Before she finished speaking, Rita's figure began to fade and become transparent rapidly, like a reflection in water.
Clearly, Alfonso's approach and the unexpected appearance of the legendary black dragon made her completely abandon any intention of continuing the fight.
The mission failed, and she prepared to withdraw.
However, at this moment—
"Time Witch! Where are you going!"
A clear and holy roar, as crisp as summer thunder, carrying unparalleled holy light and will, seemed to explode directly from the distant horizon into the depths of everyone's soul on the battlefield!
The torrent of blazing white holy light had already reached the edge of the magic array!
At the very forefront of the torrent, Alfonso, clad in dazzling holy armor and wielding a massive lance ablaze with holy flames, appeared like a god descending to earth!
He completely ignored the violently spinning array in front of him and tried to replicate the golden magic circle that was attacking and blocking him!
His entire being merged with the lance in his hand, transforming into a blazing white meteor that tore through the heavens and earth!
"Spear of Judgment! Vanquish evil!"
Boom! ...
Alfonso's figure seemed to teleport across hundreds of meters, even piercing through the golden magic circle's barrier!
That holy flame lance, imbued with divine favor, carries the absolute will to purify all impurity and judge all evil.
It pierced Rita's chest, which was about to completely fade and was made of pure time magic, with utter decisiveness!
Pfft!
There was only a faint sound, like a bubble being popped.
Rita's fading figure suddenly froze!
The spearhead, burning with holy flames, plunged deep into her chest.
On the body, which was made of the magic of time, countless spiderweb-like blazing white cracks instantly spread out from the tip of the spear!
Within the crack, sacred flames raged and purified the laws that constituted her body!
"Ugh..." Rita groaned, her beautiful face contorted slightly with pain, but her lips slowly parted to form a cold and eerie curve.
Those eerie red eyes were fixed on Alfonso, who was so close yet seemed like a god, and then swept over Xingyue, whose wine-red eyes were sharp as knives not far away.
The voice carried a suppressed, almost frenzied excitement.
"Finally... I've got you all here!"
She spat out a mouthful of "blood" tinged with golden light, her voice piercing through the sizzling sound of the holy flames.
"Alfonso Lin! The 'Chosen One' of the Holy Light Church's Earthly Kingdom, one of the true core cornerstones of the Holy Light Church's Earthly Kingdom! And you—Eileen Ben!"
Her gaze was fixed on Xingyue like a poisonous thorn.
"The earthly kingdom of the Star-Crescent Church... I, Rita Kronos, also have a share in it!"
Before the words were even finished, a sudden change occurred!
Rita's clone, pierced by the Holy Flame Lance, suddenly erupted with a dazzling pure golden light!
It has a cold, ancient metallic hue, as if time itself has been frozen.
The golden light was like a passageway that had been forcibly opened.
Thick, filthy, and pitch-black substances, exuding an aura of endless depravity and despair, surged out from the cracks in the void inside her body, like foul-smelling pus and blood that had been suppressed for millions of years!
Abyssal matter!
These primordial filths from the deepest abyss were forcibly extracted from a dark corner of the river of time, using Rita's clone as an anchor and medium!
Like a school of piranhas attracted by the scent of blood, they frantically pounced on Alfonso, who was closest to them and exuded the purest aura of order and light, and Star Moon (Eileen Ben), who contained the power of strange starlight!
"A rat that only dares to hide in the sewers and play with time, yet it has quite the ambition!"
Ellen Ben's pupils contracted, and she shouted sharply.
She reacted extremely quickly, her star-patterned silver spear vibrated, and the starlight around her suddenly burst forth, as if drawing upon the power of the boundless night sky.
Countless brilliant starlight points gathered in front of her, transforming into a flowing curtain of starlight, like a barrier of the universe, bravely facing the surging, foul black tide!
Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!
The abyssal black tide collided with the starlight curtain, unleashing a violent sound of energy annihilation.
The starlight was polluted and eroded, and the black tide was constantly worn away and slowed down.
Ellen's figure appeared and disappeared in the starlight, her silver spear stirring up the galaxy and constantly purifying the approaching filth.
On the other side, Alfonso's eyes were as cold as ice.
He gripped the Holy Flame Lance tightly in one hand, its tip still firmly embedded in Rita's clone's chest, the Holy Flame continuing to burn, restricting its movement and power.
With lightning speed, his other hand reached for his waist, and with a clang, a knight's longsword burning with the same blazing white holy flame was drawn!
"Purify!"
Alfonso growled, his Holy Flame Sword drawing a dazzling arc of light in the air.
Pure, divine energy, like a tangible firestorm, swept across the oncoming abyssal black tide.
Wherever the holy light passed, the filth and impurities seemed to encounter their nemesis, emitting a shrill "hissing" sound as they were rapidly evaporated and purified into swirling black mist, unable to advance even an inch.
The two were perfectly positioned, their defenses were impenetrable, and their teamwork was impeccable.
The abyssal material surge that Rita triggered, seemingly powerful, was firmly blocked and unable to truly reach the two people's bodies.
Holy light and starlight shone together, illuminating the battlefield shrouded in filth with a mixture of light and darkness.
Under the continuous burning of the Holy Flame Lance and the suppression of Alfonso, the aura of Rita's clone was becoming illusory and transparent at a visible speed, as if it would completely dissipate at any moment.
Just as the crisis seemed to have passed, and the two instinctively relaxed their vigilance slightly due to Rita's impending disappearance—
The seemingly harmless black mist that had been dispersed by the Holy Light Sword and the Starshine Silver Spear and was spreading around the two suddenly changed!
The mist silently coalesced and collapsed, transforming into a golden mist of time that shimmered with a dreamlike luster within a fraction of a second!
This golden mist had no energy fluctuations, as gentle as a veil at dawn, yet it possessed a strange characteristic that ignored all physical and energy defenses.
Ellen Ben's starlight curtain and Alfonso's burning holy flame shield were rendered useless by this sudden golden mist!
puff--!
The golden mist penetrated their strongest defenses without any hindrance, like countless tiny golden dust particles, instantly merging into Ellen Ben and Alfonso's skin and armor, seeping into their flesh and blood, and even... their souls!
"What?!" Eileen Ben and Alfonso's expressions changed drastically at the same time!
A strange, cool, slippery sensation, as if countless tiny worms were crawling inside, instantly spread throughout my body.
It's a cold, imprinted feeling, a sense of being forcibly linked to the primordial river of time with an ominous connection!
"Ha ha ha ha--!"
Rita's fading, almost transparent silhouette let out a final, shrill laugh, filled with triumphant pleasure and endless mockery:
"In the face of the river of time, no matter how perfect your defenses are, there will always be moments of weakness! I have said that I, Rita Kronos, have a part in your divine kingdom's blueprint... so no one can escape my mark!"
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