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Chapter 181 Sweeping the Field

It was another perfect collaboration.

A ripple appeared out of nowhere in the air, and a colorless, transparent energy shot straight into Dolores's back, instantly making her dizzy.

The vengeful spirit behind her seized the opportunity perfectly, repeating its old trick. It swung out an iron chain with a hook from behind its back, hooked it around Dolores's waist, and wrapped it tightly several times.

When Dolores regained consciousness, she found herself being thrown backward rapidly, pulled back by a powerful force through the chains!

Dolores' eight limbs were firmly nailed to the ground, but they still couldn't withstand the enormous force from one end of the chain, and eight deep scratches were plowed into the ground.

This terrified Dolores, who immediately shouted, "Shadra, Portia, what are you standing there for?"

"Come help!"

"Otherwise, you'll be next to die!"

Stephena, in her guise as Shadra, fell silent for a moment.

Portia, the vice-commander of the Spider Knights, had a resolute look on his face, even though Princess Doros had just tried to abandon the Spider Knights and escape.

However, as the vice-commander of the Spider Knights, protecting the safety of the Spider Princesses is my duty and obligation.

Therefore, even in the face of death, he could not back down!

Portia solemnly raised her elegant, long sword, assumed a charging stance, and prepared to step forward to help Dolores.

But the next second, a soft sigh came from beside him: "Portia, I'm sorry!"

"Pfft!"

Two incredibly sharp black blades emerged from Portia's chest cavity, one of which appeared to have pierced his heart directly, causing blood to gush out instantly.

Portia looked down in disbelief at the familiar blade against her chest, then twisted her neck, which was losing strength rapidly, and looked at the familiar person, saying, "Your Highness Sashadera, why...did...this?"

"Alas! Portia, you were a true warrior, what a pity!"

"Pfft!"

Another blow! Portia, like a snake whose spine had been removed, could no longer stand and slowly collapsed to the ground.

The remaining Spider Knights stared in disbelief at the scene, exchanging bewildered glances and remaining motionless.

"Shadra! So the problem was with you!"

Dolores's face contorted, as if she had suddenly come to understand many things.

Why did the opponent choose to advance to the rank of formal wizard at the enemy's stronghold?

Gildas's suspicious look at Shadra earlier!

All of these things now seem to have been reasonably explained.

"Shadra! You traitor!"

"You have betrayed the night elves! You have betrayed the Mistress! You have betrayed the goddess Rose! Your soul will be cursed and scorned forever!!!" Dorothy, enraged, went mad.

The next second, Dolores stopped wrestling with the vengeful spirit and instead quickly turned around and charged towards it.

Due to the inertia of the chain's pull, Dolores instantly charged towards the vengeful spirit, as fast as lightning.

A fierce leaping slash actually forced the vengeful spirit to retreat in defeat.

However, once the vengeful spirit made way, Dolores immediately bypassed it and charged straight at Richard!

It turns out that Dolores seemed to know she couldn't escape, and her initial target was Richard.

"Mental shock!"

"boom!"

Dolores, who had been hit by a mental shock, only stumbled for a moment before quickly recovering and continuing to charge towards Richard.

Huh! Richard was taken aback!

Despite his mental attack on the crazed Dolores, he had little effect on her.

Yes, this person is obsessed, so there's not much point in trying to stimulate them mentally.

"Thump!"

The next second, the chains binding Dolores snapped taut!

The iron hook, made of some unknown material, had now deeply pierced Dolores's chitinous exoskeleton, and pale green fluid was seeping out from the cracks in the shell.

At this moment, she was only three meters away from Richard.

Richard remained calm and composed, seemingly having anticipated this all along.

Dolores's face was resolute, her crazed gaze fixed on the black-armored figure that was Richard in disguise, and she roared, "Let's die together!"

After saying that, he exerted force with his eight limbs and instantly moved forward another meter!

Richard was instantly alarmed when he saw this, realizing that this person was going to take him down with them!

He hadn't expected Dolores to be so resolute; it seemed he had pushed her too far!

However, Richard did not panic. He suddenly pushed off backward and flew backward rapidly!

At the same time, silently recite "Soul Connection!"

In an instant, an invisible, inexplicable fluctuation connected Richard and the vengeful spirit.

The next second, amidst everyone's gasps of surprise...

Dolores swelled up several times her original size like a balloon and chose to self-destruct!

With a deafening "BOOM!", dust billowed up, sending up dozens of meters of ash that blotted out the sky!

The sheer force of the shockwave knocked down the spider knights and wizard apprentices dozens of meters away, like leeks being chopped into pieces.

Stephena also tightly crossed her arms in front of her chest, leaning forward with her legs sinking nearly half a meter into the ground to barely keep from falling.

This demonstrates the immense power of Dolores' self-destruction!

Indeed, this is an opponent whose strength has reached the level of a formal wizard; the power of his self-destruction is unimaginable!

Ordinary formal wizards would probably die on the spot, taking everyone with them!

"Master!" Stephania exclaimed, a sense of foreboding flashing through her mind.

When the dust settled, a crater seven or eight meters deep and more than twenty meters in diameter was seen on the ground, just like a meteorite crater caused by a meteorite impact!

There wasn't a single person in the center of the field, not even a trace of debris!

This surprised and delighted the group of young Karami around them!

Great! These monsters—a werewolf clone, a high-level spider woman, and a mysterious black-armored man!

That's it, they're all dead.

At this moment, the high-end combat forces were completely wiped out!

Now is our day to shine!

Several wizard apprentices exchanged glances, seemingly itching to make a move. In particular, the male and female apprentices from the Gurus Academy, both at the pinnacle level, looked at the few remaining Spider Knights around them, as if assessing their chances of winning if they attacked now.

"Stephen, let's work together and wipe out all the Spider Knights!"

"If we complete the task that Wizard Gildas failed to finish, I wonder how the three academies will reward us!" the handsome male apprentice from the Gurus Academy said excitedly.

"Take another look!" After Gildas's death, Stefan seemed to have figured things out and become much more clear-headed. He casually pointed to the enormous abomination not far away.

"I know one thing: if a necromancer really dies, do you think his summoned creatures will still exist?" Stefan said calmly.

The group looked in the direction Stefan was pointing and suddenly realized what was going on!

That's right! If the necromancer were dead, his undead summons should have returned to the underworld long ago!

This is common sense!

But how does this abomination defy common sense? Its master is dead, yet it remains here.

No! This means...

The female apprentice from Gurus Academy stared wide-eyed, then exclaimed in horror, "Stephen, you mean, even with such a violent explosion, the other party was unharmed?"

"It's not that he's alright! He's definitely not dead!" Stefan shook his head and said.

It's impossible for nothing to happen. If nothing happened, then the other party would be even more terrifying than a level two wizard.

However, it's unclear how serious the other party's injuries are.

Stephanie knew immediately that her master Richard was definitely not dead, but she did not know how serious his injuries were, so she quickly went forward to check on him.

Suddenly, a fair arm reached out from the ruins of a pair of wooden houses and waved to Stephanie.

"Cough cough. I'm fine!"

"Splash!"

Richard stood up.

Stephanie was surprised to find that although her master's originally handsome and ferocious black bone armor was now completely shattered, and the skull mask had long been blown away without a trace.

But Richard was completely unharmed!

The wounds on his body were all minor. The most serious one seemed to be a scratch on his forehead, from which a little blood was flowing, but it didn't seem to be a big problem.

The injury was much less severe than Stephena had anticipated, which was quite surprising.

Logically speaking, even with the protection of a level one defensive spell, one should be severely injured by such a powerful opponent's self-destruction. How could one only have such minor injuries?

This was the effect of Richard's third talent, the Soul Chains; his undead summon, the Abomination, had just absorbed half of the damage he was taking.

Without this innate sorcery, Richard would have been seriously injured even if he hadn't died, but after taking on half the damage, his condition was only slightly worse than a minor injury.

It doesn't matter.

The group of wizard apprentices also saw Richard's true face at this moment.

Upon seeing Richard's incredibly young face, that of a boy only fifteen or sixteen years old, the many wizard apprentices all wore expressions of utter disbelief.

Stefan exclaimed in surprise, "Richard!!!"

Others might not recognize this face, but how could Stefan, a member of Gildas' squad, not recognize it!

He had already seen the young man's face before entering the secret realm!

Stefan stared in disbelief at the young man before him, his mind racing with countless questions!

Wasn't Richard just a minor Karami of the Ignis school?

Didn't they say he was lucky enough to kill Gildas's disciple?

Shouldn't he be a nobody who can't even beat Donato?

Wasn't he supposed to be just a wizard apprentice?

Damn it, in the end even the wizard Gildarts himself died at the hands of the enemy!

Moreover, Stefan also saw that when the wizard Gildass finally performed the second transformation of the Dark Werewolf, he was actually releasing the original soul of the Dark Werewolf Chieftain's body, and his strength had completely reached the level of a formal wizard!

It even surpasses the combat power of a typical formal wizard!

Even so, he still died at Richard's hands!

Oh, and there's that high-level spider woman; her combined strength is no less than that of a formal wizard.

However, he also died at Richard's hands!

He self-destructed! In the end, he forced even the high-ranking spider woman to self-destruct! And he was unharmed!

Who the hell would believe that?!

This world is crazy!

No, it's this Richard.

After thinking it over, Stefan realized with dismay that his limited language skills ultimately prevented him from finding a word that could summarize Richard.

"Master, shall we...?" Stephania smiled seductively at Richard and made a throat-slitting gesture towards the remaining dozen or so wizard apprentices and spider knights beside her.

Instantly, the faces of the many wizard apprentices turned to terror. Some took medicine, others cast spells, and they scattered and fled. The Spider Knight also hurriedly burrowed into the dense forest.

Not one dared to linger even for a second!

This made Richard touch his nose, wondering if he was really that ruthless.

He had already been marked by Gildas's post-death tracking mark. Whether the wizarding apprentices saw his face or not, the three major houses would soon receive his information.

Therefore, killing these apprentices is not very meaningful; it only results in collecting a few more vengeful spirits.

Richard unleashed two transparent mental shocks, one after the other, the former slightly slower and the latter slightly faster!

In an instant, they collided together in mid-air above the crowd.

"boom!"

An astonishing mental storm swept through the entire venue!

This level of mental storm might not be much to a formal wizard, at most causing them to frown, but for a group of wizard apprentices and spider knights, it was no less than having a large bell struck heavily in their ears!

As a result, all the little karami lay sprawled on the ground, none of them escaping!

Stephania stepped forward gracefully.

One by one, they cast forgetting spells on the wizard apprentices!

As for the Spider Knights?

That, of course, allowed Richard to reap another small harvest of vengeful spirits.

However, thinking of this, Richard quickly went to the room in the big wooden house, picked up the double-eared black bottle, and found that Gildas's divided soul and Dolores's soul were already there, but the transformation of the evil spirit would take more time.

It is still in the process of gradual transformation.

This made Richard's face light up with joy. Gildas's split soul was at most one-third the level of a formal wizard's soul, but after careful perception, it seemed that because Gildas was so powerful, this split soul actually reached about half the soul strength of an ordinary wizard.

Dolores's soul strength, however, is that of a genuine wizard.

Huh! This is

Richard saw a werewolf-like soul inside the double-eared black bottle.

After a careful examination, Richard finally confirmed that this was the original soul of the Dark Werewolf Chieftain!

Richard was overjoyed.

That's it!

It seems that one of the necessary conditions for the second transformation is this original soul, so Gildarts has kept the soul of the Dark Werewolf Chieftain sealed inside his clone.

Well, this is great, everyone benefits from it!

Now all of these have become his spoils of war.

It seems I'll be able to capture at least two evil spirits this time. As for whether I'll get a third, that depends on my luck.

At that moment, Stephania walked over gracefully, holding a strange black mirror in one hand and a black box in the other.

Huh! Richard suddenly remembered that when Dolores self-destructed, something did seem to be blown away from her body and disappeared in a flash.

(End of this chapter)