Chapter 361

Chapter 147 Red and Black Part 9

Across the street, from where Cardinal Nero was standing, brilliant light suddenly burst forth, illuminating the houses and streets in a blaze of radiance. I was startled and quickly turned my head to look.

The golden light wasn’t blinding, but I could still make out two figures within it—Nero Cardinal suddenly regained his mobility. He raised his hand, gathering a blazing white light from the flow of light. As Angel advanced instead of retreating, leaning and dodging behind him, he slapped his own chest.

Everything happened in an instant.

I didn’t have time to react, nor did I clearly see how or why Nero had escaped the “quagmire,” and I didn’t understand why he would attack himself, but I heard Carlos urgently shout beside me, “Move!”

The warning of danger came instantly, and I instinctively stepped into the moonlight to dodge. At the same moment, Carlos’ figure flashed like lightning, flying away from his original position and over to the other side of the street.

Zzz—

In the next moment, a dazzling energy beam shot out from Nero’s chest, sweeping across the place where we had previously stood.

In an instant, the entire street seemed to collapse as the buildings were torn apart by the white light, crumbling like paper. The solid road was carved with a scorched trench, the earth churned up to七八米高，澎湃的能量蔓延到远处的几条街道，轰鸣声中摧毁了一切。

我的身体仍在半空中，尚未落地。

下一刻，狂风乱流般扑面而来。

呼呼呼呼——！

“唔…”

我连忙合上双眼、闭紧嘴巴，双臂交叉挡住脸，只觉得自己像断了线的风筝一样，在狂风中左右摇摆，飞向更高的天空。

顽强的老东西，居然还有反抗的力量！

“哗啦”一声，巨大的火焰之翼倏然从背后展开。我操控着黑焰，在肆虐的气流中竭力稳住身形。

飞沙走石让人难以睁眼，炽亮的光芒依然在街道里嗡鸣，巨大的“隆隆”声在耳边犹未散去，隐约间，我听见下方的光芒里，传来若隐若现的对话。

“安吉尔。”

率先开口的声音嘶哑怪异，低沉的语气夹杂着一丝难以置信：“你居然将……逆像终焉……你怎么能……”

“独断专行……未经许可私自变更教会……严重违反教条。尼禄……”安吉尔缓缓道出的话语，语气依旧随意，却有着让人心惊胆战的冰冷，“与我作对，你想清楚后果了吗？”

呼啸的狂风逐渐停滞，两人的对话变得清晰。

“哈哈哈——”

“我既然能站在这里，就没想过会活着离开……”

“你会遭受难以想象的痛苦。”

“还有什么，比现在更痛苦呢……”

我在半空中悬停，缓缓睁开眼睛。

下方的街道中，白光从尼禄和教宗所在的屋顶再次绽放。

轰嗡嗡嗡嗡——

伴随着一声惊天动地的巨响，大片房屋在一片苍白中瞬间被炸成碎片，无数碎片漫天飞舞，可怕的冲击波从下方的街道如海啸般扩散开来。

“呸。”

灰尘飞进嘴里，我吐着舌头，皱眉煽动火焰之翼，在飞灰乱流中倏然升空。

啁啾——

一声嘹亮的鸟鸣响彻四周。

紧接着金光一闪，一只巨大的金色丽鸟扇动翅膀，锋利的羽毛簌簌颤动，金发飞舞的安吉尔脚踩鸟背，出现在左侧十几米外的空中。

他一手托起散发着耀眼光芒的浮球，另一只手抓着玛格丽特的碎骨项链，修长的身姿自柔和的金光里笔直挺立，宛如神明。

如果能忽略掉那随风飞舞的一身睡袍，和睡袍上印着的斑点花纹……

That indeed was an impressive posture.

He seized the divine artifact…

It’s a great opportunity to kill him!

Realizing this, I spread my flame wings and hovered in the air nearly a hundred meters above the ground, my gaze sweeping over the dust-filled streets.

Whoosh—

In the next moment, a sharp whistling sound of breaking wind suddenly came, and a bright white light spear instantly flew towards me.

There!

Swoosh!

I dodged the attack of the light spear, the surging airflow causing me to stagger. Then, using this gust of wind, I flapped my flame wings, rotating my body mid-air before plummeting down with a “boom.”

Immediately after, a second light spear broke through the scattered dust and smoke, shooting at me once more.

Damn…

My body was in rapid free fall, and in that instant, it felt like I was colliding with the light spear. Moving too fast, I couldn’t dodge or even make any protective movements. The howling wind that felt like a wave crashed into me, and suddenly, it was as if I had hit an invisible barrier, causing a loud explosion ahead.

It’s Angel…

Whoosh whoosh whoosh—

Gale-force winds and surging energy wildly impacted in front of me, and everything before my eyes turned blindingly white.

But in less than a second, I pierced through the explosive energy. Dead smoke surged around me, swirling and merging into a ball, trailing long flames as it charged into the rising dust, my body flipping and kicking like a meteor crashing down onto the street below.

Boom!

Rocks shattered and scattered.

The ground beneath me caved in, and a deafening roar echoed in my ears. My entire calf sank into the cracked green rock, plunging into the soil below—this strike missed its target.

Clang, clang!

Two metallic clashes resounded from the left.

While quickly pulling my foot out of the road, I looked in the direction of the sound and saw, not far away, in the center of the street, amidst the gradually dissipating dust, azure lightning rapidly circling with faint golden glimmers.

“Carlos, move!”

I shouted loudly, stepping out with my feet, carrying a torrent of dead smoke, rushing toward the golden light, arriving instantly. Raising both arms overhead, crimson flames erupted from my clenched fists with a “whoosh.”

“Damn…”

Carlos cursed softly, and the lightning hastily retreated to a distance.

In the next moment, I lightly touched the ground with my toes, leaping up, my raised arms smashing down like a heavy hammer toward the figure in the golden light.

Clang clang clang—

Cardinal Nero raised his arm to block, and this blow struck his forearm, causing armor and golden light to collide with a shrill metallic sound. Scorching karma fire, like a directional blast, suddenly gushed forth along the path of the fist, instantly engulfing the golden light.

Still unable to control it well…

I was shaken, my arms numb, quickly jumping back five meters, shaking my hands, and focusing on the前方望去。

火焰冲击吹散了周围的烟尘，业火在街道上燃烧，熔化了绿色的岩石。尼禄枢机置身于燃烧的烈火中，模样显得极其狼狈。

“咳——”

他身体踉跄，鲜血从口中溢出。

我笑了起来。

身体好热……

但即使感到不适，也不给他喘息的机会。

呼——

下一刻，浓厚的死烟再次从脚下涌出，燃烧的焰翼化作流焰包裹住身体。我轻轻吐出一口气，红光和黑烟从口中缓缓喷出。烟雾缭绕之间，翻腾的业火再次爬上双臂，火舌飞舞起来。

嘶嘶嘶——

蔓延的死烟缠绕上业火，眼前的黑雾火星沸腾。红与黑的力量交织在一起，在空中不断变幻形状，宛如吞噬一切的可怕怪兽。

这种感觉……

我脚下踏出月步，卷着猛烈的风浪，将脚下路面削出焦黑的深沟，一记直拳向尼禄枢机轰去。

嘭！

轰——

The impact blew away the surrounding dust and smoke. Karma fire burned in the street, melting the green rocks. Cardinal Nero, caught in the burning flames, looked utterly disheveled.

“Cough—”

His body staggered, blood spilling from his mouth.

I laughed.

So hot…

But even feeling unwell, I didn’t give him a chance to catch his breath.

Whoosh—

In the next moment, thick dead smoke surged again from under my feet, and the burning flame wings transformed into flowing flames enveloping my body. I exhaled a breath, red light and black smoke slowly spewing from my mouth. Amidst the swirling smoke, the surging karma fire climbed up my arms, tongues of flame dancing.

Ssssss—

The spreading dead smoke entwined with the karma fire, sparks boiling in the black mist before my eyes. Red and black forces intertwined, constantly changing shape in the air, resembling a terrifying monster that devoured everything.

This feeling…

Taking moon steps, I churned through fierce winds, carving deep blackened grooves in the road beneath my feet, and launched a straight punch directly at Cardinal Nero.

Bang!

Boom——