Chapter 762: The Blood-Stained Bride

He turned and wanted to walk toward the Nature Church, but suddenly stopped and looked at Xia De again.

Xia De raised his left hand, holding a red butterfly pendant in his hand:

"I know I can't beat you now, but you must know one thing—bringing the dead back to life requires a price. I know two girls who, even with the blessing of the gods, still paid a heavy price to gain life beyond what they should have originally had. Do you know what the price is? Eternal entanglement, the torture of separation, and the cycle of time. Mr. Barton, what price are you prepared to pay?"

"Any price, pay everything."

He paused and looked at Xia De:

"Mr. Watson, half an hour later, the power of true death will once again impact the Rift, triggering the third major earthquake in Midhillburg, which will also be the last major earthquake. At that time, I will guide all the undead in the city in the Rift to impact the Nature Church; I will guide all the undead on the Sicard Mountains in the Rift to impact the mountainside and the top of the mountain. At least eight digits of souls will launch a final attack on the three seals. Even if the church can stop it, I will let the remaining undead fuse into the final death aggregate. This is the decisive battle.

No matter which one of me it is, one will eventually be able to enter true death through one of the passages and bring back my beloved."

"Why tell me this?"

"I hope you can leave here."

Xia De shook his head while holding his right shoulder; his arm was really broken:

"The church will start the ritual ahead of schedule. The advance of the ritual will weaken the sealing effect, making it unable to be effective for three years, but at least, after the ritual is successful, it can make most of the souls in the Rift fall into a coma again."

"Then, let's see whether the church's speed is faster or my speed is faster."

The deformed middle-aged man walked into the fog alone, and his figure gradually disappeared.

"Another troublesome situation of racing against time."

Xia De walked out of the shop ruins, retrieved the 【Night Watcher】, and picked up the kerosene lamp that had fallen on the ground. For his arm with multiple fractures, he could only use the potion he prepared in advance to suppress the pain, and then walked along the street toward the Nature Church.

The battle around the Nature Church had not ended yet. Relying on high mobility, the bride in a white wedding dress, riding on a dark red mount and holding a man's head, was conducting a guerrilla battle with two high-ring mages of the church.

Those two Ring Mages, belonging to the Creation Church and the Peace Church respectively, could not leave the church too far, so the woman riding the horse could rely on staying away from the church to temporarily break away from the battle. But she didn't leave, but instead, after recovering slightly, she harassed again.

This approach would sooner or later give the church's Ring Mages a chance, but before the church's counterattack, the woman had already noticed Xia De, who was walking from the fog limping, with his right arm hanging down, looking incomparably embarrassed.

Pulling the reins tightly, the dark red horse raised its front hooves in the air. The woman in the wedding dress waved the black long-handled sickle in her hand and rushed toward Xia De from above.

Xia De looked up at her:

"Do you think I'm easy to bully in this state?"

People in the church also noticed Xia De, who was wearing a black coat and a mask. Although they didn't know who he was, they didn't want to watch him die under the sickle.

The two high-ring mages in the air had already flown over, and Yin Yi Yi Lu Na, who was standing at the church gate, also ran over with a small squad of Ring Mages.

Xia De stopped, watching the woman riding the horse getting closer and closer. While the latter waved the sickle to sweep toward him, Xia De's body scattered into a group of red butterflies, letting the sickle sweep through the group of red butterflies.

Because the speed of the swoop was too fast, the horse slid for a distance after touching the ground before stopping. Xia De, holding the red butterfly pendant, appeared behind the horse at this time.

Gently turning sideways to dodge the kicking horse hooves, he raised his hand and blocked the black sickle with a clang. Witnessing Joey Barton's power, Xia De actually felt that the power of the sickle was so weak.

He was on the side of the horse, so he clearly saw the wedding ring on the finger of the woman holding the sickle.

The sickle shook off Xia De's long sword and swept toward Xia De's neck again. Xia De stabbed forward with his left hand, accurately hitting the woman's wrist, then dodged backward violently, dodged the black cloud sprayed by the man's head, and retreated continuously.

With the sound of hoofbeats, the blood-stained bride turned the horse's head and appeared in front of Xia De again, holding the sickle high.

This time, Xia De also dodged the sickle sideways, and even at the moment of contact between the two, he slashed at the horse with the 【Night Watcher】.

The woman, as the last nail, was indeed powerful, but unfortunately, she had been imprisoned by the church for too long, and her power had been lost seriously. Moreover, she was not good at using the special weapon of the sickle at all, while Xia De could already barely call himself a "sword master."

The two weapons clashed a few times in the fog. Although Xia De could only use the sword with his left hand, he instead made wounds on the woman and the mount one after another.

After a simple exchange, the church crowd had arrived. Yin Yi Yi Lu Na threw the Sunlight Spear in this direction, and the horse carrying the woman flew into the sky in the thick fog.

But on the horse's hooves, Xia De's 【Sin Chain】 was entangled at some point. Even if Xia De wasn't injured, he couldn't pull the horse down; he wasn't the strongman in the story. But the effect of the 【Sin Chain】 in restricting mobility still exerted some power.

The horse in the air paused abruptly, and the golden thunder spear that followed closely pierced the woman's heart straight.

The 【Sin Chain】 loosened, the high-ring mages landed, and Yin Yi Yi Lu Na also walked over with the squad beside her.

The horse carried the woman and landed slowly, then lay down slowly, making a not-very-clear neighing sound. Gray smoke continued to fly upward from the woman's body, but she just kept stroking the head she was holding in her arms.

"Do they have any story?"

Xia De asked, not intending to stay away from the church Ring Mages.

Holding a long staff and with a white dove standing on his shoulder, the 12th-ring mage middle-aged man said with a local accent:

"This is Mrs. Maria, an undead from three hundred years ago. Her husband was a very famous knight. On the night of their wedding, the knight responded to the lord's conscription and went to the front line. What Mrs. Maria finally waited for was the knight's head redeemed by the lord with a ransom and the knight's warhorse..."

He didn't continue, and a group of people watched quietly as the last nail disappeared into the Rift.

"It's terrible, we haven't received the signal that she has been eliminated."

Yin Yi Yi Lu Na said with some distress, her eyes quietly aiming at Xia De, who was wearing a mask:

"Killing her ahead of schedule might cause changes in the Rift ahead of schedule."

She certainly knew who the person in front of her was. Even if Xia De didn't take the 【Night Watcher】, she could guess that the strange figure appearing here at this time must be Xia De.

"No need to worry about this, I know some things."

Xia De said, and everyone looked at him. The long stick on his back was indeed eye-catching.

He coughed with effort to show that he had suffered internal injuries and had blood stasis in his lungs. Then he inserted the sword into the ground, and then took out a letter with his trembling left hand:

"I am here to deliver a letter, and... can you help me heal?"

He pointed to his right arm that was hanging down.

"This..."

The 12th-ring mage of the Peace Church hesitated:

"Sword master, I don't know what organization you belong to?"

They had all just seen Xia De entangled with the blood-stained bride under his own disadvantageous circumstances. Ring Mages who are good at using cold weapons are rare in this era. Therefore, they did not associate Xia De with the "God-Caller."

After all, the characteristic of the "God-Caller" is complex, changeable, and brilliant moonlight series spells.

"I am a lone traveler from the New Continent, aiming to hunt demons. I heard that there is a flame demon in Midhillburg. I came here last month, didn't find the flame demon, but instead encountered the matter here."

He handed the letter out, the Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi of the Peace Church took it, and introduced his name; he was Newman Landau.

"I think you need help, and I also need help."

Xia De held his right shoulder:

"I drank some pain-relieving potion on the way here, but the effect is wearing off. The Nature Church should have doctors who can treat, right?"

Mr. Landau, with a pigeon on his shoulder, nodded, opened the letter and took a look, confirmed that the letter was fine, and then looked at Yin Yi Yi Lu Na.

Yin Yi Yi Lu Na nodded, walked up and reached out to Xia De:

"This... um... Demon Hunter, you also know the current situation, the church will not allow suspicious personnel to enter the church in the Rift. But you have already gained our friendship, so after a small test, you can go with us."

Xia De held Yin Yi Yi Lu Na's hand, and then found that the seventeen-year-old girl was trying hard to hold back her laughter.

A brass-colored ring appeared behind her, and as the life ring turned, in the dazzling golden luster, the life ring transformed into that dark golden balance.

The balance symbolizing the power of the ancient gods appeared, immediately dispersing the fog around. Yin Yi Yi Lu Na held back her laughter, pretending to ask seriously:

"Kind, evil?"

Time seemed to have returned to the night of midsummer. That was the time when Xia De and Yin Yi Yi Lu Na gained further trust in each other. Xia De missed that period very much, and it could be seen that Yin Yi Yi Lu Na, who was close at hand, was the same.

Xia De didn't have to answer this question, because the balance behind Yin Yi Yi Lu Na was tilted overwhelmingly to the left. It seems that in three months, the good and evil of the outsider have not changed at all. He was quite proud of this.

After all, except for trying to illegally occupy someone else's cat, he really hadn't done anything bad.

"Very good, sir, it seems you are a good person, then... order, chaos?"

The balance returned to equilibrium, and then in the dark golden light, it tilted to the left again as if pressed by a finger. Xia De even thought that if it were any faster, the entire balance would be completely tilted. ===== CHAPTER 763 =====