Chapter 4023

The sound of steam whistles and bells echoed together. In the thick steam mist that gushed out, the Thirteenth-Ring life rings of the "Blood Weeper" and the "Construct Master" appeared behind them at the same time. Hermons asked with a smile:

"I heard you betrayed the 【Creation Sect】? I didn't expect that just after I returned to the Old Continent, I would hear such interesting news. Since you no longer belong to the Orthodox Church, do you still want to fight me?"

And that gentleman whom Xia De had known since Schluch Lake said seriously:

"I did not betray the church, I just chose a different path from those in the Holy See. Blood Weeper, you are still my enemy."

"Don't be so serious. You also came here just to collect life energy and transform it into a fire source. We are no different. I admire you for daring to betray the church, but I also doubt, did you really leave the only 'Fire Source' at the Holy See?"

His tone suddenly became very low, just like a snake hissing and flicking its tongue:

"If it's fake, then I hope you take out your fire source and show it now; if you really did such a stupid thing, the one who will have to stay tonight is probably you."

"Hermons, are you so arrogant after being reborn?"

The "Blood Weeper" smiled and tore open the front of his clothes:

"How much enhancement can a fire source produce for a Ringed Shushi, don't you know clearly yourself?"

In the very center of the "Blood Weeper's" chest, a vivid eye was embedded. And as the spirit was activated, that eye was quickly ignited until it formed a burning flame-shaped eye on his chest.

In that battle at the Holy See, one side used the fire source to give mechanical life, and the other side used the fire source as the core to construct an energy shell. And now, the person who chose to directly fuse the "Fire Source" into his own body finally appeared. Xia De could even be sure that the fire seed in Hermons' fire source was also a "Twisted Life Fire Seed."

With that burning flame eye as the core, the surging "flames" constructed mimetic blood vessels in the Blood Weeper's body, pumping energy to the whole body, so much so that even the brass-colored life ring behind him had mottled fire seed light spots.

The flames attached to his body surface. This body, reborn through the 【Creation Factory】, was extremely adapted to the power of the life fire seed. He even used an unknown method to isolate the influence of the power of disaster on his soul.

The state of this Ringed Shushi, who was originally called the "weakest Thirteenth Ring," was now far stronger than the "Construct Master" Schluch Lake.

The latter took a deep breath. Amidst the rustling sound, dense, tiny metal parts crawled out from his clothes like ants, but this time it was not to construct a separate mechanical golem, but to attach to his body surface, constructing a strange mechanical armor.

"Miracle: Scarlet Rage!"

The blood light was wrapped in flames and slashed towards the "Construct Master," who had already completed the armor dressing, by the "Blood Weeper," whose aura was becoming increasingly powerful. This looked like just an ordinary blow, but after a loud noise, the Thirteenth-Ring Shushi from the 【Creation Sect】 kept retreating amidst the harsh friction between metal and the ground.

His entire armor was torn apart by more than half. After barely stopping, he even vomited a mouthful of blood. With just this blow, the "Blood Weeper" had already proven that he was no longer the "weakest Thirteenth Ring" from now on.

But the battle did not end there—

Click!

The damaged armor was quickly repaired by the wriggling tiny gears, and the "Construct Master" placed a metal eye on his chest.

At the moment he let go, the metal eye automatically adsorbed into the depression on the chest position of the mechanical armor, and then the dazzling crimson firelight immediately spread to the entire armor with the fire source as the core.

"Hermons, if you want to prove yourself, then come!"

Boom!

The flesh burning with flames and the armor covered with sparks collided in the sewage treatment plant. The shockwave caused the factory building in the southeast corner of the treatment plant to collapse by more than half directly.

Then two fiery red figures flew into the night sky from the ruins together. With the drastic changes in spirit and elements, the two Thirteenth Rings in peak state officially began to fight under the night sky on the edge of the Outer City.

And in the factory ruins on the ground, the two professors from the 【Truth Society】 retreated quickly. Miss Luweiya, who was thinking about her mother's news, took the Tenth-Ring young lady and chased after them.

The two traitors from the 【Creation Sect】 and the three people from the 【Blood Spirit School】 started fighting in the factory ruins, but as soon as they started fighting, they all felt another powerful force erupt from the sides of both parties:

"Miracle: Chaos Residue!"

Boom!

Five people were blown away at the same time in the firelight. When they climbed up from the ruins, they saw the young man who had just taken away the relic walking towards them amidst the flying dust.

With every breath Xia De took, crimson light spots appeared around him and were absorbed by him one by one. The effect of 【Life Tempering】 would be better in an environment enriched with life force. Although the environment at this moment could not compare to the 【Polluted Blood Factory】, it was at least much better than in an ordinary environment.

The five people from both sides didn't immediately guess who this person in front of them was, but with Thirteenth-Ring Shushi on both sides, since Xia De still dared to make a move, this person must not be easy to provoke.

The injured people then fled separately in the factory ruins. Xia De gave up on the traitors of the church and chased after the three people from the 【Blood Spirit School】. The three also fled separately, and Xia De was not sure who had the "container," so he chased after the Tenth-Ring Shushi closest to him.

The fighting time in the ruins was extremely short. "Moonlight Thorns" blocked the passage in the narrow area, and the silver-white thunder spear broke through the other party's defense and exploded the other party's heart.

Even with the so-called "New Human" modification technology, the heart was still their fatal position.

After resolving the first opponent, Xia De went to search for the remaining two, but finally only caught up with one of them. After freezing his time, he cut off his head with blood-red moonlight and found a flesh eyeball containing life force on his body.

This was indeed not a "Fire Source." The modified flesh eye had the ability to temporarily contain life energy, but the value of this thing was far less than the mark on Xia De's palm.

In the air, the fight between the two Thirteenth Rings became more and more intense, not caring at all that this place was not far from the Holy See of the 【Creation Sect】.

Xia De didn't pay attention to them, but chased in the direction of Miss Luweiya and the others. After he left the ruins, he soon saw the young ladies on the river channel outside the sewage treatment plant, and even the young lady who had just been guarding outside the factory had joined Miss Luweiya.

"Miss Pawo, the president of the 【Truth Society】, appeared. She took those two people away. She exchanged information for my letting them go."

Miss Luweiya, who was coughing softly, said. This action was indeed very much in line with Miss Pawo's style of doing things.

However, Miss Luweiya didn't immediately talk about what she had heard, but informed Xia De of the information about the relic ring just now:

"The ring you obtained, I heard my teacher mention it a long time ago—

Ringed Mage-level relic 【Wither Fire Ring】, which can burn the user's life force to turn into flames, allowing the user to possess the ability to manipulate special life flames, and as long as it is worn, it can be immune to most freezing effects.

The negative characteristic is that the ring will cause the wearer's life to gradually wither. If you use this ring, it will accelerate this withering process. Only by actively withering the lives of others can you suppress your own life withering process. It can transform any normal life force into the power of the Wither attribute, and after long-term use, gradually allow the user to subtly manipulate life energy."

"Suppress freezing, but will cause life to wither..."

Xia De looked at the ring in his hand, and in Miss Luweiya's surprised expression, put it on his hand.

The power of Wither was ineffective against him, and he would not use the power of this ring to ignite his own life, which was really an inefficient behavior. But the characteristic of this ring transforming normal life into "Wither" attribute life force was very useful.

He said to Miss Luweiya:

"I want to stay and see the situation. The use of the 'Fire Source' by the 'Construct Master' and the 'Blood Weeper' has great value to me."

Miss Luweiya didn't want to retreat immediately either. She was even a little excited:

"This kind of thing where Thirteenth Rings fight fiercely is not something you can encounter often. They said I don't participate in group activities so I'm ignorant, this is a good opportunity to increase my knowledge. Of course we can't retreat immediately, but let's leave here first, don't watch the show directly under the battlefield."

Miss Luweiya only got information from the 【Truth Society】, and did not get the container they used to temporarily contain the "Life Fire Seed." And the flesh eye Xia De got could only be used as living material to contain life force for a short time, and the life force would still pass with time.

So in the process of Xia De leaving the sewage treatment plant with Miss Luweiya and the others, he temporarily transferred the life force in that eyeball to the brand on his palm for preservation.

Compared to any "Fire Source," the life energy contained in this eyeball was not particularly strong, but it should be enough for Xia De to perform some spellcasting involving life force.

In the night sky, two fiery red figures kept colliding in the sea of stars. The sewage treatment plant was located on the edge of the Outer City, and there were not many residents nearby. Coupled with the poor air quality, almost no one on the ground could see those two figures clearly.

And Xia De, Miss Luweiya, and the others, who had moved to the roof of a building by the riverside street, could clearly see the battle details of the two Thirteenth-Ring Shushi after casting spells.

The "Blood Weeper" Hermons directly used his own body to accept the power of the fire source, which allowed him to better mobilize life energy. At this moment, his whole body was attached with flame phantoms, but the life energy in his body was also extremely unstable because of this; while the energy of the fire source of Mr. "Construct Master" Schluch Lake was mainly applied to the mechanical armor he assembled using tiny gears. Although it was not so direct in the use of energy, the power of disaster almost did not cause any impact on the body of this Thirteenth-Ring Shushi.

?? PS: Mia's Ten Commandments:

? 【Incarnation Ring】: Incarnate as a human, but need to speak;? 【Fish Training Ring】: Speak, but cannot be a creature that likes to eat fish;? 【Vampire Ring】: Become a vampire, but have blood thirst;? 【Plague Doctor Ring】: Resist blood thirst, but non-human races encounter short-life penalties;? 【Longevity Magic Ring】: Increase life, grind emotions;? 【Mood Ring】: Store emotions, leading to blindness;? 【Crow's Eye】: Increase vision, grow crow feathers;? 【Ouroboros Ring】: Restore curse, curse stored in the tail and shed to form a clone;? 【Ice Heart Walker's Ring】: Suppress inner demon clone, non-frost ability users frozen;? 【Wither Fire Ring】: Immune to freezing, causes the life of the toucher to wither.