Chapter 887: Polluted and Offering Dancing Feet
Behind Aiwass, the real Flame-Defying Butterfly was flapping its wings and floating in the air.
And inside the iceberg, what he froze was just nothingness!
"It's really pitiful."
Aiwass tutted his words. "Without resistance to illusions... you'll be manipulated like this."
This Moon Child should be a fourth-level or even fifth-level transcendent. He could even be a Blood Lord, a profession that could fully unleash the full power of the Moon Child.
But in front of Cardinal Aiwass and Galatea, he couldn't even exert one tenth of his strength.
——Except for the initial attack of the Flame-Rebellious Butterfly, everything else was just his own illusion!
The Son of the Moon thought he had frozen the Flame-Defying Butterfly, but that was just an illusion presented to him by Cardinal Galatea.
His defense was so strong that even Aiwass didn't dare to attack him directly.
After all, at the very beginning, he was aware of the enemy's presence, and his nerves were bound to be on edge. His reaction speed and concentration were at their peak, so a sneak attack at this time would likely be unsuccessful. Especially since this person possessed the [Water Icosahedron], which could instantly freeze him and protect him.
If he decided to hide in the refrigerator, there was no way Aiwass would be able to dig him out.
And when is a person most relaxed?
That was naturally when they thought the battle was over and were preparing to collect the spoils.
Aiwass knows this all too well.
Priests' equipment automatically regenerates health when out of combat. Priests typically have a few life-saving skills and crowd control-removing gear, but they're also tanky and notoriously difficult to kill. In PvP, many stealth classes prefer to attack down to half health first, then go invisible. Once the priest begins to regenerate health out of combat, many newbies will habitually use Sacrificial Fire to restore their health to full.
If a rogue or assassin suddenly appears and attacks again at this time, nine out of ten people will be startled. Forget about immediately using control release, knockback, control, and instant recovery. They may even be stunned for a while. By the time they react, it's too late.
——This is called a surprise attack!
All I can say is that Cardinal Galatea's illusion ability is too strong—
When the Flame-Butterfly stopped spitting out flames and returned to Aiwass's back, Cardinal Galatea unexpectedly created a complete copy of the Flame-Butterfly, which then continued to spray as if it had never stopped.
As for what happened afterwards—being attacked by ice spikes, being squeezed into a specimen by the ice wall, and even being frozen—it was all an illusion.
The Flame-Defying Butterfly's melee ability is not weak, and its combat awareness is also outstanding.
She could easily break out of the encirclement before the ice cones closed—Fire Meteor itself was a powerful attack, not to mention her other abilities. Furthermore, if killed, she could self-destruct, and even rise from the ashes after death... However, Cardinal Galatea didn't know of the Flame-Butterfly's abilities, and fortunately, neither did she.
In order to let Aiwass know what was happening in the illusion, Cardinal Galatea thoughtfully marked Aiwass with a translucent shadow. This was to prevent Aiwass from accidentally being injured if he happened to walk into the enemy's position in the illusion.
That's why Aiwass was able to prepare in advance and behead the opponent directly when his invincibility was lifted!
There is no solution for the Son of the Moon to the death of Ku Ji.
The cardinal even stood there motionless the entire time, not saying a word. He simply watched as this powerful Son of the Moon was played to death!
"Help me take the gem out of his chest," Aiwass said to Cardinal Galatea, "I will go get the other spoils first -"
"good."
Cardinal Galatea nodded and stepped forward gracefully.
She stared at the headless corpse frozen into an ice sculpture, but suddenly another person who was very familiar to Aiwass appeared before her.
That's Cardinal Siegfried!
Cardinal Siegfried swung the huge sword in his hand and cut the corpse in half!
Then, countless hammers emerged from the void and struck down one after another, turning the severed corpse into dust.
The "Cardinal Siegfried" bent down, picked up the aquamarine gem, and handed it to Cardinal Galatea. Then, it vanished into thin air.
Is this the ultimate illusion...
Aiwass vaguely realized that it made sense for Cardinal Galatea of the Pure White Faction to come alone...
This super-ancient mecha girl who has survived from the Amber Age to this day - although she seems to have been awakened and activated in the Elf Age, her strength seems to far exceed the average level of a Cardinal.
If she could use illusion to create any other cardinal at will... even if he only had one-seventh or even one-third of his strength, he could basically be said to be the strongest cardinal!
Aiwass shook his head, pushed open the coffin, and searched for what he was looking for in the black water with a foul smell inside.
Obviously, this Son of the Moon, whose name Aiwass did not know, had not yet completed the transformation ritual into the Evil Blood Angel.
This so-called transformation ritual is actually a process of suicide and rebirth.
The body, blessed by the Lord of the Feast and sanctified by Sister Sasha, was defiled and deconsecrated through a blasphemous ritual... In other words, while it remained "alive," its attributes and properties were destroyed, restoring it to ordinary materials. Then, it was reduced to ash, mixed with its own ashes, and reborn.
The nine tortured people were the sacrifices for the desecration ritual. This was also the most time-consuming step.
The coffin and the pool of blood were merely fully automatic devices for his rebirth after death. He wouldn't feel safe handing this sort of thing over to anyone else. After all, once a cup of holy water was sprinkled into a person in the ash state, they would be completely gone. Therefore, he had to do this sort of thing himself, and he couldn't trust even the most loyal guards.
After Sister Sasha's feet were deconsecrated by the ritual, he could lie down with her in the coffin with hollows and vents. Then he would start a fire and burn himself to ashes... When the smoke cleared, the coffin would sink into the pool of blood, and blood would seep into the hollows, causing it to be reborn.
“Found it!”
Aiwass cheered and fished out a pair of severed feet.
Those feet were like works of art, surprisingly still soft and warm to the touch—and the cross-section of them and their calves revealed a gem-like, crystal-red glow. It was as if what was stuffed inside wasn't bone and flesh, but pink gemstones.
Its nails were the same pink, like gemstones, with a jade-like sheen. Its skin was devoid of wrinkles or calluses, appearing almost artificially perfect.
But at this moment, it was injured.
Someone had carved blasphemous runes on the instep and sole of the foot with a ceremonial knife, and the foot had been stained by its long immersion in the coffin's black water. The words had taken on an ominous black hue that made even its gleaming balance and perfection seem banal.
A line of results also emerged in Aiwass's eyes:
[Contaminated·Offering Dancing Feet]
【Extraordinary Equipment (Light Purple)】
【Armor-Foot】
[Extraordinary Characteristics: When you move continuously for three seconds while already possessing the Skin of a Saint and your health is not full, you gain a layer of Skin of a Saint (only triggered by the Path of Devotion or the Path of Love). This effect can be triggered at most once every thirty seconds. When you move continuously for three seconds while already possessing the Skin of a Sinner and not causing damage, you gain a layer of Skin of a Sinner (only triggered by the Path of Devotion or the Path of Love). This effect can be triggered at most once every thirty seconds.]
[Skin of the Saint: Each time you perform a treatment, the treatment amount is increased by 30%. This effect can be stacked up to three times.]
[Sinner's Skin: When the wearer loses his own life to harm others, the damage is increased by the current healing amount.]
[Extraordinary Characteristics (Pollution): This effect has been invalidated]
[Pollution Characteristics: When you lose health, you will lose additional health at a certain ratio; when you receive a health recovery effect from others, the healer will lose health at a certain ratio of the treatment amount.]
[Set: Sister Sasha's Holy Feast (1/4)]
"—I take off my dancing shoes, and my steps become light; I abandon my feet, and my soul becomes light."
"What's this?"
Cardinal Galatea, holding the blue gem, came over with some curiosity.
Aiwass unabashedly handed the slightly rancid-smelling feet to Cardinal Galatea, "These are Sister Sasha's feet."
"Ah, I've heard of it. The Banquet Master...is now an apostle of the Feast of Heaven."
Cardinal Galatea nodded slightly. "I heard that she removed her eyes, feet, hands, and skin, becoming the host's guest and the final dish."
"Yes, but the host couldn't bear to eat it. He just felt Sister Sasha's love, so he allowed Sister Sasha to become his holy banquet attendant, gave her better eyes, feet, and hands, and sanctified these offerings and returned them to Sister Sasha."
Aiwass explained.
Cardinal Galatea reached out and gently touched the blasphemous words on it. "It just looks contaminated. Its power will be greatly reduced... Do you still want it? If so, you can give it to Cardinal Aquinas. He's also from the Conservatory of Antiquities... He specializes in repairing all kinds of damaged mystical objects."
"Then let's fix it."
Aiwass actually didn't plan to use this equipment.
Not only was the Sister Sasha suit, also known as the "excessive suit," not meant to be worn in full, but also because he actually intended to put these four pieces together as a sacrifice to the "Blood Angel" Aleister.
But considering it was indeed contaminated, it would be better to find someone to clean it. Although Xiaoyang could do it, she was lucky to have the contamination removed from her eyeballs last time... and the contamination on these feet was obviously more serious.
At this moment, there was a sudden blur around Aiwass and Cardinal Galatea.
After a severe dizziness, he found himself back in the ruins of the Tower of Babel. Some of the people who had originally stayed away to avoid being read by others were now right in front of him. For example, Kitty, Sine, and Master Chongbo.
Everyone stared in amazement at the pair of human feet held in Aiwas's hands and the huge blue gem held in Cardinal Galatea's hands, and couldn't help but wonder where they were going.
"...Mr. Pope, ahem, I mean...His Holiness the Pope."
The wanderer, who was standing far away, said hesitantly, "What's in your hand..."
【This is a foot, are you blind? 】
As soon as Aiwas glanced away, he answered sincerely in his heart.
[Is this a human foot? I thought it was a gem...]
The kitten looked at the broken end, thoughts floating in his mind.
[No, this is an elf's foot. Human feet aren't that big.]
Aiwass added in his mind.
Seeing everyone was silent for a moment, he quickly added, "This is the holy relic of Sister Sasha, the apostle of Yan Tiansi..."
So everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
[I was so scared, I thought...]
An idea popped into Kitty's mind, and she immediately reached out and covered her mouth.
But it was useless, the thought still floated out uncontrollably:
[I thought the Pope was the type who was particularly interested in feet... Huh?! No, no, no... Wuuwuwu, mom, am I going to die...]
"I told you this is a holy relic!"
Aiwass was furious and shouted. But the more he told himself not to think, the more his mind became uncontrollably clearer. A thought suddenly crossed his mind:
【Come to think of it, it is actually quite bitter...】
I don’t want to listen, kuwa!
[You have good taste, Your Holiness!]
[I think the sparkling pink diamond-like things in here are the most beautiful...]
For a moment, everyone fell into chaos again.
Only Cardinal Galatea, who had no "voice" to speak of, held the gem, watched everything quietly, smiled and remained silent.
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(End of this chapter)
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