556 Targe (1/2)
Not caring whether they were intentionally easing his wariness or they were fooled by false intelligence, Lucien simply cast 'Baler's Transformation'. His muscles slightly bulged, and his body was covered in vague moonlight, further highlighting the shimmers on his silvery and grey left hand.
Before they went missing, they were only night watchers in the level of bishop and knight. They could not bear the arrival of a supreme angel in any case, whose enormous strength would've torn them apart. Therefore, the angels from whom they borrowed strength should be the medium ones, which could be proved by the number of wings on their back. In such a way, their current strength was in the senior rank at best. Even though they were enhanced by the barrier of 'Paradise on Earth', they couldn't be in level nine.
Turning to vague moonlight, Lucien lunged at them in countless shadows. He was so fast that they couldn't tell which of the shadows was his real self.
The wings on Minsk's back glittered, and he was covered in crimson scales. Both his eyes emitted gold brilliance, releasing the intimidation of a top creature. He spurted out a thick red pillar that consumed all the shadows. The high temperature even slightly twisted the holy light.
From Juliana's body, silver longswords with sacred eyes on them suddenly popped up.
They swirled around Juliana, protecting her in the center. Anything that attempted to pass them would be minced into pieces.
It was 'Edge Barrier', the most effective defense against knights in level-six divine powers. The blurred moonlight was cut into pieces by them.
Right then, Juliana's angelic wings were unfolded beyond her control, summoning a pillar of holy light that struck one of the shadows.
Juliana's eyes were suddenly widened, as she discovered that Lucien raised his left and resisted the light outburst that was thicker than his body. What was most unbelievable was that the pillar of light was shattered and melted into 'Paradise on Earth' around.
What's with his left hand?
Hardly had such shock appeared in Juliana's head when she saw Lucien punch the barrier of swords with his left fist.
The silver longswords were revolving and cutting, but they collapsed the moment they touched Lucien's left hand.
Without meeting any hindrance, the left hand punched Juliana's face when she did not have the time to cast any other divine powers.
Crack, crack, crack. Juliana's right face collapsed deeply, spurting out red and white stuff that stained the ground. The defenses and enhancements she cast on herself were utterly useless.
A cluster of pure brilliance dashed out of Juliana's body, trying to flee, only to be extinguished by another punch from his left hand.
Juliana fell backwards, with fear, panic and unresolvable hatred in her widened, frozen eyes.
It was only at this moment that 'Red Dragon' Minsk approached Lucien's back.
Seeing Juliana's miserable outcome, he was grabbed by both hatred and fear, wondering whether he should continue attacking or flee with 'Paradise on Earth'.
After a brief hesitation, he chose to retreat. He would always have opportunities of revenge after the great Angel King and Grand Cardinal Sard succeeded. Only if he kept himself alive could he torture the professor's wife, students, friends and family so that the professor would ask to be killed!
When he turned around, he found that a long, powerful hand pressed at him, so he opened his mouth and spurted out the dragon breath again.
The fire with a horrifying temperature burnt everything, but it died out like a regular candle under Lucien's left hand.
The left hand grasped Minsk's head quickly, and the solid crimson scales seemed to have encountered the most dreadful enemy and ebbed on their own.
Without any hesitation, Lucien exerted his strength. After a crack, Minsk's neck was twisted into two parts.
While his consciousness was fading, Minsk was filled with regrets:
”His left hand does not just nullify curses!”
After the light in Minsk's body was also destroyed, Lucien searched their bodies but found nothing useful.
”Under the enhancement of 'Paradise on Earth', two level-five night watchers carried out the strength of level eights. That's terrifying. However, if the pivot in the Nekso Palace that controls the city barrier is on our side, the influence should be weakened.” Lucien drew a conclusion.
The Nekso Palace had two cores of divine powers. One was for internal defense, so that the queen would not be instantly killed by legendary experts. The other was for external defense, which controls the barrier of divine power citywide. If the core in the Radiance Church had been destroyed, this would be the only pivot that could affect the barrier. It was his mission to grasp the pivot with Natasha and Morris.
When he was about to approach the Nekso Palace, Lucien suddenly stopped, as if he was waiting for something. Because his magic ceased, he gradually exited from Paradise on Earth and returned to the normal Rentato.
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In the Grand Church of Brewston in Salyvaor, capital of Brianne…
Since there were only two praying believers, the preaching cardinal was more or less sloppy. Suddenly, he saw a gentleman standing up and walking to the back of the church with his black staff.
”You can't…” The cardinal tried to stop him, only to discover that his fingers were abnormally twisted, and that his guts, muscles, veins and brains were stretched to different directions by the black, terrible magnetic field.
Without a sound, he was split into countless pieces, where tiny light of electricity was glittering.