Chapter 490 Summoning the Bloody Archduke!
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The "Devil's" power was immense; the shadow directly yanked Jonathan out from behind the door.
At that moment, it transformed back into a human form, saying, "Grief!"
Without waiting for emotional fluctuations, the "Devil" could directly trigger the enemy's emotions.
This time, Jonathan couldn't evade it and immediately recalled his most sorrowful memories. He looked around, realizing so many vibrant lives had perished just like that! He felt that so many had already died in this battle; was there any need to continue fighting?
Not only was Jonathan affected, but the eight "Devils" who had just left were also overwhelmed with grief. Two of them even knelt on the ground and began to weep loudly.
The earlier "Rage" had also influenced those around them, and now it was replaced by "Grief," making everyone feel their emotional defenses collapsing, alternating between crying and displaying angry expressions.
This gave the already precarious Yarling and the other three "Desire Apostles" an opportunity. They ignited and amplified their opponents' emotions, finally gaining a chance to breathe.
Helen, Fors, and the others knew their emotions were highly abnormal and tried to stay away from the battlefield. Among them, only Archibald's emotions were normal, but the puppets beside him were one filled with rage and the other wailing.
Just then, Archibald found a suitable target: a wounded and grief-stricken "Demon."
Suddenly, the "Devil's" movements became sluggish. Everyone was in a bad mood and didn't notice the "Devil's" abnormality at all.
After a few seconds, the "Devil" stood motionless. By then, it was too late to rescue him.
Five seconds later, the wounded "Devil" expressionlessly stood up and summoned the "Magma Sword" once more, killing a "Serial Killer."
Archibald then nodded, quite satisfied with this puppet: "Lady, please 'move' another 'Devil' over here."
He wanted to test the attack power of his new puppet. Ideally, he would use an "Desire Apostle," but the "Teleportation Idol" would experience some delay when moving targets at Sequence 5, making it difficult to achieve his desired effect.
At this point, those on the "team battle" battlefield had finally escaped the range of the two demigods and would no longer be accidentally injured by their area-of-effect attacks.
And in the dozen or so seconds that had just passed, the battle between the two demigods seemed to have reached a conclusion.
Earlier, Jonathan's emotions had been triggered by the "Devil" Bowen, and the shadow had first formed his claws, grabbing towards Jonathan.
But the moment he grabbed Jonathan, a phantom door appeared on Jonathan's body, causing Bowen to grab at empty air.
Although Jonathan's face was still filled with grief, a faint smile couldn't help but appear at the corner of his mouth. Although his emotions were triggered and ignited by Bowen, it didn't mean that he, also a demigod, had no room for resistance.
At the level of demigod, Jonathan could turn a part of himself into a phantom door, thereby avoiding damage to himself.
"Holy Light!" Jonathan cried out, covering Bowen with a massive pillar of light.
Having just "Demonized," Bowen wasn't too afraid of this Sequence 5 level attack. Even against abilities that heavily countered him, he had ways to deal with them: "Eruption!"
The ground within a dozen meters suddenly turned crimson, then liquefied, and magma spewed out, covering Jonathan and Bowen, while also blocking the falling "Holy Light."
The intense light disappeared, and the magma fell. Bowen was covered in magma, seemingly enjoying the fiery bath.
Meanwhile, phantom doors appeared around Jonathan, and the magma hadn't harmed him in the slightest.
Standing before Jonathan was now a "Devil" with rough, dark-red skin, pointed ears, fangs, a pair of yak horns, a pair of wings, and a long tail.
"Devilification" was an advanced form of "Demonification," possessing greater power and defensive capabilities, the ability to fly, and a significant boost to mental attacks.
Moreover, after "Devilification," he could use the "Transaction" ability, though this ability required some time to prepare.
At this moment, Bowen was grabbing Jonathan's weapon-wielding arm, trying to press Jonathan into the magma, but suddenly discovered that the entire arm holding Jonathan's hand was covered in a layer of white frost.
Jonathan had been using the ice power he had recorded since earlier, and this ice attack was at the demigod level. The magma droplets on Bowen's arm were all frozen.
Jonathan stepped on appearing and disappearing phantom doors to avoid falling into the magma, seemingly regaining his senses after his brief "carelessness."
The weapon in his hand, controlled by Bowen, suddenly turned illusory and appeared directly in front of him. He grabbed the weapon with his other hand and stabbed it into Bowen's chest.
Bowen glared at Jonathan as he unleashed a "mental attack" while quickly releasing Jonathan's arm and retreating.
Jonathan immediately felt a tightening all over his body, his entire being tensed up, and then an invisible torrent seemed to impact his spirit body, causing him to pause in place. The emotions he had just calmed down once again became sorrowful.
Bowen opened up a distance from Jonathan. This "Devil" actually clutched his wound and turned to run.
It turned out that Jonathan's ice attack had caused a layer of white frost to appear on the two wounds on his body.
Jonathan's sealed artifact came from a "Demoness of Despair." The earlier ice attack was also recorded from the "Demoness of Despair." The two triggered a connection, making Bowen's injuries extremely serious, forcing him to flee.
Jonathan endured the emotional fluctuations and immediately chased after him.
On the other battlefield, the eight "Devil" finally joined the fight.
This fresh force made it difficult for Bishop Simpson and the others, who had been fighting for some time, to resist. Their crude defense line was finally breached.
One of the "Desire Apostles" led three "Devil" into the second team.
Fors fired several shots in a row, all dodged by the "Devil" in front of her, and the "Teleportation Idol" had reached its maximum usage time and had just been put away.
Just as she was facing a Sequence 6 attack and feeling flustered, a hand pulled her behind him. Hobert's familiar figure appeared before her, drawing his blade to block the "Devil's" "Magma Sword."
...
Hobert's battle took a dramatic turn. Hant had been sparring with his skeleton for quite some time, finally knocking the sword out of the skeleton's hand.
The skeleton turned and ran towards where it had appeared, towards the gray button. Hant chased after it and collided with the skeleton, as if forcing the skeleton to put on clothes, gradually covering himself with the skeleton.
The skeleton struggled fiercely, and after the two pulled at each other for a minute or two, Hant finally merged his skeleton into his body.
After this process was completed, Hant underwent a noticeable change. The pale white light on his body turned silvery-white, appearing more solid, and even had a sense of holiness.
Hant took a deep breath. When he swung his sword again, he actually unleashed a silvery-white sword light!
He slowly pressed his eyeballs back into their sockets, but the eyeballs still couldn't move normally, making him look strange.
But Hobert and the others didn't dare say anything, because his sword light had just torn five enemies apart! Everyone around felt a huge sense of oppression.
Hant smiled at Hobert and said, "I'll hold them back for you!"
The enemies who had been affected by "Corruption" had gradually recovered their state, and Hobert's pressure suddenly increased.
He had already seen out of the corner of his eye that the battle situation had once again become unfavorable for Simpson and the others after the demigods took action, so he couldn't allow the two enemy forces to converge.
Hant, who had merged with his skeleton, had obviously greatly improved his strength and was more than capable of stopping Gloria and the others.
So Hobert left the battlefield here to Hant and went to support Simpson and the others. He happened to come over and help Fors resist the "Devil's" attack.
As for why Archibald didn't protect Fors? In fact, Archibald was right next to Fors, but he saw Hobert coming over, so of course he wouldn't join in the fun.
After Hobert arrived on the battlefield, Archibald thoughtfully manipulated the "Devil's" spirituality threads in front of Hobert, slowing down the Devil's movements by half a beat, resulting in Hobert killing the "Devil" with a single strike, allowing Hobert to show off in front of Fors.
Fors breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a surge of security: "It's a good thing you're here."
Hobert smiled at Fors, nodded approvingly at Archibald, and then pointed to the "Desire Apostle" who was charging over.
Archibald was stunned at first, then immediately nodded repeatedly.
Having a "Devil" puppet, Archibald actually wanted to find an opportunity to turn an "Desire Apostle" into a puppet, after all, it was rare to encounter "Devils," and he didn't know when he would have such an opportunity again.
Hobert charged towards the "Desire Apostle": "Distortion!"
Almost at the same time, the "Desire Apostle" also identified Hobert as his target: "Slow!"
Hobert anticipated that the opponent's attack would either be "Slow" or "Death," so his earlier "Distortion" distorted the concept between himself and the enemy.
The two of them simultaneously fell into a state of "Slow." The "Desire Apostle's" companions immediately rushed over to attack Hobert.
But because the "Slow" state was divided in two, Hobert quickly recovered: "Disorder!"
He stretched out his blade to block the "Magma Swords" of the two "Demons," putting the "Desire Apostle" into a state of "Disorder," but because the "Desire Apostle" was launching a "mental attack" on Hobert at the time, the "Disorder" state only lasted for a little over a second.
Adding the previous "Slow" state, it was just over two seconds. When the "Desire Apostle" recovered from the "Disorder" state, he immediately felt his head go numb, his body stiff, and every movement became sluggish.
Hobert parried the two "Devil'" "Magma Swords," took another step forward, and continued to launch attacks on the "Desire Apostle."
In fact, Archibald wanted to stop Hobert at this time, because attacking the initially controlled "Desire Apostle" at this time would instead increase the possibility of the "Desire Apostle" breaking free.
But Archibald didn't expect that the Beyonder power Hobert used was: "Connection!"
In that instant, it deepened the "Desire Apostle's" connection with Archibald, shortening the process of completely controlling the "Desire Apostle" by three seconds!
In addition to being happy, Archibald also saw Hobert kick away an enemy who was flying over, about to hit the "Desire Apostle."
This Demonic Wolf of Fog immediately realized that Hobert was very familiar with his abilities: Perhaps this is why the "Creator" asked him to investigate me, or because he has the task of investigating me, the "Creator" told him this knowledge.
Thinking of this, Archibald breathed a sigh of relief: Fortunately, he didn't try to probe Hobert, otherwise he would definitely be discovered, and the "Creator" might have murderous intentions again.
The rolling thoughts did not hinder Archibald's speed in controlling the "Desire Apostle."
Under Hobert's protection, after ten seconds, the "Desire Apostle" stopped struggling. After another five seconds, this "Desire Apostle" spat out an evil word at a "Devil" next to him: "Die!"
The Devil immediately knelt on the ground in pain, and Hobert cut off his head with a single strike.
Archibald was about to attack the other enemies when Hobert ordered: "Protect Fors!"
Archibald nodded and gathered the four puppets to protect Fors.
At this time, Fors was holding a gun in one hand and a short sword in the other, fighting back and forth with a "Serial Killer," and didn't pay much attention to Hobert and Archibald's cooperation.
The "Fighting Ring" greatly increased Fors's combat power, and with that gun, ordinary Sequence 8s were no match for her.
And the "Serial Killer," who had not undergone qualitative changes, was also forced to retreat by Fors.
In fact, Fors didn't know that even if she fought an "Desire Apostle" at this time, she might not be defeated.
Hobert, who was about to help Bishop Simpson, suddenly felt the metal piece in his pocket heat up. This was Jonathan's signal.
Hobert immediately took out a whistle and blew it sharply.
Ten Beyonders wearing Loen-style clothing rushed out of the town. They were holding weapons, and their steps were steady. At a glance, they were Beyonders with combat experience.
These ten people were wearing masks. The leader's mask was more special, the material seemed to be black crystal, giving people a sense of weight.
Yarling noticed that their eyes could not suppress their excitement.
This was the reinforcement Hobert had found from Conant City, Elliot and ten other members of the Balk family.
In addition to their rich combat experience, Hobert also gave "1-104" to Elliot, and each of the others received a Level 2 sealed artifact.
The sealed artifacts given to them were all spoils of war other than those from the battle in the Southern Continent, so as not to make them feel that the Creator's devotees had no goods.
With the addition of this fresh force, the battle situation changed again. First, the enemy's advantage quickly disappeared, and then they began to show signs of collapse.
Once such signs appeared, it was difficult to stop. Finally, the enemies' rout began, and Bishop Simpson immediately ordered a full-line pursuit.
... Hobert left the battlefield just as Elliot and the others appeared.
He had already discussed with Jonathan that as soon as he stepped into Bowen's prepared trap, he would signal Hobert when the opponent was most proud or when he had the conditions to hunt him down. Hobert would immediately bring his "helper" and kill Bowen cleanly.
Hobert left the battlefield first, using his self-prayer method to project the "Great Sage" into the real world.
Last time, he planned to test the "Great Sage's" combat power, but the Demonic Wolf of Fog directly kneeled. This time, he must test its combat power!
Hobert dared to bring the "Great Sage" to the battlefield so openly, all thanks to the ring with the demon head on his hand.
This ring came from the "Demon Lord" Farbauti and could isolate his thoughts, preventing the "Demon" from perceiving the threat from Hobert.
So Bowen always thought his biggest threat came from Jonathan, but it was actually from Hobert, or rather, the "helper" Hobert brought!
After briefly entering the spirit world with the "Great Sage" and arriving at the demigod battlefield, Hobert was dumbfounded.
Because that was not a signal to hunt Bowen at all, but more like a distress signal.
Jonathan, who always cared about his image, was now covered in dirt and desperately dodging Bowen's claws.
The reason Jonathan didn't use "Blink" to dodge was because there was a layer of mucus on the illusory door he summoned, making it impossible for him to enter the spirit world.
This was a carefully arranged trap by a Sequence 3 "Blatherer."
This "Blatherer" heard Bowen report that the South Kerr Village altar had received instructions from the "Abyss." He personally came here to inquire about the situation, just as this extraordinary battle was about to break out.
So the "Blatherer" set up this trap with Bowen.
And Jonathan's attack did injure Bowen before, but for the "Demonized" Bowen, that little injury was nothing. He just wanted to lure Jonathan into this trap.
Throughout the valley, there was a gray, viscous liquid symbolizing "corruption." All the creatures in the valley had rust-like spots all over their bodies.
They struggled hard, but their lives were still falling into the abyss bit by bit.
On the top of the mountain stood a middle-aged man in his forties with bloodshot eyes and hair and beard standing on end. This was the "Blatherer."
He was watching the battle in the valley with a playful smile. When the "Great Sage" appeared, the middle-aged man looked over in surprise.
His surprise was normal because, before this, he had not been aware of it at all!
And Hobert, because he didn't understand the situation just now, stepped into the black mucus. The mucus seemed to have a life of its own, slowly covering Hobert's feet, and he immediately felt a huge force pulling him down.
The "Great Sage" may have sensed Hobert's predicament. It opened its huge mouth, forming a huge vortex, sucking most of the mucus in the valley into the vortex.
Hobert didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Big brother, you can't eat everything. You will… You, you're okay?"
Then he immediately came back to his senses and, taking advantage of the fact that the other party's "Blatherer" had not yet figured out the situation, he immediately ordered in his heart: "Kill him!"
The probability of the "Great Sage" killing the "Blatherer" was certainly not high, but as long as there was such an order, the "Great Sage" would attack the "Blatherer" with all its strength.
Hobert was afraid that the "Blatherer" would see the clue, so he quickly used "Blink" to get away from the battlefield.
But he felt that this was not fast enough, and the ability to "Travel" had not yet recovered, so he quickly chanted the spell: "Skinny Horse!"
The skeleton horse named Maximilian appeared, Hobert jumped on the horse's back, and let Maximilian fly away with him.
But it was still a little late. When the "Blatherer" saw the "Great Sage" rushing towards him, he opened his mouth and made some indescribable but extremely evil sounds.
Jonathan in the valley was affected by the "Blathering," and his pace began to slow down. Fortunately, he could now use abilities such as "Blink" and could hide behind the illusory door.
And Hobert, who was about to fly out of the valley, immediately lost consciousness after hearing these "Babbling" sounds from afar. His whole body twitched, and he was covered by a layer of black shadow. This layer of black shadow seemed to have a life of its own, tearing at Hobert's spirit body.
This in turn caused Hobert's body to undergo strange changes, sometimes growing black bark-like skin, and sometimes his arms becoming like tentacles.
If Hobert didn't have items with "Order Crystal" on him, he would have lost control at this time.
Hobert's mind was still there, but it seemed to be covered by a layer of black shadow, making him unable to see anything.
Only the sound of "rumbling" remained in his head, making it difficult for him to organize effective thoughts.
He almost instinctively entered a state of meditation. Finally, the sound in his head became smaller and smaller, and the black mist in front of him became lighter and lighter.
Hobert did not dare to relax and began to "recover" control of his body. By the time he basically returned to normal, a minute had passed.
He lay on the ground panting heavily. He hadn't suffered such serious injuries in a long time.
At this time, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and a series of thunderclaps kept falling. The battle in the valley had reached its most intense point.
The "Blatherer" had already been "Demonized." He flew in the air, dodging the lightning: "Outbreak!"
Rumble~
The ground trembled violently and cracked open, and magma immediately spewed out from it, turning half of the valley into a volcano.
The entire sky was reflected orange-red by the volcano!
The "Great Sage" raised its neck, and the river water in the Taz River not far away suddenly left the riverbed and rushed towards here, extinguishing some of the spewing magma.
The riverbed, which was more than ten meters wide, suddenly appeared to have a break in the flow.
The entire valley was covered by violent water vapor, and this water vapor became viscous, turning into a gray liquid symbolizing "corruption!" This liquid squeezed, trying to trap the "Great Sage."
Whoosh~
A gust of wind that seemed to be able to blow away people, towering trees, and boulders poured into the valley, and this liquid was immediately blown out of the valley.
The steam dissipated. In the air, Hobert, who was watching the battle from afar on Maximilian's back, saw that the "Great Sage's" huge body had finally taken the opportunity to entangle the "Blatherer."
The "Blatherer" was unable to move, but still tried hard to open his mouth and spit out evil words one by one.
Suddenly, Hobert looked towards the sky with a sense of foreboding. The dark clouds in the sky rolled, reflecting an abstract symbol representing a demon.
At the same time, the magma became turbulent, and the entire valley turned into a volcano.
The magma began to change color, becoming as red as blood plasma, and a red giant hand with sharp claws stretched out from it.
Hobert's spirituality made him keep staring at the sky. He couldn't look down, or he would die!
Jonathan, who had already left the valley and was still fighting with Bowen, shouted: "Run for your lives! He summoned the 'Bloody Archduke'!"
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