"With my will as your guide, shatter the earth!" Earth's Sacred Magus Dempus finally finished the long and tedious incantation.
Sacred Magus Dempus' grey eyebrows suddenly furrowed. He sensed that the direction of the Earth Element's flow underground seemed to be somewhat uncontrollable. This was a situation that had not occurred in ten years, making him feel as if he had mispronounced a syllable of the incantation due to his age?
Just as Dempus was getting confused, he suddenly felt a killing intent rising from beneath his feet. The killing intent was not hidden in the least. By the time he had felt it, the killing intent had already torn through the solid ground and pierced him like an all-conquering sharp sword.
Dempus, the sacred magus of the earth, was terrified and had no time to control the out-of-control Shatter Earth. All his attention was focused on the sudden danger. The rising killing intent that was tearing apart the solid ground appeared bloody red as it stabbed at his sole.
Warning bells rang in Dempus' head as he suddenly leapt from the ground in panic and used his levitation skill to fly into the sky. At the same time, he hastily cast the Earth Armour spell, causing the rich earth element to converge on his body from all directions.
The dense earth element condensed into a grey-brown armour that instantly covered the body of the Earth Sacred Magus Dempus. It also unleashed a tenfold increase in gravitational magic, enveloping only the area beneath his feet. Han Shuo, who was charging upwards at lightning speed, suddenly felt the pressure increase tenfold just as the Demonslayer's Edge was about to plunge into Dempus' sole. His rocketing speed was unconsciously slowed. Han Shuo made a quick decision, frantically pouring demonic yuan energy into the Demonslayer Edge as his body suddenly fell.
The Demonslayer Edge infused with demonic yuan energy suddenly erupted in a myriad of bloody-coloured light, no longer affected by gravity after floating in the air for a moment. As the bloody-red light slashed upwards, the Demonslayer's Edge exploded towards Earth Sacred Magus Dempus.
Dempus was stunned. He had no time to cast another spell, and without the slightest hesitation, he used all his strength to smash down with his staff. The inside of his staff was also rich in earth element, becoming as hard as a diamond.
There was a sharp screech as the two weapons collided. Dempus' staff was shattered into pieces by the Demonslayer's Edge. The Demonslayer's Edge, which was like an arrow at the end of its flight but still continued to bombard Dempus, enveloped Dempus, who was covered in earth armour, and released the last of its energy into Dempus' body.
Dempus's Earth armour bore no marks, but strands of cold aura from the Demonslayer's Edge had penetrated the Earth armour's physical defences and entered Dempus's fragile body directly. The Earth Sacred Magus Dempus shivered, his eyebrows suddenly frozen.
It was only at this moment that some of the experts at Dempus' side came to their senses. In an instant, many spells and weapons shot towards the Demonslayer's Edge. The Demonslayer's Edge snaked around like a python, dodging most of the attacks before suddenly sinking into the ground and disappearing.
Rumbling...
At the same moment, the rumbling sounds of an earthquake were heard beneath their feet. The knights and soldiers began to lose their balance and sway. Suddenly, numerous spikes of earth emerged from the ground, killing several soldiers and knights who were unable to dodge in time.
Accompanied by a violent rumbling sound, the earth suddenly split open with many chasms, and the bottomless chasms swallowed up dozens of lives.
For the moment, the area with Dempus at its centre had become the main area affected by the Shatter Earth spell. As the rumbling continued, people were being killed by the astonishing power of the earth magic.
Dempus could feel the scattered cold aura within his body, feeling his body turn cold like winter. His limbs suddenly became stiff and numb. He was so cold that he was emitting cold air everywhere, with signs of freezing already appearing on his hair and eyebrows.
Dempus was clearly aware of the abnormal movement beneath his feet, but at that moment his limbs were frozen by the cold aura and he was unable to suppress the anomaly beneath his feet. He could only tremble as he watched the large number of casualties caused by his earth magic.
"Lord Magus, what-what's going on?" a Temple Knight of the Church of Light, who was being pulled up from a ravine by a White Priest, looked angrily at Dempus, who was floating in the air, and reproached him. "Kaka, kaka..." Dempus panicked and tried to explain that it wasn't his fault, but he could only make a few shaky noises.
"Is Lord Magus too old to have made a mistake with such a crucial spell? Do you know how many experts we have lost because of your mistake?" Another White Priest from the Church of Light said with a similarly angry expression.
Sacred Swordmaster Karel, who had hurried over from afar, suddenly sensed something strange from Dempus' position. Karel was filled with doubt. He sent a few cross slashes to force the sacred knight to retreat, before looking into the distance at Dempus' position. Suddenly, he came to a realisation and abandoned the sacred Knight to turn and fly towards Lawrence's location.
The survivors at Dempus' side were in a hurry to pick up the pieces, not having time to worry about Han Shuo who had gone underground again. They rescued their comrades who were still clinging to the ravines, as well as helping to treat the wounds of those who had only been injured by the earth spikes.
Han Shuo quickly moved away from Dempus' area after he attacked when the Demonslayer's Edge returned to his hand. Han Shuo had unknowingly come under the Sacred Knight of the Church of Light. He calmly observed the sacred Knight through a mystical demon. Han Shuo realised that the sacred knight was looking at Dempus in confusion, his eyebrows furrowed as if he was pondering something.
Han Shuo held his breath in rapt attention, in no hurry to act. He was simply watching the change in the Sacred Knight's expression through the Mystical Demons, searching for the most opportune moment to deal the Sacred Knight a fatal blow. The Sacred Knight looked at Dempus in confusion when he suddenly seemed to understand something. His expression changed from puzzled to fearful as he vibrated the golden pike in his hand and rushed towards Dempus, seemingly wanting to help Dempus dissipate the cold aura in his body.
Han Shuo, who had been waiting for the right moment, suddenly unleashed the same skill and once again used the all-conquering sharpness of the Demonslayer's Edge to split the ground and stab at the sole of the Sacred Knight's left leg that had not moved.
A tremendous killing intent that couldn't be concealed caused the Sacred Knight's expression to change drastically. Soon after, he suddenly retracted his left foot, which had taken a step forward. A mixture of divine energy and combat aura suddenly shot out from his right sole. Han Shuo's Demonslayer Edge had just pierced the ground when the torrent of energy rushed violently towards him.
Rumbling...
The sacred knight stomped his right foot. A large ball of golden light suddenly entered the ground with his foot at the centre, suddenly creating a round hole.
Han Shuo hadn't expected the sacred knight to react so quickly. The Demonslayer's Edge had yet to pierce his left foot when the terrifying force that erupted from his right foot arrived. The soft ground suddenly became as heavy as a mountain under the force of his stamping, becoming so solid that it stopped Han Shuo's sneak attack while he was underground.
"Hehehe, Marquis Bryan, I knew it was you!" The sacred knight laughed heartily as he suddenly thrust his golden pike, shaking with golden light, into the hole beneath his foot. In an instant, needle-like combat aura pierced the ground and shot violently towards Han Shuo at high speed. The strands of golden combat aura contained divine energy that Han Shuo detested and were so fast that Han Shuo was unable to dodge them as they appeared in front of Han Shuo in an instant.
As he cursed in his heart, Han Shuo's Demonslayer Edge condensed a black screen of demonic yuan energy, resisting the penetration of the strands of combat aura. His body quickly formed a shield, a second layer of defence against the attack of the golden rays.
The hastily condensed black shield shattered like an eggshell when it encountered the fifty-seventh golden ray. The remaining golden lightning strands hit Han Shuo like golden lightning. All Han Shuo could feel was his body being pierced by steel needles. His tenacious body was unable to withstand it and suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.
As the protective shield faded, Han Shuo appeared as if he had been struck by dozens of arrows, his body suddenly riddled with many additional finger-sized holes. Even his forehead had three wounds, making Han Shuo's handsome face look ruined and extremely terrifying.
"Brat, I knew you had evil intentions a long time ago and have been waiting for your sneak attack. Hehehe, you are still too inexperienced!" The Sacred Knight's laughter could be heard from above. He raised his spear, intending to attack Han Shuo again.
This was the biggest defeat Han Shuo had suffered since he started cultivating. He cursed the ancestors of the sacred knight in his heart, realising that his plan to sneak up on them had long since been seen through and had instead ended up being worse. He resisted the urge to charge out and do battle with the sacred knight. Han Shuo didn't wait for the next wave of the sacred Knight's attacks and made a quick decision to return to his original path.
After training to his current level, as long as Han Shuo's consciousness didn't dissipate and the demon infant wasn't destroyed, he would still be able to recover no matter how badly his physical body was injured. Therefore, Han Shuo wasn't worried about his disfigured face. Since there were too many opposing experts, Han Shuo knew that it would be useless to force his way out. Even though he was extremely reluctant in his heart, he had no choice but to retreat.
The earth zombie, who had just destroyed the Earth Shattering spell cast by Earth Sacred Magus Dempus, suddenly felt the boundless anger and resentment in Han Shuo's heart. The earth zombie disobeyed Han Shuo's commands for the first time, and indeed stubbornly emerged from the ground. All of a sudden, thousands of earth spikes rose from the ground.
The ground became like a continuous sea of trees, rising endlessly. When the Sacred Knight looked unstable, the naive earth zombie had already disregarded everything and charged at the Sacred Knight. As he charged, chunks of earth flew up and stuck to the earth zombie's body.
In no time at all, the earth zombie was covered in clumps of earth, forming a ten-metre tall clay man. His original naive gaze was no longer visible, as if he had merged with the earth, as he ran wildly towards the dazed Sacred Knight.
""No!" Han Shuo, who was deep underground, suddenly screamed his lungs out, flying into the sky once more despite his body being drenched in blood from his injuries, and charging anxiously towards the sacred knight.
However, before Han Shuo could reach the sacred knight, his golden spear had suddenly shot out a dazzling golden light, piercing the sole of the ten-metre tall clay man that the earth zombie had transformed into, causing a torrent of energy to suddenly erupt and rush into the earth zombie's body.
The Earth Elite Zombie's body suddenly shot out golden light after the sacred knight's golden light entered its body. Soon after, the earth on his body began to fall off piece by piece. The Earth Elite Zombie that had returned to its original size was hit by a beam of golden light and suddenly flew backwards. A large chunk of his naturally formed armour had sunk into his chest.
Han Shuo's eyes turned red. He had never been so angry as he was at that moment. The little skeleton and the other zombies on the other plane had all sent strong messages that they wanted to come to this plane and join forces with Han Shuo to retaliate ferociously against the enemy who had dared to harm Han Shuo and the earth zombie.
Han Shuo didn't lose his rationality and forcefully blocked the strong desire of the little skeleton and the rest. When he saw that the earth zombie actually struggled and tried to lunge at the sacred knight for revenge after landing on the ground, Han Shuo choked up with emotion as he shouted, "Idiot!
Soon after, ignoring the earth zombie's stubborn desire, Han Shuo chanted at the fastest speed in his life and forcefully sent that naive earth zombie back to the netherworld.
"Stupid undead creature, you really want to die!" The sacred knight laughed as he looked at Han Shuo and pointed his spear at Han Shuo, "My target this time is you. Your strength is quite good, no wonder you were able to force Kosse to retreat twice! However, your luck ends here!"
Han Shuo had never hated anyone as much as he did now. Until now, Han Shuo's attitude towards the Church of Light had always been to ignore them and only take measures to counterattack. It was only when the Earth Zombie was injured because of him that Han Shuo was truly determined to oppose the Church of Light until one party was eliminated.
Staring at the sacred knight with a relaxed expression, Han Shuo breathed heavily, ignoring the blood flowing from his wounds. Blood flowed from the wounds on the bridge of his nose and on his left cheek as a result of his agitated emotions, making him look like a demon that had emerged from the depths of hell.
"I will remember you. For every day that I live, the Church of Light will never have another day of peace!" Han Shuo said slowly, word by word, before turning and flying towards Karel with the Demonic Ninth Heaven Art.
The Lancelot Empire's Space Sacred Magus Sabakas had unknowingly appeared and was currently drawing a teleportation field under Lawrence's feet. Apart from Sabakas, who was concentrating on drawing the magical array, everyone else had their eyes on Han Shuo.
Tears kept falling from Phoebe's eyes, but she was forcefully restrained by Karel, preventing her from attempting to run to Han Shuo's side.
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