Witch Redemption

How could Skulr possibly agree to such a request? Its face darkened, for it knew that it was now truly doomed.

Chapter 62 Archangel Angel

What does Archangel Angel actually look like?

According to Li Lan's memory, he had straight golden hair, three pairs of jet-black fallen wings, dead fish eyes, and a cold, indifferent expression, as if he had no will to live.

However, this was Li Lan's original game character, full of anime and manga style. But what about now?

Li Lan, Lana, and Luo Lina, who had some guesses about this, all stared intently at the fully opened, pitch-black coffin, a rather ominous premonition rising in their hearts.

"Sizzle—", "Sizzle—"

A chilling, rustling sound emanated from the depths of the pitch-black coffin, where a large amount of surging black matter could be vaguely seen twisting and taking shape. A second later, the black matter first solidified into decaying hands, pressing against the edge of the coffin, trembling like an old man rising from his twilight years.

"..."

Sure enough, it was completely different from what Li Lan and the others had imagined!

A humanoid, flowing monster slowly rose from the coffin, then stepped out, revealing its complete form.

The body, limbs, and head were formed from pitch-black, corrosive sludge. The head had no facial features; its straight golden hair had been replaced by a writhing, misty black aura. The eyes, symbolizing the archangel's identity, were nowhere to be seen where the eyes should have been, and the fallen wings that should have been on its back had also been replaced by pitch-black tentacles.

Hmmmm?

Is this really the Archangel Angel? Shouldn't this be a cult god from the Cthulhu Mythos?

Fear spread wildly through the hearts of the five witches, and the intense visual impact made them involuntarily take several steps back.

In just a fleeting moment of eye contact, an indescribable madness filled their hearts, almost stripping them of all reason.

"This guy is in serious trouble!"

Li Lan's heart pounded violently; the man's palpable killing intent made him feel like he was being pricked by thorns.

"Hey, hey, hey, am I seeing things? Is this really my ex-wife?"

Even Lolina, who usually has a cold face, couldn't help but show a look of fear at this moment.

"No, from now on, it's not."

Lana's face turned very pale. Sure enough, ideals are often grand, but reality is far too harsh!

"Gurgle—", "Gurgle—"

In less than a few seconds, the humanoid monster, which had completely emerged from the black coffin, uttered strange incoherent words. Its right hand, which was emitting billowing black mist, once again reached into the pitch-black coffin beside it and pulled out a black greatsword as tall as a person.

And the moment it pulled out the greatsword, the humanoid monster suddenly let out a shrill scream.

The spreading, piercing sonic waves caused everyone to experience splitting headaches and instantly triggered their deepest, most primal fears, causing all the witches present, except for Li Lan, to freeze in shock, their limbs trembling uncontrollably.

Barely enduring the pain in her brain, Li Lan's expression changed drastically, "This is..."

Could this be the Archangel Angel's inherent skill, "The Trembling of Slaughter," which she had discussed with Lana and the other person many times before?

In the original game "Legend of the Goddess", the skill "Trembling with Slaughter" was designed to reduce the attack power of all enemies by 20% and have a 10% chance to inflict a one-second fear state on them.

In his memory, the state of fear was simply a strong control effect of dizziness. Based on the effect that Li Lan was witnessing, the control effect of this thing was 100% probability and impossible to defend against.

If Li Lan hadn't been constantly activating four buffs since entering this hellish place, especially the "Courage" skill, he would probably be in the same state of dazed indifference as the other four witches.

"Revelation!"

Faced with this sudden and enormous crisis, Li Lan remained unprecedentedly calm with the blessing of "courage" and decisively summoned her own professional artifact.

Upon feeling the terrifying weight transmitted through her hands, Li Lan quickly unleashed the "Courage" skill.

But then the grimoire in front of him flashed with a faint light, and Lana, Lolina, Della, and Britney, empowered by "Courage," instantly regained their senses, all of them looking terrified.

"Proceed according to the original battle plan! Code name 015, let's go!"

Lana and Li Lan had countless experiences working together and had a very high level of understanding. Just after Li Lan took the initiative to dispel the fear in his heart, he suddenly raised the Libra Cross Greatsword in his hand and charged at the humanoid monster that was still screaming.

"Dragon Power!"

With the enhancement of her racial skills, Lana's deep blue beast eyes suddenly widened, and her hands bulged with well-developed muscles that symbolized her power.

"If this guy really is the sixth event boss from the original 'Legend of the Goddess', then its biggest weakness is its slow speed. As long as we can dodge its attacks, everything will be fine."

With these thoughts in mind, Lana traversed nearly ten meters in less than a second, raising her greatsword and unleashing a powerful, trembling sword wind.

however……

"Zheng—"

The crisp sound of the Libra Cross Greatsword clashing with the Dark Greatsword echoed outwards. The unprecedented force tore open the tiger's mouths of Lana's hands, and she was thrown backwards like a kite with a broken string!

"This is like throwing an egg against a rock!"

"Oh shit! Is this really the slow speed we've discussed so many times before?"

Lana, caught off guard, was terrified even with the boost of "courage." She couldn't even withstand this guy's strength, let alone the other witches.

I'm so desperate!

………………

In the blink of an eye, Lana, who launched the first attack, had no time to dodge and was cleaved away by a sword.

The next moment, the humanoid monster, which had stopped screaming due to Lana's attack, raised its pitch-black greatsword once again. A huge amount of black mist swirled wildly on the greatsword, turning into raging karmic fire.

"..."

This is completely different from the Archangel Angel we were promised!

It can no longer be explained by the skills and settings of the game. Slightly distracted, Li Lan immediately knew something was wrong the moment she saw this guy raise his sword. Lana was definitely not able to defend against this guy's attack now.

"We absolutely have to make it!"

With her mind unusually calm, Li Lan frantically sprinted in the direction Lana had thrown...

Della and Britney knew very little about the Sunset Temple, and since they hadn't yet recovered from the shock of their teammates' betrayal, they remained silent the whole way and didn't interfere with Li Lan and the other two's conversation.

Although the two knew from the beginning that the archangel Angel was sealed in the black coffin, they never expected that the archangel would look so terrifying, and that she would completely devour their consciousness the moment she appeared.

Just before their emotions were on the verge of collapse, their minds, which had gone blank with fear, suddenly heard a syllable shouted by the witch codename 001, "Kree," meaning "revelation." Immediately afterward, the sacred, chant-like syllable "Courage" created a tremendous wave within them, instantly dispelling all their negative emotions and restoring their physical abilities.

When her vision cleared, Della saw Witch Code 002 being swept away by the humanoid monster, while Witch Code 001 threw down a strange giant hammer and charged madly towards Witch Code 002 with a Libra Cross Greatsword.

"Oops!"

Realizing that they had made a mistake, they looked at each other, but were at a loss and remained standing there.

"Stop standing there, come help!"

After seeing Lana being cleaved away, Lorina instantly assessed the humanoid monster's strength. Sure enough, this guy was someone they couldn't possibly withstand at the moment; he was too powerful!

"Right now, we absolutely must provide support to Karen and Lana!"

Lolina stared at the information in the spellbook and unhesitatingly used the necromancer's exclusive skill, "Basic Necromancer Summoning".

The next second, numerous "black holes" began to emerge from the ground around her. A pale white skeletal hand suddenly emerged from the deep blackness, leaped up, and drew a rusty bronze knife from the black hole.

Lolina is the kind of person who easily acts recklessly when excited. Seeing that Li Lan and Lana were likely to be in an irreversible crisis, she didn't hold back on the number of times she used her skills. In less than a second, she used up all the uses of "Basic Necromancer Summoning", and completed a total of ten waves of skeleton summons, forming a huge skeleton army that charged forward.

The countless skeletons burst forth with speed comparable to Lana's, charging suicidally toward the humanoid monster holding aloft a greatsword, emitting chaotic "squeaking" noises.

"Soul Stealer!"

With fluid grace, Lolina summoned a large number of skeletons and hurriedly summoned her professional artifact, a strange black chain that could extend indefinitely. She quickly swung it around the Libra Cross Greatsword, which was engraved with skulls, preparing to charge towards Li Lan and the others.

………………

The silent, pitch-black humanoid monster ignored the charging skeleton army, while the ever-growing black flames rose higher and higher, as if accumulating energy and becoming larger and larger.

Until the moment the critical point was broken, the flames that were slashed down burst out into a soaring sword aura that was two meters wide and tens of meters high!

Li Lan heard a thunderous explosion that made his eardrums ache, and he screamed incessantly like the chirping of insects.

Just as he stopped Lana's soft body from continuing to charge forward, he felt a chill and pain on his back. The next second, it felt as if a heavy object was plowing through the space behind him, making a hissing roar.

"Holy crap! That's Crescent Moon Heavenly Strike!"

Lolina, who was not far away, exclaimed in surprise. She had thought she was too late to catch up, but Li Lan's speed exceeded her expectations. Finally, before the guy could launch a powerful attack, he managed to get Lana out of the attack range in time.

"What? What Crescent Moon Sky Strike?"

Li Lan felt a lingering fear, but he was a person who could distinguish between what was urgent and what was important. He quickly helped Lana up and his gaze returned to the dark humanoid monster.

After unleashing the "karmic fire" condensed on its black greatsword, the humanoid monster raised the sword again and chopped wood as easily as cutting melons, quickly slaughtering a large number of low-level skeletons that tried to approach it.

Beside it, back to where Li Lan and Lana had been, a two-meter-wide charred black slash had been ploughed into the pure white jade surface, stretching straight into the distance, and a foul stench assaulted Li Lan's senses.

So fierce!

Li Lan raised an eyelid. This attack is an anti-city Noble Phantasm, right? How am I supposed to fight this?

Lana quickly straightened her stance and adjusted her posture, still looking shaken. "Kallen, that girl is too fast! Her reaction speed is beyond our capabilities! What should we do?"

Lana and Li Lan are both reckless, but even recklessness has its limits.

Only through direct combat and testing can one truly understand how terrifying this guy is, and only then can one imagine the price that Senior Number 47 and his companions paid to escape from this place.

"Don't panic, let's test the waters again!"

Li Lan gritted his teeth. To shoot a man, shoot his horse first; to capture a thief, capture his king first. Since this guy is so powerful when he has a weapon, wouldn't it be much easier to cut him off with an elbow strike?

"Lorina, let's work together! Disarm him!"

Chapter 63 Shield Wall

The terrifying black sword energy seemed to cover the sky and the black flames, which were more than ten meters high, formed a sound-breaking arc and plowed straight towards the end of this pure white void.

Whether it was the thunderous sound that erupted when the sword energy was unleashed, or the terrifying power that the sword strike caused, it left an indelible impression on Della and Britney.

If it attacks you, you're doomed. This thing is a monster!

The fear of death broke through the "courage" that Li Lan had instilled in them, causing their bodies to stiffen again, their minds to go blank, and an uncontrollable urge to escape to take hold.

Ultimately, Della and Britney aren't as strong as Li Lan and the others.

They were just young girls who had transmigrated to this world less than a month ago. In their original world, they were pampered young ladies. Their understanding of the world was the same as Li Lan's, which was based on the normal physical world. They had never seen such a bizarre situation that defied nature, science, and physics, let alone such an extremely terrifying inhuman existence.

They feared death and had not yet experienced the battle against monsters more terrifying than the Mimicry Chaos, nor had they, like Li Lan and Lana, ever teetered on the brink of death.

That's why they reacted so slowly, even forgetting all the cooperation matters that had been discussed many times before.

"We'll die! If we don't escape, we'll die!"