Chapter 3923

No one had any intention of stopping there; after Xia De rescued Mr. Bernhardt, he no longer had any worries, and the strangers were clearly unwilling to fail just like that.

Xia De was already prepared to face that unknown magic eye again. Back when Blaney ascended to demigod status in the "Moon Sanctuary," Xia De himself had also obtained the miracle named 【Mist Moon Tide】. This miracle could release a wide-range mist that confused space and time; although Xia De dared not say that the other's magic eye must see the target to be effective, he knew that his miracle could certainly suppress the characteristics of that magic eye to a certain extent.

It was just that the enemy clearly had no intention of using the magic eye again; the relic backlash caused by the attractive force exerted by Xia De's 【Blood Moon Return】 was actually more severe than Xia De himself had thought.

And seeing that Xia De had already rescued the high-level vampire species who was the target this time, the ten-ring sorcerer clutching her eye made a gesture to her companion, and the heavily injured nine-ring vampire species bent down and placed his hands on the water surface.

Although Xia De did not know what the other party wanted to do, a powerful whisper element dispersed toward the entire lake surface following the other's movements, and subsequently, a huge black-iron colored ritual base array bloomed on the lake surface.

The intertwined patterns and strange runes were all telling of the power of the ritual; Xia De wanted to interrupt the other's actions, but the moonlight he slashed out was blocked by the ten-ring sorcerer possessing the magic eye at the cost of her magic eye almost completely losing control. And the expansion of the whisper element made Xia De temporarily not want to get too close to them.

Such a powerful fluctuation of the whisper element could not possibly be hidden. Even if the representatives sent by the church to the charity banquet tonight were just ordinary people, the five churches in the city were likely already aware of the commotion here by now.

Based on Xia De's experience, a local sorcerer squad would arrive on the scene in at most two minutes.

The water surface was trembling violently; a powerful whisper element naturally represented powerful strength. At the same moment the light of that eerie ritual base array almost turned into a physical entity reflecting toward the night sky, a huge golem rose rapidly from beneath the water surface amidst a roaring sound.

The golem cast from deep black metal first appeared with three heads, and a semicircular ring connected the shoulders on both sides of the heads, drawing an arc-shaped trajectory above the top of the head.

A huge red eye was located on the center of the forehead of the central head, and apart from that, as more and more parts of the golem appeared, Xia De clearly saw that the entire golem, from top to bottom, was almost covered everywhere with eyes of different sizes and colors.

Although the golem appeared motionless like a dead object during the surfacing process, those thousands of eyes were constantly opening and closing under the various dim lights, the eyeballs looking at Xia De on the lake surface, and every single eye revealed a color of wisdom.

And among those thousands of eyes, there were even more than ten that were magic eyes.

Two legs, four arms, three heads, a thousand eyes, the black-iron metal golem about a hundred meters tall stood on the water surface under the moon; even though it was motionless at this moment, the oppression and mental pollution brought by its very existence were already explaining its power.

"This is..."

But compared to worry, Xia De was more astonished at this moment; he looked at the conspicuous "No. 3765" mark on the golem's right shoulder, memories that seemed distant but were actually from just over a year ago flooded his mind:

"Secret Keeper-level relic 【Thousand-Eyed Gargoyle No. 3765】! How is this possible?" (Chapter 221, Chapter 255)

Back then, in order to pursue the Silver-Eyed One of the 【Mercury Blood】, Xia De, Luvia, and Iluna broke into the ruins of the 【Innocence Cult】 beneath Tobesk City, and among the three most powerful relics responsible for guarding the ruins at that time, this powerful alchemical golem was included.

This was a relic that had mutated from an ancient alchemical product of the Fourth Era, possessing the dual attributes of stone and flesh, with a gray appearance—yet what appeared at this moment was of black metal material, with extremely powerful combat capability, proficient in melee and spellcasting abilities.

And the most significant characteristic of this relic was that after killing an enemy, it would seize their eyes and place them on its own body, thereby possessing a field of vision with almost no blind spots.

In the case of no one controlling the golem, paying three pairs of living human eyes could make it stop attacking for a short time; and paying two magic eyes could even make it enter a dormant state for 48 hours. But clearly, the golem at this time was being controlled by the two people behind it.

But if Xia De remembered correctly, after the incident ended back then, this huge, inconvenient-to-carry relic should have been contained by the Orthodox Church. At the time, he even joked that this relic should be treated as the commission fee for the church's help in guarding the assets of the 【Innocence Cult】.

And at this moment, this stone statue that should clearly have been in the hands of the church appeared before Xia De's eyes in a metal material. Moreover, this thing was clearly stronger than it was back then; this was a rare relic that could easily increase its power, because relic-level magic eyes would enhance the power of the 【Thousand-Eyed Gargoyle No. 3765】.

The level of the whisper element it displayed at this moment was already fully worthy of being called Sage-level. And it actually had an even more elegant name—Giant God Soldier.

"The material is wrong, and compared to back then, the number of eyes is also wrong; what exactly is this?"

"It seems that this time, it is I who have dragged you into a dangerous affair. The other party is using 'Blood Poison' specifically targeted at high-level vampire species; I cannot help for the time being."

Mr. Bernhardt's voice came from behind Xia De; he had already awakened at this moment, but judging by his tone, he had still not fully recovered.

Xia De looked up at the golem that was gradually becoming active:

"Don't say that; seeing this thing, I knew that this matter would involve me sooner or later. I didn't expect, I really didn't expect... prepare to leave; with such a big commotion made here, the church is going to have people coming."

"You be careful too."

During the two's brief conversation, the eyes all over the golem's body began to flash with red light, and subsequently, amidst a buzzing sound, thousands of thick, crimson rays carrying violent energy swept toward the lake surface without any pattern.

At this moment, Vigor, who was watching the auction in the banquet hall holding a champagne glass, although still wearing the "limiter" designed by Megan, had long noticed that massive fluctuation of the whisper element at such a close distance.

The liquid surface in her wine glass had already rippled, and immediately the ground of the entire exhibition hall began to shake. Screams immediately broke out in the banquet hall, and so everyone evacuated toward the direction of the entrance, guessing that an earthquake was occurring in the city.

And on the park's lake surface, amidst the massive water mist stirred up after the thousand-eyed golem strafed the water surface, the golem's four huge fists, under the blessing of the magic eye on its right head, smashed toward the position where Xia De had just been standing, carrying the four elements of ice, fire, thunder, and wind.

The unknown magic eye briefly locked the space to prevent Xia De's escape, and all the golem's eyes were observing in all directions, ensuring Xia De had no chance to leave.

Under the expectant gaze of the heavily injured vampire species and the ten-ring sorcerer, the golem's four fists hit the water surface simultaneously, which triggered the vibration of the entire area. It was just that immediately after, those four fists were lifted by an even more abundant power; the two hostile people only saw a silver figure as huge as a god appear under the moon, but it disappeared again in just an instant.

"What was that... something is not right, what exactly have we provoked?"

Xia De, flying in the air in his normal size, looked like a silver grain of rice at this moment; he looked at the golem below under the moon with an expressionless face, and the golem's three heads also lifted at this moment, a thousand eyes tracking him simultaneously, letting the moonlight and his figure appear in thousands of pupils.

And amidst the irregular blinking of those dense eyes, this time those thousands of crimson rays converged into one stream and all shot toward him in the air. This was a blow from a Sage-level relic; if it were during the day, Xia De would probably find a way to dodge, but at this moment, the night was thick, the sea of stars was twinkling, and the three moons were shining together.

Thus, a red moonlight greatsword seemed to be drawn by him from that bright red blood moon; Xia De in the air leaped lightly, and before the golem's attack hit him, he swung the longsword and rotated in the air:

"Adele's Reciprocity Principle!"

Crack!

Rumbling thunder resounded through the night sky of Arcadia City, and even the guards at the distant Gray Rock Pass heard the sound that lingered in the clouds for a long time.

When Vigor walked out of the exhibition hall and stood at the entrance with the crowd that was discussing the earthquake, she happened to see red light flashing in the sky, but that beam of light was rotated and condensed in the air, finally turning into a blood-colored thunderbolt that struck down from under the moon.

The golem standing on the lake surface was just a dark, strange thing in the eyes of the people at the exhibition hall entrance, but even so, the hundred-meter-tall behemoth facing the red thunder in the air was still a scene that would only appear in a dream.

Boom!

Two of the golem's three heads were blown to pieces by that red thunder, and subsequently, the thunderbolt pierced through the golem's left shoulder and struck the lake surface, and the ground near the park trembled violently once again.

But immediately following, an inexplicable silver-white mist appeared, which, together with the evaporated water vapor, blocked the situation on the lake surface; after the church sorcerers who arrived dozens of seconds later appeared by the lake, there was no need to even release illusions to prevent the people at the exhibition hall entrance from seeing more things.

The church squad also did not dare to immediately penetrate that mist; the powerful whisper element and that inexplicable red thunder just now were all explaining the terror of both sides of the battle; they could only temporarily seal off this lake and wait for subsequent support.

"What happened here?"

Someone in the crowd at the exhibition hall entrance asked, but a small number of people guessed that this was sorcerers fighting in the city, only they could not guess who exactly was so bold.

Vigor was worried, but fortunately, while the crowd was still discussing whether to return to the exhibition hall, stay where they were, or disperse immediately, Xia De returned here one step ahead of the church squad.

"I'm fine."

He walked to the witch's side very calmly, and the latter turned her head to look at Xia De, then immediately took Xia De's arm. She pursed her lips and said nothing; it wasn't that she recognized that miracle, she was just worried that Xia De would leave again, and Xia De could feel that she was really holding on tight.