"How can I stay calm at a time like this?"
Xia De quickly supported himself on the ground, turned over and climbed up, then widened his eyes in disbelief as he saw the impossible thing described in the textbook.
The stone boy who had devoured the human heart stretched out his right hand, with his index finger pointing forward in the direction of Shade. The brilliant silver light, which could even distort the soul of any normal person at a glance, foreshadowed the power of this attack.
On the other side, Mr. Thomas Granger, in a robed soul state, stood in front of Shade. He faced the finger that flashed with blasphemous aura and extended his right finger towards him. The golden, dazzling golden miracle aura was not weaker than the finger light of the stone statue that was originally prepared for the evil god's arrival.
The strong wind blew on the two guys who were definitely not human. Because of the violent collision of spirit and energy, the silver and golden light respectively dragged in the direction of their respective owners, leaving dazzling light marks, so that it seemed as if each of them had an incomplete eggshell-shaped light shield in front of them.
The light of the life ring completely illuminated Shad's surprised face. It was not his life ring, but the life ring of the guardian Thomas Granger. The complete, solid, thirteen-ring metal life ring flashing with four-color spiritual light appeared behind the soul in the wind and darkness.
The light of the life ring, like the sun in the dark night, bloomed on the top of the hill, illuminating the faces of everyone below the hill, and even calmed the howling wind and the shaking earth. But in the next moment, the roaring wind brought the power of the evil god again. The night was long, and the battle had just begun.
"Shouldn't the life ring of the ring wizard's spirit be a phantom because he has lost his physical body? How come this is a physical entity?"
This is completely different from the common sense recorded in the textbooks, and it is also completely different from the life ring of the soul-shaped ring magician that Shade had seen with his own eyes:
"Also, didn't Mr. Granger claim in the letter he left at the Forgotten Church that he was only a low-level sorcerer before he disappeared? There are indeed more thirteen-level sorcerers in the material world than the official records of the church... Wait, if the chosen ones of the earth were thirteen-level sorcerers from the beginning, or even higher than Sister Daveline, then how did Luvia in the Sixth Epoch of the Past Life fail so many times... Could it be that the Stone Mirror Demon succeeded every time?"
However, the aura of this thirteenth-ring warlock was obviously weaker than most of the thirteenth-ring warlocks that Shade had seen.
No one knew Shade's complicated thoughts at this time, and Shade noticed that Mr. Thomas Granger's core spirit rune was not the usual brass enlightenment spirit rune. In other words, none of his three core spirit runes were enlightenment, but miracle-earth, miracle-guardian and miracle human.
“That’s totally expected.”
The miracle element and the blasphemous element collided on the top of the mountain. Even Shade, who was on the periphery of the conflict, could not get close for a while. After the two colors were deadlocked for a moment, with the occurrence of another strong earthquake, the power of the stone boy suddenly increased. The soul of the transparent Mr. Granger suddenly dimmed a little. Although the thing opposite was not a god, it was definitely not an ordinary monster:
"Guardian, if you are willing to believe in me, I am willing to transform you into my angel."
The boy's voice was stiff, while Mr. Granger's voice was extremely weak and forced:
"Let your God speak these words."
He held his right wrist with his left hand to stabilize the miraculous aura at his right fingertips:
"I have vowed to protect the earth with everything I have. This is not something a heartless thing like you can understand."
"I just got a heart."
"That's not your heart."
"Moonlight Wheel!"
The rotating wheel of light cut through the night sky, and after the stone statue boy turned his head to dodge it, it drew an arc in the air behind him, then flew back and hit the stone statue directly on the back.
The original stalemate was completely broken, and Mr. Granger took this opportunity to grow another arm in his spirit body. The fingertips of the new right hand also burst out with dazzling miracle light. The two overlapped each other, and the golden light turned into rays at the fingertips, piercing the left shoulder of the stone statue. The stone statue boy could only retreat temporarily and came to the vicinity of the "black mud fountain" that was still erupting.
“Hoo~Hoo~”
At this moment, Shade's entire body was stained black by the black mud that fell from the sky. The accumulated black mud under his feet almost reached his ankles. He felt his heart beating violently, but he still staggered towards Mr. Granger.
Mr. Granger's extra hand had disappeared, and he held out his normal hand, signaling Shad not to move forward:
"This incident was unexpected. You leave here first. I will handle the matter here."
"But... ... "
Shade looked at the boy-like stone statue. The hole on its shoulder was healing quickly, and the silver blasphemous aura flashing on its body seemed stronger than before. Although he didn't know what it was, the power of this thing was no less than that of Mr. Granger, who was in his current state of thirteen rings.
The guardian did not give Shade a chance to speak. He walked towards the stone statue under the falling black mud, and the stone statue also walked towards him again. This time, the two did not even stretch out their hands, and the golden and silver spiritual light burst out directly from the soul and the stone statue.
The power of miracle and blasphemy even evaporated some of the black mud under their feet. The light illuminated the top of the hill again, making the people who were fighting at the bottom of the hill look over worriedly.
The situation was not good at this time. The dead forest around the hill had almost become a sea of fire. The fallen elemental giants were stimulated by the power of the evil god and underwent a new change. The fierce battle made the church members unable to pay attention to more details on the top of the mountain. Only the thirteen-ring lady "Dream Witch" was still flying in the sky, as if waiting for something.
"Guardian, you didn't use your full strength."
On the hill, the stone boy spoke stiffly.
"I don't have to use all my strength to deal with you."
For some reason, Mr. Granger looked stronger than before. He suddenly took another step forward, and with a click, cracks appeared on the surface of the statue, and the boy with the statue could only retreat.
"I will bury you on this hill and use your power to nourish the wounded earth."
"No, tonight, you must use all your strength."
The stone boy continued to speak, his voice stiff and without any ups and downs. The stone statue had already stepped on the heartless body on the ground, and the body was covered with black mud.
"Why?"
Mr. Granger asked seriously.
"Because, there's me."
The fourth voice suddenly appeared at the top of the hill. A scarlet light suddenly appeared in the dark night sky, and then fell from the sky like a meteorite, hitting Mr. Granger head-on.
Shade wanted to rush forward and use the Hiton Sign, but the stabbing pain in his heart slowed him down.
“You’re finally here!”
On the outskirts of the hill, the thirteenth-ring warlock "Dream Witch" of the Church of Nature cast a spell to summon emerald green light to form a shield, blocking the light falling from the sky.
The figure in the light revealed its true appearance in the air. A man wearing a hat, a red coat, black leather shoes, and holding a metal cane appeared. He had a serious expression on his face and looked like a middle-aged man in his forties, but he inexplicably had a youthful feel.
The leader of the Blood Spirit School, "Bloodweeper" Hermons, who had disappeared in the Old World since the end of last summer, finally reappeared, confirming the church's speculation that he was also involved in the Randall Valley incident this time.
Compared to last summer, the man in red didn't look much different. He scanned the surroundings in the air and finally looked at Miss Maria of the Church of Nature:
"Greetings, 'Incubus Witch'. I remember the last time we met was when you drove my school out of the Old World. It's been many years since we last met. I wonder how you are doing?"
He even took off his hat to salute, but the lady from the Church of Nature had no intention of wasting time talking to him. She turned into a stream of green light in the air and rushed over. So Hermons no longer paid attention to the three people on the hill, and turned into a blood-red light and flew away as he did before.
On the outskirts of the hill, the witch smashed the giant statue in front of her into rubble, then looked up at the two lights going away in the sky:
"Hermons' injury was healed in half a year? Did they really find the Creation Delivery Room? I was really shocked when he showed up just now. Fortunately, the Guardian notified us of the news in advance, and the church also sent the Thirteenth Ring."
But the purple-eyed girl next to her was not so relaxed. She frowned and looked at the cards in her hand:
"The result of the divination is still wrong. Very wrong. Miss Benannis, we need to prepare to pick up Shade."
"Is this your helper?"
On the hill, amidst the interweaving lights of gold and silver and the conflicting energies, Mr. Granger asked the stone boy, and the stiff voice answered:
"Considering the possible impact of the church's power, it is necessary to lure away the church's Thirteenth Ring Warlock. There is a relic out of control incident in the city right now. No Thirteenth Ring Warlock can come to support within fifteen minutes."
"Mr. Granger, make this quick. I have a bad feeling about this!"
Shade, holding his heart, gritted his teeth and shouted the same warning as Luvia at the foot of the mountain. Mr. Granger pressed on step by step, and the stone boy retreated step by step. When the stone boy finally retreated to the front of the black mud fountain, it stopped:
"That's enough."
"What exactly do you want to do?"
Mr. Granger was puzzled, but he still followed Shade's instructions and stretched out his right hand to touch the chest of the stone statue. If the heart of the sacrificed believer is destroyed, the stone statue will only be a stone statue.
"Before the first Randall flower blooms, my allies and I want to confirm your true appearance. So, now I need a mirror."