Chapter 318: Against the Seventh‑Tier Archbishop!

"I don't know what you're talking about."

The Seventh‑Tier Grand Archbishop‑level black wizard said coldly.

"Of course you know what I'm talking about."

Ta Ke said in a detached and calm tone.

"Your strength is great; after all, you've already advanced to the Seventh Tier, and the true hierarchy is hard to gauge, while I'm only Fifth Tier."

"The gap at this level is indeed quite large."

"Moreover, transcendent beings from the Host Sect employ many insidious and ruthless methods."

"But... once you intend to act."

Ta Ke's eyes suddenly hardened, a ferocious, cruel, brutal blood‑thirsty killing intent roared up like rolling mountains.

It was Ta Ke's murderous will, piled like a mountain of terrifying slaughter, like an apocalyptic demon king.

Even around Ta Ke, a transcendent vision of a sea of corpses and blood rose.

"I can be sure... I definitely won't be the one fleeing today."

"And from now on, you won't be able to stay in this world."

"I will devour the S‑rank transcendent genius of the Stone Demon Statue Empire, seize his talent, occupy his transcendent state, and even reshape a brand‑new destiny!"

"I think Mo Lei·Shen Ting and the others will thank me for exposing a host‑borrower like you!"

"Do you want to try?"

The Host Sect is a very bizarre branch within the wizard lineage.

On the surface they are no different from ordinary wizards.

But the core ability they cultivate is the "Host‑Borrowing" wizard power.

Through "Host‑Borrowing", they can carry a portion of their core power into a new body, fuse perfectly with it, and begin a new wizard's journey.

It is similar to the technique of "body snatching".

However, other geniuses fear the Host Sect's "Host‑Borrowing" method.

Ta Ke, however, is not afraid of this Host‑Borrowing.

The first line of defense is the Terrifying‑level Sairsi Crow.

If enemies dare to enter, they must be feeding the Sairsi Forbidden Crow.

Secondly, "Host‑Borrowing" requires stitching the "Destiny Thread".

In terms of the thread, Ta Ke is a genuine top‑class expert.

The clash at the destiny‑thread level could see anyone stitching the other.

As Ta Ke elaborated.

The black wizard's pupils flickered with a strange light.

Pu Te·Ya Bo never expected.

He only intended to come and capture this Fifth‑Tier Defiler of Gods.

But, as it turned out, he didn't catch anyone.

The opponent saw through his background at a glance.

He immediately grasped his biggest leverage.

Had he known this Fifth‑Tier Defiler of Gods was so dangerous, he would have refused to come even under threat of death.

This Fifth‑Tier wizard uncovered his greatest secret; undoubtedly, he would have to be silenced.

But the Steam Wizard before him, the Fifth‑Tier Defiler Ta Ke, is extremely powerful!

Among all the Fifth‑Tier transcendent geniuses Pu Te·Ya Bo knows,

the Defiler Ta Ke standing now is absolutely a ceiling‑level being.

This seemingly unremarkable shroud of darkness and the rise of steam

between them is filled with deep‑level confrontation.

His darkness seeks to strip the opponent of all perception of the outside world.

But the opponent's Steam and World easily pry open the darkness's suppression.

Moreover, as the opponent's steam source energy grows, he even pushes back against the dark suppression.

The covert raging clash had long since begun.

A clash of transcendent will and momentum.

The influence of one's rune elemental power on the surrounding world, and deep control over one's own realm.

These are aspects of a silent, soundless game.

Between strong ones, even a single gaze is a game and a test.

The opponent is a Fifth‑Tier transcendent, only mid‑rank.

While he is a Seventh‑Tier transcendent, high‑rank.

If it's a tie, he always loses.

Moreover, his darkness seems unable to match the opponent's steam power.

He feels the opponent's terrifying killing intent, like a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.

Pu Te·Ya Bo gradually senses an extreme threat.

The wizard before him is a ruthless person who has raised a Terrifying‑level Sairsi Crow.

In the vast transcendent world, the Sairsi Forbidden Crow is a major series of taboo seals.

There are many crow‑keepers.

But a living person who raises a Terrifying‑level Sairsi Crow, he has never seen before.

Moreover, the information he got was that this divine favored of the Three-Eyed God was someone even the Three-Eyed God had descended for.

You should know that there are tens of thousands of the Three-Eyed God's divine favored, but only a handful can let the Three-Eyed God's will descend.

Even among the Holy Sons, not many can let the Three-Eyed God's will descend.

After a moment of thought, Pu Te·Ya Bo suddenly burst into laughter.

"I previously thought the name Divine Favored Ta Ke·La Mo Er was just an empty title."

"Now that I see, Divine Favored Your Highness, you indeed have a heroic and majestic bearing, admirable!"

"Divine Favored Your Highness, I have no intention of being your enemy; moreover, if necessary, I can still provide you with information."

"How about... we cooperate?"

The other party's explanation left Ta Ke slightly startled.

After sizing up the other party for a moment, Ta Ke spoke slowly and deliberately.

"You're switching sides awfully fast, aren't you?"

Pu Te·Ya Bo gave a light smile and spoke softly.

"What do you think? As a host borrower like me, should I continue serving Mo Lei·Shen Ting, only to be discovered later and directly eliminated by its powerhouses?"

"Or would it be better to cooperate with your Saili'angsi Duchy, where even if I'm not heavily relied upon, at least my life would be worry-free?"

For a moment, the mortal clarity of this host borrower before him left Ta Ke somewhat unable to refute.

As this mage before him said, hosting an S-rank supernatural genius already counts as reaching the pinnacle of hosting; fleeing quickly is the proper course.

"But... even if that's the case, your willingness to switch sides so readily is hard to believe."

Ta Ke naturally didn't believe a word of what the other party said.

However, Pu Te·Ya Bo calmly began to explain.

"If you promise not to leak my identity information, I would naturally be happy to cooperate with you."

"I just don't want people to know my true identity."

"Even if you leak the information, it's fine,"

"After all, I plan to leave Mo Lei·Shen Ting upon returning to the Stone Demon Statue Empire this time."

"Once in the supernatural world outside, with my high-rank supernatural being status, where could I not go?"

"You don't need to try to pin me with this information."

After all, he was a senior old witch who had wandered the supernatural world for many years.

In just a few words, he reduced the threat of the leverage he had over Ta Ke to a minimum.

As long as I run fast enough, your hold on that leverage is completely useless against me.

After lightly rubbing his palms for a moment, Ta Ke spoke calmly.

"A seventh-rank witch, although a high-rank witch, may not have a significant effect."

"S-rank supernatural geniuses also have differences among themselves."

"If you want to cooperate with me, you also need to see whether you have the capability to cooperate."

"Moreover, having secretly prepared so many means, I also want to learn from them properly."

Ta Ke's words fell.

Pu Te·Ya Bo's face changed drastically; he had originally been in a state of high alert.

But even so, the other party's move came without any warning.

His Dark Insight could not probe the internal situation of the steam power world upheld by the other party.

The next moment.

"Boom—"

The roar of the forbidden spell instantly burst forth in agitation.

The terrifying explosion of the forbidden spell directly tore open the dark elemental domain, accompanied by the collapse of the entire tower.

Rumble……

The flames of the mushroom cloud slowly rose.

Rumble……

The tower of the Ebon Sun Church, under the terrifying destructive power of the forbidden spell, collapsed as if blown apart, clattering down.

The horrifying vision was like the apocalypse of calamity, and the shadow of death enveloped the hearts of all residents of the city-state.

"Damn lunatic!"

Using "Dark Leap" to escape, Pu Te·Ya Bo, who had landed on a high-rise rooftop, had a grim and murderous expression.

He quickly used his own Dark Supernatural State to extinguish the flames, but found the flames extremely hard to eradicate.

Gurgle……

More than ten bubbles rose up, wrapping that strange flame and expelling it from his body.

Just as he surfaced, someone threw a forbidden spell at him, even affecting him, leaving Pu Te·Ya Bo feeling stifled in his chest,

After all, he had once been an A-rank supernatural genius, and now he is an S-rank supernatural genius, and he is also a seventh-rank supernatural being; although he had only recently reached seventh rank, he is not something a mere fifth-rank supernatural being can push around like that.

"You have a forbidden spell, so don't I have one?"

At the same time!

"Hummm……"

Accompanied by layers of air waves, a huge black sphere over a hundred meters in diameter appeared on a rooftop of the city-state.

Five-star forbidden spell【Dark Obliteration Forbidden Cage】.

It can lock onto an enemy, instantly imprisoning the surrounding hundred meters, then contract to achieve utter annihilation.

"In an instant, you ran that far."

「Fortunately, my forbidden spell is no pushover. 」

「Once imprisoned within, death is certain. 」

However, even so, Pu Te·Ya Bo did not dare say that he had completely imprisoned the opponent.

He knew, however, that this blasphemer's agility was peerless.

「Buzzzz... 」

「Hissss... 」

When the 【Dark·Annihilation·Prison】 had fully coalesced, and at the moment of utter annihilation,

Pu Te·Ya Bo's expression grew increasingly grave.

Inside the 【Dark·Annihilation·Prison】 there was absolutely nothing.

Although the forbidden spell is powerful, if it doesn't hit the enemy, it's utterly useless.

However, what Pu Te·Ya Bo worried about was not that his forbidden spell missed the enemy.

but rather… he had lost his perception of that fifth-rank mage.

That is truly the most deadly.

Just now, it was that mage who launched a sneak attack first.

Now!

He was about to be struck again… unless he fled immediately.

「How could a mere fifth-rank mage possess so many extraordinary methods? 」

「You should know, I have grasped a certain degree of the world's origin, yet I cannot perceive his existence at all. 」

At this very moment.

Pu Te·Ya Bo finally understood why this Taku·Lamorel, why he could desecrate the divine, why he could alone intimidate a nation.

His methods are extraordinary; even if he were to face them, his scalp would go numb.