Taking advantage of the power of his fixed hands, Shade twisted his waist and kicked his legs forward. At the same time, he tried hard to recall the last time when his divinity overflowed and he used the moonlight slash to smash the giant mermaid corpse into pieces.
It's not that he hasn't studied ways to improve and change his own magic, but whether it's the Moonlight Slash or the Moonlight Greatsword, they both require a higher level of ring warlock and more spirit runes to complete and further sublimate.
But when the divinity overflowed, Shade felt the power beyond the thirteen rings, and also felt how he could use the power. At this time, facing the oppression of darkness, he suddenly remembered the scene of Miss Aurora writing shining words in the air with her fingers in the Witch Council not long ago, and then he remembered the action when he had a flash of inspiration at the end of the decisive battle of Coldwater Port.
Behind him, the Silver Moon core spirit rune suddenly flashed with light.
The silver light around the body expanded violently, and the right foot kicked out a moonlight slanting from the lower left to the upper right above the demon's face. Then the left foot kicked out a moonlight slanting from the upper left to the lower right above the demon's face.
The two rays of light formed a cross shape, but did not fly out immediately like the previous moonlight slashes, but solidified in the air.
"Hey!"
Shade curled up with his legs together, then kicked his feet forward in a suspended position.
He kicked the moonlight cross floating in the air with both feet, and then the crossed moonlight cut towards the demon's vertical pupils with the power of his feet.
The intersecting moonlight was brighter than ever before, and the brilliant light also made the demon feel a sense of crisis. As a last resort, its left hand let go of Shade's right hand and quickly raised its left arm in front of its face for defense.
The moonlight cross kicked out by Shade's feet, after contacting the demon's heavy black right arm, first easily destroyed the sleeve of the robe, and then collided with the black gas seeping out of the demon's skin. The black gas melted and cut the skin, and before the last ray of moonlight disappeared, the demon's left arm was almost split into four.
“Ah~”
With a crazy and terrifying roar, the demon lifted Shade and tried to throw him to the ground. But Shade had already thrown away the dried frog leg, and used his left hand, which was held by the demon, to swing hard, and while turning his body, he drew the moonlight sword from the air with his right hand and stabbed the opponent's right arm.
Because the demon's left arm was seriously injured, he could only let go of Shade with his right hand to block the Moonlight Great Sword. Shade also took this opportunity to kick the demon's raised arm with both feet, and then jumped back with the reaction force.
After rotating 360 degrees in the air, it landed smoothly on the ground and successfully distanced itself from the opponent.
The black-robed demon with vertical pupils did not attack again because of rage. The surrounding darkness gathered towards its severely injured left arm, and the arm with black blood flowing was recovering quickly. It seemed that in this dark area, these demons derived from the relics were almost immortal.
"That kick just now is indeed worthy of praise, but you still can't defeat me."
The blasphemous words were indeed true. Although Shade had made some changes to the magic Silver Moon Slash, exchanging a few extra seconds of preparation time for a significant increase in power, it was probably still impossible to rely on this to defeat the terrifying thing in front of him. The opponent was almost suppressing him, and Shade did not think he had any chance of defeating the demon:
"Yes, so wait for me for three seconds, and I will fight you again after three seconds."
Shade said seriously. While the demon was absorbing darkness to heal himself, he had already dug out the time key of the Fifth Epoch 1784 from his pocket:
"May the World Tree protect me in the infinite time."
He spoke quickly, holding the key in his right hand and inserting it into the pendant held in his left hand.
With a click, the keyhole turned, and the door of the door-shaped pendant was pulled open as the key, and white mist floated out from behind the model door frame like silk.
The black demon picked up the black fire human bones on the ground and threw them at Shade, but Shade had already put his fingers into the door frame:
"See you in three seconds."
The relics he was carrying fell to the ground along with the door pendant. The black fire human bones passed through the disappearing shadow of Shade and were inserted diagonally behind where he had originally stood.
Stranger, you have stepped into the "Corridor of Time".
Message from the ancient god "Father of the Infinite Tree":
Winter of the Fifth Era, 1784, Northern Continent, Dreadfort.
Event: Gambling-Game of Life.
Duration: twenty minutes (3/3).
You get additional information.
The figure of the Infinite Tree Father continues to watch over you.
The ancient god of time has given you a test.
Help mortals win the "gamble of life".
The Father of the Infinite Tree will give you rewards: Thaumaturgy - Breath of Ages, a piece of true information - Dark Dungeon.
"This is terrible. Without the Dark Box, I can't experience darkness even when I face fear."
Standing in the white fog, Xia De thought with some annoyance.
The shortcut to obtain the Light Spirit Rune provided by Miss Aurora requires using a relic with dark power to stimulate oneself. Although Shade is now in the dark realm, due to the protection of the magical power of the August priest, he can't feel the oppression of the dark power on himself at all, but his vision is seriously affected.
Therefore, if this key is used without the Dark Box nearby, even if fear can stimulate the formation of the Spirit Rune, it is impossible for Shad to obtain the Spirit Rune directly.
He took a step forward in the white fog and entered the old corridor of the Dreadfort. Before the light around him began to shake and he felt that he was being watched from behind, Shade ran forward:
"But before completing this mission, I still need to go out and see what is chasing me."
Because this time he started running away almost immediately after he appeared, so until he saw the door engraved with the flipped coin symbol, the gaze behind him that directly aroused the most primitive fear was still a long distance away from him.
Xia De leaned sideways towards the metal door, and immediately turned around and closed the door tightly after entering.
Then he leaned against the door and gasped for breath, and Mr. Riddle, who was originally sitting against the wall with his head drooped, also raised his head at this time.
He was still wearing the dirty brown robe, and his eyes were dull and he seemed a little confused. But he soon recognized Xia De, stood up with the help of the wall, and smiled:
"You are finally back... Oh! Are you hurt?"
"It's okay, just let me drink some water."
Shade shook his head. That was the point of the extra twenty minutes of rest time.
"Sometimes I even suspect that all my memories of you are illusions."
Mr. Riddle sighed softly.
"Then why don't you think this is an illusion too?"
Xia De finished drinking the water, put the bottle in his pocket, and wiped his mouth.
“When you show up, the world feels more real than it ever has at any other moment.”
Mr. Riddle used a metaphor that Shade did not understand, which was probably also some kind of metaphor among the prophets.
Although the total time Shad and Mr. Riddle spent together was only over half an hour, both of them felt like they were meeting old friends again after the meeting.
Compared to the last time Shade came, Mr. Riddle's mental state was obviously much better this time, and his thinking logic was basically normal. He even remembered the "Impermanence Card" that Shade mentioned when he left last time, so when Shade took out three cards from his pocket and explained his thoughts, Mr. Riddle was surprised and wanted to see these cards:
"This is really interesting. The cards left by the ancient gods. Although they do not have extraordinary powers, they have been passed down from the end of ancient times. There must be a bigger secret on them. Maybe in my temporarily disappeared memories, there are clues about these cards. Unfortunately, I can't think of anything now."
After seeing these three cards in person from Shade, Mr. Riddle would probably be able to conduct relevant research more smoothly after leaving the Dreadfort. The records of the Prophet Society show that this gentleman did find a card before his death, and that card is still kept within the Prophet Society.
The two did not chat for too long. After Mr. Riddle sat back down at the stone table, the thick darkness was temporarily dispelled by the light of a short candle lit on the other side of the table, and the god in black robes appeared again.
So far, He has never revealed His true appearance when He appeared here. All Shade and Mr. Riddle saw was the black robe, but because of this, Mr. Riddle, as an ordinary person, was qualified to gamble with God.
If he really was a saint or the true self of a god, even if he was just a pure creator "without power", Mr. Riddle would never have been able to hold out until the end of the bet.
"I don't know what will happen after I put down these three cards. It's just speculation at the moment."
Shad, with golden cracks on his body, stood behind Mr. Riddle and placed three cards to his right.
"Everything is unpredictable, and there is no fixed destiny for everything, so all we can do is try our luck."
Mr. Riddle said softly that this ancient prophet who lived in the Fifth Epoch, after getting rid of the mental instability brought about by loneliness, showed rationality and calmness that surprised Shade.
But think about it carefully, this gentleman has experienced so many adventures and is still alive today, and according to historical records, he still has more than 20 years to continue taking risks. Therefore, in addition to luck, he obviously also has extraordinary courage and wisdom.
“Oh my God~”
He called softly, and took the card that Shade had placed at the top, Impermanence and Balance, in his hand. He pinched the bottom of the card with his right middle and index fingers, showing the face of the card to the god, while also letting the card cover his right eye:
"May I ask if I can continue this gambling game with this card given by an unknown person?"
He chose to ask the gods directly, but after waiting for a long time he received no response from the gods.