Chapter 2963: Forest Giant

The hotel owner looked at the shocked people with great regret, sighing while the white smoke exhaled continued to merge into the falling snow:

"But you probably haven't realized a fact yet: time and death are equal. Although I dare not presumptuously claim to possess the great power of time, it is a pity that this dagger of yours cannot be called representing the original death. The Ancient One gave me a blessing. To put it simply, although I don't have immortality, 'instant death' effects that are not high enough in status are ineffective against me.

This is a characteristic that most Chosen Ones possess. Although I am not a Chosen One chosen by the Old Gods, but... you guys take your companion's corpse and go."

He sighed again, then turned to look at his wife's tombstone:

"I don't want to kill anyone here. This silly woman thought she wasn't good enough for me all her life, and spent her whole life trying to do things to prove that I was right to choose her. But she didn't understand, I never regretted making her my wife. Don't stain this place with your blood again, this is disrespectful to her."

After saying that, he didn't pay attention to the eight middle-tier Ringed Shushi, but threw the dagger fiercely toward the back of the tombstone.

The dagger, which had not completed the so-called "Thin Burial Ritual," although it had no other characteristics except being almost indestructible and vulnerable to undead creatures, was still very powerful when thrown by him. It was just that the sound of breaking through the air appeared and then stopped. Xia De appeared in the snow and caught that Sage-level relic.

The first thing he did was to apologize to the eight strangers:

"Sorry, everyone. If I had appeared earlier, you wouldn't have had to make such a sacrifice."

After all, in Xia De's view, this assassination itself was meaningless, and Thomas Bennett sneered at him:

"Even if you appeared earlier, what would happen? Even if this time was snatched by you, they would still find an opportunity to execute the plan. So you are not together? They came to me for revenge, and you are the 'justice messenger' in knight novels?"

Xia De shook his head seriously and threw the dagger back to the Ringed Shushi who were recovering their companion's corpse. He didn't take other people's things casually. And the movement here had already alerted the small church in the cemetery. The gravedigger stationed in the cemetery probably knew that this matter was not something he could handle, so he didn't show up, but Xia De believed that the Church's main force might appear at any time. After all, the Bennett family had just gotten rid of suspicion:

"Actually, to be more precise, I can't represent justice. Of course, to be more precise, I don't even have any feud with you, and you even helped me."

"So you are a guest who has visited the transfer station at night?"

Treating Xia De, Thomas Bennett appeared much more cautious. He realized the extraordinary nature of this opponent.

Xia De bypassed the tombstone:

"I have many reasons to find you, such as helping people collect debts, because you are a candidate for the Chosen One, because you have the cards I want, because I want to know the secret of the World Tree wreckage, because I think things like the Time Transfer Station that destroy the order of time should not exist."

The black key already grasped in his right hand allowed light to seep out from between his fingers. The white light extended forward until it turned into that black long staff:

"Thomas Bennett, do you really understand what your family has done in the thousand-year history of Creekwood Town?"

"Of course I understand. God-Caller holding the 'Staff of the World Tree,' I know that we are the true masters of Creekwood Town, and we are the family that wove the history of Creekwood Town and this forest."

After Thomas Bennett took off his coat, he covered it on his wife's tombstone. The gentle hotel owner usually had a solemn face. He reached out to the air, and then the old lantern that Xia De had seen many times in the transfer station was held in his hand:

"Boring nonsense doesn't need to be said. You did choose the most suitable time to appear. Before she passed away, I might have tried every means to avoid exposure and avoid direct confrontation with you, but now these have no meaning."

"So what exactly does your wife's death represent?"

"You don't need to understand. Your strength is unquestionable, and I don't think I am stronger than the opponents you have defeated in the past."

The fire light appeared from that old lantern, and the hotel owner looked directly into Xia De's eyes:

"But God-Caller, only this time, no matter what, I cannot lose. I have heard most of your stories, and I also know that you are a true hero to most people in this world, and I just want to be their hero."

He held the lantern high above his head:

"Maze: Time Transfer..."

After the sound of breaking through the air, the arrow shot from the forest outside the cemetery shattered the lantern.

Thomas Bennett didn't change his face and threw the lamp aside. While the 8th-tier life ring behind him rotated rapidly to prepare to meet the enemy, the figures of the witches in the forest also appeared.

The hotel owner then snapped his fingers:

"Time Freeze!"

First, the snowflakes around him froze in the air, and wherever the invisible sound waves passed, the falling snow stopped one after another from near to far. The cemetery and the surrounding forest were solidified at this moment, but with the lighting of the silver moon fire, Vanessa, Galinna, and Megan still came to Xia De's side in the solidified time.

Silver moon marks shone on the sides of the witches' arms. 【Staff of Yggdrasil】 was inserted into the ground. Although the emerald big tree covering everyone's head could not completely lift the "Time Freeze" effect, it could affect other time-type abilities.

Galinna held 【Night Watcher】 in both hands and came to Xia De's side. Xia De let go of the long staff and turned to hold the sword hilt. When the sword tip pointed toward the earth, this Angel-level relic had already been wrapped in this holy silver big sword.

The life rings and golden steps of the witches all appeared behind them. Xia De didn't want to talk nonsense and waste time anymore. He pointed his sword forward:

"Start!"

While Xia De's figure disappeared, the miracle bombardment of the witches drowned the position where Thomas Bennett stood. But in the dazzling spiritual light and surging elements, he was like a phantom and was not hurt at all:

"Miracle: Time Barrier."

The shield made of thin white mist made all the witches' attacks fail to produce effects, but when he wanted to take a step forward, he found that the action of lifting his legs was so difficult.

The little witch at this moment pressed her hands on the ground, trying her best to increase the gravity of this piece of land. Even if time power makes the opponent completely immune to miracle effects, she doesn't attack the opponent but affects the environment. Even if Thomas Bennett is immune to all damage, he is ultimately a mortal standing on the earth.

Silver moonlight also floated behind the hotel owner at this time. Although the latter's legs moved with difficulty, he could still lift his right hand to parry backward. His index finger pointed to the blade of the moonlight big sword, so the silver giant sword solidified in time and space like a snowflake.

But at the same time, the blood-colored short blade was stabbed into Bennett's lower back directly by Xia De's left hand. The 【Moonlight Big Sword】 summoned by the Red Moon now seemed to be bleeding, and after the "Crazy Moon" incident, this sword also underwent corresponding changes.

The short blade entered the waist, and Thomas Bennett gritted his teeth without saying a word. He used his strength to fall forward, but before he really fell to the ground, he turned into a cloud of smoke and rushed toward the forest in the northeast of the city.

The time freeze around was lifted because of the departure of the spellcaster. The witches flew up to chase. Xia De jumped into the high altitude after pulling out the 【Staff of Yggdrasil】, and then turned into a scarlet light, surpassing everyone to chase the fog group that fled.

The white fog and red light met again above the forest, and after multiple collisions between the blood light and white fog above the snowy forest sea, they fell toward the depths of the forest together.

The loud noise of the rumble pointed out the direction for the witches who arrived a step late, but before they approached, the voice of Thomas Bennett sounded in the falling dust:

"Miracle: Avatar of Forest Spirit!"

Huge tree roots broke through the ground under his feet, and after wrapping him, they continued to grow upward, until a 50-meter-high wooden giant stood up in the snowy forest sea. Tree roots and vines were both bodies and armor. When it stretched out its palm toward the forest, the forest also responded to his call.

The vitality and spirituality of the forest turned into emerald light and continuously gathered toward the wooden giant, so the vines and tree roots that were originally knotted on the rough body squirmed and became denser. Shoulder armor, hand armor, skirt armor, and chest armor grew out by themselves, and ancient runes were engraved on them with the flow of spirit, but they were immediately cut out of gaps by the 30-meter-long giant moonlight big sword.

A 50-meter-high Xia De also stood up from the dense forest. Seeing that the moonlight big sword only cut gaps in the wooden giant's vine armor, he simply threw the big sword into the forest sea, and a giant fire group generated in his palm:

"I want to know if your wooden man is afraid of fire—Chaos Residue!"

The exploding rotating fireball was not thrown out, but appeared in front of the wooden giant as the giant Xia De used "Lagley's Jump," and was pressed directly toward the wooden giant's chest.

The wooden giant, whose figure was a circle larger than Xia De, crossed its hands in front of its chest and wanted to block, but the subsequent explosion directly blew off its arm, and even blew a penetrating hole in its chest.

"Your fire is not enough to burn the whole forest!"

Hundreds of hands grew behind the wooden giant, and while Xia De's right hand was injured due to the backlash of the miracle, they all hit toward him.

The scene of hundreds of fists hitting out together was indeed amazing, but the giant rock giant stood up from the ground at this time, hit the wooden giant sideways, and Galinna's voice sounded on the shoulder of the rock giant:

"Witch Secret Technique: Order Chain!"

Hundreds of golden chains crossed and crisscrossed in the snow, binding the hundreds of giant arms that grew behind the wooden giant.

The giant arms struggling brought the clanging sound of chains echoing far away, but the vibrating golden chains just became brighter and brighter. The Great Witch of Balance had buried the source of all chains deep into the body of the rock giant under her feet, while the witch of the earth continuously drew power from the earth to make the rock giant's body size grow.

The power of balance and earth cooperated with each other, and the relationship between the two sisters far exceeded that of ordinary sisters, providing the greatest help in this wind and snow. ===== CHAPTER 2964 =====