Chapter 980: Kill the Fallen Angels! (9k words updated)
Saint John grabbed the corner of Aiwas's clothes from behind and threw Aiwas backwards without thinking.
While making physical contact, she also dispelled the darkness in front of Aiwas' eyes.
At that moment, Aiwass felt as if it was daybreak - although the distracting thoughts and desires in his heart did not fade, he suddenly woke up.
Although this untimely dispelling also lifted the negative status on Aiwass... but that mattered little now. Because his body was not digital... even Aiwass himself could not fight at full strength while enduring three layers of "corruption".
Among these people, perhaps only Saint John, Mu and Ligia can do it... and the three of them combined have no output at all.
This was also the reason why Aiwass had the Grand Guardian take Cardinal Fafner, Cardinal Galatea, and Master Chongbo away. The four of them possessed inner demons, and their particular obsessions made them unable to withstand even a single "fall." It would be the same if Zhu Tang were here.
"Find a way to stop him, Aiwass."
Saint John's voice was gentle and calm: "I am very uneasy about the power he is gathering..."
"……I know."
Aiwass replied in a deep voice: "I have a way."
That should be the instant kill spell.
Now it seems... its mode of action isn't to "kill" everyone, but rather to use the power of the Law to directly "corrupt" and enslave all beings on this land. Its current "accumulation of power" is actually just a gradual release of power along the channel opened by the "Tail Ring" ritual, attempting to break through the Wall of Balance.
"Then I'll leave it to you."
Saint John smiled with relief.
There was no trace of fear or sadness in her eyes, but rather an incomparable calmness... even a hint of impatience.
Aiwass understood her.
——As a dedicated person, now is the "time of the highest dedication."
Saving the world and all living things by sacrificing oneself... there's no better ending than this. Far better than the mundane and banal endings of "lifespan exhausted" or "death from old age"!
Faced with the second wave, St. John did not retreat at all.
"If I were a torch..."
Saint John chanted in a low voice, and the long white hair behind him slowly floated up.
It starts from the corner of the clothes, then the long hair, and then the skin and flesh.
Her whole body was on fire—
This is the most powerful healing magic of the Torchburner, the [Ultimate Sacrifice] that should have been mastered at the seventh energy level!
Once activated, it cannot be stopped - by continuously burning your own health limit, it causes periodic healing and dispelling to all friendly forces around you!
——The brilliant white sun blocked everyone’s view!
Behind [Fallen] there is a black, ugly heart like a heart or a placenta, which constantly emits black ripples; and the white sun blocking in front of them is also constantly emitting weaker but higher frequency white ripples.
As the white ripples swept over their bodies, their minds instantly calmed down, and their physical strength and vitality immediately returned to peak condition.
And Heleqin launched another charge without hesitation! That was not based on Aiwass's command, but his own action.
He charged again, emerging from thin air.
Just one shot pierced the Fallen Angel's heart completely!
But this time, blood spurted out, flesh and blood shattered...yet the Fallen Angel's expression didn't change at all.
After the blood burst, his chest was filled with dark energy.
He just glanced at Heleqin, and the "black sun" on the back of his head instantly stabbed out a black illusory spear, which flew out and pierced through Heleqin's chest!
Although the spear was pure black, it could be seen that it was exactly the same shape as Heleqin's dragon spear!
This is a new mechanism that appears in the highest difficulty level called "Annihilation Battle".
——[At the beginning of the fall, evil is repaid with evil]!
The human heart can be like a mirror, reflecting back the malice it receives - and the "malice" that continues to spread and intensify with the reflection forms the original "sin."
Any damage sustained in [Fallen] form will be reflected.
This means that even at this stage you must keep the healer and cannot use the simplest way to pass the level, otherwise you will be killed by the bullets.
If Heleqin was not an undead, this blow would be enough to kill him.
But even in the face of such a heavy counterattack, Helechin did not retreat at all.
He didn't even take a single step back, but stood still, firing one shot after another, continuously launching a violent storm of attacks on the Fallen Angels!
That would have been met with a counterattack that would have shattered him to pieces—but the attack he made was instantly repaired.
This is not a fair fight.
However, after being sealed by Aiwass, Heleqin already had the mark of wrath.
Now, under the catalysis of [Fall], he was so furious that he couldn't control himself just by thinking of Fafner bound by chains, and he was completely unable to control any of his actions!
He was completely out of control and no longer obeyed Aiwass's instructions.
But at this moment.
Cardinal Galatea, who had been largely helpless due to the Fallen Angels' superior illusion resistance, finally took action.
Under the influence of the Tail Ring ritual, the power of other gods is isolated as much as possible, resulting in a "poor signal" here. Therefore, the Sand Clock cannot directly intervene with divine intervention, and can only rely on mortals to subjugate the Celestial Officials.
But although she cannot use the divine descent technique, she can still communicate with the twin mirror at any time and use the advanced divine techniques from the twin mirror.
——[Mirror discarded]!
A high-level divine spell that can temporarily remove the "mirror" attribute of a designated target!
Although it sounds useless, it can do very scary things - such as making the sea no longer reflect colors and the sky no longer blue; for example, making people's eyes lose the ability to reflect light and become blind... Because this is not a "blind state", it cannot be dispelled.
And the target chosen by Cardinal Galatea is the Black Sun behind [Fall]!
The ability of infinite counterattack was sealed in an instant.
This caused Heleqin's violent attack, which would have killed him instantly, to actually land on the Fallen Angel, without hurting him at all!
Although this attack itself did not bring any results...it did attract the attention of the Fallen Angels.
Right at this moment.
A dark green stream of light came silently from the top of the distant Spirit Tower.
It didn't make any sound and instantly pierced through the Fallen Angel!
That dark green beam of light blasted a massive hole directly through the center of the Fallen Angel's chest. Roughly the size of two fists held side by side—and dense cracks spread outward. A thick, deathly aura, coupled with extreme cold, froze the wound, emitting a faint green aura.
This is the most powerful spell that the first generation Black Phase can master as a lich.
——Everything is dead!
Using the Spirit Tower as a wizard tower extends the casting distance...so that the casting distance of this spell, which was originally only sixty meters, is extended to more than ten kilometers.
If this strike struck another fifth-level transcendent, it would instantly vanish—it shouldn't create "a big hole," but rather the entire being. Whether living or inanimate, anything that could be destroyed by time would be reduced to ashes under the spell...
However, when it fought against the Fallen Angel, it only created a hole through its body.
But just this one hole is extremely deadly at this moment——
The concept of [Death] itself vaguely involves the law. The power of [Fall] cannot repair the body, so the big hole in his chest cannot be repaired and is even spreading.
The Fallen Angel's pupils suddenly became lively.
His consciousness began to gradually awaken.
And Aiwass also realized...the time has come.
If you want to kill the Fallen Angels, now is the best time!
But……
The "Lost Paradise" that was originally planned to be used to kill the Fallen Angels had just been forced to be used once.
If Aiwass had not used Paradise Lost to offset the Fallen Angel's Paradise Lost, the Fallen Angel would have killed everyone instantly.
The power of Paradise Lost is equivalent to 666 bombardments of the current world's maximum power - this power is too much for the Fallen Angels to withstand, and even less so for Aiwass and the others.
...However, without the "Redemption of Sins" to fuse with other Sin Beasts to strengthen its "White Wing Form", Paradise Lost cannot directly kill the Fallen Angels with overwhelming force, and will be offset by Paradise Lost with the same power.
While "Sin Redemption" can reduce the cooldown of Paradise Lost by one day, Aiwass now has three Sin Beasts, so it can only reduce it by three days. The remaining three days of cooldown cannot be reduced in any way.
——Then what should he do?
Use the Light of Elysium?
Or is it a death of desolation and loneliness?
Or is it the way of pastoral care?
Three thoughts emerged in Aiwas's mind one after another, but he completely rejected them.
Aiwass chose another route, which was the hint given to him by Cardinal Galatea when he used the advanced divine arts:
He remembered what he had gained from helping the Lord of Scales and Feathers defeat the Supreme Queen.
[Adaptation - Essence of Atlas: A potion made from the essence of Atlas, the "Supreme Heaven". When you die, you will be reborn stronger (once only)]
Rebirth after being defeated by the Fallen Angels is meaningless.
Aiwass had thought about this before.
Because the Fallen Angel is not an inert "dungeon boss"; he also learns and grows. If his information is exposed, even if he is strengthened, his chances of winning will be very low.
Therefore, this chance to revive shouldn't be considered a "safety net after failure." Aiwass was challenging an enemy he had little chance of defeating. If they could kill Aiwass once, they could kill him a second time.
Rather than betting on whether this "stronger stance" can turn the tide of the battle...
——It’s better to use it to finish off the enemy!
"Boss," Aiwass asked in his heart, "If I use the 'Essence of Atlas' to be reborn, can I activate the second Paradise Lost?"
Aiwass seemed to hear a relieved laugh.
"certainly."
The Lord of Scales and Feathers' magnetic and deep voice rang out, "This is a magic potion I personally brewed. It allows for instant and complete resurrection after death, and all abilities can be used again... But, do you intend to use it now?"
"Perhaps you can use other abilities to defeat the Fallen Angels. Such precious power... that's your second life. There's no other Bear Angels, so you won't have a second chance like this.
"If you use it to kill the Fallen Angel, it would be the same as dying once, wouldn't it?"
The voice of the Lord of Scales and Feathers seemed to carry some kind of bewitching power.
At that moment, Aiwass even felt that the master of "Fallen" was not the Fallen Angel in front of him... but the Lord of Scales and Feathers who was attached to him for fun.
But the moment Aiwas made this decision, he decided not to change it.
"——I actually think this 'second life' isn't a good thing."
Aiwass thought to himself.
As the saying goes, the barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes... Having assets makes people weak, and having ties makes them cautious. Only those who have nothing can move forward courageously.
In the face of "life", all living beings are deficient.
No one has a second life, so it is the most equitable asset.
However, the gift from the Lord of Scales and Feathers gave Aiwas a second life.
——This seems to be an extremely generous gift, but it makes Aiwass's transcendent soul no longer pure.
He always thinks - I still have a life.
Perhaps many enemies can defeat him once, but how many can defeat him twice?
Without the courage to ignore death and move forward...he became fragile instead.
[——Question 1: Do you have the courage to face death?]
[——Question 2: Do you have the courage to challenge an invincible enemy?]
[——Question three, do you dare to abandon the victory you have already achieved in order to seek a greater victory?]
The words that Aiwass used to torture the little knight in the past now came back to hit Aiwass word for word.
"... Boomerang, it really hurts."
Aiwass smiled bitterly and put his hands on his forehead.
Only when people are irreversibly on the path of death can they burst out with fearless courage.
"——So I'm going to give it up."
Aiwass said, activating the Dissolving Soul: "That second life didn't belong to me in the first place...!"
He stretched out his hand and suddenly tore forward - as if he wanted to tear his head apart, and forcefully pulled his soul out of his body!
While Saint John is continuing to treat me, I'm afraid this is the only move that can kill me instantly!
At that moment, Leah and Vines, who were temporarily out of their bodies, and Helechin, who was now out of control, were all shocked at the same time - even Helechin woke up!
Following the contract, they were extremely aware of their master's death!
Fear, despair, and disbelief emerged in my heart.
Aiwass fell to the ground in front of the lifeless and soulless body.
But at this moment, the golden, mist-like soul left the body.
A deep red blood mist seeped out and immediately condensed into a second Aiwass in the air!
He restored Aiwass's youthful body—and Aiwass's body was filled with divinity, almost identical to the Fallen Angel of today!
The so-called "becoming stronger" turns out to be this mode!
Today, Aiwas has a stronger body and more vigorous vitality... Most importantly, he possesses the same divinity as a higher-level phantom demon!
The gradually awakening Fallen Angel watched this scene with a complicated expression. However, he remained silent, as if possessed by the spirit of "Fall."
Aiwass spread his white wings again and flew high into the sky. He held Saint John in his arms to prevent her from being accidentally hurt by his lost paradise.
——Redemption from great sins!
Leah, Vinesh, and Helechin transformed into three streams of light and merged into the white wings behind Aiwas.
Three of the six white wings suddenly grew larger and turned into deep red, purple-black and forest green.
"Light—"
Aiwass roared and instantly unfolded Paradise Lost again!
Compared to the Lost Paradise, the triple ring behind him now had three smaller, multicolored circles outside it. They didn't quite match—two on the left, only one in the upper right corner. Just like the wings behind Aiwass.
Fallen Angel looked at everything in front of him and felt a little relieved.
"Light...?"
Looking at that familiar face.
At that moment, he seemed to remember the day when he first met the "snake".
Lucifer lay under the tree, basking in the sun leisurely.
A young man with long blond hair and a monocle and a smile walked up to him, waved familiarly, and said a silent hello. Then he lay down beside him, and they basked in the sun together in silence.
That was an era when people could understand each other's intentions without the need for language.
——Speaking of which, what was the expression on the “snake”’s face when it looked at you that day?
A question that had never occurred to him suddenly emerged in the mind of the Fallen Angel.
Is it regret? Is it anticipation? Is it treachery? Is it nostalgia?
Or maybe...
Looking at the increasingly intense and dazzling "Lost Paradise" before him, the Fallen Angel closed his eyes as if pierced by the light.
"...The light is too bright. I can't see anything clearly."
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