Turu's plan was extremely shrewd.
Once the [Pale Skull Crown] is obtained, His Highness the Crown Prince's goal will be achieved.
As for letting the people from the Holy Light Church go?
Compared to the Pale Skull Crown, the Bloodvine Heart and the lives of these people are secondary considerations.
He was convinced that this Star Moon Mage was only there for personal gain and had no reason to fight to the death for the Holy Light Church.
However, as soon as he finished speaking—
"laugh--!"
A clear, undisguised sneer, filled with unbridled mockery and anger, pierced the air like an ice pick and burst from Xingyue's mouth!
The languid look on her face vanished instantly, replaced by a chilling feeling of having been fooled.
Her star-like eyes narrowed, their sharp, cold light piercing through Tulu as if trying to see right through his little schemes.
“Old man,” Xingyue’s voice suddenly turned icy, each word like it was chilled to the bone, “do you think… I’m easy to talk to?”
The star-patterned silver spear in her hand hummed, its tip pointing directly at Tulu.
"Or do you think that because the Orcish Royal Court is backing you up, you can bargain with me for what I need to protect?"
Tulu was startled by her sudden burst of icy killing intent, his body stiffening and a warning screaming in his heart!
He then suddenly realized that he had completely misjudged the woman's bottom line and goals!
She didn't come here simply for the "Starry Night Black Gold"!
From the very beginning, she stood on the side of the Church of Holy Light!
Or rather, what she really cared about was that kid named Mark and the [Pale Crown] on his body!
In her eyes, his "concession" just now was not sincerity, but rather a blatant provocation and a mockery!
The atmosphere instantly plummeted to freezing point.
Around Xingyue, an invisible spatial force began to fluctuate violently, and the cold light flowing on the mithril soft armor was even more chilling than the necromantic array beneath her feet.
Tulu's cloudy old eyes were fixed on the cold, star-like tip of Xingyue's spear, while a sinister smile curled at the corner of his mouth.
He dared to set up this trap here today with the Beast King's arm bone, so he must have prepared plenty of backup plans!
Even if the stars and moon before him were not in his plans, they were still within the range of formidable enemies he had pre-defined.
Just as Xingyue moved slightly and the spatial ripples began, Tulu's withered fingers suddenly slashed across the Beast King's arm bone!
"Buzz—!"
The necromantic binding array suspended in mid-air suddenly contracted, and the gray-blue light surged into the bodies of the transformed "Skullbreaker" guards below as if they were alive!
These undead orcs, who had just been reeking of corpses and moved stiffly, suddenly had their ghostly green soul flames surge in their empty eye sockets, as if drawn by invisible threads, and instantly formed ranks!
In that short span of time, several orcs actually jumped directly from the intermediate level to the advanced level!
Their movements were perfectly synchronized, their decaying muscles bursting with power far exceeding what they had in life. Weapons wreathed in necromancy overlapped with arms covered in bone armor, forming a barrier of death and brute force that stood perfectly in front of Turu!
boom--!
Xingyue's silver spear, like a shooting star tearing through the night, pierced fiercely into the military formation barrier built by dozens of high-level undead orcs!
The violent star magic collided violently with the eerie power of the undead and orc blood, producing a tooth-grinding metallic distorting sound!
Space distorted slightly, and Xingyue's invincible teleportation thrust was actually blocked by the combined defense that contained the secrets of the former orc royal court's military formation!
The spear tip was only three feet away from Tulu Kugao's face, but it was firmly blocked by a layer of viscous, almost tangible, gray-red light curtain. Even the spatial fluctuations were forcibly suppressed and disordered by that military formation's blood energy!
"Heh..." Tulu's hoarse, cold laugh came from behind the light screen, carrying a mocking confidence of victory. "The mages of the Star Moon Church, your spatial tricks aren't so effective against our army's formation! Otherwise, the Star Moon Church would have been the state religion of the previous human race!"
His withered fingers rubbed incessantly on the Beast King's arm bone, greedily absorbing the necromantic power gathered by the magic circle and continuously injecting it into the core of the military formation.
At the same time, it was also injected into the massive figure at the center of the army formation, which was completely enveloped in gray-blue death energy—Grom Gorehowl!
"Do you see that?" Tulu's voice was both seductive and threatening. "His Highness the Little Prince is receiving the true blessing from His Majesty the Beast King!"
"With his talent combined with the power of His Majesty's remains, what kind of being will he be once the transformation is complete? A pseudo-legend? Or even... touching the threshold of a true legend! At that time, who can your proud space and that broken gun protect?"
Xingyue remained silent, her wine-red eyes as cold as ancient ice.
With a flick of her wrist, the silver spear burst forth with dazzling starlight, its momentum shifting from thrusting to smashing, like a mountain collapsing, slamming fiercely into the light screen of the military formation!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The heavy impacts sounded like the beating of war drums, and each strike caused the entire necromancy array to tremble violently, with the gray-blue light flickering erratically.
The army of undead orcs retreated step by step under the violent power of the star and moon, the mud beneath their feet churning, and their decaying bones groaning under the unbearable weight.
But their formation remained intact, still fiercely protecting the core Tulu and the transforming Grom.
Each time the army formation was attacked, the shockwave from the backlash seemed to act as a catalyst for Grom's transformation.
The necromantic aura surrounding him grew increasingly viscous, churning and surging, and an aura far surpassing Grom's previous peak state was steadily rising, like a lurking beast about to awaken!
Gray spots have completely covered Grom's entire body. His bronze skin is becoming as cold and hard as metal. His crimson beast eyes are faintly visible in the deathly aura, leaving only pure, predatory savagery!
Xingyue's offensive became increasingly fierce and swift, the silver spears transforming into countless cold stars, and cracks in space appearing and disappearing intermittently, attempting to tear apart the weak points of the army formation.
But the undead orcs were fearless, or rather, they had no concept of life and death. They used their bodies to withstand the attacks and combined them with the secrets of military formations to hold back the storm of attacks from the stars and moon, making it difficult for her to advance even an inch!
The scene was intense and deadlocked, with the massive collision of magical power acting like the core of a storm, drawing most of the battlefield's attention.
Whether it was the suppression of the necromancy array or the violent energy dissipated from the clash between the star moon and the military formation, it was like a huge vortex, obscuring several subtle anomalies at the edge of the battlefield.
Therefore, no one noticed.
Under the cover of Monica's subtle, veil-like shadow magic, and shrouded in the emerald green aura that lingered around Anna's fingertips, she was enveloped in a natural glow.
Between Kyle and Ruby's tightly clasped hands, the blazing nun's emblem radiated a restrained yet terrifyingly pure, intense white light.
Ruby's wine-red eyes were tightly closed, her lips moving silently. Beneath Kyle's composed face, the power of holy light flowed like rivers converging into the sea, continuously entering the palms of their joined hands.
The prayer for the descent of the Seraphim has reached its final moment!
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