Chapter 902: Thunder and Cat

Creak~

On the quiet water surface, the sound of the box lid opening was unusually clear. Immediately, a pitch-black thunderbolt rushed out from the gap. In the loud crackling sound, Xia De, who was still standing on the water surface, was blown out several dozen meters away by that thunder, rolling several times on the water surface before stopping.

"Meow~"

The cat on the shore looked at Xia De worriedly, as if the thick fog could not block its vision at all.

"Oh, this is really exciting!"

The Moonlight Greatsword in his hand had dissipated, and Xia De, whose left sleeve was almost completely damaged, stood up with his body trembling. Pitch-black electric arcs jumped on the surface of his body a few times and soon disappeared. He spat out a puff of smoke from between his teeth.

The strike just now was only the resistance of the Relic itself, not a full-force strike. Coupled with the fact that he had been struck by lightning last time, he had great resistance to this kind of attack, so although his whole body was paralyzed when he was blown away, just like just now, he was fine at this time.

"You actually really have resistance to my Lord's power!"

Because Xia De was blown away, the 【Chain of Sin】 also automatically disappeared. The cultist who regained his mobility stood up on the water surface and asked with a serious expression:

"Who exactly are you?"

"Is this important? But if you really want to find the answer, this may be because I have received the favor of the 【Lord of the Scarlet Spiral】."

Xia De spoke the truth, narrowing his eyes and looking at the box in the fog. The brass-colored box seemed to be covered with a layer of ghostly light at this time, and Xia De felt that it was tempting him to obtain it.

【No, this time it really is just your own illusion, that is your greed.】

"She" reminded him with a chuckle.

"Scarlet Spiral... You are one of them!"

Leipzig was unusually surprised. Xia De shook his head slightly:

"This is not important. Since I have encountered you again, then this time you will absolutely not be able to escape."

"Do you really know what you will face?"

"Of course I know, a strike of thunder."

Xia De smiled:

"Thunder is a part of the sun. Although I fear the sun, I do not fear thunder. Compared to the true sun, the thunder you are holding is nothing but an insect under the sun."

In the division of mystical elements in this world, "thunder" is not a basic element parallel to other elements, but a manifestation of the sun's power. Therefore, Iluna's "Sunlight Spear" is the power combining scorching light and thunder.

He was deliberately disparaging the other party's faith. This was knowledge Xia De had learned from Mr. Edmund when inquiring about the three Evil Gods of Coldwater Port.

Sure enough, the believer of the Evil God 【Fury Storm】 showed an angry expression after hearing this statement. He was really angered:

"Blasphemer!"

He held the box with his left hand and pressed the box lid with his right hand, preparing to open 【Fury's Divine Punishment】. But at this time, Karl Leipzig was not completely overwhelmed by anger. He, of course, knew that Xia De was deliberately provoking him:

"You know that once this holy object is used, it will soon attract the Church's high-ring sorcerers."

"Then will you give up attacking me because of the fear of the Church's high-ring sorcerers that might exist? By the way, we were clearly following the route the two ladies just took to the water surface, but now we can't hear the sound of their battle at all. I think this fog can absorb sound."

Xia De said, stuffing the last piece of 【Youthful Leaf】 into his mouth. Even though he could not find any information about the Relic 【Fury's Divine Punishment】 at all, he was quite clear that this Relic could not be used twice in a short time. As long as he survived the first time, this battle would be equivalent to ending.

The priest of the Storm Church looked at Xia De suspiciously, still maintaining the posture of being about to open the box lid. Seeing that the other party did not make a move, Xia De smiled and summoned the Moonlight Greatsword:

"Silver Moon Slash!"

The blade light cut through the water surface as smooth as silk. The cultist waved his right hand forward, and the black electric light collided with that arc of silver moon light. But behind the exploding water spray, the pitch-black chain attacked through the air again.

The man without eyebrows hurriedly dodged to the side, but he was still shocked in his heart. Even though he knew in his heart that opening the box was falling into the other party's unknown conspiracy, he still prayed to 【Fury Storm】 and gently lifted the metal box lid.

He had to do this. The opponent was immune to the negative effects of 【Fury's Divine Punishment】, and with his three-ring power, it was not enough to defeat the opponent:

"God, please bless me!"

Creak!

His right hand lifted the metal box lid. While the brilliant golden light radiated from the box, a certain power that shocked the soul swept across the entire Schluch Lake.

"What?"

All ring-sorcerers within the range of Schluch Lake felt the terrifying power sweeping over, but because of the existence of the white fog on the lake, this strange power fluctuation did not affect the Lakeside Manor.

The rippling lake surface seemed to be frozen in an instant, and the clouds under the brilliant starry sky solidified with space-time. The pressure from the sky made Xia De also stiffly stop in place. The thick fog in the water area where they were located all dissipated, and in the exposed starry sky, pitch-black clouds quickly covered the night sky above Schluch Lake, obscuring the starry sky and the three bright moons.

The solidified water surface rippled, and in an instant, it was as if a storm had arrived. Black wind patrolled, and the swaying water surface was like the surging waves on the sea.

And in the depths of the long night, a huge shadow stood on the horizon, its illusory outline appearing exceptionally real in Xia De's eyes. The sound of violent waves surging came from all directions; the sound of the sea and the countless intertwined prayers and curses mixed together, as if he were truly on a stormy sea at this moment.

Dark clouds completely covered the sky, and jumping black arcs flashed inside the clouds. Xia De clearly felt that he was locked on.

"Finally here."

Xia De's face was flushed with excitement at this moment.

"If you are willing to surrender and leave, I can give up this strike."

Karl Leipzig on the lake surface said through gritted teeth. The burden of using this Relic on him was also quite large. The ring rotating rapidly behind him already had faint cracks because of the pitch-black lightning attached to it. His sixth sense was reminding him that he must absolutely not issue this strike, but the current situation forced him to do so.

"Surrender? Oh, sir, I am looking forward to facing the majesty of thunder! Because this is..."

Xia De looked up at the pitch-black electric light in the clouds. Facing the violent thunder brought by the power of the Evil God, fire-red cracks lit up along his body inch by inch. The power of the Primordial Fire warmed his soul, not violent but capable of burning everything, supporting his soul to face the majesty of the thunder.

"... power!"

The frog leg was thrown into the lake by Xia De. He was ready to leap into the sky to face the thunder.

"You lunatic!"

"What happened?"

On the lake-center island of Schluch Lake, the two disguised Great Witches stood on the edge of the island shrouded in fog and looked at the sky. Everyone in the fog almost stopped their steps. The heart-palpitating thunder sounded, and at this moment, no one dared to move around at will.

Xia De, who was bending over and preparing to leap, could not care about what others were thinking at this time. But a sound appeared in his ears, and "She" noticed something unusual:

【That thunderbolt's target is not just you.】

"It can lock onto multiple targets at once, who else is locked on? Difa?"

【No, perhaps you can turn around and look.】

Xia De originally looked up at the thunder light accumulating in the clouds, but was suddenly shocked at this moment. He turned his head to look at the lake shore, and the firelight in the cracks of his eyes allowed him to clearly see little Mia standing there pitifully.

He heard the cultist's wild laughter and his mocking voice:

"Although I don't know what confidence you have, since you are confident that you can face my Lord's divine punishment, what about the dog you specially take care of?"

"You..."

The black thunder light was accumulating violent elements and spirit in the clouds. From the manor in the distance, it was just a cumulonimbus cloud, but in Xia De's eyes, it could almost turn everything here into scorched earth.

The silly cat seemed not to have noticed the impending danger at all, still shrinking its neck and staring at Xia De on the lake surface with wide eyes, appearing even more pitiful under the impending thunder. The light fell on the orange cat, and in the world in Xia De's eyes, there was only Mia who was about to face the thunder punishment.

"Mi..."

The dazzling thunder light finally fell at this moment. The light in an instant almost made everyone who looked directly at this scene temporarily blind.

This second was incomparably long for Xia De. After seeing the divine punishment thunderbolt bombarding his cat, the panic in that instant and the anger that followed because of the fear of loss made him feel as if time had really stopped at this moment.

Time must stop, because he was more than ten meters away from the shore at this time and could not use "Lagley's Leap" to block in front of that thunder light. Even though that thunderbolt that made mortals panic caused jumping thunder light on the surface of Schluch Lake, causing everyone in the southern region of Tobesk to subconsciously feel inexplicable panic, Xia De still realized at this moment—

Time must stop, otherwise he would absolutely not be able to intercept that divine punishment thunder light.

The thunderbolt fell, the clouds surged, and the rumbling sound was heard only after the thunder light flashed. After the thunder strike, everyone inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief, and only then realized that they had been holding their breath for a full half minute just now.

---Author's Note---

ps: The next chapter is absolutely spectacular. No-prize quiz, guess what Xia De's next spirit rune is.

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