Chapter 2728: Sage-Level Relic - Lingering Resentment

The basic undead-type miracle "Resentment Dispersion" had a very strong effect in the hands of the cat witch. As the spirit and elements spread from Xia De's chest, a series of *bang-bang-bang* explosions came from all around.

The burnt smell in the air became even more serious, and the forms of the monsters that exploded seemed to be composed purely of ash.

But after one round of Flora's miracle, the rustling sound appeared again soon. Enemies crawled out from the ash on the ground, and even if the witch summoned a strong wind to blow away the ash around, the ash seemed to be secreted from the ground of the village and spread a layer again soon.

Not only that, the witch's act of blowing away the ash seemed to activate some kind of power in this dark village. In the darkness that eyes couldn't see through, a giant hand was clearly perceived by them reaching out from the ash, and then in the slight vibration of the ground, a giant composed of ash and resentment crawled out of the ground.

In the deserted village in the deep darkness of the forest, the appearance of a monster of this height made this scene become more grotesque and bizarre. The height of that thing exceeded ten meters, but the sound it made when it appeared and acted was exceptionally light.

That thing soon arrived in front of Xia De. After smashing a punch into the ground, because his body expanded and looked like he rose from the ground, Xia De lifted its fist and pushed it back.

"Curse?"

At the moment of contact, Xia De felt the curse spread to his body, and the power of the initial fire failed to drive it away for the first time.

But there was no time to care about the curse for now. Under the effect of the miracle - Body of Courage, the giant Xia De raised his arms and crossed them in front of his chest. In the rumbling sound, he blocked the downward force of the resentment ghost.

But the price was that the ground under the giant Xia De's feet sank by at least one meter. At the same time, in the sound of air waves rolling to the surroundings, the violent flames almost swallowed the remaining half of the village.

At this time, cracks like flowing magma appeared on Xia De's body surface, but when the monster kicked his arm and then used the force to flip and land, Xia De's arm clothes were burned away, and large areas of burn marks still appeared on his arms.

This was completely unimaginable before. As the "Hero who carries the fire," even if Xia De would be burned or even burned to death, it was absolutely impossible for such a large area of burns to appear. Because there was only one kind of fire that could burn him now, that is...

"Original Fire! It's actually here with you!"

"Roar!"

The red mane trembled with the violent roar. It was clearly a beast's appearance, but the mouth of the resentment ghost was full of scorched yellow human teeth.

The monster inserted its hand into the sea of fire beside it, and then slashed the great sword shaped by flames at Xia De's head. After being deflected by the huge yellow moonlight greatsword in Xia De's hand with a *clang*, it took advantage of the momentum to rotate its body, and then a rotating flame slash shattered Xia De's greatsword.

The flame greatsword slashed toward Xia De's head again with unstoppable momentum. It could be seen that it didn't know how to use a sword at all, just using the flames in its hand as a stick. And since it dared to get close, Xia De didn't dodge at all.

He reached out and grabbed the burning greatsword directly, and even the cat who was sensing the escape direction heard the huge sound of Xia De's left hand bone breaking.

But Xia De's expression didn't change, and his right hand reached toward the burning face of the monster:

"Black Moon Mark!"

In the roar of the resentment ghost, a huge black moon mark dispelled the flames on the ground and appeared beneath it. The burning face, the flame-like red mane, and the scorched skin gradually turned into flying ash. With the disappearance of the flame greatsword, the resentment ghost also dissipated into flying ash from the face in a sigh of relief.

Xia De, who was panting and suppressing the curse and severe pain, had his body size return to normal, and his right hand covered his broken left hand that had become scorched black. He wanted to say something, but suddenly heard a loud noise from the center of the burning village again, and then the resentment ghost that had just completely disappeared appeared again.

The ferocious face turned to Xia De for the first time, and the flames burning in its eyes seemed to contain more resentment and pain.

The cat immediately reminded:

"It's useless. As long as this fire is not extinguished, its resentment will not disappear. Unless you erase the entire relic, even a miracle like the Black Moon Mark won't work.

Go, I found the exit, go to the pier, the exit is at the pier!"

So Xia De hugged the cat tightly, and didn't care about the villagers who seemed not to see them and the increasingly violent flames, and immediately rushed toward the pier in the east of the village.

And the "reborn" resentment ghost obviously didn't forget Xia De just because it had died once. While dozens of fireballs the size of houses were falling one after another, the obviously abnormally agile giant monster jumped again and landed in front of Xia De.

"Lagley's Leap."

After a flash of Xia De's figure, he had already arrived behind it. He wanted to rush forward, but found that a soul of an old woman beside him actually reached out and grabbed his arm.

Just now he clearly felt that all the villagers here were phantoms, but the soul of this old woman who took the initiative to grab him was real.

"Take it out, it's calling for help, take it out, we need clues!"

The cat also reacted immediately, so Xia De reached out and grabbed the soul of the old woman and continued to rush forward. Behind them, the right arm raised by the resentment ghost turned into a flame whip, but the cat climbed onto Xia De's shoulder and cast a spell again while the whip fell:

"Wall of Sighs!"

A total of five gray stone walls stood up behind Xia De one after another, and the fire-red long whip was blocked only after shattering the last wall.

The rubble and flames were blocked behind by the witch's spell, and Xia De dodged the fire pillars rising from the ground and the fireballs falling from the sky one after another.

But fortunately, Gregory Village was not a big village. When the resentment ghost's left hand smashed the ground, letting itself turn into flames and arrive above the heads of the three, Xia De, who was carrying the cat and grabbing the old woman, had already arrived at the pier.

This time without the witch's reminder, Xia De also noticed where the so-called "exit" was. It was just that the raging flames were now turning into the falling resentment ghost above his head. Xia De had to use the miracle to expand his body again, and his right fist slammed upward—

*Boom! *

His right fist shining with silver moonlight collided with the downward kicking feet of the resentment ghost. This time, it was Xia De, who was entangled by the curse, who was knocked away with one blow. This was not acting; he really couldn't bear the power of this monster anymore.

But fortunately, this was also in his plan. The direction he was knocked away was the direction of the pier. So, holding the cat in one hand and the soul in the other, Xia De fell into the riverbed that had dried up due to the fire under the pier.

And although there seemed to be no water in the riverbed, he entered the cold river water in the next moment.

Thus all the dryness and danger disappeared, and even the pain in his body became much more real due to the alternation of heat and cold.

After bubbling in the water for a few seconds, the small boat that gradually surfaced lifted Xia De, the cat, and the soul of the old woman to the water surface.

The fine drizzle sprinkled in the woods, and the dark clouds in the gloomy sky covered the sun. The cold wind of late autumn swept through the woods and made a rustling sound, and the murmuring water sound was actually the loudest at this time.

There was no fire, and the normal world only had the bleakness and loneliness of autumn. The dilapidated small wooden boat drifted downstream, and the last trace of dryness in 1854 had also disappeared. After all, winter was coming.

Xia De's breathing gradually became steady, and he lay on his back on the boat without getting up immediately. The severe burns on his arms were slowly healing in the drizzle, and the curse entangled by the ash resentment was also gradually being driven away by the power of the soul because it was separated from the influence of the relic, but this required a period of time, so he just wanted to lie down quietly for now.

The leaves were blown over the river by the wind, and Xia De looked at the drifting withered leaves, truly feeling that this year was coming to an end again.

The gray-black cat jumped out from his chest, so the cat's shallow shadow elongated in the air until it turned back into the appearance of the gray-black-haired witch.

She didn't urge Xia De to get up, but stood up and looked at the village located upstream that was gradually moving away, confirming that it was still desolate, and then looked at the soul of the old woman they brought out together.

In the burning village just now, her appearance was the same as a normal

Although the cat on his chest said it lightly, Xia De felt that he had probably really met his match this time.