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"What's wrong? Are you not convinced? I can do it with just one sword strike. Come on!"

The lich, Orka, now regaining his strength, desperately wanted to find some way to express the anguish of being trapped in a cathedral by a horde of undead for 600 years. And nothing was more satisfying than being slapped by a low-level enemy.

Of course, the lich Oka was no idiot. After his phylactery was shattered once, he used the blood of treasure miners, or mithril, to recast it. It was extremely hard and could also enhance its magical properties.

No matter how big Blaze's knife was, it couldn't break the mithril shell. Not to mention that a LV66 warrior with such low stats couldn't possibly harm a high-level lich with ineffective physical damage.

"Come on." The lich Oka openly exposed his weakness, which was actually the hardest part of his body.

Seeing that Lich Oka was so confident, Blaze opened the blessing, learned a new skill, and then threw a light punch at Lich Oka's life box.

"【Soul Shock】"

【Soul Shock F】

These are the footsteps of the Night Watchman, bringing peace of mind to the living and dispelling wandering souls in the darkness. When used on the living, they can dispel negative mental states like fear. When used on the dead, the skill's true damage is increased by 1/100 of their wandering years (affected by Faith).

"Ah!" The lich Oka shuddered, coughing up countless soul fragments. He looked at Blaze in disbelief, "You, a warrior, why do you have such high faith points?"

"Feel sorry."

Blaze said sorry, but his hands grabbed the arms of the lich Oka like iron clamps, and his body expanded and transformed into a silver werewolf.

The part of the lich Oka that was in contact with the sacred body emitted white smoke of purification. Meanwhile, in Blaze's mouth, a flame powerful enough to pierce the sun gathered.

"I like being a bucket, so all my attributes are high."

Chapter 184 You have no right to enter the Golden Country

boom--

A huge explosion occurred in the silent and nameless city. The church and the surrounding ruins turned into dust. In the surging dust, a figure fled in a panic.

The surrounding undead knights reacted quickly and retreated the moment the explosion occurred. Enya, the archer, was the first to see that the one fleeing was the lich Oka.

"attack……"

Before Enya had time to organize the battle line, the ground under her feet shook, and the entire ruined building flew up directly under the powerful gravity magic of the lich Oka.

The lich Oka casually grabbed and uprooted three houses, demonstrating his power. However, Enya noticed that most of Oka's body was covered in white smoke, and he paid no attention to his 600-year-old enemies, staring at the dust in horror.

Suddenly, the lich Oka seemed to find something unusual in the normally rising dust, screamed as if he had stepped on a snake, and smashed three houses directly into the dust.

A blinding white light pierced through the dust, sweeping across, instantly melting the three houses that had been thrown at them like rocks. The melted houses, carried by the terrifying hot wind that accompanied the white light, turned into a scorching rain that pounced on the lich, Oka.

The lich Oka dodged quickly, using flight magic to shuttle between the streets and houses at high speed, using the house where the treasure miner was still sleeping as a cover. The white light immediately dissipated, and the lich Oka took a breath. This sudden crisis actually made his body begin to breathe like a real, living body.

"Hostages, I need hostages!"

The lich Oka used detection magic, and the surrounding environment instantly turned into black and white lines, and the unique crystal colors of the treasure miners were extremely conspicuous. At the same time, he also saw the surrounding undead knights.

"Damn half-blood!"

The dreaded silver color didn't appear, which made the lich Oka breathe a sigh of relief. Using such a powerful prayer would inevitably lead to insufficient MP, affecting his mobility. This was a good opportunity for him to prepare a diversionary measure.

The lich Oka didn't notice. Only the detection magic that turned everything in sight black and white could not notice the blackness. A dark shadow approached rapidly, and a pitch-black beast leaped out from the flat shadow and bit the lich Oka's neck with incredible ferocity.

"What?! From where!?"

The lich Oka hastily raised his left arm, saving his life at the cost of having his hand torn off. However, this was a double attack. Blaze transformed into a silver werewolf and appeared below the lich Oka like the shadow of the black werewolf. He directly grabbed the lich Oka's feet and used it as a whip to lash the ground frantically.

"Ahhhh-"

The lich Oka screamed in extreme pain. He was a lich, and the physical attack from hitting the ground would only make him slightly dizzy. The truly fatal thing was the divine power transmitted from the pair of wolf claws.

【Silver Blood】

Like the moon in the night sky, this sacred and eternal blood possesses a powerful vitality and a purifying effect, bringing a strong cleansing effect to any evil life it comes into direct contact with.

At that time, Blaze's touch almost killed Greenland, the Death Druid, instantly, and the Lich Oka, who was much better than the Death Druid, avoided being killed instantly, but Blaze's body was like a branding iron to the Lich Oka.

It would be great if we could purify the Lich Oka directly in the process of smashing things like this.

But a slight dizziness couldn't control the lich, and magic began to build up inside the lich Oka. This was the magic that the lich Oka had urgently released to break free when Blaze caught him just now - self-destruction.

This spell uses its own HP as a sacrifice to trigger a powerful self-destruct. Since the spell itself has already damaged the user, it will not be damaged by the explosion.

The last time was to release Blaze's control, and only a little bit of the HP limit was used, but this time the Lich Oka was furious and vowed to kill Blaze in one breath.

But this magic had been used once in front of Blaze. Blaze saw the standard movements before the magic was cast in an instant and immediately threw the lich Oka into the sky.

An extremely brilliant firework bloomed in the sky above the reverse city.

The lich Oka, covered in black smoke, laughed loudly and fell towards the dome, which was the real ground.

"Little brat, you're too naive to want to fight me. My goal from the beginning was to escape!"

"No, your original purpose was to kill me and steal the bodies of all the treasure miners." Blaze did not pursue, but used his loud voice to choke the lich Oka very loudly.

"Now you're going to run away with your tail between your legs!"

"No, this is part of my plan!" The lich Oka roared, with a triumphant smile on his face until a huge shadow blocked his view.

Where does the shadow come from in this nameless mausoleum shrouded in darkness?

The lich Oka slowly turned his head and saw a giant eagle with fire in its mouth looking down at him indifferently.

"That's part of the plan, kid."

"Ahhhh-"

The lich Oka was engulfed in flames and fell back to the Reverse City. At the place where he fell, Blaze had been waiting for a long time, holding the twisted greatsword in both hands, eager to catch the lich Oka with the blade.

"Damn it! I spent a hundred years preparing to enter this place. The secrets of the treasure miners should be God's extra reward for my efforts! I should dominate this place alone!"

The lich Oka hysterically drew a rapier from his robe, and with a falling momentum, he used extremely sharp swordsmanship to attack Blaze.

The slender rapiers fell on Blaze like a storm, and each attack was extremely vicious, piercing the vital points and joints, but each blow was blocked by Blaze with his twisted greatsword.

"Six hundred years. I've been trapped here for six hundred years! It took me six hundred years to repair the phylactery and finally get the chance to regain my power."

"No!" Blaze controlled the lich Oka with a wolf howl and at the same time slashed down with the twisted greatsword, cutting off the possibility of knocking the lich Oka away and capturing the hostage, while still shouting.

"You were able to repair the phylactery at the last moment because of me. Otherwise, you would never have had the chance to do it successfully!"

This is Greenland's perverse attack!

The lich Oka was indeed stunned, and Blaze took the opportunity to pinch the lich Oka's face and pinned the lich to the ground.

The lich Oka screamed and stabbed Blaze with his rapier, but the rapier that had been with him for many years broke into several pieces.

"How, how is this possible? This is a weapon given by the king."

"You guy, can't you even see my symbol?" Blaze felt that the lich Oka was extremely pathetic. Even animals raised their heads to yearn for the starry sky and knew the existence of lions, but the lich Oka was crawling in the dark mud, unaware of the beauty of the starry sky.

Without saying a word, Blaze raised his twisted greatsword and stabbed the lich Orka's phylactery. While repairing it with mithril, he also told others where the phylactery was incomplete, and the twisted greatsword pierced it with incredible ease.

The moment his soul was stabbed, the lich Oka only saw a pair of black eyes, which seemed to belong to the owner of the sword.

He pronounced this sentence.

[Your soul is not qualified to enter the Golden Kingdom.]

Chapter 185: Hunter Again

[LV66+1-LV67+1]

[Great Sword User LV10-LV11]

The body of the lich Oka turned into dust and dissipated, and the flame of his soul shattered and turned into sparks and was absorbed by Blaze.

"This guy is a LV90 Lich." Blaze picked up the life box on the ground.

"Because you shattered his soul with a sneak attack, his soul flame is far less powerful than it should be at his level." The chicken flapped its wings and landed, snatching the life box from Blaze's hand with its claws as if playing, and flew to a height that Blaze had to jump to reach.

"Why would you pick up this unlucky thing? No stranger would be willing to inherit such a dirty name."

"Although there's a cut on it, it's still an extremely valuable item. If it's placed in the [Hermes's Traveling Hat], it should be able to sell for a high price." Blaze jumped up helplessly and fought with Chicken for the life-saving box.

"What do you mean by sneak attack? Didn't he open his heart to me? And why does [Soul Shock] shatter the soul?"

"This involves the two main themes of the Tree of Life: [Return] and [Liberation]."

The chicken let go of the phylactery, causing Blaze to fall to the ground. Blaze rubbed his butt with a look of resentment on his face, but the chicken continued to talk.

"The two main themes explore the return of life to the tree. The 'Return' doctrine holds that the essence of life is the body, and that as the body decays, life returns to the tree's embrace, and the soul journeys to the afterlife as a new life. This doctrine believes that wandering souls will draw the body away from the tree, hence the creation of 'Night Watchers' who guide wandering souls. If the wandering soul refuses to cooperate, they are shattered and forced to transcend."

"So Liberationism believes that the essence of life is the soul?" Blaze folded his arms, guessing. By focusing on the two topics of body and soul, Blaze gradually understood the core of the ancient race's riddle.

"That's right. Liberationism believes that the soul is life. The only way to return the soul to the tree is to burn the body, completely severing the soul's attachment to the earth, allowing the soul to ascend to heaven and transform into the leaves of the tree. This is how the Lantern Bearer is born."

"Regressionism symbolizes the roots of a tree, and liberationism represents the leaves. They are both in opposition and yet one, so the Night Watchman and the Lantern Bearer are born from each other."

"To put it simply, one attacks the souls of the dead, and the other attacks the bodies of the dead." Blaze nodded and said jokingly, "Now that you put it that way, I feel like neither [Reversion]ism nor [Liberation]ism is a good idea. They're suspected of attacking the living and forcing them to ascend to heaven."

Blaze had only made a joke, but Chicken nodded seriously and asked, "Then where do you think those plant monsters come from? The Golden Sea of ​​Trees is the source of all plants."

"Although they possess humanoid spiritual forms, they are ultimately mere plants, fundamentally different from animals. The vast tree of life can manage its own natural instinct to return life to the tree, but the tiny branches can't...ah."

Chicken covered her mouth because Blaze's eyes became ominous and she realized that she had been talking too much.

"I say, won't one day I receive a mission to attack the Golden Sea of ​​Trees?"

"No, no! Although their existence forms are different, the Golden Sea of ​​Trees is a protector of souls and a patron of life. It will definitely not harm lives on a large scale like the Evil God's blood."

Blaze said helplessly, "You're making things worse. Why not just tell a few lies and get away with it?"

"Because I won't lie to you. If you ask, I will definitely tell you." The chicken lowered its head, feeling desperate about its own stupidity.

"Well... then I'll tell you a secret." Blaze carried the twisted greatsword on his shoulder and walked leisurely towards Enya who was waving at him from a distance.

"My blessing was stolen from the real Black Beast Knight. My true identity is just an ordinary person who likes apples."

"Oh."

Chicken nodded casually, a bland reaction that made Blaze unable to help but turn around and ask, "Don't you really doubt this kind of fantasy?"

"I will believe whatever you say, because to me, you are real."

"It's so heavy."

"Don't say that." The chicken jumped twice like a toddler, flapped its wings, and pounced hard on Blaze's head, pressing Blaze down with its body.

"It will get heavier and heavier in the future!"

……

"Blaze, thank you for helping us get rid of the lich that's endangering the treasure miners."

Enya held Blaze's hands and waved them vigorously. Because of his tall stature, Blaze's feet were thrown off the ground from time to time.

Other undead knights also stood around, but unfortunately most of them were not as complete as Enya, and most of them had lost the ability to speak.

"It's okay, it's okay. I was able to defeat the lich Oka because you wasted 600 years on him, making his brain a little bit worse."

Blaze was not wrong. A normal lich was like a magic encyclopedia, and the battle was like a cold-toned fireworks show, but the lich Oka was crazy and could break through defenses easily.

"Having said that, we still want to give you some compensation." Enya felt a little embarrassed when she said this. They were a group of undead warriors who had been around for thousands of years and they really couldn't offer anything that could serve as a reward.

Blaze knew that if he said he didn't need any reward at this time, these Giens people would be so upset that they would die with regret, so he simply kept silent and waited for them to take out the reward.

Anyway, strangers never care about any real compensation from those who ask for help. What is truly valuable is the request itself.

He had received his final reward, the possibility of resolving the catastrophe brought about by the upheaval, which was better than anything else.

Enya discussed it with her subordinates, and as a representative, she spoke seriously, "We have a special profession here, which only requires the sacrifice of a Hunter..."

"Ah, look what I got!" Blaze shouted and took out the gravity prop made by Enya, which could be used to stand in the reversed city, as if he had found a treasure.

"This is actually a prop that allows people to walk on the ceiling. I am very satisfied with this reward!"

"Ah, no, we just need to sacrifice the Hunter..."

Enya reached out and grabbed Blaze. In Blaze's eyes, that hand was the devil's hand that wanted to take away the Hunter.

"I will try my best to find the underground world. Then you can give me this special job as a reward. Goodbye!"

Blaze immediately turned off the prop effect and fell straight down from the Reverse City, leaving the Undead Knights staring at each other.

Chapter 186 Blaze is good at three things

"Why do those special classes always seem to want to take advantage of Hunters? There are so many classes to choose from, like Assassin and Fighter."