789 Sword of Burst Part 1 (1/2)

Nicholas' body was rooted to the ground. He wanted to go to the palace to help, but he did not dare to. As a fallen holy priest, he was as good as dead if he encountered a heavenly angel. As a follower, he was willing to fight hard for Saleen, but if he returned, he would be giving up his life.

A battle that would guarantee his death left Nicholas hesitant.

”Su, go back! Something has happened at the palace! Wear your armor. If you don't wear it this time, you will surely die,” Nicholas said to Su.

”Something happened?” Su looked at Nicholas in confusion.

”I can't go back or else I will die. Leave this place to me. If that powerful grade-9 mage appears, I can still try to battle him and stand a chance. If I go back, there is no chance of me surviving at all. An angel is there.”

Su's face sank. He knew what it meant for Nicholas to refuse to go back and provide reinforcements even though he was a follower. Saleen was in extreme danger and there was nothing that Nicholas could do.

Su silently took the armor that Joey had refined out from his leather bag. In order to solidify his foundations, he has refused to wear it because only golden grand swordmasters would be able to fully maximize the power of the armor. As a silver grand swordmaster, wearing the armor would only increase his powers, but would also be detrimental to Su's growth.

Now, Su had no choice but to wear the powerful armor. He had to hurry back and only the armor would provide him with the ability to fly over long distances.

”Su, almost all physical attacks are ineffective to angels. You must…”

”I understand.” Su tightened his belt and put on the long sword that Saleen had refined for him. Then, he jumped down the city wall and a pair of metallic wings spread open on the back of his armor. The wings exuded faint golden sword aura and Su flew towards the palace like a huge golden eagle.

Outside of Saleen's bedroom, Cuisi stretched out his hand with difficulty. He moved his fingernails and a silvery white light cut off the wire that had trapped his legs. Then, he removed the two iron needles stuck in his thigh and finally, the arrow that Eleanor had shot at him.

The tip of this arrow had already been removed and in its place was a sharp wooden pole. Eleanor's archery skills were too amazing as the arrow that she had shot at Cuisi's thigh only left behind a hole without damaging any vital parts.

Removing the wire and iron needles also eliminated the paralyzing effects of the poison. Cuisi was now able to regain his mobility. He raised his head and saw Eleanor fleeing for her life. Behind her was something that was only half his height and looked extremely strange for it had a pair of wings that looked pale and diseased.

Despite how annoying it looked, it was a fact that the fellow pursuing Eleanor was much stronger than Cuisi. He looked troubled even as he flapped his wings. The poison had yet to disperse completely, so he was still unable to fly.

The angel pursued fearlessly. Summoning him was the Holy See's last resort. Losing those disciples was not a big deal, but this time around, the Holy See managed to plant a summoner amongst the group of envoys. By doing so, the Holy See would never have genuine allies from then on.

In the future, the envoys of the Tanggulasi Empire would never be received with hospitality. Under the influence of religion, the honor of Tanggulasi noble families had been completely stripped.

Heavenly angels were not living creatures. They were tools used by heaven for battles. They had no feelings, much less any compassion. The order that he had received was to destroy the palace of Daliang City and to kill Saleen.

By right, he should have gone straight to the palace. As a weapon, the grade-9 heaven angel sensed the danger posed by Eleanor, so he decided that he would kill her first before heading the palace to kill every living creature there.

The water puppet was carrying Eleanor as water shield was constantly being activated on the surface of his body. As a puppet, he was not as proficient in casting this grade-4 defense spell compared to Saleen. Not only could Saleen's water shield provide a level of defense that was the peak of middle-level spells, it could also combine with darkness shield. It would appear when the water shield broke.

That was a grade-7 advanced spell and the water puppet was unable to handle such a complicated manoeuvre.

Even so, the resilience of the water shield was beyond what the heavenly angel expected. When he swung his Sword of Light onto the water puppet's defense spell, layers of water shield would break and still, the Sword of Light would never reach the puppet.

The water puppet could sense that he was badly losing the elements within his body. He decided to take off the crystal ring and put it on Eleanor before giving Eleanor and the wings of elf a hard push downwards. Then, he turned around and pounced at the angel.

Eleanor turned back and saw that the water puppet's body had become transparent, leaving only its face, which still looked like Saleen. The heavenly angel's Sword of Light suddenly unleashed a bright light and the cut water puppet's body up hundreds of times. Each time, it would reintegrate into thinner pieces.

Eleanor knew it was just a puppet, but she still shed tears for it, as if it were Saleen. She took out an arrow from her quiver and notched it onto Seven Nights. She prepared a few months' worth of life strength and soul strength and infused them into the arrow.