Chapter 303
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Chapter 303: Shadow of Blood
The pitch-black hall had no second exit, it was a fight of trapped animals at this moment.
Jesse took out the gray potion prepared by Ursula and gulped it down. He had no time to savor its terribly spicy taste.
Vereesa was staring intently into the distance, and the dagger in her hand seemed to shine even brighter as if influenced by her fighting spirit.
Deep darkness spread, even the Light Spell couldn’t reach far. Eerie laughter echoed around the hall, impossible to tell where it started.
The two stood back to back, alert to their surroundings. Suddenly, Jesse felt a surge of purple-red magic bursting through the darkness towards them. They both dodged, but a demon’s face suddenly appeared between them, shadows quickly gathering around it!
Gorefiend’s scream was deafening, dispelling all the gathered energy into a shadowy shockwave. Jesse, despite reacting quickly, couldn’t dodge it even after retreating several steps.
The exposed skin on his side towards the explosion was affected by the shadowy force. His arm and neck felt hot and painful, his legs and feet suddenly unresponsive.
Where was Vereesa?
The demon spun in midair, leaving faint layers of illusions heading towards the darkness. The red glow he emitted illuminated the walls as he passed by, eventually lighting up Vereesa’s figure in the distance. Several red claws flashed around the demon, wildly slashing and cutting in front of him like a violent devilish whirlwind. Vereesa dodged and weaved back and forth like a rabbit evading a wolf’s bite, then leaped off the wall to avoid the final sweeping attack.
The demon suddenly turned, reaching out a blood-red hand towards Vereesa in midair. But Vereesa swiftly struck with her dagger, cleanly cutting off the demon’s hand with a golden magical light. The deep red blood splattered into the dim shadows.
A piercing howl followed, the demon suddenly disappearing, then reappearing just a few feet away, gathering crimson energy as if preparing for another shadow nova. Its crimson magic eye focused intently on them.
Jesse pointed at the strange shadow and cast Scorch Curse, causing a series of fiery explosions around him that knocked down the pillars nearby. The blood shadow screamed and suddenly disappeared in the flames.
Just when they thought the other had temporarily retreated, Jesse felt another wave of dark shadows surging towards him from the chaos!
"Shadow Magic!"
The darkness that had been engulfed by the flames was once again pushed back by the purple waves of shadow. Vereesa effortlessly leaped over the shadow wave, climbing the wall next to her, while Jesse struggled more. He crawled up a pillar to avoid being consumed by this wave of Shadow Power that almost devoured his legs.
The crimson shadow retreated deeper, with both of them closely following. Gorefiend laughed maniacally as he unleashed a spinning shadow engulfed in purple flames. While Vereesa easily dodged the direct attack of the shadow, she stumbled when the energy exploded behind her, sending a shockwave of shadows.
Just as she lost her balance, the crimson shadow suddenly shot towards the two of them like a swiftly tightening blood arrow, with the Shadow Power gathering once more.
"Jesse! He’s coming towards you…"
The agonizing cries emitted as the Shadow Power condensed drowned out the elf’s shouts. However, this time Jesse did not choose to dodge but instead released a burst of golden flames directly towards the concentrated energy of the dark shadow.
The flames exploded directly under the dark shadow’s feet, dispersing the energy gathered by the dark shadow with the holy energy of the flames. A bright red skull howled as it broke free from the flames, rose to the ceiling, and after a whirlwind, scattered the evil shadows, converging into several fierce-looking monsters!
Two blood-red ghostly figures were coming towards Jesse, while the rest were chasing after Vereesa in the distance. Jesse quickly picked up a long knife and swung it at one of the ghostly figures.
The figure in front of him agilely dodged his attack, while another figure came from the side and grabbed Jesse’s chest. Jesse felt a strange sensation, whether it was hot or cold, spreading from his chest.
Using all his strength, Jesse snapped out of it and swung his knife back. The demon that was hit instantly dissipated, but another ghostly figure extended its claws and lunged at Jesse. Jesse barely dodged the attack and stabbed the skull of the ghostly figure above, defeating it. The distant sound of ghostly wails could be heard as Vereesa seemed to be caught in a struggle. However, darkness engulfed Jesse, and he could see nothing.
Teron Gorefiend repeatedly charged between the two of them, aiming to separate them, and this time he succeeded.
Jesse followed the sound and ran back. In the deep corridor, flashes of blood-red light kept flickering. He ran closer until he turned a corner and found himself in a narrow room. A gigantic demon with a sinister smile and a blood-colored glow was staring at him.
"Well, if it isn’t Jesse Seso!"
The demon sneered and suddenly rushed forward, embracing Jesse entirely. His speed was so fast that Jesse couldn’t dodge it.
Jesse felt a deep and bloody grip lift him up with no room for resistance. Just then, a flash of golden light passed by, and the demon’s eyes flickered before vanishing as Vereesa had arrived just in time!
Just when Jesse thought he was saved, the demon reappeared from a few yards away, and countless blood claws grabbed hold of the elf in front of him!
Vereesa didn’t change her direction in the air and was suddenly carried away helplessly.
Jesse fell heavily on the ground, stood up and immediately cast a spell. A golden fire engulfed the entire room instantly, raising the temperature to an unimaginable height. He felt his skin almost blistering. The shadow of Gorefiend trembled under the roasting of the golden magical power, unable to gather and restrain anything anymore.
A elf that landed grabbed Jesse and dragged him out of the room quickly taken over by flames. The two of them stumbled out, and under the glow of the fire, Vereesa was covered in injuries, groaning in pain and struggling to stand up.
Jesse felt like his body was no longer his own. He didn’t know how terrible he looked in Vereesa’s eyes. He had almost completely drained his energy and now felt faint.
When he looked back, he saw Teron Gorefiend’s shadow, like a bloody storm carrying thick smoke and sparks, chasing after them again!
"He… he’s back."
Gorefiend’s furious roar drowned out all other sounds. His form, except for the grinning skull at the front, was almost unrecognizable, like a mass of blood-red waves unable to keep up with the speed of the skull, but the wave still unleashed a terrifying shockwave of shadow.
Faced with what seemed like the final blow, Jesse gritted his teeth and hid in the darkness, grabbing a nearby pillar with all his remaining strength and dragging himself behind it. The pillar absorbed most of the Shadow Power, but he still felt like he had been punched by an overwhelming darkness, followed by dizziness, stinging, and itching all over his body.
Before he could recover, Teron Gorefiend’s ghostly shadow circled around the pillar and reached out with a bloodied hand to grab his neck. At the same time, a golden light suddenly shot out from the shadows, and the shining Sunblade spun, piercing through Gorefiend’s head directly. The shaking ghostly skull at the center of the shadow had a crack torn by the blade.
"No… no…"
The skeleton’s bloody hands scratched its own face as if trying to cover up the crack, but after just two or three seconds, it stopped and stared at Jesse.
"Even without Lothar, yours is not bad either, Jesse Seso. After all, I have no choice…"
The demon’s eyes burst into intense purple flames, and the entire bloody evil shadow swiftly plunged into Jesse’s eye sockets. Jesse suddenly felt the whole world turn completely dark red, the last sound he could hear was Vereesa’s almost breaking cry.
