding swiftly toward him.

On the other side, in my peripheral vision, Margaret, who was already quite close, once again emitted golden light.

Nero raised his right hand toward me…then suddenly turned toward Margaret.

“Watch out!”

I shouted loudly.

But after a short while, he lowered his hand.

Then he stood still, turned his head, and gave me a deep look.

This look sent chills down my spine.

What does he want…

Buzz…

Next moment, the golden light flashed, and Nero’s figure vanished in place.

!

I immediately became alert.

Then I saw a golden light appearing in the distance opposite to Margaret, about a hundred meters away on the plain, then instantly vanishing, flashing toward an even farther place.

…He wants to run!

I was both angry and anxious.

This fat man actually ran so fast!

After realizing this, I immediately turned the flames and prepared to chase after him full speed.

“Don’t…don’t chase!” Margaret suddenly shouted.

“Why!”

I turned my head.

Suddenly, I saw her body sway and fall off the beast’s back.