Chapter 501

Chapter 124 Heavenly Shocking Explosion

“What did you say…”

The fresh blood dripped and fell on the ground, burning with the karma fire, spreading out.

The man, pierced by the ice scythe through his forehead and pinned to the wall, had a flame temperature so weak that it was no longer enough to melt the bricks. I stood in front of him, barely feeling any warmth.

Yet he grinned viciously, speaking in broken sentences that left me stunned.

The clown…

Is not here?!

…No, this is him trying to deceive me.

Bam!

I punched him squarely in his grotesque face. The force wasn’t heavy, but it was enough to make his blood spurt, his nose shattered, and his just-healed eye sockets裂开 again.

“Another chance. Where is the clown.”

“Guh… guh… hehehe…”

The man cried and laughed, tears streaming down from his cracked eye sockets due to the pain of his broken nasal bones. His face full of rotten flesh was both terrifying and comical—this infuriated me greatly.

“Laugh at your father.”

Bam—

“Ahhh!”

This punch shattered his laughter along with his facial bones. After a moment, the fleshy growths wriggled again, like disgusting worms.

“Hehehe… hahaha…” The man’s hoarse laughter echoed as he lifted his head to stare directly into my eyes, his swollen and bloodshot eye sockets recovering, his pupils turning increasingly red, “Y-you’re still just a little girl…”

“What did you say?”

“I said… have you ever seen the most beautiful karma fire… what does it look like…”

?

I frowned slightly.

Has this person been hit stupid?

“Then it’s like… even in the grandest banquet, in the most beautiful garden, one cannot see… hehehe… blooming flowers… boom, the entire world will light up… splendid… do you want to see it…”

“Are you—”

“I… will give it to you as a gift.”

Whoosh whoosh whoosh boom——!!

After the man’s words fell, a violent wind and intense heat waves swept up from within dozens of meters around.

The flames that were gradually losing their heat suddenly surged from his body, wildly spreading to the surroundings, engulfing ruins, huge cracks, grass, trees, flying mud and dust, all of which were instantly caught up in the fiery currents and thrown upwards by the terrifying shockwave!

The man called Mist Concealer twisted his face in the karma fire.

“Mmm…”

The fierce air current blew me backward, my feet leaving shallow marks on the ground, my hands shielding my eyes, the sound of burning flames constantly passing my ears, and then a loud “bang,” I collided with a large stone that had risen into the air, stopping just in time. When I looked up again, a sense of foreboding rose in my heart.

“Silvija…”

The man’s figure was already more than ten meters ahead, enveloped in firelight like the sun, rapidly becoming blurred. Yet his voice, carried by the strong gusts, clearly reached my ears.

“This blooming spark… I give it to you… I hope… you will love it…”

“Hehehe… ahahahahaha—”

That laughter was like that of an actor exaggerating for the final scene before the curtain falls.

Subsequently, the unrestrained laughter was gradually drowned out by the hurricane and the raging fire. In the entire area within a hundred meters, the crimson flames, the flying stones and dust continuously surging and dispersing, raged like a stormy sea. The terrifying power was continuously gathering towards the center within ten or twenty meters.

Fire and dust surged and boiled in front of me, the powerful karma fire force centered on Mist Concealer was constantly expanding outward, causing destruction far beyond the visible area. The fierce fire currents created high winds, stripping the ground, the grass, the soil, the rocks, and even the already damaged cement roads.

Several buildings in the central area had already been flattened in the initial blast, while those further away were collapsing and splitting, as if being swallowed by a vortex, breaking down into countless particles. Various debris flew chaotically, the terrible destructive force continued to spread, fragments shot out like bullets!

Damn…

I was caught in the energy vortex, struggling to keep my balance.

Damn damn damn…

It’s going to explode!!!

How powerful would the explosion be if a heretic in the “Blood Sacrifice” stage self-destructed?

I didn’t know.

But I couldn’t take the risk.

I couldn’t bet on whether I could stop it, or if he could flatten the entire city of Alertheon.

The trend of energy gathering continued. The original position of Mist Concealer was now enveloped in a blazing fireball, intense red light reflecting on my face. In a split second, I made a decision, braving the scorching winds, I started using my moon step, leaping forward!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh—

In less than twenty meters, I needed three consecutive moon steps to barely reach the spot. I stood steady in front of the fireball, the concentrated energy center cutting my face and body like a sharp knife, my hair dancing in the wind, the roar of flames filling my ears.

“Mmm…”

I couldn’t breathe anymore…

My face turned red, my eyes squinted slightly, holding my breath, I raised my left hand quickly and stretched it toward the fireball—

Puh轰！

The sound of explosion rang in my ears, my slender arm instantly pierced through the fireball—

Into the flames, he gritted his teeth and searched within, the scorching sensation spreading from his arm. His sleeves burned away, but inside the fireball, it seemed empty… Perhaps that body had already condensed entirely into burning karma flames.

Realizing this, I dropped Captain Gray and thrust my right hand into the fireball as well. With a loud boom, thick ice spears erupted from the ground, splashing mud everywhere, rising ten meters, twenty meters, thirty meters…

“Yaahhhhhh!”

The fierce wind and raging waves roared on, the enormous ice spear pushing the boiling crimson flames like a sea tide, carrying the girl who tightly clung to the fireball with both hands, soaring higher into the night sky amidst astonishing, rampant energy.

Beside the ruins to the north of the city, Isaac, wrapped in golden light and covered in blood, looked up and saw the ice column shooting rapidly into the sky amidst the rumbling noise. Seeing the blazing light at the top of the ice column, which shone like the sun, he was momentarily stunned, then suddenly shouted loudly to everyone around him, “Everyone! Get down—!!!”

In the city ablaze with karma flames, countless knights lifted their heads, their eyes filled with shock and confusion. They watched as the ice column rose higher and higher, and then the petite figure atop it, carrying an intensely glaring crimson fireball, leaped off the top of the ice column, dragging behind it a magnificent tail of intertwined ice and flames, soaring even higher into the sky.

In a dark alley several hundred meters away, the knight named Barry tensed his body and widened his eyes.

High above, the intense meteor rushing skyward had instantly flown to a height beyond the reach of sight, like a brilliant star in the night sky. However, the young knight was still somewhat immersed in the terrifying commotion earlier; the thunderous wave of destruction burst forth from the direction where his sister fought, countless buildings and boulders being crushed like grinding wheels, some debris even flying over here.

The earth trembled like thunder, and he was filled with dread, protecting the trembling Lilith as they curled up in the corner, too afraid to move. But when he felt the disturbance recede, the young knight held Lilith’s hand, and they both cautiously raised their heads, only to suddenly realize that something had flown into the sky.

“That is… What happened…?”

The girl beside him was so frightened that she could hardly speak clearly. She curled up her body, clutching Barry’s hand tightly, her pale lips quivering as she spoke, but Barry seemed not to hear her. The boy’s eyes were fixed on the sky, and after a while, he opened his mouth as if about to say something.

Buzz—

In the night sky, the flames suddenly exploded.

Brilliant light spread out from the star-like point, piercing through the darkness and illuminating the entire city in an instant, making it as bright as day. The light reached them, forcing their eyes wide open, but even with closed eyes, the light still seeped through their eyelids and reflected into their pupils, turning their vision white before turning red, causing a stinging sensation in their eyes.

“Ahh!”

Barry heard Lilith’s scream, and at that moment, he felt her grip on him tighten even more. The terrified woman was at a loss and called out his name loudly, “Barry! Barry!!”

“Lilith, we need to hide…”

Boom!!!

Before the young knight could finish speaking, an unprecedented, earth-shattering sound drowned out his voice.

At this moment, all sounds in Aretine City—the fighting, shouting, hoofbeats—were overwhelmed by the immense explosion, burying everyone’s ears under the buzzing of countless insects. In this massive explosion, everyone was temporarily deafened.

Time seemed to stop flowing in that instant.

Boom…

The rumbling sound continued echoing, the large city trembling and panicking. It felt like an eternity passed before the astonishing explosion far up in the sky gradually weakened and dissipated. The dazzling flames faded, and the night sky reclaimed Aretine City.

Finally, the young knight dared to open his eyes.

He lifted his head and saw the black smoke, resembling clouds, almost obscuring the entire sky of Aretine City. Barry’s mind was still in disarray, unable to imagine what had happened. In the next moment, a wild gale swept down from the sky!

Whistling—

That gust carried the residual heat of the explosion, like a typhoon descending from the heavens, striking the vast city, stirring up mud and dust, raising a sandstorm, collapsing the broken towers and houses, and the overwhelming wind instantly pressed Barry and Lilith back to the ground.

“Hold on to me… Hold on to me!”

The young knight pressed his face against the ground and shouted urgently to the woman beside him. He then saw Lilith, nearly driven mad with fear, lying on the ground with blood oozing from her forehead, her eyes tightly shut. She could do nothing but scream hysterically.

Barry’s face turned urgent, his teeth clenched as he rolled toward the screaming woman, protecting her soft body under him, holding her tightly.

After a short while, the wind and waves subsided.

A small figure fell rapidly from the sky.

In the dark alley, the young knight struggled to his feet and pulled Lilith up. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the falling, somewhat familiar small figure, stunned for a moment.

Then, as if finally realizing what had happened.

“Sister Hill!”

Barry grabbed Lilith’s hand and rushed towards the falling figure without hesitation.