Chapter 353 : Sacrificial Summoning
Chapter 353: Sacrificial Summoning
"Janna, are you alright!"
"I’m fine, Vivian."
Because she had used the Purification Potion in time, Vivian did not show any signs of Darksun Contamination.
Instead, after finishing weaving the wall of vines, Janna had overused the power of the laws, causing her body to once again fall into a weakened state.
"Sigh, why must you push yourself like this——"
Looking at Janna’s slightly pale face and hands trembling from overcasting, Vivian’s tone carried more than a hint of concern.
"If I don’t do this, more people will suffer."
As Janna had said, with the collapse of the fog barrier, the mythical true form of the Darksun Apostle would inevitably be exposed to everyone.
This would be a devastating blow to all the Transcendents within White Coral Academy.
After all, gods could not be looked at directly — even an unintentional glimpse could cause irreversible polluted mutations in the minds and souls of Transcendents, who were already far from ordinary humans.
It was precisely for this reason that Janna had gone all out to construct a wall of vines, blocking any possibility of eye contact between the Darksun Apostle and the Transcendents.
"Boom——"
As the fog barrier was completely shattered by the Pale Giant Hand, the 【Law Domain】 set up by Anthony-Rook also reached the verge of collapse under its assault.
"Anthony, the Holy Lord has already answered my call. Next, you will truly taste despair."
Outside the 【Law Domain】, seeing the overwhelmingly oppressive Pale Giant Hand, Uthaz-Dimsun — whose Soul Fire had been almost entirely devoured by Anthony-Rook’s Undead Army — let out his final mocking laugh.
But soon, his voice was completely drowned out by the sound of the skeletal dragon gnawing, until it vanished entirely.
"I didn’t expect that just to take revenge on me, you would go this far——truly foolish."
Looking at Uthaz-Dimsun, whose Soul Fire had been completely extinguished, Anthony-Rook’s eyes were ice-cold.
Just minutes earlier, having already been completely suppressed, Uthaz-Dimsun had made one last desperate counterattack before death, directly using the soul of the Divine Descender as a sacrifice to initiate a Sacrificial Summoning.
Although Anthony-Rook had driven his Undead Army to consume the vast majority of Uthaz-Dimsun’s Soul Fire, he still could not stop him from launching the Sacrificial Summoning — even at the cost of his divinity falling.
"Boom——"
Looking at the Pale Giant Hand outside the 【Law Domain】, large enough to blot out the sky, Anthony-Rook’s expression held no trace of panic.
"Mere bluffing!"
Raising his bone staff high, Anthony-Rook once again unleashed the law under his Authority over Death — 【Undead Control】 — upon the Pale Giant Hand that was pressing closer.
As hundreds of skeletal dragons were resurrected from the Death Realm, their resounding roars echoed through every corner of White Coral Academy.
In just a flash, hundreds of skeletal dragons flew straight out of the 【Law Domain】, encircling the Pale Giant Hand.
"Boom boom boom boom——"
Flames flared, explosions roared.
With dazzling blue-white light, all the skeletal dragons chose to ignite their own Soul Fire and self-destruct at the same time.
Seeing this, Professor Uta, who was still repairing the Spatial Rift, immediately flew to the vine wall and summoned a massive barrier shield to protect the crowd from the aftershock of the dragons’ explosions.
However, the force of hundreds of skeletal dragons self-destructing was simply too great.
Even though Professor Uta had shielded them in time, the deafening blast still caused temporary deafness among the residents of southern Turin City.
"Sis, my ears hurt so much."
Hiding in the bushes, Shaun had covered his ears tightly, but the immense explosion not only left him with ringing in his ears — the sharp pain also made his face turn pale.
"Don’t be afraid, that was the wizard protecting us. We’ll be safe soon—cough cough——"
Jenny, who was also experiencing hearing loss, thought Shaun was simply scared.
She opened her arms and held him tightly.
But for some reason, Jenny’s body — which Janna had already healed — once again began to weaken rapidly.
Before long, she coughed up a mouthful of blood, each cough louder than the last.
"Sis! What’s wrong with you? Why are you coughing blood—cough cough!"
Seeing Jenny vomit blood, Shaun no longer cared about covering his ears.
He grabbed her hand and quickly wiped the blood from her mouth with his sleeve.
But less than ten seconds later, Shaun began coughing violently just like Jenny.
A searing pain surged in his chest, his consciousness grew fuzzy, and he collapsed without warning.
At this moment, not just Jenny and Shaun — but many Turin residents inside White Coral Academy — were showing rapid physical deterioration.
Some even went into shock on the spot, or suffered liver failure and stopped breathing entirely.
"What’s going on?"
Thanks to her Wizard Apprentice constitution, Janna was not deafened by the explosion.
Thus, she immediately heard the coughing erupting behind her.
"Master, it seems they’ve all been hit by some kind of disease curse. Even the humans I just purified are quickly becoming reinfected——"
Hearing the Celestial Finch’s telepathic voice, Janna’s expression turned grim.
"A persistent curse? Could it be a law-level effect? Cough cough!!"
Before she could finish thinking, a burning pain rose from her lungs, making her cough uncontrollably.
"No… this isn’t a curse at all!"
Feeling the wave of weakness rushing through her body, Janna did not immediately use the power of the 【Fragment of the Law of Purification】 to heal herself.
Instead, she pressed her hand to her chest, letting threads of magic flow inward to analyze the source of the ailment.
"Janna, what’s wrong? Why do you look so pale?"
Vivian, who had been at her side the whole time, quickly supported her arm upon hearing her cough, looking deeply worried.
"I’m fine——"
Crack—— Before Janna could finish speaking, the green vines forming the wall began to rapidly wither.
In moments, they decayed completely, and the vine wall Janna had painstakingly built with the Law of Growth collapsed like Professor Uta’s fog barrier, crumbling into dust.
"We meet again, Miss Janna Roland."
A familiar voice sounded from above.
Looking up, she saw a tall, handsome middle-aged man with a slightly refined air floating quietly in the sky, gazing at her coldly.
"Yulan-Bloodred——"