paranoianovel Chapter 430 The Miracle Light That Tears Through the Darkness
Chapter 430 The Miracle Light That Tears Through the Darkness
Having overcome dozens of floors, the omnipresent alluring poisonous fog, spiders parasitizing human bodies, and controlled filthy monsters, the group has already endured countless hardships to reach this place, but it is not over yet. The true terror of the demon realm is finally revealed to everyone!
The brain of the demon realm!
Devour Ais's heart!
Countless remnants of celestial beings on the ceiling!
The half-human, half-snake filthy fairy's true form, along with three summoned allies: the Black Maiden, the filthy ice dragon Ymir, and the mimicking black dragon! "Arya?"
"That's a clone of the Great Immortal?!"
"It was created by reading Ais's memories, that child's origin of wind, you bastard!"
The black-haired girl unabashedly displayed a figure that rivaled even the goddess's, a more mature and voluptuous physique and appearance than Ais Wallenstein's, as if hinting that Ais Wallenstein would grow up to be just like that. Through the eye crystal, the gods on the thirtieth floor of the Tower of Babel saw the scenery within the Demon Realm and couldn't help but feel a sense of horror.
Because that stunningly beautiful black-clad girl looked exactly like Arya, the great wind fairy sent by the gods to help the ancient heroes fight against the dungeon monsters. "Damn it!!"
Loki was furious. Using his daughter's memories, he summoned a clone of his mother. That filthy fairy was too vile. She grabbed Hestia's chubby cheeks and pulled them forcefully to both sides.
"Don't take your anger out on me!" Hestia's short arms couldn't reach the other person at all.
Loki remained silent and continued to torment the Loli Goddess.
"It's not that simple." Hermes' smile vanished completely, replaced by deep worry, just like the other gods. The expeditionary force was in danger!
Aside from the Black Maiden, the other two dragons are even more troublesome!
Especially that mimicking black dragon!
It is the most terrifying thing sleeping in Ais's heart.
If Black Maiden is the ultimate symbol of wind, then Black Dragon is the strongest existence in the girl's memories!
"This 'black dragon' looks different from the original; it's ultimately just an impression in her mind, a symbol of anger, hatred, and despair," Alfia said.
Alphia, who had seen a real black dragon, recognized it at a glance as a physical manifestation of the girl's inner landscape. It was a "mist dragon" surrounded by black miasma, appearing blurry and indistinct, with no discernible details.
"Roar!!"
Just then, the mimicking black dragon that was coiled above the filthy sky flashed a cold light in its eyes, suddenly raised its head, and let out a terrifying roar that shook the universe, like the roar of the abyss itself. The sound wave turned into a real shock wave that instantly swept across the entire floor!
Rumble!!
The earth trembled and cracked violently under the terrifying sound pressure, and huge rocks and green flesh fell from the towering ceiling. The air was torn apart and emitted a shrill scream!
"Ughhhhhhh!"
It felt as if thousands of steel needles were piercing the eardrums of everyone present, and the excruciating pain assaulted their nerves.
Even more terrifying was the absolute pressure that came with the roar, originating from the crushing power of life levels!
The gravity of the entire space seemed to increase a hundredfold!
Everyone felt as if an invisible icy hand was gripping their heart, freezing their blood, suffocating them, tearing their spirits apart, and a strong sense of powerlessness surged up, their limbs were drained of strength, and their bodies trembled instinctively.
The roars of high-level monsters have a deterrent effect, and the black dragon is no exception, but it is even more terrifying, affecting everyone's stats to varying degrees. Other attacks follow.
That Black Maiden is a replica of the great fairy Arya, possessing a LV.8 stat, but even more terrifying is her magic, which can be considered the pinnacle of wind magic.
A chilling smile subtly appeared on the pink lips of the Black Maiden. The smile was devoid of warmth, instead exuding a coldness and amusement that seemed to understand life and death. She casually raised her left hand, her slender index finger pointing forward without chanting.
Without any warning!
A fierce gale converged, and dozens of invisible wind spears, composed purely of highly compressed air currents and invisible to the naked eye, tore through space and shot towards everyone's eyes! Covering the entire area, their speed was so fast that it distorted vision!
Intuitively, Liu Jiao exclaimed, "Danger!"
"So fast!"
The intense life-or-death crisis sent chills down everyone's spines. Finn, Grace, and the others, relying on their extraordinary reflexes and instincts, narrowly escaped death by dodging, rolling, or parrying with their weapons.
The sharp wind pressure swept past their bodies, leaving stinging cuts and torn clothes.
"Peace of the Soul!"
Alphia activated the spell "Garden of Silence," creating a shield of light around her. The wind spears struck the shield she summoned and vanished without a trace. The only exception was Tione.
To protect Haruhime and Amide, who were of the lowest rank and unable to dodge, Tione pushed them away with all her might, unable to dodge herself. *Thud! Thud! Thud!*
Several invisible wind spears pierced through Tione's shoulders, abdomen, and calves, tearing apart her muscle tissue and creating fist-sized holes in her blood. Blood mixed with bone fragments and tendon spurted out from behind her.
The immense impact sent her staggering back several steps, her face turning deathly pale.
Tione's warm blood splattered out, landing on Haruhime and Amide's terrified faces.
"Miss Tiony!"
Chunji's voice trembled, and tears welled up in her eyes.
"You only got bitten by mosquitoes a couple of times, don't make that face. You're such a lecherous fox who's always trying to seduce the captain." Tione gave a forced smile.
"I will heal you now, Miss Tione!" Amid gripped her staff tightly and chanted a spell.
"They don't even need to chant! That's so unfair!"
As a girl who also possessed great thunder, Hestia got along very well with Tione. Seeing her injured, she felt a pang of anxiety and couldn't help but complain. The other gods, however, just sighed repeatedly.
Aside from a very few special spells, such as the "Six Rings of the Fairy," Great Fairies can cast spells almost without chanting. Like Roy's chantless magic, but with far greater power, this is what makes Great Fairies so terrifying—they are the closest to gods among all races, which is why everyone was caught completely off guard.
Strictly speaking, this is fighting against people! Their enemies aren't mindless monsters charging around recklessly; they are powerful, strategic, and intelligent. "Waaaaaah!"
Chunji felt incredibly guilty. The other LV.7s could dodge the wind spears, and if it weren't for taking care of her, Tione could have dodged them too. But she was no longer the weak and delicate girl she once was. She would take revenge for every wrong done to her, and that was what Roy had taught her.
She has her own battle to fight!
The Magic Hammer - Ninefold!
Chunji wiped away her tears, her face resolute. Before entering the Demon Realm, she had stored most of the spells in the Seven Sounds of the Immortal Continent. Now she only needed to chant the last part to activate the magic "Level Ascension"!
Ryu, Tione, Alphia, Finn, Grace, Leon, and Allen have been upgraded!
Leon has been promoted to LV.9, while the others are at LV.8!
Having done all this, Chunji took out the Heavenly Elixir, drank it all in one gulp, and quickly restored her physical and mental strength, beginning to prepare her third spell. Finn asked, "Loki, what should we do?"
Loki disregarded Hermes's statement that "the gods cannot help." What good would it do for the gods to grant a little wisdom if the other side summoned such an assistant? If they were to completely stand by and do nothing, they might as well not descend to the mortal realm at all.
Her mind raced, and she said, "If you want to save Ais, attack the heart; if you want to destroy the demon realm, destroy the brain; if you want to end it all, slay that filthy fairy!"
The "brain" on the ceiling is the control system of the demon realm, the heart is responsible for absorbing celestial essence and storing power, and the filthy celestial essence is in charge of consciousness and rationality!
Directly killing the tainted immortal spirit is undoubtedly the most cost-effective method, but it is also the most difficult.
We must break through all of the opponent's defenses!
"Don't worry, the strongest reinforcements are on their way!" Hermes said solemnly, looking at the crystal.
Upon hearing the voice emanating from the eye crystal, everyone's eyes lit up. They certainly knew who Hermes was referring to as reinforcements—the boy who had created miracles! Roy also possessed an eye crystal, allowing him to contact the gods.
Since Hermes said so, Roy and Riveria must have already escaped.
Finn's face lit up with joy, and he said with great enthusiasm, "Then we have to get serious. We can't rely too much on Roy and Riveria; we're adventurers after all!"
Everyone felt the same way Finn did.
Faced with the escalating strength and momentum of the attacking force, the Filthy Immortal immediately launched a devastating offensive.
Roar!
The tainted ice dragon Ymir raised its head, the extreme cold energy accumulated deep in its throat transforming into a torrent of azure dragonfire, freezing everything in its path. The Black Maiden opened her arms, and at her summons, magic surged, and a gale gathered, forming a devastating tornado that swept forward. Rumble!
On the ceiling, the filthy fairy spirits and the remains of those enslaved fairy spirits emitted distorted sounds simultaneously, and countless magic circles frantically overlapped in the void. Terrifying magic transformed into a destructive storm that blotted out the sky, with thick purple lightning, eerie blue fireballs that incinerated everything, pale ice storms that froze life, and countless magical attacks pouring down from the heavens.
The entire battlefield was transformed into a purgatory of despair!
The expressions on the faces of the members of the expedition team changed drastically!
Even these seasoned adventurers felt an unprecedented sense of suffocation facing the saturation attack from levels 9 and 8. But this crisis was also a test for them!
"A deafening roar of light, and the twelve seats of heroes are revealed! Breakthroughs in the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth trials of the sword!" Leon unleashed his magic, and the weapons in his hands shattered one after another.
Leon was hastily promoted to LV.8, and then Chunji promoted him to LV.9. Originally, his ability value was at the bottom of this level, but it rose sharply after being amplified by magic.
Round Table Flame - Lingering Light!
Leon's eyes were like ice as he slashed forward with his greatsword, stacking his abilities "Shatter, Flash Slash, and Overlord's Strike" to reach LV.9. The unrestrained and sharp sword light tore through the eternal night, and with a "whoosh," the slash split the rushing azure dragon flame in two.
"Peace of the Soul!"
Alphia flashed in front of Tione, Haruhime, and Amid, extending her arm forward to instantly deploy a shield that neutralized all magic. The incoming spells—lightning, fire—vanished silently the moment they touched the shield of light, like stones thrown into an abyss. "Garden of Silence" was a single-target spell, but that didn't prevent Alphia from using her body as a shield to block the magical attacks.
Tiony said gratefully, "Thank you, Alphia!"
"It's just a favor I owe." Alphia's expression was calm and composed; she was not an ungrateful person.
With the "Intuition" skill borrowed from the Synchro Contract, Ryu moved as fast as the wind to dodge the incoming magical attacks. Seeing that Tione was safe and sound, she breathed a sigh of relief. As expected of Alphia, and Roy had the foresight to win her over early on.
"The Wind of Light!"
As she dodged, Ryu finished her incantation, and a magic circle appeared beneath her feet. Vast magical power gathered into countless emerald green orbs, which rained down upon her.
Alphia is also using artillery support.
A magical clash unfolded across the vast demon realm, deafening explosions rising and falling, short bursts intertwining with muffled roars. Countless beams of magical energy, exploding fireballs, bone-corroding ice spikes, and annihilating lightning bolts... collided fiercely in mid-air like out-of-control beasts, erupting in blinding flames.
A terrifying energy shockwave raged wildly!
The entire demon realm groaned and trembled violently, the scorching air constantly ignited, and beneath the distorted sky, only chaotic explosions danced wildly. Finn stood at the rear, in charge of command.
The counterattack has begun!
"Drink!"
Allen's figure transformed into a silver chariot, the ground beneath his feet shattering under his terrifying stomping force as he launched a desperate charge towards the Black Maiden. Both were LV.8 chariots and ethereal winds!
Finn glanced at the situation on the field. Tione was receiving treatment, Leon was dealing with the Filthy Ice Dragon, which was also at LV.9, Allen was dealing with the Black Maiden, who was at LV.8, and Ryu and Alphia were fighting against the magic of the Filthy Fairy and Fairy Remnants. The situation was temporarily maintained.
The problem is that leveling up has a time limit, and the enemy also has the most terrifying fairy dragon!
The Filthy Fairy clearly didn't intend to leave the Fairy Dragon, its strongest trump card, idle in the air.
That enormous thing moved!
This immediately caused everyone's expression to change drastically, and they were filled with doubt and uncertainty. Even though they knew that it was not the real black dragon, they were still extremely solemn. What kind of attack the other party would launch and how powerful it would be were all unknown.
Because it was a mimicking black dragon, a source of psychological trauma for Ais, Alphia was unaware of its abilities.
boom!!
The Immortal Dragon's vertical pupils, which held an abyss-like chill, suddenly flashed with a cold light. An indescribable, almost tangible, absolute pressure erupted from its majestic body.
Like a deathly still wave, centered on the Fairy Dragon, it ignored distance and obstacles, spreading across the entire battlefield like a tidal wave in an instant. It's somewhat similar to Yamato's gravity magic.
However, the effects and power of the two are vastly different; the former is more like the overwhelming pressure of a god unleashing his full power!
Bang!Bang!Bang!
A heavy pressure fell on everyone's shoulders. Ryu, Alphia, Finn... stopped all movement, slammed their knees down, and knelt on the ground.
"Well……!"
Everyone felt their bodies were tightly bound by invisible shackles, their muscles stiff as iron, their blood frozen, and they couldn't move even a finger!
Even more terrifying, this horrific pressure not only affects the body but also profoundly erodes the soul, sluggish thinking and weakened mental strength. Unable to move! Magic is also unusable!
Everyone's face was extremely grim.
"Hahahaha, how could you possibly be a match for this child? Even if it's weakened a million times, it's still a black dragon, the pinnacle of dragon species!" The filthy fairy laughed triumphantly as it saw the group unable to move.
Arrogant, triumphant laughter echoed throughout the entire demon realm.
"Miss Alphia!" Leon, barely suppressing the trembling in his soul, his voice slightly hoarse from the immense pressure, asked, "How does it compare to a real black dragon?"
Others are also waiting for this answer.
Alphia gazed at the embodiment of destruction in the sky, her silver hair fluttering slightly in the gale. She wasn't one to offer comfort, uttering a cruel reality: "The light of a firefly can never rival the brilliance of the moon!"
A deathly silence fell over the surroundings.
These words seemed to strike everyone's hearts like a heavy hammer, making them feel an unprecedented sense of despair and oppression. The mimicking black dragon in front of them was probably close to LV.10, but in Alphia's words, it was far inferior to the real black dragon. How could it be so devastating?
The celestial dragon before us is indeed powerful, but what is even more despairing is the future—the true black dragon!
The intense confusion almost engulfed everyone!
Even if those present were the world's top adventurers, they would find it hard to bear this reality. Just as the guild dared not reveal information about the depths of the dungeon, fearing that the adventurers would lose their courage and confidence to explore.
The principle is the same!
Previously, people only knew that the Black Dragon was powerful, but they didn't have a precise concept of just how terrifying it was.
The Fairy Dragon makes up for this!
Even a near-LV.10 fairy dragon would be instantly killed by the Black Dragon in one strike, without a doubt! Among these adventurers, how many could possibly reach LV.9? A deep sense of fear and despair enveloped everyone!
The gods on the surface of the earth remained silent.
The Black Dragon is not only the pinnacle of dragons, but also very likely the pinnacle of monsters! It possesses the power to destroy the world, and its scales, which remain intact even after thousands of years, can still intimidate monsters on the surface of the earth.
Sometimes, even the gods pondered these things in secret.
Sending children from the lower realms to hunt down monsters of that level—isn't that a bit too much? Unless a true miracle occurs, success is impossible! Rumble!
Just as deathly silence and despair were about to completely engulf everyone, a thunderclap suddenly exploded.
A deafening thunderous roar, like a divine punishment spear or a dazzling lightning spear carrying boundless rage, tore through the heavy pressure and pierced through the void, striking the chest of the immortal dragon in mid-air!
Rumble!
The next instant, a terrifying burst of lightning suddenly erupted!
Countless wildly dancing lightning snakes rampaged and devoured the figure of the immortal dragon. A blinding, pale light burst forth, tearing apart the despairing gloom that shrouded the battlefield and illuminating the filthy sky as bright as day!
This sudden, game-changing blow! Like the light of dawn piercing the eternal night, it pulled everyone's collapsing will back from the abyss of despair. "Advanced Sword of Victory!"
Immediately following, a clear, melodious, yet angry, familiar female voice rang in everyone's ears.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Hundreds and thousands of crimson lotus flame pillars burst forth from the earth, incinerating everything and turning the entire demon realm crimson, just like the forty-four-story "Crimson Lotus Mountain Range".
The first to be hit were those disgusting green flesh that covered the earth and kept wriggling. When they came into contact with the scorching pillar of fire, they made a "hissing" sound and were instantly burned, vaporized, and turned into wisps of foul-smelling blue smoke!
Besides trapping Ais's corrupted heart, the Black Maiden, the Corrupted Ice Dragon, the Corrupted Fairy, the Fairy Dragon... all these enemies are being targeted by magic! Rumble! Rumble!!
Thousands upon thousands of explosions converged into a destructive tidal wave that ripped through eardrums and shook the entire space, the blazing fire mingling with towering pieces of flesh and scales. These filthy monsters were blasted backward, letting out deafening roars of pain!
This is the consequence of letting the mage unleash magic!
"ⅠⅠ"
All eyes were drawn to the direction from which the attack was coming.
Two familiar and tall figures stood there!
It was Roy and Riveria who arrived there; the wind whipped their clothes, making them flutter loudly.
"Roy!"
"Rivia!"
The moment they recognized the two, they were shocked, incredulous, and then burst into a joyful elation as if they had survived a disaster. Countless calls filled with hope and excitement rang out, converging into a renewed fighting spirit.
The miracle is back!
The many gods on the thirtieth floor of the Tower of Babel suddenly stood up, their expressions excited and full of anticipation.
Standing at the forefront, Roy's gaze was like two unsheathed swords, piercing through the raging flames and lingering lightning, fearlessly stabbing towards the Immortal Dragon.
"..."
The celestial dragon let out a low, furious, and painful roar. Its dark eyes, as deep as a bottomless abyss, slowly turned, reflecting the tiny yet audacious figure that dared to challenge its majesty—Roy.