Chapter 797 (2/2)

“The source of magic power isn’t gone. Instead, it’s growing bigger!” She lifted her head and looked around the hall in search of something. Her eyes fell on the sculpture. “Damn it, that monster is alive!”

Just as she finished speaking, the sculpture abruptly opened its mouth and revealed a frog-like tongue which thrust directly at Roland.

“Careful, Your Majesty!”

With no hesitation, Phyllis shielded in front of Roland and used her claws to obstruct the path of the incoming tongue.

But Roland was much improved from his former self. He anticipated the monster’s attack, before catching hold of Phyllis’ waist and rolling toward one side in order to avoid the tongue which was as sharp as an arrow.

The tongue thrust into the half-section of the corpse lying on the floor. It entwined the natural core and jerked away violently. With that, the crimson core flew in the direction of the sculpture’s mouth.

Roland noticed that the Force of Nature, which had entered into a solid state, began to rotate once again upon the monster’s touch.

The monster’s movements caused a large swarm of insects to fly out from its back and panickedly flee in all directions. They had obviously been attracted by the monster’s magic power, but because Roland could not share what he saw with Faldi, she was not able to discern that there were two different sources of magic reaction in the hall!

“Hah… what do I see, a bunch of martialists delivering themselves to me?” The sculpture swallowed the core and began to speak. “Thieves like you have no place in this sacred territory. Go to hell!”

It raised its neck as if to inhale a deep breath, and then blew a gush of bloodred air at the people in the hall.

It was magic power in its purest form!

In a flash, the furniture in the room was ripped into smithereens. As the matte curtains were struck, Duncan and Faldi, who were hiding within, suffered several wounds on their bodies and fell heavily on the floor. Fortunately for them, they got away from the central and most powerful region of the magical attack by a hair’s breadth, or they would have suffered the same fate as the furniture.

On the other hand, Roland was in much better shape. As the magical attack came upon him, the warmth inside him spread all over his body and protected his vital organs like a piece of armor.

“What form of attack is this?” Roland was disconcerted that its ability was completely different from that of witches. He had never seen magic power directly turn into a potent energy before. Ever since he acquired the strange force, he was able to better understand how magic power worked. The monster’s attack was certainly not something a Fallen Evil was able to perform.

The expressions on the witches’ faces were also that of extraordinary surprise. It was clear that the monster’s understanding of magic power was a level above theirs.

“Its magic reaction… is close to the Senior Demons’!” Faldi bit her teeth. “How’s this possible?”

“Demons? Is that what you call my ancestors?” The monster grinned and laughed wickedly. It easily snapped off the rivets which fixed its wings to the wall, then leapt onto the floor and stooped like a gargoyle in front of the party. “You try to take energy from the Divine Domain without permission, and now call the Chasers ‘demons’? Sheer stupidity!”

“Divine Domain? Chasers?” Roland began to frown involuntarily. “What’s it referring to?”

Suddenly, a beam of black light sprung from the shadows behind the monster and flew against its cheeks. It was Ling’s shadow! A crisp clicking sound was heard as she stuck a dagger into its eyes and out from the back of its head. Without pausing to contemplate her success, she escaped back into the shadows. The entire surprise attack was as smooth as flowing water.

“Beautiful!” Phyllis clenched her fists and commended.

“Beautiful?” The monster did not collapse like the Fallen Evil did. A crack appeared on its wooden-like face, and it now spoke in a shrivelled voice which sounded cold and indifferent. “You think this piece of common metal and tiny amount of magic power can harm me? You have no idea what the Divine Domain’s all about! Now, I shall let you witness the true might of the Lord!”

Before it finished talking, a series of rupturing sounds broke out. The crack on its face extended to its entire body, and subsequently, its pitch-black shell split into fragments and peeled off. The now-revealed interior emitted a dark red glow, as though it was flowing with burning blood.

When all of its true body was revealed, Roland gaped in shock and horror.

Underneath the shell had been a body which was purely formed by magic power. Small clusters of star jades glistened inside its body, and gradually converged into a huge star ring at its chest.

It was what you could call a magical creature.