You Will Regret It

In the frozen expanse of time, the Shelter, which should have been used for taking refuge, had now turned into a battlefield of mutual slaughter. Chikala suddenly broke away from the fray. He realized he was the one most susceptible to Silver Lantern's miracles; almost all of his attacks were useless and could even be redirected onto others. He had to change his battle tactics. Among all these people, the Fire Sanctuary Sorcerer Chikala harbored the deepest fear of Silver Lantern. If he hadn't been standing slightly further away from Mende and Zapater earlier, the tally of those slain by Silver Lantern would have included one wise and valiant orc! Whether the Shelter would trap them to death was still unknown, but Silver Lantern had nearly killed him! What was more, he was still on her hit list! Since there was now an opportunity to besiege and kill Silver Lantern, Chikala had to exert every ounce of his ability, if only to save his own life! With a sweep of his hands through the air, he pulled two long whips of black flame out of nowhere—plainly the Void Calamitous Fire that could burn space itself. However, this Void Calamitous Fire recognized no master; in order to maintain a solid grip on the black flame whips, he had to wrap both hands in his sanctuary, which meant he was burning sorcery power every single second. Seizing his opportunity, Chikala lashed out with both whips. They looped around Silver Lantern's sanctuary, binding it directly! Silver Lantern immediately contracted her sanctuary to break free, but the black flame whips followed like a shadow. The more she shrank her sanctuary, the tighter the whips constricted, until they bound her completely! Miracle: Calamitous Voidfire Shackles! An exceptionally rare restricting miracle of the fire sorcery faction. The most unique aspect of this technique was that although it still could not entirely immobilize a Sanctuary Sorcerer, the Void Calamitous Fire would relentlessly burn the sanctuary and continually drain the enemy's sorcery power. If the enemy deactivated their sanctuary, they would be bound and burned to ash by the black flame whips, leaving them no choice but to endure the attrition. And if the enemy tried to pull away, the sorcery power consumed would increase even further—because this miracle contained the 'Departing Fire' sorcery spirit: the farther one was from Chikala, the higher the damage! Although Chikala had to expend sorcery power as well, he was a Fire Sanctuary Sorcerer. For every portion of sorcery power he consumed, Silver Lantern had to expend at least two portions. This move was naturally unusable in a one-on-one duel, but in a group brawl, it was an outstanding support! Silver Lantern also discovered the ingenuity of the Calamitous Voidfire Shackles and was forced to temporarily give up rapid repositioning until she could break it. Yet she faced far more than one enemy. In the tumultuous night sky, a crow shadow swept around her sanctuary like brushstrokes of ink, raining torrential strikes against it! Among the six, Black Crow was not the strongest, and he did not even possess any means of flight, yet he was the foe who gave Silver Lantern the greatest headache. Sanctuaries were also subject to kinetic momentum; Black Crow knew he could not inflict harm upon Silver Lantern or deplete her sorcery power, but he could use sheer, unadulterated violence—like a mountain, like a storm—to seal off her retreat! On the other side, the Underworld Rider Harvey circled through the air. The eerie green flames on his body surged violently, and the form beneath his armor virtually turned into a blazing torch. The flames spread to his Decapitating Full Moon Scythe, doubling the length of the blade, and transformed his undead steed into a burning motorcycle! Naturally, Harvey was not content with merely unlocking the ten necromantic troop type forms within the Ghost King Shackles. Integrating his own miracles, he had developed an exclusive miracle capable of enhancing necromantic troop types. In his current state, he termed it the advanced form of the Underworld Rider: the Soul-Reaping Death Rider! As the motorcycle roared with fire and steel, Harvey charged toward Silver Lantern like the Grim Reaper itself! At the same time, Igola bit the tip of his tongue. The burst of pain shot up into his pituitary gland, causing the world in his eyes to undergo a new change—the 'Yaxiu' he visualized was no longer normal, but the 'Nightmare Yaxiu' he had once seen in his dreams, slaughtering gods and admiring the apocalypse! Miracle: Nightmare Visualization Superposition! By relying on intense pain to heighten his imagination, he could turn his visualized, unreal illusions into reality to destroy the enemy! The restraint of the Calamitous Voidfire Shackles, Black Crow's wild unarmed frenzy, the reap of the Soul-Reaping Death Rider, the descent of the mind sorcerer's nightmare... Faced with an earth-shattering siege from all directions, Weise showed no trace of fear. She merely glanced at the gleaming radiance of the Heart Sword covering the others, and then deactivated her sanctuary. Seeing the black flame whips about to bind Silver Lantern and the other attacks poised to engulf her, Igola felt no excitement at all. His heart was gripped only by profound terror and disbelief. "Could she even—" Illusion Miracle: Testing the Law with One's Body! Weise's body suddenly grew illusory and ethereal for roughly 0.4 seconds, her entire form shining as bright as a silver lantern. Then, every attack landing upon Silver Lantern rebounded onto the casters themselves! Chikala suffered the least; he was merely bound by the black flame whips, which he simply deactivated. A bloody gash suddenly slashed across Black Crow's abdomen, and he plummeted downward like a dead crow. Harvey was knocked straight out of his Soul-Reaping Death Rider form, reverting to a normal Underworld Rider, the cold flowing fire on his body noticeably weakened. Countless ripples instantly erupted across Igola's sanctuary. His sorcery power reserves were the shallowest, and this single backlash drained half his sorcery power! The only attack that took effect came, ironically, from Gwen, who possessed the lowest combat strength. The glittering starlight she fired had missed the burst, arriving late to graze past Weise just as she exited her Silver Lantern state, scratching the moving natural disaster's cheek. Silver blood welled from the cut, suspended motionless in the air. This was their sole achievement. The sorcerers could hardly believe it. Even if this was Silver Lantern's hidden trump card, the effect was utterly horrifying—to reflect all attacks back onto the casters while she took zero damage! No, there was no such thing as a perfect miracle. Igola quickly deduced the shortcomings of this technique: first, it lasted only 0.4 seconds; if she failed to grasp that fleeting timing, it would have no effect. Second, after those 0.4 seconds, Silver Lantern had not immediately erected her sanctuary and was struck by the glittering starlight. That was likely no accident. Reflecting attacks was one thing, but remaining unharmed was another. That Silver Lantern could remain entirely unaffected only showed that during those 0.4 seconds, she was completely severed from the outside world—she had severed space itself! The reconnecting of severed space to the outside world would cause localized spatial turbulence. If she raised her sanctuary during that period, she would effectively be asking to be battered, drastically depleting her sorcery power. That was why she had been forced to delay for a few seconds! Though flaws remained, in the hands of a sorcerer like Silver Lantern, whose intellect and combat experience were devoid of loopholes, this miracle was still practically flawless—she would never give them an opening. "We can't use miracles." Catching the falling Black Crow and setting him down on a nearby rooftop, Yaxiu said, "Ranged attacks get deflected, and powerful miracles get redirected. The only effective and safe tactic is close combat." Harvey immediately shifted from "Troop Type Eight: Underworld Rider" to "Troop Type Six: Blood Count." He held a blood-scar chain sword in hand, his armor transforming into a black trench coat—without question, the prototype for this troop type was Gerard Westminster, the hunter captain from Kaimeng City. Chikala raised his fists, which were clad in black flames. It was hardly surprising for an orc to specialize in the fist and claw faction. Melee combat was certainly not Igola's forte. He glanced at Gwen, who could unleash starlight, and an idea sparked in his mind. Flying over, he asked, "Can you project a wide-area blinding starlight?" "I can." "Follow my command. Get ready to disrupt Silver Lantern's vision!" Clang! As the sword hummed through the air, Yaxiu, wielding the Sword of Honeyed Words and Belly Dagger, was the first to close in on Weise. Weise shrank her sanctuary until it only coated the surface of her body, clashing against his sharp blade with her bare hands! Yet Yaxiu had not erected a sanctuary. Among the Sanctuary Sorcerers, he was the only one without a sanctuary raised, and the only person Silver Lantern could instantly kill—or rather, he intended to use himself as bait to force Silver Lantern to exhaust her final cast of the square cicada, before reviving on the spot using Three-Second Cicada Concealment. As blade and hands clashed in metallic symphony, an irrepressible thought rose in Weise's heart—this was just like when they were in the Divine Fire Trial. Yet when she caught sight of Yaxiu's impassive, cold expression, she knew he shared none of her sentiments. Her nose twinged with a sour ache, yet her martial arts grew fiercer, actively grappling and locking horns with Yaxiu! Indeed, her illusion-series miracles were predicated on the enemy deploying powerful miracles; only then could she turn their strength against them or reflect their attacks. Close-quarters combat with cold steel was indeed the best way to handle her. The problem was that against close-quarters brawling, all Weise needed to do was spread her wings and fly away from the battlefield. This was not the enclosed state of the Divine Fire Trial, so why engage them in melee instead of playing to her own strengths? Facing the combined melee assault of Yaxiu, Harvey, and Chikala, Weise should have flown off directly, fighting while retreating. Yet this time, she did not retreat a single step, as though determined to settle the outcome right here! You will regret this. Leaning back to dodge Yaxiu's blade, Weise gripped Chikala's hand at the tiger's mouth and forced it down, actually slamming the two-meter-tall orc onto the ground. She then spun and threw a hook toward Yaxiu, her exquisite eyes glaring fiercely at the cult leader, misty with aggrieved frustration. You will regret this! Wielding his chain sword with both hands, Harvey charged forward in a two-hit combo, the chain sword dancing in the air like a bloody shadow as if carving out a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. Yet Weise slipped through the sword shadows with millimeter precision, kicking Harvey back before dropping into a full split on the spot to evade Yaxiu's horizontal slash. She then whipped upward like a black dragon coiling around a pillar, springing directly into Yaxiu's embrace! You will definitely regret this! As the battle dragged on, the coordination among Yaxiu, Harvey, and Chikala grew increasingly seamless. Besieged from three sides, Weise was pushed back step by step. Harvey and Chikala began watching carefully to prevent her escape, yet Weise showed not the slightest intention of retreating, grinding her teeth in determination to fight them to the bitter end! Fixing her gaze tightly on Yaxiu, every move she made seemed intent on killing him, yet every move was a martial technique they had practiced countless times during the Divine Fire Trial, allowing Yaxiu to dodge them with ease. Conversely, she did not dodge Yaxiu's blade once, letting her sanctuary continually be worn down. She had not spoken the truth because she knew no one could accept the real ending; they had to deduce it for themselves. So... Go on, keep going! The harder you hit me now, the deeper you will regret it later! You ignore me now, but soon I'll be far out of your reach! Hmph! As long as the third Truth Link is unraveled shortly, Yaxiu, you will definitely understand me, because... I've been right all along!