Chapter 1275 - Ghost Image (2/2)

Shira mumbled under her breath and swept glances to her surroundings. Then, she paused her gaze on Celestina…

“———!”

Upon detecting her meaningful stare, Celestina felt chills running down her spine. But before she reacted, the group heard loud explosions above them.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Along with the ear-deafening explosions, the entire tower shook. Rhode sulked instantly. He was aware that this was undoubtedly a sign that Canary had gone all-out!

This doesn’t feel right!

Sensing the rippling magical energy above, Rhode turned grim. He tried contacting Canary earlier. Back then, even though Canary was containing the Chaos Lord, she didn’t attack rashly. In any case, Chaos Lords were powerful creatures, and now that Canary only had half her original manpower on her side, it wasn’t enough for her to deal with one. This was still based on the fact that Bubble and the rest had cast the Order Barrier and isolated the palace from the outside world. If they didn’t isolate the outside world from the power of Chaos, the Chaos Lord would turn even stronger. When that happened, perhaps her party would be wiped out by the Chaos Lord in 10 minutes, not to mention containing it! Earlier on, Canary had also specifically stressed to Rhode that this Chaos Lord was rather odd and dangerous. According to her character, it was impossible for her to be as impulsive as Bubble. But now that she launched her attack, it proved that the situation was truly threatening!

“Shira, Little Five! Attack!”

Rhode hesitated no more and gave his command right away. Upon hearing his order, Shira let out an odd laughter. This young lady clad in a tattered gothic dress raised the scarlet longsword, charged through the solid ceiling like a cannonball, and flew toward the top of the tower. The specter young lady also followed closely, passing through the ceiling without making a noise. At the same time, Rhode also sprinted ahead in large strides. He knew that something was amiss.

“Haa… Haa…”

Canary gripped the staff in her hand and stared at the enemy before her. Beads of sweat couldn’t help but trickle from her smooth, fair forehead. But at the moment, Canary couldn’t care less about her image. On the contrary, around her were blazing rings of flames that shrouded her densely. Despite that, she didn’t feel any sense of safety at all.

She swept a glance at her three companions who were already ‘dead’ and shifted her gaze away. At that moment, she was located in a spacious rotunda in the center of the magical tower. Along the walls of the rotunda were glittering books of magic that once recorded evil and powerful undead spells. But now, there was nothing left. However, this wasn’t Canary’s concern. Instead, it was the terrifying creature floating in front of her right now.

It was a robe hovering in midair. In the hood and limb area, thick, dotted texts could be seen, forming circles of bandage-like presences that coalesced into a head and limbs. Apart from that, this Chaos Lord had no particular form to speak of.

But it wasn’t just about its form.

Canary gripped the staff in her hand. Even though the Chaos Lord before her seemed weak and didn’t look like past Chaos Lords that were gigantic and full of oppression, its abilities were really odd and Canary sensed an ice-cold aura of death from it. It was an evil, dark power that came from death itself. Canary didn’t even see how the other party did it. All she witnessed was a flash of black light and the three players who acted as ‘vanguards’ and ‘main tankers’ lost all their health and collapsed straight to the ground without resisting at all!

What is this power?

Faced with the scene before her, Canary was bewildered. Of course, this wasn’t the first time she encountered a situation where the BOSS instantly killed her party members. But the problem was that there were indications before instant-death spells were cast and this creature before them showed no warning at all, where even when the three players crumbled, Canary didn’t notice any movement from the Chaos Lord. Before she had a chance to ponder, she saw the mysterious figure shift, throwing its right arm forward and pouncing on her group!

“Everyone, disperse! Attack!”

Looking at this scene, Canary was stunned. Although her original intention was to wait for Rhode to arrive before launching any attacks, this Chaos Lord was simply too peculiar, so much so that Canary had to give an order immediately. Upon hearing her command, the players who followed her scattered instantly, before unleashing all kinds of arrows and magic spells like a powerful storm that greeted the Chaos Lord.

But shortly after, a scene that left Canary flabbergasted happened.

The magical spells and arrows failed to hit their targets as they simply passed right through the Chaos Lord! Moreover, just as the two thieves were speeding up to attack from the back, the Chaos Lord merely stroked its arms and the two thieves fell to the ground lifelessly.

Canary was stunned. The Chaos Lord closed in on them, and she was forced to unleash her proudest chain of nine explosive fireballs! From her perspective, although she didn’t know what the other party was, since she felt an evil, undead energy from it, perhaps it also possessed similar weaknesses to an undead spirit. As expected, after her attack, the Chaos Lord finally stopped moving and drifted back to its earlier position. Although Canary’s attack worked, she didn’t feel assured just yet, as she clearly witnessed that even though her fireballs struck the Chaos Lord, it didn’t inflict too much damage.

What should I do?

If only Bubble were here…

At this thought, Canary couldn’t help but force a smile. Although her flames could restrain undeads, the most powerful thing against the undead was a power of light from Mini Bubble Gum! Unfortunately, she wasn’t here right now, and the clerics in her party mostly specialized in defense and not offense. Among the rest, only three holy knights were able to emanate holy light. However, they weren’t light elemental specialists, after all, so the amount of damage they could deal was also limited…

It seems like I can only stall the battle and wait for Rhode’s arrival.

The moment this thought cropped up in her mind, the Chaos Lord suddenly launched its attack again! Facing Canary and her party, which blocked off its exit, the Chaos Lord widened its mouth, laughed heedlessly, and stretched its arms. With that, the magical books abandoned by the sides of the wall erupted in magical radiance in an instant!

“Oh no!”

Looking at this scene, Canary was taken aback. Although she didn’t know what the Chaos Lord was trying to do, she was certain it was definitely something terrifying! Canary couldn’t delay the battle any longer. Shortly after, a scorching, scarlet pillar of flame took shape in her hands, metamorphosing into a fire serpent that widened its mouth and pounced straight at the Chaos Lord!