Chapter 3936: The Madonna

【Chaos Echo】 is an application of ancient magic in the modern era. This miracle cannot be cast directly; it can be appended after casting any other spell, causing the original spell to mutate in an unknowable direction. The 【Doom Sect】 had used this miracle back at the snowy mountains.

Xiwei had introduced it to Xia De, noting that the Great Witch of Chaos loved to append 【Chaos Echo】 after any spell. However, Weige did not rely on doom to guide her power; instead, she relied on her own talent to guide the spell's effects closer to her intent amidst the surging elements of chaos and disorder and the tides of spirits.

At this moment, Xia De threw out silver-white lightning in the rain, while the now-recovered Weige used her vision to cast a spell directly at the "Lei Guang Spear."

Above the towering clouds, a thunderous boom erupted at this moment, but before the thunder could fully crack, it was as if the silhouette of a giant dragon flashed through the cloud layer. Immediately, a massive dragon head, formed from the convergence of exploding and leaping lightning, poked out from the dark clouds directly above the group, and amidst a dragon's roar, it unleashed a breath of lightning downward.

"Weige is really something. Even if she has briefly recovered her health, there's no need for this, right?"

Adele complained while trying to conceal the commotion. They were right between Gray Rock Pass and Arcadia City, and the Church was not far from here; a moment of carelessness could invite trouble.

Under the elemental lightning dragon's breath summoned after the "Lei Guang Spear" mutated, the three members of the 【Holy Son Alliance】 were instantly submerged in silver-white lightning. Weige and Xia De even retreated because of it; large swathes of raindrops were directly evaporated, and the crackling sound of electrical arcs even caused a foul odor to diffuse through the air.

"This feels so good!"

Weige, who had just accidentally failed to control her power, said excitedly. She had almost never cast spells in a completely healthy state, so her control over her power at this moment was not yet very proficient.

Subsequently, she pointed forward again:

"Chaos Echo!"

The power of chaos twisted the golden light of the "Heaton Seal" erupting around Xia De, and the golden shield enveloping the two immediately expanded outward. While blocking the pitch-black beam shot from the ocean of lightning, the shield shattered, and the warm, sun-like light that burst forth continued to restore Xia De and Weige's stamina even after the seal was broken.

This time, the "Chaos Echo" allowed the seal to leave behind an area providing continuous recovery even after it shattered. Xia De himself had never thought that this divine art of the Sun Church could be used this way; what Weige was displaying at this moment was the demeanor unique to an eleventh-tier Great Witch.

And within that ocean of lightning, the golden light shield held on until the elemental lightning dragon's breath ended. At this time, the ten-ring warlock's condition was still okay, but the nine-ring warlock's entire body had turned into charred remains and collapsed to the ground; yet, as that twitching body attempted to crawl up, it was recovering to normal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"A powerful recovery ability?"

Those two did not even rest before rushing toward Xia De and Weige. At this moment, the two sides were less than a hundred meters apart, and the two arrived in front of Xia De and Weige almost instantly.

And the witch had already prepared a new secret technique:

"Witch Secret Technique: Tide of Chaos!"

A colorful tide surged forward from behind her, causing the spirits and elements in this area to become completely chaotic. The two who had just wanted to attack felt a sense of suffocation, and then the spirits surging within their souls seemed to lose control, causing their life rings to instantly collapse and disappear.

Weige's hand reached toward Xia De at this moment, preparing to help Xia De shield himself from the influence of this indiscriminate, large-scale chaos secret technique.

But just as Xia De was unaffected by her constitution, the power of divinity made the Outlander himself a part of the rules. Amidst the tide of chaos, he waved his hand forward without changing his expression, and a red light trail flashed by. The head of the nine-ring warlock, who had not yet fully recovered from the lightning strike, flew high into the air, but before the head could land, both the head and the body turned into ashes together.

And when the sword momentum slashed toward the ten-ring warlock without losing any of its force, the latter struck out with a fist, slamming into the red moonlight greatsword. Relying on that layer of inexplicable golden light, he broke the greatsword, but the price was that all the blood in his body was spraying out from his pores.

At this moment, he actually forcibly suppressed the agitation of his spirits and the collapse of his body, took a step forward, froze the falling raindrops that were filling the sky, and then cast a spell with all his might, attempting to perish together with Xia De:

"Qishu: Ice Explosion!"

Under the special power bestowed by the "Holy Form," once the thousands of falling ice particles exploded, they could almost level this area to the ground, forming a large lake here at this part of the Sernier River.

But he would not have this opportunity. After Weige cast her spell, she snapped her fingers, and the moisture in the frozen ice particles became active again, turning back into raindrops, causing the spell's medium to disappear entirely.

And Xia De's hand was already pressed against the opponent's chest:

"Thorn of Eros!"

The pink crystals emerging from the body of the heavily injured warlock suppressed that inexplicable golden light. A few seconds later, his body and soul completely crystallized, and finally, he shattered into crystal dust filling the sky.

Both opponents were dealt with. Xia De did not stop for a moment and took a step forward, arriving behind the "Madonna Holding the Infant." The opponent had been blasted into mud by the "Arrow" just now and could still revive; this time, Xia De would not give her this opportunity again:

"Black Moon Mark!"

His right hand pressed toward the opponent's back, but as his hand reached forward, it once again made contact with the warm, soft shield he had touched when the "Falling Star Strike" attacked.

Although the second contact was still invisible, "She" gave Xia De an answer:

【Placenta.】

The "Placenta" shield also vanished into nothingness under the power of the Black Moon, but the time bought by this layer of shield was enough for the hooded "Madonna" to turn around and face Xia De.

She did not attack, nor did she look at Xia De's face; she merely slightly lifted what she was holding, and then let Xia De see what was wrapped in the small blanket.

That was indeed an infant, but not a true life; rather, it was a lifelike white plaster statue. The "plaster infant" curled its body, eyes tightly shut, its small hands tucked in front of it, tightly clenched.

Even though it was just a plaster statue, in Xia De's eyes, it was dirtier, filthier, and more disgusting than a village outhouse.

He could not use any language from this world or even his hometown to describe the disgust and revulsion originating from the depths of his soul at this moment. If it weren't for wanting to destroy this thing, Xia De would have turned and walked away right now, as far from this thing as possible.

It was not because of fear, but simply because in his eyes, this plaster statue seemed to be the dirtiest and most twisted existence in this world.

The rules of the world were twisting because of its appearance. Black cracks appeared around Xia De and the "Madonna," and at the same time, a foul odor appeared in the humid air. To Weige, who was approaching and trying to help, the area where Xia De and the enemy were located at this moment seemed to have space itself twisting.

And while Xia De saw the plaster and showed a look of disgust, the pure black eyes of the plaster statue also opened and stared directly at Xia De. Subsequently, the activated plaster infant emitted a piercing cry; that cry was similar to a shriek, causing even Weige to cover her ears and show a painful expression.

Its very existence was filth. Those pitch-black eyes attacked Xia De's soul directly through eye contact. This strike was enough to completely pollute the souls of most mortals, but this time, nothing happened.

The power of filth could not shake a soul permeated by divinity; instead, this attack incited Xia De's anger. He was rarely this angry; at this moment, he felt as if he had been splattered with dirty excrement.

"Moonlight Ray: Second Form!"

After the moonfire accumulated in his palm, it was radiated outward. After the plaster infant was submerged in the holy moonlight, all cries and images of filth disappeared.

The power of "Moonfire" had an absolute restraining effect on such dirty and evil existences. Its entire body even dissipated into nothingness directly in the moonlight, leaving not even residue behind.

The abdomen of the Madonna holding the "plaster infant" was also directly pierced with a large hole by the "Moonlight Ray" at close range. But she did not attempt to escape or counterattack Xia De; after a moment of astonishment that Xia De was completely unaffected, she sorrowfully held the now-empty bundle and shrank to the ground bit by bit.

Before Xia De could make another move, that woman, who looked extremely sorrowful, no longer had any signs of life. She had originally cast a spell to keep the rain from falling on her; at this moment, the raindrops had rapidly soaked that hooded black robe.

Flying ash drifted out from her body and all her clothing. Under the washing of the rain, that ash-turned body could not maintain its form and soon disappeared.

"The cry just now, could it be the sound that Luolin and the others heard?"

Weige walked over while rubbing her ears. Because the "Madonna" had been facing away from her just now, she hadn't seen the full extent of Xia De's "Moonlight Ray," only sensing a powerful miracle element.

"How did she turn into ash? Who exactly are they? Are they in the same group as those people on Friday? This female warlock holding the infant, she wouldn't still be alive, would she?"

It seemed Weige knew nothing about the 【Holy Son Alliance】. Hearing her ask this, Xia De looked up toward the place where Miss Sabeier was standing above the low cliff, only to find that she had already disappeared.

"This is not the place to talk. Let's go back first."

Although they had successfully eliminated all the enemies, the questions had become even more numerous. Xia De said this and squatted down to touch the ashes left behind after the "Madonna" died, but those ashes, soaked by the rain, were just ordinary dust; he could sense nothing.

"Alright, let's go back first. You saved me again... but why are you here?"

Weige asked, then naturally took Xia De's arm and made a look of lingering fear. Xia De did not pull away; he was still thinking about what had just happened:

"I'll explain when we get to the carriage... You have the 'potion' I gave you on you; didn't you drink it all during the battle just now? Before I appeared, your body didn't look like it had recovered its health." ===== CHAPTER 3937 =====