Mystery: Starting with the Night Pope.

Chapter 316 Feathered Serpent

The fact that the "God of War" is so precious is naturally important; it is the extraordinary characteristic corresponding to the "Pale Emperor" in the first sequence of the "Death" pathway.

Only something like this could corrode an angel's heart, lungs, and other organs.

Of course, this was also the result of the angel Jedel voluntarily incorporating this thing into his body.

He did this for this very moment.

Jedel threw the "Proof of Death" into the blood sacrifice rune.

The blood sacrifice runes suddenly erupted with bursts of bloody light, and the spirits of the warriors who had died in the blood sacrifice runes were extracted and swept away by an invisible gale and devoured by the "Proof of Death".

hum!

The "Proof of Death," which had been sacrificed, began to hum and vibrate, and started to come alive in a certain sense.

Rumbling sounds filled the air, as if the whole world was trembling. The bone pyramid finally stirred.

The bone pyramid began to be stained with eerie black patterns, and like the "Proof of Death," it had illusory black tubes extending outwards.

This is an application of the law of aggregation of extraordinary properties!

Under the powerful cohesive force, the "Proof of Death" resonated within the bone pyramid. However, due to its own activation and the restraint of Jedel, the "Proof of Death" was not immediately absorbed, resulting in a stalemate.

Click!

The bone pyramid began to crack open, revealing a passable staircase leading deep into the tomb.

Thick black mist was spreading there, flowing slowly like smog.

Within that dense aura of death, a chilling gaze seemed to fall upon Jedel, chilling both his body and soul to the bone.

Jedel dared not make the slightest move. He waited, but he and the gaze in the black mist confronted each other for a long time. The being in the aura of death did not break through the pyramid and rush to the ground with the "Proof of Death".

On the contrary, He could no longer hold on, and the "Proof of Death" was about to fly into the depths of the tomb due to the law of aggregation.

This was never a fair confrontation.

Jedel arrived in haste with extremely limited preparations, and the most perfect ending was the unique departure of Death from the pyramid.

But it's clearly not going to work now.

"Hoo..." Jedel gave up his illusions, roughly pried the "Proof of Death" off the blood sacrifice pattern, and stuffed it back into his chest cavity, which had not yet fully recovered.

The way to temporarily seal the "Proof of Death" is to use the body of an angel as a vessel. The angel's powerful life force and status are enough to create a tug-of-war with the "Proof of Death".

He did not linger any longer and walked forward, up the steps, into the depths of the pyramid.

The thick black fog there flowed faster and faster, and gradually Jedel heard faint panting sounds. The panting sounds became clearer and clearer, and under the clear panting sounds, the black fog also gradually dispersed, revealing something that was both illusory and real inside.

It was a feathered serpent as huge as a mountain!

It has huge scales that are dark green and black, and feathers stained with pale yellow oil grow from the gaps, with illusory tubes extending from each feather.

"Death?!" Jedel was so startled when he saw the feathered serpent that he almost threw away his last remaining precautions.

The mythical creature form of the "Death" pathway is the feathered serpent, and mythical creature forms are generally influenced by its pathway sequence zero.

Therefore, the most perfect feathered serpent is actually "Death" itself.

However, it was just a feathered serpent that would not have caused Jedel to lose his composure so much. What terrified him was the face of the feathered serpent!

Those are human faces!

His skin was bronze, his facial features were deep-set with distinct characteristics of the Southern Continent, and his pupils burned with pale flames.

This is the human form of the "God of Death" as recorded by the Church of the God of War!

"Is it Salinger?" Even Amanises couldn't help but look at Truman and ask from inside the pyramid tomb.

Now, the feathered serpent's aura and even its spirit are exactly the same as the Salinger that He first met!

It's more like a living angel!

That was Salinger in the Second Age, when He and Amanises were still servants of the "Destroyer Wolf".

"As expected of the 'Grim Reaper,' how could it die so easily?" Truman looked at the feathered serpent with some surprise.

This feathered serpent now possesses the foundation to bring Salinger back to life.

If one could consume a portion of the "Pale Emperor," one might even become a "half-death god."

The "half-death" here is different from the "half-fool" of today; the latter refers to rank, while the former refers to resurrection progress.

Truman hadn't paid attention to the dead "Grim Reaper" for a long time, but he never expected that He would cause him to go to such lengths.

"It's just a pity that this resurrection ritual is missing one thing." Truman quickly realized the key to the resurrection ritual.

"Azik Eggers," Amanisis replied softly.

"Yes, we are missing a Sequence Two angel of the same path, and Azik Eggers, being His son, is the most suitable."

If this "half-death god" gathers the characteristics of a Sequence Angel, plus the uniqueness of the "death god," then it can probably be perfectly resurrected and return, emerging from the "River of Eternal Darkness."

"However, I have already promised to solve His problems, so naturally I will not let Salinger come back."

Truman did indeed promise Azik Eggers that he would help him solve all his problems.

Just as these two glimpsed the true nature of the feathered serpent, the serpent inexplicably sensed a terrifying threat, which agitated it. It then pounced on Jedel in a frenzy, wanting to devour the "Proof of Death" to replenish itself.

"Get out!" Jedel had composed himself, donned his armor made of twilight once more, drew his greatsword of twilight, and faced the feathered serpent charging towards him.

boom!

The feathered serpent and the giant collided violently, causing the entire pyramid to shake violently.

"Again!" This impact was too much for even the "Honorary Angel" Jedel to handle, forcing him to stagger backward. But warriors are not afraid of this kind of melee combat, and he raised the Twilight Greatsword to slash at the head of the Feathered Serpent.

"boom!"

Another terrifying collision ensued, with the giant and the feathered serpent locked in fierce combat.

"what!"

After only a few exchanges, the angel Jedel screamed in agony. The powerful physical defense of the "Glory One" could not be broken in just a few collisions. What broke through the defense was the "Proof of Death" within his body.

The suppression of those at higher levels of the "Death God" pathway is absolute. Due to its uniqueness, this suppression power still exists even for those at the Sequence One level, and it even directly triggers the "Death God's Proof" sealed within.

Most importantly, this feathered serpent is also special; it can borrow the "Death" persona!

(End of this chapter)