Snow and wind were drifting above the Stonehenge, and the ground was shaking slightly, as if some huge creature was stretching its body under the island in the middle of the lake. The flickering lights in the surroundings gradually became brighter and brighter in the fog. The stars were about to reach the right position, and more and more church teams reached the island in the middle of the lake.
"Youth is not old."
In the Stonehenge, Iluna gave a calm answer, but the man with the suitcase shook his head slightly:
"Wrong answer. It is only the temporary youthfulness of the body. The soul will decay sooner or later."
He turned and walked into the darkness that even the campfire could not illuminate, and looking at the direction he was heading, he returned to the old lighthouse and continued to wait for someone who could give an answer.
"It's a pity. It seems that even the first chosen one can't answer this kind of question."
The knight said to Iluna with regret. Five crystals emitting a blue glow flew out of the bag on his waist and hovered in front of him.
"The true meaning of knowledge and the crown of wisdom are before me, Iluna Beyath. I am honored to invite you to the ceremony. Regardless of whether we are enemies or not, it is very important to me to have other chosen ones present at such an important occasion."
"Are you really going to release the evil of the Pantanal?"
Iluna frowned slightly:
"If you really think you are smart, you should know that doing this basically means you have no chance of surviving in the material world. Not only the church, but most of the ring sorcerers will not let you go. Normal people know what the resurrection of this ancient evil means."
The Jazz smiled:
"Whether to release the evil creature and what to do after releasing it is my own business. However, I never claim to be a wise man, that would be too arrogant."
Five pyroxenes sparkled in the snow. Even though the ceremony had not yet begun, the ancient Stonehenge had already resonated with the power of the pyroxenes. Scattered golden stripes shaped like tree branches floated on the snow, and Iluna could feel the power that came from the past.
On the life ring behind him, the core spirit rune white wings glowed, and Lakins Prisha lightly tapped his toes. As transparent wings emerged behind him, he slowly floated into the air.
Five pyroxenes appeared in a fan shape above his head, and the blue light made those pyroxenes look like fist-sized balls of light.
At the same time, a densely packed illusory bookshelf appeared in the snowy night sky. Jazz reached out and actually took out a book from the bookshelf. Before opening it, he asked Iluna one last time:
"Chosen of Balance, although I have not yet performed the ritual, the power of the Chosen of Knowledge and Wisdom has made me aware of the terrible future that this world is about to face. I have never thought of being hostile to you. I released the evil creatures of Pantanal only to make the Chosen ritual more thorough, so that I can master stronger power to face that terrible future. Are you really sure that you want to give up your companion who can become your friend?"
"If you only hold the Chosen Ceremony and do not sublimate your bloodline, I will not stop you until your ceremony is complete."
Iluna said, her left hand already clenched around her holy bell.
The Jazz shook his head slightly:
"Then let me see the power of the true chosen one!"
He threw the book in his hand towards the life ring behind him, and a new spiritual rune was taking shape.
Ding Dong~
The holy bell rang, and the sunlight spear in Iluna's right hand was thrown out as if to pierce through the darkness.
There was a faint golden light in Legins Prisha's eyes. He stretched out his right hand to block, and a huge transparent shield in the shape of a book appeared in front of him, blocking Iluna's full-strength attack at the cost of shattering.
Iluna was not surprised. She still remembered what Luvia said, that the chosen one of knowledge and wisdom could skillfully use the power that did not belong to him before becoming the real chosen one:
"balance."
The life ring behind him turned into a dark golden scale. The golden light was like a small sun on the ground, illuminating the open space between the dead woods and the lighthouse.
Everyone fighting at the edge of the dead woods looked in this direction. Legins Prisha also frowned slightly, then raised his right hand again -
Snap!
The shield shattered, and the second shot of the sunlight gun penetrated the barrier, vaporizing his right hand and piercing through his chest.
But just like what Xia De had seen before, the man in the air just stepped back slightly and was "swallowed" by the giant book that opened behind him. After he walked out of the book again, his body returned to its original state:
"The wise are like water, everlasting. As long as my wisdom is not exhausted, I will not die."
The Jazz spoke softly, but he saw Iluna on the snowy surface raising her left hand high, and a light like the sun radiated from her palm to the surroundings.
He didn't see what the 17-year-old girl was going to do, and it didn't look like she was casting a spell. It was just that the light was so bright that he couldn't even open his eyes:
"The power of the sun? Light magic? This sun seems to be a little different..."
He covered his eyes with one hand, but before he could finish his words, he saw that Iluna's right hand, which was behind her back, suddenly stretched out, and in her hand was holding a small crossbow.
Iluna held the crossbow and aimed it at the knight in the snowy night. Without any nonsense or hesitation, she pulled the trigger. As the shadow of a huge scale flashed behind her, the brass texture on the arrow spread to the entire alchemical crossbow, almost breaking it, and even Iluna's arm was injured by the reaction force. At the same time, the sage-level relic Aikenola Knowledge Arrow was fired.
"Um?"
At this moment, Iluna also felt the feeling that Shade had once described, that all her knowledge was gathered together. However, this scene did not seem as exaggerated as Shade had described.
The medium was so poor that we could not bring out the full power of the arrow.
As I heard the murmur of "another me", the arrow had already hit the target. Even though the crossbow this time was not as powerful as the water of the Lake of Cherubim that Shad had used before, the Sage-level relic, the Arrow of Knowledge of Ikenora, still carried a stream of rune light, illuminating the night sky in this snowy night, and hit Legins Prisha head-on with a force that almost penetrated space.
His shield didn't even have any blocking effect, and his reaction was not fast enough for him to dodge the arrow. The long arrow carrying the light stream left a bowl-sized wound on his body, then flew towards the lighthouse in the snow and nailed to the top pillar of the lighthouse that was shining with a faint fire. The arrow was still buzzing and vibrating.
Iluna didn't care where the arrow went. She covered her right arm with her left hand and used the potion to heal herself. The young girl looked at the Chosen One in the air with a serious expression. Of course, he was not dead, but he looked at his left chest with a stunned expression:
“What kind of power is this?”
"Isn't this considered a serious injury?"
Iluna was slightly surprised, and the knight looked at the girl who shot the arrow in shock:
"The Chosen One of Balance, you actually possess this kind of power?"
The wound on his chest had not been healed, and under Iluna's gaze, he took a book from the bookshelf with his right hand and stuffed it directly into the hole in his chest. The paper filled the wound, restored the clothes, and the ink extended to the surrounding skin, but Iluna knew that the wound had definitely affected him.
"I met a man who called himself 'Second Pick' in Huntington City. I didn't expect that besides him, the balanced chosen one could bring me such a surprise."
The Jazz muttered to himself, glancing around as if he was worried that the guy pretending to be "Shad Hamilton" in Huntington City would suddenly rush out.
And Iluna vaguely understood:
"I see. The relic from the power of the Ancient God's Secret Keeper can hurt you, but it cannot kill you."
At this time, the ground shook violently again. The two people in the Stonehenge looked towards the southwest of the island at the same time. A huge black shadow flashed in the distance of the fog, and then a bright golden light illuminated the night sky.
The whispering elements and the miracle elements intertwined, as if something was released, but then suppressed. The wind blew across the swamp, and the whistling sound was like the souls hidden in the darkness singing together.
The strange atmosphere became more and more obvious, and something was stirring under the earth. The perceptive ring sorcerers could sense that the power of the evil creatures in the subspace was becoming stronger and stronger and affecting the real world. In a trance, they could even feel the tentacles of the ground licking everyone's spiritual consciousness.
Suddenly, the dark clouds in the sky dispersed, and the full red moon briefly illuminated the island in the middle of the lake. But the dark clouds quickly gathered again, blocking the starry sky above. It was Miss Danister, who was somewhere unknown, using the power of the red moon.
In the silence of Iluna and Sir Prisha, a strange cry was added to the whistling wind. The whispering element continued to spread. Obviously, even though Lakins Prisha had not yet started the ceremony, the damage to the seal itself had already reached a precarious state.
Iluna looked up in the direction of the lighthouse. A faint fire was now lit on the top of the lighthouse, which had been dark. It was obvious that Shad had already climbed up the lighthouse and might be watching them at this moment.
"The seal is about to be opened."
Lakins Prisha was suspended in the air, covering his left chest and looking at Iluna:
"There are still ten minutes. You might want to think about it carefully. Even without my help, they have a certain chance of opening the seal directly. After all, the Pantanal Voodoo Society began preparing to open the seal decades ago, and the beginning of the poem of the chosen one is this summer."
He pointed to himself:
"I am just one of the alternatives, and the safest one. But no one has ever said that without the power of the chosen one, the seal cannot be opened."
Five Wise Pyroxenes radiate a strange glow above his head:
"Multiple ritual sites have dispersed the church's team, and am I not trying to contain you for the sake of the Voodoo Society? Chosen one of balance, the church will definitely not let you kill me to prevent this qualification from falling into the hands of a crazier guy. So, what will happen next?"
A huge explosion sounded from the other side of the island, and suddenly there was a loud shout and bang, as if someone had used the words of sublimation again. The wind became more humid, and amid the grand sound of bells, a golden beam of light connecting heaven and earth appeared on the southeast side of the island, but it soon went out again.
A roar similar to that of a giant beast followed immediately, and the ground shook continuously, each time more frequently than the last.
Fires lit up everywhere on the island, and something in the Great Swamp had changed. The white snow actually had black marks. The starry sky was invisible on the island in the middle of the lake. Only the wind and snow drove the white mist to flow, and time continued to run forward.
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