Secrets: Priestess

Chapter 110: Creeping Hunger

In the dark banquet hall, Alicia strolled forward.

Countless resentful souls and shadows penetrated from her body, and the banquet hall suddenly became gloomy and cold after being plunged into darkness.

The entire hall was filled with shrill roars, gloomy laughter, and sobbing cries.

The guests who were still in the banquet hall fell unconscious in large numbers under the power of the undead.

These resentful spirits and shadows all entangled Qilingos.

Seeing that he was about to be drowned and devoured by these undead spirits, Qilingos suddenly leaned back and opened his arms as if embracing the sun.

Following Qilingos's gesture, a pure, blazing light exploded in the darkness. The radiance swept around, evaporating the weeping and laughing undead souls one by one!

This is the extraordinary ability of the Sequence 5 "Priest of Light" herded by "Creeping Hunger"!

Directly turn the cemetery-like place into a clean place like the Sun Church!
Alicia's expression remained unchanged. She raised her hand and a phantom light burst out beside Qilingos. It spun rapidly, then collapsed inward with a point as the center, forming a slightly blurry double-leaf bronze door.

From the gap in the bronze door that was not fully opened, bloody arms stretched out and grabbed Qilingos's body.

On the verge of being caught, Qilingos reached forward.

In the distance a flame started burning.

Qi Lingos suddenly disappeared from the spot, and then jumped out from the flames in the distance!

During this process, Claire, relying on her ability as an "appraiser," saw that the simple earring on Qilingos's right ear flashed with the spiritual light of a magical object!
"Another magical item? Qilingos is indeed a legendary pirate, truly wealthy..."

By teleporting over a short distance, Qi Lingos temporarily escaped the entanglement of countless slender arms inside the bronze gate.

He activated the ability of "Wind Blesser", generating a whirlwind under his feet, which suddenly increased his running speed.

As the other Beyonders couldn't catch up, Qilingos suddenly accelerated and broke through the bay window. He controlled the strong wind in mid-air and glided away like a bat into a distance beyond his sight.

Audrey also saw Qilingos rushing out from the lounge. Thinking of the commission to kill the "Hanged Man", she said anxiously, "He's trying to escape! Galadilla, can you stop him?"

Upon hearing this, Claire, who had been observing the battle, suddenly rushed out like a female leopard. In the darkness, with the blessing of the Goddess's Heart, Claire's speed was increased to a level that was difficult to see with the naked eye. She plunged into the direction where Qilingos disappeared in the night.

Claire's actions were not due to Audrey's words, but due to her desire for the magical items on Qilingos!

Thanks to the speed of the Night's Familiar, Claire stayed far behind Qilingos.

Qilingos once tried to shake her off and once again used the extraordinary power of the earring to flash in the flames, but the flames and the spiritual light of the earrings instead pointed Claire in the direction of pursuit.

Taking advantage of a very close opportunity, Claire raised her gun and accurately broke Qilingos's right ear. Amidst the flying flesh, the simple earring, stained with blood, flew in an arc in the air.

Claire originally thought that Qilingos would return to snatch the earring.

But Qi Lingos, feeling the pain, was more decisive than she expected. He didn't even look at the earring and wanted to take advantage of the pause in Claire's shooting to escape further.

Qi Lingos had absolutely no desire to get entangled with Claire, because from the moment he escaped, he could always feel a chilling aura clinging to his bones!

Seeing that Qilingos had escaped quite far, Claire was not in a hurry. As she chased after him, she first gathered the earrings in her palm and instantly mastered how to use them!
"It's indeed a teleportation-like ability!" Claire was delighted. This ability was consistent with her guess and even more in line with her expectations!

Although the knocked-off earring didn't stop Qilingos, Claire, having recovered the earring, fired another shot at him. The bullet, engraved with mysterious symbols, exploded in a ball of flame just to the left of Qilingos.

Then, Claire, holding the earring, disappeared instantly. After crossing a considerable distance, she jumped out from one of the flames!
Claire suddenly appeared beside Qilingos, enduring the burning pain in her body, raised the muzzle of her gun, and fired demon-hunting bullets at Qilingos' forehead!
In this extremely short period of time, Qilingos could only barely raise his hand wearing "Creeping Hunger" to try to block the approaching death!
But amidst a series of rapid gunshots, Qilingos's raised left arm was directly smashed by Claire!
Even so, the glove on Qilingos's left palm continued to wriggle and change, revealing dense dark golden scales. An invisible wave swept out from Qilingos as the center.

The inexplicable fear that welled up from the bottom of her heart made Claire stop suddenly.

Qi Lingos took the opportunity to run forward, creating some distance between him and Claire.

Claire frowned. Besides the inexplicable fear that welled up in her heart, she also felt a chilling aura of the undead suddenly appearing in front of her.

Claire gazed over and saw a tall figure condensing into a solid form right in front of Qilingos, near the artificial lake ahead!

It's Alicia!
Alicia actually crossed such a long distance and appeared out of thin air on the dark lake!
"Is this... the ability to travel through the spirit world?"

Claire stood still, and at that moment she realized that it was not Qilingos who had escaped, but was released by Alicia!

The purpose of releasing it... was the same as hers, the "Creeping Hunger" in Qilingos's hand!
Alicia wants to kill Qilingos alone and snatch the "Creeping Hunger"!
Although they were both Beyonders of the Church of Evernight, Claire sensed a sense of crisis from Alicia.

Even though she felt regretful, Claire wisely gave up competing with Sequence 5 Alicia for the spoils.

Magical items are certainly valuable, but Alicia gives her a dangerous feeling!

Alicia's eyes were locked on Qilingos at this moment, and countless undead spirits poured out of her body and pounced towards Qilingos.

Claire stood there, watching as Qilingos once again used the extraordinary ability of the "Priest of Light" to clear out the undead that were rushing towards him.

But at the same time, the bronze door covered with countless mysterious patterns appeared in front of Qilingos again.

The bronze double doors rose again and were half-open in front of Qi Lingos. The powerful suction force directly distorted his face.

Twisted ghost-faced vines, slender blood-red arms, and many other strange monsters gushed out from the door and instantly wrapped around Qilingos' body!

Claire, standing nearby, could see that this strange suction and these bizarre speeds... Alicia had indeed held back just now.

"This Alicia... has a dark heart."

Just as Alicia approached Qilingos and was about to take the "Creeping Hunger" from Qilingos's hand.

A huge skeletal hand suddenly appeared and grasped Qilingos in its palm.

The giant skeleton hand pulled violently, tearing off the ghost-faced vines and bloody arms wrapped around Qilingos!
Endless murderous intent burst out of Alicia's eyes, and the bronze door suddenly opened, as if to release even more terrifying undead spirits.

But another translucent pale hand appeared out of thin air, completely covering the bronze door!
In the giant palm, the mysterious bronze door was held in the palm like a toy, and then became more illusory and gradually disappeared!

Not only Claire, but even the murderous Alicia stood still, not daring to move, watching helplessly as Qilingos was stripped of his "creeping hunger" and his life within the skeleton's palm...

On the other side, the "Hanged Man" who followed the Cardinal of the Storm Church rushed here following the "voice of the wind" and happened to see Qilingos trapped in the giant skeleton's palm, his flesh rotting and his bones falling apart.

The "Hanged Man" stood there in shock...

Claire glanced at the familiar blue-haired man wearing the attire of the Church of Storms and raised an eyebrow. "Could this man... be the Hanged Man?"

(End of this chapter)