Chapter 2333

As soon as the figure, transformed into a white light humanoid, touched the door of the shop along the street, the door was immediately melted into light.

The silver cat heard terrified screams coming from the shop and knew there were others inside.

The cat jumped lightly off the roof, and before it landed in the air, it turned into a red stream of light composed of red butterflies and flew into the door of the tea shop that had been melted into a large hole.

The light blade transformed from the yellow moonlight flew directly out from the butterflies, but passed through the white light humanoid and left a huge slashing mark on the shop wall... If Xia De's control over "Moonlight Slash" had not been very strong, this wall might not have existed after this blow.

The fat shop owner had already escaped upstairs, and Xia De, who had returned to human form, also saw clearly what this thing was.

Its whole body was glowing, and it was no longer possible to see what it looked like when it was originally a human. Nothing could be seen under the light. The only difference from a normal human body was that the neck of this thing was abnormally long, and the head was also abnormally large.

The head hung slightly low because it was too heavy, and the light on the head was stronger than any other part of the body, almost like a gas light bulb hanging at the end of the neck.

Although Xia De's blow just now was completely useless against it, it still gave up chasing the fat shop owner, turned around, and lunged at Xia De with its arms wide open.

Xia De stood still. When the white light humanoid approached him, the "Darkness Art" activated by the "Calamity Card: Shadow of the Deep Sea" wrapped around the two "people." The strange glowing humanoid was immediately swallowed by the darkness and then disappeared completely.

"A new monster?"

After the humanoid disappeared, it only left some small, translucent, shimmering rhombic crystals on the ground; those crystals were of every color. If they weren't glowing, Xia De would have even thought they were a handful of colorful candies.

The glowing rhombic crystals carried traces of elements and were clearly precious materials that were bound to appear whenever a major event occurred.

The witches on the ship had of course already taken action. When Xia De boarded the "Radiant Messenger" with a heavy heart and entered the cabin, Luweiya briefly explained the situation to him:

"I used divination to briefly locate it, and it is basically certain that the location where the 'edge of life and death' opened is in the north of the city's core district. We will return to the manor in a while and determine it again with Bella; we will definitely get an accurate result.

According to the data and experience accumulated during the Mid-Hill Castle period, it is now necessary to go deep into the edge of life and death, clear the undead accumulated inside first, and then use rituals and other methods to seal it up again."

"The church also knows this sealing method, so it shouldn't be as chaotic as in the Mid-Hill Castle period. But the most difficult part of closing the edge of life and death again is the need for time to prepare the ritual. I am worried that the opening of the edge of life and death this time is abnormal, and after mixing with the abnormal sunlight, who knows what will happen?"

Xia De said worriedly, taking out the glowing colorful rhombic crystals and explaining what happened on the way here.

Luweiya did not know what those monsters were either; she just nodded and looked at the glaring dim yellow sunlight outside the porthole:

"There is still an hour and a half until nightfall. Let's wait and see. After the sun sets, who knows what will happen with the moonlight."

At 6:30 in the evening, after a not-so-loud explosion sounded inside the largest banquet hall of the "Radiant Messenger," the entire ship actually swayed twice on the calm sea.

But this was not an attack; amidst another clear sound of glass shattering, a spiral vortex of gold and black appeared on the east side of the banquet hall.

A sizzling sound appeared along with the vortex, and in the wind blowing from the vortex, the black-haired space witch, Miss Emma Sylvia, walked out with a smile:

"Success! A semi-solidified portal. For the next month, the basement of Bella's manor and here will always be connected! Thanks to Bella's manor closing all defense and counter-attack rituals today, and Miss Ilyse and Vanessa also helped a lot! Let's go, the manor has already prepared dinner; let's go there to eat."

The connection between the manor in the city and the ship at the wharf not only meant that Xia De could walk a few steps less when going out in the future, but also meant that the 【Witch Council】's position could be shifted at any time.

The fact that the two-way semi-solidified portal could be opened so smoothly by Miss Sylvia this time was partly due to her hard work over the past week and the fact that she had been promoted to the eleventh tier, and partly due to the two diviners choosing the most suitable time and location.

After all, for things like opening a portal safely, luck also played a large part.

The group on the ship returned to the Belindell Manor before dinner that day. As for the result of the church's inspection of Belindell Manor, of course, there was no result; after all, the Countess had not failed to consider that her place might be searched.

And when the sun set and the abnormal sunlight disappeared completely, those slightly glowing mists were almost immediately stained with a layer of silver by the moonlight. The fog diffused throughout the city, and Moon Bay was quieter tonight than any night in the past hundred years.

After dinner, Luweiya and Miss Ilyse stood on the second-floor balcony, watching Xia De standing in the thick fog of the manor courtyard, breathing in the white fog deeply. Little Mia was held by Tifa, the black-haired head maid stood behind Luweiya, and the cat's large amber eyes were also watching Xia De below.

Both the purple eyes and the sea-blue eyes clearly saw that as Xia De breathed, the light on his body also flickered accordingly.

"Is he... absorbing moonlight?"

The blue dragon girl asked with some surprise. Megan, who walked over at this time, also glanced down:

"It really seems so. I know Xia De's affinity for moonlight is about the same as the legendary Son of the Ancient God, but can he even absorb this kind of abnormal light?"

She said this with some worry, but Luweiya comforted her:

"Xia De didn't know you when he was adventuring in the Randall Valley. Have you forgotten how the mutation of the earth was solved? He completely swallowed the twisted power of the earth and then had a fever for half a month because of it. Compared to that time, what effect do you think this moonlight, which only easily drives ordinary people crazy, can have on him? At most, it just makes it easier for him to perceive the moon."

As they spoke, Xia De stopped his "breathing" action, turned into a group of red butterflies, flew onto the balcony, and returned to human form in front of the girls. All four girls noticed that there was clearly an extra bright silver pattern on the wings of the red butterflies this time.

"If I hadn't been to the Gravel Sand Sea, I might not have felt it very clearly. But after being forced to absorb the domineering sunlight of the Gravel Sand Sea, I have already adapted to this kind of abnormal light."

As he spoke, he raised his right hand, and a ball of silver moonlight, completely different from the holy and tranquil ones of the past, appeared in his hand.

Megan frowned slightly:

"The smell of death."

"Underworld Moon."

Xia De said simply:

"After the power of moonlight and death merged, the light itself carried a twisted power. This feeling is very much like the Underworld Moon, but not exactly the same. This light can be completely utilized by me. Remember the 'Moonlight Wheel: Third Form' I developed? It's the move that requires unfolding a light curtain to absorb moonlight to accumulate power. The current environment is very suitable for me to use this miracle. And under the abnormal moonlight at night, as long as I am willing to absorb the abnormal light, my spirit recovery speed has increased by at least double."

"Even if you can absorb it, this is dirty stuff; it's best not to absorb this."

Luweiya said softly, but only said one sentence:

"There has been no other movement in the city; it seems there was no fight. What exactly is going on... Could it be that the church's team has already broken into the edge of life and death?"

"Bella hasn't sent any news about this, but the kind of monster Xia De encountered has already appeared frequently in the city."

Megan said:

"The Five Gods Church named it 'Lightbulb Man'. This thing is a monster that has never appeared before. It comes from the twisted power of fog, death, and light merging to infect the human body. Not only can it melt the entities it touches into light, but when encountering fatal danger, it can also escape by throwing its glowing big head to explode."

"The power of this thing's head explosion is close to the full-strength blow of a nine-ringed shushi in a non-sublimated state, and the light that erupts is the purest 'abnormal light'. The good news is that humans who were directly melted by abnormal light in the past would leave behind strong light pollution in the surrounding area, but the light of this thing after death is not strong, and the darkness produced by relics and high-ring miracles can clean it up... By the way, the nemesis of this 'Lightbulb Man' is miracles like 【Shadow Ball】."

"What about the materials I brought back? Miss Aurora studied them and said they are excellent substitutes for light-type rituals."

Xia De asked again, but Megan shook her head slightly;

"This monster has only just appeared, and the church doesn't know either."

There was a curfew in the city tonight, but Miss Belindell still took Miss Matilda to inquire about news. Tifa was originally going to go with them, but because of her Northern appearance, Miss Hailey Aurora followed in the end.

Except for them, all the other great witches and witch apprentices had gathered in the manor, and even Margaret was there. After all, the bishop of the local Peace Church had personally visited and told Margaret not to go out tonight.

Therefore, Margaret rested early, and then was brought over directly by Miss Sylvia opening a portal, along with Emilia, Angelina, and the little unicorn.

The evening newspapers didn't have time to report the important news of the "glowing thick fog" in the city, but after nightfall, people in police uniforms running on the streets shouted loudly on every street, "An optical smoke leak has occurred in the city. Every household should close doors and windows and not turn on lights. Absolutely do not go out, and do not open the door for any strangers. Mental patients who have gone crazy due to optical smoke are now running wild in the city."