Mang Hou

Chapter 486 "Hymn Witch" Maria

Chapter 101 Like Silver Stars Falling

Like silver stars were falling on a canvas of deep blue.

Then those stars exploded into dazzling colors on the drawing board.

Sullen looked at the fireworks in front of him, his eyes reflected the colorful world, and his eyes were slightly blurred.

The scenery seen from above is really different.

"Boom!"

The violent explosion pulled Sullen back to his senses.

Eight meteors fell to the ground, like fiery spears inserted into the ground. The violent shock wave caused the hard ground to roll like ocean waves.

Cracks spread across the ground, connecting points and lines. Seen from high above, it resembled the outer magic patterns of an ultra-large nine-pointed star magic circle arranged in Lington City.

At this moment, all nine altars were destroyed.

Almost at the same time as the explosion, Pestoya discovered something and shouted, "I found Him!"

Sullen was overjoyed to hear that.

That was what he was waiting for!

Without the altar shielding its aura, Pestoya could accurately capture the location of the Outer God statue.

Now that the statue had escaped the altar, going there immediately might offer an opportunity!

Without delay, Sullen turned to look at Ekaterina, who was not far away and looked pale.

They nodded at each other without a word.

Sullen made a warlock's seal, and his entire person teleported outside the airship.

His body fell rapidly, and the wind whistled in his ears.

Pestoya also materialized, enjoying the feeling of free fall. She sensed for a moment and excitedly pointed to a building in the north of the city, "There, near the farm with the orange light."

Sullen identified the location, and was overjoyed to see that it was far from the main battlefield where Grandmaster Pierre and the others were fighting the Outer God.

Did the Outer God want to escape?!

Seeing the Outer God appear in that remote location, Sullen immediately guessed its purpose.

Now that the faith-bearing stone tablet had been discovered, it was equivalent to its weak point being exposed. Once discovered, no one could protect it!

Naturally, the farther away from the main battlefield, the better.

Thinking of this, Sullen didn't hesitate any longer, and grabbed the ghost lady, who was still experiencing the novelty of the crash, into his arms, "Hold on tight, we're going!"

"Okay."

Pestoya's face was full of excitement, and she hung on Sullen's neck like a koala.

With a few teleport flashes, the two of them had already fallen from thousands of meters in the air to the ground.

...

When Sullen's feet stood on the ground, the aftershocks of the meteor impact had not yet dissipated.

His figure swayed.

Before him was a Gothic-style building that looked like a church. This was an alchemical sanctum in the suburbs.

"The Outer God is actually turning its attention to the alchemical sanctum..."

Sullen murmured in his heart, his eyes scanning like an eagle's in an instant.

He gripped the black umbrella in his hand tightly, his soul perception fully released, not daring to be careless in the slightest.

At the same time, the black crow on his shoulder cawed, and Sullen's brow relaxed slightly: there was danger, but not particularly fatal.

In other words, the enemy inside was not an eighth-tier professional, which would be a certain death.

Probably because Sullen arrived decisively enough, this stone tablet had probably been here for no more than ten seconds.

Just as he landed, a spatial fluctuation came from the sanctum.

Others might not have felt anything, but Sullen keenly sensed the fluctuation that was trying to establish a connection with a distant space. He knew what this was, and shouted in his heart, "Does the Outer God want to use a space teleportation array to escape?"

It was fortunate that he had arrived in time, otherwise, this Outer God would have really escaped!

It was also a coincidence that others might have just watched the Outer God teleport away.

But Sullen had a way.

Without any hesitation, he directly took out the Chronos Spatial Gauntlet and put it on, pinching towards the direction of the spatial fluctuation in the building.

This gauntlet was not very useful other than solidifying space, but it was perfect for this moment.

With a "crack", the crystal core on the gauntlet shattered, and the increasingly strong spatial fluctuation in the distance stopped immediately.

The teleportation array was interrupted!

Seeing this, Sullen breathed a sigh of relief: "Let's see where you can escape!"

Fortunately, it was him who came. If it had been someone else, they might not have been able to stop the Outer God from escaping.

But at the same time, a sense of crisis instantly struck his heart.

Just as Sullen interrupted the spatial teleportation, a golden-haired woman wearing a nun's robe broke through the stained glass of the sanctum and appeared in his field of vision like lightning.

Sullen was not surprised that an enemy had appeared. It would be strange if the people inside didn't come out to see what was going on after he destroyed the teleportation.

But when he recognized the identity of the golden-haired woman in front of him, his expression also became serious.

As he had guessed, it was indeed not an eighth-tier, but it was the most troublesome existence in the seventh-tier.

One of the seventh-tiers that Sullen least wanted to encounter.

This golden-haired woman was none other than Maria G. O'Casey, one of the Ten Legendary Bounty Hunters, the "Siren Songstress".

A professional who was proficient in musical group attack spells.

...

As soon as this woman appeared, she unceremoniously condensed a warlock seal.

"Domain: Fantasia Choir!"

With her body as the center, an invisible force field spread out under her feet, covering the entire alchemical sanctum.

It didn't seem dangerous at first, but the beautiful music that floated around her ears was like heavenly music, making people intoxicated.

But Sullen frowned.

This was not a good sign. Under the beautiful melody, killing intent was already hidden.

He had learned about the detailed information of each of the Ten Legends.

Seeing that it was this one, Sullen only felt a headache.

But he wasn't in a hurry to attack. Instead, he calmly notified everyone in the Dawn Squad via communicator: "Everyone, the Outer God's pseudo-divinity is at Anderson Farm in the north of the city. Requesting support."

Now that everything about the Outer God had been exposed, there was no need to hide it anymore.

This place was far from the main battlefield. Those seventh and eighth-tier professionals and various legions were all engaged in fierce battles in the distance, and it would take a long time for them to break away and rush over.

And the Outer God knew that its stone tablet had been discovered, and would definitely notify reinforcements to come.

Seeing Maria here, Sullen knew that he couldn't deal with this woman.

So he didn't plan to fight alone, and immediately notified Mister Mirror and the others, as well as Ekaterina.

Almost immediately after the communication, the battle in Lington City reached its climax.

The thunderstorm-like battle sound was even more exaggerated than before.

The believers received the evil god's order and desperately came to reinforce; while the opposing coalition also received the communication and spared no expense to intercept.

The more frantically the enemies tried to break away, the more they had to stop them.

From the fall of the meteor to the Outer God's sudden abnormal behavior, almost everyone realized that the key turning point of the Cataclysm event tonight might be coming!

The two sides fell into a desperate fight, mutually restraining each other.

On the other hand, Sullen originally wanted to ask his senior apprentice sister for help. With such top-notch combat power, all problems could be solved instantly.

But the bad news was that she was working with Grandmaster Pierre and Marshal Mafa to hold back the runaway Outer God. There was a multi-party melee and they couldn't break away.

If even one person were to break away, the stalemate would be broken, and the Outer God's divine body might personally descend on Sullen's side, making the situation even worse.

The good news was that if Mister Mirror didn't come, the Outer God couldn't come either.

Grandmaster Pierre was also fighting desperately with his life on the line, and the Outer God was also fighting desperately.

In other words, Sullen could only rely on himself in the short term. He couldn't let the Outer God's stone of faith escape.

The premise was that he had to ensure that he wasn't killed by Maria, the "Siren Songstress".

...

"It won't be easy to survive under a legendary hunter..."

Sullen looked at the legendary hunter in front of him, his expression very solemn.

Normally, if you encountered this one, it was best to run as soon as you saw her.

Because as soon as you chose to face her head-on, you were already in her domain.

There were only two endings: kill or be killed.

Although he knew it wouldn't be of much use, Sullen unhesitatingly used a spell: "Auditory Deprivation!"

But in this woman's domain, even if he deprived himself of hearing, the beautiful music could still be heard clearly, which was already a foreshadowing of a deadly crisis.

This was no ordinary seventh-tier.

Sullen had seen several of the Ten Legends, and none of them were frauds.

Sullen didn't think he had the strength to confront this woman head-on right now, and he didn't plan to get entangled with her either.

From beginning to end, his goal was the stone tablet.

Not this woman!

Seeing that this woman was condensing a warlock seal, Sullen unhesitatingly used teleportation and appeared inside the sanctum.

Looking again, a teleportation array had already been set up here, and the roughly carved stone tablet was in the center of the teleportation array.

Sullen frowned as he looked at the activated array patterns again.

Just looking at the complex magic patterns on the formation, he could tell that this was an ultra-long-distance teleportation array.

If it was really teleported away, then the Outer God might really escape.

A thought flashed through his mind, and he raised his hand and pinched again. As the gem on the gauntlet shattered, the teleportation array was interrupted again.

At the same time, Maria, wearing a nun's robe, appeared in the sanctum like a ghost.

Seeing that Sullen had interrupted the teleportation again, her face darkened and she raised her hand.

The four or five hundred people who had been sitting quietly in the sanctum stood up together.

These people looked like ordinary residents of nearby farms in their clothing, including the elderly, children, and pregnant women...

They were not believers, but had been subjected to mental illusions and looked at Sullen, the intruder, with numb and straight eyes.

Then they all opened their mouths and sang a hymn: "My Lord grants peace, dispels my sorrows, and gives me freedom..."

As they sang, their bodies swayed in unison and rhythm like seaweed.

Sullen had clearly deprived himself of hearing, but this song seemed to penetrate into his soul, echoing in his mind and refusing to leave.

Moreover, even though he knew that the song was very dangerous, its beautiful melody made him want to listen to it forever.

Even more strangely, he found that his body was uncontrollably swaying like seaweed to the rhythm.

Sullen endured his discomfort and teleported out of the sanctum.

Seeing this, Maria O'Casey revealed a mocking smile and suddenly condensed a spell: "Explode!"

Sullen had just teleported out of the sanctum to a cowshed outside.

This was a range coverage spell.

More than a dozen cows that had been listening to the beautiful songs and peacefully eating grass suddenly trembled all over. With a "pop", they exploded like water bags, bursting into clouds of blood mist.

Sullen, who was in the air, also felt the terrifying force of the concussion, as if his body had been hammered by a chaotic cloak, and spat out a mouthful of blood, falling heavily on the fodder haystack.

...

Clearly, the woman hadn't done anything, but Sullen had almost died on the spot.

This was the horror of Maria O'Casey, the "Siren Songstress".

Her spells could kill people invisibly.

C-025 - The Singer was originally a useless talent that ordinary people considered to be a gift for life. Usually, people who awakened this became great singers or ventriloquists.

But this woman had developed her talent to a two-stage state, gaining extraordinary and bizarre combat abilities.

Music was also one of the higher rules that could condense divinity!

Maria achieved sainthood through song. Her talent allowed her to have an extremely wide range, and her songs were a triple attack of fluctuations, music, and mental illusions!

Sullen flipped over and stood up, wiping the blood from the corners of his mouth, his hands forming warlock seals in rapid succession.

At this time, Maria also followed him out of the sanctum. She was surprised to see that she hadn't killed her target, and said, "Oh... you're not dead?"

But that was just a moment of surprise.

Maria didn't try to stop Sullen from condensing his spell. Like a conductor, she made a gesture with her palm raised to conduct the high-pitched part of the song.

"Ah... my Lord..."

In an instant, the beautiful melody that had been lingering around the sanctum suddenly rose to a high pitch, making people's blood faintly boil.

Sullen's expression changed drastically as he sensed the vibrations in the surrounding air!

This was a range coverage attack. As long as he was within the range covered by the sound waves, he couldn't dodge at all.

He could only choose to resist!

Moreover, the most unsolvable thing was that the song in his ears hadn't stopped, and this kind of group attack damage was continuous!

He had just been hit once, and the surging blood hadn't recovered yet.

If he was hit again, he would probably die on the spot.

Because he chose to retreat decisively, Sullen's space displacement spell was completed first.

The sound wave killing intent swept past, and his entire person had disappeared.

...

Several kilometers away.

Finally, not hearing the melody in his ears, Sullen breathed a sigh of relief.

He looked at the sanctum in the distance, his back and forehead already covered in cold sweat.

He had only met the Ten Legends for a moment just now, and he had almost lost half his life.

Puppets, wax figures, cursed objects, none of his methods were used.

This was a typical case of professional restraint.

No!

To be precise, Maria, the "Siren Songstress", was able to restrain almost everyone.

It was no wonder that the Outer God had her protect the teleportation array. With this woman present, with this kind of range attack domain, there were few enemies of the same rank; below the seventh rank, they were all sent to their deaths!

The Ten Legends were indeed extraordinary.

"Without comprehending the domain, it's impossible to resist her sonic domain..."

Sullen complained in his heart.

He took a few deep breaths, which calmed the agitated blood that had been attacked just now.

If he hadn't absorbed a large amount of life essence tonight and his blood was still in a strong state, he might not have been able to stand up just now.

But he could escape, but he couldn't do anything to her!

Sullen immediately fell into deep thought.

Not to mention resisting, now he had no room to fight back except to teleport away from the coverage area of the domain.

Otherwise, he wouldn't even be able to save his life.

But now was not the time to retreat in the face of difficulties. He had to find a way to stop it.

Sullen recalled the teleportation array he had seen before and analyzed it rapidly in his mind: "The teleportation array takes about twenty seconds to activate... That is to say, I have to go in once every twenty seconds at most."

Thinking of this, he knew that his rest time was gone.

Fortunately, he had already left multiple spatial coordinates.

Without hesitation, he cast directional displacement again and teleported over.

...

The light and shadow flashed silently, and Sullen appeared outside the sanctum.

The beautiful melody echoed in his ears again.

Looking at the teleportation array that had become rich again, he pinched forward again, and the gem shattered with a "crack", and the teleportation array was interrupted again.

But obviously, Maria had long been on guard against him coming to sabotage, and just as Sullen moved, the song suddenly became high-pitched.

Sullen only felt as if his entire person was in the center of an explosion, and the air in all directions was vibrating violently.

With a "bang", he spat out blood again, and his entire person fell to the ground with a pale face.

Before he could land, Maria, wearing a nun's robe, ran out again.

Seeing the third teleportation that had been destroyed, the anger in her eyes had turned into raging killing intent.

But seeing that the culprit was not dead yet, she was also very surprised.

After observing for a moment, Maria also understood something and suddenly realized: "Oh... so you are using the law of space to isolate the transmission medium of the sound waves. No wonder you are not dead. You do have some petty tricks."

After a pause, she continued: "It's a pity, you met me. My spells are not just sonic attacks..."

Her words were arrogant, and it seemed that there were many flaws.

But Sullen knew very well that this woman was deliberately trying to lure him.

A professional who could reach the seventh rank would definitely not have any mindless thoughts of underestimating the enemy, even if it was a professional who was lower than her. If she had the opportunity to kill her target, she would definitely not use means!

This woman was not just talking nonsense.

It was because her spells took a long time to chant, and speaking was casting spells.

Sullen wouldn't be fooled and teleported away again after condensing his spells.

Seeing this, Maria's expression froze, but she also sneered: "Humph!"

If you dodge once, how many more times can you dodge?

Once the domain is out, it's already over.

Next time, it will be your death!

...

Several kilometers away again, Sullen collapsed on the grass, his chest heaving violently as he gasped for breath.

Recalling what had just happened, his face showed bitterness.

Sonic transmission required a medium, and Sullen's spatial abilities could create a vacuum zone and distort space, which could be considered a professional restraint against the other party.

But even if he condensed a layer of vacuum superimposed area on the surface of his body, the woman's sonic boom and law infiltration damage were still extremely great due to the difference in rank.

And now he had been seen through.

Next time, there would definitely be targeted measures.

If he went again, he might really die.

Just as his thoughts were turning, twenty seconds were about to pass again.

"That woman's Fantasia Choir is really unsolvable with its range control of music..."

Sullen's face was bitter, and he still couldn't think of a good way to deal with it.

The reinforcements hadn't arrived yet, so he could only go and hold them back first.

Reality didn't allow him to hesitate at all. As long as twenty seconds passed, that evil god would escape.

He estimated that his physical fitness was still good, and he wouldn't die even if he was hit again.

Thinking about it, he teleported over again.

...

The same method had been used twice.

Maria had already understood that Sullen would definitely teleport over again within twenty seconds to interrupt the teleportation array.

Just as Sullen had teleported away, she had already pinched the warlock seal: "Song of Mysteries - Soloist!"

As the spell condensed, her aura suddenly rose, and she began to sing a beautifully melodious song.

She sang alone, like a chorus of thousands of people, with a thick, multi-reverberating song that covered the entire range of high and low notes.

The beautiful song echoed over the vast sanctum.

Before long, a person suddenly appeared in the northwest of the sanctum two hundred meters away!

Here it comes!

A cold light flashed in Maria's eyes, and a hint of disdain flashed across her expression as the song suddenly became high-pitched and sharp: "

...

As soon as this domain field came out, he was pleasantly surprised to find that 99% of the melody of the song that had been lingering in his ears had disappeared.

The remaining bit no longer posed any deadly threat.

This bizarre death domain field hadn't even condensed into a domain, but it had directly blocked the domain of Maria, the "Siren Songstress" of the Ten Legends?

"What a powerful domain field!"

Sullen's expression shook, and he immediately saw hope for breaking the situation!