947 Restrain (1/2)

The strange ball of light thrown by the Cardinal seemed to be a single object, but it was actually composed of energy in the form of countless needles. Upon closer inspection, it could be seen that each needle was formed of a string of spiritual words!

Two seconds after coming into contact with the ball of light, Sheyan could already feel his whole abdomen turn cold as if it was poked by seven or eight sharp needles at the same time, causing him severe pain. Each second the ball of light touched him, he would be attacked a few times!

Not only did the needle-like energies hurt him physically, they even touched his soul and penetrated deep into his senses, causing extra damage. Every time he felt the pain, a line of prayer would be shoved into his mind!

”Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name...”

”Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven.....”

”Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil.....”

”For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.....”

These prayers were extremely overbearing. After invading Sheyan's mind, they stubbornly refused to dissipate. They completely confined his thinking and subverted his thoughts. Sheyan was originally thinking of ways to counterattack and ways to bring them out of this difficult situation, but these prayers kept crashing about in his mind like corrosive maggots, tearing Sheyan's thoughts into pieces!

In the words of Buddhism, this kind of attack was referred to as cognitive hindrances; in Confucianism, it was called distracting thoughts! Distracting thoughts that can only be severed by the sword of wisdom!

The most powerful aspect with this kind of attack was that the more complex a person's mind was, and the faster one's thought process, the more effective the attack would be. Simple-minded people would find this kind of attack to be pretty useless....

After Sheyan was hit by the attack, his eyes fell into a daze. Exploding sounds similar to firecrackers going off were emitted throughout his body. The force from the explosions forced him to stumble back by a few steps. In this short duration, he had suffered dozens of attacks!

The confused look in Sheyan's eyes only receded after the attack had subsided for more than ten seconds. The power of the spiritual attack gradually drifted away and his mind slowly regained its clarity. Aziz rushed towards him, grabbed his sleeve and growled through gritted teeth:

”We're no match for him! Run!”

But at that moment, the Cardinal had successfully gathered his power once again. He looked at them with a sneer and directed his palm towards them! Another spiritual word ball of light flew over!

Aziz's pupils contracted. When he realised that Sheyan wouldn't budge, he immediately turned and fled. However, Sheyan merely stood there and laughed. He inexplicably spread his arms and took the initiative to embrace the ball of light!

The harsh exploding noises could be heard once again. The explosions kept forcing Sheyan back amidst his hysterical laughter, but Aziz, who had ran dozens of meters away, was shocked to find that even though Sheyan's chest and abdomen were charred black and his clothes were completely ruined, Sheyan showed no signs of being in pain. He didn't even bleed!

After the attack ended, it appeared as if the damage from the spiritual words were insignificant to him! He had instantly bent his body and charged at the Cardinal!

It didn't matter how much distracting thoughts were born or how wildly the spiritual words crashed in his brain, Sheyan used his willpower to focus on a single thought and anchored his mind down! His mind was as immovable as a reef standing tall in the midst of a raging tide!

'Hornrage', activate!

The Cardinal's pupils contracted. Anyone could see by now that the skill he was so proud of, the 'Ball of Spiritual Words', was completely ineffective against Sheyan! The 'Ball of Spiritual Words' was supposed to be a devastating attack with each ball containing almost 70 holy lines, and each holy line could cause about 30 points of true damage! In addition, it contained effects of intimidate, command, and confusion!

No matter how you look at it, it was a top class offensive skill. Unfortunately, 'Stronghold', the innate talent of the freak called Sheyan, completely restrained it!

The collision left the Cardinal stunned. Aziz was initially running forward, but when he noticed that there was an opportunity behind him, he immediately executed an elaborate backflip and launched a furious counterattack against the Cardinal.

His shot hit the Cardinal squarely on the head, shrouding the Cardinal's head in thick smoke and angry flame. A dark green brilliance exuded out from Sheyan's pair of unspectacular gray gloves. The mechanical joints of the boxing gloves began to rotate at a high speed. The force they generated were so great that the crimson meat floor under Sheyan was torn apart, causing a strange liquid to spray out.