299 Black Bishop Part 2 (1/2)

This was not the first time Saleen had come across a powerful adversary. The most perilous encounter was when he had met the white deacon. Back then, he had been ignorant, so he had actually negotiated with the white deacon and managed to escape. However, this time was different. The deacons working under the oracles were not killing maniacs. They had clear motives in doing things, and thus, if they received certain benefits in return, their target might survive.

However, the black bishop from the inquisition was entirely different. There was no room for negotiation, and furthermore, Saleen had just killed his son.

At this moment, Saleen did not dare to go airborne because the black bishop could fly faster than him. If he had flew, the situation would be starkly different from what happened earlier on. He would not have the advantage of speed anymore.

Nailisi felt as though she were being targeted by a demon as the two people wielding the double edged blades approached from her left and right. The fully constructed puppets charged at them but were flung dozens of meters away by their kicks.

These two people were too quick. After all, the two puppets were not living things. They could still deal with swordmasters as long as they were under Nailisi's control. However, these two men were potentially bronze grand swordmasters, or even black metal grand swordmasters.

Nailisi was beginning to miss Sika. If Sika had been around, they could have taken on a person each, and Nailisi would have been more confident too. Nailisi's new skill was extremely obscure. As long as the target did not pay attention, they would also be hurt even if they were a silver grand swordmaster. As long as Nailisi could grab onto either one of them, the electric current would be able to paralyze that person.

The problem was that there were two enemies at the moment. If Nailisi grabbed onto one of them, her movement speed would be drastically decreased, and the other man would be able to kill her. Nailisi was not confident she could dodge the attacks. Furthermore, the two men did not care about each other's wellbeing, which made Nailisi very worried.

Woo…

The two men approached from the left and right at the same time, displaying the color of blood, and their blades like two pairs of scissors. The four blades had blocked off Nailisi's route of retreat. Each blade was four feet in length while Nailisi's dagger was only the size of a palm. If Nailisi wanted to retaliate, her speed would need to exceed that of the two men.

All of a sudden, Nailisi made an unexpected move. Her body shrank violently, and she crouched in the snow. There was a thick layer of snow on the ground, and Nailisi managed to hide in the snow.

The four blades fell out of the sky. As the blades burst with surges of the sword aura, the snowy area exploded, forming a vast blanket of whiteness and reducing visibility to zero. After crouching down, Nailisi had become more agile. Even though demons were intelligent creatures, the way they fought was similar to that of magic beasts. With Nailisi's four limbs pasted against the ground, the two men had lost her.

Nailisi crawled through the thick layer of snow and made her way into the depths of the forest. Once again, the two fully constructed puppets lunged at the two men. The heavy weapons in the puppets' hands caused them to be fearful. They could not afford to get into a head-on clash with the puppets, hence they decided to go around the puppets and give them a kick.

Their kicks were infused with the sword aura. The sound of metal breaking came from within the puppets' bodies, then the puppets fell onto the ground. With the dragonshard, the puppets could regenerate their bodies, but the parts which were damaged by the sword aura would need a significant amount of time to be regenerated. At least for now, Nailisi could no longer rely on the two puppets anymore.

Not only were their sword auras astonishing, but their movement speed was also faster than any of the enemies which Nailisi had previously come across.

Saleen had no time to care about Nailisi at the moment. The bishop's perception had locked onto him. He felt as if his body was trapped to the tree by huge shackles, and his feet could not move at all.

”Hmph!” Saleen grunted loudly. The surrounding air trembled furiously, and at the same time, he cast the Quickcloud spell before taking out his clan badge.

At this moment, Saleen only hoped that Nailisi could defeat those two men. If Saleen could not handle the black bishop, he would have to take some risk by using the special attributes of his clan badge to fight. This badge could even absorb the power of a dragon. Furthermore, the black bishop only possessed the power of a grade-7 mage at best, and thus, Saleen was confident that he would be able to absorb all of the bishop's power.

Seeing that Saleen had released some fog behind the tree, the black bishop sneered in response. The shape of his red pupils fluctuated constantly, like flickering flames. His eyes could see right through any type of confusion magic, and the bishop was also well aware of Saleen's position behind the tree.

The black bishop and Saleen stood facing each other, separated only by that large tree. The bishop did not go around the tree. Instead, he began saying a prayer.

”God says, whichever place He is not present in, is hell.”

The black bishop's prayer was extremely short. It was the shortest prayer Saleen had ever heard. The moment the bishop stopped speaking, red flames immediately emerged from the surrounding snowy ground. These flames were genuine and tangible, unlike the cold flames produced by the black deacon earlier on. The red flames soared from the ground, causing the temperature to rise sharply and crackling sounds to be heard from within the snow. The snow became water vapor and intertwined with Saleen's fog, as though it were trying to destroy Saleen's Quickcloud spell.

There was still a water shield within that Quickcloud spell. Hence, when the flames began burning, Saleen remained unharmed. However, the attack that came after that was a hundred times stronger. The snow which was vaporized by the flames turned into airflows which resembled tornadoes. There were at least one hundred of these airflows, and they charged towards Saleen.

”Er…”

A muffled noise came from Saleen's throat. Saleen felt that not only was the black bishop controlling the water vapor, but the surrounding air had also been totally depleted of it after the flames had started burning.

The Vacuum Imprisonment spell!

Besides using the water vapor formed from the Quickcloud spell, Saleen could not use the other surrounding water elements to supplement his spell's depletion. This holy master's divine spells and magic spells were extremely similar, and could restrict Saleen's mobility at the same time. Saleen could only stand on the spot and cast spells. He could not do anything else.