This dagger was imbued with the power of destined death through a ritual, and it once killed the golden Godwin.
Now, it is about to kill another powerful beast.
Dixi slowly circled around and, without hesitation, swung the dagger in his hand, aiming with extreme precision at Maricus's spine.
She dared not circle around to the side to slit Maricus's throat. Approaching him at such close range in slow motion was like slowly moving her underwear to his face; she wouldn't have been able to smell him before, but now she couldn't help but smell him.
Of course, this doesn't mean that Dish's arm and dagger had any special smell; it simply meant that they were closer to Maricus's nose.
If you put a bone near a sleeping dog, it will drool and lick its tongue even in its sleep, let alone a Marykas.
But at that very moment, only the howling wind echoed within the Temple of the Beasts.
The sword that was once at Maricus's waist had somehow moved to his hand, and was now held at an angle behind his back, making him look like a swordsman about to draw his sword from his back, as Lu Ye and A Tui had observed.
In fact, Maricus's sword had already been drawn, and Dixi's dagger was blocked by the broad blade. The sparks that flew from the collision were fleeting.
Dixi overlooked one thing: although she concealed her figure, the wind generated by wielding the dagger could not be eliminated.
“Ah…” Maricus let out a long sigh, “I’ve finally waited for this. You all couldn’t suppress the ugly wildfire in your hearts after all…”
He brandished his sword, and Dixi's body was instantly propelled backward, slamming into the wall behind him before crashing down heavily.
Maricus’s massive and broad body emitted a series of booming sounds.
“Now I finally have the chance to atone for the sins I committed that night many years ago.” His voice was hoarse, like the raven waving in a graveyard.
“You’re guilty, killing me won’t make up for your sins, you stupid dog,” Dixi laughed. “And by the way, here’s the phrase ‘ugly wildfire’ back with you. Don’t you sons of bitches know what you’ve done?”
Maricus turned and unleashed a sword strike. His swift and decisive stance, along with the swift flash of his sword, proved that he possessed the strength to kill Queen Twilight.
Dixi dodged to the side, and the two sides began their offensive and defensive battle.
Lu Ye remained silent. The fact that Black Sword dared to expose his back to him most likely meant that he didn't know that Black Knife was in cahoots with him.
Lu Ye patted A-Tui on the shoulder and pointed to the Black Sword Familiar outside the door. It seemed to have sensed the movement inside and was climbing the steps.
A-Tui understood instantly. She retreated to the doorway in the distance and rang the soul-summoning bell.
The ashes of the Three Wolves, Kurara, the Knight of the Lost Land, and the Red Lion Oga were summoned.
After A-Tui poured the blue Holy Grail into the bottle, she still did not put down the summoning bell. She then summoned the bionic teardrop.
She left the bionic teardrop in the temple, then led the other ashes out the door, accompanied by a clear whistle, followed by the receding sound of horses' hooves and the sound of radiant stone magic exploding on some hard object.
Under Maricus's beast-like and ferocious offensive, Dixi quickly fell into a disadvantageous position.
The Black Blades were originally assassins, and although their combat strength was among the best in the borderlands, they were no match for the ancient beast, Maricus. Otherwise, there would have been no need to "steal" the Fated Death; they could have simply had Raccard lure Maricus out of the royal city and kill him, thus obtaining the complete Fated Death.
Just as Lu Ye was about to draw his sword and launch a sneak attack, a sudden pressure came from above.
It turns out that A-Tui's actions had been noticed by Maricus, who was using his will to tell Lu Ye that drawing the sword meant hostility.
Lu Ye's eyes narrowed slightly.
A-Tui has already started fighting with the Black Sword Kin outside, and Melina is also helping out from outside.
Given such an obvious intention, why would Maricus still give himself a "chance"?
The longsword in Maricus's hand had become the Grim Reaper of Dixi. She could not compare with Maricus in terms of weapon and strength. The power of destined death residing in the dagger was even less of a threat in front of Maricus. He himself was death!
He pressed forward relentlessly, his taut body radiating immense power, even causing the paving stones beneath his feet to crack with each step.
The dagger in Dixi's hand kept wearing down until the final, fierce slash, which Dixi couldn't dodge in time and raised his knife to block.
Both she and Maricus knew it was futile; the greatsword was covered in a layer of blackish-red light, the power of destined death. It wouldn't stop to give Dish any room to dodge, but would simply slice her through along with the dagger, as easily as cutting a smooth block of tofu.
At that moment, Dixi glimpsed death.
However, she gladly accepted her death, because if it weren't for that witch, her life would have ended many years ago.
The only regret is that I can't see my mother again.
Dixi gripped the knife tightly in her hand, the shards piercing deep into her skin. She manipulated the power of her destined death to leave a mark on her palm, marking the exact location of her destined death.
But this is not a dead end.
Just as the greatsword was about to strike, Lu Ye appeared in front of her without warning.
He and Dixi were enveloped in a red, honeycomb-shaped sphere.
Maricus's sword struck, but it failed to budge him in the slightest!
Dixi was shocked.
I was only two seconds away from death.
How did he get through it?
“You…!” Maricus glared at Lu Ye, his eyes bloodshot like a tattered spider web.
"I'm sorry, but I'm on her side. Thank you for your prayers."
After saying that, Lu Ye's left hand instantly transformed into a stone claw, tearing through Maricus's chest the instant the absolute defense circle disappeared. At the same time, his right hand drew his sword from the void, and the Mortal Blade slashed down with extremely heavy ferocity. Lu Ye could now wield the Ichimonji from the Ashina style with one hand.
Maricus also sensed the sword's explosive power, but what he feared even more was the Tear of the Goddess in Lu Ye's hand.
That is undoubtedly something capable of bringing endless death, and it does not belong to the border region.
But precisely because of this, it is also subject to the law.
Because true death is in your own hands!
Chapter 677 Obtaining a Predestined Death!
This time, Maricus held back. The floor beneath him exploded with a deafening roar, and he leaped out of the Beast Temple, smashing a large hole in the ceiling above him.
At the same time, Icarus's voice rang out.
"Master, a large number of unidentified objects have been detected heading in your direction."
Lu Ye looked up and saw only a torrential downpour of falling rocks.
He laughed: "So you noticed the battle in Red Lion City before..."
Maricus's actions were a direct imitation of Rataen's gravity magic.
Instead of simply throwing a beast-shaped rock of this mass, it's better to maximize the damage by utilizing its own mass and gravity, which also saves effort.
The reason Icarus called them unidentified objects was that those large stones were the prayers of the beasts of Maricus, not simply matter.
Lu Ye was once again enveloped in an absolute defensive circle.
At that moment, Nymph's anxious voice rang out.
"Hey, Lu Ye, what are you doing? I've detected that Maricus's energy is rising rapidly, and the danger is even exceeding the tolerance range of the absolute defense circle!"
"Why do you say that? Can he even be compared to Apollo?"
"Of course, it can't compare, but the danger isn't him himself, but his knife, and what resides within it..."
“A predetermined death…” At this moment, Dixi sensed a change, “That guy has been unsealed.”
"What do you mean?"
“Maricus’s true form isn’t the muscular ball you saw before,” Dixi murmured. “Don’t forget, he’s a beast, a lithe beast!”
Just then, Maricus descended from the sky.
He had completely changed from his previous heavy appearance; his hunched body stretched out completely, making him look like a real wild beast, covered in black and gold armor.
The sword in his hand had been replaced by a huge black greatsword at some point. The blade was uneven and irregular, like a piece of stone with only a shape. But the power contained within it was not to be underestimated. It was the power of destined death, capable of bringing death even to gods!
This sword strike contained the law of death. Even though Icarus's absolute defensive circle could defend against the falling beast stones and black sword, it could not contend with the law of the boundary!
Dixi grabbed Lu Ye's arm, trying to pull back, but found that he didn't move an inch.
For a moment, she even thought Lu Ye was terrified, until she saw Lu Ye's firm and confident eyes.
Without thinking twice, she left Lu Ye.
But instead of fleeing, she prepared to nimbly leap out of the temple, intending to shatter all the beast stones falling from above Lu Ye.
Staying there wouldn't do any good either; that defensive shield couldn't withstand the Death by Fate. It was different from the blade light of his own underworld dagger, which carried the power of Death by Fate. The black and red luster around the black sword wasn't a light blade-like attack, nor was it some kind of energy; it was a law.
It is death itself.
To come into contact with death means to give up life.
Therefore, Dixi must at least eliminate factors that could interfere with Luye.
The moment Dixi leaped out of the temple, Lu Ye smiled.
It seems the Black Knife Assassin is quite clever.
At the same time, the absolute defensive circle surrounding Lu Ye disappeared.
He had anticipated the worst-case scenario.
Nymph is monitoring the energy fluctuations in real time, and she reports that the energy fluctuations are higher near the Tower of Galid, rather than near the Temple of the Beast.
That's for sure. Shortly after Agil and Smarag arrived in Gelid ahead of time, Luye asked them to monitor the Divine Tower and the Temple of the Beast on the plateau west of the Dragon Tomb. Once the Black Sword Familiar, the big guy guarding the temple entrance, started to move, it would mean that the theft plan had failed and a full-scale attack was about to begin.
However, their target was not the Temple of the Beasts, but the Tower of Divine Gift.
The Black Flame Warriors under the Night Queen's command, along with the Godskin Nobles and Godskin Apostles, are entrenched here. Making a commotion here is much easier to detect than in the remote Beast Temple. In fact, it turns out that the Two Fingers and the Supreme Will, who are secretly monitoring, are watching the show near the Divine Tower of Gelid.
However, this process cannot be delayed for too long.
No one can say for sure when the Supreme Will will discover the anomaly here; we must act swiftly and decisively.
To avoid attracting attention, although he couldn't use Icarus's power to lure Maricus outside and solve the problem with an Apollo attack, Lu Ye still had ways to deal with Maricus.
He had previously obtained from Bernal the "Blasphemy Claws" that Lakkad had originally intended to use to challenge the Doomed One.
It has only one ability: the power to deflect the black sword!
If the blade hasn't reached you, then your destined death won't be effective.
Just as Maricus was about to cut down Lu Ye, Lu Ye suddenly pulled out the Blasphemous Beast Claw from the void and swung it fiercely.
The blasphemous claws, like sharp claws, emitted a strange energy, instantly deflecting Maricus's black sword! Deflecting this fatal blow!
Maricus's eyes were filled with disbelief.
The black sword in his hand, imbued with the destiny of death and capable of bringing absolute annihilation, was actually unfolded by a tiny gadget!
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