Chapter 83 : Chapter 83
Chapter 83. The Legendary “Divine Power”?
A gigantic cyan tornado storm swept across the heavens and earth.
Carrying countless wind blades and releasing a deafening roar, it crashed head-on into the left side of the Skeleton King’s body.
A shrill grinding sound rang out.
The black armor formed from polluted energy on the Skeleton King’s body was torn open with deep, jagged wounds.
Its entire left arm was completely shredded apart at the center of the storm.
“ROAR—!”
The monster let out a soundless howl.
Its enormous body staggered from the force of the blow.
After that single strike, Kane’s face turned visibly paler.
He panted heavily, gulping down breath after breath.
From afar, he glanced in the direction of Logaris West, Victor, and the others.
In his heart, he murmured,
“This is as far as I can go.”
“In the end, I am still a legion commander of the Demi-Human Empire!”
After saying that, he no longer hesitated.
He turned and shouted, “Storm Legion, retreat!”
The main force of the demi-human legion rapidly withdrew.
Maintaining a subtle unspoken understanding with the Northern Legion, they completely left this battlefield shrouded in death to the few experts standing at the peak of the world.
However, before Logaris West and the others could seize the opportunity to focus their attacks, a scalp-numbing scene unfolded.
From the shredded wound at the Skeleton King’s left shoulder, countless pitch-black flesh tissues began to wriggle and intertwine frantically.
Within only a few breaths, a completely intact arm regenerated.
Although its aura had clearly weakened somewhat, that terrifying regenerative ability caused everyone’s hearts to sink.
“This damn thing is an unkillable cockroach!”
Lilith, hiding in the distance, could not help cursing.
“We cannot let it recover so easily!”
General Victor roared and charged forward first.
He had fought through countless battlefields.
What kind of scene had he not seen before?
At a moment like this, the more impossible the situation looked, the less he could afford to back down.
Sylvia followed close behind.
Her silver figure flashed like lightning, while the twin swords Moonfall and Starfall in her hands wove a cold expanse of moonlit radiance.
Wave after wave of overwhelming Battle Energy slashes smashed into the monster’s body, exploding into violent bursts of energy.
Their attacks truly were capable of dealing massive damage.
They carved deep wounds into the monster’s armor, so deep that bone could be seen beneath them.
Yet those wounds healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
By contrast, every swing of that monster’s greatsword unleashed a pitch-black slash capable of tearing apart heaven and earth.
Its sheer destructive force was so overwhelming that even a peak sixth-tier knight like Victor did not dare take it head-on.
Sylvia pushed her movement technique to the absolute limit.
Every clash felt like dancing on the edge of a blade, with danger lurking at every moment.
“Damn it, this thing does not play by any rules at all!”
Victor cursed loudly while dodging in a miserable scramble.
At the rear, Logaris West’s expression was graver than ever before.
“Multiple Arcane Meteors!”
“Greater Disintegration Spell!”
He continuously released high-tier Evocation Spells.
The dazzling magical radiance illuminated the battlefield in alternating flashes of brightness and shadow.
But the results were just as disappointing.
His spells could blast apart the monster’s defenses, yet they could not stop that monstrous regenerative ability.
Within Logaris West’s blue eyes, countless streams of data flashed by as he analyzed the grotesque creation before him.
Its power fluctuations still belonged to the sixth tier.
But it had unquestionably surpassed the limits of an ordinary sixth-tier existence.
There seemed to be something extra within it.
A form of energy higher than Mana and Battle Energy.
“Could it be…”
Logaris West muttered to himself.
A word that existed only in the oldest tomes surfaced in his mind.
“Divine Power?”
The moment that word left his lips, even he found it absurd.
After all, the god of the Holy Church had not responded to His believers for a very long time.
That was something anyone with even a little status knew.
And yet this monster that had appeared from who knew where actually possessed Divine Power?
On the other side, Helena, who had been observing all this time, had clearly arrived at the same conclusion.
She raised the Holy Sword in her hand, holy light flowing along its blade.
Closing her eyes, she began to pray devoutly to the God of Holy Light she had worshipped for more than ten years, seeking divine revelation.
Yet the deity remained silent, as always.
Again…
A trace of pain and wavering flashed through Helena’s eyes.
Had God truly abandoned this world?
She opened her eyes and looked at the evil raging ahead.
No!
She clenched her teeth, and determination returned to her eyes.
“Even if the deity does not answer, the duty of a Holy Knight will not change!”
She abandoned the futile prayer and poured all of the holy light within her body madly into the blade.
“Evil must be purified!”
With an angry shout, her slender figure turned into a streak of golden light and charged forward without hesitation.
A Holy Light slash burning with golden flames struck viciously against the monster’s leg.
Sss—
Like a hot knife cutting through butter, the holy light left a scorched black wound across the monster’s armor.
Black smoke rose from it.
More importantly, the writhing speed of the wound’s regeneration visibly slowed.
“It works!”
Sylvia’s eyes lit up.
Although Helena was not as strong as she was, holy light possessed a natural suppressive effect against creatures of this kind of evil.
With Helena joining the battle, the situation stabilized slightly.
But Logaris West knew this would only be temporary.
That monster could make countless mistakes.
They, however, could only afford to make one.
They could not drag this out any longer.
If this turned into a battle of attrition, they would lose without question.
Logaris West looked at the others struggling desperately at the front, and a trace of resolve flashed through his eyes.
Corona had too wide a blast radius.
It would injure his allies, so he could not use it.
That left only… that spell.
He raised a hand and calmly issued an order through the communication magic stone.
His voice was not loud, but it carried unquestionable authority.
“Sylvia!”
“Victor!”
“Lilith!”
“Buy me thirty seconds!”
After saying that, he took a deep breath and no longer paid attention to the battlefield.
He slowly closed his eyes and began chanting an extremely obscure and difficult incantation.
Each syllable that left his lips seemed to carry the weight of a thousand pounds, causing ripples to spread through the surrounding space.
At that moment, the glove embedded with three gemstones on his left hand erupted with an unprecedented brilliance.
A terrifying wave of magical power that made even heaven and earth tremble began to gather around him frantically.
Though Logaris West’s voice was not loud, it poured clearly into the minds of everyone present.
“Understood!”
Sylvia was the first to respond, without the slightest hesitation.
She exchanged a glance with Victor and Helena.
In an instant, the three knights formed a triangular formation, faintly surrounding the grotesque Skeleton King.
“I will handle the front!”
General Victor roared.
Frost Battle Energy erupted from his body, and his entire being seemed to merge with the earth itself, transforming into an immovable iceberg.
He abandoned every flashy technique.
Holding his greatsword horizontally before him with both hands, he poured all his strength into this strongest possible block.
The Skeleton King’s greatsword descended, carrying its foul aura.
It struck heavily against General Victor’s broadsword.
CLANG!!
The piercing clash of metal rang throughout the valley.
Shards of ice and sparks exploded in every direction.