Chapter 2421: Three Against One

Dwarf Qi Si was suppressed by the dark force field until he was on one knee. His entire skeleton creaked as if it were about to be crushed.

"You can't kill me with darkness."

Qi Si swung one hand to the side, as if grabbing the air beside him, and pulled hard.

With a crack, the dark force field shattered like a broken mirror, with pieces of black crystal falling to the ground and gradually turning into black smoke that drifted away in the air.

Qi Si stood up. His eyes were now pitch black. A mass of darkness gathered behind him, as if something was about to rush out. The Orphan of Resentment had sparks of fire all over its body, and the air around it seemed to be burning. Every step it took left a footprint covered in sparks.

"Darkness, Repentance."

The Archbishop raised the scepter in his hand, his hair and beard flying up, and darkness appeared beneath his feet.

Boom—

Like an invisible giant hammer falling, Su Xiao, Qi Si, and the Orphan of Resentment all stopped.

The ground beneath Su Xiao's feet had turned black. The darkness seemed to have formed a carpet, and he felt a heavy pressure coming from above, making it difficult to move an inch.

【You have been affected by Dark Repentance (Active, Lv. 73). You will take 3,942 points of erosion damage + 530 points of true damage per second.】

【Your mobility has been suppressed. Suppression in progress.】

【Willpower check passed.】

【Stamina attribute check failed.】

【Intelligence attribute check failed.】

Su Xiao felt difficulty breathing, and his chest was in sharp pain. The darkness had clung to his body and was gathering toward his heart.

Qing Gang Ying energy surged over Su Xiao, and the darkness immediately receded. The stinging pain in his chest and the pressure on his entire body vanished.

Dark Repentance was not a control ability; it used dark energy to form suppression. As long as the darkness on his body was dispelled, the suppression effect would naturally be lifted.

The moment he regained his freedom, Su Xiao leaped to the side. A white beam of light, half a meter thick, struck, grazing past him before slamming into the wall behind him with a boom.

The Archbishop was pointing the scepter forward, and the white beam of light was spraying out from it like a laser, with an astonishing momentum.

Regardless of whether the Archbishop's health was ridiculously high, the problem was that it was extremely difficult to get close to him. The Archbishop was not someone who only had powerful abilities but didn't know how to fight; this old guy had been the strongest combatant of the Redemption Church for a long time.

The powerful monsters transformed from the remains of Old Gods were all hunted down by the Archbishop himself. The Immortal, the Saintess, and the Ghost Snake Sisters were all trained by the Archbishop himself; he taught all three of them how to fight.

"Darkness, Gather."

The Archbishop tapped the ground with his scepter, and the darkness on the ground surged for a moment before clinging tightly to the floor. The next moment, the darkness on the ground began to contract.

Su Xiao discovered that he was like standing on a carpet being dragged, moving rapidly toward the Archbishop.

"Above!"

Qi Si shouted, and at the same time, two giant bone hands reached out from the darkness behind him, shielding him.

The Orphan of Resentment ran in the opposite direction on the darkness of the ground, but this darkness was not only closing in but also absorbing its strength.

The Archbishop raised his left hand, and an ancient book appeared. The cover had signs of damage and was stained with mottled blood.

A white ring of light appeared above the Archbishop, suspended from the ceiling, with light-element energy gathering inside.

Dense energy arrows shot out from the white ring of light, shrouding almost the entire altar. These energy arrows were very thin but extremely sharp and fast.

Bang, bang, bang...

The energy arrows were as dense as raindrops, pinning the ground everywhere. The most miserable was the Orphan of Resentment, which was shot into a hedgehog.

With a crack, a crystal ball pinned with energy arrows shattered. Su Xiao's long blade was stuck in the ground, and Qing Gang Ying energy surged beneath his feet to prevent himself from being dragged by the darkness on the ground.

Pulling out an energy arrow from his shoulder, Su Xiao waited for an opportunity. He had to interrupt the Archbishop's continuous suppression; otherwise, there would be no chance to get close. Using Dragon Shadow Flash to penetrate space wouldn't work either, as the Archbishop had gathered too much darkness around him. If he rushed in rashly, he would be blasted back immediately.

The darkness on the ground kept gathering toward the Archbishop. He had already begun to brew his next ability. This was the Archbishop's method: while the previous ability was in use, he was already brewing the next move, which not only formed continuous suppression but also reduced the consumption of Godly Energy.

"Light, Deprivation."

A ball of light gathered above the Archbishop. The ball of light exploded, shrouding the entire empty room in intense white light.

Everything in sight was white. Su Xiao raised one hand to block his eyes. This light not only affected his vision but also sealed his perception. Everything around him was white, and he couldn't see anything.

A sound of rushing wind came from his side, and he immediately raised his blade to block.

Clang!

The crisp sound of metal clashing appeared. In the blinding white light, there was a figure formed of black mist holding a long-handled greatsword. This was not the Archbishop, but a manifestation formed by the Archbishop using darkness.

The sound of clashing came from dozens of meters away, and Su Xiao judged that there was more than one black mist manifestation; Qi Si was also being attacked.

"Roar!"

A roar came, and sparks flew. The Orphan of Resentment raised its head and roared, and the sparks dispersed the white light.

The black mist manifestations could only exist in the white light; only with "light" could there be "black shadows." As soon as the white light dissipated, the black mist manifestations disappeared immediately.

The Archbishop was still standing at the center of the altar. From the beginning of the battle until now, he hadn't moved a single step.

Opportunity, a perfect opportunity. The Orphan of Resentment had interrupted the Archbishop's continuous suppression.

Su Xiao penetrated space and disappeared from his original spot, reappearing behind the Archbishop.

The long blade left a blue slash mark in the air, slashing at the Archbishop's spine with all his might.

Pfft.

Blood splashed, and the Archbishop let out a muffled groan, his movement of raising the scepter pausing.

Slashing at the Archbishop with his blade, Su Xiao felt the resistance from the blade. The Archbishop's skin and muscles were extremely tough. With the sharpness of Zhan Long Shan, he only slashed into the skin and flesh, failing to damage the bones.

Just as Su Xiao slashed the Archbishop, the Orphan of Resentment had already rushed to the Archbishop's other side. The darkness around the Archbishop surged, about to bind the Orphan of Resentment, but the Orphan of Resentment's tail opened wide, lengthening rapidly while its tip split into a bloody mouth filled with dense, sharp teeth. If this thing bit a vital point, even the Archbishop would be drained of all strength.

The Archbishop stepped on the darkness beneath his feet, and the Orphan of Resentment flew backward like a cannonball.

Su Xiao was right behind the Orphan of Resentment. He leaped up immediately.

Retreating rapidly, the Orphan of Resentment grabbed Su Xiao's right leg. It swung its long tail, rotating its body in mid-air, and with the force of the backward flight and its own throwing power, it threw Su Xiao toward the Archbishop.

In the blink of an eye, Su Xiao flew past the Archbishop.

Clang.

A slash swept past the Archbishop's back, the blade edge slashing at the Archbishop's vertebrae. His bones were harder than metal, and under the slash of the blade, only a tiny crack appeared.

Su Xiao slammed into the wall in the direction of Qi Si, and he landed in a half-squatting position. A bone arrow over five meters long pinned to the ground in front of him, shattering a dark hand reaching out from the ground.

The moment he landed, Su Xiao rushed toward the Archbishop again. He couldn't give the Archbishop a chance to attack, otherwise, he would be suppressed again.

Su Xiao had just rushed out a few steps when intense white light erupted with the Archbishop at the center.

Clang, Su Xiao raised his blade to block in front of him. In the blinding white light, the black mist manifestations appeared again. This time, the number was exaggerated; just around Su Xiao, there were more than a dozen black mist manifestations.

Long-handled greatswords slashed from all directions, and Su Xiao swung his blade continuously to parry, but there were too many black mist manifestations.

A cold touch came from behind, followed by a burning, stinging pain. He was wounded in the back, the wound was over 30 centimeters long, and the depth was okay; before being slashed, he had clung a crystal layer to his back.

The long blade in Su Xiao's hand was stuck in the ground, and Qing Gang Ying energy spread to the surroundings. His mana was consumed by over 5,000 points in an instant.

The white light was dispelled by the Qing Gang Ying energy, and all the black mist manifestations disappeared. Qi Si and the Orphan of Resentment clearly hadn't been attacked by the black mist manifestations; the Archbishop was targeting Su Xiao.