Chapter 634 "Death" and the Witch
As the feathered serpent crawled out of the cave, raised its upper body and climbed and swam along the unfinished "palace", Angel could feel the force gripping his heart, almost stopping it from beating, becoming stronger and stronger.
She subconsciously glanced to her sides and discovered that Klein and "The Hanged Man" Alger were in even worse shape than she was. The two Beyonders, who had recently been promoted to Sequence 5, felt their entire bodies freezing cold just from sensing the aura of "Death." A gloomy feeling seeped into their bodies through every pore, freezing them in place. They couldn't even think of dodging or escaping.
Perhaps in the next second, under the power of "death", their hearts will stop beating completely, just like those "zombies".
Fortunately, I am already a Sequence 4 Witch of Despair. Moreover, after witnessing the magical power of the Witch Mirror of "1-63", my understanding of the world in the mirror is no longer comparable to when I first became a demigod... Angel's thoughts were working rapidly, and his purple eyes reflected the huge feathered serpent in front of him. Then, the figure of this demigod extraordinary creature quickly faded, and together with the surrounding moonlight and countless restless zombies, it turned into a translucent image as if through glass.
Klein's heart, which had almost stopped beating, finally returned to normal. He woke up as if from a dream and looked around. He found that Alger's face was also pale. He could hardly hold the lantern in one hand, and he was stroking his chest with the other hand, as if he was doubting whether he was still alive.
The purple in Angel's eyes, who was between the two of them, almost turned pure black. She quickly looked around and then spoke:
"That's a demigod-level feathered serpent, most likely the 'God of Death' path. Once you leave the mirror world, you will be affected by that power again, making it almost impossible to fight."
The world in the mirror... Klein reacted and looked around. He found that the space around the three of them within a radius of about five meters was quite clear, but the space outside was blurry as if separated by a layer of glass. The feathered serpent in the distance still exuded a suffocating pressure, but this power could no longer reach them.
Compared with the "1" level seal, although Angel pulled two teammates into this special, temporary mirror world, that was all she could do. She couldn't take the two away, nor could she lock the distant Quetzalcoatl into the mirror world alone to facilitate their escape.
I'm afraid that this can only be achieved after completely digesting the "Despair" potion and even advancing to the "Immortality" level...
"That force, it seems, has less impact on us the farther away it is."
Alger suddenly spoke.
His gaze lingered on the feathered serpent with dark scales and greasy feathers all over its body. The "zombies" of humans and curly-haired baboons became well-behaved and obedient under the power of the god of death and gathered around it, but farther away, the "zombies" seemed a little confused, or even more irritable, as if they were out of control.
What is even more obvious are the weeds and bushes under its body. The closer to the feathered serpent, the more withered and decayed they are, demonstrating the powerful force of the "God of Death".
If anyone gets close to it, any Beyonder who hasn't reached the level of a demigod will likely die instantly... Angel guessed and quickly formulated his next battle plan:
"After leaving the mirror world, I will try to attack it. If it works, I may be able to kill it and completely solve the problem. If the effect is not obvious, you can leave first."
Just as Alger frowned, Klein nodded calmly and replied:
"We will cooperate with you in launching an attack attempt."
He didn't waste any time talking. The protagonist of this battle must be Angel, who had become a demigod, rather than the two Sequence 5s who were of almost no help.
After a brief thought, Alger also figured this out. He looked at the palace beneath the Quetzalcoatl's body, which was still unformed and carved with various strange patterns, and said:
"I tried to destroy the palace built by those 'zombies'. Perhaps this has a special meaning to it."
The "mirror world" around her has begun to become blurred, and Angel also feels that the space she has "separated" from reality is about to break. This is not because her spirituality cannot support it, but because of her insufficient control over this power.
"Be prepared."
Just as she opened her mouth to remind him, she heard an almost inaudible "crash" sound beside her ears, like glass breaking and a mirror cracking. Her eyes returned to purple, and the feathered serpent in front of her became clearly visible again.
In an instant, the power that made them want to fall into eternal sleep surrounded the three of them again. Without needing to communicate, Klein and Alger kicked their legs and retreated, trying to stay away from the source of this power. Angel took the initiative to face it, using the trace of his high-sequence divinity to resist the power of the demigod Quetzalcoatl. With his left hand, he transformed the "Knight Bracelet" into a handy longsword. The power of "disease" quickly spread, covering the entire open space.
This powerful threat made the Quetzalcoatl's vertical pupils lock onto her immediately. A pitch-black snake core spit out of its mouth, and its body, which was over 20 meters long, coiled tightly, as if it was about to shoot towards her in the next second.
Those "zombies" turned around like an army ready for battle, and rushed towards the three people with steps or using all four limbs.
The next second, these dead adventurers, curly-haired baboons, tigers and lions fell to the ground like harvested wheat and "died" again.
This is the power of "disease"!
After entering the high sequence, Angel's disease ability is no longer limited to living creatures. Even "zombies" and "vengeful spirits" cannot escape the influence of this plague that transcends reality and belongs to the field of mysticism.
A high-ranking witch will never fear being besieged.
Seeing his men falling one after another, the giant snake, whose entire body was pitch black with white feathers, opened its bloody mouth angrily and cried out silently. Its black scales trembled and more white feathers seemed to grow underneath.
As it moved, the ground below quickly cracked, and more corpses crawled out of the soil. Shadows that were invisible to the naked eye gathered around this "God of Death". A small number of zombies that had died from the plague before stood up again, as if they had a third life.
It seems that the only way is to find a way to kill it itself, otherwise the zombies and ghosts will be endless. However, the "disease" cannot take effect so quickly on demigods, and it is difficult to be fatal... Angel just came up with this thought, and saw the feathered serpent entrenched in the unfinished palace suddenly straightened its body, and its thick and huge body shot out like a sharp arrow, and the pair of wings behind it that had been folded up opened up to the wind, allowing it to truly fly into the sky.
It turns out that the wings are not just decorations...
Klein, who was running backwards, suddenly felt the force gripping his heart and freezing his blood covering his body again. He looked back and saw that the feathered serpent with its wings spread out was drawing a parabola, pressing towards him and Alger. The feathered wings that almost covered half the sky made him feel a sense of despair that there was no escape.
Oh, right, for the Death Path, you can use the Azik Copper Whistle...
In a moment of desperation, Klein reached into his pocket at a speed that surprised even himself, removed the spiritual wall that sealed the Azik copper whistle, took it out of the cigarette box, and threw it into the distance.
The scene he expected did not appear. The feathered serpent in the sky just glanced in that direction and did not change its landing point.
invalid?
This was the first time Klein was ignored after obtaining the bronze whistle.
He instantly connected the feathered serpent, the white feathers, and the Spirit Cult's "artificial death" plan in his mind. Without any hesitation, he took out another copper whistle and threw it into the distance.
This was the copper whistle he had obtained from a member of the Spiritual Cult who could resurrect on his own while he was in Backlund as "Sherlock." It didn't carry any special powers, but Klein had learned through divination that blowing it would be extremely dangerous.
This ordinary-looking copper whistle had an effect that even Azik's copper whistle couldn't achieve. The feathered serpent, which was about to land, stared at it intently, flapped its huge feather wings violently a few times, changed direction, and landed on an open space in front of Klein.
The copper whistle happened to be covered by its body and was pressed firmly into the soil.
Klein, having escaped the shadow of death, hurriedly ran a few more steps before stopping at the dense forest surrounding the clearing. From the corner of his eye, he saw the Hanged Man, Alger, taking this opportunity to change direction, moving away from the Quetzalcoatl and returning to the palace under construction.
He ignored the zombies and ghosts who would soon succumb to the disease, and swung the huge wind blade in his hand, smashing it repeatedly against the foundations of the buildings made of logs and rocks, cutting them into gradually collapsing pieces of rubble amid the constant roar.
This seemingly ineffective action greatly angered the feathered serpent. It gave up on Klein, who was so close to it, and turned its gaze towards Alger, who was running farther and farther away, waving the wind blades in his hands. It spread its wings and took off like a catapult using the same method as before. Its body stretched out, and almost instantly it smashed into Alger, who had no time to dodge, and pressed him and the surrounding zombies that had just been knocked down by the disease into the soft soil.
Crash——
The sound of shattering glass echoed, and Alger reappeared beside the dense forest at the edge of the clearing, a trace of fear and apprehension still on his face. He hadn't even had time to use his magic pocket watch. If it weren't for his mirror double, he would have become a puddle of mud under Quetzalcoatl's body.
But even if he escaped through a substitute, Alger inevitably got close to the demigod-level feathered serpent again. Instantly, his body stiffened under the aura of death it exuded, his blood froze, and he stumbled and fell to the ground.
The destruction of the temple built by the zombies obviously made Quetzalcoatl extremely angry. Its body, which was too big for a single person to embrace, rolled in a circle, intending to completely crush the fallen Alger.
But the next moment, the thick, feathery wings of the Quetzalcoatl were tightly bound by invisible silk threads, folded at an angle strangely, and stuck to the body covered with black scales. The snake body, which was more than 20 meters long, also coiled together again, leaving only the upper body raised high, looking down at the culprit not far away with a slightly powerless look.
Angel pulled the invisible silk thread with one hand, passing wisps of black flames over and cursing the body at the other end. With the other hand, he threw the long sword transformed from the "Knight Bracelet" and accurately inserted it into the raised upper body of the feathered serpent. The "Sword of Dawn" collided with the black scales, making a sharp metal friction sound, but only penetrated less than half a meter.
“…”
The feathered serpent opened its huge mouth silently again and howled to the sky. Beside it, another group of zombies crawled out of the grave and ghosts appeared out of thin air, tearing at the silk threads that bound it, blocking the cursed black flames that were transmitted to it. While it was burned to ashes, it gave the feathered serpent precious time to escape.
Although the latter's black scales glowed green, its vertical pupils were bloodshot, and it was suffering from a gradually worsening illness, it still used brute force to break free from the remaining silk threads, spread its wings again, and rose from the ground in the strong wind without losing any strength.
White feathers stained with light yellow oil emerged from the gaps between its scales. The breath of death quickly spread, covering the entire open space. The grass turned yellow in the blink of an eye, and the surrounding treetops dropped withered branches and leaves.
The power that almost stopped one's heart and plunged one into eternal sleep reappeared, becoming even stronger and more substantial, as if it were tangible.
"Tie it up!"
Klein threw out the copper whistle and escaped the feathered serpent's attack. He held the copper-green "Lemano's Travel Notes" in one hand and stroked the yellowed pages engraved with countless complex symbols with the other hand. He ignored the stinging sensation of the white feathers and stared at the feathered serpent flying into the sky.
The invisible silk thread in Angel's hand surged out wildly, binding the feathered serpent's body and wings, causing it to struggle violently again.
Even her long light golden hair that was tied into a simple bun at the back of her head broke apart in an instant, and each strand of hair turned into tentacles as thick as fingers but with an extremely smooth surface. They grew and extended madly, like thicker and stronger silk threads, and instantly wrapped around the feathered serpent's body above her head.
Her eyes, like purple gems, reflected the other person's figure. After a brief pause, the huge body became transparent for a moment, as if entering a world in a mirror.
Its constantly shaking wings and body also stopped moving briefly.
Angel couldn't yet pull a demigod directly into the mirror, but this moment of pause was enough.
Behind her, a violent and crazy roar sounded, and another aura belonging to a demigod emerged.
"Lightning Storm!"
Klein finally activated the extraordinary ability recorded in the notes, which was also the only ability in those 38 pages that could harm the feathered serpent.
Silver-white "pythons" leaped out of thin air, weaving dazzling spider webs in the air, illuminating the entire sky.
Then, they gathered together and fiercely slashed at the "Sword of Dawn" that pierced the scales of the upper body of the feathered serpent, easily bypassing the thick snake scales and completely transmitting the fierce power of the storm into its fragile body.
boom--
In the eyes of the three people, the outline of the feathered serpent with its wings spread out, almost completely off the ground, seemed to light up for a moment, leaving a mark on their retinas in the night sky that did not fade for a long time.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
