Soul Trigger

Chapter 654 Defeat?

Instead of the sunlight reappearing beneath the shattered crimson, a dark purple storm swept across the land.

Billions of ravens wailed and howled across the sky, while a purple tornado shot into the heavens.

"The captain's Blood Moon... shattered?!" Sika stared blankly at the scene before her, her gaze lost in a daze.

That blood moon wasn't a spell; it was the power of a command spell bestowed by the cluster of spirit cores!
He shattered the power of the cluster of spirit cores! What a monster!?
As for the other people, their situations were much the same as his.

The Deadwater Knight roared madly, trying to reassemble its Blackwater Silver body, its eyes filled with terror as it looked at the strange phenomenon.

The werewolf knight Andrew lay on the ground, covered in blood, his fate unknown. The wine knight Sika was completely limp on the ground, muttering to himself, his eyes filled with terror.

Angelica crawled on the ground with difficulty, her eyes filled with resentment and horror:
It was a body encased in black armor, its body emitting a heavy, intermittent rumble like a clockwork steam engine, wielding a massive, heavy scythe.

Purple lightning cleaved through the storm, casting a blinding light across his silhouette.

The metal crown resembled a hunting tricorn hat, and the visor gleamed with a purple left eye. Behind the clattering metal body, a blackish-purple smoke billowed into raven feathers, piecing together a disheveled cloak beneath his shoulders—

This is no realm that an ordinary Overlord could possibly reach. Just who is this guy?! Why would a wandering knight like this appear in a place like Red Maple Town?!
At that moment, Angelica's pupils dilated; the other party had moved.

He raised the giant scythe and swung it lightly amidst the howling wind. In the instantaneous trembling of everyone's pupils, boundless spiritual energy swept over.

"Sika! Run!!!"

Angelica roared with all her might:

"Take Aquile and Pulitzer and run!"

Sika, who was in the best physical condition at the scene, suddenly awoke from her fear:
"Wha...what?"

"I told you to leave! Get out of here now!!!"

"Captain, are you kidding me? How could I possibly..."

Before the words were even finished, the figure carried by the nightmare horse instantly appeared in front of a prone figure, and the massive scythe pierced his chest in an instant—

"Andrew!!!"

Angelica's gaze froze, then flashed with a frenzied crimson light:

"You bastard... I'm going to kill you!!!"

A surge of furious blood flames erupted from her body, and the spiritual energy from the death of her companion caused her aura to surge.

In a surge of boiling blood, his bloodlust was triggered once more, and he transformed into a ferocious bat monster that lunged at Ji Li, only to be grabbed by the neck.

Under the despair of the spiritual explosion, it instantly transformed back into human form.

Seeing Angelica, dressed in rags, momentarily bewildered before reverting to her furious state, Ji Li brought her close and examined her closely:
"Ok?"

His voice held a hint of doubt and surprise, and then he casually flung Angelica to the side like a meteorite.

The latter tried to fight back, but was crushed into a flock of crows, wrapped up in layers, unable to move, and could only roar like a beast amidst its rampage and continuous flashing of human form.

Seeing the body pierced and nailed to the giant scythe, Angelica roared madly, shouting for Sika to leave immediately.

But does Jessica not want to leave? Of course not.

His body was already tainted by the spirit of despair, and the enhanced "curse of fear" had seeped into the depths of his soul. He was almost about to urinate, yet he could still move.

But the opponent bypassed Sika, who was lying on the ground, and went straight to the Dead Water Knight, who was still struggling to condense his body.

A bolt of dark purple lightning struck, illuminating his entire silhouette in a bright light:

Where is Odin's place of indulgence located?

The Dead Water Knight's voice was hoarse:

“…I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

The other party remained silent, and amidst Angelica's frenzied roars, used a scythe to casually toss Andrew's body away like a rag doll.

The body, covered in gushing blood, rolled and bounced several times on the ground, clearly dead beyond any doubt:

Where is Odin's place of indulgence located?

A gigantic scythe hovered before the Deadwater Knight's head, which was now half-formed. Looking at the scythe suspended at his neck and the deadly spiritual energy emanating from above, the Deadwater Knight swallowed hard, his saliva tasting like mercury.

"I'll take you... I need time to recover!"

"tell me."

"You can't go... That place requires a specific method to open! Time, conditions, sacrifices... all are indispensable!"

The other person tilted their head and fell silent, seemingly pondering the truth of what the Dead Water Knight had said.

A moment later:
"you are lying."

"I didn't. You only ask me this question because you know the truth, don't you?"

The Dead Water Knight forced a smile:

"Since everyone is here for that thing, why bother with all the pretense?"

How can you gain my trust?

"I swear to the shattered white ring..."

"it is good."

The sickle suddenly snapped shut:
"Let's do it now..."

"Go to hell!!!"

A surge of bloody spiritual energy erupted behind him, and at the same time, the Blackwater Knight instantly solidified his body, grabbing at his regenerated left wrist—

He had already recovered, he was just waiting for this opportunity.

Three powerful spiritual energies erupted simultaneously.

The moment he touched his left wrist, a fierce wind howled.

The giant scythe was clearly embedded in his body, yet the Dead Water Knight smiled, all his spiritual energy surging towards his regenerated left arm:

"This time, the curse didn't work either..."

Before he could finish speaking, his expression suddenly turned utterly horrified:
"My spiritual essence?!"

An intense sense of "despair" erupted from the depths of his soul with an extremely unusual force, quickly sweeping across the entire Trinity.

Under that intense "despair," he almost instantly lost all thoughts of resistance and fighting.

In the midst of a chaotic mind, the Well of the Soul shrank, cracks appeared in the Soul Core, and the Soul Trigger erupted with a final, swan-like tremor—

I'm going to die! I'm going to die! I'm going to die!!!
A loud bang erupted behind the mysterious man as a giant claw pierced his chest—it was Angelica, her body engulfed in flames.

At this moment, her eyes burned with scarlet blood, and her entire body transformed into a humanoid bat encased in silver armor. A mouthful of dense, curved, menacing teeth viciously bit towards the mysterious man's neck—

She has ascended to the sixth-tier Dominator level!

But the sudden elbow strike shattered her full armor, and in the ensuing circular shockwave, she bounced repeatedly as a meteorite struck the ground and crashed into the forest, leaving her covered in blood.

However, this brief moment was enough for the Deadwater Knight to break free from "despair".

He let out a sharp cry, and the spiritual energy that had broken through the mire finally ignited his left wrist:
Command Spell: Banishment!

The "tattoo" on the back of his hand was instantly filled with gold.

A shattered golden ring rose above his head, and a diamond-shaped space tore open in the air beside him. A giant white hand grabbed the mysterious man and slammed him into thin air.

The thunderclouds disappeared, the crows scattered, and all the dark purple spiritual energy and crow feathers poured back into the point in the air that had been pressed in by the giant hand.

Like an overloaded exhaust fan, it sucked in everything related to the mysterious person, and finally, in the burst of white light, all traces of it vanished!
All the strange occurrences finally vanished.

Sika plopped down on the ground, panting heavily.

Angelica rose shakily from the woods, then collapsed to her knees again due to her severe injuries.

The Deadwater Knight quickly reverted to human form, also kneeling on the ground, panting heavily, a layer of the Command Seal on the back of his left hand had disappeared:
"A hair's breadth..."

(End of this chapter)