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Chapter 386 Flower of Hell

After seeing his carefully prepared attack miss its mark.

A mature woman with long black hair, wearing a snow-white dress and a pair of purple curved horns on her head gently licked her red lips.

"Run? Do you think you can escape?"

After a soft laugh, a dazzling purple light suddenly flashed in her eyes.

However, just as that purple light was spreading, seemingly brewing some kind of curse, a large, menacing-looking gun barrel was shoved directly into her slightly parted red lips.

I don't know when.

Erin, who had just disappeared, appeared in front of her.

In fact, if it weren't for that cold dragon spear exuding a deadly aura pressed against her red lips, Belladonna wouldn't have even noticed Erin's presence.

What kind of ability is this?

Belladonna was startled, but her face showed no sign of panic.

After actively dispelling the impending spell from her eyes, Belladonna's eyes, which had been tinged with coldness just a moment ago, instantly melted away, revealing a layer of mist that filled her large, watery eyes with a captivating allure.

Behind Belladonna, her long, thin, dark purple tail was slightly upturned, its heart-shaped tip silently opening, filling the air with a touch of pink.

That alluring charm and restrained yet seductive expression, coupled with that touch of pink, could easily ignite the desire in anyone.

It irresistibly evokes the urge to pull it into your arms and fondle it thoroughly.

"Bang!"

The next second, a loud roar erupted from the muzzle of the [Dragon Slayer]'s gun.

Amidst the deafening gunshot, Belladonna's head was blasted into countless fragments.

After losing her head, Belladonna's alluring body froze for a second before crashing to the ground along with her drooping purple tail.

Ok.

Under Belladonna's manipulation, Erin did act impulsively, but he impulsively pulled the trigger.

After taking down Belladonna with a single shot, Erin flicked the [Angel's Scepter] in his left hand, and the flesh and blood that had splattered onto the holy light shield erected in front of Erin slid off completely.

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Seeing that Erin showed no mercy and used his incredibly powerful weapon to kill Belladonna's hard-won avatar with a single shot.

The figure entangled with Wendy, enveloped in mist, seemed to have the mist on their face twitch a few times.

With a push, using several chains to entangle Wendy, its body instantly transformed into wisps of black smoke, rapidly surging towards an unknown place beneath the giant cross.

This avatar, like the clone Belladonna accidentally found due to the overlap of worlds, is not their original form.

However, since their true forms are sealed, it is not easy for them to condense an avatar with such power through the seal.

With Belladonna's clone dead, this avatar of hers is no match for these guys in a one-on-one fight.

If the fight continues, he will only lose this avatar for nothing.

He wouldn't do a deal that was destined to lose money.

Since that's the case, he might as well withdraw that part of his power and wait for the next opportunity.

During the day, the holy light emanating from the Vatican made them feel threatened, and they even subconsciously cooperated.

But if all he wanted was to save his life, with his special talent, even if a real angel from the Heavenly Dimension were to descend and kill him, it wouldn't be so easy.

Otherwise, the Papacy at its peak would not have chosen to seal him away instead of killing him.

However, just as he transformed his power into black mist, about to merge it into the sealed land...

A dazzling cage of holy light suddenly appeared, imprisoning him in the void.

"Snap!"

The Void Demon, imprisoned by the power of the Holy Light, was forced to re-form its body from the void. Only then did it hear the Pope's unusually jarring "God spoke."

"Damn it, I hate that scruffy bird's power!"

It didn't finish its sentence.

Two flames, one white and one red, radiating endless light and heat, surged into the Holy Light Cage, igniting the Void Demon into a burning torch.

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With a wave of his hand, he stored the corpses of the scythe demon, succubus, and other demons into his spatial ring. Then, Erin reached into the dissipating cage of holy light and retrieved a silver-white crystal that was still slightly warm.

"This feeling seems similar to the space stone I obtained before, but it also seems somewhat different. However... can demons condense something like this?"

After briefly sensing the power fluctuations emanating from the silver-white crystal in his hand, Erin quickly thought of the space stone he had given to the little monster to absorb.

Although they are different, they are very similar in essence.

Moreover, judging from its origin, this silver-white crystal seems to be significantly superior to the space stone that Erin had previously obtained.

If I let the little monster digest this silver crystal, will the interior space of my house expand a bit more?

Or, to put it another way, how do you awaken some other abilities in the little monster?

Just as Erin Xiao was playing with the silvery-white crystal in his hand with interest.

The Pope, noticing that Erin seemed quite interested in the silver crystal in his hand, spoke up:

"These are Void Crystals that have condensed within the Void Demon's body. The stronger the Void Demon, the larger the Void Crystals that condense within its body. I remember that the Holy See's secret vault still contains a few Void Crystals left over from the past. If you are interested in this, I can give you those Void Crystals later."

"Give it to me? How generous of you?"

Upon hearing this, Erin turned to look at the Pope, seemingly surprised by his generosity.

Seeing Erin's surprised look, the Pope smiled frankly and said, "It's not that I'm being generous. Although Void Crystals possess very powerful properties and energy, if used properly, they can even be used to create powerful weapons or equipment with Void attributes. However, it is clear that the Vatican does not currently have any talent capable of utilizing such Void Crystals."

"Instead of letting those things gather dust in the warehouse, we might as well do you a favor and give them to you. Besides, if you're really interested in this kind of thing, it would be a good thing for us too."

At this point, the Pope glanced at the spot where the void demon had been incinerated and continued:

"Beneath our feet lies one of the most powerful Void Demons of the past. The one we just killed was probably an avatar of it. If you're really interested in Void Crystals, I believe you won't let it go."

Looking at the Pope with a beaming smile on his face.

Erin was speechless.

This old guy really thinks he can outsmart me!

To be honest, after seeing the Void Crystal, Erin did develop a certain interest in that Void Demon.

By burning an avatar, one can obtain a void crystal with a quality significantly higher than that of a space stone.

If I kill that sealed Void Demon, will I be able to obtain a larger and better Void Crystal?

If the monster absorbs the power of the Void Crystal, will it gain some similar abilities?

For example, expanding the interior space of the house?

For example, like that Void Demon from earlier, could one gain the ability to move through the void?

To find out these things, Erin would have to confront that Void Demon.

This is a blatant, overt scheme, and if Arryn wants Void Crystals, he really can't avoid it.

but······

Erin didn't intend to avoid it either.

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Looking around at the hall, which had returned to calm and showed no signs of abnormality.

Erin glanced around and chuckled:

"Is that all?"

"I thought tonight's 'welcome ceremony' would be quite a grand affair!"

"That's it???"

The Pope, standing opposite Erin, shook his head helplessly upon hearing this.

Despite the fact that they came all this way unscathed.

Even several of the big guys were easily taken care of by Erin.

But without Erin, even if they mobilized a large number of Papal Knights tonight, dealing with those bizarre and dangerous creatures like the terrifying human face, the scythe demon, the upright black goat, the succubus, and the void demon would probably not be so easy.

of course.

Knowing is one thing.

However, after Erin finished speaking, both Wendy and the Pope stood quietly in place, showing no intention of saying a word.

Because Erin did this not to boast of his own power, but to provoke the demons sealed at the bottom of this temple.

Let them come out on their own.

as predicted.

Not long after Erin finished speaking, the entire hall suddenly trembled slightly.

Immediately afterwards, behind Erin, on the circular dome above the hall, a black vine covered in sharp spikes, unusually thick, and seemingly from the abyss, hung down from the dome.

At the tips of these vines hung giant, blood-red flower buds that smelled foul.

The moment they landed on Erin's head, the flower buds suddenly swelled up, like gaping maws that swallowed Erin's head whole, chewing it frantically.

Dark red liquid dripped continuously from the gaps in the flowers.

When the liquid dripped onto the carpet in the hall, it instantly emitted a "sizzling" corrosive sound.

Under that blood-red maw, which seemed to be filled with sulfuric acid, Erin's body quickly turned into a thin sheet of paper, corroded and chewed until it was riddled with holes.

However, immediately afterward, a giant sword of light exuding a holy aura swept across with a strong wind, directly severing the giant hellish man-eating flower from its vines.

"Sizzle!"

Drops of plant sap, resembling blood, gushed from the severed opening and landed on the greatsword of light, leaving black spots.

Then, the divine aura emanating from the greatsword of light evaporated it directly into mist.

And almost simultaneously.

Above the dome of this hall, similar black vines hung down, covering the dome, climbing the walls, and even blocking the doors and windows, growing into bright red flowers of hell.

Seeing the Hellflowers surrounding them from all directions, Wendy instantly rushed back to the Pope's side, then swept his sword across, severing several Hellflowers that lunged at the Pope.

"God said, 'Let there be light!'"

Faced with all this, the Pope, looking slightly tired, once again raised the cross in his hand.

In an instant.

A small, pure white sun reappeared, instantly illuminating the hall.

Under the holy light that was filled with sacredness.

The black vines seemed to have been scorched by the blazing sun; they quickly lost their vitality, became listless, and withered.

Holy Light can be used like this?

Looking at the Hell Flower, which was half-dead from being scorched by the sun due to its incompatible attributes, Erin was slightly surprised.

But just then...

Beneath that enormous cross, something mysterious seemed to spray out, gently sprinkling upon those withered, dried flowers of hell.

And so, those hellish flowers that had lost their vitality, become listless, withered, and even dried up by the holy light, rapidly regained their life.

The withered vines have become plump and full again;

The curled, cracked branches and leaves regained their dark green luster;

Those withered, lifeless hellflowers have regained their vitality, and have even grown rows of serrated barbs.

Then, with extraordinary ferocity, braving the holy light, it lunged at the Pope and Erin once again.

Meanwhile.

Erin, however, sensed a strange power that was invisibly draining his life force, making him "weak".

Feeling the life force rapidly draining from his body, Erin unleashed the firestorm that had already formed in his palm.

"go!"

With a sharp shout from Erin.

In an instant.

The firestorm formed from the eternal fire instantly increased a thousandfold, and in a moment it stained the huge hell flowers.

Unlike the Pope's holy light and blazing sun, which gradually withered the hellfire by relying on the interaction of attributes.

The moment Arlin's eternal flame touched the Hellflower, it truly ignited it, transforming it into countless fiery flowers.

The Hellflower, nourished by an unknown power, gained immense vitality, which became the best fuel for the Eternal Flame.

In an instant.

The vast hall was then transformed into a raging inferno.

The scorching flames relentlessly burned everything in front of them.

In this scorching sea of ​​fire, the hell flowers ignited by the hellfire did not try to rush towards the flames on their bodies, but instead carried a ferocious momentum of mutual destruction.

Engulfed in flames, it charged madly towards Erin and his companions.

"Holy Shield!"

After using the Angelic Scepter to sever several Hellflowers that were rushing towards him, Erin, whose skin was burning from the intense heat and whose hair was even slightly curly and dry, used the Holy Light Scepter to summon a huge spherical shield that enveloped him.

(End of this chapter)