Chapter 539

Chapter 619 – Long Night Dark Fire Part 8

“Let… us…”

“Play… an… interesting…”

The twisted, blood-red flesh intertwined like countless maggots and strange creatures, their bones shattered and exposed, while at the forefront, a patch of messy hair lifted slightly. That seemed to be its head, but its face was long gone, and there was no mouth. Yet, the voice seemed to come from there.

Crack, crack… Slurp, slurp…

With a horrifying, nauseating sound, sticky yet crisp, a second withered, blood-red hand, about five meters long, sprouted from the top or back of the flesh mass—suddenly. For an instant, I felt a tingling on my scalp, as if I had been electrocuted. My heart quivered, and I instinctively stepped back two paces, my arms and back covered in goosebumps.

“Damn it…”

It should have been easy to crush him… He had no way to fight back…

Even when I pushed my body to the limit, activating the frost order to the point where even I found it hard to control, even then, I couldn’t kill him…

“Monster…” I gritted my teeth.

This was bad.

The fire before me grew more intense, scarlet flames erupting from its body and spreading to the surrounding land, dispelling the frost mist, melting the ice, turning the damp earth dry and cracking instantly. The temperature soared.

To the right, the night sky gradually turned crimson.

In the next moment, the ground began to tremble.

Rumble, rumble…

…This is bad!

At the moment the tremor started, the red light in the sky, like the sun, shone brightly again, illuminating the darkness. I turned my head, widening my eyes, and saw the raging sea of fire, like clouds being dispersed, surging and rolling in the sky nearly a thousand meters high. Then it condensed. Directly below the red flames, the outline of Deer Town and the refugee camp outside were cast in a deep red hue. I heard faint cries from afar.

This is bad, this is bad, this is bad…

His target wasn’t me; it was everyone in that town!

The intense light seemed to melt the entire silver land. What was once white in my vision now turned red, like blood. A giant fireball formed suddenly amidst the trembling and the rumbling.

Ahead, the disgusting flesh mass, engulfed by flames, “stood” up, using its two enormous hands to support itself. The twisted flesh continued to move, making nauseating sounds. Although it had no eyes, I could sense, somehow, that it was looking at me.

“Hill… Viga.”

Hoarse, as if something thick was stuck in its throat, the flesh mass spoke again. The blood-red light and flames made its voice even more eerie. Despite the severe distortion, I could still recognize it—it was the jester’s voice.

“You have… thirty seconds… to kill me, stop this… calamity, save… the people of the town…”

Damn it…

“Aaaah—”

Instantly, as he finished speaking, my eyes glowed blue, and my hands thrust forward. Violent cold winds rose again, carrying countless ice shards and frost, overturning the yellow earth and breaking through the flames, slamming into the twisted flesh十余米之外！

咚咚咚咚——

密集的冰暴轰击在肉体之上，数十枚冰刺瞬间扎了进去，燃着业火的血流淌出来，顷刻将冰刺融化。肉体的顶端，火红的毛发在生长、蔓延，仿佛野兽的皮毛，渐渐将血红的肉身包裹、覆盖。寒风咆哮之间，怪异的话语声继续传来，无比清晰。

“三十秒一过…天罚降下，肆虐的火焰…会烧死那里的…所有人…一个不留…”

休想得逞！

嗡——

五指张开又合拢，冰霜世界再次释放而出，刚刚变得炽热的空气骤然转冷，我的身体开始泛起薄雾。下一刻，入眼所及的范围，燃烧的猩红之火，仿佛凝固了一瞬间，而后，本已烧到半人的火势戛然而止。

The intense fire gradually diminished with a “whoosh.”

The melted loess was frozen again, and the frost spread rapidly, climbing up the giant hand of the monster that rested on the ground. The white frost instantly swallowed the flames, wrapping around them, then melting only to cover them again. The movement of the flesh slowed down, but the hair growth continued.

“Ha!”

I shouted loudly, concentrating all my frost power to release several ice spears nearly two meters long and thick in front of me. They shot towards the monster. At the same time, I quickly changed direction, stepping into the moonwalk, and dashed towards the town!

Thirty seconds…

I can’t kill him…

But, if I give it everything, it’s enough to shatter that fire meteor!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Gale winds roared past my ears. My petite figure flickered like a wraith on the crimson frozen land. Then came a huge explosion, and a massive ice column shot up, lifting me high into the air, soaring over thirty meters in an instant.

In the next moment, my vision went dark as a shadow fell over me. A giant blood-red hand slapped down!

Boom!

This strike came silently and unexpectedly. I barely had any defense, hit squarely by the scorching palm. My body, which had just risen, was smashed back onto the ground like a cannonball. My head buzzed, and I wasn’t sure if I hit it. My consciousness was hazy as I struggled to get up. Pain shot through my ankle when my left foot touched the ground, and my vision blurred. Straining to look up—I saw the fleshy mass hanging in mid-air, amidst the cold wind, its massive body looming like a black cloud.

Fleshy mass… No, he’s no longer just a fleshy mass.

Blood-red hair completely enveloped him, and a head began to grow out, ugly and somewhat resembling a deer, with cheeks covered in spikes, huge twisted horns, and a mouth full of menacing fangs. Except for his two bloody arms, his entire body was hidden under dense hair, making him a hideous monster.

Ice still clung to the monster, melting and falling off, sparkling fragments scattering and evaporating in the air. On the blood-red hair, flickering scarlet flames burned and swayed in the wind, while above his head, the sky turned increasingly crimson and bright, as if it were the end of the world.

“Twenty seconds…”

A demonic voice echoed from above.

“You have twenty seconds to kill me.”

Half-angel…

In an instant, images flashed through my mind—the scene of Teresa’s monster hatching in the capital city, the “living meat” I saw among the heretics’ corpses, and the woman who called herself Meser, whose old and mysterious servant warned me about certain terms and instructions…

Some things suddenly became clear in my mind.

The Gate of Truth…

“Heretic!!!”

I roared at the sky, my voice hoarse, as if shouting could vent the pent-up emotions within—though I knew deep down, it would be hard to kill him, especially before the fire meteor struck.

Just the power of the Frost Order couldn’t achieve this…

But if I failed, the people in the town would die.

Daniel said that the Faith Order could hardly withstand such a devastating fire again.

“Goat Cheese!”

I shouted again into the night sky, but this time not to vent.

“Goa-t Chee-se—”

Caw!

In the fiery red sky, a black raven cawed and swooped down.

The jester-turned-monster immediately noticed, tilting his head slightly. Without moving, a fist-sized fireball was flung from his dancing hair, whistling through the hundred-meter cold wind and hitting the fast-flying goat cheese. The flames exploded, the raven let out a painful cry, dropping some feathers, and then vanished into black mist.

The foolish bird was knocked away, quickly adjusting its flight posture, diving toward me at a faster speed. Soon, it landed on my shoulder, its black wings unharmed, and its scarlet eyes more sinisterly bright. After looking at me, it stared unblinkingly at the monster floating above.

Alright, let’s see…

“Jester!”

I called out to him.

Then, the raven’s eyes glowed with blood-red light.

—Illusion.