Abyssal Chronicles

Chapter 566 - 567: Reinforcements Arrive [4/2]

"Trashes~ just a bunch of trashes~ Is that all you’ve got?!"

Pierre bellowed with a haughty laughter, eyeing Kain who was desperately fleeing, manipulating his holy aura. At this moment, Pierre wasn’t in a rush to kill Kain and Bai Yanluo. Originally, he intended to swiftly end the battle to pursue and kill the Girl of Destiny. However, sensing the cataclysmic aura erupting from the direction of the Girl of Destiny, Pierre couldn’t help but give a mischievous grin.

At this moment, he was convinced that Youlan hadn’t deceived him; the ’time bomb’ had indeed been installed beside the Girl of Destiny. Judging from the dragon aura and the immense shadow force contained within it, this ’time bomb’ was quite powerful. Although not as impressive as Pierre himself, killing the Girl of Destiny was still no problem. After all, that dragon was at the peak of the eighth level, far stronger than the Girl of Destiny.

Initially, Pierre wanted to personally kill the Girl of Destiny, the last threat to his mother. Without the two Chosen Ones, his mother would be worry-free. Even if his mother found out and spanked him until his butt burst open, Pierre felt it would be worth it. However, the problem was his mother’s feather duster...

That thing was too terrifying. His armor could protect him from any attack, but it couldn’t defend against his mother’s feather duster. The pain it inflicted was unbearable...

At the moment he launched an attack on Mengxi, Pierre even hesitated in his heart. So, having a chance to avoid being hit was definitely something he wanted to seize.

’And now? The opportunity was right in front of me. The terrifying power erupting from the Girl of Destiny’s direction was definitely Youlan’s doing. If the Girl of Destiny ended up dying at Youlan’s hands, wouldn’t I be spared his mother’s scolding? Wouldn’t I avoid a beating with the feather duster?’

’Oh ho~ I’m such a genius~ Just blame it on sister Youlan, and I’m off the hook~’

Thinking this, Pierre came up with a brilliant ’blame-shifting plan’. With the plan in mind, the cocky Pierre put his hands on his hips and laughed arrogantly into the sky.

"Haha~ Hahaha~ Hahahaha!!!" His laughter, amplified by the power of shadow, echoed between heaven and earth, plunging all creatures within dozens of miles into indescribable panic.

After his laughter, Pierre’s eyes under the armor narrowed, and he focused on Kain, who was desperately trying to escape into Anvika. The Sword Demon King, in his intimidating armor, cracked a sinister smile.

He wasn’t in a rush to kill Kain and Bai Yanluo, not because Pierre was kind-hearted but because he often abided by the ’boss guidelines’ set by his mother Yumo. One of them was not to directly finish off enemies. He had to let the enemy’s potential fully manifest. Only then could he proceed further. Thus, Pierre didn’t hurry but instead followed Kain closely, pressuring the Heavenly Apostles to force out more trump cards for his amusement.

However, Pierre didn’t get his wish. Kain, already at his limit, what power did he have to resist the legendary Sword Demon? All he could do was flee desperately.

Watching Kain continuously channeling his holy thunder aura to escape, without a shred of fighting spirit, disappointment flashed in Pierre’s dark purple eyes under the armor.

’Heh, Heavenly Apostles? Is that all? Just a slightly stronger piece of trash. Couldn’t even injure me?’

"Boooring."

With a cold snort, the shadow force suppressed within Pierre burst forth again, materializing as tangible lightning, surging around him. Seeing Kain had no will to fight, Pierre lost all patience.

As Kain reached the towering city wall’s edge, Pierre gripped his sword handle and, surrounded by lightning, suddenly charged forward...

On the other side, under the stunned gaze of the city wall guards, an exhausted Kain, carrying Bai Yanluo, sped through the barrier on the wall and into the outer city of Anvika. As soon as he entered, Kain’s body and strength reached their limits, and the lightning and holy aura that formed his wings of light suddenly dissipated. The once suave and dashing Heavenly Apostle fell to the ground with Bai Yanluo in a sorry state, blood spilling everywhere, drawing sidelong glances from the surrounding Imperial guards.

Though they weren’t followers of Asumos Church, they knew the strength of a Heavenly Apostle, the pinnacle of humanity. Yet, such a powerful being lying in such a sorry state on the ground left the soldiers exchanging incredulous looks.

At that moment, Kain, the object of their attention, had no energy to worry about the stares of those around him. After entering Anvika, his attention was drawn to a white energy pyramid that rose from afar, enveloping the entire Asumos Church. As a Heavenly Apostle of the Church, Kain knew that this energy pyramid was the Church’s protective formation, which would only be activated in extreme circumstances.

Now, with the Sword Demon yet to enter Anvika, the barrier was already activated?

"What happened at the Church?" Kain gasped, having a bad feeling about this. But the truth was, he didn’t have the right to worry about the Church, as he was already in dire straits.

Boom!!

With a thunderous roar, the towering city wall, over ten meters high, was pierced by a dark purple lightning strike! The barrier guarding Anvika was effortlessly blown open, and the once majestic city gate was instantly reduced to nothing. The rampaging lightning surged inward, and the soldiers, who had just been shocked by Kain’s state, were swallowed by the terrifying thunderous force, dying without a complete corpse. Nearby soldiers trying to escape let out helpless cries before being torn apart by the overwhelming soul pressure, bleeding from their seven orifices, and dying miserably on the spot.

Feeling the desperate pressure behind him, Kain couldn’t help but shift his attention away from the Church.

"Looks like... it won’t be so easy... to escape after all..." he chuckled bitterly.

The Heavenly Apostle, weakly turning around, looked back.

"Heh!? Did you think you could escape?"

With a sinister and slightly hoarse demonic voice reaching his ears, Kain watched as a terrifying demon, about eight meters tall, wrapped in dark purple energy armor and with red eyes shining, stepped over the remains of the wall amidst surging lightning, holding a pale giant sword.

"Enough of this, it’s boring. Die."

The next moment, the Sword Demon Pierre, tired of the chase, raised his massive sword without hesitation and teleported in front of Kain, slashing down at the two Heavenly Apostles! Although he didn’t gather much power, the legendary sword wrapped in rich shadow force was still powerful enough to unleash a world-ending thunderstorm. Even Kain at his peak would be severely injured by it, let alone now.

Unsurprisingly, when the sword fell, Kain and Bai Yanluo would be dead meat, following the fate of the Imperial mage Borulov.

However, as the pale giant sword, carrying the might of a massive thunderstorm, rapidly enlarged in Kain’s eyes, his face didn’t show despair but a relieved smile.

"Heh, looks like my gamble paid off."

In the next instant, a massive golden shield suddenly tore through space, rushing from afar and blocking in front of Kain at the last moment, withstanding the impressive slash of Sword Demon...

Clang~*

Pierre: "Hoh?! Who’s there?"