628 Psalm of Nigh (1/2)

Inside the grey effect of Time Stop, a sliver light suddenly glowed as a vintage hourglass that was engraved with the patterns of a full moon, half moon and a crescent moon flew out of Rhine's pocket!

As the silver sand flowed inside, the effect of Time Stop was gone, but the sand was also reduced into powder.

It was indeed as expected of the Observer who had a copious collection.

However, 'Douglas' had already performed 'Eternal Blaze'. Lucien, having only just recovered from the attack, could only focus the will and blood power transformed from his spiritual power on the Shield of Truth, keeping it before himself and Rhine.

Boom!

The most terrifying temperature vaporized the grey bricks and the illusionary ripples created by the Shield of Truth. The energy storm that seemed able to destroy the world blew both the shield and Lucien backwards.

After only several seconds, the amazing feeling that they were in a different world was gone. The ripples around them cracked and fell apart. The surface of the neat and sacred 'Shield of Truth' was also brimming with the miserable traces of a raging storm, as if it would be completely damaged before long.

Lucien's 'Robe of Grand Arcanists', sensing the temperature and the energy that were infiltrating, automatically triggered 'Elemental Skin' and 'Magic Absorber', crazily swallowing and offsetting the damage.

Suddenly, Rhine's red coat emitted vague blackness that appeared like the deepest night, calling for subconscious reference and compliment.

The black light spread out and slightly twisted the direction of the high temperature, the energy storm and the neutron storm that leaked in. In the meantime, his body became fuzzy like a mist, which enveloped Lucien and brought him into a 'dream'.

In the unimaginable light and heat at the center of the explosion of 'Eternal Blaze', the Shield of Truth, Lucien and Rhine were soon obliterated, but it seemed to be waking them from a dream.

'Real Dream'! 'Night Travel'! The vampires' two talents!

The surging explosion destroyed the whole hall and tore apart the grey wall and the black gate. Bloody liquid dripped from the ceiling and the door, only to be vaporized immediately.

After the explosion died down, the grey wall wriggled as if it were alive, repairing everything on its own. Very soon, the place became exactly the same as before, except that the silver pattern of magic on the floor had been erased.

......

Inside another grey hall…

Rhine and Lucien suddenly appeared from the void in midair. Unable to control themselves, they fell and hit the ground with a loud noise. Their whole bodies were in pain.

”I'm not dead yet? I weathered through a hydrogen bomb!” The sense of pain made Lucien really feel that he was still alive. In his delight, he did not call it 'Eternal Blaze' but used 'hydrogen bomb', his most familiar name, in his heart.

”Cough.” Rhine's hair was a bit of a mess, but he tried to cover his mouth with a white handkerchief. It was not until a long time later that he stopped the intense coughing and regained the ability of talking. ”The 'Eternal Blaze' you invented is truly a spell that suppresses the undead creatures. Despite the blockage of the Shield of Truth and 'Psalm of Night', I have been unusually weakened. I probably wouldn't be able to wield much strength in the next hour or so.”

That was only because the princes of vampires had strong recovery abilities. If it were any other vampires, their skin would've been burnt and festered, and it wouldn't be healed until a long time later.

”Psalm of Night?” Lucien glanced at Rhine's red coat, on which the dark and peaceful darkness was still flowing. It seemed to be the legendary armor among the vampires which had uncannily fallen from a level-four, perfect legendary item into a level-three, senior-rank one. Had it not been for its defense, Rhine and he would have suffered much more severe damage.

Thinking about that, Lucien looked at the Shield of Truth in his hands. The delicate, well-decorated surface of the shield was full of bumps and dents. Holes caused by vaporization could be found in many places, too. It was obvious that the shield was no longer usable for now.

Lucien was more or less relieved. The shield did not seem to be completely damaged yet, or he would feel a great heartache. Such a high-level legendary item with special defense like 'Shield of Truth' couldn't be replaced at all!

”As expected of the Shield of Truth. If it were any other level-three legendary item, it would have been completely vaporized.” Rhine observed the black gates warily. According to their previous experiences, the monster would not show up in the grey hall out of nowhere but would encounter the target after the gate was opened. Of course, that might just be the monster's hobby.

Touching the uneven surface of the Shield of Truth, Lucien said, ”It only survived because the mechanism of its defense is different from that of other objects.”

He also added in his heart, ”That's why we survived.”

'Eternal Blaze' was an area attack. Spell Trigger or other spells might not be able to bring him to the edge.

While talking, Lucien brought a small but complicated alchemical cottage from his storage bag and tossed it in front of himself.

The dark gold cottage grew quickly into a magic laboratory that had a full alchemical platform.

”A portable alchemical platform?” Regaining his ability of action, Rhine observed the magic laboratory with great interest.

Lucien nodded his head. ”We have been prepared for everything that might happen in the adventure in the World of Souls, including what we should do after our equipment is damaged…”

This time, Lucien did not need to spend tremendous time searching for materials to repair his magic items like when he was forced into the alternate dimension last time. Instead, he had prepared all the materials he needed according to his gear.

”But we can't stop here. The monster may come to us at any moment.” Rhine was not as weak as a moment ago. At least, the big wings on his back could be opened now.