Chapter 311 New Moon Ceremony
Just in case, Aiwass pulled the others together and waited quietly until dark.
All kinds of potions and equipment were prepared in advance, and even Aiwass's mana had been replenished through prayer, just to prevent another sudden attack from the punishment demon at dusk.
Demons recover quite quickly. As long as they're still alive and moving, they can eat a few people and recover in about a day.
But when it was completely dark and the moon rose, the punishment demon still did not appear.
"Has he given up?"
Haena asked seriously.
When Aiwass and Lily were in crisis, she was absent as the team's shield, which made her feel very guilty.
At the Royal Law University, they would repeatedly learn an important concept - that is, armored professions must never allow their vulnerable unarmored companions to be directly exposed to the enemy's threat range.
This is an absolutely unqualified protector.
Regardless of whether these fragile fellow Transcendents are capable of dealing with each other, the Overseers within the team must step up. The same spell cast on them might not seriously injure them, but on others it could be fatal. Furthermore, even if they suffer fatal injuries, the Overseers, with their robust vitality, can hold out much longer and recover more easily after treatment without leaving any hidden dangers.
Just like the Supervisory Bureau that was attacked earlier—if the Attorney General's Court had been attacked, they wouldn't have survived until Aiwass rescued them. The same thing happened to the Supervisory Bureau that was severely damaged during Aiwass's award ceremony.
"I think that the punishment demon is still making more preparations."
Aiwass shook his head.
The group of demonologists he brought with him before were all wiped out by Little Butterfly's self-explosion - from an emotional point of view, Aiwass hoped that he could bring more; but from a rational point of view, he probably wouldn't bring so many people next time.
Because they have become a burden when facing Aiwass.
If it weren't for protecting them, he wouldn't have needed to use [Fire Nullification Barrier] to stop him there. As a demon incarnation, he had strong vitality, good mobility, and strong burst damage. He could have used other offensive rituals to launch a more fierce attack.
And the most crucial thing is that the status of the Flame-Rebellious Butterfly obviously suppressed him.
Generally speaking, among spells of the same level, defense must have a higher priority than attack, otherwise the defensive spell will be meaningless.
[Elemental Nullification Ward] is a sixth-level grand ritual that negates pure mana projectile attacks from the six elements of light, darkness, wind, earth, water, and fire within its effective radius. Standing within it negates all pure elemental spells of sixth level and below within its duration. The negative side effect is that it also negates spells within the ward—meaning the user cannot cast spells themselves.
The [Flame Nullification Barrier] is a low-end version of its fourth energy level.
It’s called a low-profile version, but it’s also a serious fourth-level protection ritual.
Even an attack of the same fourth energy level cannot penetrate the barrier.
The barrier clearly couldn't stop the butterfly's flames and lasers. The Punisher was a clever man, a veteran transcendent who had lived for centuries. He definitely knew what this meant.
——High-ranking phantom.
Because if the Flame-Butterfly was at the fifth energy level, then it would be the same level of phantom demon as the hatched Punishment Demon, and it would easily kill them all. There was no need to self-destruct upon seeing him transform into a Punishment Demon.
So there was only one possibility: the little butterfly's spell power was only at the fourth energy level, but with the priority bonus of the higher-level phantom demon, it penetrated the flame nullification barrier's resistance.
However, low-level upper-level phantom demons are not invincible.
In-game terms, while spell penetration, effect hits, and abnormal resistance all have a priority bonus per energy level, the four-dimensional attributes, path characteristics, and spell list are all ten levels lower. A level 40 enemy with a priority is definitely much easier to defeat than a level 50 enemy with no priority.
If the giant's memory had not deteriorated, he should still remember that when he first met him, he used the Dispersing Flame Butterfly on the street, even in front of the Great Guardian.
That "spell" and the Flame-Bearing Butterfly were both in the form of fire butterflies, so he should have easily been able to associate the two abilities. This would have naturally identified it as the ability of Aiwass's Path of Devotion... and at that distance, he should have been able to sense that Aiwass's Path of Transcendence was only at the second energy level.
In other words, he knew he had already seen through all of Aiwass's cards. Even the Flame-Defying Butterfly could only cause him trouble and difficulty, not fear.
Then he would definitely not be a coward.
"They will definitely come back."
Aiwass affirmed, "Although I don't know why they came here in the first place, I killed a team of their elites, and they will definitely avenge this."
Especially when it is a sure win.
"He must be looking for special countermeasures to combat the flames."
Sherlock frowned and commented, "From your description, the only way you can harm him is with fire. And the demonologists' habit of using ritual spells makes them more inclined to 'prepare in advance' and less accustomed to encounters.
"Now that your information is exposed, he will definitely prepare a complete countermeasure - this is very dangerous."
Yeah?
The corners of Aiwass' mouth rose slightly.
——He doesn’t think so.
After this promotion, he would be able to use Shepherd again; and Lily only needed to obtain Shadow Affinity once more, and her Shadow Affinity would reach level 4. This meant she could further unleash the power of Shadow Fiend.
Level three Shadow Affinity can fully accommodate the power of Shadow Fiend, which means that Shadow Fiend can hide in her shadow without being discovered; and only at level five Shadow Affinity can one merge with Shadow Fiend and fully unleash the power of 1+1 greater than 3.
Lily herself has been nourished by the essence of the Shadow Demon, and half of the power in her body comes from the Shadow Demon.
Whether it is to continue to improve the strength of the Shadow Demon to the fifth energy level, or to upgrade the Flame Butterfly, which is at the peak of the fourth energy level, to the fifth energy level, it can give the Punishment Demon a big surprise.
——I have decided to seal this demon of punishment!
Aiwass thought.
"Prepare for the promotion ceremony, both of you."
When the crescent moon above their heads had risen high in the sky, Aiwass whispered to Haina and Lily.
Haena nodded seriously, while Lily responded calmly.
Shylock stayed inside the house as the guardian of the ritual. He had pasted red paper on the windows, filling the house with a blood-red glow.
"—All nine are present."
Aiwass intoned, "And I am in it."
strangled a seabird; smashed a mirror;
Drive the poisoned nail through the heart of the Lamb;
Melt the wax figures of great men with candles, and saturate the black salt with blood;
Stab a well-fed mouse to death with a knife, skin a snake with a knife;
Drive a nail through the tip of a horse's penis; pry open oysters and drip your own blood into them.
Aiwass kept the snake, Lily kept the mouse, and Haena kept the horse's penis.
"Except me, all eight will die."
The three of them said in unison.
The next moment, black and red flames burned in the room.
The ritual array was lit up, shining with red light.
A blood-red and evil light filled the entire room—
Yesterday I was so tired that I didn't go to bed until after 4 o'clock, so I woke up late this morning. The first chapter is a few minutes late...
My breath is still hot, my face is hot, my throat is still dry, I'm still coughing, and my skin is a little sore, but I don't have a fever...
Write the second chapter first, and we’ll talk about the rest after I finish it!
(End of this chapter)
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