I'm a forest ranger, why would I enslave a succubus?

Chapter 747 The Evil God's Health Bar

oh?
Another resurrected evil god? Or the kind that involves communicating with other dimensions?
This matter is not difficult to investigate; in fact, any mage could easily find out by simply taking a stroll around.

But he came specifically to target the Ego Cult, so he didn't delve too deeply into what the Shadow City was doing.

Rhodes looked at the city lord and his wife with a strange expression.

The city lord was still tormented by the Holy Lance.

Less than a meter to his left by the window, the city lord's wife blushed slightly when she saw Rhodes's gaze.

She shyly shielded herself with the steel gun in her hand, then peeked up at him with the demeanor of a young girl.

This scene is somewhat demonic.

[Callista: Get to work!]

Perhaps one of the elves who had been observing couldn't stand it any longer and coldly uttered a sentence in the Chain of Distant Words.

Rhodes glanced down.

He noticed that the elf lady didn't even glance at him, and instead arrogantly turned her back on him, seemingly only watching the battle between Number Thirteen and Cecily.

[Rhodes: What do you think of what they're saying?]

[Callista: There are indeed traces of large-scale sacrificial rituals in the City of Shadows. If an evil god is slumbering here, it will be awakened by these rituals.]

Reflect on the purpose behind Ego's actions.

Creating large-scale battles reduces the population, weakens the mental projection of the population, which is to say, indirectly weakens the alternate dimension.

Recognize all sects, large and small, and cleanse the plague.

The research focuses on a variant of the crystallizing disease, with the aim of infecting intelligent races on a large scale and causing them to lose their desires and war mentality.

Develop the Empty Shell Warrior, now known as the Dwarven Construct, for more efficient warfare and slaughter.

They attempted to create a closed new world that was not threatened by other dimensions.

The same principle applies to preventing the evil god from awakening.

However, their approach is stuck in the old ways, which is essentially equivalent to self-castration, showing their weakness in order to beg the other party not to hurt them.

And so.

The Igor religion has always served the Igor tribe's giant insects.

The giant insects that have been hiding in the dead desert of the far west have not yet shown themselves. How can they let the intelligent beings on the continent who joined forces to drive them away live so well?

This is quite suspicious.

"Ah"

Rhodes curled his lips.

Anyway, it's not that much different.

The only difference is that the number of units eliminated has increased from one to two.

"Will you come one by one, or all at once?"

Jonas instantly flew into a rage: "Why waste so much breath on him? Old man Austin, don't hold back!"

Austin stared intently at Rhodes, glanced at the black and gold longsword in his hand, and sensed the eighth-order spiritual energy emanating from him.

His eyes narrowed slightly.

He subtly distanced himself from Jonas.

But the enraged stone-helmeted warrior was no fool and immediately realized this.

"Austin, what do you mean?!"

Austin shook his head: "We cannot defeat this man. You are putting on a show for the Ego Cult for the sake of your family, but I am alone and do not need to. I seek a fight to the death, not to die. But this man is already on a mountaintop that I cannot see."

Jonas's face stiffened, and his rage vanished instantly.

His expression was cold.

"You want to betray your country? Have you considered what will happen to the veterans of the Ashblade Chapter?!"

"Their survival skills are stronger than you and I can imagine. I'll say it again, Jonas, the sword technique I've learned from observing elven swordsmanship over the years, called 'No Thought,' might be able to sever 10% of what's in your mind."

"Nonsense! I'm devoted to the great cause of the New World under the Ego Church, Austin. When will you ever come to your senses?"

Rod rested his chin on his hand.

He watched with great interest as the two of them fought amongst themselves.

Even though Atheron is in a period of decline, if the Ego Church wants to control the entire country in such a short time, its actions must be domineering, radical, and explosive.

Spiritual creation plays an important role.

Between life and death.

And how many people have done things against their conscience? The number is probably countless.

I'm still thinking about it.

A strange anomaly surfaced within the range of [Spider Sense]. Rhodes turned his head and unleashed a [Screaming Sword Wave].

An arc of white light flashed across a building on the ground, and the corner of the building slowly collapsed like tofu, leaving a clean cut.

Inside the room, three men dressed in the red robes of the Igor Church stared in horror as their upper bodies slid down from the ceiling and crashed to the ground.

The booming sound drowned out the red bells they were ringing.

Ringing——

The spiritual shockwave spread, affecting everyone present.

Jonas, wearing a heavy stone helmet, suddenly showed a pained expression, even loosening the reins and covering his head.

Austin frowned and quickly distanced himself: "It's a mental construct! The Church of Ego has forcibly controlled him!"

The nearby sandstone suddenly boiled.

The rubble surged toward him like iron filings meeting a magnet, and various rocks piled up and pressed against him like armor, while his size rapidly increased!
Jonas struggled to close his eyes, and the rock colossus rapidly took shape, its massive horse neighing and breaking free in fear.

You have encountered the additional gravity effect of the 'Rock Domain'!

[Domain collision triggered!]

[Grassland - Basic (Rhodes): 90]

[Rock Realm - Additional Gravity (Jonas): 81]

[Result: Success!]

next moment.

Jonas's figure expanded in the distorted light, transforming into a colossal rock statue over fifty meters tall.

Its right arm was forged into a giant basalt hammer with serrated edges.

Its left arm mutated into a crystallized tower shield.

Its back is bulging with volcano-like protrusions, intermittently spewing out scorching fragments of rock.

Its extraordinary weight rendered flight completely ineffective, and the colossus crashed to the ground with a thunderous tremor.

The colossus raised its mountain-like head, its voice like a dragon's roar.

"Roar!!!"

The air blast expanded into a giant sphere, surging outwards at breakneck speed, immediately whipping up a massive amount of dust.

Austin then completely switched sides, and he first sounded the retreat horn for the army.

He said coldly, "Be careful, Jonas's [Rage of the Rock] can't be broken even by high-level legendary spells!"

Rhodes narrowed his eyes and sneered disdainfully:

"I'm not worried about him at all, Lord City Lord. Are you still comfortable pretending to be asleep?"

talking.

He unleashed another [Screeching Sword Wave], which slammed into the Shadow City Lord, who remained motionless against the high wall, seemingly resisting the Holy Spear.

The magnificent robes fluttered.

The Lord of Yin Soul City clapped his hands together, violently dispersing the sword wave.

As the sword energy surged forth, it startled the city lord's wife, who was standing by the window, causing her to fall to the ground. She exclaimed in surprise:

"Lord City Lord! Are you alright?!"

The city lord ignored her completely, his pitch-black eyes snapping open, his madness overflowing: "Not bad, not bad, you sensed it all along, yet you didn't try to stop it. Arrogant and conceited humans, you've been rewarded with such a colossal body! Why should I need to sacrifice and create it?! My lord! Descend!"

Without saying a word, his chest swelled into a ball and exploded instantly!
"My lord! No!!"

The city lord's wife screamed in agony.

The black smoke from the explosion seemed to react with the eerie green phosphorescence of the Shadow Sea not far away, and quickly spread to the massive body of the rock colossus.

A dark rift suddenly tore open from deep within the colossus's breastplate.

The basalt hammer on his right arm began to melt, turning into countless entwined black tentacles.

A shrill scream erupted from within the crystal tower shield on the left arm, and a huge, writhing, fang-like maw appeared on the shield's surface.

The volcano on its back burst open, and the flesh that spread out transformed into a dragon's head.

What was sprayed out was no longer gravel, but rotting chunks of flesh and sulfurous black mist, which turned into small deformed creatures crawling after landing.

Austin stared in astonishment at this sudden change.

Turning to Rhodes in disbelief, she asked, "If you already knew, why?"

Rhodes leisurely sheathed his longsword: "Why? To wait for his health bar to appear, what else can we do?"

next moment.

Dozens of "Wailing Ice Trees" stood frozen in mid-air.

(End of this chapter)