Chapter 965 Mori) (Yati
As Old James' voice fell, the space in front of him suddenly began to distort and blur.
The surging thunder condensed into a giant blue and white bird in front of him, discharging electricity and making a noise like a bird's cry.
——Summon Thunderbird!
This is a fourth-level spell that summons a giant thunderbird that can spontaneously seek out enemies. It is considered an elemental life form and will automatically dissipate after its energy is exhausted.
Aiwass stood there calmly.
His nimble fingers kept fiddling with the cards, like a dealer performing magic tricks, making the cards appear and disappear between his fingers.
When he saw this symbolic attack, a card silently emerged from between his fingers.
Before the Thunderbird approached, a rainbow-colored ice wall rose from the ground in front of him—
The blue-white forked lightning struck the ice wall, but not a single fragment fell off.
But in the next moment, the thunderbird flying in the sky suddenly let out a cry and inexplicably froze into ice!
It froze as its wailing sounded, falling from the sky and shattering into a flash of electric spark on the ground like a flash bomb.
"...It doesn't count as the summoner's attack?"
Aiwass thought.
——If Old Moriarty’s spell had directly hit the “Star Ice”, he would have been frozen by the power of dusk contained within it.
I have to say... Old Moriarty is really cautious.
He was clearly saying things like "You've already defeated me" and "You'll be Moriarty from now on", but he even let the summons do the attacking!
But Aiwass was not disappointed.
Because Aiwass also guessed that Moriarty would most likely not be hit by such a simple counterattack spell.
Before, Aiwas didn't know whether Moriarty had any equipment that could increase his priority, so he didn't use the power of "Yin and Yang Harmony" to cast the spell five times to get a higher priority.
This was just a test, so the mana consumption wasn't too great. Even if the counterattack failed, it wasn't a loss—at least I had successfully created a cover.
Aiwass stood behind the transparent ice wall and observed the situation.
As the lightning exploded, old Moriarty still stood there calmly, chanting spells in a low voice.
But Aiwass was keenly aware that the old man's position had subtly changed.
He didn't seem to be in that position before the burst of lightning.
...Is it teleportation? Or an illusion?
Or maybe...
As Aiwas was thinking, the Book of Law appeared in his left hand.
At this moment, the Flame-Defying Butterfly is still watching over the camp, helping Isabel play the role of Aiwass... If the Flame-Defying Butterfly disappears out of thin air, it might cause even more trouble.
But Aiwass did not dare to underestimate his adoptive father.
He didn't know how many cards old Moriarty had up his sleeve, so he had better make a quick decision - kill him before he finished playing all his cards!
There was no wind, but the Book of Law was flipping at high speed.
"I came roaring—"
Heleqin's low voice sounded.
He did not turn into twilight, and thus was still a heroic spirit riding a white horse.
He was not holding the Thunder Halberd in his hand, but the Dragon Spear that Cardinal Fafner had remade for him!
It was a silver-white spear that was three and a half meters long.
Only this elf warrior riding on a Pegasus can easily control weapons of this size!
He casually ignited the spear on the ground like a match, and it actually drew an arc of inextinguishable flames on the stone slab.
The golden-red flame wrapped around the front half of the spear, turning the silver-white spear into a translucent material that was almost amber in the fire.
While Heleqin was staring at the other party, the summoned Wild Hunt soldiers behind him were gradually gathering.
"...This is Heleqin, the King of the Wild Hunt of Eagle Point Village."
Even though Old James was still chanting his spell, a voice of admiration suddenly rang out from the air: "I know you can summon the Wild Hunt, but this is the first time I've seen it in person."
Heleqin frowned slightly and pulled the reins.
He suddenly turned into a bolt of lightning and launched an arc-shaped charge towards the "open space" without any warning!
Because the distance is too short, it is more like a "jump" than a charge.
He first knocked over the "Old James" who was chanting a spell, then turned a corner and landed at the place where James made the sound!
The storm was torn apart by him, making a howling sound like ghosts and wolves howling, and the surrounding stone walls were torn into cracks by the hurricane.
When it landed, a shock wave visible to the naked eye condensed and then spread outward!
The ground around him was shaking violently, and it could be felt even several kilometers away, and the ground around where he landed had turned to powder!
The cracks spread throughout the entire courtyard, and then the walls of the monastery began to crack. Streams of yellowish-brown smoke echoed through all the surrounding buildings, accompanied by sounds of being overwhelmed.
Heleqin didn't know which one was correct, the "Old Moriarty" who was chanting the spell or the direction from which the sound came...so he attacked two places at the same time!
However, the voice chanting the spell did not disappear.
The exposed "Old James" was violently hit and turned into foam and dissipated, but the collision actually shook out another "Old James" from that direction...
But the "feel" is not right.
"Old James" was shaken out, and after enduring the shock wave when he landed, he turned into a butterfly and shattered!
Both old James are fake!
And just at this moment.
Aiwass suddenly felt a strong pressure - an invisible force pressed on Aiwass's back, almost making him kneel on the ground!
He felt as if his legs were entangled in mud and sand, unable to take a single step or lift a hand. His back buckled under the sudden weight of gravity, his neck creaking with pain as his internal organs tumbled and pulled, sending waves of excruciating pain through him.
His vision blurred, and his ears felt strangely swollen. Everything before him began to distort, losing color and gradually turning gray. A dizziness set in. His heart felt an overwhelming heaviness, and even breathing became difficult—each time his lungs expanded, he felt a tearing pain.
What Aiwass was fighting against was not just the "weight" that was added out of thin air, but his own body!
…No wonder even Director Cornelius, who was at the fifth energy level, was controlled for a moment. The spell to manipulate gravity is so terrifying…
Is this really only five times gravity?
I'm afraid the gravity change must be seven, eight or even ten times!
Aiwas' body, which had been strengthened by the fifth level of dedication, actually felt the premonition of death the moment he endured it.
But Aiwass was no ordinary man. His brain was sluggish, and in the instant his thoughts almost stopped, he had already thought of a solution:
If this move is used against a fifth-level wizard, it will be enough to crush the opponent... However, Aiwas's body, which is ignited by the fire of dedication, can quickly adapt to this abnormal gravity!
In two seconds at most, he can start thinking and moving normally. In more than ten seconds, he can regain his mobility and start walking or running slowly!
——But he couldn't have those three seconds.
Just like the previous attack on Director Cornelius...
So what's next? Double cast spells?
Is it freezing or lightning?
Aiwass didn't dare to gamble.
Therefore, he immediately activated the [Shadow Cloak] which had not been used for a long time!
——The moment Aiwass endured the gravity and his body movements deformed like a zombie, a strong shadow force seeped out of his body!
A pitch-black, gloomy storm roared out, burying the entire space in darkness. A hemispherical shadow barrier appeared out of thin air on the ground, the wind within twisting and whistling like a spiral.
But even the shadow cloak could not release the control over Aiwass!
The Shadow Cloak can release the five control states of seal, freeze, burn, bind, and petrify. The control caused by gravity change is not among them.
——However, the repulse caused by the Shadow Cloak instantly shook out eight old Moriartys from the void!
The moment they were shaken, Aiwass became completely invisible and disappeared from their sight. The spell that needed to be maintained ended because it lost its target, and Aiwass instantly regained his ability to move.
But the moment of weightlessness caused his entire upper body to turn red - large areas of his skin turned red and bled, and blood was flowing from all his orifices.
But this level of damage wasn't a problem. For a mere physical injury, Aiwass didn't even need to use the Fire Sacrifice to heal. His body regenerated and healed at a speed visible to the naked eye with each breath!
And when Aiwass shook out these "Old Moriartys", Heleqin suddenly turned around and launched a sweep!
He didn't know which one was real, so he just took them all seriously!
However, at this moment, dense gray spider webs appeared out of nowhere!
One, two... In an instant, hundreds of spider webs as thick as buckets covered the sky and the earth, turning all the surrounding buildings into spider nests in an instant!
This spider web seemed to have some kind of magical power. Even the King of the Wild Hunt was entangled in it and it took him two or three seconds to break free! And the real Moriarty had already disappeared again.
That was undoubtedly a spiderweb of lies. Anyone who could be deceived by lies would be bound by that spiderweb... And Heleqin died because of deception and betrayal, which could be considered a small form of restraint.
But as the King of the Wild Hunt, a sixth-level upper-level phantom demon, he should not be affected by any spells in the material world - after all, in terms of spell resistance alone, Heleqin is on the same level as the Fallen Angel who has come to the world now!
In other words, this control trick of old Moriarty is even effective against the Fallen Angels!
That can only be the power from the Heavenly Master—even the Heavenly Master’s fragments!
——Grey Sky's spider web!
Aiwass asked sharply, "Has Gray Sky Master revived in you?"
“He is not worthy.”
Moriarty's calm voice echoed again in the void, repeating repeatedly: "He is nothing more than a dead celestial official... Not even the Pillar God is worthy of controlling me."
His words were filled with cold contempt for Hui Tiansi.
In stark contrast to his usual gentle, tolerant, pious and calm demeanor, he no longer concealed his attitude towards the Celestial Officials and Pillar Gods.
but……
When exactly was the spider web summoned?
Lily also has Spider Silk Secret, and Aiwass knows the conditions for activating this ability.
This spider web will only solidify after a lie is told. The toughness of the spider web is determined by the fragility of the lie, the toxicity of the lie is determined by the toxicity of the lie, and the stickiness of the spider web is determined by the persuasiveness of the lie.
But old Moriarty didn't say a word! What triggered it?
Aiwass's mind was racing.
He suddenly remembered that these spider webs appeared at the same time when Aiwass shook out those clones.
Then he realized the truth in an instant -
“—It’s a paradox!”
Because Moriarty's illusions were so realistic, neither Aiwass nor Helechin could tell which was the real Moriarty. His clones could even make sounds, feel things, and cast spells! Before being "killed," there was no way to be sure it was a fake!
Therefore, when multiple Moriartys appear at the same time and cannot be distinguished, it is equivalent to triggering an indestructible lie!
——We can’t delay any longer!
Although Old Moriarty didn't know it, Aiwass's Phantom Card had a limit on its use. If things dragged on any longer, the situation would only become increasingly unfavorable...
"Herqin, keep shaking the ground!"
Aiwass ordered immediately.
Helechin instantly understood Aiwass's strategy.
He led the Wild Hunt Legion and launched a charge into the air - with Aiwass as the center, crushing all the surrounding buildings and ground like a millstone!
The wall was shattered, and the battlefield spread outward from the courtyard. The next moment, the outer courtyard wall was also shattered.
The Wild Hunt Legion brandished their weapons to cut the spider webs, and began an endless charge around Aiwass!
No matter where Moriarty is invisible, as long as he launches attacks evenly and sweeps the ground again and again, he will at least not be able to stand still and chant spells!
Since we can't see him, just attack every position!
——This is the inevitable weakness of the caster!
"You can't win by just hiding!"
Aiwass said loudly: "There is no need to waste time!"
"Indeed, I didn't mean to waste my time."
Old Moriarty's voice came from the void.
A Wild Hunt immediately launched an attack on that location, knocked out a Moriarty, hacked him to death with his sword, and watched him disappear in flames.
"Come to think of it...we've never had a proper fight. After all, you're too sensible."
Moriarty's voice appeared again in another location, and was immediately found and crushed.
"I don't really want our fight to be anything less than honorable... but I also don't want you to think of me as nothing more than an incompetent, hysterical, foolish father who can do nothing but scheme. I mean, if you can still consider me a father."
The other Moriarty was also shattered and turned into flying petals.
"So I've prepared something nice... that'll impress you."
Another Moriarty emerged.
At this moment, the chanting sound that had been existing in the air disappeared.
But this time the situation is different—
The Wild Hunter swung the giant sword in his hand and slashed, but blood was dripping!
The moment old Moriarty finished speaking, he was brutally cut in half by a Wild Hunt soldier!
The body suddenly broke into two parts, the left arm was cut off from the forearm, and the right arm was cut off from the shoulder.
At that moment, both Aiwass and Helechin were stunned.
Even the Wild Hunt soldier who cut Moriarty in half was stunned for a moment.
How... is it true?
…Why is it true this time?
——The charge stopped.
Aiwass walked forward quickly, while the old Moriarty, who had been cut in half and was dying, just had a faint smile on his face and looked up at the sky.
"The battle isn't over yet."
Old Moriarty murmured, still looking at the sky: "The spell I prepared is complete."
"……What?"
Aiwass was stunned for a moment, then realized something.
He looked up at the night sky.
I saw a huge black shadow emerging in the sky.
It was night so I couldn't see clearly, but the oppressive feeling was real.
The clouds parted.
The ground was shaking.
It was a... fallen star.
A huge meteorite.
Covering the sky and blocking out the moonlight.
"—The attack range is fifty kilometers in radius. This is my most powerful spell... I've been preparing to pull this asteroid for years. Originally, it was intended to threaten Gray Sky Master. If he dares to descend upon me, I will pull the meteorite and destroy us both.
"So He didn't dare. He could only lend me His power, but He didn't dare to resurrect from me."
Only the upper half of the body remained of old Moriarty, who was coughing up blood and looking at the sky. His voice gradually became lower.
As a mage and astrologer, his Dao power couldn't strengthen his body. His body was no stronger than a mortal's. This injury was already irreversibly fatal.
He said lightly, his voice gradually lowering: "I know you can escape easily. But think about it, there are residential areas around.
"You said I was wrong, so let me see... what you're going to do right."
His gray pupils stared at the night sky, as if expecting something.
Update completed!
It seems that bronchitis has recurred after the flu. I have been coughing for two weeks in a row. It started to get worse today. I have a headache from coughing... I have to go to the hospital after I finish writing the second volume.
(End of this chapter)
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