Chapter 949: The Four-Ring Angel

If he didn't have to fight right now, Xia De planned to find a way to call Yin Yi Yi Lu Na to the scene, then borrow the power of angels and demons from Priest Ao Gu Si and Doctor Shi Nai De before the battle, and borrow a few relics specifically designed to restrain angels from Miss Dan Ni Si Te, the academy librarian—such relics did indeed exist—and finally have Sister Dai Fu Lin borrow her angel-level relic sword, 【Ash】.

By then, with both the power of angels and demons, Yin Yi Yi Lu Na's 【Balance】 suppressing the angel, the relics providing power, and two angel-level relic swords in hand, Xia De would have seven or eight parts confidence in defeating the opponent without using divinity.

"The venue is this island lake; leaving the scope of the island lake is not allowed."

The lady in the white robe said, then waved her hand at Professor De Lei Ke, and the professor disappeared from the lake surface.

"Envoy of the Recorder, I once managed the power of the 'Water' element among the four elements for my Lord. A long time ago, the ocean area of the material world was far larger than it is now. After my Lord left, ominous things whispering strangely gradually occupied the deep sea. I once led the ocean races of the Second Era, attempting to reclaim the abyss homeland of those beautiful races."

Since it involved the Second Era, she was indeed an angel of the Old Gods.

The shimmering light on the water surface permeated Xia De's body, and "she" whispered in his ear:

【Outsider, you have touched a "Miracle."】

【The Angel of Wisdom gives you her story.】

【Outsider, you have obtained the spell 'Control Water Flow.'】

【Due to the Xu Kequan given by the angel, you can manipulate the lake water beneath your feet more precisely.】

"The spell to control water flow, and the Xu Kequan to manipulate this lake? But no matter how you look at it, the opponent is suppressing me in both aspects."

The lady in the white robe holding the staff tapped the ground slightly with her long staff, her white robe moving without wind. The surging miracle elements directly allowed Xia De to see the two pure white, transparent wings behind her.

He heard the familiar steam whistle and bell sounds. As those transparent wings fluttered, a massive, high-heat steam mist surged from nowhere. While Xia De's eyes widened, a huge, golden-colored Fate Ring appeared rotating behind the lady in the white robe. The Fate Ring interface was quadrilateral, representing her identity as a Four-Ring Ringed Shushi.

The adjective "huge" meant that the angel's Fate Ring was larger than that of ordinary Ringed Shushi. And Xia De was seeing a golden-colored Fate Ring for the first time; in the Sixth Era, the Fate Rings of any creature were made of brass.

"Sure enough, she is using the occult system of the Sixth Era, suppressing her power to the same level as mine... The core spiritual runes are... Miracle 【Angel】, Miracle 【Water】, Enlightenment 【Water of Wisdom】."

He thought to himself, feeling the miracle elements manifesting like the sun from the Fate Ring of the lady in the white robe.

The Fate Ring rotated behind her, and the lady with wings on her back said softly:

"Then, the third trial officially be..."

"Please wait a moment!"

Xia De said immediately, then took a charred feather from his body:

"Please look at this!"

Priest Ao Gu Si's feather flew toward the lady who was preparing to take action. She extended her left hand to let the feather fall into her palm. For the first time, astonishment finally appeared in the gentle expression that seemed eternally unchanged on her face:

"Angel of Death?"

"Yes."

"You obtained His approval?"

The lady in the white robe asked Xia De.

"Um... yes."

Xia De didn't know if he could be considered to be lying.

The charred feather was crushed by the lady in the white robe holding the staff, and bits of black light permeated the white light around her body. She did not speak immediately but looked at Xia De for a full half-minute before saying:

"According to the ancient contract, the Angel of Death is the First Angel and the King of Angels. You have obtained His approval; I am willing to adjust the difficulty of the third trial."

"We don't have to fight? Perhaps we can have a literary battle. You know, for a trial of knowledge and wisdom, perhaps we can compare math problems. Do you know prime numbers? I have a good question."

Xia De asked full of hope. It was not that he was unwilling to face difficulties, but that this difficulty was simply too exaggerated.

"No."

The Fate Ring still had not disappeared, and the lady in the white robe said seriously:

"Envoy of the Recorder, the form of the trial has not changed. But if you can still stand on this water surface and fight me after five minutes, then I will automatically concede."

Xia De didn't know what to say at this moment. Priest Ao Gu Si's face was very big, but not big enough. Moreover, since the "Goddess of the Lake" actually acknowledged that Xia De was approved by the Angel of Death, it meant that Priest Ao Gu Si was definitely not simply fusing a part of the First Angel.

The "Goddess of the Lake" seemed to directly recognize Priest Ao Gu Si as that First Angel.

Temporarily putting Priest Ao Gu Si's matter to the back of his mind, things had reached this point, and Xia De had no other way. He touched the spellcasting materials on his body, then confirmed what relics he had brought when he went out today, looked down at the sword in his hand, and then touched the rosewood box he had tucked behind his pants.

His left hand moved slightly, and the water flow beneath his feet surged upward. The spell "Control Water Flow" was not a very strong power, but the water beneath his feet was not ordinary "water." The help Professor De Lei Ke gave Xia De by giving up his wish would play a great role in the upcoming battle.

"Very well, then let us begin."

Xia De said softly.

The lady radiating soft white light all over her body took a step back, and the real, pure white wings spread out behind her. But she did not fly into the sky; instead, she bent down and touched the water surface with her hand.

As the core spiritual rune Miracle 【Water】 and the miracle spiritual rune 【Sword】 flashed with spiritual light, when she straightened her body, she was already holding a long sword made of flowing water that she had "lifted" from the lake in her right hand.

The water in the long sword was still flowing, and the traces of turbulence caused countless strange symbols to surge on the sword body. Reflecting the sunlight, those symbols presented a golden luster, like flowing rune chains, supporting the structure of that pure water sword.

This was probably some kind of ancient secret technique. While Xia De was still distinguishing the runes on the pure water sword, the sword had already made a silent strike forward. This strike looked very ordinary, just letting the flow-like blade break the water surface and strike toward Xia De, but Xia De felt his hair stand on end. He absolutely could not meet this strike by just hard resistance:

"Moonlight!"

Xia De also swung his sword forward. The silver moon arc slashed out by 【Nightwatcher】 collided with the water blade on the water surface. In an instant, silver light dust and splashing water droplets flew everywhere, but obviously, the lady in the white robe was more skilled. After the collision, the silver moon blade disappeared completely, and the water blade still slashed toward Xia De, being completely eliminated only after he swung his sword again.

"Indeed suppressed power. Stronger than me, but not by much!"

Xia De immediately made a judgment, swung his sword forward with a *clang*, and collided with the lady's sword coming through the water mist.

One sword thrust out, the other blocked; the sweeping blade was intercepted by the blade slashed down from an unexpected angle. Neither of them retreated, clashing with each other solely on excellent swordsmanship and strength. In just over ten seconds, the silver sword light and water light on the lake surface almost connected into frost-like silk threads, but the actual situation was that Xia De had fallen into a disadvantage.

The lady in the white robe held the sword with only one hand, her left hand still holding the long staff steadily. Every strike of hers had strength that just happened to overwhelm Xia De, who was using "Red Dragon Power" and wearing 【Impure Dragon Blood】, and her exquisite swordsmanship was completely not inferior to the Outsider who had gained combat experience from 【Nightwatcher】.

Xia De felt as if he were fighting with water that never had a fixed shape; the lady in the white robe's swordsmanship was as continuous as the waves.

【Nightwatcher】 was constantly correcting Xia De's sword-slashing angle based on the lady in the white robe's swordsmanship. The two entangled on the lake surface, and the huge force collided with bursts of muffled sounds, while the water surface beneath their feet exploded into patches of water mist due to the huge force. That water mist gradually blurred this island lake, and that water sword gradually broke through 【Nightwatcher】's dense defense, leaving tears on Xia De's clothes.

With a soft *bang*, Xia De, knowing he couldn't just compare swords, transformed his whole body into a group of glowing red butterflies and flew backward. The huge wave summoned by the 【Water】 spiritual rune immediately surged toward the red butterfly group. And as the thunder spear exploded a large hole in the water wall, the red butterflies flew out, allowing Xia De to pull away the distance.

When he regained his footing on the surface of the lake, the Lady in White paused beneath the giant rock in the center of the lake, looking at him from afar.

Steam whistles and bells played together, and the brass wheel ring emerged as a black shadow in the depths of the water mist. The surging steam mist added a bit more temperature to this winter afternoon. Four-colored spiritual light flickered, and miracle, blasphemy, enlightenment, and whisper spiritual light shone in all directions.

Xia De held the sword in his right hand, and his left hand pressed two fingers on the hilt of the silver sword. As his fingers gradually brushed over the clear yellow rune 【My Heart is Clear, Sword Slays Demons】, the silver moonlight flowed with his fingertips.

That moonlight poured down, wrapping 【Nightwatcher】, and the flickering moonlight finally constructed the weapon Xia De was most familiar with. The silver moonlight greatsword was used through 【Nightwatcher】. The moonlight greatsword was 【Nightwatcher】 at this moment, and 【Nightwatcher】 was the moonlight greatsword at this moment.

"Laglai's Leap!"

Taking one step, he appeared directly in front of the lady in the white robe. The sword light was attached with holy moonlight, and the attack from outside time summoned by the "Blade of Chaotic Time and Space," combined with Xia De's swordsmanship, seemed to weave a grid of sword light before him.

The Fate Ring was fully manifested, using the strongest weapon in his hand in the best state. The rapid attack, holding his breath, finally made the lady in the white robe, who was still holding the sword with one hand, show some signs of decline. She retreated while fighting on the water surface, and while waving the long sword in her hand, her sleeves drew the wind.

At the same time Xia De's sharp sword thrust toward her throat, the wings behind her finally flapped forward. The white feathered wings easily blocked Xia De's greatsword, and as the long staff tapped the water surface lightly, three spiritual runes on the Fate Ring behind her flashed with light:

Whisper 【Phantom】, Miracle 【Truth】, Enlightenment 【Seal】. ===== CHAPTER 950 =====