Chapter 241: Magic Piercing Slash (1/2)

Cardin The Third’s face suddenly turned sinister. Wisps of dark energy started circling around him until he was completely covered in souls. His aura suddenly changed to that of an evil undead mage, and the flesh on his face looked like it would fall off at any moment. I could even see some white bones peeking through the crumbling flesh.

Cardin The Third raised his scepter vigorously and shouted angrily, “Are you still fighting for the weak, Xinran? You truly are the shame of the gods of hell!”

Xinran’s eyes turned chilly as she raised her own spear. “You dare to insult me, filth? Die, Cardilla!”

The next moment, Xinran pounced toward Cardin The Third, gathered a coat of bloody energy around her Dragonbone Spear, and thrust it toward her enemy!

“Hehe…”

But Cardin The Third chuckled sinisterly while waving his scepter. “Dark Tongue Shield!”

Swhoosh!

A shield of pitch-black light appeared and blocked the attack completely. It looked like the energy of the spear was absorbed into the shield.

Cardin The Third’s laughter grew even more savage. “Hahaha, your seal isn’t fully undone, is it? It looks like I, Cardilla, can finally perform a meaningful service for the Hell Legion! How much glory do you think killing a traitorous goddess is worth, Xinran?!”

Xinran retorted through gritted teeth, “Get lost!”

She kicked the ground and launched herself into the air, lunging at Cardin The Third. With a flip of her body, she squarely hit him on the shoulder with a kick!

Bang!

8954!

The kick was powerful enough to sound a bang, its sheer blunt power throwing Cardin The Third several steps back. In fact, it was so powerful that it shredded the fabric around his shoulder area and revealed the white bones beneath. However, the undead mage was no weakling himself. A quick chant later, his wounds were healed by a surge of dark energy.

Raising his scepter to the air, Cardin The Third also known as Undead Magus Cardilla started chanting a new spell. “I, Cardilla, offer a contract to the evil spirits slumbering in the depths of hell! Rise and obey my will—Roar of the Hellhound!”

“Roar roar!”

Two high-level summoned beasts came into existence. They were giant, blood-colored beasts about two meters tall, both endowed with a long fiery tail. These savage-looking hellhounds also had a sharp horn on their forehead and two rows of sharp fangs with viscous saliva dripping from them. The look in their eyes made it clear that they wanted nothing more than to shred Xinran into pieces.

I couldn’t help but be worried for Xinran. These summoned undead creatures looked incredibly powerful, and according to the undead magus, most of Xinran’s power was still sealed. It was impossible to tell if she was strong enough to beat the two summoned creatures right now.

“Roar!”

Calm and collected, Xinran raised her Dragonbone Spear at the last moment and spun like a top, her bloody cloak whipping loudly behind her.

“Lotus!”

Crack crack crack...

Both hellhounds suffered massive damage when the counterattack hit them—

23487!

29873!

24646!

……

One of the hellhounds let out a screech and died, its head completely pierced by the Dragonbone Spear. The other hellhound was thrown back against a stone pillar. However, the screeching beast had managed to snap off a piece of Xinran’s armor, still chomping on it viciously despite the blunt force trauma. With only a few bites it devoured the piece of dark metal completely.

Although Xinran came through the fight unharmed, she had lost a small portion of her shoulder armor, her pale, unblemished skin visible through the hole.

As I had thought, the hellhounds’ attack power was nothing to scoff at. Xinran was already starting to fall into a disadvantage.

Cardin The Third laughed loudly and raised his scepter again. “Xinran, I can summon countless more hellhounds like that, but you… how many can you kill before you fall completely? Hahaha! Still, I’m curious: why have you awakened once more? What made you open your eyes again?”

Suddenly, Xinran turned toward me and looked me in the eye. I thought I saw a flash of sadness behind those pupils. “What are you waiting for? Are you going to just watch while he kills me?”

I shivered once before swinging my sword and sending a miniboss flying. “I’ll help you the moment I take out this small fry!”

“Mn. I’ll wait for you!”

Xinran launched herself toward Cardin The Third again before she finished her sentence. This time, she avoided the hellhound’s attack and focused on attacking the undead magus.

Obviously, Xinran and Cardin The Third’s battle would be going on for a while. Therefore, our party’s job was to kill the miniboss as quickly as possible and help Xinran take out Cardin The Third.