Chapter 728: Fierce Battle on the Ice

The Ringed Shushi of the Sun Church, who had an encounter with the clown on the shore, intentionally moved the battle venue to the ice surface and gradually approached the few people of the 【Truth Society】. The Ringed Shushi of the Truth Society naturally didn't want to come into contact with them, so the ice surface continued to expand towards the distant lake surface, until a group of people all gathered in the center of the lake water.

The moonlight illuminated the lake surface, and the spiritual light flickered in the moon night. To Xia De, who was by the lake, this scene was quiet and weird.

And Xia De finally found the trace of Mr. Joey Barton. This gentleman, who should have been between the 【Truth Society】 and the Church team, didn't know how, but actually fainted at the edge of the ice on the lake, lying alone under the moon, life or death unknown.

As the battle venue moved away, people got further and further away from him, and this was an opportunity for Xia De.

"Attention, don't move around."

Xia De pulled open his coat and stuffed little Mia into the large pocket on the inside of his chest. After re-tying the buttons, his left chest seemed to bulge.

Holding the 【Youthful Leaf】 in his mouth, he bent his fingers and let the returning red butterfly land on his finger. As the red butterfly disintegrated into light spots and the light spots entered Xia De's chest, he felt the power from the Whispering Elements.

The essence of the red butterfly's power is distortion and sadness. Xia De must use this power as soon as possible to avoid the elements having an impact on himself.

Putting on the mask, preparing the spell materials, and after confirming everything, Xia De bent his waist and walked out of the forest carefully. Raising his head to see a group of people fighting together under the moon, he trotted to the ice surface:

"Lagley's Jump."

Moving silently on the ice, the night, thin fog, and illusion all helped him hide his tracks.

Soon, Xia De arrived beside Mr. Barton. The shadows of the vast mountains obscured the two, and the sound of the lake water blown by the night wind made people feel very calm in their hearts.

"Mr. Barton, Mr. Barton!"

Xia De patted his face lightly, and Joey Barton's pupils shrank. The way he gasped for air looked like the final struggle of a dying person.

"It's me, John Watson. Come with me quickly, they are fighting over there."

"The Truth Society found the nail that returned from the dead and wanted me to determine the other party's time of death. But that is someone the Church has been eyeing for a long time. The Church deliberately let the professor of the Truth Society discover him in order to catch all the professors who came to Midhillburg this time in one net."

Mr. Barton gasped for air. Xia De reached out his hand wanting to pull him up, but didn't expect the middle-aged man to push him away fiercely, pushing Xia De to the side.

Hum~

And at the position where Xia De was originally squatting, the metal Rhodes card inserted on the ice surface kept trembling.

"Who?"

Xia De turned around to look behind him. The moonlight shone on the flat ice surface. The clown with four hands and no shadow stood with his back to the moonlight, surrounded by white fog unique to the Rift, aiming all four weapons at him.

"The third clown? Do I have a share too?"

He frowned and stood up, putting the witch's ring on his right hand. The feeling of power surged again, and even the 【Witch's Light】 spiritual rune became restless.

"Hee hee hee ha ha ha..."

In that crazy laughter, the clown disappeared under the moonlight and appeared behind Xia De the next second, holding the black short knife high and stabbing at his neck.

The golden-yellow long sword illuminated the shadows. The turning and slashing action left a gorgeous light shadow in the thin fog. While the golden moonlight sword was shattered, Xia De's figure also disappeared from the original place, and then appeared on top of the clown's head:

"Moonlight Greatsword!"

Holding the greatsword with both hands and slashing down, at the same time, the "Space Stability Halo" prohibited the space movement ability. Under the superposition of the falling potential energy and the slashing kinetic energy, Xia De's greatsword slashed on the clown's head, but the other party turned into a wooden carving:

"Substitute?"

The crazy laughter came from the left, and the red nose ball flew over like a cannonball. Xia De, who was prepared, shot a Rhodes card. The paper card scattered into a pile of small paper pieces after contacting the nose ball, and was blown away with the night wind.

The clown's metal Rhodes cards reflected the moonlight, shooting towards Xia De like a swarm of bees. Xia De hurriedly threw his entire deck of Rhodes cards too. Facing the night wind, 53 Rhodes cards left trails in the air, and then the two types of cards collided at a very high speed on the ice surface. The paper Rhodes cards were attached with the light and shadow of red butterflies, and trails of red butterfly phantoms flickered above his head, facing the clown's paper cards head-on. A fine sound came from the air, as if musical instruments were playing in the thin fog at high altitude.

And below the Rhodes cards crossing in the air, Xia De clapped his hands together and then pulled them apart fiercely:

"Moonlight Slash!"

Bathing in the moonlight, the holy silver light blade tilted and slashed forward. The tall and thin clown laughed and raised the muzzle. The bullet that could cause cracks in the space perfectly offset Xia De's full-force blow.

"It seems... not that strong either."

Xia De thrust forward with his sword held in both hands, and at the same time stepped forward lightly. The next second, accompanied by the thrusting action, Xia De appeared behind the clown again. While the other party turned around with a weird twisting action and held the short knife to block, the pitch-black chain in Xia De's sleeve surged out like a python.

At the same time, the second moonlight greatsword summoned by 【Blade of Twisted Time】 stabbed out from the void. The clown's black short knife quickly moved up to block the greatsword, and then blocked Xia De's second sword downward.

While the weapons of the two were clanging, the clown threw the red nose ball at Xia De with his left hand, wanting to force him to retreat, but was blocked by 【Founding · Silver Moon】 among the flying Rhodes cards.

Clearly, the power of the Rift nail was not enough to decompose the 【Universal Change Cards】.

The Sin Chain entangled the clown's left hand and quickly spread towards his whole body. The chain imprisoned the action ability and supernatural power, and those metal cards crossing in the air immediately lost control and fell to the ice surface.

The clown still wanted to resist the power of the Sin Chain, but when the red butterfly landed on his shoulder, his movements paused weirdly for a moment.

"The power of Grace and Helen is really easy to use."

Taking a deep breath, under the moonlight between the valleys, among the cards falling all over the sky, Xia De stepped forward with a bow, held the sword with both hands, and slashed from the upper left to the lower right:

"Ha!"

There was another arc-shaped light mark under the moon night. After the sword blade fell, it slashed directly into the ice surface. As Xia De lifted the sword again with difficulty, the clown's crazy laughter finally stopped.

The head fell to the ground. The head painted with oil paint rolled a few times and finally remained motionless facing up. It rolled from the shadow of the mountains into the moonlight, and the face still maintained a crazy expression.

Xia De walked over with the sword, held the sword handle with both hands, and stabbed fiercely at the head, pinning the moonlight greatsword to the ice surface after piercing the skull. The Outlander had no grudges with the clown, but letting the dead stay away from the world of the living was something the living should do.

And on the ice surface in the distance, the fighting still hadn't stopped. It seems that what he killed was just a clone of the clown.

"Mr. Barton, let's go to the forest to avoid it first."

Not re-lifting the sword, but letting it dissipate into silver light chips and disappear in his hand.

Xia De turned to look at Mr. Joey Barton, who was looking at the battle just now in surprise and only then came back to his senses. He saw Xia De standing on the ice surface bathed in moonlight, saw the red butterfly phantoms flying around, and for a moment, he didn't know how to express his feelings:

"I didn't expect you to be so powerful."

Shaking his head, he stood up by himself, supporting the ice surface with difficulty. He stood in the shadows, looking at Xia De who was standing in the moonlight across the light and shadow:

"You are one of the few good people I know, but I can't go with you."

Lowering his head, Mr. Barton's tone was full of apologies.

Xia De frowned slightly. Mr. Barton seemed a bit different from a few hours ago:

"No, I'm not asking you to go with me. The people sent by the Truth Society to Midhillburg, even if they weren't all wiped out this time, there aren't many left. I just want you to rely on the Church, and we are still friends."

This was the ending Xia De was most satisfied with.

But this middle-aged man, who looked like a disabled child, still shook his head:

"The scholars of the Truth Society are not good people, but the Church won't let me do what I want to do either.

Mr. Watson, you are right, I probably really have special power. The moment I looked at the clown, I saw his origin, I saw the Rift shrouded in white fog, I even saw the deepest part of where he fell into the Rift... the deepest, true death."

"You saw it? That is where the dead should go, but what does this have to do with you leaving with me?"

"Mr. Watson, that water area illuminated by the dark moon is where I appeared in my dream."

Mr. Barton's voice was low, and Xia De had a very bad guess:

"So..."

"Maybe I can find her."

Mr. Barton lowered his head, and Xia De couldn't see his face in the shadows of the mountains.

"Then..."

"Bring her back. The dead, return to life."

It was indeed a bit cold on the lake in late autumn.

Mr. Barton's voice was very calm. He lowered his head, limped out of the darkness with difficulty, and looked at the mask on the young man's face under the moon:

"Yes, I want to let the dead return."

"This is impossible."

"Is it really impossible?"

Mr. Barton raised his palm and then put it down:

"I am the Chosen One of Death."

He said softly, the meaning in his eyes was something Xia De couldn't understand:

"Mr. Watson, if the treasure in your heart leaves, what would you do?"

Xia De touched his chest and touched something very soft, which was little Mia. He couldn't imagine the scene of little Mia leaving, so he didn't answer this question.

"There are many things that only I can do. Sorry, Mr. Watson, I know you want to lead me to the right path, but there are still many things I want to do. Fate didn't treat me fairly, so I will treat myself fairly... Happiness in life is to be fought for by yourself... Don't follow me."

Waving his hand fiercely at Xia De, the black giant shock wave actually shattered a large area of ice, directly knocking Xia De from the lake surface to the shore, but Xia De was not injured.

He crawled up from the fog on the shore and saw Mr. Barton running towards the people fighting on the ice surface.

"How did he suddenly become so powerful? Isn't he only at the First Ring?"

【Compared to Iluna Beiyasi's understanding of balance, and Ivan Dac Nisi's understanding of darkness who has gone astray, Joey Barton clearly understands death better.】

The whispering sound came in the wind, and Xia De walked a few steps to step on the water surface. Ripples spread under his feet, while Joey Barton had already entered the battlefield in the center of the lake ice.

"Barton, come with us, you will find more powerful strength!"

Professor Johnson shouted loudly, but had to face the Rhodes cards shooting crazily.

"This man is not right, he is likely the Chosen One!"

Iluna shouted loudly immediately, and at the same time, the sunlight gun in her hand finally pierced the clown's chest in front of her. The long gun shining with golden thunder bloomed in the thin fog. When Iluna jumped high and threw it at the last clown, that Joey Barton, who was limping while walking, actually blocked in front of the clown.

A black robe flashed in the fog like an invisible curtain in front of him, completely blocking the sunlight gun.

Everyone stopped. The Ringed Shushi of the 【Truth Society】 gathered together, not understanding what Barton wanted to do. Because the Church team had a large number of people and was stronger, they were scattered around to prevent anyone from leaving the battlefield.

"Barton, what do you want to do?"

Iluna asked in a deep voice. She had seen Joey Barton when Xia De used the pseudonym "Mary Watson," and knew that the other party was not bad, so she didn't take action immediately.

"Miss, we seem to be of the same kind."

The clown behind Barton held his shoulders and laughed happily, without a trace of hostility towards Joey Barton. With the gushing of thin steam fog, the life ring of a First-Tier Shushi appeared behind the two.

The white fog escaping from the Rift surged towards the simple life ring, and Xia De finally arrived at the edge of the broken ice surface.

"You want to absorb the power of the Rift?"

That professor with red butterfly rust on his life ring asked:

"Barton, have you read our research materials? Integrating the power of relics, we are more professional, come with us."

"Sorry, Professor, I won't go with you either. I want to go deep into the Rift, break the boundary between life and death, and find back the treasure I lost."

He was indeed still a First-Tier Shushi, but when the Chosen One talent was excavated to the extreme, when he drew the power of the Rift, Xia De even felt that Barton was a part of the Rift at this moment.

"Breaking the boundary between life and death at this time, do you want to destroy the Rift?"

A middle-aged man behind Iluna asked loudly. He looked like the captain of this team. Xia De just caught a glimpse that the other party was at the Eighth Ring.

"Barton, do you know what you are doing?"

"I have always known, yes, always. Fate didn't treat me fairly, but I won't complain because of this. I just think, since I have already seen hope, I will absolutely not give up. Everyone, please step back and let me take this clown as a sacrifice."

But no one stepped back, everyone was looking at him under the moonlight.

Joey Barton also looked at everyone. He stood with his back to the moonlight, and the shadows were on his face. And the child-like shadow under his feet was being covered by another huge shadow that appeared suddenly:

"Sorry." ===== CHAPTER 729 =====