Chapter 135: Shrunken Little Angel

Sure enough, the Holy Spirit Angel that had leapt into the air thrust both hands forward, and a pillar of light blasted out.

The moment the Holy Spirit Angel leapt up, Seeing Ange had already broken into a sprint, but he was too far away — he simply couldn't make it in time. He could only watch helplessly as the light pillar shot toward Fei Lin and Miss Miss Lisha, and then saw a white figure cut in between the light pillar and Fei Lin, Miss Miss Lisha and the others, blocking it.

The light pillar struck the Angel Skeleton, and in an instant vaporized every bit of flesh and hair on its body, then scorched its bones, sending up thick white smoke.

But it was not one bit intimidated; it steadily "hugged" the light pillar, and a pained howl tore out of its soul: "Aoooooo!!!"

The light pillar was held in its embrace, but the holy light's power was searing its soul and bones. The places where its bones had long been eroded by the aura of death were now being melted away layer by layer, evaporating into the air.

Its soul was being scorched by the holy light as well. If this kept up, the holy soul would soon be burned clean away by the holy light.

Seeing Ange's head flared up with Xiong Xiong flames, and in an instant his soul linked with the Angel Skeleton's soul, and a steady stream of soul energy poured over.

Could a mere Holy Light Flash really burn away a soul that Lord Nai Ge himself was shielding?

Obviously, it couldn't. The Angel Skeleton was in so much pain it kept "awing" away — the more it howled, the stronger its lungs got, and the tighter it hugged the light pillar, squeezing it into a "ball." Catching holy light barehanded was one of its specialties.

The holy knights in the distance were all dumbfounded. What was going on? A little girl had turned into a skeleton, and was now grabbing the Holy Spirit Angel's holy light?

Something was off. The situation didn't feel right.

The holy knights sensed something was wrong, but the dimwit Holy Spirit Angel didn't. After it landed, it spread its wings and was about to fly toward the Angel Skeleton.

The holy knights immediately pounced on it — some held its head, some its arms, some its legs, some covered its eyes — then wrapped it up in a holy burial shroud, bundled it into a ball, and tied it onto the horse it had originally been riding.

If they didn't do this, the Holy Spirit Angel, which would fight to the death and never retreat, would drag everyone down a road of no return.

After bundling up the unstable element on their own side, the holy knights finally looked toward the Angel Skeleton. They saw that a great deal of its bones had already been burned away — the tips of its ribs were all gone, four or five fingers were missing, and only by bracing with its palms was it able to keep holding the holy light.

And then, guess what? The Angel Skeleton's bones were originally holy remains, and under holy light they would regenerate — but Seeing Ange's holy light carried no will of a god, so what regenerated was a fake angel.

But now, under the searing of the holy light, the parts eroded by the aura of death had melted away, and the Angel Skeleton's incomplete bones began to regenerate. The ball of holy light it was holding was no longer a force that hurt it — instead, it was restoring its body.

Bones regenerated, flesh regenerated, consciousness regenerated…

As the holy remains regenerated, the holy-spirit consciousness that originally belonged to this set of holy remains would regenerate as well. But right now the body was occupied by an undying soul. Sensing the returning holy-spirit consciousness, the Angel Skeleton didn't hesitate for a second — it bit down on it, and even smacked its lips.

No matter how powerful a holy spirit, at the moment of rebirth it is fragile. It didn't even get out a squeak before being devoured.

In the end, the holy light from an entire pillar was all absorbed by the Angel Skeleton. The "holy" power contained within that holy light should have been enough to evaporate its soul, but unfortunately Lord Nai Ge was standing right there "covering" it. Soul energy poured in at any cost, and just barely offset the holy light's damage.

The Angel Skeleton had returned to the form of a little girl — ah, it could no longer be called an Angel "Skeleton." The holy light had restored it into a true angel; only the holy-spirit consciousness had been replaced by the undying soul.

The little angel at this moment was white as if glowing. At the position of its shoulder blades, two clumps of light had not yet faded. It turned around and let out an "aw" toward Seeing Ange.

Seeing Ange hurried over, pulled out its wings and clipped them on. The two clumps of light that hadn't faded immediately extended along the wings, poking out past the Kakou of the wings and forming two wings of light.

Seeing this scene from afar, Nai Ge Li Si tapped hard with its little claw: "So that's how it is. I always said the wings on four-winged and six-winged angels were too big — it didn't match aerodynamics. So the second pair of wings is an energy-state light wing. Back in those days I should've grabbed a four-winged angel and brought it back for me to study. Then I wouldn't have had to guess until now."

Bruusk, standing beside it, heard its words and, expressionless, put some distance between them. This ancestor my lord sure talked big — casually saying he'd grab a four-winged angel to study, not even afraid those holy spirits would go mad.

If Nai Ge Li Si had heard Bruusk's inner thoughts, it would probably have said: Not afraid — the remaining holy spirits have all been planted into the ground.

Too bad, even if such words were spoken out loud, no one would believe them. Sigh, sometimes the truth is so bizarre that saying it out loud is like a minotaur auntie doing a handstand.

"Eh, those holy knights want to run. Bruusk, quick, you're fast — stop them," Nai Ge Li Si said.

Getting no reply, Nai Ge Li Si turned its head to look — Bruusk had already shuffled more than ten meters away, pretending it hadn't heard.

"Bruusk!" Nai Ge Li Si roared furiously.

Bruusk could only give a helpless, bitter smile: "Ancestor my lord, I can't make a move. If they make a move, I can help you drive them off. But if they're fleeing and I block them, the situation becomes serious — it would drag the dragon race into this dispute. I really don't want to provoke those lunatics from the Church of Light."

"Oh, right, you are the dragon patriarch." After a brief pause, Nai Ge Li Si bellowed: "Then what's the use of having you! Can't you just kill them all? Then no one would know you did anything!"

Bruusk got thoroughly blasted, and knowing it was in the wrong, could only tuck its head and take the scolding.

It hadn't thought that much at the time. Hearing Nai Ge Li Si say the debt was paid by selling oneself, it had said, "Then I'll sell myself too" — haggling itself into a two-year term of indentured servitude.

It had thought: I'm a dignified Truth realm powerhouse, selling myself for two years to shelter you lot — shouldn't you be reverently serving me? Nope — dragged straight out to work, and on a road that stretched as far as the eye could see.

Work is work, so what? Who's afraid of whom? As long as Seeing Ange could do it, it could do it too.

The confident Bruusk was worked to the point of playing dirty and slacking off, then got swindled out of a teleportation array by Nai Ge Li Si — and the materials came out of its own private purse. Just thinking about it brings tears to the eyes.

It couldn't outwork anyone, its sheltering didn't seem to be needed, and now even fighting it held back because of its position — exactly as Nai Ge Li Si had said: what's the use of having this dragon!

Before Nai Ge Li Si finished cursing, another flash of holy light blazed in the distance. This time the holy light came from the little angel's body, and the pillar was a whole lot thicker than before. The holy knights fleeing for their lives in the distance were caught in it, sent tumbling head over heels, missing arms and legs, rolling into a heap.

The little angel excitedly raised its little face and let out an "aw" at Seeing Ange.

Seeing Ange tilted his head and looked at it. The little angel that had unleashed Holy Light Flash — not only had its flesh not turned to ash, but its height seemed to have… "You've shrunk."