185 Left Hand Part 2 (1/2)

There were still two other evil spirits trapped within the giant shackles and they began to snarl at Saleen. Seeing that the current cutter had not dissipated, Saleen controlled it to enter into the eyes of another evil spirit.

This time, Saleen acted quickly. Using the memory he had of earlier on, the current quickly churned within the skull and enveloped the entirety of the holy prose. Just as he was about to dissect the holy prose, it quickly reassembled and the outer layer of holy prose exploded violently, Saleen felt a heavy blow to his head and his control started to slow down. Over a dozen symbols took the opportunity to escape.

The evil spirit’s skull exploded and black juices sprayed all over the shackles in an incredibly disgusting display

Just as Saleen was considering changing his method to deal with the third evil spirit, the purple flames in the distance suddenly expanded and the temperature dropped even further. Saleen raised his head and saw a swordsman with a large figure appearing from the flames. He was decked in heavy armor and was carrying a sword blade.

A grand swordmaster!

Saleen saw that the eyes of the swordmaster were still pitch black. He knew that the black deacon must have found out that he had been researching his secrets and was beginning to grow uneasy.

Saleen had suspected from the start that even if these evil spirits were able to revive an infinite amount of times, against any professionals who were at the level of a swordmaster or above, they would be too weak. The black deacon could not have used them to defeat everyone.

If he and Lex persevered, with the number of scrolls they had with him, lasting a month would not be a problem. It was possible that the black deacon would not be able to last a month controlling the Book of the Fallen.

A divine master had to eat as well and not everyone was like Lex who had a large number of daily necessities and rations with her.

Saleen had a habit of doing this as well, but it might have been because he had been afraid of starving to death since he had been young. He would always keep some smoked meat or bread inside of his bag or demonic ring. Saleen wanted to make sure that no matter what environment he was in, he would not need to worry about food anymore.

At the start, his reason for learning magic had been so that he would never have to worry about food ever again.

As expected, the black deacon was growing uneasy. He had not expected anyone to unveil the secrets within his holy weapon, and if Saleen continued, all the evil spirits would be destroyed sooner or later. Hence, he had no choice but to release the second form of the evil spirits.

The second form of the evil spirits possessed powers that were similar to the ones they had possessed before they had died. This swordmaster had once been a bronze grand swordmaster with incredible battle techniques. Even though he had lost his vision, his senses had become more heightened and were similar to those of a mage of the same grade.

In most situations, a mage could still fight without his vision. This swordmaster had such high focus that with the help of the purple flames, his senses had increased by more than ten times.

Saleen saw the grand swordmaster walking over and said softly, ”Nailisi, take him out quickly. When this one dies, it will not revive that easily. Otherwise, the black deacon would have used them to surround us and would not have gone through all that trouble.”

”Alright.” Nailisi walked towards the grand swordmaster. At the same time, the eyes of a fully constructed puppet turned red and activated as it followed behind her.

”That’s a fully constructed puppet! It… it’s perfect.” Daniel had only realized now that the structure of the metal giant was not the common puppet magic that he was used to.

Saleen had not heard what Daniel had said. He knew that their troubles were just beginning. If the black deacon decided to surround them at the expense of all of his evil spirits, with more than eight hundred evil spirits at this grade, they were dead for sure.

At this thought, Saleen looked at the last evil spirit in the shackles. It had begun to struggle and the parts that were locking down its limbs had started to shatter. Saleen raised his left hand and took in a deep breath. A dim green water ball appeared in his left hand, and since he had advanced, the two strange-looking water shields had completely changed their appearances. They no longer looked like water bubbles, but instead were completely liquid.

With a booming noise, the two water shields accurately struck the face of the evil spirit before adhering to it and enveloping its entire skull.

Kaboom…

The evil spirit’s spine broke, and the skull which was covered by the water shields fell to the ground before bouncing back up.

Saleen extended his hand and the water shields flew back to him as he hesitantly looked at the evil spirit’s skull. Nailisi had already charged forward with the fully constructed puppet. Its axe was almost as long as a sword blade, but was much heavier. The sword blade of the grand swordmaster landed squarely on the fully constructed puppet’s chest. Had he been a living human, he would not have been this dumb.

The fully constructed puppet did not care about the grand swordmaster’s attack at all. It swung its axe and smashed it directly into the chest of the grand swordmaster.

The sword blade had been stabbed in at least half a foot. The swordmaster had likely been incredibly powerful when he was still alive. If he had not been facing a puppet made entirely of metal, this stab would have been enough to break any shield from a low-grade mage. Even a grade-4 mage lacking ice plate armor would have been killed within seconds.