Whispering Poems

Chapter 4050 The Spark of Life, Moonlight Greatsword

Chapter 4050 The Spark of Life - Moonlight Greatsword

The foul blood spraying from the dense array of nozzles on the two-meter-high ceiling had no effect on the dark figure. So, Mrs. Gustav hid under the metal plate made by the halfling girl and unleashed a new magic spell.

She tossed out the spellcasting materials that Shad had brought her this time, which were a large handful of very thin metal sheets:

"Miraculous Technique: Metal Alchemy!"

The metal sheet transformed directly into a thick metal wall in the room, with the holy emblem of that true god on the wall.

The Church of Creation also has ring sorcerers who specialize in alchemy, and "metal alchemy" is mostly used to temporarily create metal weapons. It is not very common to directly create walls like this.

The wall wasn't breached; the dark figure seemed to pass through the doorway, its form almost ethereal, as it passed through the wall. However, because the wall bore the holy emblem of a true god, its passage wasn't particularly fast.

This gave the group a chance to continue their retreat. When the dark figure had completely passed through the metal wall, thicker than a bank vault, Miss Bradley turned and pointed:

"Witch's Secret Technique: Metal Bomb!"

Boom!

The four people, who were already prepared, used the force of the huge explosion to almost fly to the door opposite the room.

The room itself was completely unaffected by the explosion, but within the blood mist formed by the evaporated blood, the dark figure appeared even faster than before and pounced on the group who were opening the door.

"Spell: Life Ray!"

Shad's right hand, struck by the power of "Withering," now grasps the source of life with Gina's help. His right hand, still not yet unconscious, continues to absorb the warm life force to heal its wound.

Seeing the dark figure rushing towards him, Shad immediately raised his right hand, which was wrapped by Gina. In the almost instinctive process of casting the spell, this time he did not even burst out the flame of life from his own body, but directly activated the source of fire.

hum!

A crimson beam shot out from the center of the burning flame's eye, while the shadowy figure, which had always used a shield to resist attacks, now chose to dodge. It seemed unwilling to come into contact with the power of the life-giving flame.

So Shad came up with an idea of ​​how to counter it.

The sound of the door being fully opened came from behind, and the halfling witch's voice rang out again:

"This is the third room! It's the Blood Vein Mother Nest! Be careful, this room is inhabited by a powerful enemy called the 'Blood Vein Spider,' and the path is very difficult to traverse."

Gina's right hand enveloped Shad's right fist, guiding its movement and causing the beam of light from the AllSpark to chase after the dodging shadow. Meanwhile, the puppet on Shad's shoulder, supporting him, looked towards the door.

"Outside the door is a dense, crisscrossing space made up of blood vessels as thick as a wrist. There seems to be no solid ground. You must proceed along the spider web."

As they were talking, Mrs. Gustave had already jumped towards the spiderweb of veins outside the door, while Miss Bradwell continued to hold onto the metal plate that was transforming from metal into flesh due to contact with too much filth and blood.

Gina led Shad backward, and then the three of them jumped towards the door, landing directly on the crisscrossing spider web.

With a bang, the door slammed shut. Gina helped Shad maintain his balance on his blood vessels, and Shad immediately aimed the spark in his hand at the door.

The power within the Spark Source was once again activated. The previous eruption of the Spark Source had given Shad a deeper understanding of how to utilize its life energy. So this time, Shad attempted to bestow the power of the Spark Source upon Red Moon:

"The Thorns of the Moon!"

Because it was the first attempt, what appeared on the door was only red moonlight thorns mixed with a slight spark of life, but even so, the surface of the moonlight thorns still showed a softer red light than usual.

[Excellent, you have successfully bestowed "life" upon the Red Moon.]

"She" said gently, and this prevented the dark figure from immediately breaking through the door and chasing after her.

The new room was extremely spacious. Looking up and down, all one could see was a dense network of crisscrossing blood vessels; to the left and right, there was no end in sight. On the tangled blood vessels, Xia De clearly saw several mangled, bloody corpses that had been gnawed on. He couldn't even tell whether they were the corpses of normal creatures or the corpses of mutated, fleshy creatures.

The room is about two kilometers apart on the front and back sides. There are many doors at different heights on the walls on both sides. Unfortunately, the door that everyone is looking for is on the opposite wall.

"Move as quietly as possible and don't speak too loudly, otherwise you'll easily attract the blood vessel spider!"

Gina whispered in Shad's ear, while Mrs. Gustav, who was walking at the front, raised her right hand to show everyone the number "3," meaning that this was the last room the shadowy figure could track.

After feeling that he had absorbed the power from the source of the fire, and that the right side of his body had recovered most of its strength, Shad asked Gina to let go of him. The four of them then quickly moved forward, stepping on the network of blood vessels.

A two-kilometer-long room could be traversed in the blink of an eye on flat ground. But this time, the "road" was a shaky network of blood vessels; moving too fast would only attract more enemies, so they dared not speed up at all.

Behind the four, the red glow on the Moonlight Thorns grew fainter and fainter. After the thorn bushes disappeared as if withering, Miss Felicia, who was clinging to Shad's neck and looking back, reminded them:

"Attention, 'Shadow of Withering' has breached the door."

But that wasn't the worst news. On the veins in front of the four people lay a large, blood-red spider, almost blending into its surroundings. The spider's body was entwined with protruding veins, like it was wearing biological armor.

It wasn't that we were walking too fast and attracted it; it was already here, and it had clearly noticed the four people approaching it.

"I'll handle the one behind you, Mrs. Gustav. You can handle the one in front!"

The old witch didn't respond, but instead accelerated towards the spider that had already stood up and was at least three meters tall. Now that she had been discovered, more and more spiders would soon come along the network of blood vessels, and there was no longer any need to hide.

The halfling girl also charged forward, holding the shield inlaid with the Demon Eye. The whispering element emanating from the fully activated relic-level Demon Eye was even more powerful than that of its original wielder in the prison.

Although Gina was worried about Shad, she knew that Miss Felicia was there, so she went along to help.

Meanwhile, Xia De recalled the feeling of directly using the Spark Source to fire rays in the heat of the moment, and the feeling of merging the life spark into the red moonlight.

[Also, the feeling when constructing an energy-based body using the spark source.]

She gently reminded him.

"Yes, the Mystic Art: Moonlight Greatsword."

The burning eye of fire was thrown into the air by Shad, and in the air, brilliant red moonlight formed around the eye of fire, until it created a red moonlight greatsword with a more magnificent blade than ever before.

The "Spark" was embedded in the hilt of the greatsword, which Shad then grabbed. The spark of life rippled around the blade, making the entire Moonlight Greatsword appear as if it were covered in flames.

However, the sword still displays the power of the red moon. The source of fire has only integrated some of its energy into the moonlight of the red moon, and the two are highly compatible.

At this moment, the spark embedded in the hilt of the sword is located in Shad's palm, serving as a bridge connecting Shad and the "Moonlight Greatsword". Without any one of the three conditions—energy shaping, life force bursting forth, and merging life into moonlight—Shad cannot summon this "Life Spark Moonlight Greatsword".

With this spellcasting experience, Shad could later try to integrate the "Life Spark" into more magical arts related to the Red Moon. Unfortunately, in the Sixth Era, the "Spark Source" that Shad possessed was filled with the power of calamity, so he dared not use that Spark Source to cast such spells. However, he could use his own life energy to cast similar spells.

"Be careful."

Miss Feliciano whispered in Shad's ear, and Shad nodded, drawing his sword to meet the dark figure. The latter hesitated noticeably for a moment before facing the greatsword in Shad's hand, but then continued to slide towards Shad along his veins.

Flying is still prohibited here, but when Shad unleashed a crimson moon-like slash forward, the shadowy figure managed to dodge it by flying.

The dark red chains shot out again from beneath its robes, only to be severed by the greatsword in Shad's hand.

"Steel Serpent!"

The Crimson Moon Greatsword transformed into a crimson whip, its tip crackling with a crimson glow, and lashed into the air, the sound of the whip tip exploding in the air echoing repeatedly between the rock walls.

More and more blood vessel spiders appeared above and below the crowd, but Shad noticed that they seemed afraid of what they were fighting. Most of them dared not get too close, only intermittently spitting out some red spider silk that was strong enough to pierce steel to harass the people who were fighting.

Therefore, the three witches behind Shad only faced five spiders, which they could barely handle.

As for Shad himself, the shadowy figure clearly did not expect the greatsword to instantly transform into a long whip. It was struck by the crimson whip, and the life-giving red moon cleaved its body in two. The shadowy figure exploded into a cloud of black mist in this blood-red space.

But then the black mist, which had dispersed into a clump, coalesced again, and the shadowy figure returned once more.

The dim yellow rays of decay shot downwards, and Shad, who held the AllSpark, immediately activated the "Nightfall Sign," imbuing the Nightfall with the energy from the AllSpark and blocking the attack.

“Miss Feliana, is there any loss in its ‘resurrection’?”

Shad, brandishing his whip again, asked, while the puppet, supporting Shad's shoulder, looked up at the object:

"It exhibited a temporary decrease in energy levels. Theoretically, non-fatal injuries would not have a significant impact on it."