"Hmph! That's a load of crap! So, what do we do to call for support without resorting to underhanded tactics? Should we let Elinna nearly kill us first?" Haoyun asked irritably.
"Exactly, it's a dire situation. Simply put, unless the emergency is right in our faces and we're forced to withdraw from the battlefield at the most perilous moment, the higher-ups won't approve reinforcements entering the lower realm to support us," Dao Lao replied.
"Understood. Those folks in the Divine Realm won't turn back until they hit the wall or fall into a ditch, and they won't recognize the dangers ahead until they're neck-deep in trouble! Unless we're on death's doorstep, they won't take our situation seriously," Haoyun bluntly remarked.
Dao Lao nodded helplessly, then continued, "Our only hope right now is for other Pursuit Officials to arrive and support us as soon as possible. Therefore, we must hold our ground until the last moment, not bailing out completely. Otherwise, if we leave prematurely, who knows what trouble Elinna might stir up here."
As Haoyun and Dao Lao conversed, Elinna continued to fight wildly in the room. However, her speech at this moment was sometimes shrill and sharp, sometimes deep and hoarse, sounding as if two people were speaking.
"What a powerful body! You—belong to me!" Elinna said in a hoarse voice. This voice was deep, much like the throaty singing in death metal music, filled with an aura of evil and death.
"Who—are you? How can you be alive? This is impossible!" Elinna continued with a piercing roar. Meanwhile, she increased her struggles, tossing and turning wildly in the air of the data room, knocking over the furnishings in the room.
"You—! Are mine! This moment, I've waited so long for it! Surrender, Elinna!" that hollow and hoarse voice came again. Elinna's body immediately seemed to be restrained by some force, forced to stay in the air again. And the black demonic energy expelled by Elinna during her struggles immediately re-entered her body through her eyes, nose, ears, and mouth.
After all this energy had entered Elinna's body, a large amount of black demonic energy condensed around her. This energy forcibly penetrated her body through every pore, causing Elinna to suffer greatly and emit a series of painful screams once again. Finally, as Elinna's sharp screams reached their peak, her piercing screams immediately transformed into a ghostly howl full of metallic texture, and the entire room suddenly became pitch black as the wall lamps extinguished. Haoyun and Dao Lao, hiding on the side watching the scene, had to cover their ears to resist the onslaught of sound waves still impacting their minds in the darkness.
The piercing sound waves lasted for a while before abruptly ceasing without warning. The rekindled wall fire restored light to the data room, and Haoyun and Dao Lao found that the entire room had been ravaged by the sound waves, except for the well, which still looked intact. Elinna was half-kneeling beside the well, surrounded by faint demonic energy, and was gasping for breath.
"Elinna?" Dao Lao, who had climbed out from the scattered shelves, held the Light Weapon in his hand and asked tentatively.
"Uh—ah—!" Accompanied by a lazy groan that only comes after waking up, Elinna slowly stood up. She first looked satisfiedly at her hands and body. Then, while gathering the surrounding demonic energy, Elinna slowly raised her head and cast her sharp gaze on Haoyun and Dao Lao.
At this moment, Haoyun and Dao Lao finally saw the changes that had occurred in Elinna. Elinna's long hair had turned silver-white, her originally purple-blue skin had turned black-purple, her eyes had become emerald green eye sockets without pupils. Blood-red tears flowed out of her eyes, leaving two deep blood-red tear marks on Elinna's cheeks.
Elinna's silver-white armor had been dyed black-purple by the demonic energy. Moreover, there were occasional flows of emerald energy inside her armor. In addition, a surge of demonic energy was constantly surging behind Elinna, condensing into a pair of giant wings or a vampire-like cloak from time to time.
The aura emanating from Elinna remained powerful and evil, but this aura made Haoyun and Dao Lao feel even more unfamiliar. From this, Haoyun and Dao Lao could be very sure that the Elinna standing in front of them now was no longer the previous Elinna, but a completely new Elinna who had merged with the Mold Energy.
However, things were obviously more serious than Haoyun and Dao Lao had anticipated. Because, as Elinna stared at them for a long time, she said in an elegant and eerie tone, "Elinna? Are you two looking for Elinna? Hehehe. Unfortunately, she's no longer here. The one standing before you is me, Archbishop Anselin."
"Archbishop Anselin?" Haoyun and Dao Lao exclaimed almost simultaneously, expressing their confusion at Elinna's words.
Isn't Anselin supposed to be dead? Could it be that Elinna went crazy because she absorbed the Mold Energy containing Anselin's power? Haoyun and Dao Lao speculated, considering Elinna's performance just now. Of course, the two also had to admit that although Elinna's current appearance seemed more terrifying, the aura emanating from her was mixed with a hint of nobility and elegance amidst the evil.
Elinna paid no attention to the puzzled expressions Haoyun and Dao Lao directed at her, turned around and walked to Siewen's body, tilting her head and looking at his body with pity in her eyes. "Ah, poor Siewen, my most loyal follower, you've worked hard over the years to help me return."
After saying that, Elinna slowly extended a finger and sent a ball of demonic energy into Siewen's eyes and mouth. The next second, a terrifying thing happened. Siewen's body, after inhaling the demonic energy, began to convulse incessantly and struggled to sit up slowly. During this process, Siewen's appearance began to rapidly shrink until he turned into a corpse.
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Chapter 123: Archbishop Anselin Returns Again
"What a load of nonsense! So, what should we do to openly call for reinforcements? Should we let Arlenia beat us half to death first?" asked Hao Yun impatiently.
"Exactly, it's a critical moment. Simply put, unless the emergency is right in front of us and we're forced to retreat from the battlefield at the most perilous moment, they won't approve reinforcements entering the lower realm," Dao Lao replied.
"I understand. Those guys in the Divine Spirit Realm won't turn back until they hit the southern wall, and they won't know the danger ahead until they fall into the ditch. Unless we're close to death, they won't take the problem here seriously!" Hao Yun bluntly stated.
Dao Lao nodded helplessly and continued, "Our only hope now is for the other pursuing officials to come and support us as soon as possible. So, we must hold our ground for now and not give up completely until the last moment. Otherwise, if we leave, who knows what mess Arlenia will cause here."
While Hao Yun and Dao Lao were talking, Arlenia was still fighting herself in the room, flying around wildly. However, Arlenia's voice at this time was sometimes high-pitched and sharp, sometimes low and hoarse, sounding like there were two people talking.
"What a powerful body! You, belong to me!" Arlenia said in a hoarse voice. It sounded very deep, like the growling in death metal music, full of evil and death.
"Who are you? How can you be alive? This is impossible!" Arlenia continued in a piercing roar. At the same time, she intensified her struggle in the air, overturning everything in the room, and knocking over the furnishings.
"You! Are mine! I've been waiting for this moment for so long! Surrender, Arlenia!" that hollow and hoarse voice came again, and Arlenia's body was immediately forced to stop in the air as if by some force. The black demonic energy she spat out during her struggle immediately re-entered her body through her eyes, nose, ears, and mouth.
After all the energy entered Arlenia's body, a large amount of black demonic energy condensed around her. This energy forcibly entered Arlenia's body through every pore, causing her great torment and emitting a series of painful screams. Finally, as Arlenia's sharp screams reached their peak, her piercing cries immediately turned into a metallic ghostly wail, and the entire room instantly became pitch black as the wall lamps went out. Hao Yun and Dao Lao, who were watching from the side, had to cover their ears to resist the waves of sound still assaulting their minds in the darkness.
The piercing sound waves lasted for a while before abruptly stopping without warning. The reignited wall fire restored light to the archive room, and Hao Yun and Dao Lao also discovered at this moment that the entire room had been ravaged under the attack of the sound waves. Only the well in the room still looked intact. Arlenia was half kneeling beside the well, surrounded by faint demonic energy, and panting heavily.
"Arlenia?" Dao Lao, who had crawled out from the collapsed shelves, held the light weapon of Light Transformation and tentatively asked.
"Ugh... Ah..." accompanied by a lazy groan that could only be made upon waking up, Arlenia slowly stood up. She first looked satisfied with her hands and body. Then, while concealing her overall agreement, Arlenia slowly raised her head and cast her sharp gaze on Hao Yun and Dao Lao.
At this moment, Hao Yun and Dao Lao finally saw the changes that had occurred in Arlenia. Arlenia's long hair had turned as white as silver threads, her originally purple-blue skin had turned dark purple, her eyes had become green eye sockets without pupils. Blood-red tears flowed from her eyes and left two deep blood-red streaks on Arlenia's cheeks.
Arlenia's silver-white armor had been tainted with dark purple by the demonic energy. Inside her armor, there would occasionally be a flow of green energy. In addition, there was a demonic energy constantly surging behind Arlenia, sometimes condensing into a pair of huge wings or into a cloak resembling a vampire.
The aura emanating from Arlenia was still powerful and evil, but it also made Hao Yun and Dao Lao feel more unfamiliar. Therefore, Hao Yun and Dao Lao could be very sure that the person standing in front of Arlenia now was no longer the previous Arlenia, but a completely new Arlenia integrated with the mold energy.
However, things were obviously more complicated than Hao Yun and Dao Lao had expected. Because Arlenia's appearance just now was indeed a fight with Arlenia for her body. Anselin didn't really die, and what Anselin left behind was not her black magic power, but the mold energy containing her soul!
Anselin nodded with a smile and said, "Long time no see. I have re-injected a trace of your soul, which I preserved before, back into your body. Now, you can also gain immortality. Just that, you look a bit ugly now, I hope you don't mind."
Siewen quickly replied, "As long as I can serve Archbishop Anselin, even if I turn into a wild dog, it doesn't matter!"
Anselin nodded in satisfaction again and then turned around to prepare to leave with Siewen.
"Stop! Where are you going?" Dao Lao immediately shouted.
"We? Of course, we're going to deal with the mess outside. What's wrong?" Anselin replied, puzzled.
"You can't leave here! Unless you hand over the mold energy in your body to me!" Dao Lao placed his staff horizontally in front of him and said firmly.
Due to the detection of the mold energy tracking system on Anselin, Dao Lao instantly realized that the reason why the mold energy level detected from Anselin was only five stars might be because Anselin's own strength was not enough, resulting in the mold energy in her body unable to exert enough power. Therefore, Dao Lao immediately decided to capture the mold energy in her body by killing Anselin. After all, with Dao Lao's strength, he still had a certain chance of success against the mold energy with a combat power of five stars.
"Hand over the mold energy in my body? Sir, you have a good sense of humor," Anselin laughed.
Dao Lao did not answer, but re-energized the staff in his hand and made preparations to fight at any time. Hao Yun also approached from the other side of Anselin, holding the Blade of Speed and Passion tightly, forming a pincer attack against her.
"Hmph!" Anselin, seeing this, didn't want to continue entangling with Hao Yun and Dao Lao, so she said, "Boring, really boring! Siewen, let's go see those old guys from the Black Magic Association! I hope that in my absence, they can manage Blackstone Castle properly."
"Reporting to Your Grace," Siewen immediately replied, "Based on the information Siewen has gathered, the elders have been very diligent during this time. It's just that their abilities are limited, which has caused our Dark Elf tribe to experience a slight setback in strength, and we have been unable to defeat the Light Elf tribe. However, I believe that since Your Grace has returned, the situation will surely improve. Our Dark Elf tribe will rise again, and the Light Elf tribe will submit to Your Grace's feet. Your Grace will surely become the ruler of the entire Elven planet, leading us towards glory!"