Supreme Warrior Saint – Undying Warrior!
“Heh heh.” An insidious laugh rang out, and Zassler’s hooded gaze swept the people present. “I, Zassler, ever since reaching the Saint level, haven’t had a good fight. Radiant Church… the ‘kindness’ you showed me in the past, I am going to ‘repay’ you for, right now.”
“Harhar! Fighting? Can’t leave me, Bebe, out of it.” Bebe floated next to Linley.
The situation in the cabin had immediately gone from bad to worse.
The Holy Emperor Heidens and the Dark Patriarch Affleck glanced at each other. They had known early on that although Linley’s side had four powerful experts, in terms of strength, Zassler had just reached the Saint level and probably wouldn’t be able to threaten the likes of Heidens and Affleck yet.
But Barker was an Undying Warrior Saint. He would be a bit harder to handle.
That Bebe was no less of a threat than Barker.
But the greatest threat… was Linley. Not only was he a Dragonblood Warrior Saint, he also had a terrifyingly high level of understanding of the Laws. Almost all of the previous Supreme Warriors had a very low grasp of the Laws, and not a single one had reached Linley’s level of understanding.
He was the most powerful Dragonblood Warrior in history!
“I’ll use Oracular Magic. I should be able to tie down Linley. With Fallen Leaf joining forces with me, it should be possible for us to defeat him,” Heidens secretly calculated. The power of Oracular Magic wasn’t something that Osenno’s ‘Doppelganger Technique’ could match.
Heidens and Affleck understood what the other was thinking from that glance alone.
“Ha, haha.” Heidens let out three laughs. By pre-arranged signal, Fallen Leaf and Osenno immediately made their moves.
“Bang!”
The ceiling to the ship cabin exploded, and ten shadows burst out towards the sky like arrows. The ship instantly shuddered, and the sailors below immediately jumped into the river and started swimming for the shore.
As they swam, they raised their heads up to stare at the sky.
They were the warriors of the Baruch Kingdom. They had been invited here, and they knew that one of the persons discussing matters in the cabin was the spiritual pillar of support for the entire Baruch Kingdom. Linley.
“Ah, is that, the legendary phoenix?” a sailor’s mouth flapped open in astonishment.
High in mid-air, an enormous flying creature with a wingspan of over a hundred meters had appeared, its entire body covered with fire. Black feathers covered its entire body, and its noble, crested head was covered with black feathers as well. This black flying creature appeared very noble. This was a Saint-level magical beast, the legendary ‘Hellfire Phoenix’!
Hellfire Phoenix – A darkness and fire dual-element Saint-level magical beast.
In mid-air, this Hellfire Phoenix covered the boundless skies like an enormous black cloud. The leader of the Fallen Angels, Cramerson, was standing on the back of the Hellfire Phoenix, staring coldly at Linley who was standing in mid-air.
“Roaaaaar.” A terrifying howl.
A massive black dragon with physical wings that was more than a hundred meters long flew over. The black colored dragon’s eyes burned like coals, and it emanated a suffocating aura of power. The Dark Patriarch, Affleck, was standing on the head of this Saint-level Black Dragon.
The Cult of Shadows had hidden two Saint-level magical beasts not too far away. Both of them had now shown themselves.
As for the Radiant Church, they had a Saint-level magical beast as well.
A beautiful silver light shone off its draconic scales which covered its entire body. Under the sun, this silver dragon seemed so beautiful and graceful. Amongst dragons, Silver Dragons were often praised as the most graceful and noble of dragons, and rightfully so. But this massive, hundred-meter-long Silver Dragon actually had two heads.
Mutant Saint-level magical beast – Saint-level Two-Headed Silver Dragon!
Lord Fallen Leaf’s skinny body was standing atop the body of this Saint-level Two-Headed Silver Dragon.
“Wow.” The sailors on the shore felt their hearts constrict tightly. Good Heavens. Three massive Saint-level magical beasts had appeared out of nowhere, and more importantly… there were so many people standing in mid-air as well.
These were all Saint-level combatants.
“So many Saints, and Saint-level magical beasts as well. Even if I die today, it will have been worth seeing this,” a sailor stared in awe at the scene and mumbled to himself.
At this moment, the feeling these sailors had when they stared at these Saint-level experts and Saint-level magical beasts was the same feeling when Linley had when he had watched those two Saints fight when he was a child. In their eyes, these massive dragons and mighty Saints were far and high above them and above all mortals.
“Look. That’s the Dragonblood Warrior, our Lord Linley.” Many sailors saw the Dragonformed Linley. Their eyes were filled with worship as they stared at him, as well as a hint of pride. They were proud to be citizens of the Baruch Kingdom.
“Lord Linley seems to be about to engage in battle with those Saints. They have so many people.” The sailors slowly began to come to their senses.
“Lord Linley will definitely win,” a sailor said firmly, his eyes filled with veneration towards Linley.
In the air above Liuyan River, Linley, Barker, Zassler, and Bebe were floating there. Zassler was currently mumbling the words to a spell, and soon, three illusionary flashes of light appeared behind Zassler, as three great Saint-level undead descended.
Two of them were skeletons, but their bones gleamed like diamonds while flashing with dazzling light. These were Saint-level Skeleton Kings! As for the other one, it was a powerful looking monstrosity dressed in a tattered long robe. It was a powerful Ancient Wight who had reached the Saint level.
The Radiant Church and the Cult of Shadows weren’t worried at all. Against these Saint-level undead, the ordinary Angel Saints and Fallen Angel Saints would be enough.
“Linley, all we want to do is preach. You can still rule over the Anarchic Lands. I hope that at this moment of no return, you’ll reconsider.” Although he said this, Heidens had already brought a precious treasure of the Radiant Sovereign to his hands; the ‘Original Scripture’ which the Lord had given them.
A soft, holy light appeared in front of Heidens.
“Reconsider my ass.” Bebe knew exactly how Linley was feeling.
Unifying the Anarchic Lands was a small matter. Destroying the Radiant Church, that was what mattered.
“Stop dreaming. The Anarchic Lands belongs to me. Nobody is permitted to influence it. As for you…” Linley’s empty hands curled into fists. “How about you roll back to your own domains. Otherwise… we’ll talk with our fists!”
Heidens and Affleck couldn’t help but be enraged.
An enraged bird cry came forth from the massive Hellfire Phoenix as well, and then it spoke in the human tongue. “You detestable human.” And then, a bolt of pure black flame shot out towards Linley.
“Crackle crackle.” The black flames surrounded Linley.
His body faintly covered with a layer of battle-qi, Linley wasn’t damaged at all. Linley’s dark golden eyes stared coldly and remorselessly at these people. “You attacked me first!” As he spoke, Linley suddenly moved at high speed.
After having Dragonformed, and with the assistance of his insights into the wind, Linley’s speed was now far greater than Osenno’s.
There wasn’t even any wind sound to be heard. Space itself seemed to twist and distort, and Linley suddenly appeared next to the Hellfire Phoenix. The Hellfire Phoenix’s cart-sized eyes immediately radiated thin threads of black light at Linley.
The leader of the Fallen Angels, Cramerson, suddenly moved his six black wings and charged straight for Linley.
“Haha…” Linley let out a loud laugh. Putting the terrifying power of the Dragonblood Warriors on full displa
y, while combining them with his understanding of the Laws, Linley’s power reached a transformative crescendo…
A soft wind seemed to gently waft past those black threads.
And then, Linley thrust his hands out like knives, using the incomparably massive strength of the Dragonblood Warriors to chop down at the Hellfire Phoenix. Although this blow carried enormous force, when Linley’s hand swung down, the entire nearby space seemed to be locked while at the same time folding and distorting.
Linley was nothing more than a blur.
Knowing things weren’t going well, the Hellfire Phoenix let out a few bird-cries of terror, while at the same time shrinking its body, vainly hoping to flee. Simultaneously, the Six-Winged Fallen Angel, Cramerson, let out an explosive shout as he pierced the black longsword in his hands towards Linley.
“Swish!”
Linley’s speed was simply too fast, especially after transforming. The Hellfire Phoenix didn’t have any chance to dodge, even after it shrank in size.
With a ‘swish’ sound, the Hellfire Phoenix, already down to a size of only ten meters, had its head directly split into two halves. A Saint-level magical beast died, just like that, after a single blow from the Dragonformed Linley.
This attack was the second level of the Tempos of the Wind technique, relying on the ‘Slow’ aspect’s ‘Spatial Freezing’ concept and the ‘Fast’ aspect’s ‘Spatial Folding’ concept, combined into one.
It was the most penetrative physical attack Linley currently was capable of.
“Swiiish.” Linley’s bladed palm swung right through the skull of the Hellfire Phoenix, and then, like steel claws, grabbed one side of the skull with each claw. The terrifying strength of the Dragonblood Warriors was put on full display as he suddenly, forcefully, ripped…
“SPLATTER!”
Blood blasted everywhere like rain, as the Hellfire Phoenix’s entire body was ripped into two halves, starting from that wound in its head.
“Swish!” The sword of the Six-Winged Fallen Angel, Cramerson, seemed to pierce through the void as it stabbed at Linley, but just as it was about to land on his body, the barely-visible ‘Pulseguard Defense’ around Linley’s body easily blocked the attack. This strike didn’t even touch Linley’s scales.
At this moment, Linley’s draconic claws were still holding onto half of the Hellfire Phoenix’s corpse, its blood still dripping down into the Liuyan River.
“What?!” Cramerson was shocked. His attack hadn’t even been able to break through the ‘Pulseguard Defense’.
Linley’s dark golden eyes swung towards Cramerson, his lips curving upwards. “The next one… is you!” As he spoke, Linley let the two halves of the Saint-level Hellfire Phoenix drop from his hands. “Splash!” The corpse landed in the turbid waters of the Liuyan River.
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Downfall of Many Saints
The waters of Liuyan River roared. That massive corpse of the Hellfire Phoenix sank down into its waters, and the sailors above shuddered.
Raising their heads up, their eyes were filled with a certain feeling as they looked at the demonic, godlike Linley – invincible, mighty!
“Lord Linley is so powerful.” The sailors were filled with awe.
Right at this moment, because Linley had killed the Hellfire Phoenix, a vicious battle exploded. The Radiant Church and the Cult of Shadows had begun to do battle with Linley!
“Rumble…” The frantic battle of so many Saints caused the flow of space itself to be disrupted. Wild, howling winds screamed everywhere, sand and rocks flew everywhere, and even the waters of Liuyan River rose in giant waves, as though stirred by a giant.
“What a terrifying Supreme Warrior.” Cramerson’s heart was terror-stricken. But then, a bestial roar. “Hoooooowl!”
The leader of the Fallen Angels, Cramerson, raised his head up and roared furiously, and as he did, magic runes appeared from his forehead. His entire body began to emit insidious cold flames, and the temperature around him seemed to have dropped dramatically. In particular, his body also became covered with dark golden shining scales. This was the legendary ‘Dark Saint Armor’, very similar to the earth spell’s ‘Earthguard Armor’.
“No matter how loud you shout, you’ll still die,” Linley’s calm voice drifted out.
Linley’s scale-covered right hand was balled into a tight fist, and it seemed to pass through space itself as it attacked. Whenever that fist passed… space itself rippled and folded over itself. Cramerson’s black longsword, covered in cold flames, once more struck out, as fast as lightning.
The scale-covered fist and the cold, flaming black longsword intersected!
“Clang!”
A metallic ringing sound.
“Fallen Angels exist for battle. Do you think I’ll fear you?” Cramerson was full of confidence, but in an instant, Cramerson’s eyes, nose, lips, and ears all had blood pouring out, and his entire body collapsed from the heavens, powerless.
His body sank into the depths of the Liuyan River, and the river water carried it away.
Profound Truths of the Earth – 256 Layered Waves!
With one head-on clash, Cramerson’s internal organs had been shaken into mud.
“A Six-Winged Fallen Angel wants to fight with me in close quarters combat?” Linley’s dark golden eyes flashed with a hint of cold light. Linley was now a peak Dragonblood Warrior Saint. In physical strength and battle-qi alone, he was ten times stronger than ordinary Saints!
He had such a high foundation to begin with, and Linley’s ‘Profound Truths of the Earth’ and ‘Profound Truths of the Wind’ were both extremely powerful close-combat attacks as well.
When one’s base level of power and one’s mastery of the Laws both reached a very high level, the synthesis of the two would result in not even a person like Desri, someone who was very nearly at the Deity level, to willingly engage in close combat with a Dragonformed Linley. Fighting in close quarters combat with a Supreme Warrior who had such a high mastery of the laws was asking for death.
“Don’t fight with him in close quarters!” Heidens shouted out loudly.
“Linley’s attacks are very strange. Everyone, be careful,” Osenno called out as well. He was currently fighting with the transformed Undying Warrior Saint, Barker.
As for the Dark Patriarch Affleck and Senior Judge O’Casey, their faces had both changed. The third pillar of their Cult, the leader of the Fallen Angels, Cramerson, had fallen, just like that. Standing atop the head of the Saint-level Black Dragon, Affleck’s hands suddenly became filled with a black crystal ball.
Affleck’s face was solemn, and his lips were moving slightly.
“Hrm?” Linley’s face changed.
“What is that?” Linley could clearly sense an invisible, insidious cold energy penetrate his body. His ‘Pulseguard Defense’ didn’t do anything against it at all, and that insidious force rapidly began to attack Linley’s brain.
Darkness-style, forbidden-level spell – the Power of Evil!
This was a spell that the Dark Patriarch was only capable of utilizing with the assistance of their Cult’s treasure, the crystal ball which had come from the Divine Plane of Darkness. Once the enemy was struck by this ‘Power of Evil’, for a short period of time, their body would be completely under the control of the spell user. The duration of the control was linked with the strength of the spiritual energy of the spell user.
If it was used against a Grand Magus Saint, it might not be able to control him, but it would be enough to make the Grand Magus Saint feel dizzy and be unable to react for a moment.
Within the depths of his mind.
That boundless ocean of spiritual energy swirled. The mysterious, seven-colored gem was hovering in the midst of it. When that surge of evil power swept into the consciousness and attacked that boundless ocean of spiritual energy, that faint layer of azure light in the spiritual energy immediately counteracted.
Dark Patriarch Affleck’s eyes were cold, filled with a biza
rre allure as he stared at Linley.
“Go. Kill that rat-type magical beast,” Affleck said softly.
“Wait. O’Casey, go kill him, quick.” Affleck’s face suddenly changed. Affleck could clearly sense that Linley’s spiritual energy was counter-attacking. Although Linley was still affected by the spell, the Power of Evil was not able to brainwash Linley’s soul at all.
O’Casey was wielding his two-meter-long ‘Judge’s Blade’. The Judge’s Blade, covered with dark, cold light, moved in a strange rhythm as it chopped down towards Linley.
The Judge’s Blade collided directly onto Linley’s Pulseguard Defense.
In that moment…
“Bang!” Like a bubble being broken, the ‘Pulseguard Defense’, no longer being actively controlled by Linley due to the effects of the ‘Power of Evil’ spell, was actually split open. Only when the ‘Pulseguard Defense’ was being actively controlled by Linley was it capable of utilizing the ‘Throbbing Pulse of the Earth’ and be defensively powerful.
If the ‘Pulseguard Defense’ was not being controlled, it only had the simplest of vibrations and wasn’t extremely powerful.
However…
Linley’s draconic scales were different. No matter if Linley was conscious or not, the draconic scales were still draconic scales. A peak-stage Dragonblood Warrior Saint’s scales were ridiculously defensive. In the past, the ancestors of the Baruch clan had relied on them to dominate the entire continent.
“Slash!” Like an ordinary knife chopping against marble, sparks flashed, but only a white scar appeared atop the draconic scales.
“One more chop will break through,” O’Casey secretly said to himself. Just then, the Pulseguard Defense had cancelled out part of his attack. O’Casey’s right hand turned into a blur, and the Judge’s Blade once more came chopping down, aimed directly at the same location his earlier attack had landed.
“Crackle.”
As though he had been set on fire, Linley’s body suddenly once more became covered in deep azure battle-qi, and the battle-qi once more began to circulate in accordance with that mysterious, profound way. With a ‘clang’ sound, Linley’s scale-covered hand suddenly grabbed the Judge’s Blade.
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