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Chapter 30 This Time, a Vertical Slash! Spiritual Awakening Dies, Dragon Shepherd Appears [2-in-1, P
Chapter 30 This Time, a Vertical Slash! Spiritual Awakening Dies, Dragon Shepherd Appears [Two-in-One, Please Subscribe!]
In Roya's view, the idea of swapping bodies was too fantastical, and he couldn't be sure if it was real.
But at least one thing is certain: Wendell is sealing the demonic soul of the demon queen Ishtar with the body of a pure saint.
To be precise, it's about sealing the demonic soul within the burning heart.
The Burning Heart, or the heart of an extraordinary being, is similar to the Burning Crystal of the Burning Spirit. It is both a catalyst that converts pheromones into blood energy and an extraordinary driver that controls the blood energy to unleash extraordinary abilities.
The so-called "fallen demon" refers to an extraordinary person who, due to obsession or emotional outbursts, ignites their heart and hijacks their physical body, overriding their brain and will, gradually losing control and devouring people, ultimately irreversibly falling into the abyss.
The brain, a human organ, then completely degenerates.
Therefore, demons have no brains.
Ishtar is proof of this.
Wendell's sword beheaded Mr. Spiritual Awareness, but instead of killing him, it accelerated his descent into demonic possession.
The difference between the demon and the strange people in the mountaintop dojo is that the demon has high talent and can still maintain a human form on the surface, but lacks shame and guilt in his heart and is no longer human.
Interestingly, although Ishtar is a bit of a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur), she still has some rationality and does not indiscriminately kill and devour.
Perhaps she was forced by Wendell's seal.
Perhaps she was influenced by the holy light.
Perhaps, those born with a demonic seed cannot be deprived of it by common sense.
In short, Roya can only regard her as a partner for now.
Wendell used all his power, including his own blood and holy light, to seal the demonic soul imprisoned in the Burning Heart.
The wisp of remnant soul left in the brain is for real-time monitoring of the burning heart, observing the seal and the demonic soul, and trying to strengthen the seal when it becomes loose.
Clearly, Ishtar is a born demon, a demon king, and her demonic soul cannot be completely sealed by the body of a saintess alone.
Even with a wisp of her remnant soul monitoring her, she was able to control her body while Wendell slept, cultivate dark magic, strengthen her demonic soul, and corrode the saintess's body, gradually cultivating fifth-order demonic energy.
Luo Ya had long ago discovered that these demonic energies bypassed the sealed Burning Heart and only circulated within his bloodline, thus avoiding purification by the holy light.
Wendell, on the other hand, used the Dragon Scale Valve to create the Six Armor, suppressing the demonic energy within his body, and could even use its power to unleash the Wind Breath.
Ultimately, during his journey through the Hillis Mountains on the surface, Wendell endured repeated mental assaults from the Cloud Vortex, the Multiwinged Mother Worm, and the dying screams of the Horsehair Worm. He then proceeded to slay the Multiwinged Mother Worm, cut the Horsehair Worm, and twice repel Colonel Rogge.
The excessive use of demonic energy caused the Dragon Scale Valve to shatter, which allowed Roya to meet Ishtar.
Later, under the influence of a supernatural ability that resulted in an extreme one-for-one exchange, Wendell's heart was damaged, and he could no longer suppress his demonic soul. This allowed Ishtar to take the opportunity to bypass the seal and the Six Armor, and spread her demonic energy to devour some of the humans killed by Roya.
Even so, Ishtar could only control her physical body after Wendell fell into a coma, and could not surpass that.
He also did not take advantage of the damage to Wendell's Burning Heart to use demonic energy to attack the Holy Light Seal Burning Heart.
Roya therefore speculated that Wendell's Holy Light had a destructive power that could overwhelm demonic energy of the same level and even purify it beyond its level, far surpassing Mr. Lingjue's half-baked Holy Light.
True holy light cannot be corrupted by demonic energy.
Even holy light and demonic energy cultivated from the same body are not acceptable!
Therefore, Roya and Ishtar reached a temporary agreement:
Let Wendell regain control of his body, draw upon some of the holy light sealed within, and unleash it through the Dragon Scale Valve to punish enemies and help Ishtar maintain the dignity of the Demon King.
However, Ishtar is not allowed to take the opportunity to attack the Heart Seal.
Ishtar, disgusted by Mr. Mindfulness yet concerned with her health, was forced to agree to Roya's suggestion.
The holy light on the blade was not dazzling, but it blurred the sunlight and covered everything in sight.
Wendell spoke slowly: "I am the Saintess of the North Wind. When you speak of 'rank,' are you referring to a position within the Papacy, or the demonic rank of an evil being?"
"The Holy Maiden—"
Mr. Lingjue's dazed eyes suddenly brightened.
You can't go wrong!
Holy Light—he could never have seen it again in this lifetime!
How did things turn out like this?
Memories flashed through my mind rapidly.
Although he had never heard of the North Wind Saintess, he had personally witnessed the holy light cast by the Blazing Moon Saintess when he accompanied the bishop on a pilgrimage to the Imperial Frontier Church.
Cleansed by the Holy Light, he planted in his heart the seed of wanting to personally gather the Holy Light, bless others, and exterminate the wicked and corrupt within the church.
He is going to become the Holy Son!
After countless failures, he stumbled upon a banned book called "The Bible of Conversion".
When he found a justifiable reason to eat people, and was guided by lofty ideals, after slaying countless corrupt officials in the Papacy, he finally condensed a fleeting ray of holy light.
But while gathering holy light, it also quietly condensed a wisp of demonic energy, which merged into Burning Heart and disappeared.
He was forced to resign and flee the Vatican, where he continued to try to purify the demonic energy with the holy light he had condensed.
However, the holy light was always fleeting, while the demonic energy gathered ever more within the burning heart—
Finally, just as he was about to commit suicide to atone for his sins, he encountered a handsome man named Arden with a raven perched on his shoulder.
"Have you ever considered that it might be a problem of the Vatican, or even the world, rather than your problem?"
Right and wrong, good and evil, are individual manifestations of the divisions within humanity.
Consuming and assimilating is an essential path for the advancement of civilization.
All things will eventually return to oneness.
And you and I will be the pioneers who drive this process, the apostles who welcome the true God.
Pioneers, Apostles —
Mr. Lingjue's gaze once again became distant yet resolute.
He clasped his hands together and began chanting scriptures!
The magical ring above his head, a blend of holy light and demonic energy, rapidly expanded.
A gray curtain, interwoven with black and white, cascaded down from the edge of the magic ring, quickly spreading out a columnar space that enveloped the Wide Silence Ship.
On the cascading gray curtain, countless black and white eyes opened, all locking onto Wendell.
His recitation of the ultimate truth, the "Conversion Bible," gave him the power to supersede the Vatican.
Amidst the indescribable chanting, the spirit felt it could disregard the past obsession with holy light and look down upon the saintly woman it had once looked up to.
He almost couldn't help but grin maliciously, but he managed to maintain the restraint of a superior.
She slowly began to speak: "In my eyes, the so-called Holy Maiden of the Holy See is nothing more than the greatest heresy."
Before the word "disciple" could be uttered, a white light flashed!
Lingjue's eyes froze, his vision splitting in two.
The gray curtain like a waterfall, the white eyes like stars twinkling, the magic ring like the halo of a saint—all cracked open with a vertical line in an instant.
The sword energy, infused with holy light, pierced through vertically.
In one swift motion, he cleaved open Mr. Lingjue's clasped hands!
"Holy Light—"
Lingjue's vision went white, as if he had returned to that distant afternoon when the Gagne Patriarch took him to the imperial frontier for a pilgrimage of holy light.
That all-encompassing, all-forgiving warmth and holiness—
The dazzling holy light spread out, purifying the cracked gray curtain, the white eye, the demonic ring, the demonic energy, and Mr. Spiritual Sense one after another.
Whether black or white, all vanished in the holy light.
It's as if I've never been here in this world.
Only the ripples of wind stirred up by the sword energy, causing the indistinct chanting to echo in the air, proved that he had been there.
The sky above the deck of the Wide Silence was clear and bright again.
Wendell sheathed his sword and said calmly, "The captain specifically instructed that this time we should cut vertically."
In the blink of an eye, due to the excessive consumption of blood energy and holy light, he fell into a deep sleep again and closed his eyes.
Ishtar, who had taken over the body, slowly opened her eyes, her long eyelashes fluttering slightly.
In the eyes shrouded in demonic energy, a lingering image of Lingjue's hands clasped together remained.
She knew very well that Roya's original plan was to have Wendell display the Holy Light to intimidate and influence Mr. Spiritual Sense, and then seize the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, conserving the Holy Light and reducing the damage.
Unfortunately, Mr. Spiritual Awareness went completely mad, and Wendell was forced to unleash the strongest sword strike that his fifth-tier blood energy could support!
She had thought that Mr. Spiritual Awareness's chanting and the gray curtain were indeed something that could resist the Wendell Holy Light to some extent.
But unexpectedly—
"I don't know what unrealistic fantasies you have about yourself, but being killed by the Holy Light with a single sword strike and disappearing without a trace is enough to prove that you are just a simple demon."
She shook her head with disdain, then turned and went back to Wendell's room to sleep.
The holy light unleashed by Wendell's sword not only instantly killed Mr. Spiritual Awareness, but also severely damaged the demonic energy she had painstakingly reforged, requiring her to consume many human superhumans to recover.
She lay flat on Wendel's fragrant bed, her imposing chest heaving, and a wisp of demonic energy slowly seeped into her eyes, which were like sunset reflected in water, shimmering with golden light.
"Ha, men, you're so biased—"
Roya's bloodlust failed to unravel her inner monologue.
However, it was confirmed that her demonic energy was also severely damaged by the holy light.
It's good to let her go offline and rest for a while, so she can recover her strength and deal with Mr. Mulong and Factory Owner Arden, who haven't shown up yet.
He immediately woke Ron in the Blue Dragonfly cockpit.
Then, the remotely piloted Wide-Area Silent Ship slowly followed the Spinosaurus Ship that was scouting ahead, heading towards the center of the Sky Island.
Roya closed his eyes to sense the blood energy and confirmed that the mechanical watch worn by Emil was still located in the center of the sky island.
"Strange, Mr. Lingjue is confirmed dead, but Emil is still locked up in the enemy's lair without moving—Arden and Mr. Mulong's tactics are incomprehensible."
Just then!
A winding, white sandy river sped in from the sky ahead, heading straight for the Wide-Area Silence.
Vast and boundless.
Cover the sky.
It smelled like burnt protein.
Look closely, and you'll see that it's not quicksand, but a swarm of toothed sand locusts!
The swarm of sand locusts that attacked the Spinosaurus suddenly moved away from the Spinosaurus and instead attacked the Wide-Range Silent.
"Oh no, this Mr. Shepherd wants to take Wendell! He took Mr. Spiritual Sense as the vanguard, and only after discovering that Wendell was injured and exhausted did he pounce on him with all his might."
Strange, it's understandable that the old beast tamer of the Mica Hunting Grounds would capture Wendell before he was on his deathbed, but Wendell was already emitting demonic energy at this time, so why did Mr. Shepherd target her?
Could it be that this is to lure me in?
Unfortunately, Ishtar's injury was an accident, and Roya couldn't risk losing his teammate.
He started the yellow sand guardian's steam engine, activated the steam shield and torque mode, and dragged the sandworm crystals wrapped in iron wire.
at the same time!
He remotely controlled the Wide-Area Silent Ship, immediately activated its steam shield, accelerated forward, and closed the distance to the Spinosaurus.
Roya wanted to take advantage of the Spinosaurus's offense and defense.
In the blink of an eye, a swarm of sand locusts completely surrounded the airship's steam shield, frantically devouring the high-frequency oscillating steam.
The Wide-Range Silent was equipped with only a single Stage 6 boiler and two Stage 3 boilers. Its steam shield, created by a spherical oscillator, was far less thick than that of the Spinosaurus. Faced with the weakened sand locust swarm, it could only hold out for a few minutes.
Ishtar was seriously injured and had just lay down to rest.
Luo Ya didn't feel comfortable calling out to her.
Ron then piloted the Blue Dragonfly, activated its flamethrower, and took to the air, setting the swarm ablaze.
Even a small flame is better than nothing.
Roya reminded Ron through his telepathic mechanical watch, "Your sister is alright, she's just trapped with me. Killing the insects is secondary, observation is more important, be constantly on guard against enemy attacks."
Upon hearing that his sister was alright, Ron spoke much louder.
"Yes, Captain Roya!"
Upon seeing this, Delnov ordered the Spinosaurus to immediately slow down, turn around, and retreat to provide emergency support to the Wide-Range Silence.
Luo Ya breathed a sigh of relief.
Clearly, the blood energy he had left on the Spinosaurus had been greatly depleted after the Blood Smoke Explosion, and was almost completely eliminated, leaving him unable to control the Spinosaurus any longer.
The previously rampaging sandworm suddenly stopped writhing and attempted to self-destruct and burn crystals to kill the yellow sand guards.
However, at this moment, all the nerves connected to the burning crystal have been severed or twisted by Roya.
The sandworm was forced to frantically contract its body, squeezing the burning crystal and preventing it from being dragged into its stomach.
In this way, the pressure on the stomach sac decreases dramatically.
Seizing the Burning Crystal was just a pretext.
Luo Ya finally got a chance to escape easily!
at the same time.
On the Wide-Area Silent Ship, through the perspective of the Blue Dragonfly, Luo Ya could see the massive figure of the Spinosaurus even through the swarm of insects.
Slowly approaching.
Ron said to the mechanical watch on his wrist, "Captain Roya, don't worry, the Spinosaurus is here to rescue us!"
Roya himself was several kilometers underground.
Blood gas detection can only detect areas covered by blood gas, and cannot use blood gas as a reference point to initiate a secondary mechanical connection.
So much so that Roya didn't realize the problem until he saw the dragon-shaped prow of the Spinosaurus!
"The distance isn't quite right—"
In an instant, the intriguing scene of his first encounter with Emil at the Mica Hunting Grounds replayed in his mind.
"not good!"
Unfortunately, it was too late.
Suddenly, the dragon-shaped bow of the Spinosaurus extended its neck and plunged into the swarm of insects with terrifying speed and suddenness.
It opened its blood-red maw and swallowed the blue dragonfly whole!
It immediately retreated, and under the cover of quicksand, flew away and disappeared into the spherical storm.
Ron, inside the Blue Dragonfly cockpit, suddenly felt a darkness before his eyes, unaware of what had happened.
Meanwhile, in the cockpit of the yellow Sand Guardian, who had just cut open the sandworm's stomach, bombarded its body, and escaped its belly, Luo Ya was astonished.
This speed—
Emile's true form!
To Luo Ya's surprise, the enemy's primary target was not him, but Blue Dragonfly.
"Could it be that there's something about a miniature difference engine here?"
Inside Emile's body.
The blue dragonfly hovered in the wide, soft cavity, squeezed in the center by the bloated gas, unable to move.
Luo Ya closed his eyes and activated the blood energy connection, fully dispersing the blood energy that had been pre-infused into the blue dragonfly.
Without finding the mechanical watch, Roya was unsure whether his captured companion, Emil, had been fused with his main body.
Then he saw a middle-aged man in a white robe, exuding the fragrance of herbs, slowly walking towards him.
The rough, weathered face of the plate bore the unique serenity of a high-level beast tamer, a serenity that resonated with the hearts of all living beings.
Bloodthirsty insects flew out from the wide sleeves of the white robe, instantly devouring the blood aura emanating from the blue dragonfly.
He reached out and stroked the corresponding part of the casing of the Blue Dragonfly Difference Engine, sighing, "Just a miniature difference engine—"
Born of obsession, and destined to die of obsession, his spiritual awareness and self-cultivation were insufficient; as a human being, he was destined to stop here.
Are you going to do the same, Arden?