Chapter 157 – Snatching The Battle Boots (1/2)
Chapter 157 – Snatching The Battle Boots
“Lei Yu, my dearest friend. Being able to see you today has really made me surprised and extremely happy at the same time!” The Pope greeted Lei Yu with an expression as if he was seeing an old buddy. “Has everything been going well this past year?”
“Thank you for asking, your holiness. Everything has been good.” Lei Yu also responded with a fake smile.
Seeing that the two didn’t pay attention to Bel, his heart erupted in anger. “The Vatican has always been hypocrites pretending to be virtuous, so stop acting in front of me! Mr. Lei Yu, we, the Dark Council were the first ones to express our wishes to be on good terms with you. Could it be that you’ve fallen for this guy’s duplicitous words?”
Bel wasn’t expecting Lei Yu to help him today, but as long as he stayed out of this and did not help anyone, then today he would still stand a chance.
Lei Yu shrugged. “His holiness and I are just friends. Of course, I’ve never refused your friendship either Prince Bel.” His mouth was saying this, but his heart wasn’t thinking it.
Although the Vatican was a smiling tiger (outwardly kind, but inwardly cruel), at least they were benevolent and caring towards their followers. In the eyes of the world, they were on the side of justice, which was undeniable. However, the Dark Council was different – they would do whatever it took to achieve their goals. Whether they were martial cultivators or ordinary people, as long as they had any impact on them, the Dark Council would mercilessly and without compassion step on their dead corpse. Based on this, Lei Yu’s heart leaned towards the Vatican, but of course, he couldn’t show it.
“Bel, this item might be one of our Vatican’s long lost holy objects. You people of the Dark Council do not have the right to possess it!” The Pope said through clenched teeth, his eyes becoming red from seeing his enemy.
“I can still try!” Bel wasn’t afraid. As one of the two super experts from the Dark Council, he had never backed down from anything. He even felt the leader of the Werewolf clan, who was at the same rank as him, was beneath his eyes. Not to mention a Pope that was on the same rank as him.
Lei Yu crossed his arms and took two steps back. Since these two wanted to fight, he might as well give them room for a good one.
Right at this moment, Bel’s figure became illusory. Amidst the eerie atmosphere of the swamp, his agility was still impressive. The soft sludge appeared to not have any effect in prohibiting his movement. With that, Bel sped towards the Pope’s direction with a mere step.
The latter retreated backwards, but his feet from start to finish were still white and clean from never having to step on the mud. How did he make his body float in the air this entire time? Lei Yu was extremely curious as to what method was being used.
Under the rain of attacks by Bel, the Pope continued to dodge while his mouth was chanting something. A white light began to emanate on the surface of the Pope’s body. Then suddenly, with the Pope as the center, a column of white light surrounded his body and shot off into the sky. His robe started fluttering around like crazy,even though there wasn’t any wind in the vicinity. His elongated eyes narrowed to mere slits and the surrounding white light started condensing rapidly, converging to a single point. “Holy Light’s Punishment!”
“Whoosh~!” A white light, with the thickness of an arm, flew directly at Bel at lightning speeds. Bel, who had accumulated a lot of fighting experience had a pretty quick reaction. A sudden mass of energy billowed out from his body and a pair of wings miraculously emerged from his back. The look of the wings was definitely something only bats would have. Originally only having one eye that was blood red, both of his eyes had become red now. Fangs started to lengthen from both sides of his teeth as they protruded out from his mouth, and Bel was now cloaked in an eerily cold white light.
Bel’s speed was extremely fast. Lei Yu felt that it was most likely faster than his own. Perhaps the wings on Bel’s back played a big role in the speed increase. Watching these two super experts duel was actually quite pleasurable in Lei Yu’s eyes.
Each person’s attacks had their own characteristics. Raining blows on his opponent, Bel’s attack wasn’t overpowering, but still made the Pope feel overwhelmed. Each attack seized an opportunity for an opening before it struck out. Each of the Pope’s attack was like a flash flood, extremely oppressive and tyrannical. In the short term, it was difficult to predict who had the upper hand.