Nightmare Light

Chapter 222 Reinforcements Arrive
"The Crusaders are coming! Dispel the darkness! Slay the demons!"

When the middle-aged bishop's powerful voice rang out, Lin Wang breathed a slight sigh of relief.

He turned to Liu Azhe and said, "Alright, the reinforcements have arrived."

A-Zhe nodded vigorously: "Yes! The Holy Army has arrived!"

At this moment, Shi Xionglue and Bishop Du, along with several powerful priests, rushed to Lin Wang's side.

Intense holy light shone on these people, even altering the rules of this shadowy space—for a brief moment, this place looked almost exactly like the rules of light and shadow in the mortal world.

“Lin Wang!” Bishop Du’s voice was strong, his eyes filled with anger. “How could such an evil and dark existence exist in this place? As my mother’s servant, I can hardly suppress my anger!”

Shi Xiong also picked up a pot: "Brother Lin Wang! Leave the rest to us! Reinforcements have arrived, you can finally relax!"

Immediately afterwards, a large group of Crusaders arrived and engaged the shadow monsters in battle, stabilizing the front line.

Shouts of killing, howls, the clash of weapons, and the tearing of flesh echoed throughout the Shadow Orphanage in an instant.

Lin Wang breathed a sigh of relief and nodded: "Yes, the reinforcements have indeed arrived... but the reinforcements I'm referring to are not the Holy Army."

Both high-ranking priests were taken aback upon hearing this.

A-Zhe, standing to the side, also looked confused: "Huh? The reinforcements aren't the Holy Army?"

"You are also mortals. How much strength can you exert in the Shadow Realm?" Lin Wang said.

"As a servant of my mother, even in the most dangerous and terrifying places, I will..." Shi Xiong's face was full of righteousness, and his square face looked extremely serious under the holy light.

"speak nicely."

"The pressure is indeed a bit great; I can only exert half of my strength at most." Shi Xiong's voice immediately lowered.

“We need to spare some of our strength to protect ourselves from the shadows.” Bishop Du added another layer of holy light to his image, his long eyebrows furrowing together. “But Lin Wang, as his mother’s servant…”

"Alright, I know you're not afraid of death, but if your mother knew you were foolishly throwing your lives away, she would faint from anger."

“Mother is so kind and benevolent, how could she be angry about such a thing!” a thick-lipped priest roared. “Mother will forgive us for all our sins!”

"Fine, then go and die." Lin Wang shrugged.

“But my mother also taught us that we should cherish ourselves for the sake of necessary justice…” The thick-lipped priest silently turned his face away.

Lin Wang shook his head: "So, we'll use my reinforcements instead."

After saying that, he formed a hand seal.

The next second, a huge white skeletal skull tore through the shadows and emerged from within.

The white skeletal skull looked around, then grinned at Lin Wang.

It's astonishing that that enormous, skeletal face could actually convey a fawning smile...

"Oh! My Lord! You are the most devout and the most powerful..."

"Night Wanderer, shut up." Lin Wang interrupted the guy's incessant chatter. "I have a mission."

“Yes, my lord!” The Night Wanderer emerged from the shadows, looking around. “Oh! The Shadow Realm! Has your expedition penetrated so far? Truly worthy of…”

"Can these souls be led to the underworld?" Lin Wang interrupted the Night Wanderer once again, grabbing a shadow monster frozen by white fire and bringing it in front of the Night Wanderer.

“Oh! It’s very similar to the previous samples, but I haven’t received your forgiveness…”

The Night Wanderer said in a relaxed and cheerful tone, "Of course, that's easy. As long as you expel the power of the shadows from these 'clients,' I can handle the rest."

"I don't forgive them?" Lin Wang heard this phrase again.

“Of course, your words have an effect; you forgave those souls before…that is certainly remarkable, but…”

"Okay, whatever. In short, I don't forgive them, but I can help them pass on to the afterlife, right?"

"Of course, your white fire can burn everything, including... the souls of the lowly!"

Lin Wang nodded, then took a deep breath. The temperature of the surrounding white flames suddenly changed.

Amidst the raging flames, everyone present heard a man's serious and deep voice.

"You have repaid all your debts in this mortal world. Now, you shall go to the other shore... and re-enter the cycle of reincarnation."

Boom!
In the void, it seemed as if a bell was ringing, striking the hearts of everyone.

Boom!
As the white flames burned, many shadowy monsters revealed humanoid forms.

Boom!
The Night Wanderer tore a wide rift in the Shadow Realm.

Boom!
More unburnt shadow monsters stopped in their tracks.

Boom!
The shadow monsters spontaneously combusted, bursting into white flames.

Boom!
Countless little night spirits, the kind summoned by ordinary mortal masters, roared and laughed, pouring out of the crack like a hurricane.

"The feast is about to begin!" the night wanderers shouted.

"Serve my ass! This is working for our lord! Be polite to the guests! Don't embarrass our lord!" the Night Wanderer shouted.

Almost instantly, all the shadowy monsters in the room were grabbed and sent into the rift amidst the burning white flames.

In fact, the number of Night Wanderers exceeded the number of Shadow Monsters, with some Night Wanderers even catching two or three Shadow Monsters at a time.

Almost instantly, the visibility in the entire room increased by several orders of magnitude—the Shadow Orphanage was almost devoid of shadow energy for a brief moment.

Lin Wang even saw a very small night wanderer, holding a pitch-black shadow... which was simply a pure black shadow.

The little night spirit hugged the shadow, tilted its head and pondered for a while, then held the shadow up to a ball of white fire, lit it, and then shouted joyfully before jumping into the crevice.

Lin Wang: “…”

Wow, this is the first time I've seen these guys so happy?

In this absurd atmosphere, the little girl, Miaomiao, remained in a state of surprise and bewilderment.

The female leader of the Shadow Reversers, who was originally a technician, finds herself unable to cope for the first time.

When she came to her senses and turned to run away, she found herself surrounded by four or five priests.

These priests exuded a powerful aura—at least two of them were stronger than she was in her prime.

The guy wielding the kitchen knife radiated a holy light so intense it brought tears to her eyes, but the bearded middle-aged man, though his light wasn't as blinding, made her feel tense all over...

The strange thing is, all these powerful priests are listening to that tall, oddly-looking man...

It doesn't matter. What matters is that it seems like it's time to run away...

what to do? Escape?

After thinking for a moment, Miaomiao decided to run away.

She raised her chin, coldly surveyed the surrounding priests, then raised her hand and cried out, "Shadow Concealment!"

Then there was no reaction at all.

"Huh? What's going on?" The little girl raised her hand in a panic. "Shadow Concealment!"

"Shadow Concealment!"

"Ugh, how could this happen? My shadow has vanished..."

Lin Wang grabbed the little girl by the back of her collar, lifted her up, and held her in front of him: "Have you forgotten something? You're currently using a human body... how can you be a shadow?"

"Damn it, we haven't used this trick in fifty years, have we forgotten about it?"

"Children shouldn't use foul language." Lin Wang gently flicked the little girl's forehead.

(End of this chapter)