If the fight wasn't about to start now, Shad was planning to find a way to call Iluna to the scene, then borrow the power of angels and demons from Father Augustus and Doctor Schneider before the battle, and then borrow a few relics specifically designed to restrain angels from Miss Danister, the academy librarian - such relics do exist, and finally ask Sister Devlin to lend him her angel-level relic, the longsword Ashes.
By then, he will have the power of both angels and demons. Iluna will balance and suppress the angels, and the relics will provide strength. With two angel-level relic swords in his hands, Shad will still have 70% to 80% confidence that he can defeat the opponent without using divinity.
"The venue is the island's central lake. You are not allowed to leave the island's central lake."
The lady in white robe said, then waved to Professor Drake, and the professor disappeared into the lake.
"The Recorder's Favorite, I once managed the power of the 'water' element among the four elements for my Lord. Long ago, the oceans of the material world were much larger than they are now. After my Lord left, the ominous creatures that whispered strangely gradually occupied the deep sea. I once led the marine races of the Second Age to try to retake the abyssal homeland of those beautiful races."
Since it involves the affairs of the Second Age, she is indeed an angel of the ancient gods.
The shimmering light from the water penetrated into Xia De's body, and "she" whispered softly in his ear:
Outsider, you have come into contact with a "miracle".
The angel of wisdom gives you her story.
Outsider, you have obtained the spell 'Control Water Flow'.
With the authority granted by the angels, you can manipulate the lake water under your feet more precisely.
"A spell to control the flow of water, and the authority to manipulate this lake? But it seems that the other party is suppressing me in these two aspects."
The lady in white robe holding the staff lightly tapped the ground with the staff in her hand. The white robe moved without wind, and the surging miracle element allowed Shade to see the two white transparent wings behind her.
He heard the familiar sound of whistles and bells, and as the pair of transparent wings flashed, a huge amount of hot steam and mist came from nowhere. As Shade's eyes widened, a huge golden life ring appeared behind the lady in white robes. The life ring interface was a quadrilateral, representing the identity of a four-ring warlock.
The adjective "huge" means that the life ring of an angel is larger than that of an ordinary ring magician. The golden life ring is the first time Shade has seen it. The life rings of all creatures in the Sixth Epoch are made of brass.
"Sure enough, it uses the Sixth Epoch's mystical system, and its suppression power is at the same level as mine... The core spiritual runes are... Miracle Angel, Miracle Water, and Water of Enlightenment and Wisdom."
As he thought about it, he felt the element of miracle emerging from the life ring of the lady in white like the sun.
The life ring spun behind her, and the lady with wings on her back whispered:
"Then, the third trial officially begins..."
"Please wait a moment!"
Xia De said immediately, and then took out a charred feather from his body:
“Please look at this!”
The feather of priest Augustus flew towards the lady who was about to take action. She stretched out her left hand and let the feather fall into her palm. The gentle expression on her face that seemed to remain unchanged forever finally showed surprise for the first time:
"Angel of Death?"
"Yes."
“Have you received His recognition?”
The lady in white robe asked Xiang Xiade.
“Uh… yes.”
Xia De didn't know whether he was lying or not.
The charred feathers were crushed by the lady in white robe holding the staff, and dots of black light penetrated into the white light around her. She did not speak immediately, but looked at Xia De for a full half minute before speaking:
"According to the ancient contract, the Angel of Death is the original angel and the king of angels. Now that you have gained its recognition, I am willing to adjust the difficulty of the third trial."
"We don't have to fight? Maybe we can fight with words, you know, a test of knowledge and wisdom. Maybe we can compete in math problems. Do you know prime numbers? I have a good question."
Xia De asked hopefully. It was not that he was unwilling to face difficulties, but that these difficulties were too exaggerated.
"No."
The life ring still did not disappear. The lady in white robe said seriously:
"The Recorder's Favoree, the format of the trial has not changed. But if you are still able to stand on this piece of water and fight me after five minutes, I will automatically admit defeat."
Shade didn't know what to say at this time. The face of the August priest was big, but not big enough. Moreover, the "Lady of the Lake" actually admitted that Shade was admitted by the dead angel, which meant that the August priest was definitely not simply a part of the original angel.
The "Lady of the Lake" seemed to have directly recognized Father Augustus as the original angel.
Putting the matter of Augustus priest aside for the moment, Shade had no other choice. He touched the spellcasting materials on his body, then checked what relics he had brought with him when he went out today, looked down at the sword in his hand, and then touched the mahogany box pinned to the back of his pants.
With a slight movement of his left hand, the water under his feet moved upward. The spell "Control Water Flow" was not a very strong force, but the water under his feet was not ordinary "water" either. Professor Drake gave up his wish to help Shade, which would play a big role in the next battle.
"Okay, let's get started then."
Shade said softly.
The lady, whose whole body was emitting a soft white light, took a step back, and her real white wings spread out behind her. But she did not fly into the sky, but instead bent down and touched the water with her hands.
As the core spirit rune miracle water and the miracle spirit rune sword flashed with spiritual light, when she straightened up, she was already holding a long sword made of flowing water in her right hand, which she had "lifted" from the lake.
The water in the long sword was still flowing, and the traces of turbulence caused countless strange symbols to surge on the sword. Reflecting the sunlight, those symbols showed a golden luster, like a flowing rune chain, supporting the structure of the pure water sword.
This was probably some kind of ancient secret technique. While Shade was still trying to identify the runes on the Pure Water Sword, the sword had already struck forward silently. This strike seemed very ordinary, just letting the flowing sword blade break through the water surface and strike towards Shade, but Shade felt his hair stand on end. He absolutely could not just resist this strike head-on:
"moonlight!"
Shade also swung his sword forward, using the silver moonlight arc slashed by the Night Watchman to collide with the water blade on the water surface. In an instant, silver light fragments and splashing water droplets flew everywhere, but it was obvious that the lady in the white robe had a better skill. After the collision, the silver moonlight blade completely disappeared, and the water blade still slashed towards Shade, but he swung his sword again to completely destroy it.
"It's true that he suppressed the power. Stronger than me, but not by much!"
Xia De made a judgment immediately, swung his sword forward, and with a clang, it collided with the sword of the lady who came through the mist.
One sword thrust out, the other blocked, and the sweeping blade was stopped by a blade that chopped down from an unexpected angle. Neither of them retreated, and they fought each other with excellent swordsmanship and strength. In just a dozen seconds, the silver sword light and the water light on the lake almost connected to each other like icing silk threads, but the actual situation was that Xia De was at a disadvantage.
The lady in white robes only held the sword in one hand, and her left hand was still holding the long staff steadily. The power of each of her strikes was just enough to overwhelm Shade, who used the "power of the red dragon" and wore impure dragon blood. Her exquisite swordsmanship was not inferior to that of the outsider who had gained combat experience from the Night's Watch.
Shade felt like he was fighting against shapeless water, and the white-robed lady's swordsmanship was as continuous as waves.
The Night Watchman constantly corrected Shade's sword angle according to the swordsmanship of the lady in white robes. The two tangled on the lake surface, and the huge force collided with bursts of muffled sounds. The water surface under their feet exploded into pieces of mist due to the huge force. The mist gradually blurred the lake in the middle of the lake, and the water sword gradually broke through the Night Watchman's dense defense, leaving a hole in Shade's clothes.
With a light bang, Xia De, knowing that he could not simply duel with swords, turned into a group of glowing red butterflies and flew backwards. The huge waves summoned by the water spirit rune immediately pressed towards the group of red butterflies. As the lightning gun blasted a large hole in the water wall, the red butterflies flew out, allowing Xia De to pull back a distance.
When he regained his footing on the lake, the lady in white stopped under a huge rock in the center of the lake and looked at him from afar.
The whistle and the bell rang together, and the brass wheel ring emerged in the depths of the mist. The emerging steam mist made this winter afternoon a little warmer. The four-color aura flickered, and the aura of miracle, blasphemy, enlightenment, and whispers shone in all directions.
Xia De held the sword in his right hand and pressed two fingers of his left hand on the hilt of the silver sword. As his fingers gradually brushed across the clear yellow runes of the devil, the sword slashed, and the silver moonlight flowed along his fingertips.
The moonlight poured down, enveloping the Night Watchman. The flickering moonlight eventually formed the weapon that Shade was most familiar with. The silver moonlight sword was wielded by the Night Watchman. The moonlight sword was the Night Watchman at this moment, and the Night Watchman was the moonlight sword at this moment.
"Raglai's Leap!"
He took a step forward and appeared directly in front of the lady in white robe. The sword light was attached with the sacred moonlight. The out-of-time attack summoned by the "Blade of Chaos in Time and Space" and the swordsmanship of Shade seemed to weave a grid of sword light in front of him.
The life ring was fully revealed, and the strongest weapon in hand was used in the best condition. The rapid attack while holding her breath finally made the lady in white robe, who was still holding the sword with one hand, show some weakness. She fought and retreated on the water, and her sleeves made wind sounds while waving the long sword in her hand.
As Shade's sharp sword stabbed at her throat, the wings behind her finally flapped forward. The white feather wings easily blocked Shade's sword. As the long staff gently hit the water surface, three spirit runes on the life ring behind her flashed in succession:
Whispering phantoms, miracles are real, and enlightenment is sealed.