8mi Chapter 67 Unwavering Loyalty and...Failure at the Last Minute!
Chapter 67 Unwavering Loyalty and...Failure at the Last Minute!
Sori let out a furious roar of resentment!
Behind him, Sean's writhing white face twisted wildly in the bright light, trying to turn into a shadow and escape, but wherever the white light reached, even the concept of shadow was burned away!
He emitted inhuman crackling sounds, like thousands of plants being burned and exploded.
The ferocity and madness on the faces of those elite black wizards froze into unbelievable horror and boundless fear the moment the shield shattered.
They didn't even have time to let out their final screams. Their bodies, along with the dark magic surging within them, melted and decomposed rapidly in the white light, like thin snow exposed to the scorching sun, eventually turning into nothingness particles without leaving a trace of dust!
The destructive torrent surged forward with unstoppable force, piercing through the collapsing shield like a divine spear of judgment, and stabbing fiercely into the core area where Sory and Sean were located!
"Ughh ...
Sori's body was burning fiercely in the white light!
That wasn't an ordinary flame; it was purification and destruction at the level of rules!
His black robe vanished instantly, and his skin and muscles rapidly carbonized and peeled away in the light, revealing the writhing, pitch-black energy core beneath, struggling to resist.
The core screamed like a living thing, its countless twisted rune chains flashing wildly, trying to draw all the life force around it to repair itself. But under the absolute purification of the Eternal Holy Flame, the rune chains broke and went out inch by inch!
Sean's situation was even more dire.
His body, composed of countless white spores, was illuminated by white light, and each spore was thrown into the flames and burned continuously.
His massive body shrank and collapsed at a visible speed, and his white face melted completely in extreme pain, leaving only a shrinking core that emitted silent wails.
The crimson torrent did not stop; after passing through Thauri and Sean, its momentum remained undiminished, like an angry, world-destroying dragon, roaring as it plowed forward!
Wherever it passed, space seemed to be forcibly torn apart, leaving terrifying cracks on the earth that burned with golden embers and could not heal for a long time.
Behind Sori and the others, a bottomless chasm with lava flowing along its edges was completely vaporized, stretching to the horizon and dividing this scorched battlefield in two!
The aftershocks of the destruction were like a tangible tsunami, carrying scorching heat and soul-tearing pressure, spreading wildly in all directions in a ring!
As the shockwave reached, the lush vegetation that remained in the distance was devoured by the raging flames, which resembled a natural disaster. The mountains further away groaned under the unbearable pressure, and the mountainsides made a cracking sound due to the sudden high temperature!
Looking at the scene before him, which resembled the aftermath of apocalyptic divine punishment, Leo managed a weak, relieved smile.
Then, he could no longer hold on, his knees buckled, and he collapsed heavily to his knees on the scorching hot earth with a thud.
"Cough...cough cough...It's...it's over..."
He coughed violently, each cough sounding as if he were coughing up his internal organs.
"Sirius...you...you should be far away by now...Can I...still catch up...?"
Just as Leo mustered his last bit of strength and tried to stagger to his feet,
On that scorched earth, utterly ravaged by the flames of natural disaster and resembling the core of a purgatory furnace, a faint, almost imperceptible wisp of shadow energy, like a dying worm, struggled and stubbornly seeped from the void, beginning to slowly gather…
"Leo..."
A sound like sandpaper scraping, filled with endless resentment and pain, rang out intermittently from the writhing shadow.
"Cough...cough cough...You think...with just this...a single holy flame...you can kill me? You think you can...burn away...my boundless loyalty to Lord Hick?!"
The shadow struggled to coalesce and take shape, eventually transforming into a staggering, broken figure that seemed ready to fall apart again at any moment—it was Sorey!
His appearance at this moment was more terrifying than a demon: almost no part of his skin was intact, and sticky shadows writhed beneath the charred and cracked flesh, barely maintaining a human form.
The Ice Curse in his hand, which had once exuded a chilling aura, had long since turned into a small, inconspicuous pile of shards on the ground, devoid of any luster!
"No one... can stop me, Leo!"
Sori's voice suddenly rose, filled with a completely insane obsession!
"Today...you must die! Because—"
He suddenly looked up, a terrifying red light flashing from his single remaining eye. "This is... the mission... bestowed upon me by Lord Hick!!!"
He forcefully squeezed out the last bit of life force and shadow energy in his body, and his tattered body burst out with speed beyond the limit, like a black hurricane carrying death and stench, frantically rushing towards Leo who was kneeling on the ground!
Looking at Sori, whose body was writhing in rotten flesh, exuding an aura of misfortune and destruction, as if he had crawled out of the deepest part of hell, Leo's face showed a bitter, almost relieved smile.
"In the end... we still couldn't completely burn this monster to death... It's really... quite tenacious..."
He knew that in his exhausted state, any resistance would be futile.
Sory's desperate counterattack was unavoidable; he was doomed!
However, no fear was visible in Leo's eyes.
He staggered, and with his last bit of strength, he suddenly raised his right hand—and in his tightly clenched palm lay a simple, ancient stone that shimmered with a faint silver light!
Space Stone!
Goodbye, immortal monster.
Leo's voice was weary, yet incredibly clear, his gaze fixed on Sori, who was inches away. "The next time we meet, I will personally... send you into eternal annihilation!"
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly exerted force with his five fingers!
Click!
The space stone shattered instantly!
Om-!
A massive and profound spatial energy erupted instantly, like a miniature black hole suddenly forming in front of Leo!
His figure blurred and became transparent in an instant amidst the violent distortion and fluctuation of space—
"No--!!!"
Sori let out a heart-wrenching roar filled with extreme resentment and rage!
His hand, accompanied by a piercing shriek as it tore through the air, fiercely grabbed at the spot where Leo had vanished!
scoff!
But it only managed to shatter the remaining ripples in space, and a few strands of Leo's charred hair that were carried by the strong wind.
thump!
Sori was thrown to the ground by the immense inertia, kicking up a cloud of charred dust.
He failed.
The first major mission independently undertaken by Lord Hick ended in a disastrous defeat, with the entire army wiped out and the target escaping!
He is still alive.
But how can he face the great man who gave him power and mission if he lives such a shameful life?
Images of our triumphant departure, with our elite troops accompanying us, flashed through my mind, only to be replaced by this image of me, alone and battered, crawling on the scorched earth of hell...
A despair and self-loathing colder than death gripped his heart like a poisonous vine, almost suffocating him.
The thought of committing suicide to atone for my sins has never been stronger than it is now.
"Leo!!!"
Sori buried his face deep in the scorching earth and, with all his might, let out a long, mournful howl, filled with endless resentment, unwillingness, and humiliation, like that of a wounded beast!