Chapter 1358 - The Sacred Flame Incarnate (1/2)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Hao Ren was not nervous. The vigilance from his professional training prompted him to warn the others to stay away from the door although he did not expect any real danger behind the door. It was not his carelessness; it was just that the circumstances surrounding them were relaxing. The entire experimental base was tidy and in good condition. It did not look like there had been an intrusion or deliberate destruction from the inside. Something else must have triggered the evacuation.
Hao Ren had not let down his guard. His heart skipped a beat, and he shouted in warning before the door fully opened. “Fall back! Danger!”
Before Hao Ren’s voice trailed off, a white light blazed out from the door. It pierced the open space and left a trail of dark spatial rifts in the air before it hit the ground. Although it only lasted for a split second, the light left a scorched mark on the floor, which was made of superalloy, an alloy stronger than any alloy on Earth.
The energy of the single strike was almost equivalent to the power of small plasma artillery!
Hao Ren’s early warning had saved everyone. There were no casualties. The light hit an apprentice mage, whose arcane shield saved him. But the shockwave from the heat blast sent him flying backward into a wall and broke his head.
Hao Ren immediately took out his two spears—the plasma spear and the Gungnir—from the dimensional pocket. He flipped his body before planting his feet firmly on the ground. Guarding himself with the two spears in front, he looked at the opened door.
A humanoid creature shrouded in pale flame rushed out from behind the door.
While a bright light flashed in front of everyone’s eyes, Hao Ren had already engaged the white humanoid creature in close-quarter combat with a continuous sound of air blasts. Flames shrouded the enemy, no one could see its face. What Hao Ren saw was just a bight light and chaotic shadows of fists and legs in his vision. He could not possibly catch up with the fighting rhythm of the humanoid but only rely on his demigod instinct and physical strength to hold back the attacks.
The two long spears were human-made objects: one was the ultimate product of Aerymian technology and further enhanced by Hao Ren, the other was merely the legendary weapon of the Norse’s Asgard family. Both spears could cut through and defeat any matters on the planet Holletta. But after a dozen rounds of combating the flaming enemy, Hao Ren found that both spears had heated up so much that they showed signs of deformation.
Hao Ren had tested the two spears using the Sacred Flames of the ordinary demon hunters. There had never been any overheating problem.
Spotting an opportunity, Hao Ren quickly pulled back and tucked the two spears back into his dimensional pocket. But the enemy would not allow Hao Ren the chance to take a breath, it roared and pounced at him like a beast after its prey.
Hao Ren’s upper body twisted, and he reached his hand behind him before pulling out a dark, long sword with stars floating on the blade out of thin air. He then took a 180-degree turn and thrust the sword into his opponent’s ribs when he was in the enemy’s blind spot.
However, his enemy seemingly noticed the move as if it did not have any visual blind spots. The flaming body broke into silver sparks in a flash and reappeared a dozen meters away on the other side of the chamber before it formed back into a humanoid form.
Nevertheless, this gave Hao Ren a breather for a moment, and he could finally see the enemy more clearly than before, though it was still an outline.
It was a “person” engulfed in bright white or white gold flames, much like the Sacred Flame the demon hunters used. But this one here was purer and more powerful. When the flame came together, it appeared in the graceful figure of a woman. Finally, Hao Ren figured out the gender of his enemy. But it seemed to be irrelevant to the humanoid who was made of flames with no facial and body features. It reminded Hao Ren of White Flame’s skill: the Sacred Flame Incarnate.
But compared to White Flame who could only maintain in the form of Sacred Flame for a brief moment, this creature in front of Hao Ren appeared more potent. At least in terms of flame control, it had achieved the true embodiment of flame.
Perhaps the figure was indeed a group of Sacred Flame energy in the form of a humanoid. After all, it was the place where the Ancient Magic Empire developed the demon hunters, the appearance of strange experimental by-products was not that surprising.
Those thoughts flashed across Hao Ren’s mind, but his physical reaction did not slow down. Hao Ren took out another Godslayer—that one with autism—in the blink of an eye. He crossed the swords in front of him and shouted, “Vivian! Lily!”
The trio, having fought together many times and a tacit understanding, grouped into a formation instantly. Without needing a prompt, the husky and the vampire maidens began to their moves. Lily launched into the air with her Frostmourne and Flamejoy and charged at the enemy like a storm. Vivian flew to the air. She did not attack but wait while summoning clouds of power lightning with her bats. The vampire maiden was waiting for the enemy to reveal its flaw before she smashed down a round of lightning balls.