Volume 3 Chapter 208

Volume 3 + Chapter 208: Tacit Cooperation

“Just like before, let us fight side by side.”

After speaking these words, the Knight Princess felt her heart surge with emotion.

When she learned that Wright had died in the Dragon Kingdom, she had already given up hope.

Who could have known that now, she would still have the chance to stand by Wright’s side?

The two of them stood back-to-back, facing the surrounding monsters, entrusting their backs to one another.

“This feeling is truly so familiar, Tia,” the Human Sword Saint said.

This scene made the Knight Princess recall times long past, when the two of them had once fought like this, together facing peril.

She gripped the holy spear in her hands.

Strangely enough, the holy spear no longer seemed to interfere with her will.

From Wright’s body, she also received a mysterious power. With the blessing of those golden particles, her conviction grew ever stronger, her spirit greatly uplifted, even allowing her to resist the erosion of wrath.

“Let’s begin,” the Human Sword Saint said quietly.

There were many Apostles of Calamity present here, yet under Samael’s gaze, these monsters did not choose to rush forward en masse.

Because it was the Human Sword Saint and the Knight Princess, two individuals, two Apostles of Calamity leapt out from among the many monsters, stepping forward to face them, choosing a two-on-two battle.

In truth, the Human Sword Saint felt it rather strange, as if within this Purgatory, battle itself was the highest law and order, only the victor, offering the enemy’s death, could please Samael.

And those who violated this…

Since stepping into Purgatory, the Human Sword Saint had never seen monsters act otherwise.

Even monsters who had already lost reason and thought to wrath did not dare to do so, which only confirmed for him that this was an unbreakable, absolute order.

“Roar!!”

One Apostle of Calamity charged at the Human Sword Saint first.

Meanwhile, the other Apostle of Calamity beat its wings and flew into the sky. In its palm, it gathered a black sphere formed from calamity’s aura, which slowly expanded as it exerted its strength.

“Tia, above!”

The Human Sword Saint reminded her.

Though many years had passed, the two of them instantly recovered the feeling of those former days.

Without the Human Sword Saint needing to say much, the Knight Princess had already raised the holy spear in its liberated state, leaping toward the sky.

“Piercing Star Spear!”

Though the Piercing Star Spear was not the strongest technique of the holy spear, its advantage was instantaneous release, the fastest assault, as though piercing through stardust itself.

The Apostle of Calamity that had been charging at the Human Sword Saint chose instead to intercept, protecting the one in the sky. With a punch, it smashed against the holy spear, forcefully breaking the Knight Princess’s attack.

The Human Sword Saint was not flustered at this sight, for it had been within his calculations. The Knight Princess’s dramatic assault was but a feint to draw attention.

Thus, the Apostle of Calamity that had come to provide support and the one in the sky concentrating on the black sphere both fell within the range of his sword techniques.

The holy sword was swung by the Sword Saint, displaying exquisite swordsmanship. Four consecutive arcs of sword-energy were unleashed, as though cutting from four directions at once toward the target in the sky.

He held nothing back, imbuing them with the power of a fourth-tier dragon.

“Four-Strike Flash!”

The Apostle of Calamity was startled, forcing out its utmost strength, yet only barely managing to block three strikes. The fourth blow cleaved it in half at the waist, and the still-flying sword-energy cut open the body of the Apostle of Calamity who was charging the black sphere.

Through the tacit cooperation of the two, victory was achieved.

Not good.

In that instant, the warrior’s instinct told him that he and the Knight Princess were about to face deadly danger.

The Knight Princess also sensed it. Acting decisively, she came to the Human Sword Saint’s side, planted her holy spear into the ground, and released holy power, raising a shield of light.

The Human Sword Saint likewise drove his holy sword into the earth, unleashing sword-energy like a reverse waterfall, constructing a wall of blades.

Before dying, the Apostle of Calamity fired off the black sphere. It traced an arc through the air, rushing toward the two of them.

And then, came the explosion of energy.

Boom!!

In that desperate moment, the Human Sword Saint released the holy sword, pulling the Knight Princess into his arms, attempting to protect her with the Armor of the Human King.

The black energy pierced the sword-energy, shattering the shield of holy light.

Though the majority of the attack was blocked, the erupting shockwave still struck the two of them directly.

“Ugh…”

The Human Sword Saint shook his head, his vision only slowly clearing. The sheer toughness of a dragon’s body was formidable, and with the Armor of the Human King besides, he was not much harmed.

But the Knight Princess fared far worse. Blood seeped from the corner of her lips—she was clearly injured.

“It’s fine, I can still fight.” The Knight Princess stood once more.

The Human Sword Saint realized something.

Among the humans, the Knight Princess was indeed very strong, even now surpassing his own former self who had challenged the Silver Dragon Queen.

With the holy spear released, she had stepped into the realm of the third tier.

Yet, today’s humans were no longer the humans of the mythic age.

Only by relying on the holy spear’s released power could the Knight Princess reach the third tier. The Human Sword Saint… as for Xia Yi, even without the holy sword, she was a true fourth-tier dragon.

There was indeed a gap in strength between the two.

Even so, the Human Sword Saint knew the Knight Princess’s character, and trusted in her will.

He stood up again, took the holy sword back in hand, and looked toward the Apostles of Calamity deeper within Purgatory.

“Let’s continue!”

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“Ugh!”

The Human Sword Saint half-knelt on the ground, panting in exhaustion.

The Knight Princess was already wounded, her consciousness beginning to blur, blood dripping constantly to the earth.

Before the two of them, two massive corpses collapsed with a crash, spilling blood across the skies.

They could no longer remember how many monsters they had fought.

The ground was completely soaked in blood. Around them lay the bodies of monsters they had struck down together. Scorching flames burned upon those corpses, even consuming the very souls.

This was a battlefield of blood and fire.

“Roar!!”

The Apostles of Calamity bellowed in fury.

Though the Human Sword Saint and the Knight Princess had fought till heaven and earth dimmed, the Apostles of Calamity were like the vast ocean—when the defeated fell, new challengers would rise, endless and inexhaustible.

It seemed to be a battle with no end in sight…

Just as the Apostles of Calamity prepared to fill the vacant challenge, a terrifying aura spread forth.

The monsters retreated again and again, the ocean receding like the tide.

The roars of fury all vanished. The Apostles of Calamity fell to their knees, expressing with silence the utmost reverence and dread in their hearts.

The scene was overwhelmingly shocking.

The Human Sword Saint and the Knight Princess shuddered all over, as if the crushing weight of the heavens bore down, leaving their minds utterly blank.

Samael descended from the Skull Tower, coming to stand before the two of them.

The Beast of Wrath… was going to strike personally!