Pillars of Ita

Chapter 1176 The First Round of Confrontation

It happened in a flash.

Daliel had drawn the greatsword in his hand and quickly stood between Fang He and the gray shadow.

She was well prepared, so the gray shadow could not get around and was forced to swing the elven sword at her.

Daliel immediately raised his sword to block.

The thin blade of the elven rapier pierced her sword spine with a clang, and a ball of sparks burst out.

Daryl held the sword with his backhand and placed his other hand behind the sword, ready to be hit - even so, he felt his hands go numb.

She was shocked. This was the Silver Rank? And the other party seemed to be a Silver Rank of Agility.

But the gray shadow did not give her much time to react, and pointed the rapier in her hand upwards - the slender blade drew a line of fire along the blade of her greatsword and cut towards her fingers holding the sword.

But Daliel had already pulled out a small sword from behind her back with her left hand, and with a "dang" sound, she blocked the opponent's sword. She was originally a double-edged swordsman, but she rarely used this light sword on weekdays.

Even when she was sparring with Catherine, she would not do so easily until the very last moment. However, she had to draw her sword after only two rounds of fighting with the gray shadow.

Gray Shadow failed to hit the target with his first strike, so he immediately drew back his sword. He changed his strategy and slashed at Daliel with his sword horizontally.

It was clearly an elven rapier, but it created a whirlwind, and the slender blade seemed to turn into a shining whip, sweeping heavily on Daliel's giant sword.

The overwhelming force came upon us——

Daliel was caught off guard, and the light sword in her hand flew out of her hand. She was also knocked back several meters, and her feet plowed a deep gully in the crystallized ground of the forest.

The gray shadow passed directly through her and shot towards the plover behind her.

The fight between the two was actually fast, and it only took a breath from the first spark to Daliel being knocked away.

But just this breath is enough.

Fang He still held the magic wand in his right hand, but the magic meter on the glove on his left hand was changing rapidly.

  The ether passed through the thin tube and entered different resonant crystals according to his calculations in his mind. He looked forward and silently said:

"Gravity well, reverse, armor and sword."

As soon as the gray shadow broke into the area ten meters in front of him, he immediately felt his body lighten, and the sword in his hand and the chain mail on his body pulled him upwards involuntarily.

Fang He threw the Ts-1 Lurker in front of himself. The gravity well it generated was not enough to affect the Silver Rank, but the equipment on the opponent was different.

The gravity well of the Ts-1 has little effect on opponents above a certain level, but on the contrary, the sudden weightlessness can disturb them for a while. This is what R told him -

Fang He raised his head and saw the gray shadow clearly.

A young human male with gray hair and red eyes, wearing a gray windbreaker with a black elven long chain armor on the outside, holding a rapier.

The opponent turned around in mid-air and slashed at him with a sword with a cold look on his face.

The sword blade turned into a black light, and the rising black flame was like a whip blade, like a line separating heaven and earth, cutting vertically.

The recovered Lancers dropped from the sky.

It blocked the way of Fang He, but the black light swept across the large shield in its hand, like a hot knife cutting through a layer of butter, cutting off half of its body at the back.

But another figure appeared in front of AshClaw.

Miss Nightingale screamed from Sky Blue, turned around, and saw the gray shadow fighting with Daryl. Her figure gradually faded and finally turned into a shadow.

When AshClaw cut the Lancer with his sword, he jumped in front of him, pulled out his dagger, and swung it at the opponent.

The blow hit the blade of the elven rapier.

There was a sharp sound in the darkness, and a dazzling spark burst out—the slender dagger spun out.

AshClaw immediately slashed with his sword. Miss Nightingale saw the opponent's sword coming towards her, and immediately threw herself into the shadow, turning into a puff of dust and leaping above AshClaw.

The elf's rapier only separated the shadow.

Elisa turned into a shadow and fell not far away, but there was still a cut on the dragon scale armor. Her left hand was trembling slightly, and blood was flowing from the knuckles.

She raised her head and looked at the other person with a serious expression.

AshClaw was obstructed one after another, feeling a little regretful. He looked at these people with a gloomy face, knowing that he had missed the best opportunity.

  The strength of these people also surprised him, and he even had a hint of doubt - did someone in the parliament notice something?

Where did the investigation team find these people?

And these people really seem to be... members of the Corin-Ishurian Alliance?

He immediately thought of the talented magician who had just arrived at Silver Wind Harbor. His eyes involuntarily fell on Fang He and gently on the magic wand in his hand.

At this moment, Daryl behind him had regrouped and slashed at him with a sword from behind.

AshClaw knew it was that big swordswoman without turning around. She's still haunting him, he thought - but he didn't move at all, letting the sword cut off his shoulder and split his upper body in half.

Just a drop of blood flowed out from the wound cut by the sword, but a dark flame was rolled out. The flame was rising from all over his body, and thick smoke and black mist were spewing out from it.

AshClaw's cold gaze fell on Fang He. He liked to solve problems in the most efficient way, but if he couldn't solve the problem, he didn't mind showing his strength head-on.

He used his own law domain for the first time—

The law domain of the Silver Rank is not complete, but it can still produce a crushing effect when facing non-Silver Rank opponents. AshClaw's figure turned into billowing smoke in the dark flames.

The smoke of hell, mixed with the foul smell of sulfur and intersecting red lightning, spread in all directions.

Fang He was the first to be hit. He was instantly engulfed by the billowing smoke. The surroundings immediately became dark. The smoke in the sky obscured the moonlight, plunging him into pitch darkness.

The high temperature and heat wave hit us in the face, there seemed to be a hint of burning breath in the air, and even the breath was accompanied by tiny sparks.

Thick smoke gathered behind him and turned into a human figure, holding an elven sword and stabbed at him.

The shield of the magic furnace behind Fang He naturally appeared, and the dark sword blade penetrated the thin layer of dim blue light curtain, and the dim light shattered like water waves.

But the next moment, an engineering life box bounced off Fang He's magic furnace and hit AshClaw's sword on its own initiative.

The disk of the construct shattered into pieces, and the fragments and shock waves caused the sword blade to shake at a high frequency, crossing over Fang He's vital points.

This sword pierced through a corner of Fang He's magic furnace, along with his coat.

AshClaw frowned slightly. Engineering Phylactery - why the hell are there mages using this thing? Isn't this thing the exclusive domain of combat craftsmen?

The other party carries this thing with him, isn't he afraid of the chance of spell failure caused by the interference of ether?

But the thought only flashed through his mind without causing any ripples, and he blocked the junk with his hand and swept it away.

Then he slashed at Fang Que with another sword.

But a huge blade appeared in the air, and the elven sword drew a long spark on the blade. Daliel inserted the huge sword heavily into the ground to block the attack.

She retreated nearly half a meter with her sword, and the giant sword drew a deep groove on the crystallized ground.

But she also took the opportunity to pull Fang He back, and they both stepped back at the same time. Daryl dragged Fang He behind him and stretched out his hand to protect him.

Fang He just reacted at this moment and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

He quickly threw out an engineering machine, let it fly up, and circled around him to remotely repair his magic furnace.

A quiet voice came from his mind, "Mr. Knight, the sword just now damaged the second output mechanism of the Zero Magic Reactor."

"Although the magic furnace is still functional, its output power has dropped by 36%. Please pay attention."

Fang He was surprised: "Ms. Tata?"

"I sensed that Mr. Knight was in danger, so I came here," Miss Fairy replied, "but the Seven Seas Traveler is still on the high seas."

"If you don't use the dragon knight's ability, it will take Ms. Mia at least a day to arrive here."

Fang Plover nodded.

He didn't expect support from the Seven Seas Traveler, but having Miss Fairy by his side made him feel more at ease.

Fang He looked up and had actually recognized the other party's abilities in his heart.

He thought of a fantasy law domain that existed in legend - Hellfire.

This law was once possessed by someone in ancient times, and that person was also a player in the second division, but that was a story at least a generation ago.

Has it been passed down?

He immediately recalled everything R had told him about the power of this law - the hellish environment, thick smoke, black fog, shadows and flames.

So the Silver Ranks that fought off Daliel head-on actually have the ability to hide and assassinate?

  He felt a little dazed, but immediately said to Daryl and Elisa who was hiding in the mist:

"Be careful, he still has summoning abilities!"

The words have not yet fallen.

The opponent's body once again burst into flames and split into six, transforming into six blazing hellhounds that leaped out from the billowing smoke.

"Good knowledge."

AshClaw hid in the smoke and gave him a rare compliment.

Then he blew a whistle, and the four hellhounds ran in four different directions, heading towards the direction of Tianlan, Jita, Cuishis and Sylvie in the thick fog.

The remaining two rushed towards him and Daryl respectively.

Can he see through the fog?

Fang He was shocked - how could it be possible? He remembered clearly that R had told him that the reason why the Hellfire ability was not even a T1 level ability was because it was a double-limited ability.

Everyone in the Law Domain can turn into thick smoke and flames, but they themselves cannot see through the dark obscuring effect brought by the hell environment.

Fang He then remembered that the other party seemed to have found his position in the thick smoke just now.

But the complete Hellfire Law does not have this ability, not to mention that the opponent is only at the Silver Rank.

Fang Yu was suddenly startled, realizing something——

  He quickly said to the communication crystal:

"Ms. Alisa, stop the hellhound in front of you."

Miss Nightingale didn't need him to say more. A dagger shot out from the smoke and dust behind and hit the flaming creature with sharp teeth and claws.

But the cold blade only cut through the flames. The opponent did not seem to be injured at all. Instead, he hung down his flaming tongue, with a fierce light flashing in his eyes, and bit towards her.

And Miss Nightingale responded quickly.

The next moment, her entire body turned into a black mist and dissipated, gathering behind the hellhound. She swung a knife in the shadow, cutting its back.

But it still doesn't help.

But at this time, Daliel also blocked the hellhound in front of him.

As for the one that rushed towards Tianlan, it was stopped by May, and the box protected Cui Xisi.

Sylvie used the blessing of the earth element to erect an earth wall around herself, trapping the flaming creature inside.

She climbed up the wall and looked in that direction, but the thick smoke blocked her vision, causing her to shake her head slightly.

The hellhound that was fighting with Elisa finally found an opportunity and bit Miss Nightingale's right hand.

But the former did not look in pain at all. The shadow slid through the hound's teeth like running water, and then gathered again into Elisa's slender palm.

She held the dagger and stabbed it smoothly between the chest and abdomen. The elemental creature was caught off guard and finally let out a wail, turning into a burning flame.

Eventually scattered on the ground.

She breathed a sigh of relief, raised her head, and looked around vigilantly.

Just then, a cloud of smoke appeared from behind her.

The mist was AshClaw. The mist in his hand gathered into a sword light and stabbed at Alyssa.

"Be careful behind you!" Fang He shouted and raised the magic gloves.

Amid the swirling smoke, a golden sword slashed down from nowhere. The Seraph - Helwell, holding a huge sword, slashed at AshClaw.

But the opponent blocked it with his backhand. There was a sharp metallic vibration of "clang" that almost made people's teeth ache. He actually used an elven rapier to deflect the giant blade in Helweier's hand.

At the same time, another rapier appeared in AshClaw's left hand and stabbed at Alyssa - even though Miss Nightingale reacted very quickly and turned around alertly when she sensed the danger.

But the sword still pierced through her magic furnace.

The sword blade pierced her lower back, penetrated all the way to her chest, and then was pulled out, leaving a trail of blood.

Fang Plover was completely stunned.

  Is this the strength of the Silver Rank?

Although they had faced off against Minermire, Isa, Rudney and others before, the opponents were genuine Silver Rank II...

But it all happened by chance.

Minmier and his men were subject to various restrictions, and later they fought with Balosa, but it was only Catherine who attacked that time. As for the one who finally subdued the pirate king, it was actually Miya.

His heart was pounding, but he was surprisingly calm inside. The Silver Level opponent was not someone they could easily deal with.

But he actually caught the opponent's weakness.

AshClaw wanted to take a step forward and finish Miss Nightingale off with one more strike of the sword, but before he could do that, a silver bullet flew over, raising a cloud of dust in front of him.

He looked in that direction and saw the fleet officer's figure flash by. When he turned back, Daryl had already dealt with his hellhound.

She dodged forward, raised her greatsword, and stood between him and Alisa.

AshClaw glanced at the tall construct not far away. The Seraph - Helvir was also holding a sharp blade and staring at him coldly with a video crystal that was flashing red light.

If this construct had not appeared in time, his sword would have taken the opponent's life.

"Supreme... No," AshClaw was slightly startled, "High-level alien main construct?"

  For the first time, a light of surprise flashed in his eyes. The other side had a very high-level combat craftsman. Where did these people come from?

As soon as he hesitated, Fang He came forward to rescue Elisa. He supported the pale Miss Nightingale and fed her a dose of healing potion.

Although this thing cannot make up for lost life, it can speed up the healing of wounds and prevent excessive blood loss.

"My magic furnace is broken," Elisa said to him weakly, "Let me lean on you for a moment. I have no strength left."

Fang Plover nodded slightly.

AshClaw watched this scene, but didn't care. As long as they were within his domain of law, none of these people could escape.

He looked around, his eyes fixed on Tracis, from the previous anti-gravity trap, to this construct, and those clockwork goblins in front.

He vaguely realized that this combat craftsman might be the trouble.

At the same time, Fang He also noticed this person's gaze.

This guy can really see through the hell environment——

But he didn't have time to think about it, because he had already realized what AshClaw wanted to do. This guy mistook Traci for him, and he was probably going to attack Traci.

Although time may not be enough, we can’t wait for them to make thorough preparations.

  He immediately whispered into the communication crystal:

"Jita, take action!"

Fang He knew that in this smoke-filled environment, most people in the Seven Seas Brigade could not exert their full strength, but there must be one person who could see through this environment -

That was Miss Naturalist.

Her Snake Eyes and Book of Life have the power of prophecy, which can see through all illusions, even laws.

In fact, Jita had been preparing that spell early in the morning. Fang He asked Alyssa to stop the hellhound and bought her the most precious time.

She retreated to the very edge of the battlefield from the beginning, and the Paparars stayed by her side to prevent other members of the advance team from interfering with the spell.

The naturalist lady was hiding behind a carriage of the investigation team. She opened her magic book with her hands, gently pushed her round-frame glasses, then looked at the Holy Mountain of Mirro on the page and began to recite.

She was going to activate the third and fourth sacred texts——

That was the spell the High Guardian had granted to the Holy Guardians of Mirrodin.

You must be pious, and then you can reach the holy land - in her eyes, she seemed to see the silver snow-capped mountains towering into the clouds and the pilgrimage road with scriptures entwined and winds blowing.

With the silver dragon soaring in the sky.

Those ascetic monks, who had studied hard for their lives, wore reddish-brown linen robes and climbed up along the pilgrimage path to the top.

And there, there is an icon.

The hero of the Battle of Assyria, the Knight of the Sky.

In the story, the Paladin of the Sky defeated the evil dragon and sealed the dragon underground in the Land of the Twelve Pillars.

That is the journey to godhood of the last of the saints, Lady of Justice, the goddess of courage and war, Maurlan, and the evil dragon that was sealed by her.

Her name is Alessa.

The sealing sacred art requires the joint efforts of twenty to thirty Holy Scroll Guards, but Jita does not need to prepare this magical ceremony because she only needs to tell the story.

When the Holy Name is sung.

An invisible force gathered towards AshClaw, and even the Silver Steps was unaware of it until it was fully formed.

But suddenly, a silver spear of light appeared out of thin air above AshClaw's head, and its unparalleled power even directly pierced through his domain of laws.

The endless silver light directly cleared away the pervasive black fog, thick smoke and the flames of hell, directly exposing AshClaw from the fog.

AshClaw never expected that he would encounter a force that could restrain him in such a place.

His face changed drastically, and he drew his sword and swung it in that direction - but at this moment, the air beside him shook, and an octopus-like construct swooped down from the air.

  you again!

AshClaw was furious and had to use his sword to pierce the core crystal of the octopus-like construct, causing it to lose power and fall to the ground.

But Tracy really pissed him off a little.

He also realized that if he didn't stop these people first, there would be no end to it.

Thinking of this, AshClaw looked in the direction of Tracis, Daryl, and Jita, and then pointed in those directions one by one.

Hellhounds leaped out from the thick smoke and rushed towards these directions.

"There's no end!"

Daryl frowned as she looked at the hellhound that pounced on her again - it's not like she hasn't fought with people of the Silver Level before, but Catherine often held back when practicing with them.

Miss Catman raised her sword, but Fang He stopped her from the side.

"Miss Daryl, go protect Jita."

Miss Knight was slightly startled.

Fang He did not give her the chance to refute. He summoned a knight-type annihilator and teleported her directly with the spell of teleportation.

Then he raised his magic wand and looked at the hellhound that was rushing towards him.

On the other hand, AshClaw was also trying to solve his own troubles.

He looked at the silver spear of light in the air - no one else posed a threat to him, as long as he could deal with this spear of light, the situation would still be in his hands.

But just as he drew his sword and took a step forward, he never expected that the paralyzed octopus construct lying at his feet suddenly moved.

In fact, AshClaw couldn't recognize this latest series of constructs from the Ossuians.

The biggest feature of the choker is that it has two systems. One system controls its magic center, which is the most traditional means for craftsmen to control it.

The other set comes from the improved star device.

Fang He opened his shield and let the hellhound pounce on him - at the same time, he raised the magic gloves in his hand.

Gave orders to the chokehold.

AshClaw thought that the construct was dead, but suddenly a red light flashed in the video crystal, and it waved its claws towards him again.

He was caught off guard and was greatly surprised.

Although his reaction was not slow at all, thick flames immediately burst out from his whole body, and in the blink of an eye, the claws of the strangler were burned into scrap metal.

But it was just this moment.

The box on one side and Mei had already rushed over from the fog. Two people were coming towards him, one holding a halberd and the other drawing a magic sword.

Two weapons slashed at him from the left and right.

When AshClaw saw the magic sword in the box's hand, his eyes almost popped out - holy sword black steel? What the hell had happened to him today?

There was a super-level spell above his head, which seemed to have the aura of the Mir Path's Sealing Sacred Art, but he had never heard that the Mir Path Holy Guard was led by the Chosen One.

In fact, the Knights Templar would never leave the Holy Mountain.

A young man rushed out in front of him, tugged at the cloth in his hand, and pulled out a dragon-slaying holy sword in front of him. He was at the silver level and was very familiar with the breath of the law.

That is undoubtedly authentic.

As for the one on the left, AshClaw almost thought he was seeing things: "Wait, you are Ms. Leia's student. Mei?"

"How will you be here?"

"you--"

But May didn't waste time talking to him and directly stabbed him with a spear. AshClaw was also a little angry. He was afraid of the Holy September, not this little yellow-haired girl.

He grabbed Mei's halberd and tried to pull her over, while the knight stuck her shield heavily into the ground to steady herself.

But to no avail.

This was the first time she lost to an outsider in strength. AshClaw actually dragged her away with her shield, and then slashed at her with a sword.

This full-strength attack directly penetrated the knight lady's large shield, splitting the shield in two, and then the sword blade continued to move forward and slashed May's chest again.

The knight lady was chopped off and sent flying like a cannonball.

If the Seraphim Helver hadn't raised her sword once again to meet the attack, AshClaw's sword would have almost taken her life.

But AshClaw also wanted to curse now, he looked at the tall construct - no, didn't he clearly let the hellhound kill the combat craftsman.

  Why is this thing still here?

How come it can still move!?

But he didn't have time to think more, because he had to raise his sword to block Helweil's sword, and then his back was hit hard by the sword from the box.

The holy sword Black Steel was nothing like what it was said to be. Purple-black flames burst out from the blade and penetrated directly into AshClaw's body.

He couldn't help but scream.

And at that moment, the silver light spear in the air was finally ready and shot down vertically.

With a loud bang, the shock wave of the spell blew away almost all the people nearby, and the hellhounds that were still fighting with Taliel, the Paparars and the plovers were turned to ashes at the same time.

But even so, the silver spear of light still failed to kill AshClaw - at the moment when the spear of light hit his body, the jet-black elven chain mail on AshClaw suddenly emitted a glowing light.

Then it exploded completely, turning into a halo, and it was this halo that saved AshClaw's life, deflecting the spear of light to the side and not hitting him completely.

AshClaw immediately turned into a dark flame and shot up into the sky, and at this moment, an inexplicable aura descended from the air.

I saw a gate of light open above the forest, it hung straight down and enveloped the dark flames of AshClaw.

The next moment, the light gate and the hellfire disappeared without a trace.

Fang He looked up at the scene and stopped taking out the silver box from his arms. He recognized the spell.

"That's a dimensional rift, Master Captain."

The naturalist lady's weak voice came from the communication crystal, "Another me... once used a similar spell in Einbrok."

"Be careful, the caster of this spell is at least Silver Rank."

On the second silver step, Fang He remained silent.

Although he had some expectations, he was still slightly surprised that the other party did not directly attack them.

The only pity was that he was not able to kill the Silver Step directly. He actually recognized the elven chain armor that saved his life.

Slanted Chainmail - Similar to his previous Dark Blessing, but generally only works once.

However, as a Silver Rank, it is not surprising that he has some legendary equipment. He should have expected this earlier - but there was still too little time left for them to prepare.

  Fang He had no time to feel sorry. He protected his burned right arm with one hand and immediately turned back to say to the others:

"Let those who are not injured fight off the remaining people, and quickly verify the damage."

"Jita, can you still cast a spell?"

"Captain," the naturalist lady's voice was a little weak in the communication crystal, but she nodded gently, "I should be able to prepare a ritual spell."

"Sorry to bother you, prepare to teleport everyone away from this place--"

"...Master, large-scale teleportation magic can only teleport less than two thousand meters."

"enough."

Fang He replied that from now on, they must race against time.

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