Elden Ring, but with Wind Spirit Moon Shadow

Chapter 189 Battle Festival (8k)

Bai Shi rode Torret across the vast Wailing Dunes.

The vast expanse of sand dunes looks even more spectacular under the fiery red sky of Gaylide.

No matter which direction you look, there are endless sand dunes, undulating like a turbulent ocean.

The various broken soldiers and armor scattered on the sand dunes still echo the once high morale, as if they were the memories of fierce battles specially preserved in this desert.

Right in the center of this sea of sand stands the extremely powerful General Ratan.

Whether it was his huge size or the archery skills he just displayed, they were enough to make people tremble with fear.

Latan's muscles bulged and his face was ferocious. Even though he was corroded by scarlet corruption, it was difficult to suppress his indomitable spirit.

There is no need for war songs to cheer them on; the roars of the warriors are the best testimony to this battle.

In this vast land of rippling sand, this battle is destined to become an indelible legend.

Bai Shi couldn't suppress his excitement, and his blood was boiling.

The gap in power levels at the border is unimaginable.

Only by reaching the level of powerful demigods like Monget and Latan can one truly possess the power to influence the border area.

Compared to the power of a truly powerful demigod, how strong am I now?
Bai Shi's heart was beating violently due to excitement, and even his eyes turned red due to congestion.

This kind of battlefield is the one he longs for.

Torret was very fast, so the first wave of arrows from Ratan did not fall on Bai Shi, who was far ahead, but hit the relatively more warriors behind him.

Bai Shi also saw the gravity arrows, which had terrifying lethality to ordinary soldiers.

But this made Bai Shi even more excited.

That's right, this is the skill that General Latan should have.

As the strongest gravity mage in the border area, he should know such a move.

After that attack, Latan also noticed Bai Shi who was leading the way.

He has realized that he must first deal with Bai Shi, the strongest person.

Even though he had fallen into madness and was losing his mind, his martial arts and fighting consciousness had already been deeply integrated into his body and became instinct.

Therefore, Latan immediately made the most accurate decision with his beast-like intuition.

Latan once again pulled out a bloody knight's spear from his body and placed it on the bow.

This time, Latan did not shoot into the sky. Instead, he pointed the tip of the spear straight at Bai Shi and locked his sights on him.

The bow was pulled to its limit, and the bow body looked like a full moon.

Countless rock fragments floated up from the ground, gathered and stuck to the noble knight's spear.

The rock flakes gave the spear an unimaginable weight, and with it, unparalleled lethality brought about by Latarn's extraordinary strength.

With the sound of breaking through the air, the spear swept across the desert and shot towards Bai Shi.

The spear wrapped in rock raised flying sand, and the air wave carved a groove in the sand. If it was hit by this arrow, it would definitely be smashed into pieces.

Bai Shi swung out the dragon hunting sword spear that had been strengthened to +18 by old man Iggy.

The dragon hunting sword, with greatly increased strength, collided with the heavy spear and knocked it upwards accurately.

Bai Shi was just marveling at Latan's immense strength, when the debris on the spear exploded and shot in all directions.

Caught off guard, Bai Shi was hit by shrapnel, leaving several wounds on his face and body.

Bai Shi casually pulled out a piece of gravel that was stuck in the gap of his armor and wiped off the blood on his face caused by the gravel.

Under the extremely high life attributes, the wound began to heal slowly on its own.

Because Bai Shi knocked the spear upwards, Torret only received some minor damage.

However, several riders behind Bai Shi were seriously injured by the scattered debris.

One of them was very unlucky. His warhorse was hit on the leg by the gravel, and both the man and the horse fell on the sand dune and rolled several times.

Torrett also put all his strength into running and did not stop because of a minor injury.

On this vast sand dune, the distance to Latarn is still very far.

Bai Shi, who was riding on Torret, was the strongest and fastest among those present.

Bai Shi felt that he needed to get close to Latan immediately and stop him from shooting arrows.

The soldiers were ready to die, but that didn't mean Bai Shi had to watch them die meaninglessly.

At this time, Latan had already pulled out another spear and placed it on the bow.

Bai Shi didn't have any means of long-range attack, and the range of his magic wasn't as far as Latan's bow.

However, Bai Shi has another way to interrupt Latan's attack here.

Bai Shi estimated the distance between himself and Latan, and it seemed to be enough.

Then Bai Shi held the dragon hunting sword in his right hand, turned sideways and stretched his arm back as far as possible.

The storm gathered on the dragon hunting sword and spear where lightning was running, and then a black and white flame attached to the surface of the sword and spear.

When everything was accumulated to the extreme, Bai Shi seized the opportunity when Ratan drew the bow, swung his arm violently, and threw the dragon hunting sword and spear out.

The huge force even caused Torret under him to pause in his forward steps.

The howling wind pushed the dragon hunting sword and spear across the long distance at an extreme speed.

A black and white meteor appeared above the Weeping Dunes, leaving a streak of orange and yellow lightning in the sky.

Although Latan reacted immediately, the action of drawing the bow and shooting the arrow was not something he could stop easily.

So Latan had to shoot the arrow before the bow was fully drawn.

His archery skills were superb, and the Zunfu Knight's spear collided accurately with Bai Shi's dragon hunting sword in the air.

But how can a spear with a bowstring that has not been fully drawn compete with a sword and a spear that has been imbued with three kinds of power by Bai Zhi?

At the moment of collision, the knight's spear, which had withstood the test of time, was shattered into pieces.

However, Latan's arrow successfully deflected the trajectory of the dragon hunting sword.

The blow originally aimed at Latan's chest penetrated his right shoulder, leaving a huge hole, and then sank deeply into the sand dunes behind him, leaving only a section of the gun handle.

Blood did not gush out from the hole because the black flame was still clinging to the charred flesh and blood and burning continuously.

Latan roared towards the sky.

The flesh and blood grew at an unnatural speed, and within just a few tens of seconds it had grown back to the point where it could move.

Bai Shi frowned upon seeing this.

The self-healing ability that Latan Great Rune gave him was simply too strong.

Although it is much inferior to the infinite life in his Feng Ling Yue Ying, it is still terrifying.

It is no wonder that despite the most violent scarlet corruption in General Ratan's body, he still managed to hold on for so long, and even his body still maintained a fairly good strength.

If it weren't for the fact that Scarlet Corruption can corrode sanity and consciousness, I'm afraid the damage caused by this Scarlet Corruption would be nothing at all.

But it doesn't matter. I never thought of killing General Latan so easily.

Although this attack did not injure any vital parts, it injured the trapezius muscles near the shoulders and neck, making it impossible for Latan to continue drawing the bow and shooting arrows immediately.

These dozens of seconds were enough for Baizhi to get very close to him.

At this distance, Latan probably only has time left to shoot one last arrow.

But rather than shooting the last arrow, Latan seemed to want to have a close fight with Bai Shi more.

So Latan put away his bow from a distance.

Latan opened his hands, and purple gravity color appeared on his hands.

Summoned by their master, the two giant swords broke out from under the sand dunes in the distance and flew into Latan's hands.

Leonard, the skinny horse that had gone through thick and thin with Latan, is now very old.

The scarlet corruption also made it terribly painful, but it never left and always stayed by Latan's side, just as Latan treated it.

It felt the will of its master on its back, so it spread its hooves and charged towards Bai Shi.

Because Latan maintained the gravity magic all the time, it felt almost weightless.

Because of this, it has been able to go through life and death with Latan.

During the charge, Latan controlled gravity and summoned countless large rocks from the ground.

The rock ball floated in the air and smashed towards Bai Shi madly.

Bai Shi took out the Sword of Night and Fire, held it in his hand, and poured magic power into it.

The pyroxene on the Sword of Night and Fire lit up, releasing a circle of radiant swords.

The brilliant sword circle and the rock balls collided with each other in the air, shattering several rock balls that were blocking their way.

Torrett nimbly moved left and right, avoiding the remaining rock balls.

The rock balls fell one by one on the sand dunes, creating deep pits.

The Holy Seal of Dragon Feast on Bai Shi's hand lit up, and an extremely huge dragon head appeared in front of him.

Fierce flames spewed onto the sand, baking it into tiny glass fragments.

However, Latan directly used gravity magic to fly up with Leonard under his crotch, avoiding the invasion of dragon flames.

In the air, Latan spun like a top and turned into a drill flying towards Bai Shi.

Torrett sprinted again and accelerated, causing Latan's gravity spin stab to miss.

At the same time, Bai Shi also turned around and counterattacked with the flames of the Sword of Night and Fire.

Latan fell heavily to the ground, and was burned by the flames amplified by the storm as if nothing had happened.

As he came into close contact with Latan, Bai Shi also realized how huge his body was.

Even if Bai Shi used the Great Rune to expand his body to its maximum size, he would still be about one-third shorter than Latarn.

The skinny horse under his crotch looked very thin under Latan, but this was the result of comparison with Latan.

In fact, the skeleton of this skinny horse is one or two sizes larger than the horses of the Tree Guards and the Night Riders.

If she wasn't so thin, it wouldn't look so exaggerated visually.

Bai Shi asked Torrett to keep a little distance.

The Sword of Night and Fire in his hand gathered a huge amount of magic power, and then a huge amount of magic power erupted from the sword.

Latan's huge size made it impossible for him to dodge accurately, and the comet torrent went straight through Latan's side.

The other knights had also come to Latan's side, and took turns attacking him with their weapons.

The unconscious Latan immediately changed his target and dealt with the warriors around him.

After the attack was successful, Bai Shi did not continue to advance, but turned around and increased the distance again.

After drinking a bottle of blue dew drops to replenish his magic power, Bai Shi suddenly felt a violent vibration underground, as if an earthquake was about to happen.

Torrett also noticed the unusual vibration, so he immediately sped up his run and used a double jump to try to leave this area.

However, the range of this abnormal vibration was too large, and even Torrett was not fast enough to escape in time.

Clusters of rock blades shot out from the ground, instantly covering an area of nearly 100 meters around Latan.

The rock blades are extremely sharp and can easily pierce the body of a living creature.

Torrett could no longer dodge in the air, so he immediately transformed into a spirit and avoided the rock spikes.

Bai Shi hurriedly grabbed one of the rock blades with his hand.

The dragon-skin gloves on his hands were instantly torn, and blood gushed out.

After finding a temporary place to stay, Bai Shi looked around to check the surrounding situation.

I saw that almost all the warriors and mounts were pierced by rock spikes and hung on them, with blood flowing down from the stone pillars.

The walking soldiers fell behind due to their speed and luckily all escaped the disaster.

The cavalry was almost wiped out, and only a few people grabbed the rocks in time and survived.

But just as they were thinking about how to get down from the rock spike, they were horrified to find that:

The rock blade did not stop growing!

The rock spikes continued to spread and grow upwards, locking onto everyone's position and stabbing forward one after another.

Those warriors who survived were quickly pierced one by one by the pursuing rock spikes and became the next victims.

Bai Shi was powerless to do anything about their plight. This place was also very dangerous for him and he was unable to take care of himself.

Bai Shi could only jump on the blades and rock spikes here, trying to leave the range of this magic.

Several times, the sharp rock spikes had brushed against Bai Shi's body, leaving deep wounds.

However, the successive rock spikes failed to pin Bai Shi here.

At the highest point on the edge of the rock spikes, Bai Shi finally found a brief gap.

Surrounding his body with a storm, Bai Shi gathered strength and leaped out of the area covered with rock spikes.

When leaving this area, a thick and sharp rock spike emerged from the ground again, piercing straight towards Bai Shi.

Bai Shi used the Sword of Night and Fire in his hand to rub against the stone pillar, causing his body to deviate from its trajectory and avoid being hit.

The sword blade collided with the stone pillar, creating sparks all the way until Bai Shi slid back to the ground.

With the sole survivor out of the range of the rock blade, Latan no longer had to expend a large amount of magic power to maintain the terrain.

The large number of stone pillars collapsed and turned into rubble on the ground.

If Latan wanted, he could continue to summon rock blades to attack Baizhi, but he didn't do so.

Because Latan had already rushed in front of Baishi.

The body that was pierced by the comet torrent was still bleeding. Such a huge wound could not be healed in a short while.

But such a wound would not affect Latan's attack.

The two Star-Breaking Swords swept across, and gravity waves crawled and moved on the ground, overturning rocks from the ground.

At the same time, dark purple gravity balls appeared behind Latan.

This is exactly what made Latarn famous - "Star Crushing".

Bai Shi leaped high and summoned out the dragon claw at the same time. He used the dragon claw to stay in the air to avoid the gravity waves under his feet. He swung the dragon claw and dispersed all the gravity balls.

However, even though the gravity ball was broken, the gravity above it also briefly sucked Bai Shi into the air. Ratan's two star-breaking swords swung fiercely at Bai Shi, and there was no way to avoid it.

Bai Shi frowned, his face solemn.

He put away the Sword of Night and Fire, and immediately replaced it with a heavy relic sword to block in front of him, and the wind armor also quickly gathered on his body.

Since he couldn't dodge, Bai Shi prepared to take the blow head-on, then dissipate the force in the air to disperse some of the damage.

However, the warriors on foot have also arrived at the battlefield.

Blaze, a half-wolf, ran the fastest and arrived at the battlefield first.

Seeing that Bai Shi's movements were restricted, Blaze immediately rushed over to rescue Bai Shi.

He jumped high, spun around and used his unique skill - "Wolf Attack", and the royal giant sword pierced deeply into Latan's shoulder blade.

As he drew out the greatsword, the cold air on the sword burst out violently, and the impact affected the movements of Latan's hands.

The gravitational force acting on Bai Shi disappeared immediately, allowing him to fall from the air.

Amidst the sea of corpses and blood, the sword that was spilling cursed blood attacked from the side and hit Latan's elbow heavily.

The old man's sword struck Latan's arm, leaving deep scars that were visible to the bone.

And Bernal was already standing beside Latan at this moment.

He swung the World-Eating Scepter in his hand in a circle, smashing the armor on Latan's waist and abdomen.

The lightly equipped 'old man' and Bernal, who was the strongest besides Bai Shi, arrived at the battlefield one after another.

Behind them were many other warriors. Because of their different speeds, the team of warriors was very long.

The remaining closest warriors were still some distance away from the crowd.

Latan realized he was surrounded.

Then he roared, and smashed the two Star-Breaking Swords heavily to the ground, using the combat skill engraved on the Star-Breaking Swords - "Star Calling".

The powerful gravitational force attracted everyone and pulled them towards Latan.

If you are pulled over, you will definitely be hit by Ratan's fully charged second-stage downward attack.

The warriors farther away had not yet entered the star-summoning range, and this attack was aimed at Bai Shi, Bernal and others around Latan.

Bai Shi, Blaze, and Bernal all plunged their weapons deep into the sand to steady themselves and block the powerful gravitational force.

Only the 'old man' not only failed to keep his body steady, but instead jumped up and used the gravity to quickly approach Latan.

There was a mad look in the 'old man's' eyes.

As a red light flashed by, the sea of blood and corpses in the old man's hand cut through Latan's neck.

Blood spurted out violently, pouring over the 'old man's' body.

In this long-unseen life-and-death situation, Latan's physical instinct to survive became extremely strong.

The Great Rune in Latan's body ignited a raging fire, and now that it had reached its limit, it burned madly.

The wounds on the neck instantly stuck together, and the recovery speed of the injuries on the body also increased immediately.

Almost instantly, all the places that had not grown well before were fully grown.

Latan swung his arm and knocked the "old man" heavily to the ground.

This blow was so powerful that the old man rolled on the ground for several times before he could barely stand up.

Several rock balls have been shot towards the 'old man'.

The old man pulled out the wakizashi with his left hand, and used the two sword styles to continuously decompose the rock ball in front of him.

The mountain of corpses and sea of blood first cuts open the rock ball, while the wakizashi crushes the smaller pieces of rock.

However, the injury he had just received caused the old man's breathing to become unstable, and he was about to be unable to withstand the last rock ball.

At this time, a member of the Inaba clan stepped forward, stood in front of the "old man", and was smashed to pieces.

The 'old man' didn't even look at him. Seeing that Latan had changed his target, he immediately started to regulate his breathing on the spot.
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Latan's target at this moment is still Baishi.

After Latan shot the rock ball at the 'old man', Bai Shi stepped forward and continued to fight Latan.

He put on the Sword of Night and Fire again, and shot several Dark Comets at Latarn, shooting out streams of blood.

After releasing another circle of brilliant swords, Bai Shi brandished the sword of night and fire, releasing flames.

The flames and storms combined to form an unprecedented firestorm.

A storm of fire swept through Latarn's body, charring his already dark skin.

After a brief delay, the shining sword circle also shot towards Latan.

Latan was enraged by this mosquito-bite-like attack, and turned around and slashed at Bai Shi with both swords.

Bai Shi jumped sideways to avoid the two swords that were falling down. The heavy swords sent sand flying all over the sky.

Bai Shi's hands continued to move, continuously casting spells to attack Latan.

Bernal inserted the World-Devouring Scepter in his hand into the ground, and the snake eyes on the scepter flashed a terrifying red light.

As a blood-red light spread, Latan was covered in the power of the World-Devouring Scepter.

Countless blood-filled snakes rushed out from the scepter one after another, forming a long blood-red river.

Blood snakes coiled around Latan's body, biting through his flesh and sucking out blood, passing it back into Bernal's scepter.

Almost in an instant, Bernal turned Latan into a bloody man.

At the same time, several blood snakes attacked Leonard under Latan's crotch, trying to destroy Latan's mobility.

How could Latan tolerate his beloved horse being harmed?

Then he let out a roar filled with anger, and his whole body was wrapped in purple light. The gravity and Bernal's blood snake offset each other.

Blaze took the opportunity to use Wolf Attack again, but this time he was smashed down in the air by Latan.

Although he used the royal giant sword to block it in time, he was still seriously injured and vomited blood.

The 'old man' who was knocked out just now has stabilized his breath.

He put away the wakizashi, stood with his feet one in front of the other, and raised the mountain of corpses and sea of blood in his hand sideways.

As the old man's aura continued to accumulate, the evil spirit in his body forcibly controlled the endless souls in the sea of corpses and blood.

At the climax of his momentum, the virtual object behind him even turned real, and a four-armed Shura forged with murderous intent appeared.

The 'old man' chopped down the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood in a plain and unpretentious manner, and the four-armed Shura behind him also chopped down his giant blade.

At that moment, even the unconscious Latan could still clearly feel:
The world was split in two before him.

The knife cut deep into Latan's body from top to bottom.

His entire face was almost split in half, the lion helmet on his head shattered and fell to the ground, and his full head of red hair, which he was so proud of, also fell down.

However, such a powerful blow still did not kill Latan.

After all, it's just a matter of splitting the face.

If his head was split open, Latan might have died right there.

After the 'old man' slashed with the sword, his momentum obviously declined back to its original level, and even became more depressed.

However, Bernal and Bai Shi's conditions remained stable. Seeing Latan's current appearance, they immediately rushed forward.

But before the two of them could finish him off, Latan moved again.

In the instinctive battle, Latan's desire to fight also unconsciously continued to rise.

Longing for battle, longing for endless battle!
This is the Latan who stands at the top of warriors!
The Great Rune burned with an unprecedented intensity, even if it was about to collapse and burn out!
Let him finish this fierce battle!

With a long roar to the sky, Latan's injuries recovered quickly again.

Holding both swords high, a more powerful Star Calling Technique was used.

The 'old man' and Blaze left the range in time, so all the gravity acted on Bai Shi and Bernal.

Not only that, dense gravity balls appeared around Latan, shooting towards him like meteorites.

Bai Shi fought against the fierce gravity while trying to dodge the gravity ball.

Bernal was a little relieved because of the weight of his equipment, but the situation was still not optimistic.

This time, a gravity ball touched Bai Shi's body, breaking the original balance.

Under the double suction, Bai Shi lost his balance and was pulled towards Latan.

Although he only pulled one person, Latan instinctively felt that Bai Shi was the most threatening opponent, so he immediately launched a pursuit of Bai Shi regardless of others.

Latan raised his two swords, which were wrapped in a huge amount of magic power, and smashed them down heavily.

Bai Shi immediately used the disc space to replace the Sword of Night and Fire with a heavy greatsword of ruins.

The sword blocked Latan's double swords, and several pieces fell off before it barely blocked the attack.

But this attack does more than just physical damage.

Gravity exploded violently on the sword blade, and the area of several meters was covered by terrifying magic power.

This blow blew Bai Shi away and he fell on a sand dune in the distance.

Bernal, who was standing next to him, was also blown away, but he quickly got up again.

Latan could feel that this attack had seriously injured the strongest Baishi, so he withdrew to deal with other enemies.

The rest of the warriors have also arrived and come to Latan's side.

Seeing such a fierce battle here, the soldiers couldn't help but exclaimed:

“That’s awesome!”

"So exciting, so exciting! I can actually meet so many powerful people!"

"It's worth it even if I die this time!"

Having said that, they don't intend to just be a spectator.

So the soldiers rushed forward recklessly, vowing to defend the general's honor in this battle.

'Bighorn' raised the Giant Crushing Hammer with both hands and smashed it on Latan's legs, shattering his leg armor.

The Ancient Knight uses the same gravity as Latan to protect the surrounding warriors from gravity wave attacks.

Although Bernal was injured just now, he did not face the attack directly, so he fought with Latan again.

"Fallen Leaf" Dann found the right moment, kicked high up, and kicked Latan on the hilt of his sword.

Then he spun in the air and kicked twice, each kick hitting the hilt accurately.

This series of attacks actually caused Latan's Star-Breaking Sword to fly out of his hand.

Alexander ran over laughing all the way, and his heavy punch hit Latan's waist with the impact, even making Latan's body shake.

While letting out an excited battle cry, the Red Lion Freya leaped high into the air.

The unique and fierce Lion Slash left injuries on Latan along the way.

The first sword struck Latan's leg. The damage was not great, but it allowed Freya to use the force to rise up.

So the second sword was able to hit the hand, and the third sword was able to hit the shoulder, almost cutting off Latan's arm.

But such an attack was still like a tickle to Latan.

Latan used gravity to recall the Star-Breaking Greatsword that had been knocked away.

The Star-Breaking Sword flew back with a roar, severely injuring the warriors along the way.

Leonard under Latan's crotch knew what move his master wanted to use, so he cooperated and jogged around in circles on the spot.

Taking advantage of the momentum of the flying Starshatter Greatsword and Leonard's spinning run, Latan performed a swift spinning slash.

The soldiers around him who had no time to dodge were all split in two.

Seeing their comrades who had just been fighting side by side turned into corpses on the ground, some soldiers began to feel fear in their hearts.

Although I already knew that General Ratan was the strongest demigod, I didn't expect him to be so strong...

With their strength, can they really defeat the monstrous General Ratan?
They saw that the powerful warriors around them had rushed forward again, but could they win?
Just as their hearts were about to be filled with fear, a voice came from a distance:

"General Latan, you really gave me endless surprises."

"I was wondering if you, who had lost your mind, would disappoint me..."

"But the facts prove that you are indeed at the pinnacle of martial arts."

A strong wind began to rise, stirring up the dust on the Wailing Dunes.

A huge figure gradually emerged in the wind and sand.

Bai Shi pulled out the Dragon Hunting Sword Lance from the ground and enlarged it to the limit to match the huge size brought by the Great Rune.

With a casual wave of the sword and spear, a fan-shaped air wave blew away the sand and dust raised around him.

Even though the armor was damaged, the sword and spear were still wrapped in lightning, as if a god had descended to earth.

The wind was howling, and Latan was facing a true king.

Looking at Latan, Bai Shi chuckled.

"Your opponent is me."

"Let's continue the passionate fight."

After saying that, Bai Shi ran wildly on the vast sand dunes and attacked Latan directly.

The storm continued to accelerate Bai Shi, and then he jumped high, and the dragon hunting sword and spear slashed towards Latan with tremendous force.

The two holders of the Great Rune each exerted the full power of the Great Rune.

Without a doubt, this is a mythical battle that could only happen during the Shattered War.

And now, the mythical battle is repeated here.

Maybe it was an illusion, but Bai Shi felt that Latan must be very excited at this moment.

Latan raised both swords together to block Bai Shi's sword and spear.

Bai Shi, who used the Great Rune to enlarge his body, was now fully capable of fighting against Latan head-on.

Gravity once again burst out from the Star-Breaking Sword, knocking away all the warriors within a few meters.

The thunder and storm on Bai Shi's sword and spear also spread out violently, making it impossible for the surrounding warriors to get close to the two people fighting.

In the current battle, neither Bai Shi nor Latan wants others to interfere.

(End of this chapter)