Chapter 664: Childbirth

A gloomy black eclipse hung high in the sky, its edges lingering with pale radiance, resembling a white ring.

The mist suddenly thickened and rose upward to the treetops.

A shrill bell clanged abruptly, as if countless screams were shrieking against metal, echoing with the lingering wails.

Black eclipse oozed thick blood and white secretions, winding like a river along tangled vines.

In an instant.

The air became thick with the stench of rotting flesh and sulfur.

Haley stared wide-eyed at the bizarre scene in the sky.

“I-is the moon bleeding?”

“More like giving birth than bleeding.”

“Giving birth? How could—ugh!”

Haley cried out in pain, clutching her head with a dazed, agonized expression. “Someone is speaking inside my mind.”

Luo De frowned and shattered the magic rings of the Spell Nullification Barrier and the Calm spell.

Haley’s condition immediately improved.

But her focus clearly wasn’t sufficient anymore.

He pulled in the unconscious Medlin and the bound Lila Starwhisper.

The Celestial Star Elf is a bit off—she accepts every whisper in her mind without refusal.

Her pupils dilated, her features went slack.

“That’s it! That’s it! Don’t mind me, Luo De—my new album’s coming out!”

Luo De ignored her.

He cast another [Mirage Net] to knock her out, bound her, and threw her to the ground.

“Boom—”

The ground shuddered violently; the twelve sealing stone pillars beside the Throne of Silence shattered and collapsed.

Above, the black eclipse seemed a vast fissure; after pouring out torrents of red-black blood, it finally spat out a physical form—

Countless charred limbs, twisted organs, and bone fragments still clinging to sinew rained down like a storm!

These remains twisted into knots midair, emitting a sickening, sticky grinding sound.

Boom.

A vast cloud of dust surged upward from the open ground far away.

Haley, witnessing it all, stared with wide eyes, blue blood streaming down her face in endless terror.

Luo De feared she might go mad.

He swiftly covered her face and pressed her into his chest.

“That’s a god—that’s a god! There’s a spark of divinity on it! Luo De… that’s a deity—we’re finished…”

“Not quite. Organs aren’t complete. It’s merely borrowing the residual power of the ancient Moon God—calling it a pseudo-deity is already generous.”

Luo De patted the back of the agitated Star Elf lady, soothing her softly.

Back when little Pony-girl Bond was smaller, she used to cry often—whenever Kalistra scolded her, she’d run sobbing to his cabin to talk to him.

Luo De always comforted her this way.

Haley clearly responded well to it; she calmed down quickly, but began sobbing and babbling into Luo De’s chest.

It wasn’t that her combat literacy was poor.

It was the lingering psychic shock from the eclipse.

Luo De pulled out another handful of magic rings and stacked several mental protection spells together.

“Stay put.”

“No! Where are you going?!”

Haley grabbed his arm, refusing to let him go, tears and snot streaming down her face—pathetic.

Luo De couldn’t help but laugh.

He reached out to wipe her tears, wipe her nose—

Then he changed his mind.

Luo De pulled up Haley’s sleeve and used it to wipe her delicate nose.

“Of course I’m going to kill it. Otherwise, let you die here?”

“No! You’ll die! That’s a deity!”

“Just a trash god. Not just this one—I’ll kill every awakened demon god that rises from now on.”

“Huh?”

Luo De pried her fingers loose, stepped back with a smile.

With a roar, he unleashed a hyper-powerful Repulsion spell, combined with explosive force that cracked the ground, instantly leaping into midair.

Then the orange-red flame current of [Windfire Leap] enveloped him.

But he didn’t turn toward the thing that had landed far away—he kept soaring straight upward into the sky.

Watching the boiling smoke in midair.

Haley’s mouth hung open, her outstretched arm frozen for a long time…

At the massive crater.

A headless giant corpse had already taken shape.

Six human arm bones supported a hill-sized torso; its belly split open into a gaping maw oozing pus; its back bristled with countless severed limbs like a writhing thorn forest.

Its “head” was a massive pale eyeball embedded in its chest; the instant its pupil contracted, the entire forest turned sickly purple-red.

“Get out!!!”

The eyeball’s voice was muffled and blurred, but its fury was unmistakable.

The giant corpse, as the labyrinth’s consciousness, clearly had no capacity for speech.

In response, twelve shadow witches emerged from the darkness, shaking brass bells.

The bell tones became tangible waves, summoning more corpse fragments from the sky’s eclipse, pattering as they adhered to its body.

“Aaaahhh—!!!”

The eyeball let out a pained, inhuman wail.

The female voice was now indistinct, sounding more like a mix of beastly growls and wind rushing through a narrow passage.

“No! I am the Moon Goddess Luka! Do not desecrate my body!”

It spoke with arrogance and dominance, yet its fear bled through its bluster.

Boom—boom—

In the sky, a fireball surging with thick black smoke swelled, roaring like a meteor hurtling from the heavens.

The eyeball in the chest rolled its slick, greasy gaze upward, dragging its monstrous, bloated body toward the sky.

It involuntarily trembled in fear, shaking so violently that corpse fragments fell off.

The eyeball froze for half a moment.

It sensed Luo De’s aura—but why was he coming from high above?

It didn’t care. It roared in ecstatic triumph:

“Luo De… Luo De!!! Kill this desecrator of my divine body! I grant you a demi-god’s domain!!!”

Still, no one answered it.

But Luka didn’t mind—just seeing the fireball hurtling down and the monstrous body’s terror filled it with confidence.

Hum—

Intense spiritual fluctuation.

The fireball in the sky suddenly expanded tenfold.

Infernal magma-like muscle erupted; power was fully unleashed.

Within it lurked the bronze dragon war-soul, its massive iron wings stained by flame, roaring fiercely at the twisted monster below!

+10 [Dragon Heart], +12 [Dragon Strength Art], [Blessing of the Celestial Ancient Tree], [Power Liberation 2800%].

Plus the base boost from the flame domain.

The extended fall from maximum altitude pushed [Windfire Leap] to its highest power ever recorded.

The heavens twisted violently; clouds split open like rotting wounds; air burned into blackened cracks; a piercing explosion echoed like ten thousand wailing souls surging forth.

The pale eyeball in the chest froze.

Such overwhelming power…

Even if it wouldn’t die, it would plunge again into endless slumber—and recovering strength before those who sealed it was pure fantasy.

“Wait! Don’t go that far, Luo De!! Don’t hit me!!!”

(End of Chapter)