Chapter 52: Steam Core, Got It!

Yasenxun, who had plunged headfirst into the light, was like a large stone at a quarry when the explosives detonated.

While being blown into the air and landing, he also rolled over ten meters.

But even so, this guy still didn't die.

He just had thick skin and tough flesh.

However, Yasenxun at this moment, though not dead, was practically there.

As a two-star level powerful holy magic.

The amount of resources Ta Ke poured into it was so great that it even exceeded his own level.

The Light-Shaping Spear's form-shaping reinforcement, holy power burst reinforcement, scorching, penetration, and so on.

And all of this input turned into scorching holy light.

It completed the redemptive baptism of the Dark Sun Church's evil and filth.

Yasenxun lay on the grass baptized by the explosion's aftermath, his body in a certain strange posture, showing a twisted state upper and lower, with a certain artistic element, but not much.

Life Coating, already completely consumed.

That somewhat strange mage robe, lifted by the air blast, was not damaged; instead, it was unexpectedly sturdy.

Yasenxun's skin exposed to the air suffered severe burns.

Some black flesh buds and blood-corroding worms wriggled free from his skin, flailing wildly in the air.

Mutation and loss of control writhed slightly.

And the two things he bore on his shoulders, which should be called Dark Sun Candles, were holding onto his last breath.

Ta Ke reached out and grabbed; a Light-Shaping Spear over a meter long, sharp at both ends, fell into his hand.

Moreover, Ta Ke had three more Light-Shaping Spears behind him.

Although the opponent was within Ta Ke's field of vision, in a half-conscious state and completely unprepared.

The opponent's lack of preparation did not delay Ta Ke's full defenses.

Grasping the Light-Shaping, the hem of Ta Ke's mage robe dropped shadows, after which shadow tendrils extended along the ground.

The shadow tendrils, under Ta Ke's control, were extremely agile.

The shadow tendrils clung to Yasenxun's two twisted arms for a moment.

When they were retracted again, Yasenxun's ring staff and storage ring had already been removed by Ta Ke.

He glanced at the ring staff in his hand, and sure enough, it was just as Ta Ke had seen.

This is an "Earth Rune Ring Staff".

Even its rune power was stronger than his shadow rune power.

Wielding such a ring staff naturally reduces a certain amount of damage.

Combined with Life Coating, defensive capacity is maxed out.

Withstanding Ta Ke's many waves of output, this Earth Rune Ring Staff is indispensable.

He carefully put away the Earth Rune Ring Staff.

Ta Ke took a deep breath and looked at the transcendent storage ring.

Ta Ke's reason for risking coming here wasn't just for that expensive, rare, Steam Age era version answer, was it?

He opened the storage ring, and his spiritual perception permeated it.

A moment later!

"Huh..."

Ta Ke let out a long breath, showing a slight smile.

"Finally got it in hand; this trip wasn't in vain."

He stored the storage ring away.

Ta Ke lifted his head to look at the completely disordered trajectory of the Dark Sun Evil God Church's A-rank genius, 'Yasenxun'.

The trend of mutation and loss of control became increasingly obvious.

Ta Ke first finished his pack, just to prevent this guy from mutating and losing control.

After all, the Dark Sun power contained within Yasenxun's body is tremendously terrifying and astonishing.

Once mutation and loss of control occur, the bracers, storage ring, will all be thoroughly contaminated.

Ta Ke is not an alchemist, nor a priest.

There's no way to purify these contaminated items.

And now that he's finished his pack, it's fine.

Like it or not, if it doesn't change, forget it!

Just as Ta Ke was pondering whether to first take down Yasenxun or first deal with that altar over there,

"Gah... gah..."

A single undead raven swiftly landed on the fence of the nearby grass.

Immediately after,

"Gah... gah... gah..."

Vast numbers of undead ravens spun down in droves.

The gaze of the undead ravens descended at this moment.

That is, a few disobedient crows landed near the wall, facing it, "faith blossoms!"

"I don't know if Lord Oberlin has noticed these crows' abnormal situation."

Ta Ke silently pondered.

From all directions, nearly all the undead ravens' gazes converged on the same point.

The Netherworld Raven's gaze swept over the body lying on the ground, which had begun to swell regularly.

Then it looked at the collapsed altar, which had undergone the baptism of explosion and was beginning to be suffused with Dark Sun power.

Finally, the Netherworld Raven looked toward Ta Ke.

"The situation over at the tower is somewhat complicated."

"The matter is far from over; indeed, it may merely be a beginning."

"First deal with the altar, then handle that mutated freak, and return quickly."

After saying that,

Gah-gah-gah—

A large flock of Netherworld Ravens flapped their wings and swiftly took off.

When Ta Ke withdrew his gaze from the Netherworld Raven,

Thump-thump... thump-thump...

A heavy pounding sound on the heart rang out.

Not far away, Yasenxun's body, at the heart, emitted a dull yet eerie astonishing throb.

Ta Ke, not far away, was also affected, his heart beating violently as well.

Without hesitation.

Ta Ke did not attend to Yasenxun, who was about to mutate and lose control.

Instead, he quickly ran toward the Dark Sun Altar.

As he approached, Ta Ke rapidly condensed one Shaping Light Spear·Ball after another.

Compared to the spear form's sharpness, penetration, and permeation.

the ball form's holy light characteristic, with the ultimate burst of divine aura (explosion), is more effective.

Also fortunate that Ta Ke had previously invested heavily in the two-star light-system spell Shaping Light Spear.

Only then could he condense them like sausages, one after another.

Ta Ke's Primordial Dark Sea also supported the massive consumption of source energy.

Clang-clang-clang—

Several dozen Shaping Light Spear·Balls were thrown by Ta Ke onto the damaged Dark Sun Altar.

Quickly opening a distance of over a hundred meters.

Ta Ke leapt into the depths of the shadows, waiting briefly.

Thump-thump!

Thump-thump!

The beating heart suddenly contracted.

Then, Yasenxun sitting on the ground had his whole body eerily lifted without support.

His muscles all over began to swell, revealing a black metallic sheen.

The two Dark Sun Candles on his shoulders also began to burst forth rapidly, like two torches.

At that moment, the female human face on the expanded chest of his mage robe suddenly opened its eyes.

Jet-black pupils, empty and lifeless.

But at this moment, Ta Ke felt a stabbing pain in his eyes just from glancing at Yasenxun once more.

Ta Ke had never seen such a bizarre situation.

But this situation before him undoubtedly gave Ta Ke much more strange knowledge.

The power of those aberrant evil gods simply cannot be explained by supernatural methods.

Even within the realm of supernatural mysticism, it may not be explicable.

Just as Ta Ke had anticipated.

The preliminarily mutated Yasenxun was drawn to the altar suffusing Dark Sun power.

He stepped step by step toward the Dark Sun Altar amidst the broken walls and ruins.

He sought to draw upon Dark Sun power.

To further strengthen his own strength.

When Yasenxun approached the altar, Ta Ke raised his hand, the bullet tendril aiming to trigger the detonation pulse of the Shaping Light Spear·Ball.

"Art is——explosion!"

Boom—

An explosion even more violent than before.

Lifting the altar together with Yasenxun into the sky.

(End of chapter)