Chapter 850 - Slaughter—Shira (2/2)

“———!”

He whistled.

The flashing pitch-black blade and white blade emanating a silver radiance punctured the man in an instant. On the other side, the Hell Hound leaped out from a puff of black smoke, widening its jaw and biting down on the man’s left arm. Then, the Centaur Knight emerged, brandished the pike and punctured the man’s chest. The man finally reached his limit.

Boom!

Chunks of flesh and blood splattered. In the blink of an eye, there was nothing left. The large red sword remained stuck in the ground and its incredibly glaring scarlet radiance dimmed gradually.

“…”

Rhode heaved a sigh of relief and sat on the ground. In fact, if it weren’t necessary, he wouldn’t have used the [Legion Horn]. Although this insane skill could guarantee a kill on the enemy he chose, his spiritual powers would be completely wiped out. But now… since he couldn’t win the holy sword spirit with sword skills, he could only use a small cheat. Fortunately, the man was only a manipulated puppet. If it were the physical form of the holy sword spirit, perhaps Rhode wouldn’t have won even with the [Legion Horn].

“Leader, are you okay?”

Anne asked. Rhode looked up and saw her widened emerald green eyes gazing worriedly at him. He showed a bitter smile and shook his head.

“I’m fine, Anne. I’ve just consumed too much of my spiritual powers… It seems like I don’t need to ask about the situation on your side.”

Rhode gazed around him and found that the entire Bloody Field had turned into ruins, with fissures across the flat ground. Some of the walls had also collapsed. Other than that, the devils were also nowhere to be found and the Bow Knights had lined up neatly in their defense formation, vigilantly examining the surroundings. The battlefield between Rhode and the holy sword spirit had as though been bombarded, where a huge sunken hole remained beneath his feet. The red sword remained stuck in the middle of the sunken hole, waiting for its master’s arrival.

“How unfortunate…”

Rhode murmured under his breath and attempted to shake the giddiness away from his head while walking toward the red sword. When he arrived at the red sword, he discovered that it was much more hostile than he imagined: the hilt was designed and embedded with sinister-looking sharp teeth. The steel chains also laid silently on the ground and the razor-sharp triangular edge on their ends made his hair stand.

“Hmm…”

Rhode couldn’t help but think of how the steel chains were embedded into the man’s arm. The pain must have been unbearable and not anyone could tolerate it. Although Rhode wasn’t willing to use himself as the guinea pig, he knew that this perhaps might be the final test that he had to pass. Besides, although all the devils were temporarily wiped out, he had no idea when they would appear again. Therefore, he couldn’t waste anymore time.

“Sigh…”

Rhode grit his teeth. Then, he took in a deep breath and held the sword hilt.

“!!!”

As expected, the instant he held the sword hilt, the steel chains quickly wrapped his arm. But before he reacted, three of the steel chains shot up like vipers and struck into his flesh with their triangular edges.

“———”

Piercing pain engulfed him. The triangular edges didn’t only puncture his skin and flesh. Instead, they dove all the way into his bones. Rhode widened his mouth in extreme pain, but he couldn’t scream at all. Air flowed into his lungs, but they turned into intense flames burning inside him. He turned red and felt a strong murderous intent flowing through the steel chains and in his body, forcefully taking over his rationality with madness and cruel desires.

Slaughter everything. Kill everything. Destroy everything.

Tear into the enemies’ bodies, rip their flesh, and hear their mournful screams. Squash all who defy me and leave not a single one alive. End everything right here and eliminate the enemies…

1“Shut up!”

Rhode grit his teeth and howled like an injured wild animal. The violent pain fired up his instinctive murderous intent. The murderous intent from the holy sword spirit merged with his and attempted to manipulate him like a puppet. But shortly after, Rhode suppressed it successfully.

“What a troublesome fella.”

Rhode grumbled to shift his attention away from the pain. Shortly after, he sensed the murderous intent slowly changing its flow and returning quietly into the steel chains. In fact, up until now, he wasn’t sure if he could control his right hand. He attempted to grip the sword hilt, but it seemed like he failed.

“…”

At this moment, Rhode sensed two streams of cooling, comforting spiritual powers entering his body, smoothing his injuries and anxiousness. Then, the spiritual powers gathered on his right arm and the pain slowly dissipated. Shortly after, a sense of comfort replaced the pain entirely.

“Thank you.”

Rhode instantly knew where the two sources of spiritual power came from. As expected, crisp, gentle laughter rang in his ears before vanishing entirely. He raised the red sword and surprisingly, the sword that should have been incredibly heavy was so light in his hand as though he were lifting Succubus. If he were to shut his eyes, he couldn’t imagine himself holding onto a two-meters-long sword.

At this moment, a system prompt emerged before his eyes.

[Received the holy sword: Slaughter—Shira. Slaughter all living things in this world. It only brings destruction to the enemies. Blood Absorption LV3 (Automatically absorb the holder’s blood to replenish its strength). Destructive Nature LV3 (Have a certain chance to completely destroy the enemy’s weapon when in contact. Probability depends on the level of anti-magic) Increase strength by 120% (It will consume twice the amount of spiritual powers when activated)]

I finally got it…

Rhode let out a sigh of relief.