In that second when time almost stopped, Shade and the devil looked into each other's eyes. Then the snowflakes returned to their normal flying speed, and the almost frozen time began to flow again.
This was the first time Shad had encountered an enemy that could manipulate time, and this kind of experience against an enemy was very valuable. If he had not been determined to pursue Luvia's secret and finally learned everything in Tobesk's clock tower, he would have suffered a great loss this time.
"Time... It seems I still underestimated you."
Osenfurt said, taking a step back slightly as he looked at the silver cross.
"If I don't have some skills, how dare I get involved in this kind of thing. I repeat, I don't want any mark."
Xia De did not relax his vigilance. As he expected, the light in the originally not bright environment became dim again. All the shadows around him seemed to be alive and began to wriggle. The colorful world began to fade into black and white like a photo. And the intersection of all the darkness was the Stone Mirror Demon - Goethe, whose body seemed to melt.
"What's going on?"
Similar to a puzzle lock, but stronger.
The shadow was already creeping towards Shade, the only person who had not faded in this black and white world. This time, there was no need to hesitate at all. The yellow moonlight from his fingertips illuminated the four directions. Although it was not as powerful as the silver moon, it still bought Shade precious time.
His other hand reached into his pocket and poured the "golden potion" used to fight demons into his mouth. But it was completely different from what Father Augustus said. Shade did not need to exercise to promote blood circulation so that the potion could take effect as soon as possible. After the potion entered his mouth, the effect of the potion took effect almost immediately, and Shade's eyes gradually turned into a dazzling golden color.
"Moonlight Greatsword!"
The empty bottle lost its color the moment it was dropped from Shade's hand, but Shade's empty hand also pulled out a long sword with a clear yellow moonlight from the air. Due to the effect of the "gold potion", the long sword was covered with a dazzling golden color. As Shade swung the long sword forward, the golden blade of light, like tearing a crack in this black and white world, flew straight towards the "Stone Oxenfurt" whose body was gradually melting in the distance.
The arc of light collided head-on with the melting body, and an angry howl that almost tore the eardrums came from the sky. The exploding snowflakes and smoke even forced Shad himself to raise his arms to shield his eyes.
"Hahaha, very good, very good!"
The applause and laughter still seemed to come from the sky, and the surroundings were still in black and white, but the voices were clearly filled with anger. When the smoke and dust from the explosion completely disappeared, a giant obsidian mirror actually stood where "Stone Oxenfort" had been.
The surface of the stone mirror was covered with reddish-brown stone veins like blood vessels, and the mirror was smooth enough to reflect everything in front of it. However, there was no reflection of Shad's figure, but instead the figure of the dark-skinned "Stone Oxenfurt" was clearly visible.
The true entity.
"Huh? It appeared so easily? The potion of Priest Augustus is too... a trap."
Although he had figured out everything, Shade, whose potion had already reached its peak, still inserted the silver cross into his waist and rushed forward with the moonlight sword in hand:
"You must be joking. If we don't take action now, are we going to wait until the potion wears off?"
His figure left a series of continuous light marks in the black and white world of falling snow, as if his figure was imprinted on the space. Although he was still far away from the mirror just now, with the explosive power of the ring warlock, it only took a few seconds for Shade to arrive in front of the stone mirror.
Kacha!
Holding the sword in both hands, he used the force of the charge to stab the sword into the mirror, but the glowing sword body not only did not pierce the mirror, but instead went directly into the mirror.
Of course, this does not mean that Shade's attack was ineffective. The yellow moonlight sword carried the power of the golden potion and pierced through the dark-skinned "Stone Oxenfort"'s belly in the mirror.
Its left hand hung naturally at its side, while its right hand held the long sword in the mirror, allowing its arm to rot and then regenerate:
“It’s really good.”
The dark eyes stared at Xia De outside the mirror, with a greasy smile on his face, while Xia De's expression changed.
Your priest friend is right. Golden potions alone cannot expel it.
In fact, the pendant hanging on Xia De's chest at this time was attached with angel power, which could give him a perfect chance to counterattack. But he did not praise the name of the beginning and call on the angel's exorcism power for himself, but snorted coldly:
"Blade of Chaos Time!"
Three identical yellow-yellow long swords pierced into the mirror from behind Shade, piercing the heart and shoulders of the figure in the mirror respectively. The demon in the mirror was still smiling at Shade in the black and white world:
"Very good, in that case, let me illuminate the sins carried by those who are desired."
It laughed loudly, and its body melted into Shade's four swords. The twisted black light and shadow eventually made everything in the mirror dark. When Shade retracted his sword and prepared to attack the mirror again, his own figure appeared in the dark mirror.
"Um?"
The two looked at each other, but Xia De always felt that his reflection in the mirror was obviously different from when he looked in the mirror in the morning. It was more like... ... the original appearance of his body when he first came into this world.
Suddenly the figure in the mirror said:
"I am the real one, and you are not as strong as I am."
Xia De didn't care what it was. He held the sword in both hands and stabbed it into the mirror again. Under the influence of this strange stone mirror, the words almost blurted out:
"I am the strongest person in the material world!"
The long sword successfully pierced the chest of the figure in the mirror again, and the figure laughed and disappeared, revealing what Shade had actually pierced. It was a solemn statue made of obsidian, and the robed statue held a stone heart in its hand.
At this moment, the statue with a sense of oppression and strong blasphemous elements was pierced through the chest by Shade's sword.
"What? The statue of the Stoneheart?"
The statue seemed to be looking at Shade for a moment, but at this time cracks had already spread outward from around the sword that pierced its chest. In just two breaths, the statue shattered into a pile of fine black stone.
The blasphemous element flowed from Shad's sword to Shad's arm, destroying the curse brought by the god's statue, and was trying to entangle his soul. And "Oxenfurt" standing in the depths of the mirror came over again, clapping his hands:
"Arrogant! Disrespectful to God, cruel to others, and believing that you are the choice of destiny! I have seen your arrogance and I sentence you to be an arrogant person!"
At this moment, Shade outside the mirror was completely frozen in place by the black and white world, and countless black chains stretched out from the stone mirror, wrapping around his body and limbs, trying to pull him into the mirror.
The demon in the mirror has already stretched out his hand to him:
"I won't kill you this time. I'm going to give you this mark. Go and complete my commission! Without my mark, the power of the great one whose statue you shattered will make you live a life worse than death!"
The relic, the Profane Cross, stuck on Shade's waist, finally lit up with a cold silver light just as the demon was about to come into direct contact with Shade. The black chains that had been wrapped around him in the mirror suddenly stopped, and Shade took advantage of this last chance to put up a final resistance:
"Arrogant? You called me arrogant?"
He did not try to retreat and dodge, but pulled out the silver cross on his waist that was flashing an abnormal light, and then took the initiative to put his hand deep into the mirror. The relic that could absorb soul power, which Shade specially used to fight against the evil god, pierced the demon's right hand that was trying to touch his cheek:
"Who gave you the courage to get so close to me?"
The chains of sin shot out from the sleeve of his left hand, facing the dense black chains, and Shade took the initiative to step into the mirror. The dark world in the mirror tried to drown him in darkness, but this darkness was not even as good as the silent night in the "Eternal Night City".
Holy silver radiated from his body, and even though the clothes on his upper body were gradually corroded by darkness, the power of the demon in the mirror could not harm him at all.
Xia De kicked away the stone fragments of the evil god Stoneheart Demon's statue, and stabbed the yellow moonlight sword in his left hand into the demon's chest:
"Who made you think that I would be afraid of the evil god's statue?"
The last and most powerful power of the golden potion radiated out through the light emitted from Shad's body. The light around him turned into gold. He was like the sun falling in the darkness, expelling all the darkness in the demon stone mirror.
The palm print on the chest glowed faintly as if it was stimulated. At this time, Luvia, who was looking at the crystal ball in the city's Prophet Association, suddenly turned her head to look in the direction of the northern suburbs of the city where Shade was, but she didn't understand why she did this. And the transparent figure flashed behind her again:
"So it was you that time..."
At this moment, Shad seemed to hear Luvia whispering in his ear. The heat from the palm print on his chest made him blurt out the next sentence:
"But you are right about one thing, me, that is arrogance!"
The Profane Cross absorbed the soul power of the ancient evil demon, and turned into a strange cold current that entered Shade's body. The golden light around him melted the surrounding darkness, and after melting the mirror world, it even continued to melt the black and white world. The world like an old photo slowly faded away, and the scenery in the snowy forest with normal colors reappeared little by little with the radiation of the golden light.
The right palm of the Stone Mirror Demon Goethe was pierced by a cross, and the left chest was pierced by a long sword. It saw large patches of steam mist carrying heat appearing behind Shade, and heard the sound of bells that seemed to come from a time even older than its birth.