Chapter 797: Volume 24, Beacon Fires Link the Camps, - 9, Mutual Destruction
A series of powerful enhancement and defense magics instantly formed around Uma’s body. Even though the Space Seal imposed significant constraints on him, it could not prevent him from protecting himself. At this moment, Uma had abandoned any hope for luck, realizing that the Church of Light’s ability to completely annihilate the Dark Holy Church years ago was no fluke. Its formidable strength, even after so many years, was evident.
As soon as the white jade scroll unfurled, a huge disturbance swept through the space. Beams of light flowed and expanded in an instant, quickly forming a massive vortex of Light Mist that firmly locked Uma, still struggling, at its center. The Light Mist began to whirl rapidly, and the shrill sound produced by its friction with the air almost pierced the eardrums.
The powerful infiltrating force, like a cocoon, wrapped around Uma tighter and tighter, with each layer more distinct than the last. Uma, who considered himself to possess the most formidable Sky Demon Cover among the dark forces, still could not resist the infiltration of the light magic power. The intense erosion peeled away at the Sky Demon Cover’s dark magic power layer by layer, which was unimaginable for Uma. His pride in the eroding and absorbing power of darkness was astonishingly turned against him by the power of light, a phenomenon that was rather bizarre.
But now, Uma could not afford to ponder what sort of magic the opponent had released from the magic scroll; the urgent matter was how to resist the light magic power still seeping into his body. If this exceptionally pure light magic power were to reach the core of his origin, it would be the end of him, both soul and body. Although his last resort had been activated, Uma realized too late the gravity of his mistake. The magic had been initiated through the magic scroll, drawing all its mana from the scroll itself and not from the mage. Under normal circumstances, this would be inconsequential, but in this situation, it proved fatal. Regret, however, seemed a little too late now.
Maldono’s smile had not yet fully faded when he sensed something unusual in his surroundings. Ever cautious, he had already positioned monitoring magic around himself. When a dark presence appeared ten meters behind him, he knew another demon was about to attack him.
A series of Light Shields were released around him, wrapping Maldono’s body securely within. At the same time, the prudent Maldono still resorted to the Spatial Transfer Technique, a swift transfer which could avoid direct attacks by the enemy to the greatest extent and ease the burden on his protective spell shields. Maldono thought he had considered all the worst possibilities, but he soon found that he had underestimated the Undead Summoner, who seemed to be on the verge of surrender.
The small but agile figure swept past Maldono like a whirlwind, and as Maldono marveled at his opponent’s precise tracking and pursuit skills, he was horrified to discover that his proud defensive Light Shield had been silently breached by the assailant’s strike!
Despite the pain from the oppressive Light Mist penetrating him, Uma couldn’t help but crack a slight smile. The strength of the Soul Eating Gnome was not something that one or two protective shields could withstand. Its invincible hands, refined through the sand of vengeful spirits countless times, could easily penetrate even solid physical defenses, let alone ordinary magic shields.