Chapter 1277: Moonlight Wheel

So that's it, I... understand!"

The thoughts generated when the Eternal Night City café provided light, the feelings gained in the moon-worshipping ruins near Osenfurt Manor, the blessing of the Silver Moon, and the final touch of realization when looking at the giant halo at this moment, let Xia De understand exactly what kind of power he wanted to obtain.

On the shore, the blonde witch faced the dark Dahu, the ground beside her already stained silver-white. She stood with her hands behind her back, watching the "giants" fighting. The blizzard blew her beautiful golden long hair backward; the long hair, which could become excellent spellcasting materials and ritual supplies, emitted a faint glow, and her reddish-gold eyes truly had flowing light in the wind. The synergy of Earth Power also included her on the shore:

"The power of the earth, I originally thought I only had the limit of the 11th tier, but now it seems..."

At this time, Miss Lathers and two other 9th-tier female sorcerers had also rushed over out of worry. The group of four listened to the increasingly surging tide sounds, watching first a yellow shock halo repel the terrifying golem in the blizzard, and then the stone giant's right hand rose, and a silver halo emitting flowing light appeared on its wrist, just as if the halo of the silver moon had been plucked down at this moment.

"Is this Xia De's Light of Binding?"

Miss Lathers identified the truth of the sorcery:

"It's truly beautiful, such brilliant moonlight... Vanessa, is this what you said, the power the Guardian gave to Xia De?"

The witch watched the distance in silence, just like most of the people on the lake shore. At this moment, even a patient with night blindness coming to the lakeside could see that halo. No one would question the power of that halo; the power of the earth had always been so profound and great.

That halo illuminated the side of the stone giant's face, and also illuminated the full appearance of the Rain-Praying Golem rushing toward the stone giant.

It was just that the bright silver halo did not fly out with the giant's punch after all. The stone giant's right hand paused in the air, then the halo on its wrist disappeared and appeared in the stone giant's palm.

And the dark clouds in the sky, for some reason, broke a large hole at this moment, and the moonlight shone from the hole in the clouds onto the stone statue in the lake. The halo in the palm underwent further changes under the moonlight; around the smooth halo, serrated curved arcs grew, and the bending direction of those arcs happened to be the same as the rotation direction of the halo.

The original halo couldn't tell if it was rotating, but after the serrated curved arcs appeared around it, it could be clearly seen that the ring was truly rotating.

The others on the shore didn't know what this represented. Miss Bernice watched this scene expressionlessly because, due to the connection of the synergistic sorcery, she could feel that something extraordinary was happening to Xia De in the distance. And Miss Lathers looked at the rotating light wheel in surprise; she could feel that ancient and profound power.

"What is this?"

"It's already over."

The stone giant made a throwing motion in the blizzard, and that massive silver serrated halo flew out like a beam of light:

"Moonlight Slash - Fifth Form!"

【Light of Binding】 itself had no offensive power but had tracking and multiple characteristics; 【Moonlight Slash】 itself had strong offensive power but no tracking and a large attack range.

And after experiencing battle after battle and receiving multiple inspirations, Xia De finally combined the two sorceries he possessed, creating a brand-new sorcery at this moment.

【Outsider, this can no longer be considered Sorcery - Moonlight Slash. You have created a new sorcery; this is a power unique to you. Please name it.】

"Sorcery - Moonlight Wheel."

The flying light wheel hit the charging Rain-Praying Golem head-on. The latter's giant palms joined together, trying to clamp the rotating light wheel, but the light wheel passed straight through the gap in the palms, the rotating serrations cutting the golem's chest head-on with a harsh sound, then flew out from behind the golem and disappeared into the black night.

The demon power covering the relic's surface tried to repair the damage, but under the moonlight that restrained the demon, it could not function.

The golem maintained the motion of rushing toward

the stone statue, its whole body frozen in the blizzard it had created itself. Just as people began to have questions, the golem fell backward and disappeared completely before hitting the water.

"Success!"

Luvia's voice reached Xia De's ear vaguely. Although Mr. Fleming said there was only one chance, he felt at this moment that he could barely use the sorcery one more time, only this time a small part of the consumed Spirit had to be borne by himself.

Xia De did not hesitate, took out stones from his pocket and turned them into soil, and placed fresh flower petals into the soil.

As the stone giant's hands presented a cupping gesture, the phantom of a giant soil Holy Grail emitting silver light appeared beneath its palms.

Bathed in the moonlight shooting from the hole in the clouds, the surging yellow Spirit became even more intense. In just a few breaths, the Spirit falling from the Holy Grail in the high sky toward the lake surface covered the entire Dahu. The Spirit, misting with light, lingered above the lake surface like clouds and mist, and the boundless Spirit even drifted to the surroundings of the lake shore, purifying the land that had been slightly polluted.

"What was that just now?"

In the camp on the other side of the lake, the professor of the Spellcasting course from Zaras Academy touched his beard and asked the middle-aged man beside him who was wearing sacrificial robes, with a sun-patterned holy emblem hanging on his chest:

"Mr. Morris, does your Randall Valley diocese still have such powerful people? If I didn't know that the Chosen Ones couldn't appear at the same time, I would even think that the Chosen One of the Moon was in the middle of the lake."

"This shouldn't be a Ringed Shushi of this diocese... Has the God-Awakener come again?"

"The church shouldn't push everything onto the God-Awakener, after all... this is now the ancient divine art of Earth Power, used by a stone giant; it's simply like returning to the ancient mythological era... The epic of the Chosen One of the Earth has actually begun so..."

With a loud boom, the two turned their gazes back to the lake. The stone giant standing in the blizzard finally could no longer withstand the power and collapsed into the cloud-like Spirit that had not yet disappeared.

A black shadow caught Xia De and Luvia in the high sky; it was the witch who had sensed in advance that things were over. Before the church's high-tier Ringed Shushi could arrive, she coughed and said loudly through the air:

"The Council is responsible for resolving this matter, yes, so the church must remember to give us the reward for solving the trouble, calculated at 1.3 times the normal hiring fee. Also, the Guardian of Randall Valley sacrificed one for this; you must take responsibility. The epic of the Chosen One of the Earth has officially begun! The Orthodox Church, don't be as uncomposed as the previous few times."

The disguised female voice was sharp and piercing, and then she let out the laughter often described in stories, flying away directly with Xia De and Luvia.

"Aren't you afraid that the Orthodox Church will guess that the witch is in Randall Valley?"

"Find a reporter tomorrow and let him take a picture of me kissing Xia De, and no one will ever doubt that Vanessa Bernice, who is not close to men, is a witch."

The witch said casually while flying, just as if she were talking about tomorrow morning's breakfast.

"Hmm?"

The weak Xia De looked at her in surprise.

"Huh?"

Luvia was also surprised that the witch would do such an unseemly thing.

The group quickly returned to the camp built in the dense forest. Miss Lathers and the others also retreated back at this time. They were not in a hurry to leave. After everyone entered the camp, the witch personally released the sorcery 【Closed Doors】 and 【Soil Camp】. Although there was no change when looking from the inside out, it was no longer possible to see any trace of the camp from the outside.

The bonfire was still very bright, providing warmth to everyone on the blizzard night.

Luvia was holding the somewhat weak Xia De at this time, and Xia De was holding the brand-new soil Holy Grail. The Holy Grails he had once possessed were Pure Water, Fruit, Healing, Sweetness, and Warm Food, and this time the Holy Grail was engraved with the rune "Gold-Stone."

Xia De had no time to explore the use of the Holy Grail for the time being, because Luvia had already rummaged through his pocket and found the small pink bottle:

"Xia De, time to take your medicine."

But he was rejected by Xia De

: "No, no."

He shook his head:

"Although the consumption this time was also very large, it is not yet complete exhaustion. If it is not necessary, I will not use this to replenish Spirit casually... You know this thing is also a relic."

"That's fine too."

The purple-eyed girl put the stopper back on, half-hugging Xia De with great worry, letting him face the flames. Miss Bernice walked back from the outskirts of the camp at this time, saw the posture of the two, and curled her lips, but did not let others discover it:

"It's fine now, let's rest for a while before returning to the city. Tonight was truly interesting, I mean it was truly dangerous; it's been a long time since I experienced this kind of thing."

Miss Lathers handed Xia De a blanket at this time, quite worried about Xia De.

Miss Bernice sat down by the bonfire, signaled the two 9th-tier girls to scout the outskirts of the camp, and then lowered her voice and asked Xia De:

"What's the situation, Guardian Fleming had an accident?"

Although she had just told the church that Fleming had sacrificed himself, she actually wasn't sure.

Xia De nodded, then shook his head. The witch immediately understood the wrongness in this, so she didn't ask further.

Seeing that Xia De was still a bit weak, Luvia took the initiative to talk about what happened in the short ten minutes just now. The witch and Miss Lathers both listened with furrowed brows. Luvia did not mention the demon, so they only thought that the cultists had used other evil powers.

"Xia De said his information came from that strange Osenfurt, so Osenfurt is related to the cultists?"

Miss Lathers summarized the key point, but Xia De immediately stopped her:

"I will handle Osenfurt's matter; you must not interfere, it would be best if you even forgot about this. The point is actually that Guardian Fleming said that the two paths chosen by me and Miss Bernice are both correct. That is to say, retracing Mr. Lathers' path and investigating those three auction items are both likely to help us complete the Guardian's test. And if I am not mistaken, the Chosen One of the Earth is among the Guardians."

"That's good."

The witch showed a smile. Even if the firelight created shadows on that extremely beautiful face, it only made her features more three-dimensional, making that face look more like a work of art:

"If the Chosen One of the Earth is Xiris's father, this is the best result I can think of. If it is Thomas Granger, that's also fine; he can count as Xia De's friend and guide."

"Father..."

Miss Lathers pursed her lips and said with a very firm expression:

"Since the path is correct, I will continue to walk it. Xia De, Vanessa, and Miss Anette... Luvia, the epic of the Chosen One has truly appeared by our side this time. Although I am not yet prepared to face such a major matter, if the Chosen One is truly my father, I will make him make the right choice."

Luvia looked at her and frowned slightly. The purple-eyed diviner discovered something interesting, but it was not the right time to say it. She didn't know if Mr. Lathers was the true Chosen One of the Earth, but she knew who one of the next-in-line candidates was.

"This is truly interesting." ===== CHAPTER 1278 =====