Lord of Mysteries: Taiyi

Chapter 129 The oppressive feeling of the soldier's face (4000 words)

On Sunday morning, Kurt received the "Dragonscale Gauntlets" that he had exchanged with the church a week earlier. He was escorted by a young man who was a warrior and was said to have been on a mission to the Misty Sea and had taken a side trip to Backlund.

He didn't know Melanie and left in a hurry after completing his mission.

Kurt also met Marcus, who had been stationed in Backlund, again. After talking with him, he learned that the Truth Society had recently been discovered again and that they would be arrested in a few days.

Melanie then spoke with him about the strange hunting dog that had killed Mrs. Nova's beloved cat the previous day.

According to Melanie, Hans and his team are very grateful to Kurt for describing the sick dog's appearance in time, and that they have already made initial progress. They will also calculate Kurt's contribution and reward him after the incident is over.

As for Leah, she did not go to the Harvest Church on Sunday morning, most likely because she was unavailable. Kurt simply asked Bishop Utravsky for help in eliminating his inner demons.

With Melanie's consent, the bishop granted Kurt's request, adding, "The 'Painter's' fighting skills and physical abilities are quite good, comparable to a vampire. You can use your divinely bestowed power sparingly; this will also serve as a test of the results. Of course, safety is more important."

As for the dream-like state that Utravsky mentioned, Kurt directly stated that the "soothing" skill from the Mother Goddess's divine gift could help him stay awake, and that he had previously used it to treat his mental illness.

The sealed artifact 3-6641 is an extremely easy-to-overlook translucent wristband. It is a light gold color with some faint scales floating on it. It is only about half the size of a forearm. It is very thin, but extremely hard, enough to withstand the shooting of ordinary bullets. These dragon scales can cover any part of the wearer's body.

It can also unleash the dragon's might and allow the wearer to enter a state of psychological invisibility.

The side effect is that madness will accumulate continuously during the user's wear, and failure to clean it regularly can lead to loss of control.

Furthermore, unless one uses psychological invisibility, the longer one wears it, the higher one's presence will become in both the real world and the mystical world, which may attract the attention of some undesirable entities.

These senses of presence need to be cleared every 24 hours by ignoring the hand guard.

The most common method is to remove it and leave it for a while, and preferably not think about it at all.

Note: Some researchers may completely ignore and forget about it because of this.

After reading the detailed instructions, Kurt put the gauntlet on his right forearm. A strange sense of irritation immediately welled up in his heart. Then he gently touched the "divine gift," and the irritation disappeared instantly and would not accumulate again for a while.

Then he took out the Demon Candle and, with the bishop's help, entered the depths of his heart.

After Kurt lit the candle with his spirituality, he instantly felt somewhat dazed and realized that he had entered the spiritual world.

Melanie disappeared, leaving only the 220cm tall giant bishop still standing in the same spot.

Without hesitation, Kurt created distance. Suddenly, a person who looked exactly like him appeared beside him. This was Kurt's "id" that he had "buried" in his subconscious.

This is the world of the mind, so it's his turn to appear. The feeling of being in a daze vanished instantly.

Kurt glanced at the Divine Gift and Dragon's Might Gauntlets, the pile of talismans hidden on his body, and some colorful bottles and jars. Completely at ease, he knew he couldn't possibly lose.

Kurt looked at the bishop's evil personality, who was about to fake his death to escape, and said with a slight smirk, "I know you want to fake your death. Don't bother, it won't work on me."

The bishop was taken aback, his facial muscles instantly contorted, and his tone became somewhat ferocious as he spoke cruelly, "Don't think that having that extraordinary item will make you a match for me."

After he finished speaking, the bishop's body swelled up even more, his muscles bulging, clearly indicating that he had entered a battle state.

Kurt remained calm, pulled a deck of cards from his pocket, and then took out the revolver hidden under his arm.

He planned to try using his original abilities first.

The once dimly lit backyard was suddenly bathed in the bright rays of dawn.

Kurt first threw out a card that shone with spiritual light, and the card, which had been enhanced and accelerated, embedded itself directly into the bluestone ground beneath Utravsky's feet.

The area instantly turned muddy, and Utravsky, already covered in white armor, had half of his lower legs sink into the softened ground due to his weight. Then, quiet black flames ignited on his legs, slowly scorching his Dawn Armor.

At this moment, the bishop also moved, using immense force to pull the leg out, while Kurt abruptly ended his eye-opening state. The softened ground hardened again, and he was stuck in the floorboards.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Kurt and his clone raised their revolvers and began firing wildly at the bishop, who was unable to move for the time being.

Several bullets carrying properties of corrosion, armor penetration, darkness, and black flame struck the bishop's white armor.

They didn't penetrate it, leaving only some cracks, which immediately began to slowly heal. However, the witch's black flames and the vampire's corrosion still lingered, gradually eroding the bishop's armor.

The bishop was clearly in pain and roared, unleashing a Dawn Storm. Instantly, the surrounding dawn began to attack indiscriminately. These attacks were effective against any type of enemy, so the continuous damage that Kut had painstakingly inflicted on the bishop was dispersed by these enraged dawns.

The rocks beneath the bishop's feet were also smashed, allowing him to fully regain his mobility. With a single grip, a massive sword as tall as Kut materialized in his hand, and he rose to charge towards Kut, who was firing and retreating.

Kurt's bullets were all shattered by the Dawn Storm, having no effect on the bishop whatsoever.

"Wow, is this the oppressive feeling of a warrior charging head-on?" Kurt's lips twitched slightly as he watched the giant bishop, whose speed had been slowed down and was now crushing towards him, surrounded by the swirling dawn.

He immediately sent his clone away from the battlefield, hiding it in this mental space so it would never reappear on the battlefield. Then, he retreated while using Time Freeze.

The bishop's body was enormous, but there was a sense of rejection within him, so Kurt had to place a small area in front of him with a different flow of time.

The bishop's chest caved in instantly as he charged forward, as if he had crashed into a chunk of flesh that had suddenly stopped, causing his entire chest cavity to cave in.

The bishop also coughed up blood, realizing the anomaly in time. He abruptly stopped, using the Dawn to shatter the spatial anomaly. The giant sword carved a deep crack in the ground, sending dust flying everywhere.

It's best not to rush in front of a painter too quickly, or you'll end up tearing yourself apart.

Kurtton then set up many such time traps around himself to prevent Utravsky from getting close to him quickly.

His spirituality certainly couldn't sustain the Dawn Storm indefinitely. Without the help of the biologist's divinely bestowed power, Kurt used the properties he obtained from it to produce the same effect; the seeds still grew rapidly.

Of course, the spread was much slower than that of the other side—Kut quietly dropped a few vengeful spirit seeds, letting them spread underground, while he and the bishop wandered around, occasionally giving the surrounding air "whirlwinds," constantly creating swampy ground and time-freezing to prevent the bishop from getting close to them.

As expected, the bishop quickly abandoned the large-scale use of Dawn Storm, and his body finally calmed down. Seeing that his opportunity had come, Kurt's vengeful vines, which had been lying in ambush underground, broke out of the ground and directly entangled the bishop.

The bishop had clearly been feigning abandoning Dawnstorm, and now, as he prepared to unleash his skill again, he sensed an immense pressure emanating from the vines. It was the might of a dragon!

Although it was a low-spec version, the bishop was clearly unprepared for it. The Dawnstorm failed to be released, and bullets whistled in, adding several new cracks to his armor.

This time, the bullets were imbued with spiritual energy, which, combined with the vines beneath their feet, caused the bishop to lose a great deal of his spiritual energy and nourished the vines, causing them to grow even more wildly.

Kurt also joined in, placing a playing card at his waist. A white Dawn Armor covered his entire body, and he also held a paper "Dawn Greatsword."

Black flames burned on the armor and sword.

These two forces, which were originally repulsive, now exist stably and simultaneously in a strange way, achieving the effect of "enchantment".

The giant bishop had barely recovered from the effects of the dragon's might when Kurt slapped him across the face with his sword, instantly twisting his head to the side and causing black flames to erupt on his face.

The Dawn Storm was finally activated successfully. As the storm raged again, the bishop roared viciously, "Die!"

The vines were shattered by the storm, but Kurt's armor was only slightly cracked by the morning storm. The black flames were extinguished, causing him to take a few steps back.

Sure enough, the Dawn Armor has a restraining or weakening effect on Dawn abilities of the same path—Kut thought to himself, then rolled away to dodge the giant bishop's two-handed sword strike.

Then, before the massive sword touched the ground, it suddenly changed direction, attempting to cut Kurt in half at the waist, who was unable to dodge in time. However, a large area of ​​time stagnation enveloped Kurt, effectively "blocking" the bishop's greatsword. Kurt himself, on the other hand, relied on his immunity to time effects to dodge the attack.

The bishop, however, was stuck with his greatsword. He used the Dawn to shatter the annoying space and continued to chase after Kurt, slashing with one, two, three swords—straight thrusts, horizontal slashes, and strikes. He unleashed a barrage of attacks on Kurt, eventually driving him to the giant Feneport banyan tree. With a few sword strikes, he cleaved the thick banyan tree in half, and the falling tree was instantly dismembered upon contact with the Dawn.

Kurt kept dodging the attacks by relying on his reflexes and time-freezing techniques. In the end, he found it difficult to escape, so when the next attack came, he did not dodge and was directly hit by the giant sword, turning into a pool of colorful paint that was blown away by the morning light.

Kurt's body appeared outside the range of the Dawn Storm, his armor shattered. The giant bishop stabilized himself at an odd angle without any hesitation. He did not charge forward rashly because he sensed areas around him with abnormal flow rates for periods of time.

Then a spear of dawn materialized out of thin air. The bishop grabbed it and hurled it at the ready Kurt. It was incredibly fast, but it encountered a time trap halfway through its flight, was destroyed by its own tip, and disappeared.

However, just as the bishop was about to engage in a war of attrition with Kurt, his ground suddenly exploded, dozens of potato mines detonated, causing the bishop to stumble. Kurt also shattered into a wisp of moonlight and appeared beside the bishop, a jet-black dagger in his hand, his speed becoming incredibly fast, completely different from before.

The dagger pierced through the broken part of the armor, encountering considerable resistance, but not completely stopping it, and went straight into his heart.

Under the bishop's resentful gaze, the massive body crashed to the ground, its heart completely corroded and its internal organs burning with black flames, which it then vomited out.

The armor dissipated, Kurt wiped away his sweat, and the red moon vanished.

Without using any of his "divine gifts" or those demigod spells, he really wouldn't be able to do anything to the bishop in the short term. He doesn't have the clown's ability to coil around the bishop's body like a snake or leap through flames. Although he will eventually win because he has a massive amount of spiritual power, it would be a waste of time.

He also discovered that his strongest attack method was actually the Crimson Scholar's body, which was greatly enhanced under the Blood Moon, followed by close-quarters combat.

An ordinary "painter" wouldn't really have much of a way to deal with a "Dawn Knight" in a direct confrontation. Klein is a master of technique, and being a "magician" makes him very strong. Another point is that the bishop suppressed his inner self—

"Painter" needs sufficient accumulation to acquire enough attributes to form combat power. However, it's probably because I couldn't effectively break through their defenses. If I encountered a Sequence 6 character who was relatively fragile through other means, a "Painter" with a powerful background would still be quite troublesome.

To be fair, the warriors were too strong; no wonder the Emlyn family couldn't beat the bishop.

As the bishop's corpse and his entrails were burned to ashes by the black flames, his spiritual world crumbled inch by inch.

With his clear mind, Kurt directly broke free from the candle's influence and gradually emerged from the bishop's mental world.

As the illusory feeling faded, Kurt saw once again the demonic candle that seemed to be wrapped in human skin, its pale blue spiritual flame now extinguished.

Kurt saw the bishop standing not far away under the restored banyan tree, covered in sweat and having soaked the ground around him. Melanie was standing not far from him, and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw him regain consciousness.

The bishop trembled slightly as the candle went out, and then tears welled up in his eyes.

Next came the bishop's thanks. Since Emlin had not yet been captured, the bishop only offered his blood vessels as a token of gratitude, but Kurt refused, only asking that the bishop's inner demon candle be available for him to use at any time.

Of course, Kurt might later get his hands on the master key, which might be helpful in resolving Mr. Door's situation—or perhaps he could sell him to Mr. "World"—

Kurt took the water Melanie handed him, took a sip, and the thought of hunting Kapin that afternoon made him feel like he was going to be busy again.

After all, there's a tarot reading session tomorrow, and at this session, Derrick, the "Little Sun," will be joining the group.

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